Eddie - I love your way of thinking! I must confess ... I am one of those gardeners looking for a pretty face regardless of whether it has a name or not.

I have been known to buy a daylily just because of it's name! Luckily it had a pretty face to go with it!

Me too Natalie. Unfortunately, one of my didn't look very good the other day. I am hoping it makes it through the winter.

Have a slew of them bought just because of the name. Like Bela Lugosi, Nosferatu, Dracula, Wait Until Dark, Quote the Raven, Black Briar Bay, Third Witch, Witch's Laugh, Brown Witch, Grey Witch, Rocky Horror, and Voodoo Dancer. See a theme?

Debra!

I'm thinking Debra likes Halloween

...and old black and white classic and B-movies.

Plus Tim Curry...

Oh yes! Tim Curry is very good!

I had the privilege of seeing him as King Arthur in Spamalot in London, January 2007 (went there as a 50th birthday present to myself). He was very good. My favorite role of his is Wadsworth, though.

Debra - Your named "witch and vampire" daylilies really made me laugh! Do the vampire ones have fang-like teeth? Pretty cool those names!

Becky, this is off-topic, but your enthusiasm is wonderful! I have enjoyed every post that you have made!

None have teeth, Becky. Started out with Bela Lugosi, because I love to watch him--even in Plan 9 from Outer Space--and I was looking for darker daylilies. I really like Edgar Allan Poe, too, so enter Quote the Raven. It grew from there. Also have Killer and Maltese Falcon.

Natalie - LOL! Thanks! I just love flowers! And daylilies grow and bloom well here for me when other plants don't. Wished more of my neighbors were into flowering plants instead of Palm Trees and evergreen shrubs. Ugh! This is a very nice group of gardeners/daylily growers here on this forum! Thanks everyone!

Debra - A true Bela Lugosi fan! Some of your daylily gardens must reflect your "darker" side! JK. I bet your garden areas are beautiful with dark, rich colors!

Debra has lots of beautiful bright colors as well, and it all goes very well together!

Becky, I think you always make me smile, and we can always use more of that!

Natalie said:Debra has lots of beautiful bright colors as well, and it all goes very well together!

Becky, I think you always make me smile, and we can always use more of that!

To both statements!

Natalie, in regards to your dad and growing flowers as a diesel mechanic, I could not disagree with you more. As a auto mechanic myself, gardeners come in all shape, sizes, colors, etc,etc,etc,etc...... LOL!! couldn't get "rofl" to load for some reason. I remember as a kid helping my grand mother in her veggie garden. My gardening enthusiasm didn't come till later in life as did your dad. I guess in those earlier years we were too busy with life and not stopping to "smell the roses" so to speak.

I too buy flowers because of their names - and looks. Unique names really catch my eye. One of my favorite names is "God's Gift To Warthogs"


Another is Moosa Pa Loosa


But I too like pretty flowers, and I never bothered with names until I got into daylilies

Jan

I had wondered about how they came about getting the Warthog name, to funny lol. It is a beautiful plant tho!