Spring 2006 Recommendations

Monet would have loved these daylilies and so will you! Some artists use paint and some use musical instruments. Some work with glass and some work with marble. Others work with hair, cosmetics, wood, charcoal and paper – while bronze, decoupage, quilting, ikebana and tea ceremonies have great appeal. We have tried a number of mediums ourselves – music, gourmet cooking, oil painting, pencil drawing, ceramics, greasepaint, pastels, writing, and others - but along with thousands of other wonderful folks, we find daylilies the most beguiling, magical, and transcendental of them all.

+ Hemerocallis ‘BOYSENBERRY TRUFFLE’* $125.00
30” M Re Ex Ev 5”. Like a tray of mini cupcakes, with far fewer calories H. ‘Boysenberry Truffle’   color is a strong coral pink with a medium dark red eye zone in the petaloid style. The petals exhibit a partial outline in red and gold. The heavy substance and color hold well in heat and bright sunlight. Form is full, with wide overlapped outer petals, which frame the inner petaloids. The recurrent scapes have widely spaced 4 – 5 way branching. Pollen is very fertile and pods are reluctant. 93% double. All About Eve X (Tet Siloam Double Classic x  Manhattan Serenade)

+ Hemerocallis ‘CLARK GABLE’* $200.00  
28” E Re Ex Sev 6”. Mother Nature outdoes herself with this one. The flower is an intensely saturated, bright persimmon orange self with splashes of pink infusion, especially on the sepals. The color is clear with great carrying power. An EMO, the sublime, sculptural form is petaloid style with ruffles, loops and tentacles. Fine color fastness, smooth finish and great consistency are its hallmark. Recurrent, well-branched scapes. Pollen has yielded phenomenal seedlings from orange – coral-rose. Pods are moderately reluctant. 99% double. {[(Big Peach Mama x Tetra Siloam Double Classic) x Seedling] X Margaret Tucker x Seedling)}

+  Hemerocallis ‘RED ON RED’* $150.00
EE Re Ex Ev 5”. Our first “splash” type red double since. H. ‘Holy Mackerel’, only this is a tetraploid. Instantly recognizable, the bloom is a fascinating medium red with lighter watermark halo above a yellow to green throat. The inner segments exhibit splashes of pink, palest yellow and cream!  Blooms are EMO, consistently formed, full, petaloid style double. Perhaps to compensate for it’s nearly always missing pistil, H. Red On Red  is generous with very fertile pollen, and gives fine double red seedlings. The scapes have 3 - 4 way branching, and are strongly recurrent. So far, it has never bloomed single. Descended from 20 generations of red breeding, including one of the parents of Stamile’s H. ‘Night Embers’. 99.9% double.

+ Hemerocallis  ‘TEMPLE TRUFFLE’* $125.00
28” E Re Ex Ev 6” The color of this petaloid style double is peach, touched pink, with a generous Tuscan rose pink eye zone, rose edges, outlined in gold and a yellow to green throat. The edges are finely pleated, sharply toothed in wire gold, and heavily ornamented. These full, sculptured blooms rise an additional 5” above the base, are widespread, with light seersucker finish. Substance and color hold remarkably well. The scapes have 4 – 5 way branches and are strongly recurrent. Fertile both ways. [(Jerry Pate Williams x Truffle Mania) X (Seedling x Virginia Franklin Miller)] 85% double

+ Hemerocallis ‘TRUFFLICIOUS’* 250.00
27” E Re Ex Ev 5 1/2”. This year’s pick of the litter, and (so far) our ultimate, and favorite, double, cream to near white. Whether one’s preferred form is “peony/petaloid” or hose-in-hose style, H. ‘Truffilicious’ is our most perfect example of both form characteristics to date. The color is a cream-pink pastel with gold edge and lime throat. It is an EMO and as the season heats up, the fancy edge goes from wide, ruffled, gold, to pie crusted and pleated with fringed embellishments in gold. The texture is smooth and diamond dusted except on the edges where it glitters like gold-dusted cellophane in the sun. H. ‘Truffilicious’ is a very fertile pod and pollen parent, giving extraordinary seedlings. # 2000-186 {[(John Kirkland x Seedling) X [Seven Sisters x (Champagne Chilling x Seedling)]} 100 % double

+ Hemerocallis ‘ TRUFFLE SOPHISTICATION’* $150.00
28” EM Re Ex Ev 5 1/2”. This is a sophisticated, elegant, pastel orchid double with violet eye and yellow to green throat. The violet eye forms a strong triangle on the pastel orchid base. A highly refined EMO, tailored, with tightly ruffled, edges and some teeth. As the temperature heats up, the teeth become more pronounced. The blossom rises 4.5” from base to top. Color, substance, and texture hold quite well. The scapes are well-branched and strongly recurrent. 99% double. {[(Manhattan Serenade x Don’t Look Back) x (Inner View x Tet Enchanting Lady) x Tet Sausalito Dawn] X (Seedling x Tet Virginia Miller)} 99.9% double.

SINGLE FLOWERED RECOMMENDATIONS

Hemerocallis ‘CARY GRANT’* $150.
30” ML Re Ex Ev. 5 3/4” Raspberry red is the color – dark, with great depth and saturation. A bright rose red watermark halo adds style and sophistication. The throat is yellow to lime green. Substance and color hold remarkably well. The form is full, wide and overlapped.  The petals edges are serrated and pleated, and rimmed in wire gold. The scapes have 3 – 4 way branching and are strongly recurrent.  This handsome cultivar puts on a tremendous display with heavy bloom. Fertile both ways. (Joan Derifield X Betty Ford)

Hemerocallis ‘ FORTUNE BERRY’*  $150.00
30” EM Re Ex Sev 5 3/4”. This is a deeply colored, smooth, bing cherry to port wine red flower of remarkable sun fast beauty. Both seductive and refined with a distinctive, large, coral-rose- red watermark eye and yellow to green throat to set it off.  The form is full, widespread and overlapped, with serrated and medium piecrust to pleated edges. The scapes are recurrent, with 3 – 5 way branching. Fertile both ways. (Invitation To Immortality X Joan Derrifield)

Hemerocallis  ‘BUGLE BOY’* $150.00
32” EE Re Ex Ev 5”. The color blends flashes of red into this handsome Swiss chocolate self. The throat colors are clear, ripe loquat to green. Rare indeed, is a new cultivar with such a fascinating form and delicious color! A beveled center petal stripe radiates onto the throat and becomes slightly convex as it progresses to the saw-toothed and pleated ruffled edges. Splashes of gold touch the sepals and the petals. The form is full with wide, overlapped segments. The recurrent scapes hold blooms above the sturdy plants with 3-4 way branching.

Hemerocallis ‘JAMES DEAN’* $125.00
30” M Re Ex Ev 6”. The colors are warm tones of saffron yellow with a red-chocolate eye zone and red-chocolate edges outlined in yellow gold. The throat is yellow to green. The wide petals are very wide and edged in shades of red-chocolate and pumpkin, encircled in serrated gold pleats and teeth. The form is very full, quite flat, widespread, and overlapped. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted with excellent sun fastness. The recurrent scapes are well-branched with many buds. Very fertile pods and pollen. [{(Seedling x On The Fringe) X [Circle of Beauty x Russian Easter x Seedling)]}

Hemerocallis ‘Linda Lubitz’* $100/00
32” E Re Ex Ev 7”. This beautiful new flower is well named – Linda means beautiful in Spanish and Lubitz means one who loves in German. For many years, Linda and Richard Hooks, our “much appreciated” accountant, visit the garden during peak bloom, and Linda loves every flower she sees. Her namesake is a large peach touched pink, deepening to fuchsia rose above the throat and just inside the gold edge. The form is full, with wide overlapped segments, edged in pie-crusting, occasional pleats, teeth and tentacles. Color and substance hold in the hottest sun. Scapes are strongly recurrent and well-branched. Fertile both ways. 

Hemerocallis  ‘PETER FERNYHOUGH’* $150.00
36” E Re Ex Ev 6”. This is a most extraordinary, deep wine-red self with triangular, yellow to lime green throat. Peter’s surname – is pronounced Fernyho, but in northern parts of England, it is pronounced Fernyhoff. A beveled black midrib and matching black veins add reinforcement to the flower’s substance. There is a blue sheen to the velvety texture. The EMO form is full, flat, and overlapped with medium pleats on the three inch wide petals. “Pete” was a dearly beloved member of the British Hemerocallis and Hosta Society, who did so much to publicize daylilies, and his beautiful garden was open to the public. Scapes have 4 – 5 way branching and are strongly recurrent. Very fertile, and an easy parent both ways. Barcelona Night X Diana Grenfell)

From Mort Morss 

Much has been written of Mort Morss’s hybridizing genius. His unwavering pursuit of excellence in the realm of patterned daylilies has resulted in a disproportionately large percentage of the most important patterns and eyes in daylily history. From H. ‘Inner View’ to H. ‘Paper Butterfly’; H. ‘Always Afternoon’ to H. ‘Witch Stitchery’ to H. ‘Simply Divine’; H. ‘Gerda Brooker’ to H. ‘Julie Newmar’; H. ‘Fortune’s Dearest’ to H. ‘Counted Shadows’; H. ‘Chromatic Butterfly’ to H. ‘Scott Bennett’, and all the rest, his widely anticipated masterpieces often sell out over night.  This year’s offering of Mort’s introductions is one of the strongest ever assembled! We hope you will soon let us know which ones you wish (supply really is limited) to grow in order to insure delivery.

Hemerocallis  ‘GOD SAVE THE QUEEN’* $275.00  
30” E Re Ex Ev 7”  The color is medium orchid with a half-inch wide purple border, and lilac splashed filigree. This purple edge (flecked with shades of lilac) is encircled with yellow gold filigree and elaborately embellished with talons and sparkles of diamond and amethyst. The eye shows phenomenal color saturation in imperial purple, above the yellow to green throat. The EMO form is full, quite flat, overlapped, and widespread. Many cross tags will read GSTQ, because H. ‘God Save The Queen’ is a very fertile parent both ways. Its kids easily display embellished double and triple edges. The strongly recurrent scapes are branched 3-4 ways, with 26 or more buds. (Moonfeather x Martina Verhaert) x Scott Bennett

Hemerocallis  ‘HEAVEN’S DECLARING’* $275.00
32” E Re Ex Ev 5”.  Daylily connoisseurs sometimes pass over daylilies with cool colors, but never this one, Mort’s new, quintessential, H. ‘Heaven’s Declaring’. The bloom is a strong blend of medium amethyst and lilac, with a prominent watermark eye and grandly embellished edges. The watermark eye is comprised of sky and watercolors, and the fill within these webs is a lighter shade of slate lavender. The eye is outlined in amethyst. The color of the eye repeats on the petal edge, the innermost edge being deeper shades of amethyst, ringed blue violet, and encircled in gold. The edge is pleated with fine teeth, nerdles, tentacles, and cellophane sparkle to gold edges outside the blue grey inner edge. The scapes are candelabra branched five ways, with nice long branches and 45 or more buds. Very fertile and an extraordinary fine parent.   {[(Seedling x Simply Divine) X [(Simply Divine x Royal Art) x (Uppermost Edge x Seedling)]}

Hemerocallis  ‘HILL STREET BLUES’* $125.00
42” E Re Ex Ev 7”. Hill Street’s height, color and strong, well-branched scapes add extraordinary drama to the garden. The blooms are exceptionally clear, royal shades of intense, translucent mulberry amethyst violet, and exhibit an ethereal grey lavender watermark tattoo pattern with a wide yellow-to-green throat. The petal edges are serrated, pleated and toothy (temperature dependant). The petals are outlined blue purple, tipped white-gold and pewter. The white-gold color shows up on the sepals as well. Diamond dusting adds sparkle. The form is full, widespread, and rolls back when temperatures rise above 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Pods and pollen are fertile beyond compare. Four sets of scapes in Central FL, with wide-spaced branching and great bud count. (SEEDLING X Zephyr John) X Unvanquished  

Hemerocallis  ‘LIMEHOUSE BLUES’* $150.00
38” EM Re Ex Ev 6 ½”. H. ‘Limehouse Blues’ is a gorgeous shade of orchid coral – unique as a base for fabulous, patterned eye zones. The hypnotic, patterned eye is blue lavender outlined in violet, above the yellow to green throat. The form is a full, star shape, with overlapped segments. The substance and texture are smooth and diamond dusted. The unusual color combination, consistency of bloom quality, superb, plant habit, branching, bud count and rebloom elevate H. ‘Limehouse Blues’ to must have status. Scapes are well-branched and strongly recurrent. (Seedling x Zephyr John) X Unvanquished

Hemerocallis  ‘MOROCCAN MADNESS’* $75.00
36” E Re Ex Ev 7.5”. At peak bloom in 2005, our planting of H. Moroccan Madness, with its thousands of  bright, yellow blooms with violet plum eyezone and yellow to green throat was so spectacular that visitors wanted to take home a plant. The form is classic daylily shape, with long and slender petals and sepals. The substance held, and the petals were intact with winds up to 25 mph. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted. Strongly recurrent, extraordinary performing, with 5 way branching and to 42 buds (here  in Central Florida sand). (Seedling x Schoolgirl Figure)

Hemerocallis  ‘MY PAL ROCKY’* $125.00
30” EM Re Ex Ev 6 ½”. H. ‘My Pal Rocky’ is named for Pam and Jerry Pate Williams’ beloved pooch and family member, Rocky, a snack hound, handsome, hairy, devoted, attentive, and ever cheerful.  The color of this beautiful flower is a clear pastel almond shell with a large, intense imperial purple eye zone which is repeated on the wide, ruffled petal edge. The texture is smooth, substance turgid, and sun resistant. Plants are superb performers. Scapes are  well-branched and strongly recurrent. Fertile. Very limited.

Hemerocallis  ‘SANFORD INTERMEZZO’* 125.00
30” EM Re Ex Ev 6.5” Blooms are a gorgeous pastel peach pink with a deep pink eye and wide matching rabbit-eye pink edge. The throat is yellow to green. The EMO form is full, with wide overlapped petals. The petal edging is up to 1/2” wide, and the pink is encircled in gold teeth and tentacles. One of the longest rebloomers in the garden. Extremely fertile pod and pollen parent. [Patsy Bouvion x (Iberian Ice x Seedling)]

Hemerocallis  ‘STRANGER THAN PARADISE’* $175.00
32” ML to L Re Ex Ev 7” The color of the blooms is very clear in flashy near white, sparkling with pastel, icy lavender pink overtones. The warmer the day, the whiter this flower is, with a faint peach illusion watermark above a chartreuse-to-lime throat. The long, slender petals are edged in yellow gold tendrils and long, ornate teeth embellish the petals. Some folks have described the form as “unusual”. The substance is sun fast, and the texture is smooth and diamond dusted. The recurrent scapes have 4-way branching. Pollen fertile – reluctant pods. [(Seedling x Star Wishes) X (Julie Newmar x Seedling)

Hemerocallis  ‘THE REVEREND’*$125.00
20” E Re Ex Ev 7” It pleases us that our friend the Reverend Ed Meiser (as well as a large group of others) so admired this beauty that we’ve named it to honor him. The color is a lovely alabaster to palest yellow with lilac eye zone. The hallmark of the bloom is its wide, double, piecrust edge of lilac, outlined in white gold teeth . Its eye covers more than half of the flower.  The throat is yellow to green. Form is full, overlapped and widespread, pie-crusty, toothy on the edges. Hardy in NY State. Strongly recurrent.

Hemerocallis ‘TINTORETTO’* $125.00
H. ‘Tintoretto’ is from the hybridizer of the first and most recent RW Munson Award winners for the most outstanding distinctly patterned daylily. This exquisitely colored masterpiece was discovered on the same day we first encountered the Venetian high renaissance artist, Tintoretto’s painting of St George and the Dragon (hence the name), and it is a work of art.. The eye zone is stained with shades of blue lavender outlined in red violet. The texture is smooth and diamond dusted. Form is full and overlapped, and can be quite flat when temperatures are hot. Petal edges have some ruffles and ornamentation. Plants are low growing, and seemingly impervious to rust, with strongly recurrent scapes branched three ways and held well above the foliage. Pollen fertile only, gives amazing kids...

Hemerocallis ‘Night Fever’ $100.00
27” ML Re Ex Ev. 4 7/8”. The wine purple flower with a sooty ebony ink halo appears to be almost black. Within the ebony halo, is a watermark red wine halo, shaded within onto a granny apple green throat. The tailored form is full, wide, and overlapped. Color and substance hold remarkably well. Scapes have three way branching and are strongly recurrent. Fertile.

From Dr. Kevin Vaughn

Kevin is a USDA weed scientist - a Plant Physiologist and has three major areas of research interest: herbicide mode of action, herbicide resistance and weed biology.  His studies classified about one third of the herbicides into groups that assist growers in rotating herbicide types to prevent the appearance of resistant weeds.

Kevin is an internationally known authority on immuno-cytochemistry in plants producing over 160 research articles and reviews in his career.  He was the Mid South area USDA Scientist of the Year and selected Young Weed Scientist of the Year by the Weed Science Society of America. His credits are far too numerous for space to allow.

When he isn’t playing oboe and English horn with the Jackson Ms Symphony Orchestra, Kevin is busy hybridizing. He has many different genera in commerce, including iris, tradescantha and hostas. He also is keen on hybridizing ivy (no easy task). We are honored to recommend these two incredibly fine daylily cultivars.

Hemerocallis ‘Little Baby Cakes’ $75/00
(Vaughn'06)  15” EM Re Dor - Sev 3 1/4" A peachy pink (sometimes overcast rose in cool years) small double with a very full and formal doubling for such a small flower.  Blooms occur densely over the surface of the clump, making little bouquets of bloom, and giving a very different effect than other small doubles.  Very vigorous plant habit and an excellent parent, passing on its full doubling, vigor and plant habit.  A recurrent dormant and branched with 18 buds per scape Castle Double Nosegay X ((Bubbly x Siloam Double Classic) X You Angel You)). 98% double.

Hemerocallis ‘Little Strawberry Parfait’
M & Re. 2 1/4". Dor- Sev.  A very true and clear strawberry pink with a slightly deeper eye zone and very green throat.  The strawberry color is much like you would see in a parfait.  H. ‘Little Strawberry Parfait’ takes the full form and coloration of H. ‘Janice Brown’ down to a very tiny miniature size flower and very dwarf plant habit similar to its grandparent Cranberry Baby. Admired by mini guru Liz Salter in Kevin's garden.  Fertile both ways and gives very small seedlings. (Janice Brown X Cranberry Baby) X ( Jim McGinnis x Cranberry Baby)

Spring 2005 Recommendations

(Limited edition daylilies of exceptional merit)
Field grown and field tested for normal garden performance and disease resistance. (From Vegetative reproduction only).

Double Flowered Daylilies

+ AUDREY HEPBURN* $225.00
30" EM VFr Re Ev 6 1/2".
Blends of pastel orchid and pink flow on top of a wide pastel yellow halo that extends half way onto the petals. Green punctuates the heart. The petal edges are spiked, ruffled, hooked, toothed, and splashed with white gold glitter. With an ornate display of sharks teeth and pleated edges AUDREY HEPBURN advances the double form to a new plateau. Smooth texture with faint hints of seersucker and lavish diamond dusting, sunfast colors and substance. Scapes have 3 - 4 way branching and are strongly recurrent. A perfect daylily for the garden - or a table at Tiffany's! It is a parent of spectacular pastel doubles with great form and stylishness. Fertile both ways. 99.99% double, it has never bloomed single.
[(Plum Plume x Manhattan Serenade) x Tet Virginia Franklin Miller] x (Jerry Pate Williams x Seedling) X Norma Desmond

+ EARLY EARLY TRUFFLE* $150.00
22" EE Re Ex Ev 6 1/2". One of the first cultivars to bloom, the flower weighs 2.5 oz, and opens just after midnight. It remains open well unto dark the following evening. The color is pastel apricot, with a wine purple eyezone and matching edges outlined in gold. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted. Substance is very heavy. In Central Florida, the strongly recurrent scapes have 3 way branching, and hold the flowers just above the foliage. Fertile both ways. 99% double - it's never been seen blooming single.
(Seedling X Tet Siloam Double Rose) X Border Truffle

+ GARLANDS FOR JUDY* $100.00
32" EE Re Ex Ev 6 1/2".
This showy strawberry double presents the perfect image for a full chorus of Meet Me In St Louis, followed by Over the Rainbow. It's a fine, large, semi-formal double in strong strawberry rose coral tones and a yellow to green throat. The color and substance hold up well to the sun. The form is petaloid style, with lightly rolled back sepals, and widespread, overlapped, petals. With 3 - 4 way branching, the scapes recurred four times in 2004. Fertile both ways. 95% double.
(Strawberry Truffle x Glazed Porcelain Truffle)

+ GLORIOUS AUTUMN* $225.00
27" M Re Ex Dor 5".
The excitement of such beauty as GLORIOUS AUTUMN is why people grow and hybridize daylilies. A tiny gold edge above lavish orange red (on the outside half) crowns the flower. The orange red shades into orange and blends from gold into yellow above the flower's heart. The form is consistent, glorious and sublime. The color and substance hold quite well and if anything are enhanced by the sun. The sparkling texture is smooth and shell-like - should ever a shell be so colorful! In Central Florida, the twice-recurrent scapes have two-three way branching, above luxuriant foliage. Fertile both ways, though not an easy parent. 99.9% double - we've never seen it bloom single.

+ JANIS JOPLIN* $150.00
30" M Re Fr Ex Ev 5 1/2". Sparkling serrated gold edges outline these flashy blooms on the coral side of orange. A darker halo adds distinction and depth to the color. The peony style form is full, with serrated, ruffled edges and a bright orange, gold fringe. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted, with some veins. Substance and color hold well. (This would be Bobby McGee's favorite one). The strongly recurrent scapes have 3 way branching. Fertile pollen, reluctant pods. 99.9% double.
((Seedling x Manhattan Serenade) x Jerry Pate Williams)) X Jerry Pate Williams

+ JELLYROLL TRUFFLE* $125.00
30" M Re Ex Ev 6 1/2". A coral red halo and green throat contrast the butter yellow flowers. An EMO, the form is sculpted into perfect petaloid double blooms. The segments are overlapped, heavily ruffled and consistently formed. Smooth diamond dusted finish. Sunfast color and substance. Recurrent, well branched scapes. Fertile both ways. 98.9% double - with occasional partial double blooms.
(Banana Berry Truffle x Big Peach Mama) x Lemon Berry Truffle)

+ MARLENE DIETRICH* $150.00
30" E Re Ex Ev 7".
It is just like Falling In Love Again! The color of this shell pink and peach double is a clear and sunfast self, with just a splash of orchid and hint of chartreuse at the throat. The massive flowers combine both petaloid and hose-in-hose style forms throughout the season. Texture is smooth, and diamond dusted. Sunfast color and substance. The strongly recurrent scapes have 3 - 5 way branching with many buds. 99. % double.

+ NORMA DESMOND* $150.00
30" M Re Ex Ev.
It is a lavender and cream petaloid style double bitone. Visitors love its dazzling, toothy form. Its importance as a parent of bitone double flowers with unique edges is great. Mesmerizing, sunfast, beguiling and very pretty, Ms Desmond is ready for her close up! Scapes are well branched and strongly recurrent. Moderately fertile, parent of AUDREY HEPBURN.
(Plum Plume x Manhattan Serenade) x (Seedling x Fortune's Dearest) X Jerry Pate Williams. 96% double.

+ ORLANDO TRUFFLE* $100.00
33" E Re Ex Ev 5 3/4".
This large saffron gold peony style double won the rosette for best seedling in 2004 at the Central Florida Daylily Show in Orlando. An orange halo enhances the flower. The form is full, with every segment ruffled. Substance and color hold well. With 3 - 5 way branching, strongly recurrent bloom, many buds, it's a perfect plant both for the garden and exhibition. Great vigor, fertile pollen, moderate pod setter. 95% double.

+ SIGNATURE TRUFFLE* $275.00
28" EM Re Ex Ev 6".
This could be considered a missionary daylily. Its exemplary, near-perfect blooms will convert multitudes of folks who only admire single ones! Daylily connoisseurs, regardless of their favorite chosen forms, are struck by its beauty and perfection. A yellow cloverleaf pattern over the lime throat takes up the inside half of the flower. The outer half of the flower is a strong combination of coral peach pink and rose. All segments are heavily ruffled and outlined in bright gold. A consummate grower - perfect foliage, and as disease free as daylilies can be! The form is EMO, peony style with wide pleated edges. Texture is smooth and sparkling. Substance and color hold well. Scapes have 3 - 5 way branching with up to 45 buds. Very fertile, and a great pod and pollen parent. 99.999% double. We've not seen it bloom single!

+ SPOTLIGHT TRUFFLE* $100.00
32" E Re Ex Ev 5".
The color is bright lemon yellow with hints of green and a deep lime green throat. The form is petaloid style and the wide, overlapped segments are quite round. The texture is creped and diamond dusted. It is a vigorous, disease resistant daylily, and a pleasure to grow. The well-branched scapes are strongly recurrent. Fertile pollen, difficult pods. 90% double.

+ SWEET TRUFFLE PERFUME* 175.00
30" ML Re Ex VFr Ev 7"- 8".
This one-of-a-kind daylily is unique in its color, form, and fragrance. We are proud to offer a splendid narrow petaled double to our friends who love narrow petaled daylilies. There are few, if any tetraploid doubles with narrow petals in league with this one. Its color is pink (as in crayola pink), with a pastel yellow-to-lime green throat. Fresh essence of fig, ginger, cala lily, vanilla, and fresh pear are abundant in the intense fragrance. An EMO, petaloid style double, the segments are slender, tailored, and precise. The texture is smooth and diamond dusted, with light cords and beveled midribs. Both substance and color hold in hottest weather. A prolific bloomer, with strongly recurrent scapes. Lateral branching 3 - 5 ways. Very fertile, pods and pollen. 97% double.
[(Big Peach Mama x Glazed Heather Plum) x Seedling] X Seedling

+ TUTU TRUFFLE* $100.00
30" M Re Ex Ev 5". Its garden nickname was "Chicken Coop Madonna." It is a beautiful double and it varies from formal to informal in form. The colors are a blend of cantelope, coral, apricot, tangerine and peach. The flower is round, of petaloid style with tiny pleated edges. Color and substance hold well. The strongly recurrent scapes are well branched. Fertile, both ways. 90% double.
(Big Peach Mama x Tet Siloam Classic) X Tet Virginia Franklin Miller

Single Flowered Daylilies

BLACK LAPIS* 175.00 (Morss)
28" EE Re Ex Sev 5 3/4".
The color is a sensational black wine self with hints of midnight blue and flashes of wine purple. A lime brushed wine watermark transits above the lime green throat. An unforgettable EMO, with full, wide, ruffled form. The petals are both serrated and pleated. A beveled mid petal stripe enhances the prominent, triangular throat. The texture is velvety and veined. The leathery substance is very heavy, and sunfast. The scapes have widely spaced, 3 - 5 way branching and are extremely recurrent. Vigorous, disease resistant, and fertile both ways.
(After Midnight x Barcelona Night) X Maria Callas

BLUES AVENUE* $125.00 (Morss)
30" EE Re Ex Ev 5".
Line bred for generations from the genesis of Mort's lines of patterned (with dreams of blue) eyezones, BLUES AVENUE breaks the mold into exciting new directions. If PAPER BUTTERFLY were a novelty (when it first appeared), then BLUES AVENUE is too. Folks stop to admire the pastel orchid flowers with patterned eyezones of lavender (towards blue) outlined in shades of violet and purple. The petals edges are outlined in violet and gold. On its final sets of rebloom (when temperatures are their hottest), BLUES AVENUE often displays varying combinations of raised midribs and what we are calling cloak-and-dagger style forms. It is an easy parent of patterned eyes and cloak and dagger forms are showing up as well. Well branched, strongly recurrent scapes. Fertile both ways.

BURT LANCASTER* $100.00 (Kirchhoff)
30" E Re Ex Ev 6".
Named for a great American actor, clumps of BURT LANCASTER will take one from here to eternity! The blooms are handsome in clear, carrot red orange, with coral red halos and hints of green at the heart. An EMO, the form is full and widespread with tiny gold ruffles. Of fine vigor and impeccable plant habit with color that remains glorious throughout the day. The scapes have 3-way branching and are strongly recurrent.

COLOR SURGE* $100.00 (Morss)
36" M Re Ex Ev 6"- 6 1/2".
The color, form, and vigor of COLOR SURGE combine in a way that is unique. The large, lovely coral peach blooms are patterned in lavender (with bluish cast) halos, webbed and outlined in fuchsia. The form is widespread, with broad, overlapped segments. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted. Substance and color are sunfast. The strongly recurrent scapes are massive, with widely spaced branching. Increase is moderate, vigor is exceptional. Moderately pod fertile, pollen is very fertile. A fine parent for patterned daylilies.

FRILL SEEKER* $125.00 (Morss)
24" E Re Ex Sev 5".
The English, enlightened as they are, have a great appreciation for greyed hues in the garden, and FRILL SEEKER'S greyed, pastel orchid color is perfect. The bloom is graced with a greyed orchid halo and matching inside edge. The throat is bright yellow to green. The outer edge is elaborately ornamented in yellow gold, with an inside edge of grey orchid. Color is sunfast and diamond dusted. Scapes are well branched and strongly recurrent. Very fertile, and a fabulous parent. Gives great edges!
[Uppermost Edge x (Linda Daniel x Seedling) X (Fantasy Finish x Seedling) x Wisest of Wizards].

GIFT OF FIRE* $125.00 (Kirchhoff)
30" EM Re Ex Sev 6 1/2".
Its color is a clear, medium, burnished tangerine-orange with a play of red orange veining. The throat is yellow to green. The 3 1/4" wide petals are edged in pleats and tiny piecrust shapes. Sepals are 2" wide. The form is widespread and in our warmest weather inclines toward a triangular shape. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted. Scapes have widely spaced 3 way branching, and are strongly recurrent. Fertile both ways.
Desert Flame X (Bill Norris x Mitchell Leichardt)

HATTIE MCDANIEL* $100.00 (Kirchhoff)
30" EE Re Ex Ev. 6 1/2" - 7".
The flowers resemble gigantic leather clad butterflies, saturated in neon lemon with lime green throats. An EMO, the form is flat and widespread with serrated edges. Petals are wide and overlapped. Substance and color are sunfast. Named for an all time favorite actress in the history of American film and theatre. Extremely prolific, with strongly recurrent (4 sets this year), well branched scapes and many buds. Reluctant pod parent; very fertile pollen.
(Sherry Lane Carr X (Liz Gobbel x Seedling)

GLORIA SWANSON* $100.00 (Morss)
31" E Re Ex Sev 5 1/2".
Named for the epitome of Hollywood glamour, this lovely pink pastel with a wide yellow halo and lime throat displays a refinement seldom seen in any color category. An EMO, the form is perfectly round, with wide, overlapped petals, edged in wide sparkling gold pleats. Its finish is smooth and diamond dusted. Colors are sunfast. The scapes have up to five way branching and are strongly recurrent. Fertile both ways.
(Divine Comedy x Ed Brown)

JACKI KROPF* $200.00 (Morss)
28" EM Re Ex Ev 5 3/4" - 6".
We're honored to name this beautiful flower for daylily connoisseur Jacki Kropf, of Ada Michigan. JACKI KROPF is a beautiful, clear yellow flower with a deep plum eyezone and yellow to green throat. The incredibly wide plum purple edge, outlined in yellow gold is elaborately ornamented in filigree and lace. A very determined EMO. Occasionally we've noticed petal particles, shapes of embroidery thread - like cat's whiskers, and lace fragments dangling at the edges of the petals - such is the explosion as the flower unfolds.
Its parentage is complex and involves Linda Daniel, Uppermost Edge, Counted Shadows, Venetian Baroque, and various unnamed seedlings.

LILAC AVENUE* $125.00 (Morss)
28" E Re Ex Ev 5 1/2".
Its color is somewhere between lilac and lavender with a clyclymen purple halo above the yellow to green throat. The edge discreetly matches the halo, outlined in white gold. The form is full, with overlapped segments - and elegant, stylish filigree. Several groups of visitors stopped to compliment its remarkable color and number of blooms. A lavish performer, with well branched, strongly recurrent scapes. An easy parent and fertile both ways.
(Seedling x Seedling) X Royal Art

NINE OF DIAMONDS* $125.00 (Kirchhoff)
28" EM Re Ex Ev 5 1/2".
This is a bright, clear, red with a green throat, edged in varying widths of yellow. The form is full, wide, and overlapped. Texture is smooth. Substance and color hold up quite well. The plants are vigorous and extremely disease resistant. The scapes are well branched and strongly recurrent. An easy to use parent.
Beyond Eden X Seedling

PACIFIC MYSTIC* $125.00 (Morss)
32" EE Re Ex Ev 7".
The blooms are a large, beautiful, lavender amethyst color with halos in pewter lavender, above a small yellow to green throat. The fancy outer edges are outlined in white gold ruffles and teeth. The inside edges match the halo. An EMO, the form is widespread, full and overlapped. Color and substance wear well. The scapes are well branched and strongly recurrent. A fabulous parent - beautiful kids. Easy pollen, not so easy pods.

PATSY BOUVION* $150.00 (Morss)
29" EM Re Ex Sev 6".
Chosen by a fine gardener and friend from Hiawassee, Ga (soon moving to Palm Springs, CA), this daylily has it all! The color is pastel coral, with a clear, fuchsia eyezone and yellow to green throat. The edges of PATSY BOUVION'S petals are finished in wide fuchsia ornamentation with sparkling coral gold tips. The form is full, widespread and overlapped. Sparkling texture, sunfast substance and color. The scapes are well branched, and strongly recurrent. Fertile parent of astonishing progeny with fancy wide edges.

PEARLS GONE WILD* $150.00 (Kirchhoff)
28" M Re Ex Sev 7".
This is a very special cream, blushed pink with yellow gold edge and yellow to green throat. The form is full, somewhat flat, widespread, and ornately ruffled. The flashy gold edge is composed of pleats, scallops, and accordion laces with generous sprinkles of gold cellophane highlights and extravagant gold tubes and teeth. Texture is laced with nearly invisible veining and yellow diamond glitter, concentrating into a subtle yellow halo. Both substance and color are sunfast. The strongly recurrent scapes have 3 - 5 way branching with many buds. A fine and extremely fertile pod and pollen parent.

PUMPKIN PARFAIT* $125.00 (Kirchhoff)
30" EE Re Ex Sev.
The color is a bright, clear, Chinese yellow - intense, sophisticated, and stylish, with a bright red halo. An EMO, the bloom is widespread, with wide, overlapped petals, edged in broad, looping ruffles with serrated edges. Texture is diamond dusted, and substance and color hold on hot days. Scapes are well branched and strongly recurrent, with 30 + buds.
Seedling X Paul Stout

RHODESIAN RED* $150.00 (Kirchhoff)
32" EM Re Ex Ev 6".
What's the most sunfast red is a very popular question from our customers. Answer: RHODESIAN RED is one of them, for sure! This red combines tones of currant, apple and ruby with two subtle, watermark halos, which grade down from mid petal into Chinese red toward red-gold, above a celery green throat. Within the throat are finely beveled veins that radiate all the way to the tiny pleated, ruffled edges. The veins are a step darker than whichever zone of color of the bloom they occupy. Within the throat, they are greener, etc. The form is full, widespread, and overlapped with finely pleated ruffles. Texture is smooth and diamond dusted. The well-branched scapes are strongly recurrent with many buds. Fertile both ways.
(Invitation To Immortality x Betty Ford)

RITA WILLEMS* $150.00 (Morss)
30" M Re Ex Sev 6 1/2".
This powerful beauty from second generation TET RAINBOW SPANGLES, is a lovely yellow color with an intense, Indian red eyezone above a yellow green throat. The form is lily shaped, widespread, precise, and consistent. RITA has great garden value. The petals are quite wind proof; the dead flowers don't stick together - forming a curtain as they fall away; the scapes are erect (all the way through their bloom cycle), strongly recurrent, and hold many buds. Smooth, sparkling texture. Color and substance hold well. Fertile pollen, reluctant pods.

SCOTT BENNETT* $225.00 (Morss)
28" EM Re Ex Ev 6 1/2".
This beautiful daylily is a worthy choice to bear the name of a hugely talented artist whose love for daylilies is quite contagious. The reviews from discerning daylily connoisseurs, top daylily hybridizers and just plain normal folks have been raves! The color is apricot with a lavender purple eye outlined in wine and echoed on the double to triple edge. The dramatic edge matches the pewter lavender eye, outlined in wine and splashed in gold. The form is EMO, overlapped, widespread, and full, with pleats, piecrust, tendrils, and fascinating adornments on the multicolored edges. The sparkling diamond dusted texture; substance and color hold well. Fertile both ways, transmitting the double ornate edge - and various unique, desirable qualities to its progeny. Three way branching and strongly recurrent scapes.