Re: [SG] shady daylilies

In a message dated 6/9/99 8:44:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time, BILLS@HSC.EDU
writes:

<<<<  My plants, however, are not pale orange
 but a vibrant melon color. >>>>

Oh Bill, pale orange is more enticing than vibrant melon.  Most gardeners
associate anything in the orange tones with neon orange marigolds so I always
try to use a
gentler phrase.  I had another look at mine and they may be bit melon.  One
tries to encourage a gardener to use a wider range of plants and the
non-English colors have a tough time here.

Beside middendorfi, there is dumortieri, a similar species with reddish
backed tepals.  I have seen both of these for sale.

McClure and Zimmerman carry a few species  (  www.mzbulb.com  ).  Perhaps
Beth C. with the large collection can offer a source for others.  Somewhere
you may find true miniatures, always in yellows, delicate and appropriate for
shady companions.  Mine came from a friend.  Arrowhead Alpines has some
occasionally.

Arrowhead is a fat stream of consciousness diatribe with wonderful plants.
It is an entertaining read.  Check the lobelia collection.  They assert these
lobelias can be propagated in a glass of water.  This is a northern nursery:

Arrowhead Alpines (not strictly alpine)
P. O. Box 857
Fowlerville, MI  48836

<<<also like H. altissima, lemon yellow blooms (again of a sort of narrow
 trumpet shape) are profuse on 6-foot stalks that stand up by themselves.
 It's a late one, blooming in September and October here.  Seems to do OK
 with just a couple of hours of sun each day.>>>

I also love that plant.  If you cannot find altissima you may find the
similar hybrid, Autumn Minaret.

 <<<There is such a variety of types among the species and yet the modern
 hybrids are so monotonous! >>>

I do agree.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
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