Hemerocallis

[Regelian]

Tony,

there is no cure, so to speak, rather prevention.  As soon as you notice the slight distorted swelling in the bud, remove and destroy it.  The maggot has a 11-14 day life cycle in the bud and then falls to the ground to pupate and hatch out the following spring.  There is but one cycle per year.  Spraying with a systemic as the scapes first emerge is a possible preventative, but, as the females lay eggs in the developing buds, I'm not sure how quickly the poison will enter the egg/maggot.

I pick the buds off every year.  I have thousands of Hems and it is a considerable amount of work, but it does help.  Unfortunately, one cannot convince neighbours to do the same with their wild clumps of H. fulva, which is a favourite host for these wretched pests.

[Guff]

Paul, thanks. Next summer I should see lots of my Bella Sera seedlings flower.

Some named daylilies
1 Happy Halloween
2 Border Lord
3 Bella Sera
4 Arabian Magic
5 Nice purple seedling

[Ragged Robin]

Few more

 Always Lovely and pretty butterfly
 Palace Garden Beauty
 Unchartered Waters
 Royal Braid
 Voices In Fog

Guff, I'm interested that your Hemerocallis attract butterflies, I have never seen one on the flowers but I suppose that because the flower is not as flat as your hybrids...I wonder which of you different colour combinations is most appealing to them?  I have seen plenty of hover flies feeding - in their natural habitat do Hummingbirds feed from them?

Normally drawn to the stronger colours, I really like some of the paler combinations and Royal Braid is one of them - do the lighter ones fade quicker during the day?

[Paul T]

Happy Halloween and Border Lord are absolutely gorgeous!!!!!    I want!! 

[Guff]

Purples and dark reds fade the most. If you grow them in a shaded spot, they hold up well. Some really look bad by mid afternoon in full sun. Every once in a while I see Butterflies on them. No clue what colors they like or what attracts them.

I bought Happy Halloween three summers ago, and this was it's first time flowering. The scape is short, but the colors make up for it.

1 Royal Braid
2 Destined seedling
3 Destined seedling

[Paul T]

Interesting eye zones.

[Regelian]

Nice stuff, Guss!  We've had a really hot Summer and many plants became infected with thrips, which seem to love the dry heat.  None the less, a few good seedlings have bloomed.  I used the species Hemerocallis fulva var. rosea a great deal two years ago.  Here are some of the first seedlings.  Most are unspectacular, but the colouring can be quite intense.

Here are some diploids.

Bronze Age
Buddha x SDL
fulva rosea X SDL
fulva rose X SDL
fulva rosea X SDL
Holly Dancer X Mamacuna
Holly Dancer X Mamacuna
Puzzling Prize x Skinwalker X All American Windmill
Revolute X Fairy Wings x Milady Greensleeves
Siloam Fairy Tale x Lacy Marionette X All American Windmill

[Regelian]

And a few more diploids.  These are of unknown parentage, but one can always maje an educated guess.  

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[Regelian]

And now for the real work area, the tetraploids.  One makes much smaller improvements in this area, but the fun stuff is always the most time consuming.

The first three are from Bali Watercolor X Swallowtail Kite.  I've sent 3 to give an idea of the variability lavenders show, depending on temeperature.  Cooler evenings bring intense colouring.

The next two are Cherry Cheeks X Viking Star

Then we have Citralt X Baracuda Bay

The next three are Forever Island X Skinny Dipping

The last is Julie Newmar X On Silken Thread

[Regelian]

and a few more tetraploids

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RoaringForkxSwallowtailKite-10-01-03-kl.jpg
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TaosxEveningSolitude_10-03-kl.jpg
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[Guff]

Jamie, very nice. I like ones with purple or blue's the most. I like you Mildred seedling, very nice. I have had Mildred for 5 years and have yet to see a flower. I'm thinking mines a tissue cultured.

This is the same Destined seedling from my last post. Spots are rain damage.
1 Destined seedling

[Lesley Cox]

I don't grow any Hemerocallis but of all those above, I like best the rather spidery forms rather than the fuller ones with overlapping petals.

[Ragged Robin]

My favourite so far is Jamie's Buddha x SDL - sumptuous

[Guff]

Last two pictures of my Destined seedlings for this year.

1-2 Destined To See seedling

[Guff]

Better picture of Bella Sera