Is Hobbit that ugly in person, or is it just the camera angle?

Ginny! Today is gonna be a great day! You'll get all this done and behind you, and then go home to all your beauty!

Good luck, Ginny!

Today Chance Encounter and Siloam Double Classic decided to cozy up.

Chance Encounter just dwarfs Siloam DC!

Lagniappe, a word I learned in New Orleans in 1957, though I heard my mother use it. I had no idea what it meant till 57.


SUNNY INTERVALS
ad nauseam I know, I really love this daylily.
Photo with early morning backlight and wild roses behind


MASCARA SNAKE
A great late - the most sinuous daylily I grow
A terrible photo. Passport photo just wouldn't cut it.
Bachman - 2002
Dip
57 inches
Zone 4a


SEARS TOWER
First bloom
Goldner - 2000
Tet - 72 inches
Zone 3
Early morning sunshine, shaded side of willows for background.
See? Even a simple yellow can look great if the lighting and bloom cooperate.


WHISTLERS SISTER
First bloom on re-bloom. Interesting because the first bloom of the year was twins just like this.


SILOAM AMAZING GRACE
P. Henry - 1989
Dip - 24 inches
Zone 3
I first saw this growing in Ms. Henry's garden in Siloam Springs. It's the first Daylily I coveted and couldn't afford. It's still wonderful.


PISTACHIO EYES
Stamile - 2008
Tet - 30 inches
Zone 5a (I'm pushing it but you will have noticed,maybe, that the majority of my posts are good to zone 3)


TOPGUNS DOUBLE (but never for me) WINEMEISTER
Bob Scott - 1996
Dip - 20 inches
Zone 4a
I have visited Bob's garden many times and while Bob grows and hybridizes great daylilies his wife Lola grows hostas that you could camp under.


COSMIC TRAVELER
Trimmer - 2007
Tet - 25 inches
Zone 5a it struggles a bit here


GLISTENING PORCELAIN
Benz - 2005
Tet - 28 inches
Zone 3


BEAUTIFUL EDGINGS
One of the last of the season, great.


SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
First bloom
Norris- 2003
Dip - 33 inches
Zone 3
Somewhat different daylily, mine reminds me a bit of a plumeria bloom? Take a look at the photos in the database. Nearly everyone is different. Who knows what it looks like? Probably not everyone's cup of tea but I enjoy it.


HEAVENLY DANGER ZONE
Gossard - 2008
Tet - 34 inches
Zone 3

Teeth.


BARBARA MANDRELL
Kirchhoff - 2009
Tet - 30 inches
Zone 5a

Had to risk it


JEAN SWANN
First bloom
Joiner - 1993
Dip - 32 inches
Zone 4a

Looked like it should have been made of fondant and placed on a wedding cake.


VICTORIAN GARDEN STAR BRIGHT
Brookner - 2007

I have posted this several times and each time the thrip have beaten me to the bloom by hours. This time I think I won.

That's All Folks

Charley

Really nice photos, Charley. Your experiments with lighting are turning out great.

and thanks for all of the insight on the plant traits and on the photography!

Mike- I looked up Autumn Red and I don't think that's my NOID. It's listed at 4 1/2", mine are a bit smaller than that.

Charley, just beautiful! I love how you make them look!

Gorgeous blooms.
Mary Hobbit was actually quite cute

Surgery went well and I still have the patch over it so hard to focus. I'll check back tomorrow. Glad it's over.

It was a tale of two gardens out there today... or one transitioning garden. It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.

First ever bloom for me on this new Late bloom: I Love August (Thomas)


First bloom of the year for Yada Yada Yella (Davisson), a VL.


First bloom of the year for VL, Time to Ponder (Thomas)


But alas...

Last Endless Heart of the year


Last May May of the year


Last Song of Myself of the year


Last Keepsake Rosie of the year


Last Hardy Har Har of the year


Last Miss Amelia... for now. She reblooms late here.

Lighting makes such a huge difference. The age of the bloom, as in morning-noon-dusk, does too.



SPACECOAST GOLD BONANZA
Taken August 1st in morning light. SGB has very uniform blooms so the fact that this is a different bloom should not make much difference in the comparison.


SPACECOAST GOLD BONANZA
Taken this evening just as the sun slid below our wild roses to the west. Though the setting sun casts amber light, the sky was overcast to the east, casting bluish light washing out much of the amber tones.

SPACECOAST GOLD BONANZA
Kinnebrew - 2002
Tet - 24 inches
Zone 4a

It performed very consistently and was a focal point in its bed.

Charley

Nice ones

Ginny :grouphug:
Very nice Charley and Tim.
UncleWill it was Robin that took a stab at your noid

Wonderful news Ginny, I wish rapid healing and 20/20 for you soon (like, later this evening).

@Lyshack ... we need a gorgeous pic of 'I Love August' in the database. All of them are beauties but I especially like your VL 'Time to Ponder'.

Mike...thanks for bouncing that one back on me gracefully.

Charlemagne, your first Spacecoast Gold Bonanza pic is especially crisp with a popping amount of saturation. What a difference lighting makes.

My fault Mike and Robin. It's impossible to tell the bloom size from the photo I posted so it is extra tricky to ID. I appreciate the effort.

Final Touch is the only daylily left blooming here. I couldn't decide which photo I liked best, so I posted all 3 :



Notice the remaining buds in the last photo .

That's a pretty pink Diana.

I'm quite pleased with it myself, Will.
To think it was a 3 fans for $5 WalMart special - must be prolific, too.

D- Isn't one of those blooms be a poly? I just noticed.

Yep, I see it now. What a gorgeous color!