It must be cabin fever ... I've been looking at really tall-scaped, and/or big-flowered daylilies. I wonder if I have the space to work in any flowers that are taller than I am, or that have petals longer and wider than my hand-spread, but they are making me very curious. I realize they are not necessarily both in one cultivar (some tall ones have smaller flowers, and some larger flowers are on shorter scapes), but I'm curious about both as they represent the farthest ends of the spectrum. I'm not sure whether to include or exclude spiders, as they are thin and the long petals seem to mostly hang down, creating less viewing area, but maybe they also seem large in perspective when blended in the garden?
How do you blend your larger or taller daylilies into your garden or yard? Are there some that have just never made it to the size you expected, or ones that are listed as smaller but grew really large for you? And, are all the tall ones really bud builders, or do they have a set branching pattern? Do some have massive root systems or fans?
I've read that one hybridizer pollinates tall ones by climbing a ladder (some bloom on scapes over 7 feet tall), and I know some stake large, heavy blossoms (some non-spiders are more than 12 inches wide). So, if you have pics to share it would also be awesome to hear about how/when they might be supported, pollen dusted, etc.
Here are a couple of photos from the database that help with making size comparisons. If you click the photos you'll see a fence in the background for perspective. The first is six feet tall:
And here is a daylily that has 13 inch blooms, shown next to a bloom that is likely more average sized:
I just noticed a prior thread that looked at some tall ones, too, (allthingsplants.com/thread/view/19916/) but since the consensus was that modern tall daylilies have strong enough scapes as long as they are grown in sunny spots, maybe people could add on to include more info about cultivating both tall and large-blossom daylilies?
