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Over the weekend, we bought some day lilies today from Heritage Farms in Peninsula, Ohio.
Gazebo at Heritage Farm
These extra special flowers are called Randers Pride. My family bred lilies up until the late 1950’s. This flower was named after my maternal grandfather, who’s surname was Randers; I believe that he was the one that developed the flower. It was registered by Libis-Cheetham. Libis was my maternal grandmother’s maiden name, so that would be my great grandfather, but unfortunately, I do not know who Cheetham was. This flower is extra special to me because it was registered in 1957 – the year that I was born. It helps that it is a quite tall plant with beautiful large yellow flowers.
Randers Pride Daylily
Here are the three Randers Pride plants nestled into their new home, along with 2 friends named My Kia. You didn’t think that I could possibly only buy what I went to purchase, did you? My Kia was described as “quite prolific with red flowers”. Oh, the human is my daughter, Katie.
Katie with Lilies
Spike, the dog, thought that she was quite camouflaged while hiding behind the bee-balm. She was a good helper too.
Spike, the Camo-Dog
June 3, 2009 at 3:55 pm
hi there…..what beautiful flowers……strange i was born in the city Randers…….hugs
June 3, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I didn’t know that there was a city named Randers. I never thought about it, really.
June 3, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I am a total freak for dayliles!!!!!!!!!!!! You better show your Randers Pride when they are flowering!!!!!!!
June 3, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Lilies are mesmerizing to me! How cool to have such a personal connection to a particular one! Oh, and your Katie has a very sunny smile
June 18, 2009 at 5:22 pm
spike and Katie look happy its summer…again..
love the zebra bead…
mona & the girls
June 21, 2009 at 10:27 pm
[...] First Bloom Already June 21, 2009 — rosemarie h. There is already a flower on our Randers Pride daylily! The color of the lily is exactly as I remember and the flower is very large. It does [...]