Hot and very windy again, but a thunderstorm brought a heavy shower which was something. So good I took some pics even tho wind was bouncing them around. Some were later shredded by the rain.

MOROCCAN SUMMER looking luscious
MAKING WHOOPEE
MISSOURI MEMORIES
Vickie. My MM is part shaded which is good as it only gets rain watered. Last year critters ate most buds so maybe it has more energy this year from that. It has been there a couple of years with some root competition.

After 3 years of scapes being eaten down b4 flowering, FFE on BORDER BRIDE. Though only partly opened, and more dark cream/light tan than near white, I think I can confirm its ID.
Unreg'd Maleny Eyecatcher still going strong .
The glimpse of nearby SG shows that ME is a bit more yellow/tan copper pink than SG, which is a coral pink.
SECRET GARDEN had 2 blooms which weren't too close together. I lowered by 100% the brightness of the pic I took because the light was so intense.

And apologies, in strong light my display viewer doesn't work, so low down pics were half missed.
Unfortunate, as PINK TRANQUILITY had 2 lovely blooms today. It is very diamond dusted

FFE and only single on VIRGINIA FRANKLIN MILLER
CORTINA managed to partly open in spite of the dryness
This lemon lime one is almost certainly BRILLIANT FORECAST except it is fragrant and bigger than 4 3/4"

LINDEN BELLE taken in shade, and in sun
HOT WIRE was smaller, probably running out of water
TROPICAL HEATWAVE keeps going strong
Big and withstanding heat and rain well, Orange NOID

Very lovely blooms Della, Bron and Glen.

I pushed the wrong button and lost an hour's work. I have to go to bed.

Tiffany Gold X ET McHugh #TE2016001


Orange Noid x Thin Man 2016,14,4


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MILANESE MANGO X SEEDLING 2012 109

I have several interesting cultivars off Milanese Mango, which I am gene mining,

KING LAMONI x HEARTS AND LACE 2014231


BERTIE x JOY CHARMAN MEMORIAL2016,13,3


King Lamoni X Freedoms Highway 2016,6,4


BILINGA


KING LAMONI

Great blooms guys! I've been there Glen - very frustrating!!!

Love those Milanese Mango seedlings, Glen! What an intense orange:)

Just popped in to enjoy the pretty pictures here and say hello. All looking amazing to me, but really the one that caught my eye, same as last year is Glen's FORTY-SECOND STREET posted a few days ago. Wow, what a lovely thing.

I got a box of divisions in September from another member, and divvied them up between my garden here in Florida for the evergreens, and my daughter's in Utah for the dormants and semi-evergreens. Anybody know if my evergreens here should be thinking about blooming again now? I'm kind of worried that they got confused and think there was a very short winter .. . . they're in pots and I could pull them into some shade to slow them down if needs be?

I agree. Love those MILANESE MANGO sdlgs. Also BILINGA looks magnificent

Hope Glen got some rain. We had 40mm so that was great as the wind was pretty constant.

FFE for me of SPACECOAST SEA SHELLS. A bit disappointed as it is very yellow (bright throat, and almost buff/manila folder petals) and not cream as I had hoped. But nice markings and nice purple. It is in shade but bright light, and with other plants that (so far) don't have rust.

This regal looking looking unlabelled one, which I think is PRICKLED PETALS, always impresses me.


This pot of PICCADILLY PRINCESS always blooms smaller, less pink and a darker orange than the one I have in the ground.
KING LAMONI showing some earlier insect attack on its buds.

HOT WIRE looking better all the time but nearly finished blooming for now

TROPICALHEAT WAVE with only 1 bloom today

SPACECOAST TINY PERFECTION I believe

That is interesting about SPACECOAST SEA SHELLS Bron. Those appliques can look stunning in adverts but often two dimensional in life. I am a fan of appliques, though.

I got some rain Bron. It came in two waves. It was getting a bit desperate here with the dry. The cats hated the thunder, the little whimps.

Elaine, I find they do get mixed up if coming from colder areas to warmer areas and especially across thousands of miles. I always try to make myself cut the scapes off based on the idea that all the energy should then be concentrating on foliage and root growth. But, naughtily, usually curiosity about the bloom wins .

Thanks for the comments about the Milanese Mango hybrids. MM is interesting in passing on strong scapes, lush foliage, shades of burning orange, mobs of blooms, rust résistance and degrees of waxiness and colour fasting. But the blooms can look a bit wolfish and greedy. I have done some crossing this season to try and tame it. Sometimes I think I shouldn't try.

Here are some more M and Ms. Some you have seen.

This is the sleepy one in that the flower tends to be tubular.
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The next is a small dormant that I have held onto. The foliage dies off completely above ground in the colder months. It has been a difficult plant. It took four years to flower. A little of this underperforming might have been due to abuse. Why do I want to breed a dormant anyway? I was also disappointed it didn't set pods this season. I have its pollen frozen if I can think of something for it. The bloom might have promise.

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I have another dormant that is about to flower for the first time soon. It better look good. It is a sibling to 2012 119.

Last week, this next one flowered for the first time ever. I quite like it. More darker and stormy contrasting a large yelow throat. It should have flowered last year but refused to.

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This last one just flowered 4 days ago for the first time this season. It is an orange drink bitone with the sepals darker which is not showing up well in this first bloom. It is a sibling to the dormants. I shifted it this year and it has not been happy with the move.

It is an attractive neat bloom.
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You have just seen the other two. They are siblings to the two dormants.

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I have another yet to flower for this season, too. It is a weirdo and the bloom is thick and waxy. I am always all eyes when it flowers. Alas, I had to move it this year because of a vigorous papaya tree. Even more alas, I accidentally cut into the crown of one of the scapes. Crown rot set in and I lost all but one fan. Nearly broke my heart.

But it didn't.

...the "wolfish" comment got me! Sounds like MM sure has a lot of good qualities.

Gleni Tiffany Gold x Skin Walker #TS2016001 definitely has possibilities! Love the color and the form...

Bron you might be disappointed in Spacecoast Seashells but I think it's gorgeous

Thanks Diana. I will definitely keep it.

I have completely forgotten which day's photos I am up to. So bear with me.

EMMA THOMPSON MCHUGH


MARY ETHEL ANDERSON


FREEDOM'S HIGHWAY


GINNY MITCHELL


REINNE DE VIOLETTES


GLORIOUS AUTUMN


HELENA SEABIRD


JOY CHANDLER MEMORIAL


JAMAICAN MIDNIGHT

When it was hot and humid I could smell the daylilies as I approached them. But today they are overpowered by a gardenia bush and a climbing bauhinia that has small pink flowers.

Happy to see SIR STEVEN which I knew I still but it had lost its label. I thought the petals were longer when it last flowered. It is actually darker and a little more bluish purple than the pics

VINTAGE BORDEAUX again
KANSAS KITTEN looking less insect attacked with every bloom
The very elegant DOGE OF VENICE
LINDEN BELLE must be the most variable daylily I have. Sometimes very light orange, sometimes quite dark. Also halo sometimes. insects love it.
second and last for a while bloom on my small plant, CRAYOLA VIOLET in morning shade, then afternoon sun

Orange NOID planted in ground, surprisingly not as big a bloom as in the pot
TROPICAL HEAT WAVE stilll going strong
Notwithstanding the ubiquitous Seafoam rose, it is hard to photograph LAVENDER SPIDER as it is twists and turns and is big. Love it.
FFOS on BYRON which is usually a double (and sadly a bit of a ruster)
FFE for me on a very recent acquisition GRACEFUL EYE It is a tiny bit more peachy pink than these pics

Glen. ?? your pic of FREEDOM'S HWAY. All lovely but I love JAMAICAN MIDNIGHT and GLORIOUS AUTUMN. I fins some daylilies seem to call to me. Maybe I have had too much sun???

Some reds out today. SEDUCTOR flowers well. I have some bee pod sdlgs from it
KING LAMONI still showing bud dryness and insect damage
MISTER LUCKY. I sure feel lucky it survived all the traumas so that I still have it
Fortunately the fragrant and lovely MISSOURI MEMORIES continues to be not eaten

and now COLLIER will probably keep blooming after the rain
Also out today RUSSIAN RAGTIME
and, getting better all the time, TUSCAWILLA TRANQUILITY

gorgeous as always

Wonderful photos Bron. So many plants I have not seen before! Yes I have just now corrected the Freedom's Highway photo. I am having a lot of trouble working the site since I moved to Windows 10. The problem will be with me, alas.

The photo for FH Should be:

Just lovely daylilies, Bron, Gleni, and Della! So nice to see daylily blooms from the other side of the world.

Glen, your seedlings are beautiful esp 114.

Gleni said:
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