Welcome to my daylily themed website featuring my home garden in Houston. The 2025 daylily bloom season has finally started to take off!
As of Apr 29, we've had 253 varieties form scapes ... up from 196 varieties in 2024 ... even though we are running 12 days behind in 2025 on cultivars over 2 years old. We just have 140 plus more varieties this year. 42 cultivars have produced flowers so far in 2025 ... down from 112 cultivars in 2024. That too will eventually change in the coming weeks.
Next update of pics on May 11th. We should have 150 plus cultivars that have now bloomed so there will be another 110 new daylily variety photos added to this webpage.
We had 21 different cultivars bloom on Apr 27th. So, wife picked some flowers to distribute throughout the house. See pic below.
As of Apr 29, we've had 253 varieties form scapes ... up from 196 varieties in 2024 ... even though we are running 12 days behind in 2025 on cultivars over 2 years old. We just have 140 plus more varieties this year. 42 cultivars have produced flowers so far in 2025 ... down from 112 cultivars in 2024. That too will eventually change in the coming weeks.
Next update of pics on May 11th. We should have 150 plus cultivars that have now bloomed so there will be another 110 new daylily variety photos added to this webpage.
We had 21 different cultivars bloom on Apr 27th. So, wife picked some flowers to distribute throughout the house. See pic below.
16 of the Cultivars blooming on Apr 27th
Front row: One Eyed Dragon, Little Party Girl, Caribbean Magic
Second Row: Christmas Tidings, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Et Rosa's Cantina, Olive Baily Langdon
Third Row: Sultry Siren, Double Image, Octopus Hugs, Unknown Seedling, Autumn Concerto
Back row: Ginger Bread Man, Royal Heiress, Key to My Heart, Mountain Lilac
Front row: One Eyed Dragon, Little Party Girl, Caribbean Magic
Second Row: Christmas Tidings, When Johnny Comes Marching Home, Et Rosa's Cantina, Olive Baily Langdon
Third Row: Sultry Siren, Double Image, Octopus Hugs, Unknown Seedling, Autumn Concerto
Back row: Ginger Bread Man, Royal Heiress, Key to My Heart, Mountain Lilac
Here are the 22 cultivars that bloomed Apr 24th to Apr 29th in last to bloom order.
It rained on Apr 23rd, so we picked a flower from each of the 12 cultivars blooming that day. See photo below.
12 Cultivars blooming on Apr 23rd
Front row: Lava Flow, Earlybird Cardinal, Sunshine Melody, Little Party Girl & Tuscawilla Snowdrift
Middle Row: Zinfandel, Caribbean Magic, Et Rosa's Cantina & One Eyed Dragon
Back row: Lines of Splendor, Spectral Elegance, Kenya & Lines of Splendor
Front row: Lava Flow, Earlybird Cardinal, Sunshine Melody, Little Party Girl & Tuscawilla Snowdrift
Middle Row: Zinfandel, Caribbean Magic, Et Rosa's Cantina & One Eyed Dragon
Back row: Lines of Splendor, Spectral Elegance, Kenya & Lines of Splendor
2025 Bloom slide shows from past weeks show new varieties in first to bloom order. Photos used are the best so far this year ... not necessarily the flower on the date shown.
Apr 4 to 23 - 20 new cultivars bloomed: Ornamental Focus, Lines of Splendor, Top Show Off, Digital Divide, Sunshine Melody, Earlybird Cardinal, Zinfandel, Little Party Girl, Siloam Double Classic, When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again, Autumn Concerto, Lava Flow, Mountain Lilac, Eagerly Anticipated, Kenya, Spectral Elegance, Et Rosa's Cantina, Caribbean Magic, Tuscawilla Snowdrift & One Eyed Dragon
We now have 369 daylily varieties ... up from 268 varieties in Sep 2024. 2025 plantings so far: 53 new varieties from Amador Flower Farm on Mar 15, 24 new varieties from Houston Hemerocallis Society on Mar 31st & 15 new varieties from Woodhenge Gardens on April 5th. So ... our garden record 216 varieties blooming in 2024 should fall.
The floodgates for new cultivars starting to bloom started on Apr 21 when 5 new varieties began producing flowers. So please check back each week to see pictures of at least 20 new varieties for each of the next 6 weeks or so. Peak daylily bloom season in Houston is mid to late May though this year we should have lots of blooms in June & July due to the 92 new additions this spring.
By the way, I do have some vegetables/flowers other than daylilies. See below.
The floodgates for new cultivars starting to bloom started on Apr 21 when 5 new varieties began producing flowers. So please check back each week to see pictures of at least 20 new varieties for each of the next 6 weeks or so. Peak daylily bloom season in Houston is mid to late May though this year we should have lots of blooms in June & July due to the 92 new additions this spring.
By the way, 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.
See below for links to individual daylily variety slide shows organized by color (yellow, pink) or type (unusual form, double) with up to 10 pictures per cultivar.
Not sure anyone else discloses how often their daylilies bloom. I also sort the daylily varieties (cultivars) into Favorites, Solid Performers and Wish for More Blooms (i.e. not enough flowers) with slide shows with a least 10 pictures per variety. Try clicking on the 2024 Double Daylilies red page link.
Not sure anyone else discloses how often their daylilies bloom. I also sort the daylily varieties (cultivars) into Favorites, Solid Performers and Wish for More Blooms (i.e. not enough flowers) with slide shows with a least 10 pictures per variety. Try clicking on the 2024 Double Daylilies red page link.
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.
My name is Richard and I do have a website-based email address:
[email protected]
So, if you have a question about a particular daylily variety, you have a way to contact me. I don't sell daylilies, but give away over 200 fans a year the Houston Hemerocallis Society and friends.
My name is Richard and I do have a website-based email address:
[email protected]
So, if you have a question about a particular daylily variety, you have a way to contact me. I don't sell daylilies, but give away over 200 fans a year the Houston Hemerocallis Society and friends.
Daylily Cuttings
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Wife makes good use of her bud vases during daylily season. See above.
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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