For my best performer I would instantly select a 'new to me' this year cultivar.
"ISLEWORTH" Absolutely beautiful, well branched and budded and a heavy bloomer, great repeater
and quite fertile both ways. A truly 'perfect' daylily. I made several crosses with "DARING DECEPTION"
Subtropical climate with mild dry winters--do not know which zone this would equate to?
Australia
As usual "just one" is a tough choice and I usually don't even try to
narrow it down for polls but this year the choice was clear. BERMA
ABERCROMBIE (Ferguson, 1992) 7" Lavender bi color.
I have had BA for about three years and it bloomed it's little self
silly this past summer. Started blooming in mid June and kept it up
'til the first part of August. Huge amount of bloom every day. This is
unusual for our area and climate. This DL is special!!!
Washoe Valley NV (Second only to Boog's
climate for....capricious weather)
Mark, Had lots of beauties, but I have got to give the gold star to JEN
MELON she blooms & keeps it right up a good 6-8 weeks.w/good big blooms.
NY
My best for 2000 would have to be Daring Deception. I bought it in
August of 1999 and planted it in the middle of a drought. DD was not
affected just started growing. In 2000 it bloomed for me before anything
else besides the old fulva varieties and Stella. The first day it
bloomed it had 2 huge beauties on it fully opened and many many buds in
waiting. During the height of my season it very seldom saw a day without
a bloom. So Daring Deception gets my "one" vote but it is still hard to
single out one of your children. :) Alabama
) I simply couldn’t decide between CUSTARD CANDY , Patrick Stamile's
superb eyed variety which has bloomed and bloomed all summer long through
heat and some rain and always managed to look pristine and another Patrick
Stamile plant PEACH WHISPER another wonderful performer which produced scape
after scape loaded with buds which opened to show flowers of a delectable
frosted pale pink with a peach overtone, absolutely gorgeous.
France
Last summer was pretty stressful daylily-wise, being pretty much without
much precipitation from August 1999, so I didn't have many nonstop
bloomers, but I'll choose ELIZABETH ELAINE(J Carpenter 1995) dor, 20" Ere
5" orchid diploid with purple eye. This one has never rebloomed for me,
but it blooms for such a long time that rebloom is unnecessary. I admit to
being a sucker for a purple eye, and I definitely like the flat, round Jack
Carpenter form. Sadly, I broke up this clump at the end of bloom last
summer, so it is unlikely to be remarkable in length of bloom next
summer. It has consistently been among the ones that bloom for a long,
long time.
Nebraska
No contest here--STELLA DE ORO hands down---bloomed
and bloomed late into fall.
Thinking of "performers" three minis come to mind. They all surpassed
anything else in the garden re length of time blooming and number of
blooms. To pick just one will lean to the prettiest flower and that's
LITTLE DELIGHT (Wild 1969). Many folks have admired LITTLE DELIGHT's
frilly edges and pretty shades of pink. I'd describe it as a sockeye
pink with darker lavender pink halo and edge. Throat is yellow. Multi
blooms for weeks and has been a winner in the garden for many years.
THE BEST PERFORMER IN MY GARDEN THIS YEAR
HAS BEEN
ROSES IN SNOW (2000)
DAN HANSON
THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL ROUND RED FLOWER WITH
A WHITE EDGE THAT IS A WONDERFUL INCREASER
AND A GREAT RE-BLOOMER
Greensboro, N. Carolina
PURE AND SIMPLE gets my vote this year.
United Kingdom
I've mentioned before that my two best performers were BILL NORRIS and ED
BROWN, and they run neck-and-neck, for me.
MASK OF TIME: Okay, if we have to name only ONE, then I'll name a third one
which runs neck-and-neck with B.N. and E.B. It is MASK OF TIME. Hugely
Impressive!!!! Vigorous, too....how very important that is. It doesn't
bother me if a daylily wants to take over the garden...give me more of
those, please, oh, please! MASK OF TIME's pinkness is not too muddy in my
climate....the base pink colour is subdued, and not dirty.
Australia
My best one in 2000 may well have been FRANK QUILLIAN. This variety,(I
refuse to use the dreadful word "cultivar". blooms up a storm and increases
well.
I don't recall having it mention on the robin, but is well know in Region 5.
It is a small flower, with a recurved yellow blossom that has a very pretty
green throat.
Georgia
I'm very proof from these photo (from pure artistic reason) and in my
opinion is the best which one I was do in 2000.
RIDE THE WIND (Stamile Patrick 1999 Fall) Dormant Poland
REGENCY HEIGHTS (Dougherty), a ruffled lavender uf, 30 buds, 5-way
branching, dormant, LATE, dip., sooooo good. I think Kit Walter won
Best-of-Show at Ohio last year with it. Ohio.
I was going to stay out of this poll since I'm simply too disorganized to
give an opinion based on scientific, empirical evidence - but then I
remembered gushing for weeks last season over one daylily:
GREAT GOODNESS GRACIOUS
This is a Kirchhoff of recent vintage... butter yellow and has a wonderful
heavily braided/ruffled edge - even in the Buffalo area..... even in the
worst summer we've had in many, many years. The flower is large and recurved
and this plant bloomed from July right through to a killing frost. It is the
energizer bunny of daylilies. Each bloom is like Bohme porcelain and they
just don't stop coming. New York.
GREAT GOODNESS GRACIOUS performed splendidly for me and without doubt it was
my 2000 favorite!!! New York.
In 2000, after a couple of years of ho-hum performance, my best performer=
was ELIZABETH SALTER, but it only barely edged out BAYOU BRIDE. Both we=
recovered with blooms for a long time, but I'd dug so much of BB (others
noticed its stellar performance and wanted some) that it wasn't quite up =
to snuff. = Ohio
. I have decided to chose WATERSHIP
DOWN as my best for 2000 simply because it was so beautiful.
Here this would be QUALITY OF MERCY by Bob Carr. Big flowered near white,
repeated 3 times. Very vigorous, fast increase and pod fertile in the shade. Pacific Northwest
SEMINOLE WIND was the top performer over 700 varieties in our Display
Garden here in Virginia. Bloomed all Summer with over 45 buds per scape!
Anytime you get over 30 buds per scape here in VA you are doing OK, but
45! This is a 93 intro of Pat Stamile. Virginia
My best performer in 2000 was an old mainstay, Munson's KINGS CLOAK. I
bought the daylily on my honeymoon last year in Las Vegas. After
transporting it on the plane, planting it in Michigan, it was the best
bloomer in the garden with the most perfect flowers every time it bloomed.
The color combination was enchanting...I think of Red Rock Canyon and the
searing Vegas heat each time I look at the pictures. Wish I had some of
that heat now to go with the foot of snow on my front lawn! Home of 2002 National .
I would have to say that the best performer in my garden for 2000 was SAN
IGNACIO, a 1999 introduction of Pat Stamile. It bloomed for a period of
three months, multiplied from two to six fans, was very pod and pollen
fertile, and most importantly quite beautiful. It also has a wonderful
fragrance and is an early opener. Plano, Tx
I would have to vote for INDIAN GIVER this past season.
It bloomed and re-bloomed and was beautiful. to boot. Not
a "Big" grower but the foliage was nice and green all summer
and it increased well. Top of Virginia
The best by far in my garden was MARY ETHEL ANDERSON, Salter EH, '95.
Clumped beautifully, great 4-5 way branching with multiple blooms open on
most scapes, and on most days. Cream with red eye, 2 1/2" x 18" (a little
taller for me), sev, dip. Pensacola, Florida
One of the daylily that performs for us at Marietta Gardens is South Seas.
South Seas blooms and blooms and has a color that draws you. Its pinkish
coral-tangerine color with a deeper red-coral band attracts may a visitor.
The flower size is 5 1/2" and the height is just right, 30". Opens mid
season and blooms till frost. A Steve Moldovan 1993 daylily.
Another daylily Buttered Popcorn runs a close tie to South Seas. Buttered
Popcorn has about ever great quality that a daylily should have. Blooms
about all season, 6 inch flower, Mid-Late season, 32" dormant. Buttered
yellow self that carries itself well from a great distance, has fragrance
and will stay in bloom till frost. A John Benz 1971 daylily. North Carolina
Thanks for your kind words to welcome me to the Robins.. I have to
agree with Joan about PURE AND SIMPLE one fine daylily, sooooo
beautiful. Yes I have many newer ones, BUT, I just have to share about
BUTTERSCOTCH RUFFLES (oldie but goodie) Harling 78 med yellow, peach
blend . Heavy bloomer all zones. I picked 1,500, yes 1,500 blooms off
one plant ( I just had to see how many blooms in one season) I got tired
of counting at that point, yes it was still blooming.
Best performers this year would have to be from the small and miniature bed.
Several of Joiner's "Pepper" series bloomed 3 times. So did several of E.
Salter's. Maybe it is was caused by the sprinkler system gave them extra
watering. But I would probably pick PERSIAN PIXIE or VELVET SHADOWS for
the most blooms repeatedly all Summer. Georgia
My best performer was "Painted Face" .It bloomed before "Stella" and =
bloomed for a long time. Most days it had from 10 to 12 bloom on it day =
after day, its best day was 19 bloom. Well branched , blooms were never =
crowded, its a lovely pink for me slightly darker eye and diamond =
dusted. This will be its 4 year for me.
I have to put in my vote for the best performing daylily of 2000, and it is
ABSOLUTE TREASURE by Stamilie. It bloomed and bloomed, and bloomed, and
bloomed! I just wish all of the ones I grow would do the same! Florida
My most spectacular summer 2000 CV was SPINDAZZLE--Wilson '83. It has
clumped up nicely in the last few years and bloomed its head off for a long
season. It's pollen is great too. Michigan
Although it is fairly new to the garden, SABINE BAUR has got to get my
vote. Any Florida daylily that survives the bizarre micro-climate in
the Westminster "Tundra" and looks as good as it did when I seen it in
Florida gets my vote. Westminster, Maryland
The best performer in Prince Edward County, Ontario, for me, was
STRAWBERRY CANDY. Running a close second was Forsyth Vivacious, what
a beautiful diploid.
I might consider JP's SCOTT FOX exceptional in performance with four
spikes from a brand new fan shipped north this spring. I expect it
to be number one next year but since I potted it in April and
favoured it I felt it was unfair to compare. Barracuda Bay was very
productive also. Ontario, Canada
G!Day My name is Jim Harvey I live in Canberra A.C.T. Australia. My best =
performer was Jungle Mask.. Austrailia