 | Cliff Garland
Where was Cliff Garland at 10:30 a.m. July 6, 2007? Digging in compost and planting daylilies in Close Memorial Park in Springfield, Missouri. Cliff, the vice president of the Ozark Daylily Society, has donated--and planted--literally hundreds of daylilies in this garden.
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 | The Garden and Gazebo
Talk about a job. Cliff in the midst of hauling compost and mulch said the garden will contain some 1700 daylilies in hundreds of varieties. This is only a small part of the garden. There are seven beds altogether.
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 | Another View
A better view of the Daylily Garden, showing the remaining beds reaching into the distance. According to Friends of the Garden, hundreds more daylilies have been donated by Duane Cookson of the St. Louis Daylily Society and a thousand by Pat Klos of Republic, Missouri.
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 | What Is a Daylily?
Daylilies are so called because among the many flowers each plant can produce, each blossom lasts only a day, as will this one just opening. Gardeners love the plants for many reasons, foremost among them their literally astonishing range of colors and color combinations. At last word, there were more 54,000 registered daylily hybrids. Daylilies are also remarkably easy to grow. For beginners and experienced gardeners alike, the best resource for learning the basics of these wonderful plants is the FAQ of the American Hemerocallis Society website. You'll find it here.
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 | The First Daylily
The first daylily
to bloom in the garden in 2008 was this beauty, 'Saratoga Springtime', photographed on May 23rd. A few days later we learned that early estimates of the garden's riches for 2008 were much lower than the reality. The garden actually contains 3500 plants and 850 varieties!
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 | 'Anita Davis'
Introduced in 1990, 'Anita Davis' grows 24-36 inches tall and bears large gold flowers 4 1/2 to 5 inches wide with a light greenish throat. Blossoms have a slight fragrance. It likes full sun but will perform in partial shade. |
 | 'Atlanta Bouquet'
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 | 'Barbara Mitchell'
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 | 'Bellboy'
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 | 'Big Bird'
Bet you can guess where the 'Big Bird' daylily got its name. It features huge, 7-inch-wide, brilliant yellow flowers with a green throat and ruffles. The flowers are fragrant, too. The plant grows to 34 inches tall. Easily one of the showiest daylilies.
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 | 'Bouquet of Ruffles'
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 | 'Dark Red'
Our notes say this is the variety 'Dark Red', but we're not certain that's right. If you can correct us, please do. In any event, we do know that 'Dark Red' grows to 30 inches tall and 24 inches wide and blooms profusely.
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 | 'Decatur Jewel'
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 | 'Double Bourbon'
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 | 'Earl Roberts'
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 | 'Elly Launius'
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 | 'Evelyn Brown'
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 | 'Fire Tree'
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 | 'Going Home'
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 | 'Grape Vineyard'
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 | 'Grecian Gown'
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 | 'Jolly Pink Giant'
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 | 'Katie Elizabeth Miller'
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 | 'Laura Hurley'
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 | 'Linda Beck'
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 | 'Notorious'
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 | 'Night Beacon'
Its dark purple leaves and striking chartreuse throat make 'Night Beacon' one of the most popular daylilies. Considered especially easy to grow, the plant reaches 34 inches tall and bears a profusion of 4-inch wide flowers early to mid-season.
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 | 'Nina Winegar'
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 | 'Norma Jean'
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 | 'Olympic Showcase'
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 | 'Open Hearth'
'Open Hearth' is a glorious "Spider" daylily--a daylily with long, thin petals; that is, petals with a high length-to-width ratio. It grows to 24-36 inches tall with flowers that may be as wide as 9 inches in hues ofred, orange, and gold. A reblooming daylily, it flowers from midseason into fall.
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 | 'Orange Vol'
Cliff tells us that the gorgeous 'Orange Vol' daylily was developed in Tennessee and gets its name from the University of Tennessee's football team, the Vols. The plant grows to 2 feet tall with blooms 6 inches wide.
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 | 'Ozark Lass'
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 | 'Painted Pink'
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 | 'Painted Purple'
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 | 'Pardon Me'
'Pardon Me' is a variety much-loved for its very fragrant strawberry-wine-color flowers from May through July. In full sun it grows to 18 inches tall and 23-29 inches wide. Bearing profusely, it's ideal for borders, mass plantings, edgings, and mixed containers. The only trick is obtaining the plant--it tends to sell out very early in the season.
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 | 'Prairie Blue Eyes'
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 | 'Purple Prize'
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 | 'Russian Easter'
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 | 'Saltie Brown'
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 | 'Samira'
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 | 'Siloam Pee Wee'
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 | 'Sunny Eyes'
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 | 'Tetrina's Daughter'
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 | 'Twirling Ballerina'
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 | 'Unforgettable Fire'
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 | 'Whooperee'
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 | ** Unidentified Varieties **
This Daylily and all those to follow--i.e., those without the single quotes that designate variety names--are as yet unlabeled in the garden. We've given them temporary "placeholder" names until some knowledgeable folk can identify them for us. We thought them so remarkable that you might like to see them anyway, even if we can't tell you the variety.
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 | Darker Pink
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 | Dark Red
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 | Dark Markings
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 | Dark Purple
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 | Cotton Candy
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 | Claret Color
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 | Butter Yellow
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 | Burst of Flame
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 | Burgundy Ring
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 | Bold Center
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 | Beginning
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 | A Blusher
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 | Pale
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 | Painted Petals
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 | Opening Orange
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 | Neat Yellow
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 | Mottled
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 | More Subtle
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 | Matte Yellow
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 | Ivory Dream
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 | Hint of Pink
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 | Good Gravy!
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 | Golden
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 | Exotic
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 | Deep Purple
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 | Fluffy Fun
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 | Buttery
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 | Burgundy Spider
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 | Lighter Peach
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 | Light Rose Midrib
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 | Gold Center Crimson
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 | Pale Violet
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 | Pale Apricot
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 | LIghtest Rose
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 | Subtle Rose 'n Gold
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 | Pink & Yellow
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 | Peachy
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 | Palest Yellow
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 | Purple Eye
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 | Pinkish Red
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 | Pink Cheer
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 | Pink Beauty
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 | Radiating Red
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 | Radiant Eye
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 | Purples
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 | Purple Star
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 | Rose 'n Yellow
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 | Ring of Rose
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 | Rich Rose
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 | Rich Orange
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 | Ruddy Ruffles
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 | Ruddy Goldenthroat
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 | Rose, Yellow & White
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 | Ruffled Yellow
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 | Ruffled Star
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 | Ruffled Butter
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 | Spreading
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 | Small Rose
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 | Ruffles 'n Midrib
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 | Sunny Yellow
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 | Sun Yellow
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 | Subtlety
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 | Symmetry
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 | Sunrise Pink
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 | Sunnyside Up
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 | Trumpeting
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 | Tricolor
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 | Tight Yellow
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 | Yellow Throat
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 | Yellow Bright
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 | Warm Orange
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 | Upward
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 | Rose and Midrib
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 | Richer Yellow
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