LoriMT said: Voila Francois is trying really hard to join the November party. We had 30 degrees overnight, but temps got up to 55 today. We covered her with a trash can last night and will do the same tonight. Maybe a bloom tomorrow?
Our overnight temps have gotten down to 28 degrees. Voila Francois bloomed but was hanging upside down because the stem had "melted" with the cold. I brought the bloom inside and enjoyed it for the day on the counter. There are still 2 buds left, but again, the base of them seems "melted" so I think my blooms are done for the season. It has been a good year.
In my zone 7b north Georgia garden, I found the first scapes of the season on 'Frankie's Fantasy' on April 23. The first bloom on a named cultivar was Black Eyed Stella on May 11, then Hello Polly FFE on May 12. By May 15 I had several cultivars blooming each day. My last bloom was Nov 1 (part open) Voila Francois.
The thing that amazed me the most was that over the course of the summer I added photos to the garden.org database for 121 different named cultivars.
hmmm, maybe the squirrels have been bringing in daylilies from other gardens?
I can't possibly have bought that many different daylilies.
But I've already started adding daylily names to my want list for 2024.