Variances In Daylily Color

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judy76751 Grand Junction, CO Mar 22, 2015

I am trying to find a mauve/dusty rose Daylily. In some of the pictures the same Daylily is a deep purple and others it looks pink. What factors influence the differences in color? Soil? Ph? Last year I ordered pardon me thinking I would be getting a true red but what I got was a deep purple. Any help would be appreciated.

Judy

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Mar 22, 2015

I don't think pH affects daylilies that way it so clearly does hydrangea. But I know that some of mine vary too, I think it's sun/moisture/ soil.

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Mar 22, 2015

Don't forget that different people's cameras - as well as lighting conditions and good/bad/worst photographic talents - can render rather remarkable differences in what color a plant/flower ends up looking like.

There is nothing better than seeing the plant for yourself before purchasing it.

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WeeNel Ayrshire Scotland, United Kingdom Mar 24, 2015

I've purchased plants from garden centres for many years, all have a ticket / label with growing info, care etc, ALL have coloured pictures and written colour of flower HOWEVER, 9 times out of ten, the flowering colour is never as vibrant, pastel or as blue as the pictures given. I think we have to accept that one persons idea of Deep Red is another persons idea of Maroon, another persons Orange described as vibrant Orange is actually Dark yellow.
I discovered many years ago IF I required a definite colour to fit into a bed or beside a neighbouring plant, then you need to think ahead and find the plant while it's in bloom, most garden centres sell plants in flower mid-end season so I may NOT get the plant for my garden that particular season, I still buy it and it will flower bright the following year.

Nature and camera doesn't always show true colours BUT without them, we would have a real messy garden with a mish-mash of the same plants in different colours just going by memory of when we first found them.
If your really requiring a certain colour and you have already seen it, then try finding a bobbin of thread, a peice of wool, fabric or even a colour chart from the paint shop, take this to the plant and do a circle around the colour of the flowers you want, name and height also helps to get position, neighbouring colourings etc. Some paint stores have colour wheels for planing colour scheme's so sometimes the least expected helpful items have other uses.
Hope this gives you food for thought and your own colourings come forth in your garden.
Kindest Regards.
WeeNel.

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