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This plant is a blooming machine. I purchased it at the end of a bloom cycle. It was without blooms for a couple of weeks before I saw new flower stalks appearing. It now has 20 blooms with more unopened buds. Each flower stalk has 1-2 blooms.

This is a large plant with large leaves. The blooms are 2-3 inches. I have it under grow lights as my windowsills are very narrow.

I definitely recommend this cultivar!

Butterscotch Ruffles is blooming for me now. I just noticed that some information is missing about this cultivar. In my garden BR has 4-way branching with 21 buds per scape. Most flowers are held well above the foliage but I typically get a couple of extremely short scapes every year. It is also a rebloomer. Overall, a very good early bloomer.

That does not mean it always is perfect. I have two clumps of BR. One is blooming normally. The other clump has almost double the number of scapes. But the very rainy weather this Spring has caused buds to start blasting. In my garden BR needs a sharply drained spot with lots of sun to perform well.

Although not listed as a rebloomer, Hermitage Max Planck is reblooming for me! The first flower is trying to open but rain and cool temperatures may prevent it from happening.

The rebloom scape has better branching & bud count. This has been an exceptionally wet summer/fall so abundant water must be the key to rebloom for this cultivar. It has never rebloomed for me before and I've had it for many years.

I've had Northern Splendor since 2018. It has bloomed every year for me including the first year. Although not registered as such, it rebloomed for me in 2020. The color is quite pale in my garden but that may be due to a lack of fertilizer.

As the pictures show, Double Gardenia is really a yellow daylily and not a near white.

In my garden the flowers are larger than registered at 4.25". It also blooms mid-late (registered midseason). Despite being registered as not reblooming it did rebloom for me in 2019. Typically blooming in July, it also sent up a scape in mid-September.

Overall I give Double Gardenia high marks. It is almost always a double flower. It blooms well in both sun and partial shade. It increases well and isn't set back after dividing. I've never seen it bothered by any pests and it always puts on a good show.

I've had Gauguin since 2014. It took two years for it to settle in and finally produce a bloom. But since it has settled in it has been a great performer in my garden. It takes a while for the blooms to open in my garden especially on cool, overcast mornings. But the flowers are worth the wait! I love the color and size of the blooms. It is a prolific bloomer but is not a particularly good pot setter.

Gauguin acts more like a semi-evergreen in my garden which is probably why it has survived and thrived. It is planted in an area with lots of sun and extremely well-drained soil so that may also help. If you like coral colored daylilies you should definitely get Gauguin.

Fiji is an absolutely gorgeous flower but the plant has taken a very long time to get settled in my garden. This hasn't surprised me as it is an evergreen which typically die off in my climate. I've had Fiji since at least 2014 and I would say that only now is the plant finally producing more than just a few blooms (in the years it does flower). I am not one to coddle plants although I do try to fertilize them at least annually. Fiji seems to be one that requires a bit more fertilizer and water than I am usually able to provide in order to do well. Knowing this I will most likely try to give Fiji a bit more attention each year. This is because I think the flowers are amazing and the seedlings I have gotten from it are quite nice.

Center Event is one of my daylilies that I have not been able to make happy. I have it in a good spot where other daylilies thrive. But Center Event will barely increase and bloom. Scapes are short and bud count is very low. I do like the flowers but I'm not sure what else I can do to make it happier. It is not particularly happy with Spring temperature fluctuations as it is a fairly early bloomer for me. Despite being a dormant I suspect this daylily would prefer to be someplace with a milder winter.

I've had After the Fall since 2014. This is an evergreen that has hung on (barely) in my garden. If we have a very bad winter/spring the plant suffers and won't bloom for a couple of years. The past two winters and springs have been mild and the plant has bloomed. However in my garden it is more of a midseason bloomer than the registered extra early.

This front of the border mini has never rebloomed for me but has bud built. It's a cute little flower but if it finally dies from a bad winter I won't replace it. I don't believe I have a sheltered enough spot where I would feel confident it could survive. I would also think it would not do well potted (too much freeze/thaw). But if you live somewhere with mild winters I think the plant would do quite well.

I've had Oriental Silk for many years now and it is a favorite. I have it planted in a very marginal spot so that is probably why it has been exceptionally slow to increase for me. It is an early bloomer for me (despite being registered mid-late) and is one of my earliest tetraploids. The flowers are large and this year have very saturated colors. Must be due to the abundant rainfall this year and last and a well-timed application of fertilizer.

I typically have no luck with evergreen daylilies surviving in my garden but Oriental Silk is very hardy. It doesn't seem bothered by late freezes at all. It is planted near a wall so it may be in a good microclimate. It is definitely in a well-drained spot. The scapes are tall and the flowers are held well above the foliage. My small clump gets nothing but morning sun so partial shade isn't an issue for this cultivar.

Easter Pastel is a lovely daylily but is probably best suited to a warmer zone. It tends to be a stingy bloomer for me under the best circumstances. It is often damaged by late, hard freezes and as it is an early bloomer for me that often means it never can put on much of a show. It also means that some years it never blooms at all.

I love the unique flowers so I'm not planning on removing it from my garden. But if you are in an area with cold winters and unpredictable Springs I would definitely plant Easter Pastel in a very sheltered, very well-drained spot in your garden.

Festive Fall is one of my favorite daylilies! It took a couple of years for it to settle in but ever since it has been a great performer in my garden despite being a SEV. I find it to be quite hardy. Late hard frosts do not seem to bother it at all. Despite being registered as a midseason bloomer I find Festive Fall to be an early bloomer in my area. It is typically one of the first of my tetraploid daylilies to bloom each year. The colors are vibrant and really wake up the garden. It is a prolific bloomer and that is not typical for most of the tetraploids in my garden. Definitely recommended!

I've had this semi-evergreen for several years and it is moderately happy for me in my front garden. It gets afternoon sun and is in very well-drained soil because a nearby pine tree has roots everywhere. The last two winters have been mild which has been very good for this plant. However, in years with late, hard frosts the foliage is often damaged and blooming can be greatly reduced. I believe it would perform much better in a warmer climate but overall it has done pretty well for a non-dormant daylily in my garden.

Quit Fussing is a very reliable bloomer for me despite being a semi-evergreen. It is planted on a hill so it has sharp drainage which I'm sure helps. The flowers open early in the morning but typically don't recurve fully until later. My blooms tend to be more pale yellow but I found this year that a well-timed application of fertilizer has finally yielded lemon yellow blooms. Either way, the flowers brighten my yard when little else is blooming. It is planted in an area that doesn't get a ton of sun and it still blooms well for me. I would definitely recommend it to someone looking for an early blooming daylily.

I've had Woodside Debutante for many years now. The flowers are quite pretty but it does poorly in my garden. It has a difficult time with multiple freeze/thaw cycles in late winter/early Spring. I suspect it would do much better in a warmer climate.

While I love the form of Twinny Peach and it does well in my garden I have to say that the flowers never look peach. They look pink to me. I have other plants in my garden that are supposed to have pink flowers but look peach to me. It may be something in my soil that is causing this color change. But keep in mind that those pale peach flowers may turn out pale pink instead. They still are quite pretty though!

I've grown chives in a shallow fabric pot for years now. This plant is indestructible! It has survived seasons of drought, monsoon-like rains and polar-vortex winters with no extra protection. The flowers are beloved by pollinators and both the leaves and flowers have a mild onion flavor. I typically snip the leaves for eating only once or twice a year. Despite this, my plant is always lush and beautiful. Every garden should have at least one plant, as it is not one you will ever have to worry over.

I grew Irish Poet in 2018. I had it planted in a large container that had previously held a miniature azalea. The plant grows quite large but is floppy. I didn't mind this, so I never bothered to stake it. The flowers are tiny but very bright and despite their size are easy to see from quite far away. This plant is a prolific re-seeder! I let the plant set seed and had many new seedlings pop up in the surrounding pots. I don't believe I had any seedlings come up in the ground. Almost all the seedlings grew quickly enough to bloom themselves the same year! The bees and butterflies loved this plant! If you need an annual to quickly cover an area, bloom for a long time and is useful to pollinators this plant is for you!

I grew Diascia barberae this year. It bloomed well in the spring but went completely dormant the entire summer. We had a generally cool, wet summer, so I'm not surprised it didn't die despite being planted in full sun with a southwestern exposure under a pine tree. Just recently we had a shift to much cooler weather and I'm happy to say that the plant started blooming again today! These plants are sold as spring bloomers, but if you can keep it alive over the summer (perhaps in a pot) it should rebloom in the fall.

If you want a daylily that does well in a pot, Glittering Gown is for you. You will need a fairly large pot, though (12"), as the fans are on the larger size. I feel guilty that I haven't found a spot in the garden for it even though I've had it for years, but it blooms beautifully in the pot and has been steadily increasing each year. The flowers are definitely cream in my garden and not yellow. This is definitely a daylily that can take a lot of stress and neglect.

This year (2018) we had a very cold start to summer and the flowers were definitely a yellow color. I have not seen this previously but it matches pictures in the database. As the weather warmed the flowers became more typical of what I've seen in the past.