Aaah Golden Zebra I have that one Verdun lovely foliage I 'm a bit OCD with the dead heading I'm afraid first job every morning, peak season it can take an hour and a quarter but I find it quite relaxing, blue hands for a few weeks though lol, not all are fast increasers with so much foliage but these tend to be more expensive 'Jellyfish Jealousy' as an example, I 've had this think 6 or 7 years now and its still only 4 fans, flowers its socks off for weeks though, I like the ones that don't need splitting so often
If the foliage gets floppy and untidy after flowering just cut it right back, within days new foliage will sprout on the evergreen and semi-evergreens and often the dormants too which freshens them up.
Wouldn't do for us all to like the same plants our gardens would be very boring
I have Green Mystique too and I find that it is a very good performer. As it does get a little bit of dappled shade, the flowers keep their colour very well during the hot summer days. It is such a fresh looking bloom and gives the feeling of coolness even when we are at 30 degrees C or more.
We are enjoying temperatures between 21 and 24 centigrade at the moment so the day lillies are still producing flowers, quite a bonus for the time of year.
Looking forward to planting out the new ones I have bought this Autumn and already wondering if I can find space for a few more next Spring. What can I get rid of?
I don't know Verbena Hastata, so will have to look that one up, no hope of finding it here in the garden centres as the choice of plants is very limited and the cost prohibitive.
We have just had All Saints day here when all the French visit their family graves to tidy up and place Chrysanthemums on them. That is a good time to buy them for the garden to give lots of colour in the autumn and often they are sold off after the event at a lower price.
Thanks for the tip of chopping back the foliage, I shall do that in future.
Hahahaha Verdun I actually googled that, dandelion!!!
Agree Elizabeth its a lovely one reblooms here too.
Lucky you 21-24 heaven not to hot, mind you its still mild here no frosts yet so lots still flowering I have a couple with buds and didn't think they'd flower but if this continues they just might!
The verbena is a pretty one I'll see if I have a picture it looks like a little candelabra , there's a white and a blue, mines pink.
I've just heard from my friend that since May 2015 all imports of daylilies into the EU has been banned because of something called Xylella fastidiosa that has killed olive trees in Italy, grapevines in California and Oleander scorch in California and Arizona so looks like we won't be importing any more of the new intros from the USA, the list of banned plants is very long.
There are so many viruses and diseases being spread around the world now as well as creepy crawlies. I don't know whether it is because there is more movement of goods now or if it is that people have become less vigilant and more careless. Probably all boils down to money in the end.
Let's hope the European breeders can come up with some new cultivars. That site I gave you has some new ones but they are still quite expensive and there are other sites in UK that are showing new varieties as well. You have so many that it must be difficult to find some you have not got.
This year for the first time, it looks like we might have a reasonable crop of olives, so I hope the dreaded lergy does not reach this far.
I looked up Verbena Hastata and agree with you, it is very attractive and will encourage the bees just the same. I shall have to look out for that one and maybe send for it online if the garden centres do not have it here. Does it set seed like the Bonariensis does?
Kathy the unknown one is lovely, it nice to get a surprise. You do spent quiet a while dead heading, but I suppose it's all worth it in the end.
Elizabeth, Bonariensis is what I've been looking for over here in Ireland but I can't find it, Think I will have to order some seeds on the net, do you know if they germinate easily.
Elizabeth we have in the past few years had that horrible horse chestnut leaf miner moth on all the horse chestnuts in our street, and there are quite a few, mid summer they look awful all the leaves go brown and shrivel, yes so many nasty things spreading.
Yes the verbena does self seed just like bonariensis
A few more of my seedlings, these are all from a cross of (Forsyth Flaming Snow x North Wind Dancer) x White 8
The next 2 are the same plant first picture 2014 the 2nd this year.
Thanks Lornayes that one was a WOW! when it first opened the flowers are 7inch across ! and that's not including the curling you aren't allowed to uncurl the petals when measuring the flower size.
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Aaah Golden Zebra I have that one Verdun lovely foliage
I 'm a bit OCD with the dead heading I'm afraid first job every morning, peak season it can take an hour and a quarter but I find it quite relaxing, blue hands for a few weeks though lol, not all are fast increasers with so much foliage but these tend to be more expensive 'Jellyfish Jealousy' as an example, I 've had this think 6 or 7 years now and its still only 4 fans, flowers its socks off for weeks though, I like the ones that don't need splitting so often 
If the foliage gets floppy and untidy after flowering just cut it right back, within days new foliage will sprout on the evergreen and semi-evergreens and often the dormants too which freshens them up.
Wouldn't do for us all to like the same plants our gardens would be very boring
I have Green Mystique too and I find that it is a very good performer. As it does get a little bit of dappled shade, the flowers keep their colour very well during the hot summer days. It is such a fresh looking bloom and gives the feeling of coolness even when we are at 30 degrees C or more.
We are enjoying temperatures between 21 and 24 centigrade at the moment so the day lillies are still producing flowers, quite a bonus for the time of year.
Looking forward to planting out the new ones I have bought this Autumn and already wondering if I can find space for a few more next Spring. What can I get rid of?
I don't know Verbena Hastata, so will have to look that one up, no hope of finding it here in the garden centres as the choice of plants is very limited and the cost prohibitive.
We have just had All Saints day here when all the French visit their family graves to tidy up and place Chrysanthemums on them. That is a good time to buy them for the garden to give lots of colour in the autumn and often they are sold off after the event at a lower price.
Thanks for the tip of chopping back the foliage, I shall do that in future.
Keep the photos coming Kathy.
Hahahaha Verdun I actually googled that, dandelion!!!
Agree Elizabeth its a lovely one reblooms here too.
Lucky you 21-24 heaven not to hot, mind you its still mild here no frosts yet so lots still flowering I have a couple with buds and didn't think they'd flower but if this continues they just might!
The verbena is a pretty one I'll see if I have a picture it looks like a little candelabra
, there's a white and a blue, mines pink.
I've just heard from my friend that since May 2015 all imports of daylilies into the EU has been banned because of something called Xylella fastidiosa that has killed olive trees in Italy, grapevines in California and Oleander scorch in California and Arizona so looks like we won't be importing any more of the new intros from the USA, the list of banned plants is very long.
There are so many viruses and diseases being spread around the world now as well as creepy crawlies. I don't know whether it is because there is more movement of goods now or if it is that people have become less vigilant and more careless. Probably all boils down to money in the end.
Let's hope the European breeders can come up with some new cultivars. That site I gave you has some new ones but they are still quite expensive and there are other sites in UK that are showing new varieties as well. You have so many that it must be difficult to find some you have not got.
This year for the first time, it looks like we might have a reasonable crop of olives, so I hope the dreaded lergy does not reach this far.
I looked up Verbena Hastata and agree with you, it is very attractive and will encourage the bees just the same. I shall have to look out for that one and maybe send for it online if the garden centres do not have it here. Does it set seed like the Bonariensis does?
Kathy the unknown one is lovely, it nice to get a surprise. You do spent quiet a while dead heading, but I suppose it's all worth it in the end.
Elizabeth, Bonariensis is what I've been looking for over here in Ireland but I can't find it, Think I will have to order some seeds on the net, do you know if they germinate easily.
Elizabeth we have in the past few years had that horrible horse chestnut leaf miner moth on all the horse chestnuts in our street, and there are quite a few, mid summer they look awful all the leaves go brown and shrivel, yes so many nasty things spreading.
Yes the verbena does self seed just like bonariensis
A few more of my seedlings, these are all from a cross of (Forsyth Flaming Snow x North Wind Dancer) x White 8
The next 2 are the same plant first picture 2014 the 2nd this year.
Kathy these are all lovely but the first one is stunning, the colour is lovely.
Thanks Lorna
yes that one was a WOW! when it first opened the flowers are 7inch across ! and that's not including the curling you aren't allowed to uncurl the petals when measuring the flower size.
Blimey that is big.