2020 Select seedlings
SUNSET DELIGHT X (PINEBELT KALEIDOSCOPE X WRITTEN IN RED) What a striking seedling this one is! It takes its plant habit and size of bloom from SUNSET DELIGHT, and its color from the pollen parent. Blooms are about 7" in size and are just lovely! Probably will be an intro when it increases enough. I find very few faults with this seedling.
(COSMIC KAL -KAL INT x NBWB) X A WORLD AWAY #2 What a great parent A WORLD AWAY has turned out to be for me! This kid is a 6" plus bloom on a 37" scape with 4-way branching. From a 2-year old seedling no less! Very excited about this seedling! Colors are intense and do not fade in the heat or rain. Fertile both ways too!
MORNING LULLABY X BLUE SKY BREEZE This is another clear colored blue-eyed seedling from BLUE SKY BREEZE. Flowers are 6-3/4" on a 3-way branched scape. Scapes produced lots of prolifs this summer. Fertile both ways. Coming from MORNING LULLABY, I am expecting the branching to get much better on maturity, and the plant should rebloom as well. From a very crowded row, this seedling stands out from a distance!
MORNING LULLABY x CHILD OF SHADOWS #1 This is just an interesting diploid seedling from two of my favorite and most popular introductions. The blooms are 5-1/2" and are carried on 40" scapes with 4-5 way branching. Not only are the blooms bicolored, there is stippling in the petals of the bloom around the eyezone. On some days, variegated rings are produces as well in the eyzone. I can't hardly wait to see what this seedling will produce in future generations, as I was able to obtain quite a few seeds from it and its sibling shown in the next slide.
This seedling and its sibling (above) are two of my favorite diploid seedlings from the 2020 crop. The 4-1/2" blooms are presented on 35' scapes with 4-5 way branching. Tons of buds keep this seedling in bloom for weeks, and it tried to rebloom as well. The colors are beautiful pinks, all washed together into a flower which looks like the morning sky. A really beautiful pink diploid to work with! Intro for 2026
With the pandemic, this has been an unusual year to begin with. The 2020 seedling bed was, by necessity, an hodgepodge of seedlings, as a flood in 2018 washed out most of the first planting of seedlings. Following the flood disaster, an open and brutal winter with below zero temps for weeks caused many seedlings to be heaved and frozen to death. That said,some terrific new seedlings to work with were born in this crop. Several goals were attained in the respective genres' of hybridization, some of these lineages going back over 30 years. The following album is of both tetraploid and diploid selected seedlings;tetraploids are denoted by an asterisk before the parentage cross in the title. As these are first year selected seedlings, none are available for sale at this time. I would be happy to answer any questions concerning my plants, hybridizing efforts, or if you just want to 'talk' daylilies. Home phone is 217-443-3760. Leave a message, and I will return your call as soon as possible. Enjoy the flowers!!
(NATURE'S BLUE WITCHES BREW X GOOD CLEAN LIFE) This is the reverse cross to GOOD CLEAN BREW, which is proving to be a tremendous parent for myself and others. I wanted to try to improve the branching and bud count by using the power of NATURE'S BLUE WITCHES BREW as a pod parent, and boy, did the plant habit improve with the 2020 seedlings!! Very tall plants at about 40" with at least 5-way branching. The blooms averaged about 4" and there are tons of buds. Sinfully fertile, I set tons of seeds on these kids with both sib crosses and patterned parents. I am keeping 3 for further observation. The seedling pictured is an example of the beautiful colors and varied eyezones presented in the cross.
NATURE'S BLUE WITCHES BREW X GOOD CLEAN LIFE Scape has 4-5 way branching on 2 year plant