True Pink Beauty.

Whisper Sweet Nothings.

Rosalie’s Smile.

Riot on the Kindergarten Bus.

At first glance, one might think those are names of songs written and performed over the last few decades.

Those in the know, however, recognize those as some of the names given to some of the tens of thousands of different daylilies.

Delbert and Brenda Jindra grow more than 900 different daylilies at their home northwest of Cashion. Hundreds of people will bus in to admire them this Friday and Saturday (June 14-15).

The Jindras’ home is one of six gardens that will be visited by some 437 people who are registered for the national convention of the American Hemerocallis Society.

Hemerocallis is the genus name for daylilies.

The Jindras are members of the Central Oklahoma Hemerocallis Society.

Brenda’s relationship with the flower began more than four decades ago when her mother gave her five plants.

When Delbert and Brenda married in 1992, they built flower beds at their home near Cashion and moved Brenda’s daylily collection from her home in Oklahoma City.

They’ve been adding to it for more than 30 years now.

“It’s a hobby gone wild,” Brenda said.

Big box stores may only sell a handful of different varieties of daylilies, but the Jindras’ garden club has sales in April and September each year.

Members dig plants from their own gardens to sell to the public.

Those offer the wider variety of selections and when it comes to daylilies, lilies Brenda explains there are a lot of choices.

“Each daylily blossom is only open for one day, but the next day new buds open for a colorful display,” she said. “And daylilies come in many different colors and are not just the orange variety you might know.”

The blossoms range in size, too, from about 2 1/2 inches to greater than 10 inches, she said.

Then there’s the height. “Some grow only about 12 inches tall and a few stand 6 feet tall,” she said. “However, most bloom at a modest height of 24 to 36 inches.”

And the names? They vary as well. “When a new daylily is hybridized and it has been decided it is beautiful and unique enough to sell to people, it is registered through the American Hemerocallis Society,” Brenda said.

“The hybridizer describes its characteristics and gives it a name.”

Some daylily names describe the color of the blossoms like True Pink Beauty, Red Ribbons and Lemon Dreams.

“Others were given a sweet name,” Brenda said, naming off Whisper Sweet Nothings, Loving Caress and Chosen Love.

Others were named for people like Lovely Rita, Rosalie’s Smile and Mini Pearl.

“And some were given funny names,” she said. Those include Knickers In A Twist, Alien On The Run and Riot On The Kindergarten Bus.

The wide variety is necessary as the 100,000th daylily was recently registered meaning the Jindras have only scratched the surface with their 900 varieties.

Added Brenda: “Our collection could grow since there are more beauties created every year!”