Welcome to my daylily themed website featuring my home garden in Houston. In 2025, we had 336 varieties bloom. So far in 2026, 322 varieties have bloomed. This website is fairly unique in that I share how many days each cultivar blooms each year. Wouldn't you prefer varieties that bloom say 15 or more days versus ones (perhaps more beautiful) that only bloom 5 days each year?
On May 14th, we had 154 varieties bloom producing 343 flowers ... a new record for my garden. We are just past the peak of the of the daylily bloom season! The peak bloom period this year started on May 1 with 101 varieties blooming. We had 130 varieties bloom on May 19th. I suspect this will drop below 100 varieties by say May 25th. We'll see what happens!
On May 14th, we had 154 varieties bloom producing 343 flowers ... a new record for my garden. We are just past the peak of the of the daylily bloom season! The peak bloom period this year started on May 1 with 101 varieties blooming. We had 130 varieties bloom on May 19th. I suspect this will drop below 100 varieties by say May 25th. We'll see what happens!
All 10 first time bloomers from May 10 - My wife picks flowers every day, places them in bud vases then distributes them throughout the house.
Front row: Solono Bulls Eye, Classic Edge, Exotic Candy
Middle row: Spacecoast Behavior Pattern, Judy Farguhar, Kindling the Flame, Unforgettable Glow
Back row: Cult of Personality, Sugar Magnolia, Spider Web
Front row: Solono Bulls Eye, Classic Edge, Exotic Candy
Middle row: Spacecoast Behavior Pattern, Judy Farguhar, Kindling the Flame, Unforgettable Glow
Back row: Cult of Personality, Sugar Magnolia, Spider Web
As of 05-19-26, 340 cultivars have formed scapes (bloom stalks) of which 322
have bloomed. So far 88 cultivars (will continue to update) have completed their initial blooming cycle with days of flowers ranging from 1 day (Rock My World) to 22 days (Pink Nouveau). Some of these varieties will rebloom. In 2025, 72 cultivars rebloomed which represents 21% of the varieties that bloomed that year.
See photos below for all 322 varieties that have bloomed so far this year. Number of days of flowers & bloom dates are provided for 245 cultivars that started blooming from Mar 22 to May 9. Will continue to update as bloom season progresses. By the way, the Mar 22 daylily City of Echoes is now reblooming!
have bloomed. So far 88 cultivars (will continue to update) have completed their initial blooming cycle with days of flowers ranging from 1 day (Rock My World) to 22 days (Pink Nouveau). Some of these varieties will rebloom. In 2025, 72 cultivars rebloomed which represents 21% of the varieties that bloomed that year.
See photos below for all 322 varieties that have bloomed so far this year. Number of days of flowers & bloom dates are provided for 245 cultivars that started blooming from Mar 22 to May 9. Will continue to update as bloom season progresses. By the way, the Mar 22 daylily City of Echoes is now reblooming!
May 17 to May 20 - 22 cultivars started to bloom: Arctic Excellence, Beautiful Edgings, Cape Coral, Garden Show, Lacy Doily, Pandora's Box, Pizza Crust, Temptation's Kiss, Zero to Sixty, Big Fuss, Candlelight Dinner, Desert Flame, Outrageous Lavender, Sunday Gloves, Double Layer, Elegant Explosion, Tech Colors, Diana Culbertson, Fish Face, Malaysian Monarch, Quest for Excalibur, Suns Eye
May 14 to May 16 - 18 cultivars started to bloom: Bela Lugosi, Dauntless, Lavender Stardust, Lucy's Pride, Merz, Mountain Top Experience, Nightshifted Elemental, Persian Ruby, Uncle Sam's Cut, Unlock the Stars, Wine Light, New Series, Passion for Red, Scorching Heat Wave, Celtic Moonglow, Little Heartbreaker, Majestic Move, Scottish Fantasy
May 12 to May 13 - 18 cultivars started to bloom: Caribbean Magic, Lavender Silver Cords, Red Rock Candy, Seance, Seedling DM, Seedling WS, Wild Times, Beachy Keen, Buntyn's Hot Diggity Dog, Double Peach Basket, Double Talk, Ellen Christine, Erin Lea, Fitzasaurus, Fuchsia Mauve, Rough and Tough, Ryan's Fireworks Fantasy, Sermon on the Mount
May 10 to May 11 - 19 cultivars started to bloom: Classic Edge, Cult of Personality, Exotic Candy, Judy Farguhar, Kindling the Flame, Solano Bulls Eye, Spacecoast Behavior Pattern, Spider Web, Sugar Magnolia, Unforgettable Glow, Blackthorne, Chicago Brave, Diana's Evening Gown, Fire Bird Suite, Hanalei Bay, Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Louisiana Pixie, Red Chile Rendezvous, Virginia Peck
May 7 to May 9 - 23 cultivars started to bloom (bloom history updated thru May 19): Calistoga Sun, Dark Night Dynamite, Just Fabulous, Overheated, Rhine Maiden, Sister McDuffie, Spacecoast Gold Bonanza, Burning Inheritance, Desert Jewel, Helaman, Lurch, Pickadilly Pickpocket, Puccini, Serengeti Moonlight, Spacecoast Technical Knock Out, Spacecoast Twice is Nice, Taken By Storm, Torino, Botticelli, Depends on the Whether, Long Stocking, Pink Super Spider, Rose F. Kennedy
May 4 to May 6 - 30 cultivars started to bloom (bloom history updated thru May 19): Bowl of Sunshine, Browns Ferry Star, Dynamic Duo, Edge of Heaven, Forsyth Wrinkles & Crinkles, Huckleberry Yogurt, Inwood, Kindling the Moon, Mesmerizer, Paul Stout, Pearlfisher Pink, Red Ribbons, Silent Musings, Spacecoast White Out, Tuscawilla Snowdrift, Wyoming Wildfire, Country French, Fair to Middlin', Joan Senior, Tootsie's Dream, Baja, Black Stockings, Fashion Police, Majorca Isle, Marse Connell, Nicole's American Beauty, Parrot Tattoo, Pick Up Lines, So Many Stars, What Love Can Do
May 2 to May 3 - 35 cultivars started to bloom (bloom history updated thru May 19): Becky Lynn, Daring Deception, Double Winged Angel, Father Fidalis, Green Dolphin Street, Mildred Mitchell, Numinous Moments, Persian Market, Raspberry Suede, Rock My World, Ruffles Have Ripples, Scaramouche, Seedling - PI, Spacecoast Double Edge, Stolen Treasure, Tranquil Masquerade, Tried and True, Tuscawilla Tigress, Amanda's Intrigue, Aunt Ootz, Bali Watercolor, Barbara Mitchell, Dragon Seeker, First Knight, Funny Valentine, Lots of Laughter, Lovely and Amazing, Magic Carpet Ride, Nile Queen, Pappy's Girl, Prairie Fire, Rhodesian Red, Spacecoast Southern Belle, Vintage Wine, Witch Stitchery
Apr 30 to May 1 - 30 cultivars started to bloom (bloom history updated thru May 18): Border Double, Early Snow, Eye Popper, Georgia Sunrise, Jamaican Me Crazy, Kisses Like Wine, Ma, Mecca Truffle, Moon Dust, Moroccan Madness, Out of Sane, Outer Space, Remembering Grace, Respighi, Tidal Wave, Bas Relief, California Sunshine, Chan Dom Vongthirath, Dark Star, Glory in Ruffles, Heavenly Double Purple Cosmos, Kupferteller, Lifter of My Head, Lovely Mimi, May I have this Dance, Rose Fever, Serengeti Sunrise, Soaring Splendor, Supersonic Prize & Wave Effect
Apr 28 to Apr 29 - 27 cultivars started to bloom (bloom history updated thru May 18): Harmony in Yellow, Heavenly The Great Pumpkin, Lana Lindsay, Little Isaac, Jedi Dot Pierce, Seminole Blood, South Seas, Spacecoast Lemon Fangs, Spacecoast Tiger Tango, Tequila & Lime, Wildest Dreams, Adventures in Oz, best Kept Secret, Carefree Sunset, Exotic Perfume, Fan Flare, Full of Treasure, Jamaican Magic, Mouse Eyes, Octopus Hugs, Petal Pusher, Renie's Delight, Shockwave, Skyjack, Sultry Siren, Timeless Romance & Wistful Moment
Apr 23 to Apr 27 - 28 cultivars started to bloom: Celtic Princess, Exotic Starfish, Groovin', Nippon, Passion in Paris, Seedling - DTL, Sidewinder Oh Seven, Always Afternoon, Persian Plum, Resonate, Spacecoast Firestarter, Tani, Alcazar, Double Image, Mountain Violet, Night Embers, One Eyed Dragon, Shawnee Moon, Ambition, Chaotic Rings, Ciel D'Or, Seedling FF, Ginger Bread Man, Key to My Heart, Seminole Wind, When My Sweetheart Returns, Wings of Gold & Zindandel
Apr 19 to Apr 22 - 26 cultivars started to bloom (Bloom history updated thru May 18th): Buttercream Frosting, ET Rosa's Cantina, Janet and Bill, Sink into Your Eyes, There You Glow, Two Part Harmony, Wild Horses, Autumn Concerto, Bold Endeavor, Bridgeton Bonus, Canadian Border Patrol, Celestial Peach, Digital Divide, Spacecoast Sweetness, Carolina Barely Bush, Cat's Cradle, Daringly Different, Elegant Candy, Fair Child, Ima Justright, Mother Superior, Picture of Innocence, Spacecoast Fancy Dancer, Bragging Rights, Lemon Electra & Pom Bay Double
Apr 13 to Apr 18 - 26 cultivars started to bloom (bloom history updated thru May 18): Spell Fire, Awaken Them Dreams, Evelyn Kloeris, Jeffrey Warder, Christmas Tidings, Green Turtle Key, Tranquility Bay, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Earlybird Cardinal, Pale Blush, Double Yellow Cream Puff, Every Friday Night, Heavenly Lavender Babe, Seaside Breeze, Sunshine Melody, Swirling Spider, Virago, Answering Angels, Brocaded Gown, Coconut Grove, Intergalactic Interlude, John Kinnebrew, Jolyene Nichole, Mountain Lilac, Palace Guard & Seedling SS
Mar 22 to Apr 12 - 20 cultivars started to bloom (bloom history updated thru May 18): City of Echoes, Fae Forged, Pink Nouveau, Heavenly Double Stunner, Spacecoast Gold Rush, Top Show Off, Midnight Butterfly, Chromacolor, Little Party Girl, Jeremy's Sweet Smile, Absolutely Stellar, Kenya, Seedling RW, Spectral Elegance, Susan Pritchard Petit, Lava Flow, Lines of Splendor, Eagerly Anticipated, Fortune's Dearest & Siloam Double Classic
For daylily photos from 2025, click on the red links below.
Not all cultivars produce the same number of days of flowers. Of the 336 varieties that bloomed in 2025, 98 produced 20 or more days of flowers, 104 produced 10 to 19 days of flowers & 134 produced less than 10 days of flowers.
We now have 406 daylily varieties ... up from 268 varieties in Sep 2024. 2026 plantings: 17 new varieties from Houston Hemerocallis Society on May 29th. 2025 plantings: 53 new varieties from Amador Flower Farm on Mar 15, 24 new varieties from HHS on Mar 31st, 15 new varieties from Woodhenge Gardens also on Mar 31st and 8 new varieties from The Lily Farm on Jun 1st and 20 new varieties on Sep 26th & 21 new varieties on Nov 7th from Bell's Daylily Garden.
I do have some vegetables/flowers other than daylilies. See below.
I do have some vegetables/flowers other than daylilies. See below.
If you're new to the website, try clicking on the Best Photo red page link below to see all 216 varieties with the date of the first flower, last flower and number of days with flowers.
We did have a bunny last spring. He was born about 6 houses away
and somehow found our backyard to live in for about 3 months. We do miss him!
and somehow found our backyard to live in for about 3 months. We do miss him!
06-29-24 last Bunny video ... what did Eddie Murphy do? ... talk to the ...
Toward the bottom on this webpage, you will find a slideshow showing pictures of my Houston Garden from 2013 to the present day.
Here are some other pics from my garden.
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Daylily pictures of all 167 cultivars (varieties) that have bloomed in 2023 in my Houston Garden can be found in the link below.
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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.
The Rest of the Garden
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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
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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 12 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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