It blooms at the same time as 'Happy Returns' and 'Stella d'Oro', Stokesia, Nepeta (in MA, late June to mid July, depending on the year). It grows about 24" tall, the flowers are ruffled and very thick petalled. Anyone recognize this daylily? ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) July 17, 2011 ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden ) You can see in the next photo that it blooms with Stella, alchemilla mollis (Lady's Mantle), miniature balloon flower & nepeta. It is the daylily that is blooming just abouve the birdbath. Any ideas are welcome. I got it from the White Flower Farm in one of their 50 daylilies for $100 probably about 8 or more years ago. Blue & yellow garden July 2011 ( photo / image / picture from Cayuga Morning's Garden )
The scape looks thick so a tetraploids might be better guesses, try "Ruffled Dude" or 'Ever So Ruffled" both are tetraploids. Jerry
It will take a while but the American Hermerocallis Society database has photos of over 7500 cultivars. I have found a couple of mine here, you might find yours if it's a registered cultivar. http://www.daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/ click on Show All Daylillies between the words Search and Clear.
Jerry & Toni---Thanks I will check it out. It is a great daylily, actually my favorite. I hope I can find its name.
I have trouble trying to figure out the names of some of my first daylilys. I had ordered some in the fall and they made it just fine over winter but they were not what I had ordered. I got busy and it wasn't until last year when I found my sales slip that I was suppose to have a doubles collection, and it wasn't what I received.... :'( Your daylily is very pretty.
Sherry--That is a pity about your daylily order. You could always email the company. I think I have just one double daylily & it is an offshoot from a friends'---too young to bloom as yet. It is a 'Madge Cayse'. Here is a link for a photo of it: http://www.daylilyandhostagardens.com/MadgeCayse.html Glad you like my unnamed one! sgm--No I still don't know the name, but your email has prompted me to contact the company where I bought it (White Flower Farm) with a photo. I'll see if someone there can identify it. Thanks for asking.