I think Tusk was one of my most expensive ones I ever purchased when it came out and it didn't make it thru the first winter. It was a wisp of a thing. I might try again. Any input on that cultivar??

Ive tried twice. I bought it at my first daylily meeting. The long time member I was bidding against never was nice to me.
I dont have luck with the seeds either

Hmm, that's not good. I have seen it locally, but it wasn't a large clump and the gentleman nevers sells

Mine was Mort Morss. I grew it five years and never got a flower without splotchiness, and it never set a pod for me.

'In His Image' as a fall introduction. I have never bought new introductions again.

Watermelon Taffy doesn't seem to like my zone 5a weather (I guess). I bought it in 2014 and it produced a few blooms that year. I didn't bloom in 2015 or 2016. Every spring I think it's dead but it does finally put out fans (small) but never scapes. I'll baby it this fall and next spring. If it doesn't bloom in 2017, it's out . Never done that but this one is in a spot where it is seen "front n center" and needs to put on a show.

Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Watermelon Taffy')

Hmm, that is odd, Sue. I thought that it must be an evergreen but I looked and it is an SE. I hate it when plants don't do well

Yes, I know...I have a number of evergreens and semi-evergreens that do well but Watermelon Taffy just doesn't seem to like it here.

@bluegrassmom , re: TUSK: I too fell in love with TUSK after seeing it at Water Mill Garden the year it was new. The blooms were HUGE in Florida and I had to have it. Came home and ordered it. Sigh. It has survived here since 2009, but has not thrived. It has not liked it when we have cold winters especially. Usually has about 9 or 10 blooms for the entire season, and that's if I'm lucky. Very low bud count here. < big sigh> So I just sold my clump last week ( it's about 4 or 5 fans, BUT that is all it has increased since it arrived here in 2009 ) on the Lily Auction. I was up front and stated that this cultivar would be happier in a more southern location - zone 7 or higher. The winner is from somewhere south of here, so hopefully it will be happier now. IMHO, don't waste your money on trying it again. It had every opportunity to do well here but it just barely hung on. I have sold/ am selling several other cultivars that were highly "hyped" a few years ago. Stupidly, I paid top dollar for them ( in the $150-250 range) about 5-6 years ago - will I EVER learn?!!?? but they are not happy here. Several of them did not bloom at all this year because we had a late extended freeze that really knocked the evergreens especially for a loop. Life's too short! The unhappy campers are outta here to make way for plants that WILL be happy.

I bought tet Holly Dancer on eBay 4 years ago. It has slowly increased from a single fan to 3 fans but never bloomed. I can't bring myself to compost it so it will go to a spare spot in the vegetable garden just in case 😊

Halfprice said:I bought tet Holly Dancer on eBay 4 years ago. It has slowly increased from a single fan to 3 fans but never bloomed. I can't bring myself to compost it so it will go to a spare spot in the vegetable garden just in case 😊

I just bought Holly Dancer. I hope it blooms for me!

@Legalily your Holly Dancer is more than likely the diploid version. Or did you purchased a converted plant ? If it is a diploid you should be fine.

I have the dip Holly Dancer and it has just bloomed and bloomed this summer!

Hazelcrestmikeb said:@Legalily your Holly Dancer is more than likely the diploid version. Or did you purchased a converted plant ? If it is a diploid you should be fine.

Ordered from Bedmaker and it says it's a dip. Shipping first of week.

Holly Dancer does well here despite being boxed in.

Holly Dancer does very well here.

I should tell you all the reason I ordered Holly Dancer is because our dogs name is Holly. My daughters call her their "favored younger sister" I have a Grandchildren Garden with daylilies each of the grandchildren picked out so I'm putting one for the dog in it with her name stone Made the girls laugh!!

Your dog Holly is a cutie! And again, I can't tell you how much I love your grandchildren's garden! Wonderful!!!

Becky. My daughters say I'm addicted to my flower gardens. I'm thinking I could have worse addictions

Oh absolutely! I am also a gardening addict. And I am proud of it! So many, many worse addictions! And I am sure my wallet would agree.