My first order of daylilies from Breck's was on 07-03-09 ... most likely from their annual summer "Daylily Lovers" brochure which I received in early July this year. I ordered one daylily each of 19 new varieties. The daylilies were shipped Sep 23. These days I always order 2 daylilies each of new varieties, but not this first time.
Later that fall, Breck's ran an overstock special for $3 to $5 daylilies and I ordered 5 daylilies each of some of my favorite daylilies: Desert Flame, Early Snow, Garden Show & Passion for Red and a new white daylily Sunday Gloves.
In the spring of 2020, I ordered 4 new varieties: Parrott Tattoo, Answering Angels, Enchanted Forest and Nippon. In the fall I ordered some more Early Snow along with 4 more new varieties: Collage, Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Bela Lugosi and Sink into your Eyes.
Since I only have one plant for most of the varieties from Breck's, it's harder to evaluate varieties based primarily on number of days of flowers versus when you have at least two if not 5 or 6 plants say for daylilies purchased from other vendors.
Nevertheless, here is my evaluation:
Favorite Flowers (5 varieties): Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Key to My Heart, Answering Angels, Susan Pritchard Petit & Collage
Solid Performers (12 varieties): Enchanted Forest, Sink into Your Eyes, Ed Brown, When my Sweetheart Returns, Parrott Tattoo, Sunday Gloves, Spacecoast Technical Knock Out, South Street, Candlelight Dinner, Renie's Delight, Spacecoast Sweetness & Night Embers
Wish for More Blooms (3 varieties): Classic Edge, Bela Lugosi, Spacecoast White Out & Nippon
See below for 5 pics for each variety from the 2022 bloom season.
Later that fall, Breck's ran an overstock special for $3 to $5 daylilies and I ordered 5 daylilies each of some of my favorite daylilies: Desert Flame, Early Snow, Garden Show & Passion for Red and a new white daylily Sunday Gloves.
In the spring of 2020, I ordered 4 new varieties: Parrott Tattoo, Answering Angels, Enchanted Forest and Nippon. In the fall I ordered some more Early Snow along with 4 more new varieties: Collage, Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Bela Lugosi and Sink into your Eyes.
Since I only have one plant for most of the varieties from Breck's, it's harder to evaluate varieties based primarily on number of days of flowers versus when you have at least two if not 5 or 6 plants say for daylilies purchased from other vendors.
Nevertheless, here is my evaluation:
Favorite Flowers (5 varieties): Lilylands Melon Sorbet, Key to My Heart, Answering Angels, Susan Pritchard Petit & Collage
Solid Performers (12 varieties): Enchanted Forest, Sink into Your Eyes, Ed Brown, When my Sweetheart Returns, Parrott Tattoo, Sunday Gloves, Spacecoast Technical Knock Out, South Street, Candlelight Dinner, Renie's Delight, Spacecoast Sweetness & Night Embers
Wish for More Blooms (3 varieties): Classic Edge, Bela Lugosi, Spacecoast White Out & Nippon
See below for 5 pics for each variety from the 2022 bloom season.
FAVORITE FLOWERS
Lilylands Melon Sorbet - 2 plants, 32 days with flowers, bloomed May 16 to Jun 18, evergreen, did not bloom in 2021, a late bloomer, all flowers are double which is apparently unusual for most double daylilies, rebloomed, received a third as a bonus plant from Schreiner's this year ... Yeah!
Key to My Heart - 1 plant, 44 days with flowers, bloomed May 5 to Jun 17, evergreen, slow to open but very pretty even when not fully open in the morning, rebloomed
Answering Angels - 4 plants, 42 days with flowers, bloomed Apr 20 to Jun 13, evergreen, love the folded purple with cream petals, rebloomed
Susan Pritchard Petit - 1 plant, 39 days with flowers, bloomed Apr 12 to Jun 16, semi-evergreen, first flowers were not doubles, but then the double flowers took over, rebloomed
Collage - 1 plant, 40 days with flowers, first bloom Apr 30, semi-evergreen, only two scapes at a time, but lots of buds on each scape, rebloomed
SOLID PERFORMERS
Enchanted Forest - 2 plants, 22 days with flowers, first bloom May 31, dormant, large ruffled yellow/orange flowers, one of last daylilies to bloom, doesn't mind the heat
Sink into Your Eyes - 2 plants, 49 days with flowers, bloomed Apr 23 to Jun 18, semi-evergreen, flower color changes based on weather conditions, rebloomed
Ed Brown - 1 plant, 29 days with flowers, bloomed May 5 to Jul 3, semi-evergreen, flowers are more pink in morning ... yellow in afternoon, rebloomed
When My Sweetheart Returns - 1 plant, 33 days with flowers, bloomed May 14 to Jun 29, dormant, small but cute blooms
Parrot Tattoo - 2 plants, 23 days with flowers, bloomed May 13 to Jun 14, semi-evergreen, lots of variability in shape of flowers, love how they curve over, rebloomed
Sunday Gloves - 4 plants, 28 days with blooms, bloomed May 11 to Jun 14, dormant, flowers are larger than Spacecoast White Out, can never have enough white daylilies
Spacecoast Technical Knock Out - 1 plant, 27 days with flowers, first bloom Jun 1, semi-evergreen, small flowers but love the colors, only two scapes but one scape produced over 20 blooms, tall sturdy scapes
South Street - 1 plant, 30 days with flowers, first bloom Jun 10, dormant, late season bloomer, multiple red flowers are many days
Candlelight Dinner - 1 plant, 13 days with flowers, bloomed May 16 to Jun 22, dormant, gave away 1/2 the clump this spring, similar to Lilylands Melon Sorbet though scapes are shorter
Renie's Delight - 1 plant, 10 days with flowers, bloomed May 11 to May 29, semi-evergreen, gave away 1/2 of clump this spring, flowers are small but have a pretty rose/pink color
Spacecoast Sweetness - 1 plant, 9 days with flowers, bloomed Apr 24 to May 17, pretty pink color, gave away 1/2 clump this spring
Night Embers - 3 plants, 13 days with flowers, bloomed May 1 to May 23, smaller flowers, flowers are slow to open in morning but last into evening, gave away 1/2 of clump this spring, bought 2 more plants from Amador in Mar
WISH FOR MORE BLOOMS
Classic Edge - 1 plant, 8 days with flowers, bloomed May 25 to Jun 24, evergreen, pretty purple ruffles, not a dynamic grower
Bela Lugosi - 1 plant, 11 days with flowers, bloomed May 20 to Jun 05, semi-evergreen, beautiful deep purple red color, wish it bloomed more
Spacecoast White Out - 1 plant, 15 days with flowers, bloomed May 23 to Jun 12, semi-evergreen, simple smaller white flower, will divide clump early next spring
Nippon - 3 plants, no blooms in 2022, dormant, not even one scape ...sob, these plants can produce pretty flowers, pics are from 2021 when they produced 24 days of flowers & actually rebloomed
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