The daylily explosion in my garden continues. I have over 300 daylilies and 275 of them are blooming right now (only 5 have finished up for the season so far). It’s a spectacular display.
I sure have fallen hard and fast for a plant I scoffed at 10 years ago. I wish I had more space so I could try even more cultivars.
My favorite part about daylilies is the ever-changing garden they present. Every evening I go out and deadhead the day’s blooms so I start with a fresh canvas (they self-deadhead, but I like to keep things tidy for photos). The next day, the garden erupts in a new set of colors and combinations.
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Here are some of the blooms putting on a show right now:
‘Jersey Girl’ wasn’t getting enough sun last year (some daylilies aren’t as sensitive to light conditions, others are) so it didn’t bloom. I love the plant’s clear pink flowers, so I moved it to the sunniest location in the garden. That did the trick and my ‘Jersey Girl’ blooms are back:
Unlike ‘Jersey Girl’, I stuck ‘Little Rainbow’ in the shadiest part of my yard, but it still shows off:
I can almost palm a basketball, so you can imagine the size of the flowers on ‘Raspberry Sunshine’ (its first bloom of the year—wait until it really gets going):
‘Grey Witch’ calms some of the wild colors in the garden:
I wasn’t the biggest fan of ‘Angelus Angel’ at first, but the blooms keep getting bigger and more beautiful:
I bought ‘Lavender Vista’ from Oakes last year and it’s quickly becoming one of my favorites. It’s fragrant and has great diamond dusting:
This is a new cultivar for me called ‘Echoes of Mercy’:
What sort of blonde would I be if I didn’t grow ‘Blonde is Beautiful’?:
The new daylily I most looked forward to see blooming this summer was ‘Catcher in the Eye’. I just love that jagged yellow eye:
And finally, ‘Rajah’ was registered as a daylily cultivar when FDR was president (1935). Since then there has been an amazing amount of hybridizing and improving in the daylily world. You have to respect a plant that can stand the test of time:
