Evening

Edit: Sorry I keep changing my posts, but I have this tendency to misidentify my daylilies, especially in the large bed. This time around I realized that the ruffled red I was calling 'Justin Miller' is actually 'Lucky Catch'. 'Justin Miller' has now bloomed and is more of an orangey-red and less ruffled.

I went out again this evening with the camera. Normally in July I would be posting once a day, with a few flowers each day to show as they put out their first blooms. With the timing of our vacation this year, the "usual practice" has not been possible. So here are some of the daylilies that weren't shown this morning, or that weren't open to their best advantage.

One noticeable thing about my flower choices is that I love dark daylilies. I seem to be on a quest for a reliably dark flower without too much red in it. My collection contains many daylilies that I have bought in an attempt to meet my requirement, with varying levels of success.

'American Revolution'



'Siloam Plum Tree'



'Wayside King Royale'



'Darkside'



'Bela Lugosi'



'Strutters Ball'



Cricket Dance is normally a very dark daylily. It's great for a flower garden, with plenty of scapes and a high bud count. It has one drawback, however, and that is its tendency to lose colour easily. Here is a photo from the end of the day. The petals look almost bleached.

'Cricket Dance'



But not all my daylilies are dark purple. There are many, many of them in my garden, and they come in almost all the colours that daylilies are available in. For example, the reds seem to be well represented at this time of year.

'Lucky Catch'



Ed Murray



'Persian Ruby'



'Executive Decision'



'Highland Lord'



Highland Lord is a double daylily that hasn't been giving me reliable doubles for the past couple of years. Today the plant had two flowers, both doubles, but neither of them fully open even as late as 7PM.

The remaining daylilies for which I have photos this evening are apricot and pink.

'Green Eyes Wink'



'David Kirchoff'



'Strawberry Candy'



'Spiritual Corridor'



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