I evicted Seurat from my gardens-I think it was the only one I ever had that I thought was just ugly! I didn't like the splotchy color.

I moved out many poor preformers that struggled thru the winter and those six budcount wonders that I can do without. Still have more of them to go. Everyone in a while I decide that I just don't like a daylily flower, no matter what others think of it. Then there are the ones that insist on being blotchy no matter what. All of these problem children leave here. In fact I will be watching very carefully this bloom season to weed out any of the leftover 6 budcount wonders.

Would you mind sharing the names of the ones you didn't like?
I think that would help me at least to double think ordering those in the future and a waste of my money!
I have a splotchy one now, I am not sure if I will keep, Burning Angel. It had a couple of nice blooms last year, but the rest were splotchy. But we did get a lot of rain, so maybe that is why, and I am hoping for prettier blooms this year.

6 bud count is very low, how many years have you had these?

Four years. Some got kicked out of the garden last year at 3 years after bloom season. LAVA FLOW, VELVET EYES and WILD CHERRY ROUNDUP are all six budcount wonders for me that are still here. I know there are others.

Frillylily- I can't remember the names of the splotchy ones offhand. I don't keep a list of rejects that used to be in the garden but now are no longer here. I really should have. If I think of some I will post them.

I really would like to have velvet eyes but I have read several bad reports about it not doing well in colder areas.
I am reluctant to spend a dime on one lol

I've had my eye on Wild C W but glad I passed though am getting a seedling from it so sure hope it has a better bud count than this parent or it will have to go down south. Lava Flow is so pretty but I will just have to resist that one too. Thank you for the information. Rita!

I have had problems with Morre Otte, looks terrible in the spring but that I can live with , last year had a bud count of 2, yes 2. I am giving it this last chance before it goes to warmer pastures. I think 3 years is plenty to give them.

I have had 2 and 3 budcount wonders here too, those are deffinately not here any more. As for VELVET EYES, it is a stunning daylily. I am going to move mine even though it is in a good spot. Sometimes that works for me, I move a daylily that did poorly into a new spot and it takes off. I am not willing to give up on it, the flowers are stunning.

Frillylily, send me an e-mail or whatever they call the on site here or if not send me a d-mail over at daves with your address and I will send you some fans of VELVET EYES free, not even a charge for postage.

wow!
so generous!

You will definitely have uhh C-mail ?
I guess that is what it is called here...

Thank you SO much!

Got it. No problem. C-mailed you.

Velvet Eyes has lots of buds for me. Maybe the move will help.

Yes, I have had some that did poorly and I moved them and they took off. I don't know why because dl around them were doing fine. Kind of odd.
I used to have Christmas Is and that bugger didn't do a thing for me, I tried moving it and still got nothing. I think it actually got smaller every year. After 3 years or so, I tossed it out. When I Dream was the same way.

Shores of Time is one that has done poorly for me. Everyone else I talk to says it does wonderful for them. This will be my third summer with it so we will see what happens this year. I think that sometimes some cultivars just take awhile to settle in. Spiney Sea Urchin is another one that has done nothing for me. This will be its third summer here also. I sure hope that one does better this year and at least blooms for me. It took 3 summers for Gram's Dream to take off. I almost got rid of it and something just told me not too. Boy am I glad I didn't now because it's first bloom was stunning.

I got Dragon Lounge in 2008 and it has not bloomed for me yet. I moved it in the fall hoping it will be happier. If not it may go.

I have a whole list of "Lost and Tossed". Some go because they have failed to thrive. Others become less distinctive as newer hybrids are introduced, and some are simply rust buckets! Being in a warm climate, I can only grow evergreens and that is the reason many fail to thrive here on the beach.

'David Kirchhoff' was one that never did well for me, blotchy and just never looked right. I think I sent it South. Darla Anita is another one I never warmed up to. Same for Great Wandering Albatrose. I'm in the progess this year of getting rid of some I've grown for many years and it's hard. Some like South Seas and Mauna Loa I will really miss. I told Orange Velvet last year that I planned to get rid of it and then it had the best blooming season ever, so I had to keep it. One fear I have is that I may get rid of an old one and then find that I don't like the new one that replaced it as well, but I do enjoy change and probably will also be deleting and adding daylilies and Iris. Just so many to have to select from.

Well, I promise to give the South Seas and Mauna Loa I received from you a good home! Let me know if you change your mind next year. LOL. I will surely have extras to send since you were so generous in your sale.

Thanks! I'm hoping Choral Fantasy will take the place of Mauna Loa when it comes to that color, but you never know till you see them bloom in your garden. It's funny too that some you don't think much of the first year they bloom, can look really great in a couple years. Heaven's Gatekeeper is one I planted last year that I hope will end up being like Orange Velvet in color, but so far, I haven't seen it bloom so OV gets another year.

Well, Choral Fantasy didn't like western Kansas. No sign of life this spring. Planted last summer.

I planted that one too, and it didn't do well for me so far. But it is new.