Here come the Daylilies

'Lady Betty Fretz' a new one that I thought I'd have to wait till next year to see flower but its first flower opened today :happydance:, not bad for the first year.
Breeder + year : Ted L Petit 2002
Semi-evergreen
Height : 2ft 2inch
Flower size : 6inch

 

Stunning as usual.

 

'Wide Eye Bayou' this ones a rebloomer so still lots of buds to come, a very welcome sight this morning when most others have finished.
Breeder + Year : J-Murphy 2004
Semi-evergreen
Height : 3ft 1inch
Flower size : 8inch

 

Hi Simbad

I found out this was the record breaker in 2002 as Dr Betty Fretz paid $4,200 for it to be named Lady Betty Fretz the highest amount ever paid for a daylily this has now been beaten !!!.

I think me and you got a bargain I think mine was about £7 or £8 pound !!!

In about two/three years after my seeds have grown (all the way from Florida) I may have one or two that I can name mmmmm now lets think "Spruce" why not
I will probably be a UFO or a spider variant
Spruce

 

Well I didn't know that Spruce , think I only paid £8 for mine too.
Well I still have a few in flower and this one was a free gift last autumn with a daylily order, can't find any info on it though so must be a european introduction, don't know why but had it in my head it'd be red , so a lovely surprise when it opened today, quite large flowers 7inch and around 32inch tall, its called 'Nierderhien Parade'.

 

Thats beautiful.

 

Well just when you think its all over the warm weathers made the daylilies send up more flower scapes:yess:, bought this one in spring and thought I'd have to wait till next year for a flower, another of those huge flowered spiders I love so much:happydance:.

'Watchyl Lavender Blue'
Breeder : Kreger 1998
Dormant
Height : 1ft 8inch
Flower size : 12inch

 

And 'Lines of Splendor' is reblooming too:happydance:

 

Both are so pretty but the purple one is my favorite.....very nice.

 

Simbad I like this one more than the purple one

Two of mine are just about to bloom, Huckle berry candy is in the green house within 8 days a scape came out of nowwhere


Spruce

 

You lucky thing Spruce bought my Huckleberry Candy back in spring and no sign of flowers this year.
I bought Lines of Splendor a couple of years ago it was only a tiny fan so this is its first year flowering,its making up for it by flowering twice:D, I love it too, the lady I bought it from lives in Scotland in an area where it gets really cold in winter and she lost hers.

 

Hi Simbad
bjt lost her Jellyfish Jelousy over the winter, go on treat them to some bark.

We will have to do a swop list in the spring what do ya tinkers garden think. save us both a mint ££££

I have:
pink enchelada
Karens Curls
Tarantula
Starmans quest
Square Dancers curtsey
Phyllis Cantini
at a push Baracuda Bay :happydance:

Are you tempted go on tempt me


Spruce

 

Now I want all those Spruce, except Starmans Quest got that one.
I'll have to sort out a list of ones that need splitting for spring, know you like the spiders so I'll have to see which are big enough to split a lot are still fairly new, know Alien does and maybe Watchyl Dancing Spider and Lady Neva.

 

Well another new one opened today, not a perfect flower shouldn't have the speckling, but hey it is October, love Munsons big chalky eyed ones

'La Charmante'
Breeder : RW Munson 1977
Semi evergreen
Height : 1ft 10inch
Flower size : 5inch

 

1977 !!!!!! well ahead of its time I will have a look and see what children it has.


only 1 you have from my mini list of swops mmmm like the ones maybe on offer

Spruce