I am not a subtle person, and so daylilies with strong markings (eyes) are among my favourites.

A7c, 90mm sony macro, 1/320s, ISO 100, WB: shade, f/2.8, EV -0.3, photographed 21July25, around 10:40am; mild colour correction & cropping in gimp

I don't know that this cultivar is raspberry candy, but it sure looks like it. It's a gift from my friend Page, and as I love the ones with eyes, I was very happy to see it bloom in my garden:)

A7c, 90mm sony macro, 1/500s, ISO 100, WB: shade, f/2.8, EV -0.3, photographed 21July25, around 10:40am; mild colour correction & cropping in gimp

It joins Storm Shelter & Stolen Treasure—my trio of eyed “fancy” daylilies. Raspberry Candy is from 1992, which makes sense, since ISTR it was part of a package of several, which tend to be older.^[1] Up to the minute cultivars, OTOH, are to my eyes almost unrecognizable as hemerocallis, besides being very expensive and fragile. I like the older ones, as the hard-to-grow failures have had more of a chance to be winnowed out.

PP6 version: 21July2025, 11:09, f/1.9, EV 0, 1/755s, ISO 54; cropped and slight colour correction

And here it's shot with my phone, looking much the same, except without bokeh: but it's easier to send pix to Page this way;)

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