Dragon's Eye Not Blooming

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Jul 18, 2008 2:09 pm

Is anybody else's blooming? My plant is 4 fans this year. 2 are good size, but not so much as a scape on any of them. Everything around it is blooming so I don't think it is the location. I am finding this very disappointing.

Post by **Chris_W** » Jul 18, 2008 2:18 pm

Hi Claudia,

This one must be a little later to bloom. The first flower opened today on mine, however there are tons of scapes coming on it at this point. They were slow to get going last year and bloomed a little late so I was wondering about them, but they came back strong over the winter and are doing fine now. This one might just need a little extra time to settle in.

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Jul 18, 2008 3:43 pm

Thank you Chris! It is a pretty one and I don't want to give up on it yet!!

Tracy_Zone5 · Post by **Tracy_Zone5** » Jul 20, 2008 1:39 am

Mine doesn't have any scapes either. I can't remember if it bloomed last year or not. I got it the year before in August.

Tracy

hagranger · Post by **hagranger** » Jul 23, 2008 11:22 pm

Chris,
You're right about it being a later bloomer and you're doing good to have Dragon's Eye blooming now.
Dragon's Eye is a ML which mean it's on the later side and I don't expect to see a blossom until the end of July.
Helen

John · Post by **John** » Jul 24, 2008 10:00 am

Mine has not scaped yet, and it is just about past peak season here.

The only signs of new scapes are on TWIST AGAIN.

nanny_56 · Post by **nanny_56** » Jul 24, 2008 10:27 pm

John wrote:Mine has not scaped yet, and it is just about past peak season here.

Same here John.

Well after asking around a couple other places... it does seem that Dragon's Eye is poor preformer for most people. So I have replaced it with Custard Candy for now until I have time to find a nice special small one to fill the space.

hagranger · Post by **hagranger** » Jul 26, 2008 12:17 am

Claudia,
Please be patient with Dragon's Eye. You have four fans and from your description you had two fans last year (the larger two) and two smaller fans (those from this year) ... Like hosta some daylilies take time to settle in and usually by the third year are doing better. I had my first blossom of Dragon's Eye open this morning. I'm Zone 5.
Helen