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Aug 28, 2011 10:17 AM CST
Name: Juli
Ohio (Zone 6a)
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Let me see if I can pick a few that no one else has posted.

Alpha Quadrant of Curt Hanson's -- I really like this one for it's relief sculpting. I have grown Supreme Empire since it came out, and have loved it all these years, but Alpha Quadrant shows even more relief than Supreme Empire (SE is one of AQ's parents).
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Good old Penny's Worth. I like this one because it is so small, and I can tuck pieces of it in the edge of my perennial beds. It reblooms many times for me, so there are always little yellow blooms here and there. I like planting the Johnny Jump Up Viola's near it because the color of Penny's Worth echoes the yellow in the violas.
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Mighty Sol (Dottie Warrell) Another that is on the golden side of yellow - but makes such a great clump. Big spidery thing - one that makes me thankful that I live so close to Dottie! Mine was dug up and divided by a friend 3-4 years ago, and has sulked ever since. I need to have my friend Bob down here to see if the other person planted it to deep or what is going on with it. It is increasing but not blooming well at all - and it did very well before that... something is up with it. Glare
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Pee Wee's Big Adventure (Curt Hanson)
I grew this for many years as "OSxSE" - Curt sent it as a bonus plant the year Supreme Empire came out, as it is as seedling of SE. I loved it. It is a bud builder, and I kept telling him to intro it as I often had it blooming until the winter freezes took the scape down. Some of my best seedlings have come from this plant - and definitely my best bud builders. It has a sear-sucker texture, but it is also very thick and waxy at the same time. Sometimes it pinches and pleats, sometimes it's big wide and flat throated. Sometimes the edges are very fringy, sometimes they show teeth. A full sib to Concrete Blonde and Planet Claire.
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And, for one last one -- perhaps this one doesn't fit "yellow" - it has golden yellow petals and orange yellow sepals. A seedling of mine, Bill Norris x Planet Claire. I tend to like more tailored daylilies... so this one is right up my alley. Since I pulled it from the seedling bed, I moved it to the back row of one of my main daylily beds, and it is right next to the big cottage garden type perennial bed. It has clumped up nicely, and it always instant reblooms. It's not shown me anything making it worth introducing though. Not that many people like yellow, and tailored daylilies are definitely not "in".... Hilarious! Some days it shows itself to be more tailored than others. This year, it was more of a full flowered form and less of this open tailored look. Thumbs down
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Here you can see my front walk, last year. Right along the walk there is a triple row of daylilies, 25 plants long. To the left of the daylilies, I have always had a handful of shrub roses and a few perennials, but in spring of 2009 a couple friends moved a lot of perennials from a big bed in back of my house so I could turn that bed back to grass. This year, those perennials have really taken off! The seedling above is halfway down the walk, in the row furthest from the walk... you can see it peeking up above a pink daylily.
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A week or so later, things were really popping... from the "perennial" side of the bed... you can see the seedling in the background. Can you see what I mean when I say that the yellows (and golds) mix well with mixed perennials?
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It was SO hot and SO dry this summer that I took very few photos. The new part of the perennial bed out front is like a jungle now. Thumbs up it has some weeds in there, but you can hardly see them. I pinched back the bee balm and phlox in May, but they still grew tall and filled in really well. It has been non -stop color since April. My grass is brown, and I have not dead headed so taking any photos now with all the dead daylily scapes thrown in -- yuck. Hope next year will be better.
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Aug 28, 2011 10:50 AM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Juli, thanks for showing us all those gorgeous photos! I wish you could have heard the sounds issuing forth from my lips as I scrolled to the next & the next & the next. It would have made you proud.
You have it down pat... the yellows DO look great with the perennials & I can see what you mean about the other colors not standing up to the comparison in such close quarters. A lesson I will heed well when I plan my beds. Thank you.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Aug 28, 2011 11:17 AM CST
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Name: Betty
Bakersfield, CA
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Juli, I really love your seedling! I love the deeper colored sepals, very unusual looking -- which means I'm totally drawn to it! Have you named it? If not, I definitely think you should. And ALPHA QUADRANT is such a beautifully bright sculpted flower too! Great choices, and thanks for including the pictures of your front flower bed -- it's fantastic.
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Aug 28, 2011 5:13 PM CST
Name: Cynthia (Cindy)
Melvindale, Mi (Zone 5b)
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I love the seedling too. I don't believe I have ever seen a bi-color yellow. It is real unusual.
Lighthouse Gardens
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Aug 28, 2011 5:28 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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I love the textures of your seedling, Alpha Quadrant & Pee Wee. Exceptional.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Aug 28, 2011 5:32 PM CST
Name: Juli
Ohio (Zone 6a)
Region: United States of America Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener Daylilies Garden Photography Enjoys or suffers cold winters
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Thanks! Sometimes Buttered Popcorn shows a similar effect, but not quite as much color difference.

I keep hoping the seedling will start having 6 way candelabra branching or 75 buds, or grow to 6 feet. Something to make it stand out other than an unusual color pattern. So, I am going to try to use it with a couple seedlings that do stand out in other ways.
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Aug 28, 2011 9:47 PM CST
Name: Christine
Southeastern MN (Zone 4a)
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Here are my 5 top Yellows in my garden!!

Omomuki:
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Mary Todd:
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Hyperion Elite:
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Double River Wye:
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Siloam Frosted Mint:
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"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."
2 Corinthians 9:6
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Aug 29, 2011 1:18 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Betty
Bakersfield, CA
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Birds The WITWIT Badge Garden Ideas: Level 1 Roses
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Very nice! I think Hyperion Elite is gorgeous!
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Aug 29, 2011 8:14 AM CST
Name: Christine
Southeastern MN (Zone 4a)
Heucheras Garden Ideas: Level 2 Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I sent a postcard to Randy! Garden Ideas: Level 1
Region: Minnesota Hostas Keeps Horses Birds Farmer Daylilies
The first one Omomuki has the same yellow color but the shot didnt do it justice at all. Sad
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."
2 Corinthians 9:6
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Aug 29, 2011 8:39 AM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
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Hyperion Elite ---- WOW!
Is that a true color on the Siloam Frosted Mint? I have ordered some of that from Earlybird (Robin)? Curious if the color in the photo is true representation.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Aug 29, 2011 8:48 AM CST
Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
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Lovely yellows Juli and Christine.
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Aug 29, 2011 9:00 AM CST
Name: Christine
Southeastern MN (Zone 4a)
Heucheras Garden Ideas: Level 2 Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I sent a postcard to Randy! Garden Ideas: Level 1
Region: Minnesota Hostas Keeps Horses Birds Farmer Daylilies
Yep - -I dont edit the color on any of my photos, I just crop -- so it is true!! Hurray! Hurray!
Mine gets no morning sunlight and gets full sun from noon to sunset!!

I love that one and I got mine from Robin too! I got it last fall and planted. This pic is a first year bloom at my place -- all those I got from Robin are so wonderful! Hurray! Hurray!
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."
2 Corinthians 9:6
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Aug 29, 2011 9:14 AM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Dog Lover
Yep, I ordered in winter & she was going to ship as soon as she could dig them & then Lo & Behold we up & moved so I asked her if she would hold them till we got the house built & she's a true dear as she is holding them. i did give her the option.
I can't WAIT!!!!!
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
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Aug 29, 2011 9:19 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Betty
Bakersfield, CA
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Birds The WITWIT Badge Garden Ideas: Level 1 Roses
Irises Daylilies Cat Lover Region: California Region: United States of America
Yes, my order from Robin was fantastic -- she sent double, triple and even quad fans in my order!
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Aug 29, 2011 9:19 AM CST
Name: Christine
Southeastern MN (Zone 4a)
Heucheras Garden Ideas: Level 2 Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I sent a postcard to Randy! Garden Ideas: Level 1
Region: Minnesota Hostas Keeps Horses Birds Farmer Daylilies
Yep -- she is truly a dear!!

She is my BDFF!!! (Best Daylily Friend Forever!!) Lovey dubby Lovey dubby
"Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."
2 Corinthians 9:6
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Aug 29, 2011 11:53 AM CST
Name: kimbar rise
beaverton mi
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I also got my siloam frosted miint from Robin she sends great plants.
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Aug 29, 2011 12:24 PM CST
Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
Zone 6B
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I have some great yellows too Smiling My absolutely favorite yellow is DOC WEBSTER which is a Charmaine Rich (from Vermont) intro. Big lovely blooms on tall scapes with a really high budcount and lots of branching. I love this daylily.

Another great yellow in my garden is Brian Culvers DIAMOND EXECUTIVE which is a fabulous garden flower.

A new favorite yellow for me is Mike Derrows LUNAR EMPIRE which is just a FABULOUS daylily. Instant rebloom, srong really branched scapes with lovely flowers. I can't believe the scapes on this one.

Someone mentioned HYERION ELITE. I have that one too and I just love the big glowing flowers on it that can't be missed.

A really cute double yellow oldie I have is BUTTER DISH. I really don't usually love doubles but I do love this one.

I know that is only four. I will have to think about number five Rolling my eyes.
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Aug 29, 2011 12:39 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Betty
Bakersfield, CA
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Birds The WITWIT Badge Garden Ideas: Level 1 Roses
Irises Daylilies Cat Lover Region: California Region: United States of America
Rita, I know I totally love your LUNAR EMPIRE and wish I could find it -- although it's probably a dormant, just my luck!
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Aug 29, 2011 12:53 PM CST
Name: Rita
North Shore, Long Island, NY
Zone 6B
Charter ATP Member Seed Starter Tomato Heads I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Vegetable Grower Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge)
Birds Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Roses Photo Contest Winner: 2016
Betty, I am sure that it is.
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Aug 29, 2011 10:10 PM CST
Name: Dick Henley
Central Ohio (Zone 6a)
Isle of Capri (Stamile) covers itself with big yellow blooms over a long period of time. Bright Sunshiny Day (Klehm) has a lot of blooms, great color, and consistently reblooms.
Dick in Ohio

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