Those are all beauties, as usual Rita. My favorites tho are Westbourne Blueberry Popsickle and Mandarin Firecracker. Even then, I don't know which I would pick as #1. Marg

Mom Kirby's Plum Pudding looks as rich as it's name! Yummy! All are gorgeous but would have to say my fav. is the ruffles on the orange sherbet Mandarine Firecracker. :)TFS

Beautiful blooms and photos,Rita. Lets, see...with all the rich colors, Carnival in Mexico, Mom's Plum Pudding, Born to Reign, Ruby Shadows, Velvet Eyes, Harvest House! So Many really beautiful ones.

I can get it to Velvet Eya, Mom's Plum Pudding and Carnival in Mexico and that's it! No fair, there are too many I love here.
kay

As usual, too many lovelies to pick a favorite. Avedon

VELVET EYES and WESTBOURNE WHIPPHORWILL CALL are my favorites today. But you have me interested in learning about Charmaine Rich's daylilies.

Your zinnia bed is nice. So you have (front to back) portulaca, daylilies, then zinnias? Since they all come in a similar array of colors, this must be so colorful.
Christine

Beautiful as always! I recognized Velvet Eyes immediately, such a pretty picture. Man of Sorrows is so rich and gorgeous, I also love Shimmering Red Sation, what a nice color, and all the other purples. And W.Whipperwill Call is unusual and very pretty.

Thanks to all!

Christine- The portulacas are in the terraces gardens. That is a series of four terraces of various design and heights near my kitchen door. It was designed to go from the main level that the house is on and up to the literally upstairs part of my back yard. To give me gardens going up. So the portulacas are in terrace one. Terrace two has mainly daylilies but I did move out the last few daylilies from the back of the mid part so that I could plant afew zinnias there. So there are zinnias blooming there now.

The zinnias pictured are in another area of the yard. These are all the way upstairs and in the back of my property on the small terrace section which is in back of the daylily plateau. You can see the back of my neighbors garage in the picture. The plateau is a very large (for me) really raised bed that is all daylilies. I have shown pictures of it so you might have seen it.

I also have zinnias in the front yard.

I have all of Charmaine's 2008 and 2009 intros. Here is a link to her website.

Here is a link that might be useful: Hold N Heaven Daylilies

Wow, Rita, I found quite a few I want from this bunch. Man of Sorrows tops the list (and I'm sure I've said that before), and I really like Westbourne WC. Thanks for adding to my list.

They are all fantastic, I can't pick a favorite either. Ruby Shadows definitely looks like a completely different daylily here, mine is more like red eye on cream. I still love Westbourne Whipperwill Call, very unique. Man of Sorrows always attracts me, so I like Westbourne Mom Kirbys Plum Pudding too, and Born To Reign is so pretty too. Carnaval In Mexico reminds me of the color combo that Bold Tiger has, which I love. Shimmering Red Station looks rather unique too, not a normal red.

Whipperwill Call is my favorite. Your zinnias look so healthy.

Thanks everyone!

Anyone thinking of adding MAN OF SORROWS, I can really recommend this daylily. Always looks good and such a lovely flower. Since it is from Karol Emmerich you know it will do great in northern gardens.

mantis- My zinias always look good because they never get mildew. This is because as I spray my roses with the fungicide I give a quick squirt to the zinnias also.

They're all beautiful. I can't even narrow it down to three.
Val

You have a lot of pretty ones but Westbourne Whipperwill Call gets my fav vote..Ellie

They are all so beautiful!!!! I'll have 2 of each please!
Blessings, Mona

GEEZ You really have the beauties this year, Such loud and bright colors and they are all gorgeous.MAN OF SORROWS is just so pretty, Love BORN TO REIGN is a beauty, too and I just love CARNIVAL IN MEXICO. b ut I think my favorite is WESTBOURNE WHIPPERWILL CALL. That one is so different and very pretty.

Jean

As happens more than once with your blooms I can't pick a favorite all are beautiful.
Linda

Thank you all! I don't know why but the daylilies have really been showing off this year like crazy. I see so many perfect blooms each day I hardly know what to shoot. Last year things started out thrip damaged. This year I decided none of that and sprayed twice, the first time before bloom season. It has resulted in perfect blooms.