As I explained in my first page about my garden's Storm Shelter, I bought this plant in 2020, it bloomed for the first time in 2022, and now, as of 2025, I have three whole fans of this daylily cultivar–their current protected, but rather shady, location under a feral tulip tree and the high energy demands of the big blooms mean they spread rather slowly.

I say fancy, because compared to the elegant species or some earlier cultivars, these are huge, puffy and ruched, like a Victorian gown in comparison to, say, a slim tunic. (Of course, compared to what's currently on the market, though, these are rather tame,—some of the really modern cultivars look as if they ought to be used as reference for alien worlds, they're so weird looking— & actually quite robust.)

This rather oddly composed image showcases the ‘fancy’ daylily bed, which is not particularly well organized, but I do at least know these fans are not to be dug up & composted, unlike the orange species that pops up all over the garden—the pink bloom in the background, which serves to (sort of) anchor the image is also Stolen Treasure, but with afternoon light filtering thru it.

I was kind of surprised that I had only one page of Storm Shelter, given how many I've made over the years of Stolen Treasure, which is why I made this one (though the pix in the older one are better;)

It does at least show that I have enough buds for two to bloom at once in close proximity:)

And here's a couple of bonus shots to capture the tail end of Storm Shelter's blooming season, which overlaps, but runs slightly behind, that of Stolen Treasure's:

I darkened this composition (which I felt more successful) to match another image for which I liked the colour better. (I do play around with the exposure and colour temps on phone, but am generally trying for more true to life in those cases; on the computer, I want a more attractive (while still being reasonably accurate, ‘reasonably’ standing in for a days or months’ old memory, here....)

But now that two big silver maples in the front of the property have come out, I have a lot more sun, and thus, no excuse not to organize the daylily cultivars into sunnier locations. (Not to mention all the shade plants getting sunburned.)

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