Calif_Sue said:OK, now I think you need to take out that word "blaming" in the header and replace it with "thanking"!!
Look how fast things have moved since you started this thread!!

Nah, I'm still "blaming" you because I really thought my 2 dozen day-lilies were enough. Now I won't be happy until I have at least twice that many

kimkats said:Doris, how cool for your club, 5 new members .

Doris told me their -- wait, make that "our" club has doubled its membership in the last year

fiwit said:

Nah, I'm still "blaming" you because I really thought my 2 dozen day-lilies were enough. Now I won't be happy until I have at least twice that many

3 years ago I had about fifty, Now i have about 320 and more coming this spring! Trust me we will all help you make a huge ginormous want/need list

kimkats said:

3 years ago I had about fifty, Now i have about 320 and more coming this spring! Trust me we will all help you make a huge ginormous want/need list

If I'm not careful, I'll forget that my intent for one section of my yard is a native wildlife habitat -- it would be REALLY easy to fill it with day lilies

Mary, if you keep hanging with daylily folks you will be increasing those daylily numbers quicker than you thought possible. That native wildlife habitat area better watch out!!!

The president is Patty and the VP is Paula, two P's. My husband David is Secretary and I am Treasurer, so we have two D's. Yes, it is YOUR club! You made a HUGE step today. I am proud of you. We are all proud of you.

My 10 daylilies in 2009 went to about 225 in 2010 with me adding a about 25 or so more in 2011. Then I had to move and get rid of a lot of those daylilies ( I only kept my hybridizing ones and about 25 for the shows). Well, I find myself slowly adding more. I'm adding those for hybridizing, but I have gotten a few that I say to myself "that would be a good show flower". We addicts are hopeless and use any excuse to buy a daylily

Mary - I think you need at least 100 to have wide selection of all the forms and colors. There is such a huge variety of daylilies!

I am serious on the 100. I have had thousands at a time, but the 100 or so I have now are really my favorites from all the years. Every year I try to add a couple ones I miss growing, or a couple new ones, but something has to go to make that happen. It is getting harder and harder to let any go. I love all of the ones I have now.

250 was also a nice number.....

Casshigh said:Mary, if you keep hanging with daylily folks you will be increasing those daylily numbers quicker than you thought possible. That native wildlife habitat area better watch out!!!

The president is Patty and the VP is Paula, two P's. My husband David is Secretary and I am Treasurer, so we have two D's. Yes, it is YOUR club! You made a HUGE step today. I am proud of you. We are all proud of you.

The good news is, my lot is almost an acre, so there's lots of other room for them

OHHHHH You are in for so much fun!! You can put a lot lot lot of daylilies on an acre.

Blessings, Mona

I went from less than 50 to more than 350 in the last couple of years -- and I'm still buying! But I'm starting to also give some away now that I'm refining my taste a little more.

You guys make me smile -- thanks for that

Betja said:I went from less than 50 to more than 350 in the last couple of years -- and I'm still buying! But I'm starting to also give some away now that I'm refining my taste a little more.

Let's see..... do we call those daylily hand me downs? Kind of a funny thought when you think about it. I wonder if a daylily has traveled the country by being passed on & living in one place for a few years then passed on & so on & so forth? Hey Mary, you ought to write a children's story about that.

I went from a dozen about 15 years ago to 250. Don't have room for any more but I keep buying and giving older ones away. It's hopeless. I know I will never stop buying.

I had to laugh when you said that you might have to double your number, from 24 to 48......

Famous last words!

I went from none 4 years ago, to about 100 right now. Granted, I haven't seen most of them bloom yet

And I too, am still ordering...... and getting ready to start some more from seeds....

It is waaaay to easy to get addicted to daylilies! And I only have 1/2 acre.....

philljm said:I had to laugh when you said that you might have to double your number, from 24 to 48......

You realize that was just for humor's sake, right?


Was telling someone this morning that I have an 8x16 raised bed I've not used for anything yet. Hadn't quite figured out what would work with its location, but I think day lilies would go great there. Then there's the oval in my yard that needs its perimeter lined with flowers, and that will probably be enough for this year.

PROBABLY.

Hahahaha, famous last words.

Because when your club has it's daylily sale...... you will find WAY too many you just have to have! And after you check out the Lily Auction (which is very, very dangerous for me) you will discover even more and THEN there are all these beautiful photos other ATP members just HAVE to post.....

philljm said:Hahahaha, famous last words.

Because when your club has it's daylily sale...... you will find WAY too many you just have to have! And after you check out the Lily Auction (which is very, very dangerous for me) you will discover even more and THEN there are all these beautiful photos other ATP members just HAVE to post.....

I have a built-in regulator -- it's called "no money."

Just so y'all know... I had posted on my greyhound board about the daylily society, etc... I've already had 2 folks over there ask me if daylilies will grow where they live (TX/MN), so I've been busily passing along the AHS website