​​Daylily pictures of all 167 cultivars (varieties) that have bloomed in 2023 in my Houston Garden can be found below.  Photos are being updated thru 09-20-23.

In addition, you will find links to individual daylily variety slide shows organized by color (yellow, pink) or type (double, spider) with up to 16 pictures per variety.  Check out links below.
​Link to 34 varieties of Pink Daylilies - 2023
Almost all these daylilies were purchased from major daylily catalog vendors since I began growing daylilies in 2016.

2022 was a great year for daylilies and I did an evaluation of how my daylilies performed by vendor.  I've bought from

Amador Flower Farm, Breck's, Ellies, Gilbert H Wild & Son, K.van Bourgondien, Oakes, Olallie Daylily Gardens, Schreiner's Iris Gardens, Smokeys's Gardens & Spring Hill. 

And the comments are almost all positive.  Had no problems with receiving the ordered daylilies in good shape in a timely manner.  The evaluation is more about how the daylilies performed (i.e bloomed) in 2022 here in Houston, Texas.
Link to Evaluation of 2022 Daylily Varieties (5 pics per daylily variety) by Vendor
Daylilies are fascinating to me because each daylily variety produces their own unique flowers both in color, size and length of blooming period (from a week or two to over 8 weeks including reblooms).   

Toward the bottom on this webpage, you will find a slideshow showing pictures of my Houston Garden from 2013 to the present day.

My name is Richard and I do now have a website-based email address:

gardentalk@reflectionscarlson.com

So, if you have a question about a particular daylily variety, you have a way to contact me.
​Prettiest Daylily Blooms: Sep 20 - Enchanted Forest, Sep 19 - Fire Bird Suite, Sep 13 - Garden Show, Sep 11 - Enchanted Forest, Sep 8 - Answering Angels, Sep 7 - Merz, Sep 6 - Garden Show, Sep 3 - Answering Angels, Aug 31 - Always Afternoon, Aug 30 - Arctic Excellence, Aug 29 - Spacecoast Behavior Pattern
Prettiest Daylily Blooms: Aug 28 - Early Snow, Aug 27 - Arctic Excellence, Aug 25 - Answering Angels, Aug 24 - Stolen Treasure, Aug 22 - Mecca Truffles, Aug 21 - Fire Bird Suite, Aug 20 - Lines of Splendor, Aug 19 - Spacecoast Behavior Pattern, Aug 18 - Formal Appearance, Aug 17 - Merz, Aug 16 - Magic Carpet Ride, Aug 15 - Pick Up Lines, Aug 14 - Stolen Treasure, Aug 13 - Fire Bird Suite, Aug 12 - Nicole's American Beauty, Aug 11 - Tequila & Lime, Aug 10 - Daringly Different, Aug 9 - Hanalei Bay, Aug 8 - Enchanted Forest, Aug 7 - Wyoming Wildfire
As of 09-25-23, we've had 167 daylily varieties that have bloomed with no more new varieties with scapes (bloom stalks) forming.  Enchanted Forest & Firebird Suite are reblooming and scapes have formed on Father Fidalis & Barbara Mitchell.  So the 2023 daylily blooming season is almost over.  The average number of varieties blooming by week (Sun thru Sat) in 2023 is:

Apr 2 - 4 varieties, Apr 9 - 5 varieties, Apr 16 - 12 varieties, Apr 23 - 26 varieties, Apr 30 - 39 varieties, May 7 - 54 varieties, May 14 - 51 varieties, May 21 - 39 varieties, May 28 - 31 varieties, Jun 4 - 28 varieties, Jun 11 - 26 varieties, Jun 18 - 22 varieties & Jun 25 - 15 varieties, Jul 2 - 14 varieties, Jul 9 - 13 varieties, Jul 16 - 13 varieties, Jul 23 - 16 varieties, Jul 30 - 10 varieties, Aug 6 - 8 varieties, Aug 13 -  
6 varieties, Aug 20 - 3 varieties & Aug 27 - 2 varieties.
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​The 2023 daylily flower peak was the week of May 7 - 13 which averaged 54 varieties per day.  The individual day high was 59 varieties blooming on May 13th.
When a scape gets down to the last flower, my wife takes the flower inside to make a bouquet.  She had field days on May 12th and 18th as you can see from the pics above

2023 Daylily Varieties by Color/Type - link to webpage

With the 13 new varieties from Amador Flower Farm received on 03-28-23, we now have 197 daylily varieties that could bloom in 2023.  However, I think we will be lucky to get to 170 varieties that actually bloom this year.  We had 8 varieties that tried to form scapes from Mar 26 to Apr 21 and the scapes died before producing a flower ... probably due to aphids.
All 167 Daylily Varieties - in first to bloom order!
​Apr 9 to Aug 6 by week
Apr 9 to Apr 15 - Five new daylily varieties bloomed this week: Dare to Love, Wild Horses, Key to My Heart, Pale Blush, Tequila & Lime
Apr 16 to Apr 22 - Nineteen new daylily varieties bloomed this week: Night Embers, Bas Relief, Daring Deception, Exotic Perfume, Green Turtle Key, Bridgeton Bonus, Coconut Grove, Olallie Star, Tuscawilla Snowdrift, Daringly Different, Prickly Sensation, Spacecoast Sweetness, Father Fidalis, Jolyene Nichole, Mecca Truffles, Renie's Delight, Always Afternoon, Sink into Your Eyes, Spiny Sea Urchin
Apr 23 to Apr 29 - Twenty-three new daylily varieties bloomed this week:  Nicole's American Beauty, Diana Culbertson, Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Sidewinder Oh Seven, Paul Stout, Yabba Dabba Doo, Mauve Mystique, Passion in Paris, Petal Pusher, Alcazar, Bogota, Ciel D'Or, Unlock the Stars, Early Snow, Eye Popper, Passion for Red, Rhodesian Red, Baby Rattle, Elegant Candy, Spacecoast Twice is Nice, Stolen Treasure, That Thing You Do, Beachy Keen
Apr 30 to May 6 - Twenty-nine new daylily varieties bloomed this week: Forsyth Wrinkles & Cream, Full of Treasure, Superlative, Cape Coral, Barbara Mitchell, Collage, Rachelle Agin, Tuscawilla Tigress, Magic Carpet Ride, Parrot Tattoo, Spacecoast Southern Belle, Inwood, Kupferteller, Lucy's Pride, Raspberry Suede, Arctic Excellence, Dark Night Dynamite, Dragon Seeker, Formal Appearance, Funny Valentine, Judy Farguhar, Spacecoast Tiger Tango, Sunday Gloves, Wildest Dreams, Black Stockings, Ed Brown, Enchanted Forest, Persian Market, Pleated Pumpkin
May 7 to May 13 - Twenty-nine new daylily varieties bloomed so far this week: When My Sweetheart Returns, Kindling the Flame, Pick Up Lines, Huckleberry Yogurt, Dynamic Duo, Spacecoast Behavior Pattern, Chasing Ghosts, Garden Show, Pewter Pink, Bowl of Sunshine, Elegant Explosion, Fire Bird Suite, Harmony in Yellow, Joan Senior, Double Layer, Round Midnight, Scottish Fantasy, Buntyn's Hot Diggity Dog, Christmas Tidings, Exotic Candy, Merz, Mountain Top Experience, Numinous Moments, Pastel Inspiration, Gayle Palmer, Lavender Stardust, Magician's Magic, New Series, Pale Moon Windmill
May 14 to May 20 - Fifteen new daylily varieties bloomed this week: Suns Eye, Chicago Brave, Desert Flame, Fitzasaurus, Pizza Crust, Sweet Tart, Francis Joiner, Spacecoast Technical Knock Out, Majestic Move, Indian Giver, Unforgettable Glow, Erin Lea, Lacy Doily, Chicago Apache, Beautiful Edgings
May 21 to May 27 - Eight new daylily varieties bloomed this week: Outrageous Lavender, Diana's Evening Gown, Intergalactic Interlude, Hanalei Bay, Pandora's Box, Disco Music, John Kinnebrew, Shawnee Moon
May 28 to Aug 6 - Twenty-two new daylily varieties bloomed (in last to bloom order since we are past the peak bloom season): Wyoming Wildflower, Blue Hippo, Overheated, Fair Child, Malaysian Monarch, Fire King, Mystery Cultivar (unknown variety), Double Yellow (also unknown), Groovin', Bluegrass Memories, Edge of Heaven, Jan's Twister, Round Midnight, Lovely Mimi, Spacecoast Fancy Dancer, Marque Moon, Byron, Timeless Romance, Picture of Innocence, South Street, Chicago Star & Calistoga
The Rest of the Garden
Tomatoes (Sweet 100, Early Girl, Summer Set & Homestead) have started to ripen as you can see from the pictures above from May 25th.  And the cucumbers (Poinsett 76 this year) over produced as usual.  Veggies in the first pic went to neighbors the next day.
Click "play" on the upper left-hand corner of the slide show below to see the rest of my garden (non-daylilies!) so far this spring.
Click on the upper left-hand corner to view slide show below for pics of garden over the last 10 years.  Or just scroll down pics on right and click on photo to view.
I’m Richard, a weekend gardener who lives in Houston Texas.  Well maybe that isn't entirely accurate considering the number and size of the beds in the backyard.  I started the current garden back in the winter of 2012/2013 when I built four 4 foot by 12 foot raised beds two landscape timbers high in my backyard which I quickly filled with vegetables the following spring.  Of course, the four beds were expanded to six beds and an additional two landscape timbers were added to increase the loose soil depth.  Additional beds followed as you can see in the slideshow above.   In addition, you will note three 4 foot fence posts (1 foot of which is cemented below ground) were added to each side of the 12 foot beds to allow adjustable frames to be built over the beds so that tomato plants can be covered with netting to keep fruit from the birds and enable bell pepper plants to be covered with 30% shade cloth during 90 degree plus summer heat.
Gardens are all about hard work … constructing the beds … adding the soil … planting … watering … weeding and yes enjoying the fruits of your labor be it fresh vegetables or beautiful flowers.
Note how big the tomatoes are in just 6 weeks and the daylilies are now in full bloom.  Mid May to mid Jun is normally peak daylily bloom time in Houston.  In 2022, the peak blooms occurred from May 17 to Jun 14