Welcome to my daylily themed website featuring my home garden in Houston. The 2025 daylily bloom season is well underway!
As of Jun 20, we've had 341 varieties form scapes ... of which 332 have bloomed!
As of Jun 20, we've had 341 varieties form scapes ... of which 332 have bloomed!
2025 bloom slide shows for all 332 cultivars are in first to bloom order. Photos used are the best so far this year ... not necessarily the flower on the date shown. Slide shows are thru Jun 20. Current again ... for the moment!
Jun 8 to Jun 19 - 10 new cultivars bloomed: Zero to Sixty, Purple Oddity, Uncle Sam's Cut, Christmas Down South, Fish Face, Tech Colors, Seedling (Double Yellow), Mesmerizer, North Garden Chief, Spiral Galaxy
May 24 to Jun 7 - 26 new cultivars bloomed: Orange Tex, Seductress, Arctic Excellence, Chicago Star, Resonate, Blackthorne, Desert Flame, Double Talk, Sugar Magnolia, Ellen Christine, Sergeant Major, Redskin Walker, Ambition, Fire King, Out of Sane, Rincon Del Mar, South Street, Fuchsia Mauve, Sweet Shalimar, Sweet Tart, Dr Doom, Inner Strength, Jeffrey Warder, Wild Times, Round Midnight, Round Midnight GW
May 22 to May 23 - 18 new cultivars bloomed: Bluegrass Memories, Chicago Apache, Fitzasaurus, Malaysian Monarch, Outrageous Lavender, Persian Plum, Scottish Fantasy, Blessed Art Thou, Classic Edge, Double Layer, Edged in Sunlight, Enchanted Forest, Fol De Rol, Indian Giver, Lavender Silver Cords, Persian Ruby, Prairie Fire, Westminster Lace
My wife often picks the best flowers and brings them indoors and places them in bud vases. See below for her Apr 27 selections.
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
May 19 to May 21 - 27 new cultivars bloomed: Dark Star, Elegant Explosion, Goldenzelle, Jungle Mask, Lacy Doily, Lavender Stardust, Lucy's Pride, Overheated, Petal Pusher, Talquin's Sangria, Buntyn's Hot Diggity Dog, Exotic Candy, Joan Senior, Magician's Magic, Pizza Crust, Spacecoast White Out, Temptation's Kiss (no pic), Edge of Heaven, Fan Flare, Garden Show, Glory in Ruffles, Hot Bronze, Maria Callas, Moon Dust, Nile Queen, Shockwave, Wine Light
May 16 to May 18 - 27 new cultivars bloomed: Diana's Evening Gown (no photo), Erin Lea, Full of Treasure, Little Isaac, New Series, Passion for Red, Superlative, Formal Appearance, Calistoga Sun, Candlelight Dinner, Chasing Ghosts, Dallas Star, Dance with Somebody, Dragon Seeker, Huckleberry Yogurt, Remembering Grace, When My Sweetheart Returns, Fire Bird Suite, Helaman, Merz, Moroccan Madness, Pale Moon Windmill, Rags to Riches, Sermon on the Mount, Spider Web, Sunday Gloves, What Love Can Do
May 14 to May 15 - 24 new cultivars bloomed: Baja, Bela Lugosi, Bowl of Sunshine, Gayle Palmer, Hanalei Bay, Jamaican Me Crazy, Magic Carpet Ride, Majorca Isle, Nicole's American Beauty, Pandora's Box, Pastel Inspiration, Persian Market, Rough and Tough, Tuscawilla Snowdrift, Yabba Dabba Doo, Fair Child, First Knight, Good Morning America, Judy Farguhar, Marse Connell, Mauve Mystique, Sister McDuffie, Spacecoast Tiger Tango, Spacecoast Twice is Nice
May 12 to May 13 - 20 new cultivars bloomed: Apparition, Arpeggio, Cherry Eyed Pumpkin, Ma, Numinous Moments, Prediction, Red Corvette, Rock My World, Spacecoast Technical Knock Out, Barbara Mitchell, Beautiful Edgings, Ciel D'Or, Dauntless, Forsyth Wrinkles & Crinkles, Kindling the Flame, Maryland Mayhem, Pappy's Girl, Pink Super Spider, Ryan's Fireworks Fantasy, Solar Power
May 10 to May 11 - 24 new cultivars bloomed: Alcazar, Bas Relief, Botticelli, Cape Coral, Chicago Brave, Early Snow, Jedi Dot Pierce, Kupferteller, Raspberry Suede, Timeless Romance, Tranquil Masquerade, Vintage Wine, Virginia Peck, Wings of Gold, Black Stockings, Byron, Dark Night Dynamite, Dynamic Duo, Eye Popper, Green Dragon, Seance, Tani, That Thing You Do, Tried and True
May 8 to May 9 - 23 new cultivars bloomed: Beachy Keen, Calistoga, Double Magnum, Funny Valentine, Lurch, Mountain Top Experience, Pearfisher Pink, Pleated Pumpkin, Renie's Delight, Seminole Wind, Spacecoast Behavior Pattern, Spacecoast Southern Belle, Spiny Sea Urchin, Tuscawilla Tigress, Celestial Peach, Depends on the Whether, Fashion Police, Elegant Candy, Jan's Twister, Kisses Like Wine, Rhodesian Red, Roswell & Suns Eye
May 6 to May 7 - 24 new cultivars bloomed: Bogata, Cat's Cradle, Desert Jewel, Paul Stout, Shawnee Moon, Smoky Eyed Sally, Spacecoast Gold Bonanza, Amanda's Intrigue, Carefree Sunset, Diana Culbertson, Ed Brown, Groovin', Janet and Bill, Lots of Laughter, May I Have This Dance, Mecca Truffles, Memories of Treva, Mildred Mitchell, Pick Up Lines, South Seas, Supersonic Prize, Wild Horses, Wildest Dreams & Wistful Moment
May 4 to May 5 - 28 new cultivars bloomed: Burning Inheritance, California Sunshine, Best Kept Secret, Exotic Perfume, Fair to Middlin', Mountain Violet, Prickly Sensation, Puccini, Scarmouche, Sink into Your Eyes, Spacecoast Firestarter, Taken by Storm, Adventures in Oz, Daringly Different, Father Fidalis, Inwood, Just Fabulous, Little Heartbreaker, Lovely Mimi, Palace Guard, Parrot Tattoo, Passion in Paris, Rose Fever, Seminole Blood, Serengeti Moonlight, Silent Musings, Stolen Treasure & Tranquility Bay
May 2 to May 3 - 17 new cultivars bloomed: Daring Deception, Heady Perfume, John Kinnebrew, Jolyene Nichole, Night Embers, Resphigi, Virago, Always Afternoon, Becky Lynn, Blue Eyed Phantom, Bridgeton Bonus, Green Turtle Key, Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Little Night Jewel, Sidewinder Oh Seven, Soaring Splendor & Two Part Harmony
Apr 30 to May 1 - 19 new cultivars bloomed: Canadian Border Patrol, Coconut Grove, Country French, Green Dolphin Street, Heavenly Double Purple Cosmos, Lemon Electra, Long Stocking, Mother Superior, Pale Blush, Princess Ellen, Sebastian, So Many Stars, Swirling Spider, Tequila & Lime, Answering Angels, Celtic Princess, Harmony in Yellow, Spacecoast Fancy Dancer & Wyoming Wildfire
Apr 24 to Apr 29 - 22 new cultivars bloomed: Brocaded Gown, Christmas Tidings, Fortune's Dearest, Intergalactic Interlude, Susan Pritchard Petit, Spacecoast Sweetness, Lovely and Amazing, Ruffles Have Ripples, Sultry Siren, Double Image, Ginger Bread Man, Key to My Heart, Octopus Hugs, Olive Baily Langdon, Royal Heiress, Seedling, Panic Mode, Picture of Innocence, Seedling, Nippon, Spell Fire & Unlock the Stars
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 376 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 and 8 new varieties from The Lily Farm on Jun 1st.
By the way, I do have some vegetables/flowers other than daylilies. See below.
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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