Well, that is a great job of stacking them, Valerie! I dug into Persian Market this year, so consequently it didn't do a thing. If the variegated Kwanso is happy there, I wouldn't move it either.

Just discovered this thread and am thoroughly enjoying everyone's photos. I love the "oldies" and didn't realize I have as many as are in my garden. I'm using 1980 as my cut-off year. In no particular order, my older daylilies are:
Baby Darling, Maxwell, 1971


Copperhead, Taylor-G., 1972 - a favorite of mine


Georgian Manor, Wild, 1978


Little Cream Puff, Cruse, 1979


Something, Wild, 1967, another favorite that is not doing well this year (photo from 2022)


July Gold, Wild, 1971


Hyperion, Mead-FB, 1924, have had this one as long as I can remember, so did my Mother and Grandmother


Streaker, McKinney, 1976


Amazon Amethyst, Wild, 1966


Prairie Moonlight, Marsh, 1965


Common Sense, Yancey, 1979


Siloam June Bug, Henry-P./1978


Ice Carnival, Childs-F./1967


Jane Angus, Farris, 1965


Apres Moi, Lambert, 1973


Cherry Lace, Wild, 1972


Wine Time, Wild, 1976


Frosted Velvet, Wild, 1978


So Lovely, Lenington-G., 1969


Bama Music, Hardy, 1965


Buttered Popcorn, Benzinger, 1971


Flying Saucer, Flory, 1956


Ginger Jar, Munson-RW, 1970, another favorite


Mary Todd, Fay, 1967, always more gold than yellow in my garden


Candy Apple, Wild, 1972, another favorite


Circus Lion, Wild, 1977, also a favorite


Novelty Number, Lambert, 1965


Bess Ross, Claar, 1951


Grape Magic, Ater-M., 1976


Admiral Nelson, Lambert, 1969


Tis Midnight, Russell, 1961


Tobacco Blond, Wheeler-B., 1963


And I just counted another 23 in my spreadsheet that are pre-1980, not all of which I am certain are still surviving. Will not list all of those until I check to be sure they're still with me. Many were new to my garden either last Fall or this Spring and have not yet bloomed.

Mine are:
Salmon Sheen 1951
Congo Magic 1959
La Charmante 1960
Lavender Flight 1963
Winsome Lady 1964
Bama Music 1966
Grandfather Time 1966
Ice Carnival 1967
Golden Prize 1968
Dixie Land Bank 1969
Houdini 1969
Persian Market 1969
So Lovely 1969

The rest of mine are:
Chicago Ruby, Marsh, 1977
Prairie Sunset, Wild, 1963
American Revolution, Wild, 1972
Prairie Blue Eyes, Marsh, 1970
Missouri Royalty, Wild, 1963
Chicago Firecracker, Marsh, 1976 (I think is still with me)
Quilt Patch, Maxwell/Westervelt, 1964
Real Wind, Wild, 1977 (may still be with me)
Chicago Knobby, Marsh, 1974
Breathless Beauty, Pittard, 1966
Becky Lynn, Guidry, 1977
White Temptation, Sellers, 1978
Chicago Blackout, Marsh, 1970
Catherine Woodbery, Childs-F., 1967
Chicago Gold Coast, Marsh, 1975
Kwanso, Kaempfer, 1712

There are another eight or nine in my spreadsheet about which I am uncertain. They are mostly in grow bags and it's not easy getting to them to check on their condition. I know at least one, May May, is not in good shape, and two others are definitely gone. Been a dreadful year for the daylilies.

How old is old? I have a lot of 1990s and early 2000s because I put the gardens in on a budget and was mostly looking for color rather than fancy. Pre-1990 I have:

Cherry Cheeks (Peck 1968)
Cedar Waxwing (probably; Griesbach-Klehm, 1979)
Double River Wye (probably; Kropf, 1982)
Gay Cravat (Peck 1976)
Golliwog (Wild 1983)
Haidee (or a similar Wild; 1968)
Jade Star (Moldovan 1978)
July Gold (Wild 1971)
Kindly Light (Bechtold 1950)
La Belle Dame (Yancey 1975)
Lady Neva (Alexander-Moody 1970)
Lake Norman Sunset (Carpenter-K, 1979)
Lemon Lyric (Harris-Benz 1985)
Mynelle's Starfish (Hayward-M, 1982)
Open Hearth (Lambert, 1976)
Pakistan (Wild, 1983)
Rocket City (Hardy, 1967)
Russian Rhapsody (Munson-RW, 1973)
When I Dream (Yancey, 1979)

Here is Golliwog:

Jey, you have a nice list of oldies!

Per AHS definition: "Historical daylilies are defined as all daylily species and daylily cultivars registered 30 years prior to the current year". https://daylilies.org/daylily-...

However, the original question was "what are the oldest daylilies you grow?", so in your own garden, you can set the year however far you want to go back. I chose 1969 because I wanted to limit my oldest daylilies to over 50 years.

It's interesting to see which ones keep coming up in folks' lists. As I read them, I keep saying to myself, "I grow that one...and that one...and that one..."

Nan, I noticed the same thing. Quite a few of us have Ice Carnival, Cherry Lace, Hyperion, Novelty Number.

I think my "oldies" are more reliable than the newer cultivars, though have no real basis for thinking that. Some of these newer daylilies seem trickier to grow and I've wondered if the extensive hybridization has made them so. Until recent years I'd never heard discussions regarding in what area of the country a daylily would grow best; they seemed to be able to grow about anywhere. I bought daylilies from a local grower when I lived in Angier as well as some of the garden centers and never gave whether they would survive in my area a thought. They all did very well and never had rust. And that was in Zone 7b/8a - hot and humid.

It's partly why I'm so puzzled with the losses I've had here, just discovered this morning that White Eyes Pink Dragon is gone. I have decided to not try to replace the ones that don't survive. If they really don't like it here then I don't want to torture them.

2Dogsmother, did you folks have late winter through early summer drought?

We did, and I suspect I didn't start watering early enouogh to make everybody happy. Most of my plants, oldies or not, have only been here since late spring / early summer 2021, and a couple got moved again last fall.

Oldies Mynelle's Starfish, Open Hearth, and When I Dream were noticeably less happy this year than last year. Other oldies such as Jade Star and much-abused* probably Cedar Waxwing have bloomed a bunch.

*Much-abused: For years it languished in heavy shade, putting out only 3-4 blooms. Last fall I dug it out in small shallow broken pieces because of the tree roots. Planted the small pieces in sunny dry crappy soil and hoped for the best. Those little pieces went nuts this year, might still be a couple blooms to go.

Jey, I can't recall exactly how much rain we had in late Winter through early Summer. Seems to me we had a fairly wet Spring. I should start keeping track on my calendar as the only other way I'd be certain is to go back through the Weather threads here. We did have periods of dry spells, followed by very wet, and I think it was much colder through May than usual. I say that because I wasn't able to plant vegetables until after Memorial Day and I can usually "fudge" it a bit and get them in mid-May. June was warmer and July has been hot and humid. Last December was fairly mild with the exception of some "shocks" to the gardens when we dipped way below zero several nights during the month. I think it was also pretty dry through last Fall, and I think everything has combined to wreak havoc on the daylilies. Working in the biggest garden today I could see new growth emerging on plants I thought were goners so maybe they will recover yet.

If we use the AHS definition, then we are using 1993 as the cut off. Although that doesn't seem all that historic to me but whatever, as good a guideline as any.

Moving on with my gigantic list, I noticed that Candy Apple wasn't on my first post, Wild 1972



Ed Murray, Grovatt 1971



El Desperado, Stamile 1991



Fairytale Pink, Pierce-C 1980



Final Touch, Apps 1991



Fire King, Benz 1991



Fly Catcher, Miller-J. 1978



Forever Stella, Jablonski 1973



Frances Joiner, Joiner 1988



Genesee Fire, Bennett-R 1988



George Caleb Bingham, Wild 1978



Get Set, Wild 1983



Grandfather Time, Wild 1966



Grandmother's Love, Wild 1989



Grape Magic, Ater-M 1976



High View, Wild 1989



Holiday Delight, Stevens-D 1978



Hot Town, Stevens-D. 1982



Howdy, Brenken-Armstrong, 1949



Ice Carnival, Childs-F 1967



Indian Giver, Ferguson 1991



Itsy Bitsy Spider, Bishop 1990



Janice Brown, Brown-EC, 1986



Joan Senior, Durio 1977



Judith, Harris-H 1977



King of Hearts, King-W 1965



Lady Inara (Cubiles) they seem to have dropped her last name, Hall-DF, 1956



Lady Liz, Lachlan 1983



Late Charm, Kamensky 1988



Lavender Tonic, Spaulding-WM 1983



Lime Fizz, Wild 1983



Lime Frost, Stamile 1990



Little Grapette, Williamson 1970



Little Squiz, Apps 1985




Louise Mercer, Joiner 1973



Lullaby Baby, Spaulding-W, 1975




Luxury Lace, Spalding 1959


8 more letters, 37 more historic plants. I've got more, some of them haven't bloomed yet.

Zoia, It seems you and I both have a number of Wild daylilies. I know for me that's because when I first began buying them, that was the only catalog I received in the mail. No internet then. Maybe luckily for me!

Same here.

Definitely same here. Also, I guess I purchased a lot of Wild plants from the Seawrights before they went out of business.

Magic Carpet Ride, Kirshhoff-D 1992



Mardi Gras Parade, Kroll 1992



Margaret Seawright, Stevens-Seawright 1985



Mary Todd, Fay 1967



Mauve Wonder, Wild 1983



Might Do, Wild 1985




Ming Toy, Wheeler 1947



Mini Pearl, Jablonski 1982



Miss Jessie, Hardy 1956



Modern Design, Rasmussen 1989



My Melinda, Warner 1984



Nickey Baby, Spaulding-W, 1985



Omomuki, Stamile 1991



Orange Prelude, McEwan 1974



Painted Pink, Harris-Benz 1985



Pandora's Box, Talbot 1980



Paper Butterfly, Morss 1983



Pardon Me, Apps 1982



Pastures of Pleasure, Apps 1991



Peach Magnolia, Joiner 1986



Peek-a-boo, Wild 1983



Persian Market, Munson-RW. 1969



Pink Pompon, Stamile 1987, although I'm coming to the conclusion that it might be Double Pompon, Miles-J 1972. Mine match the height on the older version.



Pitter Patter, Fass-P 1972



Prince of Midnight, Salter 1990



Priscilla's Rainbow, Spalding-Guillory 1985



Puddin', Kennedy 1972



Pumpkin Kid, Spalding-W, 1987




Four more letters, 28 more plants

I'm just going to post here until I finish the list


Rainbow Gold, Peck 1971




Real Wind, Wild 1977



Red Volunteer, Oakes 1984



Rocket City, Hardy 1967



Roswitha, Trimmer 1992



Royal Blue Blood, Hite 1979



Rubens, Hall-DF 1967



Ruby Throat, Griesbach-Kliem 1979



Ruffled Ruby, Rudolph 1981



Russell's Minuet, Russell 1947



Russian Rhapsody, Munson-RW 1973



Sandra Elizabeth, Stevens -D 1983



Satin Bird, Childs-F 1982



Satinique, Wild 1982



Siloam Art Work, Henry-P 1989



Siloam Baby Talk, Henry-P 1982



Siloam David Kirshhoff, Henry-P 1986



Siloam Doodlebug, Henry-P 1985




Siloam Double Classic, Henry-P, 1985



Siloam Grace Stamile, Henry-P 1984



Siloam Justine Lee, Henry-P 1984



Siloam Sambo, Henry-P 1982



Siloam Show Girl, Henry-P, 1981



Siloam Tee Tiny, Henry-P, 1981



Siloam Tiny Mite, Henry-P 1981



Silver Fan, Peck 1968



Sir Modred, Webster 1990



Smuggler's Gold, Branch 1991



So Lovely, Lenington-G 1969



Something, Wild 1967



Spring Purple, Saxton 1969



Strawberry Candy, Stamile 1989



Strawberry Rose, Peck 1980



Strawberry Surprise, Wild 1988



Sun Worshiper, Wild 1988



Sunday Gloves, LeBague-Rogers 1985



Super Medallion, Dove 1986



Susan Weber, Branch 1989



Swamp Yankee, Hathaway 1971



Swedish Girl, Sims-L 1987


2 more letters, 40 more flowers

Nice set, Zoia! I love that picture of Rubens!

Nice pictures of Satin Bird and Siloam Baby Talk!

DeweyRooter said: Nice pictures of Satin Bird and Siloam Baby Talk!

You know, I never finished this thread…. Might as well, I hate leaving loose ends

T's before 1993

Toreador's Cape, Saxton 1979



Toy Trumpets, Sobek 1984



Tropic Sunset, Harris-Benz 1987



Unique Purple, Childs-F 1979



Unkie, Clark-D, 1957

Moving to V's

Velvet Widow, Stamile 1988



Vera Biaglow, Moldovan 1984



Wake Island, Wild, 1981



War Eagle, Hall-DF 1951



Watermelon Time, Stevens-Seawright 1987



White Tie Affair Peck, 1982



Wild One, Wild 1978



Wineberry Candy, Stamile 1990



Wise Man, Wild 1987



Woodside Amethyst, Apps, 1989



Worthy One, Wild, 1988



Yellow Lollipop, Crochet 1980


That's all of them!