Daylily bloom season never seems to last long enough to please us all but around here it lasts for months longer than it used to when my garden was first planted.

That is because I have garden beds and bed sections in full bloom and ones not even started or barely started. I have been heavily adding late and extra late bloomers to the garden. And not just here and there but complete sections.


I have some main sources for the late bloomers. One source is Olallie. They do have many late and extra truely late blooming daylilies. I have bloom some years into October from some Olallie daylilies.

Another great source for season extenders are the Dale Thomas intros sold by Perfect Perennials. I started by buying the few Thomas intros pictured on the Website. But that was hardly enough. I bought all the Dale Thomas late and VL blooming daylilies listed in the perfect perrenial catalog. No pictures and no pictures on the website, I just bought them having very little idea what they look like. Well, they bloomed and they were beautiful. Fabulously beautiful. And even better each year as they are settled in. More buds and branching.

Another source for late and extra late that is working out very well for me are my Hibard intros from this local Long Island Hybridizer. I am very pleased to see how much they have grown and filled in this year after having some time in the garden.

My latest for late and extra late bloomers are Jim Murphy intros. I started with just afew but added many more. You have to look thru the listings, not all Murphy intros are late or very late blooming.

There are quite afew Reckamp Kelms that are late bloomers, I bought the ones I have on the lily auction.

I also added a batch of late and very late from Tranquil Lakes Nursery. These are old or old fashioned looking but if they bloom late as it appears they will do (as promised) the blooms are fine by me.

There are also quite afew late blooming Shooter intros from Marietta Gardens. You just have to find them. Ones I have and am thinking about are CAT SCRATCH, PAMPERED PUSS, MARIETTA SURPRISE and A FRIEND TO ALL.

There are others to be picked up here and there, more hard to find. But the blooms on the late bloomers and extra lates sure beat looking at the land of the brown scapes.

In case anyone is interrested my Dale Thomas intros are-
Apache War Dance
Sellstation Friendship
Sellstation Sunset
Sellstation Campfire
Sellstation Carnival
Flamboyant Promise
Apache Madness
Bonnies Passion
Dancing with Sandra
Harlans Pride
Hello Helen
Mary Annes Memories
Normans Folly
Sellstation Plum Crazy
Tomorrows Heartache
Two Janes

Rita you are so right about the Dale Thomas intros! I have a few too, with more on my to be acquired list

I'll add some pics of mine. Most are from last year since most are not blooming yet

Apache War Dance, ML


Enchanting Emma, ML


Hello Helen ,VL


Sellstation Carnival, VL


Sellstation Orange Crush, ML (still in it's pot)


Not all of Dale's are late bloomers, I have a few that are not.

Miss Kitty, M


Bob's Little Baby, EM



Kim

I have been buying like crazy this year. Usual is one or two, even three in one year. This one? 63 and still going...Noticed a few weeks back that most were EM or M. Have made an effort now to only put ML, L, or VL on my watch lists. We have a long growing season and I want to keep the daylilys spread throughout.

Kim- I just love, love, love my Dale Thomas intros. I am so glad I discovered them and got them. And this year as they have been in the garden awhile and have a chance to multiply they are really looking good. Scapes all over the place.

Debra- That is the way most of us start out. We buy what we like not paying much attention to bloom season. If you truely want lots of late and very late bloomers in your garden it takes effort to try and find those season extenders. I know when I started adding lates and extra lates it really made a big difference in the length of my bloom season.

I need to add Dale Thomas to my list of hybridizers for MN!!!

Wow Debra!!! You are a daylily buying crazy lady this year!! Good for YOU!!!!!

I mentioned my Hibard intros in the beginning of this thread. Some have started blooming. Here are afew.

Amber Finale



Last Creamsickle



Chrisma Plus



Imperial Ball



Tokay Wine




Wings Of A Dove

Christine,

Didn't mean to. Came across a photo of Snake in the Grass Boo (thank you, mattsmom!). Found one at a good price, bought a couple more from the seller to get combined shipping. He sent one-for-one bonuses, so I went back to him for a few more, and back again, and again. Before I knew it...LOL Two new beds and one more in the works--and that's with sharing the bonuses with friends! But where else can you get such joy and satisfaction for such a minimal investment?

Debra

Debra - that is so funny!! And I am going to eb visiting Mattsmom (Becky) soon as we only live about 1.5 to 2 hours apart!! I cant wait to visit her!!

El Desperado FFO. This is a must have for anyone wants later bloomers.



Jenny Come Lately FFO from Melanie Mason. Another late bloomer that I recommend for everyone.



Pinhill Claret Symphony. Hard to find but fabulous late blomer. Found mine on the Lily Auction.




Cherry Cream Pie FFO.I could have put this on the Jim Murphy thread but decided to post it here as it is a late bloomer.



Later Dude FFO. Another Murphy intro that is a late bloomer.

Oh my! i'm in love with Jenny come Lately!

First Flower Open on WATER POCKET FOLD a late blooming Hanson intro.



Finial Destination by Karol Emmerich also opened it's first flower of the season today.



BETTER LATE THAN NEVER again FFO. This one by Jim Murphy.



Victoriana by Bryan Culver. Again FFO.

Sellstation Campfire by Dale Thomas



Normans Folly by Dale Thomas



Countdown to Fall FFO a Hibard intro.

Love that NORMANS FOLLY, and FINAL DESTINATION too!

Here is the complete list of all my Olallie Late and extra late bloomers.
A RIPE PEACH (VT)
CAMEO APPEARANCE (VT)
FASHIONABLY LATE (VT)
LATE EMBERS (VT)
PURPLE LACE (VT)
SHOWLIGHT (VT)
Olallie Mack
VT Sweet Tart
VT Late Green Throat
VT Gala
Vt Yellow Sights
Olallie Keith
VT Type Alpha
Vt Good N Gold
Vt Shocker
VT Fall Pink Mellon
Vt Butterscotch Harvest
VT Creamy Yellow
Vt Home Companion
VT Wishing Star
Vt The Last Mellon
Vt Dimpled Cheeks
Vt Right Regal
Vt Bridal Lilac
VT Maroon Branch
Olallie All Summer
Olallie Gold Rim

Next I am adding my list of Isabel Hibard intros that I have. So here are the Hibard intros that I have--

Mid Late-
NO PUEDE SER
CHARISMA PLUS
WINGED DOVE

Lates-
AUTUMN FAIR LATE SESSION (listed as Late Season 2006)
AMBER FINALE
APRICOTE AFTERGLOW
COUNTDOWN TO FALL
EXIT STRATEGY
FAREWELL PARTY
FINAL CIRCLE
IMPERIAL BALL
LAST CREAMSICLE
LATEBREAKING NEWS
LATE HARVEST
MULTIPLE PERSONALITY
MUSIC OF THE NIGHT
TOKAY WINE
WHAT PRICE GLORY

Very Lates-
FAMOUS LAST WORDS (bonus plant 2006)
LATE WONDER 2007
AMOR ULTIMA
END OF STORY
FINAL ANSWER
FOREGONE CONCLUSION
LAST LAUGH
LAST WALTZ
LATE INTERLUDE
LATE ROUND
SEASONS END
SEPTEMBER SERENADE

Very Very Lates-
FINIAL FRONTIER
SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

Two great late bloomers to add to your gardens-


TREE TURTLES FFO (Murphy)



SELLSTATION SUNSET FFO (Thomas)

Some First Flowers Open today on late bloomers-

LAVA SPRAY. Ok, so it doesn't look like much. It is one of those Olallie intros I bought last August.



AUGUST FLAME



GOODBYE COLUMBUS. This one is from Tranquil Lakes Nursery. A good source of really old fashioned and just old (as in hybridized a long time ago) late and very late blooming daylilies

I think they're all beautiful!