The 2024 daylily bloom season has begun! As of 04-24-24, we've had 68 varieties start to bloom with another 101 varieties forming scapes (bloom stalks). See slide shows below for flowers so far this year.
Apr 24 - A-M cultivars blooming today: Always Afternoon, Amanda's Intrigue, Answering Angels, Autumn Concerto, BAs Relief, Beachy Keen, Bogata, Bold Endeavor, Bridgeton Bonus, Brocaded Gown, Calistoga, Christmas Tidings, Dare to Love, Daring Deception, Daringly Different, Dragon Seeker, Earlybird Cardinal, Et Rosa's Cantina, Exotic Perfume, Fair to Middlin', Forsyth Wrinkles & Crinkles, Green Turtle Key, Groovin', Harmony in Yellow, Intergalactic Interlude, Janet and Bill, Jedi Dot Pierce, John Kinnebrew, Key to My Heart, Lava Flow & Lines of Splendor
Apr 24 - N-Z cultivars blooming today: Night Embers, Nippon, Olallie Star, Pale Blush, Panic Mode, Passion in Paris, Petal Pusher, Picture of Innocence, Prickly Sensation, Purple Starfish, Shawnee Moon, Sidewinder Oh Seven, Siloam Double Classic, Sink into Your Eyes, Spacecoast Sweetness, Spectral Elegance, Spiny Sea Urchin, Spiny Sea Urchin (Orange variant), Superlative, Susan Pritchard Petit, Tequila & Lime, Timeless Romance, Tranquility Bay, Unlock the Stars, Wild Horses & Wyoming Wildfire
Wife makes good use of her bud vases during daylily season. See above.
New Daylily Varieties Blooming by Week
Apr 21 to Apr 24 - Thirty-three new daylily varieties bloomed: Blue Eyed Phantom, Bryon, Coconut Grove, Exotic Perfume, Groovin', Harmony in Yellow, Mauve Mystique, Pale Blush, Wild Horses, Bogata, Brocaded Gown, Fair to Middlin', Night Embers, Passion in Paris, Pleated Pumpkin, Spacecoast Tiger Tango, Bas Relief, Canadian Border Patrol, Jedi Dot Pierce, Key to My Heart, Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Lovely Mimi, Nippon, Pick Up Lines, Prediction, Timeless Romance, Autumn Concerto, Beachy Keen, Forsyth Wrinkles & Crinkles, Janet and Bill, Outer Space, Petal Pusher & Wyoming Wildfire
Apr 14 to Apr 20 - Twenty-nine daylily varieties bloomed: Rhodesian Red, Spacecoast Fancy Dancer, Dare to Love, Shawnee Moon, Panic Mode, Picture of Innocence, Sidewinder Oh Seven, John Kinnebrew, Sink into Your Eyes, Top Show Off, Bold Endeavor, Spacecoast Sweetness, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Et Rosa's Cantina, Green Turtle Key, Superlative, Tequila & Lime, Amanda's Intrigue, Answering Angels, Calistoga, Dragon Seeker, Always Afternoon, Daringly Different, Intergalactic Interlude, Mountain Top Experience, Prickly Sensation, Ruffles Have Ripples, Spiny Sea Urchin & Unlock the Stars
Mar 30 to Apr 13 - Thirteen daylily varieties bloomed: Heady Perfume, Purple Starfish, Daring Deception, Earlybird Cardinal, Lava Flow, Spectral Elegance, Bridgeton Bonus, Susan Pritchard Petit, Christmas Tidings, Lines of Splendor, Siloam Double Classic, Olallie Star & Spiny Sea Urchin (Orange variant)
Will update pics with new blooming varieties at least twice a week.
While we wait for the rest of the 223 varieties of daylilies to start blooming, here are some other pics from my garden.
While we wait for the rest of the 223 varieties of daylilies to start blooming, here are some other pics from my garden.
Daylily pictures of all 167 cultivars (varieties) that have bloomed in 2023 in my Houston Garden can be found in the link below.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
The Rest of the Garden
I do grow other flowers besides daylilies. Click on the link below to see Matrix Pansies, Snapdragons, Bachelor Buttons, Gerbera Daisies and Hibiscus
2023 Other Flowers - link to webpage
2023 Other Flowers - link to webpage
I've grown vegetables for the last 40 years. Click on link below to see Tomatoes, Peppers, Cucumbers and Lettuce from my 2023 garden.
2023 Vegetables - link to webpage
2023 Vegetables - link to webpage
Click on the upper left-hand corner to view slide show below for pics of garden over the last 11 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.
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