Of COURSE daylilies are gorgeous flowers, and never ever show an ugly bloom. Although they do OCCASIONALLY give us an UG. (never ever admit to being ugly!!)

Believe it or not I was called Ugs by the neighborhood kids as a child - on the other hand, the nicknames my friends had... <shivers>

So I am starting this off with an FFO on a gift plant I received a month ago - no ID necessary unless one wants to



Granted, this might not be 'ugly' but it sure ain't pretty! The photo actually makes it look better!!!~Jan

This is a named one from last year, it cost big bucks. It was ugly also last year. Yeah I know I need to spray for thrips, BUT this was right after I sprayed last time.

Halloween Costume had a really difficult time settling in and blooming properly here: I had at least a half-dozen that looked like this (actually, this is one of the better ones):



It finally settled in (I think it knew it was going to go down the road, soon, if it didn't try harder):

Thank you Jan!!!!!

Dot, that one is bad!!!!

OldGardener, what a difference a year makes!!! Love before and after pictures!

Natalie, the pictures were taken only a few weeks apart!

Shocking! I thought it was a year apart! It teaches you to never give up on a dud! It's a stunning daylily when it's behaving!

I just hope it continues to behave I think it was having a problem with the cool mornings.

I am sure that is the problem with the one I posted too - these cool temps. I am sure I will have more this year, I still have seedlings - and I hate to spray for thrips if they are not going to be a major problem this year, last year they were horrible - but I was told it was partly because of the drought - at least I hope so. ~Jan

This one has been a major disappointment from the get-go. To be fair, we moved it to a better spot, and now it has bloomed much earlier than before. We had hopes for pretty flowers, but no luck. This is the start of the fifth year for it and if there is no major improvement, out it goes. I don't even like it as a single.




Over The Top

I really like the color of that one a lot! Too bad it's not living up to what you want. I'd find it very hard to get rid of it!

Sabine Bauer is always gorgeous but this bloom decided to have one pinched petal which really looks strange.

Sabine looks really sad!!!

Seedling from earlier this summer yuk


I was hoping it would get better, but nope still barking

Okay, that one is ugly!!!

Remember last year when we all had ugly blooms? This year has been so much better!

Posted these on the July blooms thread, because I don't have many blooms, but had to share them here too.

Fairy Tale Pink


Steve Trimmer

This is Coffee House FFO. This was a gift from Maryott's last summer. I almost lost it this spring, so I am actually amazed it even sent a scape up. But this flower never quite lived up to it's potential. Hopefully subsequent blooms will, because I was excited to get it

Got another one- I had great hope for this cross, oh well

Snake In The Grass X Candy Cane Dreams 2 year old seedling 11A-2

That's not to bad Jan.

It seems pretty washed out to me! On the other hand, it is about 43 inches tall and the bloom is very large. ~Jan