Prairie Blue Eyes
The sunny weekend (ah, I remember it fondly) spurred the first of my daylilies to bloom, and I finally feel like I have a flower garden again.
A couple of years ago, I was determined to figure out the names of all my tagless daylilies, so I wandered the Internet and the farm where I bought most of them.
It didn’t take long to realize that what one person swears is daylily ‘Angelic Frilly Dreams’ looks an awful lot like what another person swears is ‘Angel’s Ruffly Dreams.’ Thus, I concluded that nearly all of the daylilies on the planet are probably misidentified and I’d just enjoy mine mostly nameless.
This was about the same time that I also concluded that the only truly accurate name for a purple Japanese iris is “purple Japanese iris.”
Prairie Blue Eyes & Cherry Crush Hybrid?
These are three of my favorite pinkish-orange daylilies. I’m fairly certain that the top and bottom photos really are Prairie Blue Eyes and Cherry Crush, but the center daylily is nameless, and it’s my absolute favorite. I even marked its tag with an asterisk so if we ever move I remember to take it with me. And trust me, not many of the plants in The Sorry Garden have an asterisk.
Cherry Crush
It wasn’t until I bundled these three photos together for this post that it occurred to me that maybe my lovely mystery daylily is a cross between Prairie Blue Eyes and Cherry Crush. Think I’m on to something?
P.S. If I emailed you that I can’t leave comments on your blog, the problem appears to be on my end after a software update.
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