Slide shows are arranged with favorites first based on 2023 blooming season. The number of days of blooms is the most important factor in my book followed by bloom quality. For example, the blooms of some cultivars don't fully open each day.
Favorites
Garden Show - 83 days, prolific bloomer with large flowers
Panic Mode - 28 days, love the pale orange color
Outrageous Lavender - 28 days, tall slender scapes
Always Afternoon - 38 days, short scapes, good grower
Solid Performers
Lavender Stardust - 26 days, prolific grower
Round Midnight (Springhill) - 16 days, deep purple color
Round Midnight (Gilbert Wild) - 32 days, thinner petals than SH version
Black Stockings - 19 days, vigorous grower
Spacecoast Behavior Pattern - 17 days
Spiny Sea Urchin - 17 days
Wish for More Blooms
Raspberry Suede - 10 days, love the deep purple color
Indian Giver - 6 days, beautiful color
Eye Popper - 12 days
Spacecoast Technical Knock Out - 8 days
Dark Night Dynamite - 12 days
Huckleberry Yogurt - 10 days, mirror image of Dark Night Dynamite
Bluegrass Memories - 4 days, beautiful flowers ... just want more!
Blue Hippo - 3 days
Gayle Palmer - 3 days
Collage - 12 days
Malaysian Monarch - 8 days, blooms not full
Magician's Magic - 26 days, most blooms don't fully open ... sob!
Numinous Moments - 3 days, small petals which don't fully open
Chasing Ghosts - 2 days
Mauve Mystique - 2 days
Favorites
Garden Show - 83 days, prolific bloomer with large flowers
Panic Mode - 28 days, love the pale orange color
Outrageous Lavender - 28 days, tall slender scapes
Always Afternoon - 38 days, short scapes, good grower
Solid Performers
Lavender Stardust - 26 days, prolific grower
Round Midnight (Springhill) - 16 days, deep purple color
Round Midnight (Gilbert Wild) - 32 days, thinner petals than SH version
Black Stockings - 19 days, vigorous grower
Spacecoast Behavior Pattern - 17 days
Spiny Sea Urchin - 17 days
Wish for More Blooms
Raspberry Suede - 10 days, love the deep purple color
Indian Giver - 6 days, beautiful color
Eye Popper - 12 days
Spacecoast Technical Knock Out - 8 days
Dark Night Dynamite - 12 days
Huckleberry Yogurt - 10 days, mirror image of Dark Night Dynamite
Bluegrass Memories - 4 days, beautiful flowers ... just want more!
Blue Hippo - 3 days
Gayle Palmer - 3 days
Collage - 12 days
Malaysian Monarch - 8 days, blooms not full
Magician's Magic - 26 days, most blooms don't fully open ... sob!
Numinous Moments - 3 days, small petals which don't fully open
Chasing Ghosts - 2 days
Mauve Mystique - 2 days
Favorites
Garden Show - 8 plants, large 6 inch flowers, 28 inches tall, midseason, dormant, bloomed May 10 to Sep 9, 83 days with flowers in 2023 including reblooms, 100 degree heat is understandably faded bloom color, there were 86 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, Spring Hill
Panic Mode - 2 plants, 5.5 inch flowers, 20 inches tall, midseason, semi-evergreen, bloomed Apr 6 to May 16, 28 days with flowers in 2023, there were 39 days with flowers in 2022 including a rebloom, Schreiner's
Outrageous Lavender - 2 plants, 5 inch flowers, 28 inches tall, midseason, dormant, bloomed May 21 to Jun 21, 28 days with flowers in 2023, there were 32 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, tall thin scapes that sway a bit in the wind, Olallie
Always Afternoon - 7 plants, 5.5 inch flowers, 22 inches tall, early, semi-evergreen, initial bloom Apr 22 to May 16, rebloomed Aug 29 to Aug 31, 38 days with flowers in 2023, there were 59 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, Spring Hill
Solid Performers
Lavender Stardust - 4 plants, 5.5 inch flowers, 26 inches tall, midseason late, dormant, often multiple blooms open on the same day on a single scape, multiple scapes per plant, blooms produced shrink significantly in size when temps are in mid to upper 90s, bloomed May 13 to Jun 23, 26 days with flowers so far in 2023, there were 66 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, Spring Hill
Round Midnight (SH) - 4 plants, 6 inch flowers, 30 inches tall, early midseason, evergreen, initial bloom May 11 to Jun 3, rebloomed Jun 17 to Jun 24, 16 days with flowers in 2023, there were 11 days with flowers in 2022, Springhill
Round Midnight (GW) - 4 plants, 6 inch flowers, 30 inches tall, early midseason, evergreen, bloomed Jun 5 to Jul 22, 32 days with flowers in 2023, there were 39 days with flowers in 2022, these daylilies have much thinner petals (spider like) than Springhill variety, Gilbert Wild
Black Stockings - 4 plants, 6 inch flowers, 24 inches tall, midseason, evergreen, initial bloom May 6 to May 21, rebloomed Jun 7 to Jul 2, 19 days with flowers so far in 2023, now reblooming, there were 51 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, K.van Bourgondien
Spacecoast Behavior Pattern - 3 plants, 6 inch flowers, 26 inches tall, early, evergreen, initial bloom May 8 to May 23, rebloomed Aug 4 to Aug 29, 17 days with flowers in 2023, there were 26 days with flowers in 2022, only 1 of 3 plants bloomed in 2022 so I moved 2 plants at end of year, K.van Bourgondien
Spiny Sea Urchin - 2 plants, 5.5 inch flowers, 27 inches tall, early midseason, semi-evergreen, initial bloom Apr 22 to May 12, rebloomed Jun 2 to Jun 12, 17 days with flowers in 2023, there were 8 days with flowers in 2022, K.van Bourgondien
Wish for More Blooms
Raspberry Suede - 4 plants, 5 inch flowers, 28 inches tall, midseason, dormant, initial bloom May 3 to May 14, rebloomed Jun 17 to Jun 18, 10 days with flowers in 2023, blooms slow to open in morning, there were 32 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, Spring Hill
Indian Giver - 1 plant, 4.5 inch flowers, 20 inches tall, early midseason, semi-evergreen, bloomed May 19 to May 26, rebloomed Jul 12 to Jul 18, 6 days with flowers in 2023, very pretty smaller flowers, did not flower in year 1, planted 05-22-22, Smokey's
Eye Popper - 1 plant, 6 inch flowers, 28 inches tall, midseason late, dormant, initial bloom Apr 26 to May 12, rebloomed Jun 3 to Jun 15, 12 days with flowers in 2023 including a rebloom, second year, there were 3 days with flowers in 2022, planted 05-22-22, Smokey's
Spacecoast Technical Knock Out - 1 plant, 4.75 inch flowers, 32 inches tall, midseason, semi-evergreen, small blooms but very pretty, bloomed May 17 to May 29, 8 days with flowers in 2023, there were 27 days with flowers in 2022, Breck's
Dark Night Dynamite - 2 plants, 6.75 inch flowers, 36 inches tall, early midseason, semi-evergreen, initial bloom May 4 to May 18, rebloomed Jul 27 to Jul 31, 12 days with flowers in 2023, only one flower opened per scape on the rebloom in the 100 degree heat, second year, there no flowers in 2022, planted 07-04-22, Schreiner's
Huckleberry Yogurt - 2 plants, 5 inch flowers, 26 inches tall, midseason late, semi-evergreen, bloomed May 8 to May 19, 10 days with flowers in 2023, second year, no blooms first year, planted 07-04-22, Schreiner's
Bluegrass Memories - 2 plants, 5.5 inch flowers, 24 inches tall, early midseason, semi-evergreen, bloomed Jun 7 to Jun 16, 4 days with flowers in 2023, there were 11 days with flowers in 2022, stunning color, Schreiner's
Blue Hippo - 1 plant, 6 inch flowers, 26 inches tall, early midseason, semi-evergreen, bloomed Jul 10 to Jul 15, 3 days with flowers in 2023, imagine large flowers would have more color if it wasn't 100 degrees when blooming, there were no flowers in 2022, planted 07-04-22, Schreiner's
Gayle Palmer - 2 plants, 5.5 inch flowers, 27 inches tall, midseason, semi-evergreen, bloomed May 13 to May 19, 3 days with flowers in 2023, there were 14 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, Gilbert Wild
Collage - 1 plant, 5.25 inch flowers, 32 inches tall, midseason, semi-evergreen, bloomed May 1 to May 19, 12 days with flowers in 2023, there were 40 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, Breck's
Malaysian Monarch - 2 plants, 6 inch flowers, 24 inches tall, early midseason, semi-evergreen, bloomed Jul 5 to Jul 25, 8 days with flowers in 2023, flowers do not aways fully open, less than 6 inches, there were 20 days with flowers in 2022, did not bloom in year 1, Ellies
Magician's Magic - 2 plants, 5.75 inch flowers, 32 inches tall, midseason late, evergreen, initial bloom May 13 to Jun 6, rebloomed Jul 21 to Jul 30, 26 days with flowers in 2023, there were 18 days with flowers in 2022 with reblooms, the ruffles often catch which prevents the flower from fully opening, on the rebloom in the 100 degree heat the flowers never fully opened, Schreiner's
Numinous Moments - 2 plants, 4.5 inch flowers, 26 inches tall, midseason, dormant, bloomed May 12 to May 15, 3 days with flowers in 2023, there were 17 days with flowers in 2022, Olallie
Chasing Ghosts - 1 plant, 6 inch flowers, 24 inches tall, midseason late, semi-evergreen, bloomed May 9 to May 13, 2 days with flowers in 2023, there were 8 days with flowers in 2022, Shreiner's
Mauve Mystique - 2 plants, 5.5 inch flowers, 29 inches tall, midseason, evergreen, bloomed Apr 24 to Apr 28, 2 days with flowers in 2023, second year, only one plant bloomed, no blooms in 2022, planted 07-04-22, Schreiner's
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