My experience when I started purchasing pinks was that none of them were really pink, were in fact much more peach than pink, and I've had to do some searching to get some that seem truly pink. And the same with irises!
This is the first one I found that I felt was really a true pink:
Is it consistently pink regardless of weather ? Seems to me that the heat and intense sunlight in Bakersfield would make them fade out really fast, especially in the summer...or are yours in partial shade ? Even where I am, I found that moving them to partial sun made them hold their color much better when it's hot.
The one above is consistently pink and is in sunlight until about 3:00 in the afternoon. This was its first year for me, so I'll have to see how it does next year. The darker the daylily, the more afternoon shade I try to give. Also, this one bloomed in late June and has not rebloomed. But it was around 100 degrees when it was blooming.
Name: Margaret Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)
When we were kids my sister and I loved to climb in the trees as high as we could go, then sit on a branch and sing, she sang like an angel and I sang like a crow!!! We had so much fun!!
chance encounter
edith sliger
chance encounter
corryton pink
absolute treasure
Yummy. Never tire of pink.
and I sang like a crow!!! 
