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For me this rather obscure hybrid is the prettiest of all the rose colored daylilies. It looks great growing with or in arrangements with white and pink varieties. Lowcountry Lady has a short scape height, yet its flowers stand out above the foliage. It is therefore an outstanding choice for the front of the border. I have found Lowcountry Lady to be a moderate increaser.

This is a beautiful plant for the back of a shade perennial border. One common name is fairy candles and it lives up to this name as the white spikes look like a candelabra shining in woodland shade. The display begins to be attractive when the plant is in bud and continues as the flowers open from the bottom of the spike moving up. The astilbe-like foliage is attractive after bloom. The plant is highly deer resistant. It likes an organic acid soil. I have experienced no disease or insect problems. I like the native species much better than the hybrids,

This was my first year growing Webster's Pink Wonder, and I was not disappointed. I love this daylily's color and form. It steals the show in the section of the border where I placed it. I grow it in front of Thalictrum rochebruneanum. The dainty sprays of the 'Lavender Mist Meadow Rue' provide an interesting backdrop for the big floppy blooms of Webster's Pink Wonder. The strong scapes stayed erect even in severe storms.

Valedictorian is a fantastic daylily. I am truly surprised that it is not more popular. Its color, described as a tangerine rose blend, is extremely pleasing to my eye. It is a great clump increaser and it gives a great display even from a distance. I posted a clump shot which consists of two plants. The front one had 22 scapes, a few of which had four-way branching with a bud count of seventeen. This is not bad for a hybrid introduced in 1976.