Hi GPODers!
A couple of weeks ago I featured Carla Zambelli Mudry’s stunning rose collection in Malvern, Pennsylvania (Carla’s Collection of Roses in Pennsylvania) and gave a call for more GPODers to share the plants they enjoy collecting. There are many different genuses and plant varieties that are tempting to collect, but there is one that I was not at all surprised to find amongst the Garden Photo of the Day submissions: daylilies. This diverse genus is full of big and bold blooms that fill the peak season with color, and Gail Bromer in Black Mountain, North Carolina has a stunning collection. Gail has shared her garden several times in the past (Check out some of her previous submissions: Gail’s Garden on the Side of a Mountain, The Light of Spring After a Dark Fall and Winter in North Carolina, Gail’s Spring Flowers in North Carolina, Replacing a Lawn With Wildflowersand more), but I don’t think we’ve been treated to a fraction of these fantastic flowers in that time. Even our frequent contributors continue to surprise us! Today we’re enjoying some of Gail’s gorgeous daylily collection, but keep an eye out for some very different photos from Gail later in the week.
Here’s a stunning large red daylily paired with red hot poker (Kniphofia uvaria, Zones 5–9), bee balm (Monarda didyma, Zones 4–9), balloon flower (Platycodon grandiflorus, Zones 3–8) and an antique grinding wheel.
A double bloom that was a castaway from a friend
Pretty in pink
Big blooms. This clumps will produce more than 60 flowers this season.
Liatris with a big orange daylily from a specialty grower. Blue Ridge Daylily outside of Asheville NC has an amazing selection and is a joy to visit in the blooming season.
For the extra textural appeal, ruffled daylilies tend to be my favorite. This bright yellow variety, potentially the ‘Fooled Me’ cultivar (Hemerocallis ‘Fooled Me’, Zones 3–8), is particularly eye-catching.
This is another ruffled variety that Gail shared with cool, mis-matched petals. I couldn’t nail down a cultivar for this, is anyone else familiar?
Enjoy!
Thank you so much for sharing your glorious collection of daylilies with us, Gail! It is easy to get hooked on Hemerocallis with the wide variety of cultivars, and you have amassed a wonderfully diverse assortment.
And we would love to see more colorful plant collections! If you have a favorite flower, or shrub, or houseplant variety that you can’t get enough of, please consider sharing photos of your collection with the blog. Follow the directions below to submit your photos to Garden Photo of the Day!
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