Hi, Sue,
Thanks for the Living in Luxury recommendation, but I've already been oohing and aahing over mine, which I bought from Maryott's last autumn. : )
http://cubits.org/Daylilies/th... (My colors aren't as rich as yours - but then again, we haven't had much of a summer, alas, have we?)
Joy, who's up in the PNW, and I have been comparing notes about cold weather openers. Joy's climate seems to be almost identical to ours, except that she actually gets consistently freezing temps in the winter, so she can safely grow all dormants. Do you by any chance have a list of dormants that couldn't handle our climate? Thus far, except for Peach Rum Festival, which did go dormant last winter, the few others I have did stay evergreen, and had a good increase, so I think they're safe enough. But, I'm really leary of dormants.
Just in terms of sculpted daylilies, the only one I have is Moon Over Monteray - which is stunning if it's somewhat warm.
http://cubits.org/Daylilies/th... Even when it's cool, it opens flawlessly, though then it won't have much - if any - visible sculpting.
I haven't joined the daylily club yet; I had health issues this past winter (just a broken ankle). But thanks for the info, though I can't make it on the 21st. Actually, I bought a daylily from Nancy Bailey this winter, and I probably should remind her that she was going to put me onto the mailing list.
Looking forward to welcoming you to the North Bay! : ) Actually, you're the reason that I found my way to daylily forums. After 20 years of living on a shady property, 2 1/2 years ago I moved into the sunshine, and began looking for daylilies, since I'd grown them in the late 70's and early 80's back East. Almost everytime I googled a particular daylily, which I was thinking of ordering, it would be your impressive photographs on DG's Plant Files that would come up! This so intrigued me, that ultimately I joined DG, and have found all of these other forums, as well.
All the best! :)
Elizabete
