General DL's
I have always been drawn to spiders and Unusual Forms. It didn't take long for me to start hybridizing, only dips at first, but then progressing to tets. It didn't take long for polys to become another obsession.
This is a sample of some of the plants that I grow. Some are for sale, others are Display only. If you have any questions about a particular cultivar, please email me, some of the Display plants may very well be available this year.
Enjoy browsing.:)
(Roberts-N., 2001) Height 34in (86cm), bloom 8in (20.5cm), season EM, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, 27 buds, 3 branches, Unusual Form Crispate, Old rose pink self above yellow green throat.
GREAT BC and is very very fertile.
Star Spangled (Lambert, 1965) Height 24", bloom 8", season E, Evergreen, Diploid, Fragrant, Spider Ratio 5.40:1, Grayish rose blend.
This picture is very odd - it's usually is a graceful cascade.
NOTE: This usually peaks around the Fourth of July for me, very appropriate, as it looks like fireworks going off in a clump!
(Brooks-BB, 2004) Height 35in (89cm), bloom 7in (18.0cm), season MLa, Dormant, Diploid, Unusual Form Crispate, Plum with lighter veining above green to gold throat.
There aren't enough supurlatives to describe this color.
(Gossard, 2006) Height 55", bloom 10", season M, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Very Fragrant,30 buds, 5 branches, Unusual Form Cascade-Spatulate, White self above green throat. (Heavenly Angel Ice X Lavender Handlebars)
(Roberts-N., 1997) Height 25", bloom 6.5", season EM, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, UF Crispate, Purple self with a yellow throat.
Stunning presentation, color and great growth habit, which is why I continue to use it as a breeder.
(Reckamp-Klehm, 1987) Height 21", bloom 7", season MLa, Dormant, Tetraploid, Fragrant, Yellow with pink cast and green throat.
Always a favorite and the pic never does it justice. I've tried for years to turn it into a UF.:)
(Roberts-N., 2003) Height 32", bloom 7", season MLa, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, Fragrant, 16 buds, 4 branches, UFo Cascade, Purple bitone with dark purple eye above yellow green throat.
Betty informed me that this daylily is incorrectly spelled as Trisigma Love. It will be corrected in the AHS database.
Not widely grown, it is a RARE plant and is VERY pod fertile!
(Rice-J., 2007) Height 28", bloom 5.5", season MLa, Dormant, Tetraploid, Unusual Form Crispate, Rich purple self above green throat.
Fertile both ways, I've been using this with taller cv's. GORGEOUS deep purple!
(Lambert, 1985) Height 30in (76cm), bloom 6.25in (16.0cm), season M, Dormant, Diploid, Crimson self with olive throat. (Peerage X sdlg)
Another one that occasionally polys, but not too often.
(Warrell, 2004) Height 28", bloom 5.5", season M, Dormant, Diploid, 17 buds, 4 branches, UFo Crispate, Rose with rose red chevron and veining above green throat. (RINGS AND THINGS X sdlg)
A MUST for those breeding for small UF's, this fabulous plant had a budcount in the high 20’s in my garden! Pod and pollen fertile.
(Lambert-Whitacre, 1990) Height 31", bloom 9", season M, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, Fragrant, Unusual Form Spatulate, Deep violet with white midribs and gray mauve eyezone above cream throat. (Dervish X Diabolique)
(Stamile, 1999) Height 32", bloom 12", season E, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 15 buds, 2 branches, Spider Ratio 5.60:1, Red self with chartreuse throat. (((Star of India X Long Stocking) X (Star of India X Tet. Green Widow)) X Long Tall Sally)
Pollen fertile, have not been able to set a pod on it.
This may be an oldie, but it's given me some of my keepers as a "spiderer," a plant that elongates petals.
(Webster-Cobb, 2003) Height 34in (86cm), bloom 13in (33cm), season M, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 5 buds, 3 branches, Unusual Form Crispate, Pink self above green throat. ((Bird Bath Pink X sdlg) X (Rob Cobb X sdlg))
(Bawden, 2007) Height 23", bloom 5.5", season M, Dormant, Diploid, White self above yellow throat. (sdlg X Lola Branham)
This is one of the whitest whites in my garden and pod fertile!
(Lambert, 1985) Height 28", bloom 5", season M, Dormant, Diploid, Burgundy self with small yellow green throat. ((Borrowed Time X sdlg) X Cordon Bleu)
Try as hard as I might, I haven't been able to set a pod on this little cutie.
(Murphy-J.P., 2006) Height 42", bloom 8", season EM, Rebloom, Dormant, Diploid, 32 buds, 3 branches, Spider Ratio 7.00:1, Cherry red with cream edge above green throat. (Red Rain X sdlg)
It's a heck of a spider with wonderfully ruffled edges!
(Joiner, 1998) Height 36", bloom 7.5", season M, Rebloom, Evergreen, Tetraploid, 18 buds, 3 branches, Pompeian red with ginger watermark and yellow green throat. (sdlg X Ruby Spider)
Very distinctive, fertile both ways.
(Warrell, 2003) Height 34", bloom 8", season M, Dormant, Diploid, 11 buds, 2 branches, UFo Crispate, Melon with wine eye above green throat.
(Starsearch X Joseph's Coat)
An improvement over its parent Joseph's Coat, this is pod fertile and very showy.
(Webster-L., 2007) Height 40", bloom 8", season M, Dormant, Tetraploid, Spider Ratio 7.00:1, Red self above yellow throat.
(sdlg X sdlg)
The tint of orange makes this one a screamer!
NOT WIDELY GROWN!