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I started plants from seeds I got in a seed swap here in Jan. 2017. I planted them Feb 1, '17 and they sprouted ok and grew. The first leaves were obviously not the silvery color. It's a year later and the new leaves of 2018 are still plain brownish, not silvery at all. They apparently don't come true from seeds. Maybe it will send out flowers this fall, which should be white, so we'll see.

My 2 plants were from a 5" wide root crown I got in a trade 5 years ago. I wanted 2 so just cut the crown in half with a serrated knife. They went straight in the ground in a flower bed against the north side of my house. It's a drier area under a gable where roof water doesn't fall and it's shady all winter but sunny all summer. They sprout in March as temps warm a little and grow to about 4' by mid May and start blooming their beautiful plate-sized flowers into summer. It's June 11, 2018, and they are full of buds and have had several flowers open since June 1. I posted a picture side by side with a paper plate to show that they grow to 8". Mine don't make seeds. Propagation would have to be by root crown division or cuttings, which I've never done.

It's one of the 2 spider varieties I have. It makes large wispy 7+" flowers on 30" stems. The leaves are narrow and more flimsy than my other daylilies. It blooms about a month from April into May here in zone 9. It hasn't multiplied very fast over the 15 years I've had it, maybe because I've moved twice, so uprooting may have slowed it down.

One of my prettiest recurved varieties. It starts out mauve pink and fades a little to a seashell pink by the end of the day. The wide petals and sepals form a 5" circular flower that looks very lush with the darker halo. Mine bloom a long time, from late April into June. I cut scapes of it to bring indoors for a couple of days of flowers.

I started mine from a "proliferation" off a plant in a weedy, overgrown median flowerbed in a Walmart parking lot in 1995. It is one of the 2 spider varieties I have. The evergreen plant mound is large as the leaves are longer than others. It makes 6" flowers on about 32" scapes all of May. I have collected proliferations through the years to successfully start more plants.

I've had mine a year and it blooms in late April thru May. It gets about 21" tall and makes a larger than usual flower at 5+". The pastel pink glistens in the sun and is accented by its darker watermark and yellow center. Its slightly recurved sepals and ruffled edged petals add to its remarkable beauty. I purchased it from G. Wild & Son April 2017, so have enjoyed 2 bloom seasons. It was a great investment.

This is the softest pink I have. The rosy eye really stands out. It blooms in April here in zone 9 for about a month. I have it in morning sun but protected from afternoon sun under the shade of a tree so it doesn't fade. It was in full sun but It faded a lot by afternoon.

An elderly neighbor gave me my start of this beautiful flower in 2004 but she couldn't recall its name. For 12 years I called it 'Tropical Punch'. It is a mix of tropical fruit colors from coral to peach. When I joined garden .org I posted it as "Can you name it?". Several responses lead me to 'Cezanne' and it fit the description and photos perfectly. For years it made huge 7" flowers, but on very short stems. Last spring I moved it to a full sun area and fertilized with Bayer Rose & Flower 3 in One and it now gets 12' to 15" scapes, which are closer to the 24" it could get. Maybe next spring after 2 years in full sun, the height will increase. The picture I posted looks darker than it is. It's an awesome combination of watermarked, creped petals with veining and searsuckered edges.

This was the 2nd daylily I bought back in 1999 while walking through a local daylily farm. It was in full bloom and gorgeous. I'd never seen a watermark, and this large chalky one is very impressive against its wine color. It blooms early in April and again in July/Aug here in zone 9. Only peeve is that in-between bloom cycles it gets rust, so I've learned to cut all foliage back to 3" after 1st cycle and start a fungicide spray routine as well as putting granular Rose & Flower 3 in One by Bayer at its base. The new leaves don't have rust and it is ok for the 2nd bloom cycle.

Thanks again to Alana for a start of this gorgeous flower. She said it's her favorite and now I must agree. We traded last Sept., so this spring the plants are established and really put on a show. Blooms started April 22 for about a month. The colors of this large flower are outstanding and it has the heaviest pie crust edge of any I have. Surprisingly, it barely fades in full sun all day. Definitely a winner. I'm so glad Alana shared some with me.

This has turned out to be a pretty variety and a favorite. I was sent 20 free unmarked plants with an order last Spring 2017 from Gilbert Wild & Sons. Last Summer 1/2 bloomed as 'Frans Hals' and 1/2 as 'Prairie Blue Eyes'. I didn't have either, so they were a delightful surprise. This year they are established and 'Prairie' got to be 26" tall with 5" flowers with that faint bluish eye zone that I love.They are just finishing June 10th after blooming late April through all of May.

In bloom now (June 10, '18) since mid May in south Louisiana. I believe its breeder, Durio, is a south LA native in a town nearby. 'Joan Senior' is plain but elegant, standing tall and being the palest yellow that looks white from 5' away. My flowers are 5", and not 6" as recorded. Maybe they'll be larger as it gets more established this year. I've only had it since last fall, so I'm excited to see its reblooming schedule. It's similar to the 'Ice Carnival' I have, too, but 'Joan' is not as tall.

Gorgeous! I bought this locally at the Abbeville LA Daylily Festival June 2013. I saw a picture on its label and had to have it. It is a slow grower, so I only have 2 plants after all this time. Last fall I moved it to a full sun location, so this year it grew and bloomed well early in April. I call it LSU colors because it's a creamy gold background color with wine markings. A real treasure, but not especially easy to grow.

Thanks to Alana for a starter plant of this beauty Sept. 2017. The beautiful watermark on this large 6" flower is something to see. I describe its color as "pastels" because it's constantly becoming lighter through the day. This spring 2018 it bloomed April through May.

This red beauty is one of the 1st daylilies I ever bought at a local daylily nursery in south Louisiana. That was 20 years ago, so I've given or traded many through the years as it is a prolific multiplier for me and comes true from seeds. The stocky scapes and hefty red flower with a yellow throat make it a favorite of mine. Here they bloom mid April through May, then rest to rebloom again in July. The only negative is that they fade some in full sun, so I've moved them to places that get part sun, where they are pretty all day. They are a variety that makes a nice cut flower to bring scapes indoors in a vase to bloom for a few days.

This is one of my "Little Jewel" plants that I love. I got a couple of starter plants in a daylily trade in 2015. It multiplies quickly, so I now have 2 large clumps that bloom from late March through May, which is early for a Midseason variety. The scapes are about 18" instead of the noted 12" stems. Even the cute wine-colored flowers grow to 2" plus, which is larger than the noted 1 1/2". I love them and watch for them early, as March warms up here in zone 9.

You'd never think this short, fine, grasslike foliage is a daylily, but when the small 3" ruffly apricot flowers start opening in April, it's the cutest little plant. As a rebloomer here in zone 9, it should keep sending out flowers off and on until frost arrives. It's now established after winter and bloomed in my yard for the 1st time, so we'll see if it continues through the year.

This is one of the "rebloomers" I got last April, 2017, from Gilbert Wise & Sons. I don't have many pink daylilies and this one is so pretty with a deep rose eye and greenish throat and recurved petals. It resembles 'Elegant Candy,' which I also have, but 'Exotic Candy' grows taller. It bloomed all of May 2018.

This cutie bloomed April and May this year, 2018. I call it a mini 'Going Bananas' because they are the same yellow color and it has similar creping and edge ruffling. I like it planted next to 'Raspberry Pixie,' which blooms the same time and is about the same size flower and plant but a darker raspberry shade that complements it.

This is a pretty pale pink to peach color I describe as seashell. Mine got 25" tall this spring 2018 and bloomed large 6" flowers most of April and all of May. It's a "rebloomer" I got in a pkg. from Gilbert Wild & Sons in April 2017. They sent doubles of 15 varieties and all were healthy and hardy plants.