Showing posts with label Early. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Early. Show all posts

Friday, September 29, 2023

'William Colby Jones' (Gaskins-Ridder, 2011)

 2024: 1 double fan available for $20.00



scape height  29 in, (74 cm)
bloom size  6.5 in, (17 cm)
bloom season  Early,
Rebloom
 
ploidy  Tetraploid
foliage type  Semi-Evergreen
fragrance  Fragrant
bloom habit  Diurnal
 
bud count  28
branches  3
 
seedling #  RID-3343
 



Color: white cream with a black purple eye and edge with narrow white picotee

2024 Update: I'm getting lots of beautiful blooms from this plant. The "cream" is sometimes closer to a peach. The blooms are as large as stated in the official registration information above.

Sunday, July 17, 2022

Mount Eagle (Murphy-J.P., 2021)

2024 Update: No extra fans.

I brought home this lovely from 2022 Regionals. I can't wait to see it in my garden.

Color: Pink with rose red cherry eye extending far onto petals, fainter on sepals, bisected by cream midribs, slight line around eye on sepals, light green throat.

Parentage: (Jim's Evil Grin × Stephen Smith)

scape height  52 in, (132 cm)
bloom size  7 in, (17 cm)
bloom season  Early
 
form  Unusual Form
Cascade
 
ploidy  Diploid
foliage type  Dormant
bloom habit  Extended
 
bud count  22
branches  4
 
seedling #  1017JimsevilStephen
 
2023 Update: This plant has stunning, large blooms. I can't wait to see it in a large clump.

2024: This is still at the old house with the rest of the diploids. It has a small clump this year.




Thursday, May 19, 2022

Mount Herman Intrigue

I purchased 'Mount Herman Intrigue' (Carpenter-J., 2006) from Rosewood Daylily Farm run by Mike and Kathy Slater.


Seedling # D-01-Sye 

Color: dark purple with darker eye above green throat 

Parentage: (Midnight Dynamite × Red Eyed Fantasy)








Scape height 26 in, (66 cm) 
Bloom size 5.5 in, (14 cm) 
Bloom season Early, Rebloom 
Ploidy Diploid 
Foliage type Dormant 
Fragrance Fragrant 
Bloom habit Diurnal 
Bud count 26 
Branches 5 

This one isn't the biggest, but I want the color in my breeding program.

Sunday, May 17, 2020

All American Plum


Daylily All American Plum
Color: purple self with green throat

Parentage: ((sdlg × Mort's Magic) × Glazed Heather Plum)
scape height  30 in, (76 cm)
bloom size  5.5 in, (14 cm)
bloom season  Early,
Rebloom
 
ploidy  Tetraploid
foliage type  Evergreen
bloom habit  Extended
 
 
seedling #  P-1-93
 

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Fortune's Dearest


I won another auction from Mthrnatur on the Lily Auction!I have two fans of this beauty coming.

 Daylily Fortune's Dearest
Color: grape purple with white edge and lighter grape purple watermark above chartreuse halo
scape height  25 in, (64 cm)
bloom size  6 in, (15 cm)
bloom season  Early,
Rebloom
ploidy  Tetraploid
foliage type  Evergreen
bloom habit  Diurnal
seedling #  P-93-2

8/2020 Update: This plant is in the tiered planter. It has small foliage and has not sent up a scape. Maybe next year.

7/2022 -I'm not sure if this one survived. I haven't seen any blooms like this come up.  Evergreens don't do well in Nebraska so it was a risk.

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Dizzy Damselfly


Color: light lavender petals and sepals, amethyst and blue purple eye and picotee edge, green throat

Parentage: (Magnificent Hummingbird × Art Gallery Irridescence)
scape height  28 in, (71 cm)
bloom size  8 in, (20 cm)
bloom season  Early,
Rebloom
form  Unusual Form
Star
ploidy  Tetraploid
foliage type  Semi-Evergreen
bloom habit  Diurnal
bud count  25
branches  3
seedling #  LL211

8/2020 Update:
This is one of my favorite flowers this year.  The colors are beautiful. The blooms are large and shimmery.

Purple Tarantula (Gossard, 2011)

 Update 2024: No extra fans. I purchased this flower from Micah Lewis.  scape height     52 in, (132 cm) bloom size     8.5 in, (22 cm) bloo...