I'm having a war with thrips in my garden. Here were the most presentable blooms of the day.

Stealth Bomber


Ice Cream Emperor


Sacred Ground


Bullfrog Kisses


Jitterbug Blues

All looking very good to me! I am seeing some signs of thrips here too.

I have some thrips this year too, must of liked the rains
I also have several dl taller this year than they ever have been

Claudia and Frilly - The thrips here this year are gigantic in size, compared to past years. And they seem to be immune to the systemic I put on my reds and purples three weeks ago. They're also attacking cultivars that were never bothered by thrips in the past. I bought more bug spray today and have an order of Captain Jack's Bug Dead Brew on the way.

Also Frilly, a high percentage of my evergreen and semievergreen daylilies have shorter scapes than usual. The dormants have gigantic foliage and taller scapes than normal. I assume this is the result of a harsh winter and teeter totter temperatures this Spring.

Frillylily said:I have some thrips this year too, must of liked the rains
I also have several dl taller this year than they ever have been

Yes!!! A lot of my tall daylilies are finally tall this year!!

Wow. Stealth Bomber just went on the wish list.

Frillylily said:I have some thrips this year too, must of liked the rains
I also have several dl taller this year than they ever have been

Just noticed signs of thrips on a heliopsis near daylilies yet to bloom and my veggie patch, I sure don't want a repeat of last years damage.

unknown

I had a couple of notable ones today.

Stand Up and Cheer.
I got this from Tom Bruce this week. He dug the plant and I replanted it the same day. It went on like nothing happened. It's pretty and tall and Man! What a scape. Tom told me he'd registered it wrong, that the scape improved after he'd registered it. He's right. The scape pictured is on a lined out plant. The one I saw on a mature plant was much better! As you can see, it's almost as big as my finger.



I also got these doubles. Lake Murray Sunset and Red Ragtop. I live on Lake Murray so I had to have that one.


These were fun too.
Fours are Wild, Awesome Memories and Whimsical Whirlwind

Leslie, I would think the person who registered the dl could ask the stats be changed at AHS?

Last I heard, the hybridizer could for a small fee.

Oh man Stand Up and Cheer.

My next unknown opened this morning. Two separate plants, but obviously the same daylily:

Stand up and Cheer and all those doubles!

Kyla, could your unknown be Mystical Rainbow??

New for today is Paper Lion. This is an early a.m. photo. As a sibling to Mad Dogs and Englishmen, I'm expecting the Texas sun to fade this toward a parchment color. But early it is sort of a light pinkish cantaloupe shade. I may try and pick up a cantaloupe at the store today .

Yes! Mystical Rainbow!

Hemlady said:Kyla, could your unknown be Mystical Rainbow??

Could be! I was thinking Stephanie Returns (I think it was) but that is a much more recent registration so this one is more likely, I think. Editing -- Ashton, thanks. Honestly I can't tell the difference between the two, from pictures! but like I said, Mystical Rainbow is more likely.

Here are three more pictures, later in the morning and in different lighting -- more amber and less pink.

Texas Painted Eyes with Patricia Snyder Memorial.

Searching For Blue, and still looking.

La La Fabulosa

Paco Belle

Springfield Clan

I have a couple of FFOE today, and some repeats that like to show off.
'Irish Envy':

FFOE:'Scottish Fantasy':

'Darla Anita':

FFOE:'Nagasaki':

'Carnival In Mexico':


'Endowed With Beauty':

'Anchors Aweigh':