The letter "O" makes me think Owen... Paul Owen will be our speaker for the 2015 Region 4 Summer Meeting which will be held in Connecticut July 17 -19 this year. I'm looking forward to visiting with Paul at the meeting as well as seeing the awesome gardens on the tour. If you would like more info on the Region 4 Summer Meeting
http://cdsregional.weebly.com/

Paul's website has a lot of information & images and is just plain fun to read, a great place to spend a bit of time on these cold days.
http://www.slightlydifferentnu...

The daylilies of his I currently grow have done well here in zone 4. Hope to add a few more this summer

"O" Older daylilies in my garden that are not proving to be as good as expected so they must be removed to make way for a different cultivar.

'On sale'. I found some 16" glazed pottery pots marked down 50% at Lowe's. Freeze resistant, so they fit the bill for me. Ugly colors, but the price was right!

Edited to correct the size! I'd need a forklift to move a 24" container.

Paul Owen was our speaker in the fall of 2013.
And I was lucky enough to get some of his plants at auction.
Au Natural

Beggin For Trouble

Redneck Rivera

Vicky's Radiance

The only thing that I can think of for O is Matthew Kaskel's 'One Fine Day'.

By current standards it is not a WOW daylily. It is a self, so no fancy edges or eyes. It is not UF, sculpted, or crested. It is not very round or ruffled. The flowers are small. The bud count and branching are (at least in my shady garden) modest... But it is a good EE daylily, the blooms almost always open well even though the nights are still cool, it is in bloom when not much else is (daylily-wise), it reblooms again in the fall, AND it is rust resistant.

(I've also just remembered 'Osterized'.... but I've flashed that picture so often lately on this forum, that I thought I should give all you guys a break! )

(I've also just remembered 'Osterized'.... but I've flashed that picture so often lately on this forum, that I thought I should give all you guys a break! )

My "O" term for today has to be organic matter + oxygen! I spend more time hauling in and working organic matter into the soil than any other chore in the garden. I know clay will grow fine daylilies, and I have grown them in clay. But the ease of working daylilies in sandy loam with tons of organic matter added to the soil is an almost heavenly experience compared to working daylilies in clay, where you need a pick axe and a pry bar to dig and a hammer and chisel to knock the soil off the roots. There are very few spots in my current gardening location with much clay, and it is in the shade stays moist most of the time and has never been the typical Alabama "suck your truck in" type clay. The soil in my garden is improving every year, it is light and airy with lots of oxygen getting to the roots and allowing the breakdown of all the organic matter. This year with the new daylilies planted last year I am hoping for an excellent bloom season. What a pleasure it is to sink a shovel or fork into the soil and have it sink almost effortlessly deep into the soil.

I envy you, Larry. Except in the raised beds, we have acidic clay here. Digging and dividing is a hassle - so I don't.

Optical extravaganza

Larry, I see lots of new and old blooms in your future.
Just continue to do what you are doing. They will reward you for your TLC. "O" Oh yes they will!!!

"O" Outstanding when a daylily just does very well in your garden it takes right off impresses with it's growth, foliage, scape and bloom.