I got Fire Keeper several years ago as part of a generous bonus package from the hybridizer, Dave Niswonger. I wasn't too thrilled about ...Read Moreit at first since it is a plain edged flower and I prefer the more ruffled edges. But I've come to appreciate it more and more. First the crimson red is very saturated with color and shows up all the way across the yard and from inside the house. Second, the dense color saturation means that it doesn't sunfade nearly as much as many other red daylilies do. At the close of the day it's almost as bright as it was when it opened. I have a number of other modern red daylilies which look a bit washed out after they've been open all day. Third, the scapes are tall and nicely branched, meaning if there are two or three flowers open at once on the same scape, they are positioned widely enough apart to be well displayed individually and don't interfere with each other. Plain edged or not, I'm keeping this one.
I got Fire Keeper several years ago as part of a generous bonus package from the hybridizer, Dave Niswonger. I wasn't too thrilled about ...Read More