Usually, I don't get any blooms until about the end of May or first of June. But this year, many of my daylilies started blooming the first week of May. I have a garden full of daylily blooms now. It's amazing!! They're everywhere! And all the rain has really made them grow too. They all look so healthy!!
We had a rather mild winter, thankfully. Our last three winters have been attrocious so I was happy to have not much of a winter this time. And my plants all appreciated the mild winter and rainy spring. Unfortunately, the weeds appreciated it all the most!
Are your Daylilies Blooming Early this Year?
I have several that are blooming now. They are way early.
Ming toy usually blooms first. It was about the fourth to bloom this year. Others I have blooming are a month ahead of usual. Many of the ones blooming never bloom til mid- june and now they began as early as May 9.
I don't have any actually blooming yet but I have some that are close. Scapes are every where. Better than a month ahead at least for here. My bloom time is usually at the end of June thru July.
The few things that are blooming here mostly seem to be about 2 weeks ahead of schedule, except for WHITE STRIPE which is at least 5 weeks ahead of its normal bloom time. (This is the SF Bay Area in CA.)
The daylilies here seem to be about two weeks or a little more early this year.
Yes, mine are about 2-3 weeks earlier than last year. I have also noticed that many scapes seem to be shorter and a lot of the blooms are not opening as well. Anyone else notice that? Wondering if they are related to the earlier bloom.
I actually had a few bloom April 30th (Belle Isle Sentry, Ming Toy, Siloam Double Classic and Tigerland.)
Vernal Tutone and Winged Migration were a few that were open May 4th.
last year FFO for all those were:
BIS 5/14
Ming Toys 5/22
SDC 5/25
Tigerland 5/21
VT 5/16
WM 5/25
This message was edited May 17, 2012 10:02 AM
Mine are 2-3 weeks earlier than last year, probably because they actually got rain this year.
I live near Conroe, Tx, and last year produced very few blooms, and some were even deformed due to
the drought.
I have a Middendorfii blooming but that one is always the first to bloom.
I kind of like getting to see my daylilies bloom early. When they usually start here, it's nearly 100 degrees--way too hot to really enjoy them. I've always said they should bloom earlier, when it's warm, not hot, so I could have a garden party and have lots of friends over to enjoy the show. Most of my friends are not gardeners so they won't venture out in the heat. I love the surprises that mild winters bring!
I have nothing blooming and no scapes yet.
I lied found some scapes today hope its a pretty one. BFG