Hello, Daylily folks! I am not one of you, meaning I don't grow Dayliies and I know very little about them. But I went to a Daylily show yesterday to take photos to add to the database, get out of my house, and hopefully tease and torment you guys with their loveliness! You've probably seen most of these before because when I put them in the database there were less than ten where I posted the first photo. But that's always exciting, right?
Now, the show was in a small room at the St. Pete First Baptist Church which is apparently where the club meets. The vendor set up there was Johnson Daylily Garden. You can check out their website here:
http://www.johnsondaylily.com/ The show was split into two sections: flower on scape, and flowers off scape. They also had them sorted into categories that I somewhat understood. Things like miniatures, doubles, and spider. They also had voting where you could choose your three favorite on scape and three favorite off scape. For not being a Daylily person, it was harder than I thought! Also, I learned what the term "chicken fat" means in regards to Daylily blooms.
I'll split this into a couple posts to lessen the risk of me losing the entire thing. So let's start the virtual show! First up were the off scape flowers. Also, sorry if I'm blurry in some photos. I was trying to stay out of the way and be quick.
Samar Star Fire
Twist and Spin
Violet Sabrewing
Butterscotch Ruffles
Bluebird Butterfly
Jelly Basket
Moonlight Mist
Elva White Grow
Blue Buzz
Little Sea Sprite
Blue Flirt
Amy Michelle
Witch's Wink
Cajun Christmas
Cupid's Heart
Dan's Paradise Pink
Small Tempest
Chaotic Symmetry
Jolyene Nichole
April Smith
Canadian Blues
Elfin Illusion
The next grouping said "Seedling". Since Daylilies don't come true from seed, I guess this is where people plant seeds and just see what comes up? Sounds fun. So here are the seedlings people brought in.
Now back to the named varieties!
Ruffled Dude
Too Much of a Good Thing (I voted for this one)
First Knight
Orange Blossom Trail
There were a few "Unknowns" in this section.
Tuscawilla Snowdrift
Talladega
Mecca Magic
Butterflies in Flight (I voted for this one, too.)
Coal Miner
Jamaican Rainbows
Earnest Yearwood
Purple Pajamas (I heard several people talking about this one so I think it's popular.)
Dancing Jubilee
Iva
Optical Art
Tangerine Horses
New Testament
Parting the Red Sea
Wild Cherry Round Up
Mandarin Creme
Aunt Lauree
Spanish Glow
This one was labeled "Seacoast Sea Shells". I could only find a Spacecoast Sea Shells and it didn't look anything like this. So I think this one is mislabeled.
Pistachio Eyes
Midnight Raider
Archaeopteryx
This label said "Springfield Clan" but it didn't look like any of the other pictures so I think it might be mislabeled, too.
Mary Alice Stokes
Big Fuss
Joseph Hudson Memorial
Spacecoast Sea Shells
Yosemite Valley
Ima Bigtimer
Christine Walser Hite
Parrot Jungle
Bob Martin
Popeye the Sailor
Vino di Notte
Rahab
Dragon Knife
Cat Scratch Fever
Pink Lemonade Party (Another one I voted for.)
Walter Kennedy
Sweet Almond Mint
Queen's Treasure
Zastrugi
Blue Racer
Sonic Bloom
Desert Moon
Lake Tahoe Autumn
Indigo Edge
Martian Moons
Angel Armies
The Anointed One
Well, that's it for the off-scape blooms. I'm going to give my eyes and fingers a little break and come back with the on-scape varieties in a bit. And there were very few repeats between the two so expect entirely different varieties when I come back!
