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Jun 22, 2015 5:15 PM CST
Name: Natalie
North Central Idaho (Zone 7a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Dog Lover Daylilies Irises Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Hummingbirder
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@kidfishing Ashton, do you think that she has the correct one? The more I look at it, the more correct it looks to me. Just a very ugly version at the moment, but I know that no matter what it is, it will improve.

I think yours looks fantastic today!
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Jun 22, 2015 5:17 PM CST
Name: Ashton & Terry
Oklahoma (Zone 7a)
Windswept Farm & Gardens
Butterflies Keeps Sheep Pollen collector Region: Oklahoma Lilies Irises
Hybridizer Hummingbirder Hostas Daylilies Region: United States of America Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Yes probably right, although mine hasn't looked that bad.

Natalie,
That wasn't today's bloom.
I was talking about today's bloom, not good enough to take a picture! Smiling
Kidfishing
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Jun 22, 2015 5:17 PM CST
Name: Natalie
North Central Idaho (Zone 7a)
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Dog Lover Daylilies Irises Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Hummingbirder
Frogs and Toads Native Plants and Wildflowers Cottage Gardener Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Region: United States of America Xeriscape
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Jun 22, 2015 5:31 PM CST
Name: Maryl
Oklahoma (Zone 7a)
Cat Lover Daylilies Roses Container Gardener Plant Lover: Loves 'em all! Cactus and Succulents
Region: Oklahoma Enjoys or suffers hot summers
It looks like Violet Becomes Her to me. The edges seldom are as nice as the daylily hybridizer's picture, so if you eliminate the edge, allow for it's splotchy disposition, the center pattern and overall color look like VBH to me.....I'm just learning myself this year about what can cause the splotchiness. A few of my daylilies always start out splotchy and I just hope they have enough buds to finally produce the nice version of the flower. It didn't seem to matter about the color really, as I had dark colors that seldom had much if any splotchiness sitting right next to those that always had it on the first few blooms. The way the buds are formed seems to be key. I noticed on one that is particularly blotchy that the buds are not really closed tightly because of the bubbled edging. If I understand this correctly it is allowing moisture (dew/rain etc) to enter the night before and wash out or distort the color (like tie died clothing). If that's the case then it's a case of knowing what the physical and unalterable qualities of a daylily are. If it has edging that prevents the blooms closing tightly and that leads to colors blotching, do you really want to invest your time and effort in keeping it..........Maryl
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Jun 25, 2015 4:42 PM CST
Name: Teresa Felty Barrow
South central KY (Zone 6b)
SONGBIRD GARDENS
Birds Hummingbirder Hybridizer Irises Lilies Peonies
Sempervivums Plant and/or Seed Trader Region: United States of America Vegetable Grower Hostas Heucheras
I don't grow Violet Becomes You any more because I had more ugly blooms than nice ones.
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Jun 2, 2016 10:00 AM CST
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Name: christy
tn (Zone 7a)
This year I got my first bloom on this plant that was so bad last year and it's perfect! Not mottled color even in rain! So it appears it was just the first blooms of a newly planted fan.
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Jun 3, 2016 4:11 AM CST
Name: Judy
Louisiana (Zone 9b)
Daylilies Region: Louisiana Tropicals Region: Gulf Coast Hybridizer Seller of Garden Stuff
It looks like thrips damage to me.

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