Lovely blooms everyone. Since I can't have them all :rofl:, I am just going to put Uncle Bryan and Fabulous Freida on my wish list.
Stump Knocker

Along with Cherokee Star, Dry Heat, Charles Johnston, Long Legged Lap Dancer, Big Apple, Bill Fall and Jim Cooper Memorial.
Ruby Stella


One Last Pie


Bridgeton Ivy League

Just had to go through the reds again.

Ed, Cherokee Star really is beautiful. And I love daylilies in the 30" height range. I can see why CS is a standout.

Also like All American Chief, Wispy Rays, and Spider to the Fly.

Some more reds- I have tons but most of the others have already been posted

Dragon Mouth:

NoID Cottage - this one may have been a registered cultivar way back in the 60's - but it's name has been lost over the years

Lest We Ever Forget

Wayside Red Chief

Seedling 12L-2 (Autumn Jewels x Once Upon A Dream) and the smaller one is Seedling
12J-1 (Smith Brothers x Night Rhythms)

Steve's Corn Rows. This is supposed to be a red, this is an FFO shortly after receiving it. This was taken in the afternoon on a hot August Day, so it may have been redder earlier. I cut the scape shortly afterwards, I have great hope for it in 2014

~Jan

Here is my Bill Fall from this year. First photo was taken around noon, second late in the day.

Ed - I love reds! Unfortunately, the thrips attack them here in my garden beds. I wonder if that might be why reds aren't so popular? I also heard dark purple colored daylilies are also prone to that pest problem. I am an organic gardener because I host butterflies and hummingbirds in my yard. So any daylilies that seem to be less prone to pests or diseases is a good daylily in my book regardless of color of bloom! (I get rust here in Florida, too, along with aphids. We get it ALL in Florida unfortunately ....ugh!)

This is what two of my red blooming NOID blooms looked like with the thrip attack. I had one purple that did the same thing (no photo). I will say that Roses in the Snow and Mamas Cherry Pie had no thrip issues this past year or any year since I have been growing them. They are both hybrids with an unknown pollen parent. So maybe it isn't really a "red" bloom issue, but something else attracting the pests to red and dark purple blooming daylilies?

Red blooming NOID daylilies infected with thrips:





Mamas Cherry Pie NOID was untouched by thrips:



And so was Roses in the Snow NOID:



Single bloom of Roses in the Snow NOID hybrid:



And I did have some other red blooming NOIDs that did NOT get thrips as well:

This is an unknown hybrid:

An interesting question, Ed ... and thoughtful discussion, Becky! I too have been in search of a clear, home-garden sturdy red, and ended up falling head over heels for darker reds with black or blue undertones. For me it was their ability to take the direct sun and stand up to the intense heat of my zone, and lend more of a background substance to beds that contain a mix of colors - that role for the reds - their subtle ability to blend in and still shine, stole my heart.

Frankly Scarlet


Dixie Land Band



But, I think when I finally come across a clear red that does not fade to orange/brown (or show a lot of orange/brown under intense sun) it will truly win me over! And, finding an evergreen dip red that can fill the bill would be my holy grail (a double ev dip red ... the ultimate challenge) since the Dixie Land Band that I have is a tet conversion, so the search continues...

Reds, interesting topic! Our tastes evolve and mine certainly have over the years. I seldom used to order red daylilies, as they just didn't catch my eye like the pinks or purples or those with green... but over the years, more have found their way here.
A few have become my absolute favorites! Seeing the images like this shows just how many shades of red there are,too!
Aaron Brown ( LOVE it!) Don Herr ;All American Chief Van Sellers; Ben Webster (Bachman)

Bill Chapman (D. Kirchhoff); Blood Sweat and Tears (Emmerich);Broadway Ruby Slippers (G. Stamile)

Broadway Valentine (G. Stamile);Casey's Curls (M. Reed): Clowns In Washington (Clement)

Dark Avenger (a mini by E. Salter); French Twist (Stamile); Forsyth Paleface (Roycroft)

God of Fire (Bushong); Green Throated Robin (Gossard);Her Best Bloomers (Herr)

Holly Dancer (Warrell); Hotter Than July (D.Kirchhoff); Invitation To immortality (D. Kirchhoff)

Jellyroll Morton (Hanson);Man of Sorrows (Emmerich); Nathan Sommers (N. Roberts)

Redneck Red (J. Rice);Point of View (S. Roberts) great plant, as others have said!;Quiller (P. Owen) a real beauty!

Rosy Spiketail (Gossard);Ruby Spider (Stamile); Vesuvian (Benz);

Small World Stars and Stripes(Miller);Steam Heat (B. Schwarz) - great plant!; Teacup Fingers (Stamile);

Talladega (Stamile) never as red as catalog image! ;Texas Big Red (J. Carp); Thin Man (Trimmer)

Tutti Frutti Curls (Harville-Crichton) WONDERFUL color! Web Browser (Stamile); Lil Red Wagon (J. Kinnebrew);


I'm sure to have missed some; but these are a few that have become favorites.

OMG LOVE this sumptuous spread of reds!!!

Definitely knocks my socks off all these fabulous reds!!! Amazing reds!!!

Julie - I took a peek at your blog .... Oh my! What a gorgeous garden and yard you have! Wow!

Julie, I just got AARON BROWN this summer and can't wait to see it bloom -- fabulous! Now if I can only get my hands on JELLYROLL MORTIN…

floota said:Reds, interesting topic! Our tastes evolve and mine certainly have over the years. I seldom used to order red daylilies, as they just didn't catch my eye like the pinks or purples or those with green... but over the years, more have found their way here.
A few have become my absolute favorites! Seeing the images like this shows just how many shades of red there are,too!
Aaron Brown ( LOVE it!) Don Herr ;All American Chief Van Sellers; Ben Webster (Bachman)

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Bill Chapman (D. Kirchhoff); Blood Sweat and Tears (Emmerich);Broadway Ruby Slippers (G. Stamile)

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Broadway Valentine (G. Stamile);Casey's Curls (M. Reed): Clowns In Washington (Clement)

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Dark Avenger (a mini by E. Salter); French Twist (Stamile); Forsyth Paleface (Roycroft)

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God of Fire (Bushong); Green Throated Robin (Gossard);Her Best Bloomers (Herr)

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Holly Dancer (Warrell); Hotter Than July (D.Kirchhoff); Invitation To immortality (D. Kirchhoff)

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Jellyroll Morton (Hanson);Man of Sorrows (Emmerich); Nathan Sommers (N. Roberts)

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Redneck Red (J. Rice);Point of View (S. Roberts) great plant, as others have said!;Quiller (P. Owen) a real beauty!

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Rosy Spiketail (Gossard);Ruby Spider (Stamile); Vesuvian (Benz);

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Small World Stars and Stripes(Miller);Steam Heat (B. Schwarz) - great plant!; Teacup Fingers (Stamile);

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Talladega (Stamile) never as red as catalog image! ;Texas Big Red (J. Carp); Thin Man (Trimmer)

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Tutti Frutti Curls (Harville-Crichton) WONDERFUL color! Web Browser (Stamile); Lil Red Wagon (J. Kinnebrew);

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I'm sure to have missed some; but these are a few that have become favorites.

Julie what a wonderful collection, If you can't find a good red by your pictures I think you should look again.
Ed

Here are a few of mine. I've gotten more and more interested in reds in the last two years, and am looking forward to seeing some, like Carey Grant, bloom for the first time next summer.
Steve Moldovan's Castle Camelot:


Crimean Crimson:


Dixie Land Band:


One of my favorites, Kingdom of Hearts:



And another standout, Power of Love, which made an outstanding clump this summer:

Those are some gorgeous reds everyone! Wow, Julie!!! Here are a few of mine that I haven't seen pictured.

FLEUR DE MINGO by Nan Wilkerson


HOW I MET YOUR CAT by Bret Clement


VOLCANIC ERUPTION by Jamie Gossard

Dixie Land Band was one of my earliest daylilies and is still one of my favorites.

Fantastic reds!!!

So many reds ... so little space! (sigh)

Love the stripes on Dixie Land Band!!! Beautiful

There is something about red daylilies that makes me think of going to a paint store and looking for "white" paint. There are what seems like a hundred different whites! And in daylilies, there are at least a hundred different shades of red. It also seems that whether it is the camera or the growing conditions, the same cultivar may be seen in a few different shades too. Here are a few reds from my garden that I don't think I've seen posted by others.


Cimarron Rose, Salter, 2005


Depths of My Heart, T. Bell, 2008


Dragon Slayer, Polston, 2007


Iwanna Piranha, J. Kinnebrew, 2006


Jasmine Rossi, Petit, 2008


Mary Lena, J. Rice. 2006


Nina Verhaert, Abajian, 2005


Run for the Roses, S. Holley, 2010


Ten Carat Ruby, S. Holley, 2010