August is the month for our Northern Lights display, and the "Perseid Meteor Showers'. Sunday night should be peak viewing with up to 5 to 15 meteors streaking across the skies per hour. And better still, we are going to have clear night -time skies with no rain this weekend. Lovely time of year.

Char, Aegean Wind is one of my all time fav DLs. I've had it a few years now, and it will always have a place here. It's so unique and graceful!

Lisa

My Indian Giver did great this year....guess I was lucky!

Flasher....it put on quite a showing this year for me.




Apache War Dance....was not the best year for this one.

daylily said:Jan- HOLLY DANCER has been a standout here for many, many years. I think most of Jamie Gossard's lovely reds go back to HOLLY. I wish it would have stood a chance at a Stout Medal for Dottie. It really is an outstanding red. It does "canoe" a bit, but it's got good branching, nice scapes, good budcount. And, it's a really good parent. I have it in the tet conversion also.

You're right, Juli. I just checked, and the 3 reds of Jamie Gossard's that I have all go back to tet Holly Dancer - Sky King, Megatron, and Heavenly United We Stand.

Lisa

Char- Supreme Empire is pretty incredible. Been moving plants around a bit- probably done now to give everybody time to adjust before the cold. I've had some late openers I haven't even gotten pictures of, much less posting;better get 'em soon or they'll be gone till next year.



Not a very good picture of Flamingo Parade, but it doesn't seem to be too happy with this summer's weather.


Yes, it really is that green.


I wasn't able to spend any time to get it better, but on this ffo all of the edges of the petals are heavily diamond dusted, and they GLOWED! I'll try again.

Alex, you should join in over on The Porch Swing thread! We talk about anything and everything over there. It's a great place to tell us about the Northern Lights that I am so jealous of you getting to see!

As always, everyone has such beautiful blooms! I think I'm down to just a few left on Chicago Apache, and they haven't been all that great looking. But, it's been blooming it's head off, so I'm not about to complain! It will be so much better next year after it has had a chance to settle in.

daylily said:Jan- HOLLY DANCER has been a standout here for many, many years. I think most of Jamie Gossard's lovely reds go back to HOLLY. I wish it would have stood a chance at a Stout Medal for Dottie. It really is an outstanding red. It does "canoe" a bit, but it's got good branching, nice scapes, good budcount. And, it's a really good parent. I have it in the tet conversion also.

What do you mean by, It does "canoe" a bit ?

philljm said:Juli I agree with your comments on Holly Dancer. It has always been great for me - but this year... WOW. And it does deserve the Stout Medal in my opinion

As for Indian Giver - I wonder if it doesn't like all the rain we had earlier this season - or if it is an every other year type of flower. It bloomed like crazy last year for me- then rebloomed. But we did have a ton of snow also this past winter too.

Thank goodness rabbits aren't too major of a problem here, usually. They do tend to migrate to my blueberry bushes, which I now have fenced. And I have dogs, which love to chase them. Are you sure they aren't having jousting matches with your scapes instead? ~Jan

What are jousting matches?

mlt said:Rabbit jousting matches with DL scapes! My Mom used to HATE rabbits because they always did that to her plants - chop off a stem of whatever with loads of unopened buds, and then not even eat it! At least they don't damage the entire plant that way. I want Holly Dancer. I have a few of Jamie Gossard's reds that I need to check to see if it's in their backgrounds...

Lisa

I guess I just found it out (jousting matches).

Glad you got your jousting matches answer Marilyn!

I have only had Indian Giver a single year. It will be interesting to discover if it is an every other year platn- or just a weather related idiosyncrasy with it. But last year it was just amazing, with rebloom. ~Jan

Sometimes I overlook a daylily that just continuously keeps blooming in my garden all through the summer, to the more spectacular edged or eyed daylily's. 'Going Bananas' is the 'little engine that could'. A small delicate plant, mine only 18" tall, with 4" blooms, that spread wide open ruffled petals. An EMO plant, that opens perfectly on cold mornings, blooming well into the Fall. Actually, I have 3 of these plants, as border displays, just above my stone wall. As the season winds down, 'Going Bananas', is still going strong.

GOING BANANAS

SUZY CREAM CHEESE



TECHNY PEACH LACE



WONDER OF WONDERS



FASCINATION STREET (is setting pods for the first time this year and I have had it since 2006)



SEEDLING PASTEL PALETTE X OPEN HEARTH (on rebloom)

does anybody know if this "Spanish Fort" is?





han

As we enter Autumn here in the Vermont, one thing that has become apparent is the change in light and shadows. The air is crisper because of the cooler nights, and lower humidity. Because the light is so intense, so are the shadows. Today was a perfect day both in temperature and sunlight. I have two new plants that finally bloomed, both Dips, and lots of plants finishing up there bloom cycle, several that still haven't bloomed, and some that will start a rebloom very soon.


A WALK TO REMEMBER - FFO - DIP - E. SHOOTER




MARIETTA MELLOW MOOD - FFO - DIP - JOHN SHOOTER




CRAZY IVAN - Last Bloom of the season




PAINTED EXPRESSIONS - FABULOUS EMO




KEEP ON LOOKING




KENNESAW MOUNTAIN HAYRIDE

It was back to school for me the last week in July, so I haven't had time to photograph or look at posts here. I just went through all your August beauties and so enjoyed them.

Char - I especially liked Feng Shui Moment and Jellyroll Morton!

Here are some of my August blooms. I never had this many blooming in August before. The first week in August I still had 24 daylilies in bloom.

KENTUCKY LUCKY ANTIQUE NOUVEAU


LINDA BECK reblooming CHARLIE


REMEMBERING ROSE AUGUST CHERRY


TRANCE WILLIE LYLES


COOL HAND LUKE reblooming BERMUDA CORAL


MISS GOLDIE GOLD DIGGER reblooming CAYENNE


LAST CHANCE FOR ROMANCE COLLEGE COLORS


Debra

Marilyn said:

What do you mean by, It does "canoe" a bit ?

if you go to this photo of Holly Dancer in the database, you can see how, sometimes, the petal edges will curl up. It seems to be related to the heat and if it's humid or dry. I've used it a lot as a parent, and I don't see it pass this on to many of the seedlings.


Some famous daylilies are known for this - Paper Butterfly comes to mind.

Thanks for sharing those lovely blooms everyone. I am the exception this year on the Indian Giver debate. Got it summer of 2011. Got a couple blooms that year. The plant barely survived winter of 2011-2012. No blooms 2012. Happy to say it is much improved this year.
Indian Giver



Blast From The Past..ffo



Seminole Princess...ffo..new 2013


Clear Mountain Morning..ffo..new 2013


Which Way



Beaucatcher's Mountain...gift..Falcon_G..LA

Cindy....Your Techny Peach Lace has such great color!!!

Mike - It's good to see what Blast From the Past looks like. I got it two falls ago and it is just now putting up scapes. It will be very late here indeed.

Debra

Thanks Juli!