Todaylily is the blog of Terry Oates, past President of Garden State Daylily Growers Club in New Jersey. Terry has since moved from Philadelphia to Verona, PA (Pittsburgh) where he's hybridizing stippled (dotted) and striped daylilies because he likes weird stuff.
Friday, May 30, 2008
Earlybird Orangeade & Bayou Bride Daylilies
Megan Skinner's Earlybird Orangeade bloomed today, a couple of days after her Earlybird Sunshine. She has some more recent Earlybird registrations, but I don't have them. If you like early daylilies, you should try some.
This is a real surprise: Bayou Bride blooming in Philadelphia in MAY! And Kathy D'Alessandro has it blooming too! Salter registered it as a Midseason (1995). My theory: our early warm spring fooled Bayou Bride into thinking it was in Florida.
I just wanted to get a photo of my Tricolor Beech before the sun scorches the leaf edges. I have to do something (shade cloth?) to protect it from afternoon sun. This is a prima donna tree until it gets established- needs even moisture and sun / wind protection, but it will be worth it if I can get it established. I was really surprised it made it through its first winter, so here's hoping.
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