CHUTZPAH (sdlg x sdlg) SEV 18” M A cute little pink that does everything, here we have an exemplary daylily that doesn’t know when to quit! On its maiden scape it charmed me with 31 buds and then proceeded to produce several more divisions the better to make additional flowers with. I grew more and more charmed with this plucky 3 ¼” reblooming enchanter throughout the season. Adding to all this, its petals are a clean, clear, winsome sort of pale pink. The sepals are darker and it has a shadow of an eye prettied up by the occurrence of a complimentary spring green throat. Big size isn’t the only feature to look for when making choices. Little ones have the ability to give the vieweer pleasure by appearing all prim and proper on a cold sloppy morning when those all-out specimens can’t manage to open. Diploid $75.00
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RASPBERRY PARADE (sdlg x sdlg) SEV 24” ML Several flowers with this unusual form have been introduced recently. I find them and their potential a challenge and so this is my entrance into the group. The color of my contribution is raspberry orange. It has a watermark eye, a yellow green throat and its spiked sepals are quite a bit lighter than the petals, similar to the color of the eye zone. Its segment edges are light also, but closer to pink, as are the mid ribs for the short distance between the outer edge of the eye toward the spot where the petals begin to recurve. The distinct form of the controlled sepals with the wide open ruffled petals create an exceptional example of how may possibilities are yet to be explored in the wonderful world of daylilies.
Tetraploid $125.00
RING MY CHIMES
((sdlg x Irrational Exuberance) x (sdlg x Hot Secret)) SEV 26” M It’s a hard call to make when it comes to stipulating this color pattern. A discussion over whither to desctibe it as a bicolor or bi-tone could go on as long as it takes x every participant but one to give up . At much of any distance, the 4” flower appears to have scarlet petals and yellow or pale orange sepals.
The case is, the orange is made-up of yellow overlaid with brushed scarlet lightly enough to produce orange.
That could be considered a bitone. On the other hand, the affect is red and yellow or light orange. That’s a bicolor. I’ll leave it up to you. The throat is a darker green than usually found in reds. The substance is marvelously heavy and its wide round segments endow it with picture perfect form. In summation, there is nothing here not to like, or as my web mistress put it so succinctly - it is a "dandy, distinctive, daylily darling.” Tetraploid $100.00
SHERMAN WILLSON(Mindanao Deep x sdlg) x sdlg) SEV 24” ML Way back, many moons ago, a friend of the family and I bought daylilies together and split them, thus increasing our collections more rapidly. Now, this is something we thought up together. I know none of you would ever do such a thing. He grows daylilies in Michigan and has just celebrated his 100th birthday, hence the name of this cultivar. The 4 ¼” flower is a lush velvet dark red with pleasing ruffles that don’t overpower the pony size flower itself. As an over the top enthusiast of green throats, I’m happy to relate that I can also boast of such an asset here. Comparatively sun fast and having petals delineated with a diminutive white line, a desirable draw for a dark on e. That line disappears on the sepals. You don't see much of them anyway, (sorry about all those ds I just can't seem to stop). Truly this is an elegant addition to anyone's garden. Tetraploid $125.00
TOUR DE PINK (sdlg x sdlg) DOR 24” EM re. I have been interested in dotted, splattered, splashed, speckled, streaked, or whatchya-call-it color patterns for some time. Many of the ones already out there are similar colors and leave room for improvement in their form. This is my beginning attempt to shape up the type. With a cream white base the color becomes clear, though not bright, not without a solidly colored surface. The mix of yellow and rose makes the pale eye orange! The chartreuse throat and segment tints blending darker before developing the cream edges which gives the whole effect a right natty appearance. Flat round 5 ½” flowers have a round symmetric form. Tetraploid $100.00
STRAWBERRY YOGURT TWIST (Star Stuff X Long Tall Sally) D 28" M. A delight in my "skinny" patch on it's first try, I sauntered over there one morning, to see what was up and saw SYT blooming five flowers on one scape with no need to eliminate any of them were I taking it to a show that day. I thought oh, sure, but can you do it again? It did it two more times, with 9 ½” beauties and no scape problems. There is a down side. At that rate, it blooms out too fast. Over several more years and more scapes, it does its thing a bit more occasionally, but still more often than most. At 4:01 ratio, the color is sandy rust with a huge throat of much green blending to yellow. The petals pinch, the sepals curl. Put it to use. Tetraploid $100.00
VISIONS OF MULBERRIES(sdlg x sdlg) D 24” ML Several of the progeny from this handsome parent have already been introduced and a few more second generation offspring will make their début soon. So far, its valuable attributes show no sign of a let-up. Much of its benefit as a parent has to do with color. It is a rich mahogany red, a color that neither I nor garden visitors have seen before in a daylily. Because of the clarity of color in such a dark shade, when used with other distinctive blooms, the chances of producing luscious offspring are quite good. The eyes and edges are velvety near black, dark enough to produce good contrast for this arresting, graphic instance. The green throat sets off the flower impeccably and leaves nothing more to wish for.Tetraploid $150.00