Amethyst Art |
Entranced by the beautiful daylilies from Sherry's blog in Florida, I've been anxiously awaiting the start of the main daylily season here. I have a love-hate relationship with daylilies here in Kansas, but since they're the only reliable blooming thing in the July heat and require little care, I grow a lot of them. In fact, I probably grow more daylilies than roses, but since daylilies are all orange, I don't know as many of them by name.
Now don't get uppity, you daylily connoisseurs, I understand that there are near whites, purples, spiders, almost reds, corals, and pink daylilies. At least if you look at them closely. Just sayin'.
LeeBea Orange Crush |
And then there's the spectacle that 'Leebea Orange Crush', a big fragrant orange daylily, makes of itself:
I developed a thing for "spiders" in the past couple of years, so I have a number of them, among which are several plants of 'Crazy Pierre', deep purple 'Frankies Fantasy', and the enormous (9 inch diameter) ruby-toned Stout Medal winner 'All American Chief'.
Crazy Pierre |
All American Chief |
Irish Spring |
And 'Irish Spring' is a very large, fragrant bright yellow with a slight green tinge that really lights up the garden:
Siloam Double Classic |
I grow a number of the Siloam-bred line of daylilies. 'Siloam Double Classic' is a daylily that does well no matter where I divide it up and put it in the garden.
But there are a number of eyed, medium-sized daylilies that I suspect are of the Siloam lines, but I've lost the names:
And I grow a few really wild-looking varieties: Visitors who view 'Summer Dragon' either love it or hate it; there seems to be no middle ground. Heck, I'm not even sure where I stand on it.
I'll keep the daylily pictures coming as they come on, at least the varieties I can still identify and the exceptionally beautiful ones. Stay tuned.