A MEMORY OF EARNEST YEARWOOD, height 28 inches (71 cm), bloom 2.625 inches (6 cm), season M, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Pale yellow with a washed violet plum eye and a bright green throat, very round and overlapped form.. (Jason Salter × (Freedom in Flight x Warrior's Quest)) Awards: HM 2022
A WORLD AWAY 32" M Reb Noc Very Fert Ext Dor. 7 ½" - 3 1/4" - 1 3/4". Diploid. (Blue Venom x Hand of Faith). Huge lilac-blue with heavy substance. One of our best in this color range out of the breeding of Blue Venom and Hand of Faith. Unique in size, color and has an intricate kaleidoscope pattern. A favorite breeder for unique color and patterns. Glows throughout the day. Four- way branching, 18 buds. DISPLAY
A.J.MONIN (Faulkner 2017) height 24 inches (61 cm), bloom 5 inches (12 cm), season M, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, 16 buds, 3 branches, Purple and white bitone with white sepals, purple petals with white midribs, and slightly patterned eye.. (Switched at Birth × Barb Kedler) DISPLAY
(BLACK CHERRY BEAUTY X MERLOT) X (DARK PRINCE X MERLOT)TET;40"scape;6"bloom;4-5 way branching;Reb;Dor;
I chose the name ALL THAT MATTERS because this daylily has all that truly matters in hybridizing daylilies. Gorgeous flowers which open well and hold up in inclement weather: tall, sturdy and well branched scapes with tons of buds (this one bud-builds); healthy plant habits which seldom show signs of any disease or weather damage, and it is easily used for hybridizing. This flower is a stunner in the garden. The tall scapes hold the majestic flowers high for viewing. The deep wine petals are veined in deep purple over the entire surface. Gold ruffled edges surround the petals and the gold to deep green chevron eyezone really sparks up the blooms. Slight pleating in throat area adds some drama. This daylily has been a cornerstone parent both pollen and pod for a few years now, and has proven to be valuable for producing deep colors in red, purple, and wine with exemplary plant habits in the seedlings . It throws better than itself, which is what you want in a parent. A beautiful landscape plant, this is one daylily you can't walk by without admiring it. ALL THAT MATTERS has truly all that matters. ONLY ONE DF LEFT!
*BOWTIE AFFAIR (Stenciled Di Fresco x Tet Colorful Etchings) SEV EM 42” 7” flower 6 way branching, 35 buds Unlike so many new daylilies that rely on only a pretty face, BOWTIE AFFAIR has not only a big fancy multi-patterned eye, but she has a magnificent scape as well, with lots of prolifs. You’ll notice the little bowties stenciled into the ends of the sepals. Big green throat. Fertile both ways. DISPLAY
BIG BOUNCIN' BEN X (NATURE'S LITTLE QUIRK x SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE) Diploid, 5"bloom, 39" scape with at least 4-way branching, EM,REB Sev
This was a keeper from the first day I saw it! With its clear cherry red blooms carried on the tall and very nicely branched scapes, it really catches your eye in the garden. The petals are centered by an expansive white to chartreuse eyezone on both petals and sepals with a deep green throat finishing off the blooms. For further enhancement,a thin white picotee edge on petals adds further excitement. Very fertile both ways, and has produced some lovely seedlings now under trial. Very healthy and hardy plants make this daylily valuable in the northern areas for both hybridizing and landscape use.
DARTH CIDUOUS (Elliott-S., 2020) B3.25”, S28”, M, Re, Sev, 33 buds, 5 branches. Dark purple with an almost black band above a small, very green throat that extends a short distance up the midribs. Many scapes have 6-10 way branching here and a ridiculous bud count. Instant rebloom.
DOUBLE CHERRIES DUET height 20in (51cm), bloom 2.85in (7.2cm), season EM, Rebloom, Evergreen (hardy in zone 5), Diploid, 35 buds, 5 branches, Double 98%, Butter cream with cherry red eye above a green throat. Has never bloomed single here ! Very pretty little front of the border plant! $25.00 DF Holding for increase
Tet [(LINDA SIERRA x MAGICAL MYSTERY SHOW) X (BLUE HIPPO x BLUE DESIRE)]. Sev, Blooms 6”, Scapes 30”, Branches 3. Buds avg. 15, Early midseason, reblooms Upon looking through some older photos, I realized that this daylily looked exactly the same in every photo, no matter the year, first or last bloom, or the type of camera used. It has been used here quite heavily to clean up petal colors in both blue lines and patterns. Grandparent of HARMONY IN BLUE, and continues to throw very lovely kids. EMBRACE THE PROMSISE has pale white blend petals which are centered with an intense blue-lavender eyezone and surrounded by a substantial matching picotee edge. The eyezone carries dark blue-lavender veining running into the intense green throat. The complicated genetics in this plant’s DNA make it an important parent. Years of careful selection and thought combined to produce such a daylily, allowing any hybridizer to embrace the promise of not only great plant habits and clear colors, but of finally experiencing a blue daylily. EMBRACE THE PROMISE makes a lovely garden plant, and is a grand addition to any hybridizer’s inventory of ‘blue’ eyezone genetics.
FANG ZHU 5" Flowers. Dip. This one certainly can be a wonderful hybridizers’ tool, with the broken eye sometimes showing 10 lines. The color is in brownish tones, kids show the multiple broken eyes. Makes gorgeous babies, which breed into several generations, becoming better every generation with display of patterns!
FKA J.T. POLSTON (2019 Faulkner)--Diploid 5" flower 3-4 way branching ...28" tall
This kid of Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson has been long sought after. The beautiful and unusual eye pattern, along with the fact that it polys 20% of the time are good reasons alone to have this one . Fertile both ways it can produce kids with amazing patterns, hardy from zone 5 south. DISPLAY
(BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON X BLUE BUBBLE)diploid, 20" scape, 4" bloom, 3 branches, reblooms, Mid, DOR, FR
This seedlings was produced from seed purchased on the Lily Auction. I hesitated registering this one, but it is such a fantastic parent, I feel it would be negligent not to share its potential. The near white ruffled petals are centered with a patterned indigo eyezone which blends through several variations of blue into a pencil purple rim. The eyezone is speared by white midribs extending into the chartreuse to green throat. The sepals have lighter patterns on them which gives the bloom a slight bitone appearance. This is a special daylily for its immense breeding potential, beautiful blooms, and hardy plant habits. I have sold several seeds and seedlings on the LA which have this plant in their parentage under the seedling name BEWD-BB. Very limited number of plants available for spring delivery!
LILLIAN'S PRETTY AND PRISSY (LITTLE MUCHO MINTO X WILD DREAMS) X COSMIC AFTERSHOCK) dip sev mid late 2.75 inch bloom on a 4-5, 24 inch well branched bud building scape with 26-29 buds. Pink with a multi colored eye zone on petals and sepals above a green throat. Pedals have a white edge with extreme ruffles, sepals are white from the center to the tip which can vary at times. Difficult pod parent, pollen is great. Very distinctive, one of a kind. DISPLAY
LITTLE WILD THING DIP 17”, 2.65”, SEV, EM re emo, 5 way branching, 35 buds, low arching foliage. This cute little 100% double has pizzazz and clear clean colors.
height 28 inches (71 cm), bloom 3 inches (7 cm), season M, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Pale mauve with large patterned eye of deep violet, chalky lavender, and gray violet with darker purple edge, and hint of gray violet edge on petals..
(RAINBOW OVER MARIETTA X KALEIDOSCOPIC INTRIGUE)4 DIPLOID; 7-1/2" TO 8" BLOOMS;50" SCAPE; 4-5 way branching; ML season; Sev;Very fragrant; Reb
This plant has been a stunner from its first bloom season. The tall scapes and huge blooms just blow me away every time I see it. Deeply ruffled cream white petals are centered with extensive variegated and veined deep purple patterns with gray and blue areas. The pattern covers three-fourths of the petal surface. Sepals show a matching pattern in lighter tones. The chartreuse eyezone extends into a deep green throat. One of the best diploid patterned parents I have had the pleasure to work with! Exceptional in every way, from the healthy plants to the extremely tall, strong scapes with nicely spaced branching, to the stunning blooms.
Seifert 2019 Diploid, 34", 4.5", EM, Sev, 3 BR/22 BC (Old Termite x Patchy Fog) Soft chocolate brown with light pink midribs, small green throat outlined in cranberry. Who doesn't love chocolate? This soft chocolate bloom will catch your eye. The performance is good. It does produce pollen and made bee pods. I will be using it with my NATURE'S COFFEE CLUB seedlings for more 'brown' tone seedlings.
( Salter 2021) height 26 inches (66 cm), bloom 3.75 inches (9 cm), season M, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Medium purple with darker black purple eye and deeper black purple veining, cream white flares along midribs into eye, white edge on petals and sepals, small, bright green throat.. (unknown × unknown)
height 28 inches (71 cm), bloom 3.5 inches (8 cm), season EM, Rebloom, Evergreen, Diploid, Pale lavender with circular violet blue patterned eye, slightly deeper violet edge on petals, and small, yellow green heart, very round, full form.
RHAPSODY IN BLUE (2013 Faulkner) This is the first introduction out of “Almira Buffalo Bone Jackson”. Rhapsody in Blue has the most beautiful eye and on occasion will bloom totally sky blue, but mostly like in the photo. It is shorter growing about 28” tall, 3-way branching and 20 buds. 5" Flowers, Dip...For hybridizers this one has mostly sterile pollen, but is a very good pod parent, throwing beautiful seedlings
*RIPPLES AND REFLECTIONS 30” EM Re Ex Ev 7.5”. These giant beauties evoke royal Javanese or Balinese batiks with their intricately patterned watermark eyezones. Perhaps they resemble lyre patterned butterfly watermarks upon Scalamandre silk damask. The self-color is orchid and a violet watermark, displays a variable, flying dove or lyre pattern. Transitory, contrasting shades of lavender, orchid, and faint apricot/peach colors flow within the pattern. The throat is yellow-to-green. The edge mimics the watermark eye, repeating the pattern in violet and purple, outlined in platinum tooth filigree. The form is narrow and flat. This has it all and does it all. Bring a chair when you visit this daylily. You will want to linger. Best of all, it is extremely fertile both ways. Very special. $45
From the hybridizer's description;
TET 18014 (Sea of Glass x sdlg), where the sdlg's parents have patterns (swords and echoes) and two of the grandparents include Trouble in Paradise and All Things To All Men. 6”, registered at 32” (but can be 26” in some years and locations), 3-way branching (range of 3-6 way), 20 buds (range of 16-37), ML (to almost late), Sev, fr, instant Re in GH on all fans with scapes and outside in MN sometimes on 80%. Good opener into the low 60's (not great below that), no spotting, scapes fabulous in the GH so should be higher branching going south. Nice foliage. Magenta; icy lilac watermark; lilac plus ivory edge; green throat. This is such a lovely flower that when it first bloomed in the greenhouse I didn't believe it would be hardy in Minnesota but it is! (Note: the last 2 pictures are what it looks like in the GH to give you some hybridizing ideas). Not only is it a beautiful garden flower, but it is a FABULOUS PARENT FOR HARDY DAYLILIES WITH ROUND FORMS, GORGEOUS FACES, FANCY EDGES, CHALKY WATERMARKS, GOOD SCAPES AND BUDCOUNT, AND A VERY HIGH PERCENTAGE OF KEEPER FLOWERS. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FOR ANY HYBRIDIZER WITH THESE GOALS. ANYONE should be able to get gorgeous daylilies out of Ruler of Nations (hint: cross it with other introductions of mine with chalky watermarks as well as those by Guy Pierce if you have them - e.g. Master and Bold Ruler). As I said with All Things to All Men when it was introduced, IF YOU DON'T GET BEAUTIFUL INTRODUCTION QUALITY SEEDLNGS FROM RULER OF NATIONS YOU SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE UP A DIFFERENT HOBBY. Easily fertile for me both ways.
height 26 inches (66 cm), bloom 5.5 inches (13 cm), season MLa, Rebloom, Dormant, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 22 buds, 4 branches, Cranberry grape, icy gray lavender eye, icy gray lavender plus ivory edge, and yellow to green throat.. (Desire of Nations × (sdlg x ((Storm Shelter x Jane Trimmer) x All Things to All Men)))
Seifert 2020, Dip, 27" hgt, 5" bloom, M, Dor, 3 br / 15 bc. ({Ida Mae Norris x Bold Awakening} x seedling) Lavender with wide diamond dusted chartreuse throat outlined with darker lavender pencil eye.
The pod parent is a sibling to Pistil Whipped and is producing other good kids. I'm not sure who the baby daddy is but think it's a Faulkner seedling I bought from Bob at the Northern Mecca one year. This plant is a good grower, and I think I have successfully set seeds on it, but can't be sure about fertility. Blooms are dreamy and surely must have marshmallow in the recipe somewhere! DISPLAY
SHORES OF TIME (Shimmering Elegance x Ed Brown) X (Red Fang x Northern Glitter) 26” EMRe. fr. emo. Dor. 5½” x 3 3/8” x 2”. 6-way branching. 35–40 buds SHORES OF TIME has exceptionally wide petals, almost 3½” wide on a 5½” flower. Despite having big heavy ruffles, owl-ears and a braided gold edge it never hangs up and opens early and easily. The flower is a clear hot rose pink, and are fragrant. It has wonderful scapes with exceptional branching and bud count for a dormant in the deep South. Plant habit is exquisite with beautiful arching foliage allowing all branches and flowers present themselves without crowding. Plants are vigorous and should grow everywhere daylilies are grown. $15.00 divison
height 30 inches (76 cm), bloom 6 inches (15 cm), season M, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, Unusual Form Crispate, Pale lavender with large, washed violet eye, and bright yellow green throat, quilled sepals. DISPLAY
TERRY LYNNINGER (24”-ERe-5.5”-EV) –(BROOKWOOD LEE CAUSEY X FANTASTIC VOYAGE) This is a very early bloomer on the garden scene. TERRY LYNINGER has a very special look and will add an interesting accent to gardens. The flower is a buff yellow color with a brown circular eyezone that is also prominent on the sepals as well as the petals. Scapes have three branches with 22 buds. Proliferates. Fertile both ways. $10.00 df
(Building The Colossus x Boom Shiva) Boldly going where no flower has gone before,THE PRIME DIRECTIVE is defined by distinction and vitality. Almost shocking, these six inch dramatically recurved flowers of Persian red are emblazoned by a contrasting raspberry watermark. These huge steroidal plants deliver a masculine 40 inch scape endowed with exemplary five and six way branching. Very fertile both ways.
TINY TEASE 15" ERe.SEv. 1.75". 4-5 way branching. 28 buds. 100% double. This delightful full petaloid double is a clear cream with a burgundy eye. It is amazing how small the daylily flower can be. With its low arching perfectly proportional foliage TINY TEASE would make a great pot plant. One of the nice things about miniatures is that they also have a root system in proportion to the flower size, scape and foliage which makes them perfect for the front of the border, a patio or deck pot or simply anywhere high floral intensity with smaller flowers is needed. Lots and lots of reblooming scapes. Fertile both ways. Display only.
WALLY’S WISH TET. sev m 4.52 Purple double. This is one the best dark purple double daylilies. Registered as a tet, this one is diploid fertile only for me. Quite beautiful!
height 26 inches (66 cm), bloom 8 inches (20 cm), season MLa, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, 24 buds, 4 branches, Light peach blend with faint orange halo and veins above green throat. FERTILE WITH DIPLOIDS AS WELL AS TETS! (Jerry Nettles × Sent from Heaven)
*WESTERN SHORE ---6”flowers. 29“scapes. Midseason. Semi-evergreen. Recurrent. A pale
cream ivory flower with a large circular eye of raisin plum and a heavy ruffled edge that carries
a double band of raisin and gold. Form is very round, full and overlapped. Well branched
scapes that carry multiple blooms. An attractive flower that makes a great show in the garden.
Fertile. $20.00 DF
(KINDERGARTEN CLOWN x NATURE'S BLUE WITCHES BREW) X BOOGIE WOOGIE BLUES2 diploid;4" bloom;24" scape; 5-way branching; late midseason;Sev; REB; UF;
I have grown this little guy for several years now and always marvel at its persistence and performance. The plants are extremely vigorous and hardy. Fans consistently produce two scapes per fan, and will rebloom immediately! The cute blooms are always sporting those tightly quilled sepals which make the flower much bigger than it looks. Blooms are light purple with heavily recurved petals covered with deep purple veins. Bright green throat blends into the pale lavender blue eyezone. The pale purple tightly quilled sepals make this little guy a bitone. Very fertile both ways. So, what you think of my baby?