This is one of my first blooms here in Michigan.

Oh wow, I do love that bright really red looking color. I know you must be excited to finally have blooms.

Hoping that multi-plant picture makes it to the database with tags to identify each of the companion plantings!

Frank, is it really that lipstick red? How splendid.

Gleni said:Frank, is it really that lipstick red? How splendid.

The photos have been cropped, but nothing else. Used an Olympus EP5 with a Panasonic 20mm prime lens.

At any rate, the photos have reproduced the color quite accurately.

So, to answer your question, yes, it is really that red.

Frank, Earlybird Cardinal a.k.a. Endless Heart was the first to flower in my garden. 05-29-2014

Thanks for the registered Apps cultivar name (Endless Heart, 2004) for the unregistered Earlybird Cardinal, Mike. It's great to see a bright red dip (rare enough) that has such nice lineage, and heritage, to it!

Tina, you are welcome.
Endless Heart clump

Lovely Mike. I just love the look of the northern clumps.

Green, erect and no brown or orange leaves anywhere.

Glen, when those show up I remove them. It's a continuous cycle. As new foliage comes out the old one has run it's course. There is nothing that irks me more than when I take a nice pic to see something in the background to take away from it. That's why a lot of gardeners remove the fading buds first before taking pictures.

Hey!

I l-u-v spent daylily flowers! I think you might be missing something of great beauty

There's a bit of beauty in everything I think