I got to thinking about that mystery daylily I talked about in the last post. A couple (few?) years ago, I realized I had very little pink in the daylilies, and ordered several that spring. I could account for 3 of them, and didn't recall a 4th. This is why I keep certain catalogs as reference. In my dejunking, I got rid of all the magazines, including those catalogs.
This morning, I went to the catalogs' websites (there's only 2 I ever ordered from), and found a double whose name rang a bell. The more I thought about it, the more I'm sure it's what that is. "Over The Top" fit what I was seeing, especially the described size of the bloom. They say 8", but I'm seeing 6", maybe 7". It's still a pretty good size flower. Here it is this morning.
Not terribly impressive for a double, but since this is its 1st year to bloom, maybe it will be better next year. Also probably the reason I forgot I had ordered 4 pinks that year. It failed to remind me. I'll keep it.
Here's another double I had almost forgotten because it hadn't put on a good show until now. "Yellow Submarine". This is an impressive double for sure. Looks more like a rose than any other daylily I have.
The next photo is one of the other pinks from that order with its neighbors. I labeled it for my own reference.
"Pink Attraction" is the truest clearest pink I have. Since "Over The Top" is taller than "Frances Joiner", I'll make a note to that fact and plant them together again.
BTW, I'm not absolutely positive about this, but FJ may be one of the oldest if not the 1st doubles. I've had it a really long time. So long that its name was lost to me until recently when I saw it in a catalog. For lack of a name, I called it "Sunset Waves" (I do that). It's good to know its true name, and once I found it, it fit that vague memory of its tag.
There's another long time resident that just started blooming so I haven't snapped it yet. Its name was also lost, but I loved it for its heavy substance and high fragrance, and so it moved every time I did. I called it "Heavy Yellow". Recently saw it in a catalog as "Isle of Capris", and confirmed it with a search. That catches up most of my lost names.
If you have "old" daylilies you can't identify or only vaguely remember the name, here's a really good database. Daylilies.org. Use the "database online" search tool. One thing that helps ID old cultivars is the year it was registered. If you can remember the years you've had it, it helps to narrow it down.
One more.
"Moonlight Sail" was given to me last year. As I was getting this photo this morning, I realized it's also quite fragrant. It pays to stop and smell the daylilies.
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