Orangeman very neatly folds up its old blooms. If you don't deadhead, it still looks nice.
Though Orangeman isn't anything fancy, it blooms earlier than most, sometimes as much as a month before the others and is very neat and tidy in habit. Opens well on cool mornings too.
Walter and Sybil Przypek 2005 unregistered introduction. Diploid. Small, said to be 12" tall. Leaves green up as the weather hots up. Said to have small yellow flowers in early summer. May or may not be stable variegation. Online advice for any variegated daylily is to dig out any solid green fans that appear, to maintain the variegated ones. Green-leaved ones will out-compete the other ones.
'Barbary Corsair' was a gift, years ago, included on an order from Oakes Daylilies. It was small, both in bloom and as an overall plant ... 3 inches and 16 inches, respectively, in the stats...
I planted it into the gardens in a good location, with a full day of direct sun, and into compost (as I do every other plant and all other daylilies in the gardens). It bloomed modestly the first year, but came back in a smaller clump the next year, was barely hanging on the third year... and disappeared altogether at some point thereafter.
While I do successfully grow many daylilies here in zone 3 that are listed for warmer zones (including zones 5 and even 6), 'Barbary Corsair' did poorly here and then died (one of, literally, only a handful that has ever completely failed here). - As it was a 'gift' (and cost me nothing except time and space) I do not complain - but I would not recommend it for cold northern gardens.
'Angels over Me' was new for my gardens in 2022. Surprisingly, it bloomed its first summer ... which, in zone 3, is not all that common. The blooms were slightly smaller than the 6.5 inches noted but it budded well and bloomed for several weeks. Once it has matured, become a better-established clump, I have great expectations for this lovely pastel lavender / pink daylily. It also consistently shows a pale creamy-yellow watermark, which is echoed along the ruffled petal edge by a creamy matching tone. And it's fragrant. This one is elegant and lovely.
This daylily has really done well in my zone. I am surprised at its hardiness. Many similar blue eyed ones like Elfin Blues, Here's To You Bill Robinson, Mississippi Bill Robinson, Bumblebee Blues, Dejas Blues, that I got have struggled to grow in my garden. Some have never bloomed and some are still either double or single fan after more than 3 years. However, Moon Sworn has bloomed well and increased well in my garden. I highly recommend this blue eyed daylily for zone 6. Not sure if it does well in zone 5 or less though.
'Join the Party' (Hanson, C 2009) seems to have either fallen out of favour or just never quite caught on, and in either case, that's unfortunate as I believe this daylily is undervalued.
With 6-inch blooms on 33-inch scapes, it begins late in the season (here in the north) but blooms reliably and with no special fuss or care each year. The petals have a light ruflle, it boasts a distinctive white midrib, and has a sculpted / pleated texture etched out of the throat onto the petals. And this is a true red (not an orange-red or a pink-red) which flags your attention from across the garden.
Yet, when I do a 'google' search for it, the only listing I find for it is here, in the NGA database. I think a lot of folks missed the boat on this one.
I'm not sure if it was converted, but I have seen this plant (Coal Miner) listed as a tetraploid and diploid in different places online.
I'm not sure if it exists in both forms.
This older cultivar has been a favorite of mine. It is an astonishing grower, becoming a large clump in its first year here in zone 8b. It produces profusions of lovely blooms of rusty red, orange, beige, and yellow. It has been very rust-resistant as well, once showing some rust as it was about to die back in winter but not at any other time. I think this one deserves to be more popular.
I strongly recommend Insider Trading for southern growers. It has thrived in my zone 8b garden. It increases quickly, sends up gorgeous red blooms on strong scapes, produces lots of proliferations, and best of all--has not shown a speck of rust in my garden.
Even though this cultivar is unregistered, it has outperformed many in my zone 8b garden. It is a true evergreen, increases fast, is very rust-resistant, and sends up scads of large, luminous greenish-yellow blooms every summer. It's hard to capture that luminous color in a photo. It also reblooms very reliably. I strongly recommend this one for growers in the South.
I added Raspberry Griffin to my gardens in 2022, so I only have one season to review (at this point)... and already, I absolutely LOVE this daylily! It started blooming for me the last week of July and continued into the 2nd week of August. Not only is it gorgeous, it just kept cranking out blossom after blossom (on its very first season in the gardens).
The blooms held well on scapes above the foliage - not the tallest by any means, but showing well. And they were extremely consistent not only in the pattern itself but the well-balanced positioning of the petals and sepals being evenly spaced and well-formed. There were 'no' flawed or misshapen blooms. It sent up several scapes and definitely stood out. I can only wonder how much more Raspberry Griffin will offer, once it matures and has become established in the gardens. Definitely one to keep an eye on!
I grew Pumpkin Kid for one year, fall of 2021 to fall of 2022. During that time, it was a fast increaser, and it bloomed prolifically in its only season here. The blooms were lovely and showy, just like the pictures here. The downside is that the scapes were short, and the blooms were low in the foliage. However, in spite of that, I would have kept the plant if it hadn't shown itself to be very rust-prone here.
Why are the pictures of Peggy Jeffcoat daylilies so varying in color? The description states yellow self, but the pale pinkish ones look more like the one that I bought from a reputable local daylily farm and the picture on the AHS Daylily Cultivator info page for this plant.
I do have the 'imposter' variant daylily which is the bicolor spider form, and can attest to having purchased it in 2018... sold to me under the name 'Chloe' ... by Oakes Daylilies. However, while it is 'not' the registered daylily, this is still a very lovely bloom.
The unregistered 'Chloe' is tall, above 36 inches, the bloom is as large as my hand (or slightly larger), and it's growing very well in zone 3, therefore I would recommend this for a cold-climate garden. I will also note, along with its quirky spider form, it also has produced a number of poly blooms each summer.
I have been growing Cherokee Pass in zone 3 for a number of years, it does very well in northern cold-climate gardening. Blooming from mid to late season, it keeps the colour in the gardens going after many other daylilies have finished blooming.
It multiplies well and will produce a large clump and many scapes, with so many flowers from day to day it creates a running bouquet of cinnamon-eyed gold flowers. Cherokee Pass also produces poly blooms off and on, most years. For bright, late colour and a hardy, care-free daylily, I would recommend this for any cold-climate garden.
I've had Bridget in the gardens for a number of years (zone 3) and can attest to its cold-hardiness, as it comes back each year with a flourish. The blooms here are a bit smaller than newer intros (stats say 3-inch, but I think they are slightly larger here, closer to 4 inches).
But what I find endlessly delightful about this daylily is that, far more often than not, the bloom looks like black velvet on red ... This is not just a deeper red eye, this is full-on black velvet tones laid over the deep ruby tones below. It's so dark a velvet black on some blossoms that the orange pollen contrasts vividly against it, as though dotted with flecks of gold.
This daylily reminds me of smokey, dark rooms with someone playing blues music in the background somewhere... the colours stand up even to the hot, bright afternoon sun. Like vintage wine, it has held its own against time.
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