Gardening heaven doesn't get any better than this. One day several years ago we were strolling through Darrel Apps's Daylily fields when he guided us to his test plot—a playpen for his hybridizing activities, and we were left speechless when we came across this stunning plant with the romantic designation of #98-344A. The apricot sherbet flowers lighten to frothy frills and look like double poppies. The imposing plant has vigorous 3-4-foot-high scapes with numerous fat buds per scape. Absolutely stunning and available exclusively from Fairweather Gardens!

Think of the hot orange embers of a lava field, and you will have envisioned the flowers of 'Krakatoa Lava'. The scapes are tall and graceful to about 3 feet.

You too will scream with delight when you see the bright tangerine flowers of this recent Daylily selection. The flowers are large, too, borne on 3-foot scapes, and the plant blooms generously over several weeks in June and July.

Just when you're sorry that Daylily season is over, 'The Jury's Out' weighs in with green-yellow spidery flowers in August that bloom all month, and then a wave of repeat bloom sets in, extending the show till mid-September and sometimes beyond. The vigorous plant grows to almost 3 feet, and in addition to its unusual and extended season of bloom, it is self cleaning and often carries over 50 buds per scape. This plant does everything but take out the trash and walk the dog! Now, is it a true spider form or not? The jury's out on that question!

We love this remarkable plant for its broad, almost corn-like foliage with broad white bands running from the base of the leaves to the tip. The combination of the lush foliage with the variegation imparts a tropical look to this hardy Daylily. In summer rusty orange-red flowers are borne on 2-3-foot scapes. The foliage holds up better if plant is sited in light shade. Z. 4-8

This is an attractive small species Daylily with fragrant lemon yellow flowers borne just above the leaves in May and June, with occasional repeat flowering in late summer. The grasslike foliage is in keeping with the more naturalistic look of this plant. Grows to about 18-24 inches high. Z. 4-9

Three-foot tall scapes of medium yellow flowers, which are pungently fragrant, dance above the garden. Flowers tend to open later in the day or in the evening.