Lyshack said: I bought Purple de Oro from a local garden center. It was clearly labeled. And when I went back later in the year, half of their PdO looked like the pictures you see in our database, and half of them looked like the one I ended up with:
That's messed up right there. So I still call it Purple de Oro, and I didn't get rid of it yet because it's one of the latest blooming rebloomers I own, almost always with scapes in late September or October.
But buyer beware. Not everything out there being sold as Purple de Oro is actually Purple de Oro.
This doesn't look 'washed out' to me at all, but rather a different daylily altogether. There is a prominent midrib striped consistently in the bloom, the throat appears greener and you said it blooms later/reblooms. It may not be a tissue culture at all, but merely an incorrectly labeled plant. It is definitely frustrating to not get what you pay for, but most places won't honor the variety to be true, just warranty the plant against dying. The bloom you have though is very pretty, especially if it is a good performer.
Also to note that it was mentioned the stella purple one is not colorfast in the sun and fades out easily, as some dl do, so the photos in the database can vary a lot, depending on if the person took the photo in the morning or at 6 pm when they got home from work. Also many people are so excited about that first bloom, that they take photos of their dl and post them in the database and those first few blooms can be pretty unrepresentative as to what it should be vs a mature plant.
