Re: Are there purple daylilies?

Hello Group,

I once asked the purple daylily question of the society in my area and the 
answer was 'Strutter's Ball'.  At the same time, I tried over and over to 
find a true pink buying many that were really "peachy".  I have a "pink but 
really peachy" reject row.

Again,  location may be part of the reason the descriptions in catalogs or 
those enhanced pix do not come true for you.  Most of the daylilies bred in 
the US are hybridized in Florida.  Pinks in Florida are not pink in New York 
for reasons not clear to me.  It is the number of warm days or some such 
thing.  You can travel in the south, buy a clump in bloom, replant in the 
north ............ different plant.

An old and reliable daylily, available everywhere, is 'Catherine Woodbury'.  
This is a lilac pink and most years blooms well with the advertised color.   

There is someone on this list with more daylily expertise, I am sure.  Other 
things to look for are bud count (high bud count, longer bloom season) and 
dormant, not evergreen cultivars in the north.

Claire Pepldowski
East Nassau, NY z4

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