This one is proving to be an excellent Pod parent. I only set three pods (different pollen parents) last year. Got 15+ seeds in every pod with 100% germination.
I've had Doc Branch since 2017. It's been a very reliable bloomer for me. It even bloomed last year despite an early drought and not getting any supplemental water. It hasn't increased much for me but it still manages to put on a good show.
I can't remember ever seeing much of any sculpting on the blooms. However, I have some kids from Doc Branch that show more visible sculpting.
While I love this daylily it hasn't done well for me. I've had Charmed I'm Sure since 2017. However, I didn't get my first bloom until 2021! I've had to move it around the garden to find a spot that it likes. It likes the spot it is in now (a container) as it even put up a second scape after the first one was broken off in 2022. It did not bloom for me in 2023 but that was likely due to the effects of the early drought we had even though CIS blooms mid-late for me and not early-mid as registered. Many of my potted daylilies went dormant that summer.
I've had Carpenter Shavings since 2014. I originally had it planted in a pot where it bloomed in 2015 but not 2016. I decided to plant it in the ground in early 2017. Apparently it didn't like the spot it was in (near peonies) as it did not bloom that year or the next. I finally dug it up in 2019 and planted it in a grow bag. It loves the grow bag! It has now bloomed every year since I've moved it and even has rebloomed for me! It blooms early-midseason in my garden. While many early-mid and midseason daylilies didn't bloom in 2023 for me due to an early season drought, Carpenter Shavings did bloom (albeit poorly). If I had written this review prior to 2019 I would have said Carpenter Shavings wasn't worth a spot in my garden. It turns out you just need to find the right spot for it if it isn't doing well.
Bridgeton Eyecatcher has done well in my garden. I received 6 fans in 2017. I've noticed that while the scape height is shorter the flower size is slightly larger than the registered 5". The branching is also better (5-way versus 4-way). It has bloomed every year including the year I received it. The one negative is that it is a slow increaser for me. It is now at 10 fans. It is somewhat crowded in a raised bed but that is due more to the fact that the other daylilies planted at the same time have increased faster. But overall I would recommend this mid-late daylily.
I've had Boagie since 2017. It has been a reliable bloomer for me except for last year. My area had an early drought in 2023. I didn't add any supplemental water. Many of my early bloomers did manage to put out some blooms. Boagie was not one of them. It is planted in a raised bed with other daylilies so that could be why. But it does seem to be more sensitive to a lack of water than my other early daylilies.
I've had Black Mountain since 2016. It has not done well for me and I'm not sure why. It is in a raised bed with several other daylilies that all have done better. It has only bloomed three years since I've had it. While it is not crowded by the other daylilies I'm tempted to dig it up and place it in a container to see if that helps. It worked with Carpenter Shavings and has performed very well since being placed in a grow bag. It last bloomed in 2020 so I'm hoping it blooms this year as the fans look good.
I purchased Bella Nova in April 2020. It bloomed that year and every year since except 2023. It does bloom for me midseason rather than the registered mid-late season. Last year was a terrible year for my midseason blooming daylilies. We had a drought early in the season and I was unable to give supplemental water. Almost all of my midseason bloomers went dormant. I thought many had died. This year it appears to have rebounded nicely. I expect it to bloom well this year with our abundant rainfall this Spring.
This is a lovely cultivar, a strong grower here in zone 8b. It also produces proliferations. Unfortunately, it is also very susceptible to rust, so I don't recommend it if you garden in the "rust zone"--unless you spray fungicides.
Little Print is not a fancy daylily, but it has been a very good performer here in my 8b garden. It has increased from two to six fans in three growing seasons. It is taller than the registered height here. It is pollen fertile--I have not tried setting pods on it. You may notice that the eye differs in appearance in the posted pictures. Here its pattern has been that the eye is dark on first bloom and very pale ("washed magenta" from description) on rebloom. Most important has been its strong rust resistance. Little Print is an "oldie but goodie."
Well, this is now the fourth season with Good Impression, and predictably it has developed Spring sickness for the fourth time. Sadly I have decided to cull it and replace with another cultivar.
Curious that 'Freedom Is Not Free' is registered as a Tet but apparently crossed to 'Wild Rose Fandango', a Dip, to create a dip child 'Lily Farm Arachnid Orbiter'. I will note that the hybridizer had FINF listed as a Tet on his website in 2020
Plant details may be found at https://www.missouribotanicalg...
Based on child plants associated with this cultivar, it is a diploid
Based on the reference link, this cultivar is a tetraploid
I am surprised AHS let the children be listed with a unregistered daylily as a parent.
Cultivar does not perform well in my garden; does not increase and rarely blooms. I only keep it because I am too lazy to dig it up and throw it over the fence.
Notes from 2023
4" bloom
Season Early
FFO 9 May
Rebloomed 16 Jun
Prev year notes at same location
2022 FFO 5/12; 2021 FFO 5/20 [year of the Great Freeze in TX]
2020 FFO 5/6 4.5" bloom 2019 FFO 5/15
2024: available from at least the following sellers
Oakes
Ogden Station
both sources cite a 6" bloom
Garden notes:
blooms every year, has minimal increase, pod fertile as I have 4 unregistered seedlings, at least 1 of which is dormant.
blooms are only 5" when I measure early morning...maybe they open more later
5" blooms are typical here when I measure
season is early-mid: FFO dates--5/20/19, 5/13/20, 5/18/21, 5/12/22, 5/19/23 all in same location.
Bought in 2001, apparent year of introduction.
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