OK, I'm looking at my notebook for 2013. Last year's spring rains were spotty, not really dry, but not a lot of rain either.
BIG RED WAGON (Stamile 2008) FFO was April 22 and last bloom was July 29, total of 52 blooms
BUDDY'S LAURA (Hall 2011) FFO was May 23 and last bloom was September 13 (new for me the fall before) total of 87 blooms
DEBARY CANARY (Stamile 2007) FFO April 11 and last bloom was August 6, total of 224 blooms
HOT GOSSIP (C. Rogers, 2006) FFO April 14 and last bloom July 8, total of 103 blooms
JEDI BRENDA SPANN (Wedgeworth 1990) FFO April 18 and last bloom August 1, total of 128 blooms
LAUGHING FEATHER (N. Roberts 2003) FFO June 21 and last bloom October 13, total of 228 blooms
LAUGHING SKIES (Stamile 2004) FFO April 10 and last bloom August 6, total of 186 blooms
ORLANDO TRUFFLE (Kirchhoff 2005) FFO April 6 and last bloom July 23, total 107 blooms
SPACECOAST DARK OBSESSION (Kinnebrew 2009) FFO April 16 and last bloom August 3, total 164 blooms
That looks to be the best of the best for 2013. About this year .... that long, cool spring that humans liked wasn't good for the daylilies, apparently.
They started blooming a month late and within 3 or 4 weeks the temperatures zoomed to 85-90 degrees and the plants actually started to look the
same was they do in August--ratty. Now that they aren't blooming much, most of the plants have recovered but the daylily bloom season was
disappointing.
