I hear you! I'm less the impressed with Walenburg because of that. The back side of sepals are dull, no color. I think the only way to be happy is to get them up high. I was planning to with this one & with the move won't be putting up the arch over my gate.

I have a few other viticellas in bloom that are white & doesn't matter, 1 in fact holds it's blooms more upright. I think Betty Corning has us spoiled with the color of her backside. Anxiously awaiting for my others to ome to bloom to see what I think of them. I was planning on bringing all of those ot FL with me. I won't if they look like this.

You're so right about Betty Corning. She looks lovely. I have Confetti in a pot to be planted this fall. Aren't you growing that one? It looks as though its bells will look pink throughout. True?

I'll be doing some transplanting next spring, too, it appears. I can't imagine doing as much as you'll be doing with a move, though.

I sure do have Confetti & it is coming with me for sure! I am so grateful the recommendations I received on her that lead me to get her. I bought her & @ a week or so later found out I was moving & like her so much I couldn't return it. She has been blooming nonstop since purchase. Here she is today:
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Walenburg with the dull back side. Although I'm liking him better has he opens flatter:
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With a face like this, how can you leave him? Proper placement to appreciate is the key I suppose.
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Confetti is wonderful. Thanks for sharing your picture. And I think Walenburg has much more to recommend him than Palette. His reverse side seems more colorful to me.

Somehow I got your Photobucket by clicking on my email rather than going to the website. So of course I stopped to admire, and I see you're growing the Walking in Beauty daylily, which I covet. I was a little surprised since its evergreen. You're in a colder zone than I. Are you growing the evergreen cultivars without problems? (I know I should move to the daylily site.)

Oh, we have talked daylilys here on this forum before with no big ramifications. Since this thread is between you & I, I'm sure no one will care. Yes, I do grow a lot of evergreens here. Foliage of a daylily is the furthest thing you need to worry about. They will play dormant here. What you need to pay attention to is each cultivar's genetics. There is a daylily that is from Florida that is a dormant & isn't hardy here & vice versa. In the south, some of the hardy daylilys will disappear without the dormant cold period. Each daylily is different with different genes & the safest way to go about purchasing them is to go about other people's experience.