I have been trying to ID Mary Todd in my garden and it looks like the buds will be a key factor in doing that. So I went out and took a few photos of daylily buds. I was wondering at what stage of bud development it would be best to take photos of the buds? I decided that it would probably be best right before the bud actually opened, and even better if the almost open bud and the opened bloom could be captured in the same photo. I don't have many blooms yet. I do have 'Spacecoast Tiny Perfection' in bloom, but the other buds were so small the bloom actually hid them from view.
I would like to know what other varieties of daylilies you know of that have very distinctive buds that would aid in the identification cultivars. I know there are some photos of buds in the database, but I would love to see bud photos for every variety! Here are a few that were progressed far enough along to take a photo.
Royal Eventide:
Siloam Double Classic:
Nagasaki:
Filled With Joy:
NOID Purple:
