Winter Losses Part Deux... Great Daylily People

After loosing so many new daylilies this past winter, I was trying to soothe myself with my seedlings, and being excited about what might bloom this year.  But.... I was still a bit bummed out.  They were some really nice daylilies!  Thankfully there are some wonderful people who have picked up this hobby.

A friend that I met through the Garden Web Forums plant swap was SUPER SWEET and sent me a very nice replacement fan of PRECIOUS CANDY,  ~*AND*~ a couple of fans of ZAHADOOM!  (It needs the exclamation point, don't you think?)  So, now I have a new CV that I love.  Thank you Dianne!!

I also contacted Dan Hansen about the cost of replacing some of his CV's that I purchased at the Region 6 Daylily Auction, and he said he would replace them gratis!  Wow, that is really generous!  So, two days ago I got a package in the mail.... and I could tell by the smell (don't you love that smell?) what was inside!  A box from Ladybug Daylilies!!  There was PURPLE PAJAMAS and BEACHIN' BABE, and nice, huge fans!  I couldn't believe it, but BEACHIN' BABE already had a scape on each of the four fans he sent.... wow.  Thank you Dan Hansen!!

These acts of generosity really take the bite out of the winter losses!  I love daylily people!

Winter Losses...

Well, I guess here is a good place to cry about my winter losses.  I had some new acquisitions, transplants  and seedlings in pots from last fall.  This past winter, we had the longest, coldest stretch in Texas history since, well, forever.  This spring, when the weather warmed up, and the daylilies started poking up again, I was really bummed to find quite a few didn't make it through.  Here is the list:


Beachin' Babe
Beauty Of His Grace
Born To Run
Blue Eyed Angel
Cerulean Warbler
TET Crystal Blue Persuasion
Heavenly Mansions
Mississippi Blues
Moments Rich In Blessing
Moonlight Sail
Plum Eyed Delight
Precious Candy
Purple Pajamas
Shores Of Time
Standing On The Promise
West Texas Windmill

All of them had just simply turned to mush.  It was strange, but there were still some solid storage roots all the way at the bottom of the pot, but the rest of the root system leading up to them, including the crowns were just spongy, mushy, bad smelling (don't you HATE that smell??), muck.

Ah, well... I planted some new seedlings, and I will try to replace a few of these since I got them for hybridizing.

Now off to study a bit for my Calculus test later today!!  Ack, can you see my diversions??  LOL.