The Siloam Double Classic is right at home in my zone 5a garden. I bought it at a nursery going out of business sale in 2012 and it almost died in the pot before I finally got it in the ground. I was a bit disappointed when it bloomed the next year because I was expecting it to be the same soft pink that had bloomed in the pot but in my garden's soil it was a very pale peach color. It is still blooming as a peach hue which I have now grown to love. It starts to bloom on the earlier side of the daylily season and it has put out one of it's last blooms just today. That is longer than most of my other daylilies and that alone endears it to me :)
This is one tough little DL but it looks so delicate and pretty. It is in the front border of one of my gardens and the small plant size is perfect for that spot. None of the blooms have been lost to view within the foliage either. The scapes are not higher than the foliage but they show just fine. Perhaps if I watered more and fertilized consistently then the foliage would be thick enough to hide the flowers. Who would have thought that a little (ahem) neglect could be a positive thing? I plan to keep the SDC as long as it wants to grow here in my garden! It puts up with me!
