Greetings Gardeners

To Celebrate the 2011 Gardening Season we bring you our 15th Daylily West Catalog. Our cover photo features the two faces of LEMON ROUGE. The large photo was taken in January and the inset photo was shot in July. While the lemon yellow color varies with the season, LEMON ROUGE exemplifies what we look for in a good garden daylily: evergreen foliage, multiple bloom cycles, many scapes and lots of blossoms adding a stunning display to any garden setting.

We seek likely daylily candidates from the thousands of newer registered daylilies introduced each year. Some grow great, some show promise and others just do not like our mild California climate. Several tried and true daylilies such as BILL NORRIS, BURNING INHERITANCE and TUSCAWILLA BLACKOUT are featured inside the cover. A clump or two of award winning daylilies WYOMING WILDFIRE and TAR AND FEATHER will brighten any walkway, lawn edge, or flower garden. Since our daylilies bloom often, they clump quickly making a statement for years to come.

When we cross paths with customers from our early years they tell us their daylilies are doing fine, they split some, moved them around and they may be in the market from some newer varieties. CHARTWELL, we have had for years, and it is still one of our best performers as is CODIE WEDGEWORTH. These daylilies are keepers until something comes along pushing the envelope in looks and outstanding garden performance. We are continue to evaluate new daylily acquisitions for desirable plant traits and beauty in mind.

We welcome visitors, both in the garden and online, as we continue our quest to find the easy to grow daylily to gardeners in California and beyond.

Penny and Phil Ben

Arroyo Grande, California