Daylily Divas

It's nearing the end of daylily season here, which means that each day I go to the garden, I do two things: I deadhead the wilting daylily blooms and I admire each new one that has opened up. As their name suggests, daylilies bloom for just one day, but on a mature daylily plant there's never a shortage of open flowers because each "fan" has a flower stalk with several individual blooms on it. Seldom are all of them open at once. This means the flowering of the daylilies lasts quite a long time. Yay!

There are other things to like about daylilies, too. First of all, there are thousands and thousands of different ones to choose from. Secondly, it's doubtful that there are many other plants that require so little care. As one of my hybridizing friends says, "Just dig a hole and plop it in." That's not far from the truth.

I don't have a daylily bed or even a daylily section in the gardens. They are peppered throughout the gardens, with a few of them grouped together. I have my favorites, of course, but I really like them all. If I had to choose an absolute favorite, it would probably be:

'South Seas'

'Prairie Champ'

'Sunday Gloves'

'Alabama Jubilee'

'El Desperado'

'Razzmatazz'

'Ruffles n Lace'

'Cherry Chapeau'

'Cherry Lace'

'Big Smile'

'Czar's Treasure'

'Leprechaun Eyes'

Lovely Lana
(Unnamed unregistered hybrid by Lana Wolfe)


'Etched Eyes'

'Showgirl'

'Swirling Water'

'Black-eyed Stella'


Wolff 734
(An unnamed unregistered hybrid by Barbara Wolff)

'Siloam Double Classic'

'Lady Fingers'

'Red Volunteer'

'Sarah Christine'

Lana Wolfe Hybrid - Apricot w/ Purple Eye

H. fulva 'Flore Pleno'

'Hush Little Baby'

'Strawberry Candy'

'Frans Hals'

Barbara Wolff Hybrid 726

Unknown

Yeah, that one.