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Aug 3, 2016 11:36 AM CST
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Name: Heidi
CT (Zone 6a)
Always find the awesome in your day
Annuals Region: Connecticut Region: Northeast US Hummingbirder Hibiscus Daylilies
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So a couple of weeks ago I stopped at a local nursery to see what they had and picked up 2 plants. I noticed that one of their plants was mislabeled at "Lacey Doily" because it was totally different than what I have. It was the only plant that they had in that section and I looked at the other labels and none of them matched up. It was a really cute flower and I really kind of wanted it.

In the meantime I bought "Bakabana" and loved it wanted a second one. So today I stopped in and they had a bunch of the flower upfront. Again there is this cute little one mislabeled and I look to see what else is there,.... a beautiful Daring Deception was blooming and it was totally mislabeled as "Little Anna Rosa" so I jump online real quick and sure enough that other cute one is "Little Anna Rosa."

The owner happened to be there and we started chatting and I told him about the mislabeling and he told me how he gets his daylilies from a local small nursery and how he is always picking random ones for lack of knowing otherwise. He invited me to help him make a selection next April when it is time to order them...... I think he was impressed that I owned about 120 different varieties. *Blush*

So then we are inside and I am telling him how I love bud-builders, and we are comparing the scapes and I am like, wow, it looks like "Little Anna Rosa" could be a bud-builder. He is impressed by that little bit of info about what a bud-builder is.

So home I come and go to add "Little Anna Rosa" to my data base and low and behold, guess what?????? It is a bud-builder!!!!!! Whistling Whistling A year ago, I would have been clueless!!!
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Aug 3, 2016 12:05 PM CST
Name: Jessie Worsham
Stockbridge, GA (Zone 8a)
Northwest Georgia Daylily Society
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Hybridizer Irises
How nice of you! Great story.
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Aug 3, 2016 3:08 PM CST
Name: Sabrina
Italy, Brescia (Zone 8b)
Love daylilies and making candles!
Garden Photography Cat Lover Daylilies Region: Europe Lilies Garden Ideas: Level 1
Lovely story. My dream is something similar. That someone could be seriously interested in speaking about DLs!
Sabrina, North Italy
My blog: http://hemerocallis.info
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Aug 3, 2016 5:32 PM CST
Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)
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Great story, Heidi. I agree this forum is very educational. I have learned so much since I joined a year ago. I also now have many more daylilies Hilarious! As well as adding cultivars, I have grown them from seed, and now have a 'nursery' on the go. Also, I started pollen dabbing, so have pods forming on my daylilies ... I have turned into a complete addict, but at least a more knowledgeable one Rolling on the floor laughing !
Touch_of_sky on the LA
Canada Zone 5a
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Aug 3, 2016 6:13 PM CST
Name: Glen Ingram
Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a)
(Lee Reinke X Rose F Kennedy) X Unk
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Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Pollen collector Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Plays in the sandbox Sedums Seed Starter
Without my online friends I wouldn't have anyone to talk to about daylilies. Oh my neighbours love them but they tend to see them purely as colours of the spectrum. ("I love your red one" - when there are actually seven different reds flowering).
The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.
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Aug 4, 2016 7:29 AM CST
Name: Jessie Worsham
Stockbridge, GA (Zone 8a)
Northwest Georgia Daylily Society
Cat Lover Daylilies Echinacea Region: Georgia Heucheras Hostas
Hybridizer Irises
@touchofsky I hate to break it to you, but you have caught the "daylily bug", for which there is no cure. Hilarious!
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Aug 4, 2016 8:44 PM CST
Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)
Bee Lover Ponds Peonies Irises Garden Art Dog Lover
Daylilies Cat Lover Region: Canadian Butterflies Birds Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Jessie6162 said:@touchofsky I hate to break it to you, but you have caught the "daylily bug", for which there is no cure. Hilarious!


I know, and I am a hopeless case Sticking tongue out
Touch_of_sky on the LA
Canada Zone 5a
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Aug 4, 2016 10:41 PM CST
Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"
Love your story Heidi.
Glen, I am with you.
Valerie good luck with your endeavors.
Wish I had more time in the garden.
robinseeds.com
"Life as short as it

























is, is amazing, isn't it. MichaelBurton

"Be your best you".
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Aug 4, 2016 11:17 PM CST
Name: Becky
Sebastian, Florida (Zone 10a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Daylilies Hummingbirder Butterflies Seed Starter Container Gardener
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Ideas: Master Level Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Birds Ponds
Heidi - Here's hoping the owner gifts you a daylily plant or two next year when you help him make the cultivar choices to order for his nursery. Thumbs up Crossing Fingers!
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us.
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