Thursday In Disguise

There are a number of daylilies in my garden, and while I may have a hosta and grasses habit, Garden Man has a daylily habit.  How can I resist that pleading face as he approaches me, pot in hand, at the local native plant sales?  It's like a little boy bringing home a stray animal and asking if he can keep it. 

My favorite daylily, name long forgotten, came from a very nice lady at the Beltsville (Maryland) Garden Club annual plant sale many years ago.  I bought three fans which never did very well at our old house. I guess they got too much shade. Once we moved to our "new" house five years ago, those three fans took off.  I have 6 large clumps in my perennial border, some orphans in the front bed, and there are adoptees living in the western part of the county, Alexandria VA and Florida. 

I have always described the flower as a pinky peach, and you can see a photo here.

I've noticed lately the orphans in the front bed have flowers that are not at all what I would describe pinky peach.  They are more of a dark melon color with not much pink.  Some in the bed are lighter than others, and I don't know what has caused that. They are all from the same clump.

On Monday, the early morning sun lit one of the orphans up, and I couldn't resist a photo.  I hope you like it.