beckygardener said:Kevin - Beautiful photo! Looks like you get a lot of blooms with this cultivar. Did it multiply for you?

(Oops ... accidentally gave you 2 acorns instead of 1! Lucky you! )

Multiply yes. I would say double over 3 years and thats w/o fertilizer. Had to move to larger space or would have had blooms going through the fence where it was. Rain or shine it seems to keep its color very well. So glad i got it.

Thanks for that added information!

This is my second year growing Destined to See, and unfortunately I have not had much success with it so far. I intend to transplant them to a different area of the yard after the heat breaks. I planted these on the sunny fringe of my otherwise shady front yard, but they are just in a bad position. Lesson learned!

Wayne - Has it bloomed for you at all?

beckygardener said:Wayne - Has it bloomed for you at all?

Not once! I was just looking at my plant list and I had to laugh because I'm pretty sure this is the only entry that hasn't given me at least one bloom.

Mine are growing in beds 6" deep on top of clay. I planted them in a place where I assumed they would get 6-8 hours of sun but I'm afraid it's probably more like 4 hours.

Hopefully it will be much happier in a different location. Sometimes that is all it takes for them to thrive and bloom their little buds off!

I purchased Destined to See in 2005. It has a beautiful flower, but sometimes it struggles here in my zone 3 garden. This spring we had a late hard frost and I have drought conditions and very cool nights this summer and it's bloom period was short. All of the other daylilies planted in that area have been fine and bloomed well so I think it is a little more susceptible to the weather conditions.
Some years it has bloomed beautifully and is lovely so I will be keeping it. No new pictures as I didn't get any taken of it this summer and it is done blooming but this is mine from the data base.

Susie - Thank you for your performance information. Hopefully, next year it will do much better and shine in your garden!

I would like to note that I am in zone 6. It is planted in full sun and I do you alfalfa pellets and water from a well on a regular basis. My scapes are about 28-30 inches.

Teresa my scapes are never that tall on Destined To See so only goes to show what some fertilizer and good ole well water can do. A slightly longer growing season does not hurt either.
Wayne it must be just a bad spot. AS far as sun i moved Chicago Apache to a spot with only 4-5 hours of sun and it grew bigger than ever before and still blooming now. Sometimes it seems you get a problem child for a plant and its just a matter of location.

This beauty has been growing in my garden for many years and is one I often share with daylily newbies because I know they will fall in love with it. Never really noticed the low bud count because it always has multiple blooms open every day for a long time. One year it had over 30 polys in one week. Didn't notice any this year.

Had to laugh when I checked the database and saw I had never added a photo. Guess I must have left them at the old place. I enjoy Destined to See so much that it has a prime place by the front door.

Thank you to each and everyone of you for posting your performance evaluation of this cultivar as well as photos.

Please feel free to revisit this thread and add additional comments and photos at ANY time!

I'm slow to report here, but Destined To See is a great plant in my area (zone 5, NW Missouri). It has thrived in my garden for several years and has produced interesting seedlings for me. It blooms early/mid season and does not bloom an extended time but is beautiful while it lasts. I love the sparkling metallic silver flecks along it's edges. It grows true to it's statistics, not overly tall and not short. It has increased very well for me with little attention.

I would have to say that Destined to See is my favorite daylily in my collection, it was purchased in 2012, and it has done fairly well considering my harsh growing conditions, it has multiplied well. Sorry I didn't measure the scapes but they were a good height, it does not get a high bud count, but most of the blooms are well formed and very striking.

2015

I have been growing Destined to See for 10 years. It was slow to get established- like 3 years- but once going, it has done well and been divided a couple of times. It was my favorite for years and is still in my top 5. The bud count is low but the flower makes up for that. It is a low one so I have it positioned near the front of 2 beds. It is one I plan to always have.

I bought 5 (single) fans of Destined to See in 2015.
They bloomed that same Summer and did so very reliable every year since

As I have mentioned in another post, somehow single fans seem to struggle a lot more than double fans or clumps: they hardly multiply
So, if possible at all I don't buy SF's anymore. Perhaps others have different experiences?

Destined To See has multiplied from 5 to 7 fans in 2 years. I would have liked that to be more..
Apart from that it is doing ok: I had 7 scapes this year, 14-16 flowers per scape.
First flower was on the 11th of June, last flower on the 14th of July
The scapes were 22" high and on the short side, flowers measured 6".

Definitely a daylily for the front of the border where the flowers can show their pretty faces!







Mayo

Destined To See is a very nice garden daylily! These are pictures of Destined To See in its first year on my garden. Bloomed the first year. Big, strong, and distinctive blooms. Large blooms are on short scapes. However, by growing Destined To See in a large container, it makes the daylily seem much taller. Do not think it has ever reached its registered height.


Pretty eyes!


2018 blooming in 97 degree heat, light shade occasionally throughout the day.


Here is a baby fan I pulled off last fall. Now its first bloom ever in 97 degree heat... Allowed a little paler eye.


This is a daylily I consider worthwhile to grow in my garden, which can be a difficult environment. Consistently has a good garden presence.

May your garden be a happy and peaceful place!

Destined to See has only been in my garden for a couple of years at this point, but it's a real beauty. I'm in zone 3 and Destined to See has been reliably hardy here - flowered every year that I have had it, including its first season.

It's a bit taller than the 24 inches listed and ... as others have noted before me... this daylily does put out polymerous flowers. I would recommend it.

I planted Destined to See in October 2023 from Simonton Bridge. It is starting out life in my garden with 4 fans.

Zoia, it's a hardy daylily so it should do well, mine is still growing and dividing well after at least 10 years.