Mini Might
A miniature double daylily. "Miniature" for daylilies means the blooms are less than 3 inches (7.5 cm) across. This photo doesn't show very well that it's a double, but there is an extra set of tiny petals in the centre of the flower. I actually had two blooms on this plant this morning.
Alaqua
I am a bit disappointed in this daylily. The colour is what the tag photo promised, but the shape of this flower is undefined. On the tag photo, it showed a flower with distinctly rounded petals, and that is the look I was hoping for. I will say, however, that this Alaqua has very nice picotee edging on the petals, so that is some compensation.
Catherine Woodbury
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My ever-reliable 'Catherine Woodbury' is one of the first daylilies I planted, along with 'Moonglow'. This one is also a constant bloomer, providing a show in the front garden throughout July.
6 comments:
Wow, what beauties! We have a daylilly Festival here in Virginia.
I am in agreement with you on Alaqua. Beautiful coloring and picotee edging, but dreadful shape. Do you have all of your daylilies planted together in a bed or have you sprinkled them throughout your beds? Do you have any pictures of ones you have crossbred?
No pictures, because it takes several years. Just two years ago I harvested some self-pollinated seeds from 'Moonglow' and planted the seeds last spring. One of those seedlings will flower this year, but it is a very small plant. I suspect it will be just yellow Moonglow, pollinated by bees or ants or whatever.
Last year I cross-bred daylilies at random and harvested lots of seeds. I sent half of them to a (blog) friend in New Mexico who is growing seedlings this year. Some of those will likely flower next year and I'm sure she will take pictures.
This year I am trying to keep track of both "parents", but I don't know how easy that will be once I pollinate several flowers on the same plant. I am also not great at growing seedlings (I am not really equipped for it). I think I prefer to share the seeds with other people who are better at that part.
Karen, my Catherina Woodbery looks not like yours!
Sigrun
Karen, in my next post I show you a photo from my Catherine. And you can also look at google!
Sigrun
Yes, I have looked at google. Catherine takes many forms, it seems. ;-)
I look forward to seeing the photo in your next post.
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