I sure know what everyone is saying about 'not enough room'! I've gotten to the point of potting up new arrivals in the spring and making room in the fall by donating a bunch to our annual club sale. It's hard to say goodbye to them, but harder to not get any new ones. Plus I've got to make room for selected seedlings too...... Definitely an addiction.

It's a yearly struggle, what has to go in order to bring something new in?

I think my favorite reds are mostly spiders/UFs. Here are 5:

GREAT RED DRAGON by Jamie Gossard. First year to bloom here, but great clear color and fantastic green throat!


RED SKELETONS by Curt Hanson


SPRINGFIELD CLAN by Jane Trimmer. Huge bright red blooms on a big healthy plant!


TAIL FEATHERS is an oldie, but a great performer and I love how it twists and curls.


WISPY RAYS is just a really neat bloom. And I love watermarks!

Red Skeleton was a great performer here for years! I really like Tail Feathers! I really like twisty curly too!

Those are absolutely beautiful reds -- really love RED SKELETONS and SPRINGFIELD CLAN -- and once again, someone just sent me a bonus plant of WISPY RAYS! This is getting exciting! Thanks so much for sharing with us!

Wispy Rays is on my wish list, every shot I have ever seen of it is great!

Subhana sent it to me as a bonus plant when I did a Lily Auction purchase from her a week or two ago -- she sent a really fabulous plant too!

Lovely reds! I'm partial to Red Skeleton, loved to watch him with my Dad as a kid ...will need to add that one to my wish list.
WOW....I just dated myself BIG TIME!!!

Very beautiful reds, I think I need more reds.

Yummy! i need Tail Feathers now

I can't pick a fav. as all are wonderful but I loved Red Skelton the man.

I loved Red Skelton too.

That Wispy Rays is beautiful. It is one I don't know much about. Gonna have to do some searching, and maybe put it on my ever growing wish ist

Guess I'll date myself too as I loved watching Red Skelton as a child too. Here's the info about WISPY RAYS Jan.

Wispy Rays (Joiner, 1998)
height 36", bloom 7.5", season M, Rebloom, Evergreen, Tetraploid, 18 buds, 3 branches, Pompeian red with ginger watermark and yellow green throat. (sdlg × Ruby Spider)

It's an evergreen, but seems to do pretty well here. Hard for me to judge it's performance as it's growing under a sweet gum tree which is hard on all the daylilies--lots of tree roots. Hasn't multiplied much, but does bloom and I love the blooms! So many of my daylilies are forced to compete with tree roots, vinca and other perennials but I can't seem to cut back on the number enough to give them all choice spots. And I really do enjoy the shade from the trees in our hot summers....

rebloomnut said:I can't pick a fav. as all are wonderful but I loved Red Skelton the man.

Note that the daylily is Red Skeletons not Skelton.

http://www.daylilies.org/Dayli...

One of Curt's play on words names....

Juli I did notice that after I posted. I don't always see all the letters when I read to fast. Just my eyes

No problem! I didn't want anyone trying to find it in a database under Skelton...

Last year Samar Star Fire was just outstanding, It bloomed so nicely and I had just gotten it so this year no bloom. Hope it will again next season.

Thanks for the info!

I grew up watching Red Skelton and Jackie Gleason variety shows. ~Jan

I don't have very many reds, but what few I have I really like.

Dot


Santa's Little Helper


Larry's Obsession


Crimson Sheen


Talladega


Wild Irish


Wispy Rays


Walter Kennedy


ooops I can't count.