virginiarose said:First of all, 'Strikingly Dramatic' is the first daylily I have seen in this database with no 'Foliage type' listed? 
Is it dormant or evergreen? Second, I have never heard of Maryott's sending a single fan. Is this normal?
Susan:
I find this to be strange as well. Here is Bill Maryott's description if 'Strikingly Dramatic' from his website. No mention of foliage type in description:
(Maryott 2010) 28 inches tall, EMRe, 5.5 inch flowers, fertile Tetraploid. Cream (RHS 19B) with purple eye (RHS 187A) Yellow green throat. Cream "petalets" extending from the normal petals. Open form. Strong grower, good branching, about 18 buds per scape and lovely in the garden. You can easily tell this is NOT my form. I love round "bagel forms" . I do occasionally make "exotic" crosses though and this one came from GERDA BROOKER crossed with my own open form seedlings from OFF BEAT. We expect a very high demand for this cultivar so don't wait too long before reserving it. Parentage: G1204A: [E189A (OFF BEAT X CATCHER IN THE EYE)] X GERDA BROOKER.
It is definitely an EV.
I ordered it in June, 2010 along with 'Red Slippers' which also has never bloomed for me, and 'Raspberries in Cream' which died this Spring. Bad luck? Maybe. Out of the 200 daylilies I have planted I have only lost 2 other plants, and that was probably due to the fact that I planted them in mid September. I learned from those 2 I lost, not to plant anything after August in VT. And the Winter of 2010 was a hellacious one with tons of snow and bitter cold temps. "Raspberries in Cream' was planted in July. It just may be, that Maryott's plants and my zone 4b arn't a good mix. I gave all his bonus plants to my wonderful Postmaster who also grows daylilies on a farm. I haven't asked him if they survived, but I will next time I am down in the Valley. The bonus plants were 'orange-eyed' daylilies, and I can only take so much orange in my life. I only have 3 orange daylily plants in my garden. All other colors, mixtures, eyes, pastels, butterflies, purples,blues, pinks, reds, black, yellows, white and greens, I adore.
