ADENA HEMS - the daylily introductions and hybridizing program of Mike Derrow.

2012 Introductions and Cultivar Price List

2011-12-27T11:54:00.000-08:00

Here are our 2 new introductions for this year - names are pending but searches have shown them to likely be available...we are offering a discount price of $200 and free shipping if both ALSO KNOWN AS and ADENA ALIAS are purchased as a package, while single plant purchase prices for ALSO KNOWN AS (shown below) will be higher. Purchases equaling $100 or more will get free shipping - those less than $100 will have a $10 shipping fee applied.

Thanks you for your interest in our hybridizing program!

You may email me at adena156c@gmail.com or mderrow@access.k12.wv.us to request an order form, order any plants or if you have questions about any of these introductions.
PLEASE - we are unable to accept orders from international customers unless you have a shipping address within the continental U. S. ALSO, all payments must be by check or money order made out to Mike Derrow. Sorry, we are not set up to accept credit or debit card payments.

ALSO KNOWN AS

(Great White x J T Davis) - T06-01 - evergreen, mid season, 25" scape, 6.5" blooms, 3-4 laterals, 25-45 buds, strong rebloom.

$125.00 for double fan, price will be adjusted down and partial refund given if I can only send a single fan (and I will check with you first.)
The name, ALSO KNOWN AS comes from the fact that when I sent a piece of T06-01 to my good friend Scott Bennett , in Birmingham, Al, 3 years ago, his lively wife, Dori, named the plant THRILLA IN VANILLA upon seeing it bloom. What an appropriate name! However, another hybridizer used that name for a 2010 introduction so Dori's name contribution couldn't be used. Scott and I have tried and tried to come up with a name for T06-01 that fit the beauty and distinction of the flower and plant. A couple of weeks ago, while recoverying from hip surgery, ALSO KNOWN AS popped into my mind, I called Scott and he agreed, it fits.

NEGATIVES - IT'S AN EVERGREEN - it does well here and I have never lost a plant of it to winter cold or freeze-thaw, but the foliage looks terrible in the spring - it bounces back well though and leaves are low, very wide, arching and beautiful through the season. THE SCAPES ARE SHORTER THAN I LIKE - 25" isn't tall enough for my tastes but the blooms are held above the foliage. IT DOESN'T INCREASE AS FAST AS I LIKE - both parents are slow to increase, but this one increases faster than either parent - one thing for sure, it won't outgrow the planting spot for quite a while. PODS AREN'T EASY TO SET - it has some pod fertility, but it isn't the easy pod set that I prefer. A FEW BLOOMS WILL HANG-UP - very, very few do it here, but I want folks to know that it does happen - though, the blooms sometimes release themselves by afternoon.

POSITIVES - IT'S A WONDERFUL BREEDER - look at the seedling pics below to see what I mean. IT IS AN EXCELLENT COLOR CLARIFIER - it will clean up whites, pinks and even reds - I've yet to cross it into purple lines but that will happen this summer. IT THROWS EXCELLENT SEEDLING FACES - size and substance are traits that this beauty passes on the offspring - some seedling faces are over 7". IT OFTEN PASSES ON THE SCAPE - many of the seedlings are taller and just as well branched. IT OFTEN PASSES ON AN EDGE - many of the colored seedlings end up with a white or gold edge...and I've got a few with definite green edges. IT OFTEN PASSES ON REBLOOM - not always, but many of the seedlings end up reblooming for me.

Two different faces of ALSO KNOWN AS...the top one shows the slight pink cast that it sometimes has...

Seedlings from ALSO KNOWN AS...

The left hand seedling is (PORTRAIT IN RED x BELLE OF ASHWOOD) - the two bottom images are resulting seedlings, both were over 27" tall, close to 7" in size, had 2 laterals as first year seedlings in the garden this past summer. You can see how AKA adds, ruffled refinement, edges and enriches color.

The left hand seedling is (SUPREME EMPIRE x AMERICA'S MOST WANTED)...bottom seedlings are both 28" tall, have fertile, 6" blooms, have 3-4 way lateral branching with lots of buds and instant rebloom.

The left hand bloom is FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN. The two bottom seedlings are excellent examples of the ability of AKA to clean up color of the other parent in a cross. Both seedlings are well branched with 26" scapes.

ALSO KNOWN AS and ADENA ALIAS scapes - AKA on the left - the far left shows a first round bloom scape at 25" tall - to the right is a rebloom scape - both are from this past summer (we had lots of rain!) The first scape has 46 buds, the rebloom scape has 36 buds. The far right scape is from ADENA ALIAS this past summer - taller at 28" with 31 buds, AA also reblooms but not as regularly as AKA.

ADENA ALIAS

(DIAMONDS AND PEARLS x CLARIFICATION) - T06-02 - evergreen, mid season, 28" scape, 5.5" blooms, 3-4 laterals, 25-35 buds, some rebloom.

$100.00 for double fan, price will be adjusted down and partial refund given if I can only send a single fan (and I will check with you first.)

NEGATIVES - IT'S AN EVERGREEN - it does well here and I have never lost a plant of it to winter cold or freeze-thaw, but the foliage looks terrible in the spring (boiled cabbage!) - it bounces back well though and leaves are low, wide, arching and beautiful through the season - there are dormant genetics in this one through the CLARIFICATION pollen parent so I believe it's a little 'tougher' than ALSO KNOWN AS. THE SCAPES ARE SHORTER THAN I LIKE - 28" isn't tall enough for my tastes but the blooms are held above the foliage. PODS AREN'T EASY TO SET - it has some pod fertility, but it isn't the easy pod set that I prefer.

POSITIVES - IT'S A GOOD BREEDER - I don't have many pictures of seedlings from it but seedlings have fancy edges and it goes well with whites, yellows and eyed/edged partners (there are a couple beautiful eyed/edged seedlings in the fields form ADENA ALIAS but, of course, I didn't get photos this past summer. IT IS A GOOD COLOR CLARIFIER - it will clean up whites, pinks and even eyed/edged cultivars - this is likely, again, through the CLARIFICATION genetics. IT THROWS EXCELLENT SEEDLING FACES - size and substance are traits that this beauty passes on the offspring - some seedling faces are over 7". IT OFTEN PASSES ON THE SCAPE - many of the seedlings are taller and just as well branched. IT OFTEN PASSES ON AN EDGE - many of the seedlings end up with a extreme bubbled yellow or gold edges and very, very few hang up in the garden...and I've got a couple with definite greenish tinged edges. IT OFTEN PASSES ON REBLOOM - not always, but many of the seedlings end up reblooming for me.

Richard Norris has grown both at Ashwood Garden and ADENA ALIAS is his favorite over ALSO KNOWN AS.

ADENA ALIAS x CELESTIAL ARMY - huge blooms, tremendous substance, nice scape

[GLORY IN RED X (FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN X CELESTIAL ARMY)] X ADENA ALIAS - first year seedling, dormant, blooms over 7" in size, 32" scape, 3 laterals, instant rebloom

PRICES FOR OUR
PREVIOUS INTRODUCTIONS
(all are at least double fans) - see last years blog entries for information and photos...

THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE

(REGAL BRAID x POINT OF DIVERGENCE)
$75 for a double fan plant

Tetraploid, dormant, early-mid season bloomer, 18" scapes (much taller on rebloom), 5.75" blooms, fertile both ways, very strong rebloomer here, picotee edge has 3 colors, ends of petals have narrow gold braid. TTWB is proving to be a tremendous pattern breeder as the photos below show. Both are from a cross of THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE x Tetra BEN LEE

ADENA BABS

(FREQUENT FLIER x IOWA LADY 2) X UNKNOWN
$40

Diploid, dormant, early mid season bloomer, 22" scapes, 4.5" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile both ways, very strong rebloomer...sometimes throws extra segments...diamond dusted soft pink with a faint red eyezone...

CHARLIE DALE

MANY MELON MOONS X (FREQUENT FLIER x IOWA LADY 2)

$50

Diploid, dormant, early mid season bloomer, 22" scape, 4.5" blooms, 2 lateral branches, around 20-22 buds, very strong rebloom here (3 sets of scapes on established plants)...coral red petal color with scarlet eye and slight picotee edge.

LUNAR EMPIRE

(MOON MUSIC x SUPREME EMPIRE)

$75

If you want a tall (36") yellow with great branching and a southern face that has been proven to thrive in a zone 4 garden, this is it! Pods are difficult for me, but I've got some wonderful seedlings from LE...it also reblooms reliably here in northern WV.

PINK STRIPES
(PEPPERMINT PARFAIT x PINK BROCADE)
$35
Still the 'standard' in broken color daylilies...PINK STRIPES won an Honorable Mention award from the AHS Garden Judges this past summer.

You may copy and paste the order form below into a word processor program, then print it out and send it with your order...thanks again!

Spring 2012 Order Form

Adena Daylilies

RR 2 Box 156-C

Moundsville, WV 26041

Please make all checks out to Mike Derrow. We will do our very best to assure that all plants will be at least double fans. If they aren’t, I will reduce the price and send a refund, but will also contact you first.

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Digging and shipping can usually begin around mid-April, perhaps a little later, if the ground is too wet or the weather is still cold. We generally ONLY accept spring shipping orders and shipping stops around mid-June.	Write down any other special information:

Quantity	Cultivar Name	Price	Price Extended
	Also Known As	$125
	Adena Alias	$100
	Also Known As / Adena Alias Package	$200
	The Tribble With Blue	$75
	Adena Babs	$40
	Charlie Dale	$50
	Lunar Empire	$75
	Pink Stripes	$35

While we no longer automatically send bonus plants with orders, we usually find a way to ‘add a little more’ to your shipment in the way of extra fans of the plants you ordered or with one of our other intros, or a fine intro from another hybridizer. Thanks again for your order!

Plants Sub Total
Shipping/Handling - $10.00 for orders under $100, NO CHARGE for orders of $100 or more…
FINAL TOTAL

2011 Introductions and Previous Intro Prices

2011-05-02T09:00:00.000-07:00

Here are our 3 introductions for this year - names are pending but searches have shown them to likely be available...we are offering a 10% discount on all orders sent in before January 1st, 2011.

You may email me at adena156c@gmail.com or mderrow@access.k12.wv.us to order any plants or if you have questions about any of these introductions.

PLEASE - we are unable to accept orders from international customers unless you have a shipping address within the continental U. S.

Also, all payments must be by check or money order. We are not set up to accept credit or debit card payments.

THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE

(REGAL BRAID x POINT OF DIVERGENCE)

$100 for a double fan plant - limited...

Of course, veteran Trekkies will know that the name is a play on one of my favorite Star Trek episodes, "The Trouble With Tribbles", and also plays on the fact that the color of this flower is troublesome..there are mornings when you would swear that it's the next step towards 'blue', then other mornings it's a silvery lavender (still very beautiful though). Finally, there is a tie in with the location of my farm...the stream in back of the farm is called Big Tribble Run.

And then there's the troublesome fact that 95% of the time, TTWB is totally top branched with only 14 buds. I never thought I'd ever introduce a plant with that low of a budcount...but then, in my garden this plant regularly puts out 3 rounds of scapes - this year, some of the plants put out 4 sets. Here in northern WV, the plant was rarely out of bloom from late June until late October. Due to early blooming, the initial scape is usually short at 16" - 18"...later scapes are in the 24" to 26" range. I have seen it with 2 lateral branches and 22 buds but that is very rare. Seedlings from it have good branching and often have broken eyezones (see our seedling posts).

The photo below shows TRIBBLE during rebloom as a 1st year seedling - the early morning light really brought out the violet-blue tones - this is atypical - the lighting has to be just right (plus 3 or 4 planets need to align correctly, too) for this color effect to show up...but when it does...wow!

The dormant foliage is very low, narrow, arching, and dark blue green. TRIBBLE has displayed easy fertility, both ways...the photo below shows the broken eyezone that sometimes appears on TRIBBLE when it reblooms...

Typical bloom habit has TRIBBLE putting up an early scape, then starting another one midway through bloom on the initial scape. There is usually a gap of 7-10 days between bloom ending on the 1st scape and bloom beginning on the 2nd scape...on established plants here, the 2nd set of scapes is followed by a 3rd set. This year, a 2 fan plant of TTWB that was lined out last August sent up a 4th set of scapes in September...many of the 2 fan lineouts (divided and planted in early August) sent up another set of scapes in September and October. Below is a photo of the plant...1st scape is on the left (short at 18") the bloom is on the 2nd, 24" tall set of scapes and the 3rd set is nearing onset of bloom.

My friend Dan Robarts just sent me 3 photos of TRIBBLE when he used it in the greenhouse at The Ohio State Univerity a couple of years ago...thanks, Dan.

In the photo below, BLUE HIPPO is on the left, TRIBBLE is the one in the middle and DESTINED TO SEE is on the right...you can see how light the petal color is on TRIBBLE, compared with the other two.

TRIBBLE showing much more violet than blue in the OSU greenhouse - you can also make out the triple picotee edge on the blooms in this photo...

TRIBBLE SEEDLINGS

Here are a few seedlings that bloomed last year with TRIBBLE as the pollen parent...

CLARITY OF VISION x THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE

ETCHED EYES x THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE

(DIGITAL IMAGERY x CRACK OF DAWN) X THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE - this is a Dan Robarts seedling...

ADENA BABS

(FREQUENT FLIER x IOWA LADY 2) X UNKNOWN (likely an Apricot Sparkles x Frequent Flier seedling).

ADENA BABS will often have some extra segments, especially when the temperatures warm up - here, it's shown as a full segmented double - also note that the pistil and anthers are all available for hybridizing.

$50 for a double fan plant

Named after my mom - her sisters and friends often called her "Babs" though her name was Barbara. I owe much of who I am as a person to mom...she was a constant giver of herself to her family and to others and this plant is the same way...it consistently puts up 3 sets of scapes here and this season, after lining the plants out in early August, the majority of the 2 fan divisions put up another, 4th round of scapes.

Clump photo - you can see the 3rd round of scapes coming in the the center of the photo, with first round just ending and second round starting to bloom...

CHARLIE DALE

MANY MELON MOONS X (FREQUENT FLIER x IOWA LADY 2)

$50 for a double fan plant - limited...

Named for my dad, who in many ways was larger than life, CHARLIE DALE is hard to miss in the garden with it's bright coral red petals and vibrant scarlet red eye set off by the strong, yellow-green throat. There's even a picotee edge - and it's a dip!

Thanks to Mike Huben for this photo of CHARLIE DALE blooming in his garden near Boston, MA.

PRICES FOR OUR PREVIOUS INTRODUCTIONS
(all are at least double fans) - see last years blog entries for information and photos...

LUNAR EMPIRE - $100
( we now have a decent stock of the plant - at least 10 double fans available.)

LOCH LOMOND LILAC - $75

ABBEY PURPLE - $75

TOAST AND JAM - $50

PRELUDE TO PANOPLY - $50

PINK STRIPES - $35

You may email me at adena156c@gmail.com or mderrow@access.k12.wv.us to order any plants or if you have questions about any of these introductions.

2010 Summer Seedlings - Diploid Rebloomers

2010-11-15T09:50:00.000-08:00

There were plenty of diploid rebloomers in the seedling beds this summer but most of them were shown in last years blog posts...here's one that I'm very excited about that most folks haven't seen...

D11-01

(RED SPIRE x HUBEN REBLOOMING SEEDLING)

(INDIAN GIVER x PINK STRIPES)

It has been difficult coming up with the next introduction out of PINK STRIPES and I wouldn't have predicted this one to be it as it's only a 3.5 inch bloom. However, the striping, stippling and strongly contrasted color makes it a worthy offspring to carry on the PINK STRIPES genetics. Throw in the tremendous rebloom coming out of the Mike Huben genetic lines and the package is complete. This will be a 2012 introduction

4-5 way branching on a 36" tall scape...

This early July photo shows an overgrown clump of D11-01, with wave after wave of scapes coming on...I have no idea how many 'sets' of scapes the plant produces...it simply never stops blooming here from late June until the first killing frost in mid October.

2010 Summer Seedlings - Diploid Others

2010-11-15T09:45:00.000-08:00

I didn't do much photography in the diploid beds this past summer - many of the interesting seedlings had bloomed the year before so I already had photos (shown in the 2009 posts). However, there were several that caught my eye and they are shown below.

This was taken in the greenhouse this past winter and is a photo of

LAVENDER BLUE BABY X FREQUENT FLIER

Continuing our work with diploid reds, this is rebloom from a cross of

CARIBBEAN WILBUR CAUSEY X MARILYN APPS

Several years ago, we began using Pete Wetzel's LIGHTS OF VALINOR for the great scape - we are now seeing the results and they are promising. The stippled eyezone seedling below is a cross of

LIGHTS OF VALINOR x LAVENDER BLUE BABY.

D10-02...reblooming, nicely budded, patterned lavender from a cross of

MARILYN APPS x ACE UP MY SLEEVE

D08-04 - one of the cleanest, most vibrant colors in the garden, the patterning is consistent, too.

FORSYTH VIVACIOUS X PARTY PINAFORE

2010 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Yellows

2010-11-15T09:40:00.000-08:00

There weren't a lot of impressive yellows this summer, but then, I haven't worked that color much in hybridizing over the last couple of seasons...that changed after I saw a few of the seedlings shown below...yellow crosses were made this past summer and will be again in the greenhouse this winter...many will feature LUNAR EMPIRE as one parent, plus 2 of the SUPREME EMPIRE x AMERICA's MOST WANTED select seedlings from the cross that Richard Norris gave me several years ago...

(SUPREME EMPIRE x AMERICA'S MOST WANTED 1) X T06-01 - 30" scape, 4 laterals, 32 buds, instant rebloom

MOMENTUM X RAM - this seedling didn't have much in the way of habit, but I'll certainly remake the cross this winter in the greenhouse...

MACHO MACHO MAN X BUTTER CREAM - very large, very flat, very beautiful...I just wish it was very branched and very well budded! 28" tall, 1-2 laterals...a natural for a cross with LUNAR EMPIRE...

CELESTIAL ARMY x ELEANOR ROOSEVELT - this 6" seedling has the greenest edge I've ever seen on a daylily but I can't seem to photograph it...very thick substance, 2 laterals on a 23" scape.

LUNAR EMPIRE X UNKNOWN (99.99% sure the missing parent is RAM) - 32" tall, 7" bloom, 2 laterals with an unfilled bract on a 1st year seedling...

T06-01 X LUNAR EMPIRE - not as fancy as I was expecting, but very flat with tremendous substance, wide, blunt sepals, too...short scape though and few branches...

MOMENTUM X UPON THIS ROCK - certainly not what I was expecting, though good old MO has been known to throw yellows here...short at 22", 3 laterals, 5.5" blooms...

2010 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Purples

2010-11-15T09:35:00.000-08:00

Perhaps the biggest leap in my hybridizing program took place this year in the purples...using MARY"S BABY, HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN, BORN TO REIGN, VATICAN CITY, SHAKA ZULU, SELF DETERMINATION, LINDA BECK and several other good/interesting parents over the past couple of years has begun to payoff...my own T08-01 (REGAL BRAID x MARY'S BABY) is proving to be a great plant and hybridizing parent, too.

T08-01 (REGAL BRAID X MARY'S BABY) - 28", 5.75", 3 laterals, fertile both ways, excellent increase, semi-evergreen - color is a violet purple with a darker royal purple eye and picotee edge of the same royal purple inside the white outer border. Very ruffled and reflexed...this will be a 2012 introduction.

T08-01 X M Lyons T08-02 - I made a long cross of these 2 good purples - 3 of the better seedlings are shown below...

T08-01 X M Lyons T08-02

HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN x MARY'S BABY - I was hoping for a little more 'fancy' in the blooms but the color is everything I could ask for...

HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN X MARY'S BABY - well, I got the 'fancy' in this one and also got hangups - virtually every bloom has to be 'released' - arrrrgggghhhh!

LINDA BECK X SELF DETERMINATION - very nice color combination with the promise of an excellent scape once it gets a chance to show what it can do when I move it out of the shaded area it is now growing in...

LOCH LOMOND LILAC X MARY'S BABY - 6.5" bloom on a 28 scape, 3 laterals...not really a purple, but not a lilac color either

LINDA BECK x FIRST CRUSH - once again, here's a cross that my buddy Richard Norris would likely just shake his head and wonder what the heck I was doing...but it worked! Richard's FIRST CRUSH is proving to be able to be used with purples and reds to produce very exciting seedlings with good ruffling and clean colors...

JERRY HYATT X PRECIOUS CANDY - seeds for this cross came from my good friend Dan Robarts...what an amazing bloom at 7.5 inches - the colors are rich and saturated and the washed eye takes up fully 1/2 of the bloom...

T08-01 X JERRY HYATT - JH lightened the eyezone of T08-01 and gave triangular form to the blooms, while the rich saturated color and ruffling of T08-01 stayed in the petals...

FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN x PLAYING WITH SHARKS - I would never, never have predicted this - I was going for toothy edges from these 2 parents yet, 3 of the seedlings from this fairly long cross produced nice purple colors - below is the best of the 3...this one will be used in my toothy lines next year, even though it show not teeth on the edge...

2010 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Reds

2010-11-15T09:30:00.000-08:00

It was a 'strange' year for reds here because many of them simply were not red - or at least not the rich saturated scarlet/primary red that I want to hybridize for. However, there certainly were some wonderful seedlings that fit (or at least can be shoehorned) into the 'red' category...these are all 1st year bloom...

MOMENTUM x IT IS FINISHED - big, flat, lusty with a vibrant red eye on a nice tall scape

BELIEF IN VEIN x IT IS FINISHED - another very large bloom at 7" with lighter edges and serrated teeth...

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x IT IS FINISHED - not really a rose pink - more of a light red - either way, it's a very impressive bloom on an undersized plant...

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x IT IS FINISHED - not as interesting as the previous sibling, but a 6" bloom on a 28" scape, 3 laterals, and instant rebloom makes it worthy of my attention...it's easily fertile, too.

GLORY IN RED x BELLE OF ASHWOOD - growing in a very crowded seedling bed, this wonderfully saturated red bloom stood out...it's got the type of color and rolling, relaxed ruffles that I want in my program...I just hope it performs next year - the bracts are in place for 4 laterals (only 2 this year) - I didn't even set a pod on it 'cause I didn't want to take a chance of setting it back - 6.5" blooms, 26" scape...

MISSISSIPPI RED BED BEAUTY x HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN - I was wondering if HOH would go to reds in the greenhouse a couple of winters ago...MRBB was open, so...it's certainly a different sort of red - 6" blooms on a 24" scape...

MISSISSIPPI RED BED BEAUTY x HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN - a sibling to the one above, this one is a very clear rose red with a white edge...

SPACECOAST STARBURST x IT IS FINISHED - 6.5" blooms on a 29" scape, 2 laterals, excellent substance and rain resistance...

GLASS BEAD GAME x WIDE AWAKE - once again, not the result I expected from this cross - edges and teeth, yes - reds, no! But I'm not complaining...6" blooms, 26" scape, 2 laterals...

GLASS BEAD GAME x WIDE AWAKE - sib to the one above - Richard Norris likes this one while I prefer the one above...

ASHWOOD HEARTHSIDE x FEAR NOT - 2 saturated reds produced this deep rose red with wide pink edges...and see those spots on the sepals - they are consistent...a couple of the siblings have them on every bloom, too...

LINDA BECK x RED HAT DIVA - RHD is proving to be a much overlooked breeder for me (Richard Norris says the same thing) - this large, 7" bloom with excellent color gives and indication of the breeding potential of RHD when crossed into purples...

2010 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Pinks

2010-11-15T09:25:00.000-08:00

I didn't have a PINK section last year but the large number of interesting pink flowers this year meant that I had to create a section for them.

As mentioned in the overview section, PRELUDE TO PANOPLY is proving to be a very good parent for large, dormant daylilies in all colors and even in the eyed and edged category. Strangely, though PTP is basically pod sterile, the few seedlings that I've gotten from it as a pod parent are very fertile. Here are a few PRELUDE TO PANOPLY pink seedlings and some other pinks...

T06-01 x PRELUDE TO PANOPLY - 7" blooms on a 32" tall scape, 3 laterals, excellent substance, fertile, pinching in the throat, wonderful color...this one was a star in the 2009 seedling bed...

PRELUDE TO PANOPLY x FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN - not at all what I expected from this cross - no teeth at all - but it's so rare to get PTP to set pods that I'll certainly use this easily fertile plant as a parent in my toothy program. 6.5" blooms on a 30" scape, 3 laterals, very heavy substance (the often used 'credit card like substance' would apply here!), instant rebloom.

ISLE OF MAN x PRELUDE TO PANOPLY - 6.5" blooms on a 30" scape, 2 laterals, needs heat to open well due to exceptionally thick substance, fertile

MANDALAY BAY MUSIC x PRELUDE TO PANOPLY (1) - 6.5" blooms on a 25" scape, 2 laterals, easily fertile both ways...substance isn't what I've come to expect from PTP seedlings but still good

MANDALAY BAY MUSIC x PRELUDE TO PANOPLY (2) - 7" blooms on a 28" scape, 2 laterals, rebloom, easily fertile both ways...almost a near white but still has a good pink overlay on the petals, petals are almost as wide as they are long.

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x PRELUDE TO PANOPLY - 6" blooms on a 30" scape, 3 laterals, instant rebloom, excellent substance, wonderful color, blunt sepals, not as fancy as I expected the flowers to be from this cross but still pretty.

OTHER PINKS

BRAIDED EDGINGS x UNKNOWN (likely MARDI GRAS BEADS) - certainly the most ruffled daylily I've ever hybridized, it also has some of the heaviest substance I've ever noted on a daylily but it still opens perfectly every morning...short at 23", the scape has 2 laterals and about 20 buds...easy fertility both ways and very vigorous here...heavily diamond dusted petals, beautiful bubblegum pink color.

AUGUST WEDDING x BELLE OF ASHWOOD - this ruffled beauty is a 1st year seedling in the 2009 bed - 6" blooms on a 28" scape with 2 laterals and instant rebloom

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x UNKNOWN (likely HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN) - 6.5" blooms on a 30" scape, 4 laterals, instant rebloom, strange color...sort of between pink and lilac, fertile both ways...

NORTHERN DAWN X (GREAT WHITE x NORDIC MIST) - Phil Korth's NORTHERN DAWN is a beast of a plant here with great habit - I wanted to get a little more size in the seedling blooms so I crossed it with a 7" GW x NM seedling of mine - didn't expect the subtle edge/no eye result but am very happy with it.

BORDELLO QUEEN x T06-01 - once again, T06-01 genetics come through adding size and ruffling to the resulting seedlings - 6" blooms on a 28" scape, 3 laterals (of course, great scapes from BQ), fertile...

CLARITY OF VISION x THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE (Derrow 2011 registration) - again, not the results I expected...no idea where the pink came from with these 2 parents...6.5" blooms on a 27" scape, 2 laterals, instant rebloom

GONE FISHING x IT IS FINISHED 1 & 2 - I had some concerns with this cross due to both being evergreen here, but the seedlings from it 'seem' to be easily hardy here and many are quite beautiful...#1 has 6.5" blooms on a 30" scape, 2 laterals...#2 has 6" blooms on a 28" scape, 1 lateral...

T06-01 x BELLE OF ASHWOOD - 6.5" blooms on a 25" scape, 3 laterals, instant rebloom, perhaps the most beautiful of the T06-01 seedlings that I've bloomed over the last 4 years...opens very flat, despite the excellent substance and heavy edge...this one has it all...

TRULY ANGELIC x WINTER SPRINGS 1 & 2 - both of these sdlgs have 6" blooms on a 28" scape, #1 has 2 laterals, whiel #2 has 3 laterals, both are easily fertile...only 3 seedlings from this cross bloomed this year as 1st year seedlings...but it would be difficult for any of the ones yet to bloom to top these for beauty...

RED CARPET MOMENT x SECRET OF CONTENTMENT - I was positively giddy after spotting this 6.5" beauty - the white edges give a clue as to the clarity of color in the petals and the relaxed, looping ruffles are my favorite style - this cross will get remade to the tune of a hundred or more seeds this winter in the greenhouse...26" scape, 2 laterals...

FIRST CRUSH x SECRET OF CONTENTMENT - 1st year bloom - very beautiful but so far, a very poor plant - the scape is about 16" tall with only 1 lateral - 14 buds...but it's a first year seedling and the parents do well here so I'm hopeful that it's just a matter of the seedling maturing so that the plant habit matches the bloom!

2010 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Teeth and 'Others'

2010-11-15T09:15:00.000-08:00

Like many hybridizers, I've gotten to the point where I really like toothy daylilies - here are the results of some early hybridizing efforts for teeth.

T08-03 - TRULY ANGELIC x RED FANG - Two photos, taken on different days, of my best red toothy seedling - 6" blooms on a 26" scape, 2 or 3 laterals, 20 to 25 buds, dormant, fertile both ways, stunning color...my friends Dan Robarts and Scott Bennett both praised this one when they visited this past summer...

TRULY ANGELIC x RED FANG - sib to the one above - when I saw T08-03 and the siblings from the 2007 crosses, I immediately remade the cross in 2008 - this is the best of those seedlings from the 'new' batch...6" blooms on a 26" inch scape, 4 lateral branches, very easy pod and pollen fertility...as the season went on, I grew to like this one more and more, especially as it's a mid-late bloomer and extended the season...

WOMEN SEEKING MEN x UNKNOWN (99.99% sure the pollen parent is SHORES OF TIME) - 36" tall, 6.5" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile both ways, this one gets teeth into the larger sized blooms.

T09-01 - GYPSY ROSE x RED FANG - 6" blooms on a 24" scape, 2-3 laterals, easily fertile both ways

LESLIE RENEE x UPON THIS ROCK - 6" blooms on a 25" scape, 2 laterals with a couple of open bracts - 1st year seedling...fertility unknown

FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN x PLAYING WITH SHARKS - this is a poor photo - the color is usually much richer looking (at least to my eye) but I can't seem to capture it with the camera...there are hundreds of little spicules/teeth on the petal edges, 6" blooms on a 24" scape, 2 laterals, fertile both ways

OTHER SEEDLINGS

Some seedlings just don't seem to fit into a category - here are a few that Ive liked in the garden this year...

ALTERED STATE x MOMENTUM - 6.5" blooms on a 27" scape, 2-3 laterals - every bloom had this pattern or a similar version of it this past summer...fertile both ways.

BORDELLO QUEEN x MOMENTUM - very round 6.5" blooms on a 30" scape, 4 laterals, tremendous substance, faint eye, corduroy ribbing, a few small serrations on the edge, fertile both ways...the amber/orange with coral highlights dominated the 1st year seedling row it grew in each day it was in bloom...

ROGUE x FIRE CORAL - 2 photos of the bloom on different days - 4.5" blooms on a 25" scape, 2 laterals...I've never seen anything like this one...the exaggerated ruffles from FC are tipped with gold knobs, hooks, horns and teeth from ROGUE...throw in the strong orange petal color and the triangular yellow throat and the blooms are very dramatic...fertile both ways...

2010 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Eyes and Edges

2010-11-15T09:10:00.000-08:00

There were quite a few nice advancements in the eyed and edged seedlings this summer...I've found out that Norris and Emmerich cultivars seem made for each other...there were some outstanding results coming from crosses of Karol's and Richard's intros...Curt Hanson's POINT OF DIVERGENCE is proving to be a wonderful parent for patterned eyes and it's one of the parents of my 2011 intro, THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE...

PRELUDE TO PANOPLY x CLARIFICATION - 30" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, 26 buds, very strong rebloom (4 sets of scapes this summer), easily fertile both ways (which is amazing as PTP is virtually pod sterile and Clarification is usually a very difficult pod parent for me.)

The left hand photo shows the strong reblooming tendencies of this seedling - there are 3 sets of scapes showing - a 4th set eventually formed and bloomed in late August.

SCOTT BENNETT x BEAUTY OF THE KING - 24", 6" blooms, 2 laterals, some rebloom, triple edge, fertile

HANDWRITING ON THE WALL x CLARITY OF VISION - 6.5" blooms on a 28" scape, 2 laterals - and yes, there's really a sky blue color in one of the bands in the throat...some metallic effects, too...

ETCHED EYES x THE TRIBBLE WITH BLUE 1 & 2 - siblings with very strange eyezones - TRIBBLE cleaned up the yellow in #1, adding a pinkish tone to the petals...the eye is a light lavender with metallic accents...Tribble lightened the yellow of EE in #2 and added a broken, banded eyezone with metallic accents - both are 6" blooms, and both have poor scapes but are crowded 1st year plants so I hope to see more branches and blooms in the future...

NO BLUE OXFORDS x UNKNOWN (likely, PALACE GARDEN BEAUTY) - 45" scape with 2 laterals, 6.5" blooms, fertile

STORM SHELTER x CLARITY OF VISION - 6.5" blooms on a 28" scape, 2-3 laterals, easy fertility - this stunning beauty was the most used pollen in the garden last year and this past summer...I'm hoping for rebloom now that it has been moved to a decent growing bed...

TRULY ANGELIC x KING OF THE AGES - 7" blooms (just like KOTA) on a 36" scape, 3 laterals, instant rebloom - very flat face, fertile both ways

FOREVER IN LOVE x HANDWRITING ON THE WALL - Karol Emmerich called this the best seedling face she has seen out of HOTW - 6" blooms on a 27" scape, 2 laterals, instant rebloom - creamy yellow petal color, thin picotee edge and multiple rings of color in the eyezone...I broke a rule of mine to not disturb 1st year seedlings and dug this one out of the growing beds in August to put it in a better spot to try to get it to increase faster...Richard's FOREVER IN LOVE often breaks in to a pattern on rebloom - combining those genetics with HOTW was the key...only 3 of these seedlings bloomed this summer - another 12 or so should bloom next year

HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN x CLARITY OF VISION - 7" blooms on a 27" scape, 2 laterals

POINT OF DIVERGENCE x TETRA CRYSTAL BLUE PERSUASION - 2 sibs from a cross of about 15 are shown below - the eyezones on both appear to want to break into patterns - blooms open well considering the parentage - petal color is cleaner/lighter than either parent - 22-25" scapes, not much branching but they are 1st year seedlings so am hoping for improvement...

MABEL WINEGAR x JERRY HYATT - 2 siblings from a cross of about 10 seeds shown below - these are some of the most exciting seedlings in the garden this year - they are quite large at 7", there's the promise of branching from MW and the tetra Trahlyta genetics out of JH are really something...

BRAIDED EDGINGS x MULBERRY WAY - 6.5" blooms on a 28" scape, 2 laterals, rebloom - on rebloom, there are often poly blooms...

NO BLUE OXFORDS x DESERT MOON - 6" blooms on a 26" scape, 2 laterals, rebloom

ROCK SOLID x BRAIDED EDGINGS (3) - 5.75" blooms on a 26" scape, 3 laterals, rebloom - very heavy substance...

2010 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Whites

2010-11-15T09:08:00.000-08:00

Once again, T06-01 leads the charge as I try to develop northern hardy, fancy edged near white daylilies. A cross of GREAT WHITE x J.T DAVIS (recent Stout Medal winner), T06-01 can put ruffles on fence posts. Here are some near white seedlings that bloomed from it this past summer, along with some other near whites of different parentage...

SPACECOAST STARBURST X T06-01 - 1st year bloom, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, faint pink blush on the petals, and some teeth...

AUGUST WEDDING X T06-01 - I made a long cross of these 2 parents in 2008 - the resulting seedlings are beautiful, most rebloom and open easily despite their ornate ruffled edges, and some had great scapes for first year seedlings...a couple have pinched throats - several even have large and small sharks teeth...most of them have a slight pink overlay but a couple are very white...here are 3 from the cross...

This seedling was 6.5" on a 28" scape with 3 lateral branches and instant rebloom...

T06-01 x LUNAR EMPIRE - of course, I had to make this cross - the parents were too good not to and the resulting seedlings have proved my faith in both parents...this is a first year bloom after a hard, 15 minute shower...it's absolutely untouched, with substance like plastic. The scape had 3 laterals and an unfilled bract

(SUPREME EMPIRE X AMERICA'S MOST WANTED 1) X T06-01 - Most of the seedlings from this cross were beautiful lemon yellows with sculpted throats, but this near white stood out for many reasons...it's 30" tall, the blooms are 6", the first scape had 3 lateral branches, then it rebloomed - and once again, there are numerous teeth.

(WOMEN SEEKING MEN x WHITE PERFECTION) X T06-01 - huge 8" blooms, very, very white color, nice ruffling and easy fertility...

ISLE OF MAN x PRELUDE TO PANOPLY - 7" blooms on a 30" scape, 2 laterals and 25 buds, excellent substance, fertile, slight pink overlay

BELLE OF ASHWOOD X PATHWAY OF PEACE - too pink to be a real near white, but what a performer - 6" blooms on a 28" scape, 2 laterals, 24 buds, instant rebloom...

WINTER SPRINGS x T06-02 (DIAMONDS AND PEARLS x CLARIFICATION) - this one was growing at the edge of a seedling bed in fairly deep shade with little chance to show how it could perform...still, it had 2 laterals and 18 buds on a 26" scape, with an unfilled bract...the blooms often had a slight green color on the edge in the morning - a couple blooms hung up during the season though...

WOMEN SEEKING MEN X WINTER SPRINGS - I was expecting a ruffled pink, not a near white with such an extended throat that the bloom looks green...

2010 Summer Season Review

2010-11-15T09:05:00.000-08:00

Wow, what a summer...it got hot starting early in June and stayed dry the entire summer...and the summer wasn't nearly long enough to get everything accomplished that needed to be done. The daylilies loved the heat but hated the early onset of the season and lack of rain. Blooms for the most part were fewer than in previous seasons - bud count and rebloom were definitely affected by the lack of moisture and unrelenting hot temperatures.

Still, it was the best season ever experienced at Adena Daylilies. The trying conditions revealed which plants were tough, determined performers and allowed evaluation to proceed over a group of 50,000 seedlings that bloomed this past summer. I hate to use the term 'break' when describing a daylily...perhaps, advancement is the better term. With that in mind, there were advancements in rebloom throughout all colors and both ploidys. If fact, our three introductions for this year feature rebloom as a strong trait, with all three offerings easily producing at least three rounds of scapes during the past harsh summer. Two of the new intros usually send up fours sets of scapes in a season here in our garden.

Our recent tet. introduction, PRELUDE TO PANOPLY is proving to be an even better parent than we thought it was, producing easily fertile, tall, strong, well branched, dormant seedlings in all colors. We've gotten rave reviews from Maine to Washington and states between about the stellar performance of PTP.

Here is an email from Margaret Dickson in Seattle, Washington about PTP...

I just wanted to let you know how pleased I am with Prelude to Panoply
and Toast and Jam which I received from you Spring of 2009. This has
been a year of really crazy weather. Among many other differences,
cultivars in general had lower than usual bud counts. I was especially
impressed with PTP as it now has 6 fans (great increase for here),
wonderful branching and a 26-30 bud count. And now there's a rebloom
scape coming; rebloom is a rarity around here. In spite of the reduced
bud counts this year it boasted the highest bud count in my garden. Fan
increase is generally much slower here than Richard has in his garden.
PTP was my most used cultivar in hybridizing this year! Do you have
some promising babies from it? Keep up the good work! I'll be watching
for you future intros.

We also bloomed some wonderful seedlings out of LUNAR EMPIRE and from our T06-01 (GREAT WHITE x JT DAVIS). Several of these are already on the road towards introduction.

Many interesting seedlings were bloomed out of the Norris, Emmerich, Mason, Korth, Carpenter, Hanson and Kirchhoff lines, plus, quite a few other hybridizers were also represented among our selects at the end of the season.

We've managed to increase LUNAR EMPIRE enough to be able to offer it again this spring after selling out of it quickly last spring. There are at least 10 double fan plants available for $100 a plant, and believe, me, I think it's definitely worth the price.

We are also instituting a new procedure here at Adena Daylilies...we are going to give free shipping on all orders - BUT - we are generally not going to include bonus plants with orders. I've come to this decision after a lot of thought...most of my own introductions are in short supply (except for PRELUDE TO PANOPLY) and my very arthritic knees make digging and cleaning plants difficult, especially as I'm still in school during the months of April and May. I teach in a classroom with concrete floors (35 years now), and have to dig after school Friday nights to ship orders out on Saturday mornings. To say my knees are sore by the end of the week would be an understatement.

Adding bonus plants that may or may not be wanted by the buyer just seems superfluous...I'm not trying to short customers on value or service, rather, I'm trying to make it so that I can continue to provide good plants, new introductions and good service without causing myself too much discomfort through having to dig extra plants that the customer may not really want.

I can pretty much guarantee that customers will get good value for their dollars, as most plants that will be shipped out will be more than the advertised 2 fans.

2009 Summer Seedlings - Diploid 'Others'

2009-11-06T14:12:00.000-08:00

Diploid 'Others'

HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE x PARTY PINAFORE (1)

26" scapes, 7" blooms, 2 laterals

HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE X PARTY PINAFORE (2)

25" scapes, 7" blooms, 2 laterals

CHARLESTON SNOW X WHITE SDLG

28" scapes, 7" blooms, 4 laterals

D08-04 - PARTY PINAFORE x FORSYTH VIVACIOUS

22" scapes, 5.5" blooms, 2 laterals, fertile

D07-01 - INDIAN GIVER x OUR FRIEND SALLY

25" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, fertile

INDY FLOPPY MAMA X SNOWFLAKE EMPRESS

27" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE x TWIST AGAIN

2 siblings - no data yet

SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE X CONNIE CAN'T HAVE IT

29" tall, 7" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile

2009 Summer Seedlings - Diploid Green

2009-11-06T10:34:00.001-08:00

Green

The pictures below were taken during the summer 2008 bloom season. I don't breed for the color 'green' but the seedlings shown below are some the the overall greenest daylilies I've ever seen. Of course, they are really yellow with extended green throats and an overlay of green on the petals. However, the effect when seeing them from a distance is that they are indeed, green. The fact that the effect showed up from 2 separate crosses just reinforced my decision to work with the color. Crosses were made during the past 2 summers between the 2 seedling groups and I'm excited to see the initial blooms in 2010.

FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS x SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

38" scapes, 7" blooms, 2 laterals, fertile

FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS x SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE

36" Scapes, 6.5" blooms, 3 laterals

HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE x TWIST AGAIN

27" scapes, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, rebloom

HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE x TWIST AGAIN

24" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

TWIST AGAIN x HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE

28" scapes, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, rebloom

TWIST AGAIN x HEAVENLY ANGEL ICE

blooms from 2 siblings showing how 'green' some blooms can be

2009 Summer Seedlings - Diploid Whites

2009-11-06T10:33:00.001-08:00

DIPLOID WHITES

(BELLERIVE BELLE x MARY JANE CARPENTER) X STARCHED WHITE 1

28" scapes, 6" blooms, 3 laterals

(BIG SNOWBIRD x UNKNOWN) X CARIBBEAN VICTORIA JEWELL

26" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

CARIBBEAN MISTY MARTIN X LEGENDS OF THE FALL

24" scape, 5.5" blooms, 2 laterals

INDY PERFECTION X MARY JANE CARPENTER

24" scapes, 6" blooms, 3 laterals

MARIETTA MOMENTO X SILOAM RALPH HENRY

25" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

SILOAM RALPH HENRY X SNOWFLAKE EMPRESS

24" scapes, 6.5" blooms, 2 laterals

2009 Summer Seedlings - Diploid Not-Striped from Pink Stripes

2009-11-06T10:32:00.001-08:00

Not-Striped from Pink Stripes

ARTISAN'S TOUCH X PINK STRIPES

28" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

ARTISAN'S TOUCH x PINK STRIPES (2)

25" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

ARTISAN'S TOUCH X PINK STRIPES (4)

30" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

LAVENDER BLUE BABY X PINK STRIPES

30" scapes, 6.5" blooms, 2 laterals

LAVENDER BLUE BABY X PINK STRIPES (2B)

QUEEN KATHLEEN X PINK STRIPES

38" scapes, 9" blooms, 1 lateral, rebloom

QUEEN KATHLEEN X PINK STRIPES (3)

40" scapes, 10" blooms, 1 lateral, rebloom

2009 Summer Seedlings - Diploid Striped

2009-11-06T10:31:00.001-08:00

Striped

MALACHITE PRISM x PINK STRIPES

26" scape, 7" blooms, 2 laterals

INDY FLOPPY MAMA x PINK STRIPES

30" scapes, 7" blooms, 2 laterals

NORTHWIND DANCER x PINK STRIPES (1)

32" scapes, 7" blooms, 2 laterals

PINK STRIPES x PEPPERMINT ICE

28" scapes, 6.5" blooms, 2 laterals

ALCHEMIST X PINK STRIPES

32" scapes, 7" blooms, 1 lateral

INDY FLOPPY MAMA X PINK STRIPES (2)

27" scapes, 6.5" blooms, 1 lateral

NORTHWIND DANCER X PINK STRIPES (2)

PEPPERMINT ICE x EDNA BRANCH

22" scape, 5.5" blooms, 2 laterals

VIOLET SHAKEDOWN x PINK STRIPES

24" scapes, 6" blooms, 1 lateral

2009 Summer Seedlings - Diploid Rebloomers

2009-11-06T10:30:00.005-08:00

Diploid Rebloomers

MH0067D X MARILYN APPS (1)

22" scapes (though at least 4 inches taller on rebloom), 3.5" blooms, 2-3 laterals, 3 sets of scapes - this cross is amazing for the number of good seedlings produced in various colors - this is one of the purest near-whites in the entire garden and it's got great form, too...MARILYN APPS has the ability to 'give up' the red coloration and go towards pinks, purples and near whites...it will also throw eyed sdlgs.

(APRICOT SPARKLES x FREQUENT FLIER) X CARIBBEAN VICTORIA JEWELL

20" scapes, 4" blooms, 2-3 laterals, starts to bloom in late June here, then reblooms in mid-August and keeps sending up scapes until frost.

ARTISAN'S TOUCH x FREQUENT FLIER (2)

22", 4.5" blooms, 2 laterals - starts blooming in mid to late June here - this year, a late October frost killed the last set of scapes

CARIBBEAN VICTORIA JEWELL x (APRICOT SPARKLES x FREQUENT FLIER)

24" scape, 2 laterals, 5" bloom, 2 sets of scapes, fertile

LAVENDER BLUE BABY X FREQUENT FLIER

22" scape, 3" blooms, 2 laterals, 2 sets of scapes

MALACHITE PRISM X (UNKNOWN x FREQUENT FLIER)

22" scape, 4" bloom, 3-4 laterals, 3 sets of scapes

MARILYN APPS x MH0067D

22" tall, 4.5" blooms, 2 laterals, 2 sets of scapes

MH0067D X MARILYN APPS (2)

24" scape, 4" blooms, 2 laterals, 3 sets of scapes

MH0067D X MARILYN APPS (3)
24" scape, 3.5" blooms, 2 laterals, 3 sets of scapes - yes, the color shown is accurate - very cool jewel toned lavender/blue.

EARLY AND OFTEN x MARILYN APPS
23" scape, 3" blooms, 2 laterals, 3 sets of scapes

FREQUENT FLIER x CARIBBEAN MISTY MARTIN
24" scape, 4" bloom, 2 laterals, 2 sets of scapes - not what I was expecting from this cross but I'm not complaining...!

FREQUENT FLIER x CARIBBEAN VICTORIA JEWELL 1
24" scape, 4.5" blooms, 3 laterals, 2 sets of scapes

FREQUENT FLIER x CARIBBEAN VICTORIA JEWELL 9
25" scape, 4.5" blooms, 3 laterals, 3 sets of scapes

LAVENDER BLUE BABY x FREQUENT FLIER 1
23" scape, 3" blooms, 2 laterals, 3 sets of scapes

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid 'Others'

2009-11-06T10:30:00.001-08:00

'Others'

BELLE OF ASHWOOD X ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

24" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, rebloom, fertile

BELLE OF ASHWOOD X HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN MUST BE

Dormant, 27", 6" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom - not a white or really a pink, I guess we'll call this a polychrome as have been all of the sdlgs from this cross which I've made several times.

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x MANDALAY BAY MUSIC

28" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x BORDELLO QUEEN

Dormant, 28" scape, 6" bloom, 4 laterals, the blooms aren't that exciting but the scape and plant habit are tremendous.

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x TO6-01 (Great White x J.T. Davis)

25" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom - another polychrome that just shimmers in the sunlight - lots of diamond dusting on this one.

ENCHANTING ESMERELDA x ACROSS THE UNIVERSE

Semi-Ev, 26" scape, 6.5" blooms, 4 laterals, fertile - this lilac/lavender is one of the most interesting blooms in the garden - the fringy edge and silvery sheen on the blooms give a unique quality to this sdlg.

ISLE OF MAN x IT IS FINISHED

Semi-ev, 22" scape, 8" blooms, 2 laterals

soft shell pink, amazing substance, huge blooms.

MAGIC AMETHYST x BLUEGRASS MUSIC

27" scape, 7" blooms, 2 laterals, very clean lilac color with faint darker eye and some metallic effects.

MOLDOVAN 1

A gift plant from Roy when I visited a couple of years ago - it didn't look like this in their garden but I thought it had some potential - this year it had a 28" scape, 6" blooms, 4 laterals, 30+ buds and instant rebloom - talk about potential!!! Needless to say, I set many pods and used the pollen very heavily.

LAVENDER FANTASIA X T01-02 (Loch Lomond Lilac - 2010 intro)

30" scapes, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, 20 buds, some rebloom

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Yellows

2009-11-06T10:29:00.001-08:00

YELLOWS

(SUPREME EMPIRE x AMERICAS MOST WANTED 1) X T06-01 (GREAT WHITE x JT DAVIS)

The quality of the pod parent which came from a batch of seeds from Richard Norris has always amazed me - 2 years ago several scapes had 40+ blooms and a clump of 10 fans produced 16 scapes. And T06-01 is just the most refined face on a seedling that I've ever produced - the combination of traits from the 2 parents was excellent.

T06-02 - DIAMONDS AND PEARLS X CLARIFICATION

26" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, 26 buds, a creamy yellow that is easily fertile both ways and even with an edge like this, it consistently opens well. I haven't used it much in hybridizing but that changed this summer and it is going in the ghse this winter.

CELESTIAL ARMY x ELEANOR ROOSEVELT

24" scape, 6.5" blooms, 2 laterals

(SUPREME EMPIRE x AMERICA'S MOST WANTED ) X GREAT WHITE

28" scape, 6.5" blooms, 3 laterals, instant rebloom, fertile both ways - perhaps not really a yellow but it's not white or even near white to my eye, so it goes here.

RAM X RUFFLED BOUQUET DELUXE

24" scape, 7" blooms, 2 laterals

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Teeth

2009-11-06T10:27:00.001-08:00

Teeth

FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN x CELESTIAL ARMY

34" scape, 7" blooms, 4 laterals, fertile - I absolutely hate the color, but the plant habit, substance, extreme toothiness of petals and sepals, plus easy fertility have made this one a major breeding tool in my toothy program.

FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN x RED FANG (1)

24" scape, 6" bloom, 2 laterals, big white teeth including some on the sepals.

FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN x RED FANG (2)
22" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, every bloom this summer was a double and it's got huge sharks teeth on every bloom, too.

FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN x ROCK SOLID
27" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, fertile - don't ask me why I made this cross but the results indicate that I should make more of them.

FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN x SAN LUIS REGAL
22' scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, fertile

RED FANG x GYPSY ROSE
24" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile, excellent color, the edge is on every bloom, and it opens well on cold mornings.

NO BLUE OXFORDS x EDGE OF DARKNESS (1)
28" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, fertile - I'm seeing white teeth on several of the No Blue Oxfords seedlings over the last 2 seasons.

TRULY ANGELIC x RED FANG
26" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile, very clear petal color and some large white sharks teeth.

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Patterns

2009-11-06T10:26:00.001-08:00

Patterns

(SCARLET ORBIT x FERENGI GOLD) X IT IS FINISHED (3)

26" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, watermark eye, 3/8" lighter edge fading to white

ALTERED STATE x MOMENTUM (1)

26" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, rebloom - same plant on different days in the 2 photos

ALTERED STATE x MOMENTUM (1)
28" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, rebloom, same plant on different days in the 2 photos

MARY'S BABY x TRULY ANGELIC
26" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile

POINT OF DIVERGENCE x MARY'S BABY
27" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile

TUPAC AMARU x DAKAR
28" scape, 6.5" blooms, 2 laterals - wide streamers of the eye color flow out along the midrib and it is a reverse bitone, too.

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Eyes and Edges

2009-11-06T10:24:00.001-08:00

Tetraploid Eye and Edge

STORM SHELTER x CLARITY OF VISION

28" scape, 7.5" blooms, 3 laterals, rebloom

This is a poor photo of an amazing seedling - the petal color has a unique coral cast to it that I can't seem to capture in photos - I've never seen a color like it before and it is stunning - the petals are also more round that they seem to be in this picture. I broke a rule of mine and set 5 pods on this 1st year seedling - pollen from it went all over the garden.

(BIG CITY EYE x MARLA CORTS) X CLARIFICATION

24" scape, 6" blooms, 1 lateral

(BIG CITY EYE x MARLA CORTS) X QUEEN'S CIRCLE

26" scape, 6" blooms, 1 lateral

(BIG CITY EYE x MARLA CORTS) X MARDI GRAS BEADS
26" scape, 6" blooms, 1 lateral

ACROSS THE UNIVERSE x NO BLUE OXFORDS (2)
33" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, instant rebloom. I didn't get first scape bloom photos - this one was from the rebloom scape, very late in the season when cool nights began and the blooms still looked good, with the round petals and ruffling showing well. The colors of this one are very subtle with a soft, baby ribbon pink with a muted purple/lavender eye and edge - very fertile, too.

BRAIDED EDGINGS x MULBERRY WAY
24" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, very fancy wavy edge. Lots of the Braided Edgings sdlgs show fancy edges - Mulberry Way puts a nice plant and scape on almost everything.

PATHWAY OF PEACE x MARDI GRAS BEADS (1)
27" scape, 6.5" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom. I never got to take a photo of this one on an overcast day so the true color saturation could show in the picture, but this is another wonderful combination of the Emmerich and Norris lines.

PATHWAY OF PEACE x MARDI GRAS BEADS (2)
25" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom

PRELUDE TO PANOPLY x CLARIFICATION
28" scape, 6.5" bloom, 3 laterals, easily fertile!!! - narrow blooms but great coloration and ruffling

MULBERRY WAY x T04-07 (Spacecoast Picotee Prince x Sabine Baur)
24" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals

TOAST AND JAM x BELLE OF ASHWOOD
30" scape, 5.5" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom

UNENDING MELODY x ROCK SOLID
32" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, 25 buds, very wide sepals, this one and 2 siblings got major hybridizing attention this past summer. The form, ruffling, clear color, excellent scape and long bloom season made it a frequently visited plant for setting pods and using the pollen.

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Purples

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TETRAPLOID PURPLES

DAKAR x TETRA PINK STRIPES

Semi-Ev, 28", 7.5" blooms

DAKAR x UNKNOWN (likely Ashwood Smokey Joe)

6" blooms, 3 laterals - every bloom has the veined pattern regardless of temperature

LAVENDER HEARTTHROB x MARY'S BABY

28" scape, 7" blooms, 4 laterals

MARY'S BABY x HEARTBEAT OF HEAVEN

28" scape, 6.5" blooms, 3 laterals

PRELUDE TO PANOPLY x MARY'S BABY

30" scape, 6.5" bloom, 3 laterals, rich sunfast color and wonderful ruffling.

SALEM WITCH x PEARL HARBOR

28" scape, 6.5" blooms, 3 laterals, rebloom, vibrant unusual coloration

T01-02 (Loch Lomond Lilac - 2010 intro) x MARY'S BABY

30" scape, 6.5" blooms, 3 laterals, very round, very ruffled, intense coloration

VATICAN CITY x UNKNOWN (likely Born to Reign)

30" scape, 7" blooms, 3 laterals, fertile

BORN TO REIGN x UNKNOWN

26" scape, 6 blooms, 2 laterals, rich saturated royal purple color

WOMEN SEEKING MEN X MARY'S BABY

30" scape, 7.5" blooms, 3 laterals

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Reds

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Tetraploid Reds

[(SERENA DANCER x PEARL HARBOR 3) x GREAT WHITE] X RED HAT DIVA

Semi-Ev, 6" blooms, 3 laterals

ASHWOOD SMOKEY JOE x WINTER SPRINGS

Semi-Ev, 7.5" bloom, 2 laterals

FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN x LOVE CONQUERS ALL

6" blooms, 24" scape, 3 laterals

IT IS FINISHED x PRELUDE TO PANOPLY

7" blooms, 3 laterals

NORTHERN DAWN x IT IS FINISHED

38" scape, 7" blooms, 3 laterals

PRAIRIE RED EXPECTATIONS x WINTER SPRINGS

32" scape, 5.5" bloom, 3 laterals

WRENS SONG X IT IS FINISHED

32" scape, 6.5" blooms, 3 laterals, instant rebloom, fertile

ROBERT LEE BATT X MOMENTUM

28" scape, 6" blooms, 3 laterals - definitely not what I was expecting from this cross - the blooms are a light coral/rose red and the edge is as fancy as anyone could want.

2009 Summer Seedlings - Tetraploid Whites

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TETRAPLOID WHITES

T06-01 - (GREAT WHITE X J.T. DAVIS)

This is the best face on any seedling I've produced so far and it is a powerful breeding tool for fancy faces on good plants, especially when used as a pollen parent on hardy northern plants. 24" scape, 6.5" blooms, 3-4 laterals, 25 buds, easily fertile, there is a definite pink overlay on the petals but it often fades to a near white, slow to increase. Here is a J.T. Davis sdlg that rarely hangs up, displays good hardiness in a zone 5/6 garden and is absolutely beautiful.

DIAMONDS AND PEARLS x T06-01 (Great White x JT Davis)

Semi-ev, 8" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom

CELESTIAL ARMY x WINTER SPRINGS

Dormant, 7" blooms, 2 laterals

CLOTHED IN GLORY x BELLE OF ASHWOOD

Dormant, 24", 6" blooms, 2 laterals, strong rebloom

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x UNKNOWN

Dormant, 6" blooms, 3 laterals, strong rebloom

(WOMEN SEEKING MEN x WHITE PERFECTION X (T06-01 - GREAT WHITE x JT DAVIS)

8" blooms, fertile, 28", 3 laterals

(WOMEN SEEKING MEN x WHITE PERFECTION X (T06-01 - GREAT WHITE x JT DAVIS)

8" blooms, 30", 2 laterals, fertile

PATHWAY OF PEACE x BELLE OF ASHWOOD

25" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, rebloom, definite pink overlay - much 'whiter' on sunny days, wonderful form

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x PATHWAY OF PEACE

27" scape, 6" blooms, 2 laterals, instant rebloom, amazing substance, petals show green edges in the morning

2010 INTRODUCTIONS and previous intros.

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2010 INTRODUCTIONS

ALL PLANTS WILL BE SOLD AS DOUBLE FANS (or larger!)

2010 Intro - ABBEY PURPLE (Bouman/Derrow - name pending)

(Round Midnight X Bela Lugosi)

Tetraploid, Semi-ev, early-mid season bloomer, 38" tall with 4 laterals, 35 buds, 6.5" blooms. Grown from a Michael Bouman seed, so we are introducing it together. Wonderful, sunfast color, the blooms sometime have a white outer edge on the petals.

Pod fertile about 15% of the time outdoors but much better in the greenhouse, good pollen - ABBEY PURPLE has given me some of the tallest, most well branched seedlings that I have in the garden.

$75 - limited

Scape on LUNAR EMPIRE taken outdoors in 2007

2010 intro - LUNAR EMPIRE (name pending)

(Moon Music X Supreme Empire)

Tetraploid, Dormant, early-mid season bloomer, 32" tall with 4 laterals, 35 buds, 5.5" blooms. Pod sterile outdoors - pod fertile about 50% of the time in the greenhouse, good pollen. LUNAR EMPIRE often reblooms in my garden. Here is a cultivar with a real 'southern face' on a plant that is hardy in a Zone 4 New York garden.

$100 - very limited
I'm sorry but as of 11/18/09, LUNAR EMPIRE is
SOLD OUT!

2010 Intro - LOCH LOMOND LILAC (name pending)

(Pearl Harbor x Shimmering Elegance)

Tetraploid, dormant, early-mid season bloomer, 32" tall with 3 laterals, 25 buds, 7" blooms, some rebloom in my garden.

This is a PRELUDE TO PANOPLY sib, but this one sets pods outdoors, has good pollen, and is an excellent parent, especially with purples and 'blue' eyed cultivars.

$75.00 - limited

2009 Intro - TOAST AND JAM

(Eye On America X Angel's Smile)

Tetraploid, Dormant, early-mid season bloomer, 22" tall (but close to 25" this past summer) with 3 laterals, 25 buds, 5.5" blooms. Easy pods , good pollen, excellent parent

$75.00 - limited

2008 Intro - PRELUDE TO PANOPLY

(Pearl Harbor X Shimmering Elegance)

Tetraploid, Dormant, early season bloomer, 34" tall, branching is either a top W with 2 laterals or a top Y with 3 laterals, 30 buds (but I've seen as many as 42), 6.5" blooms. Basically pod sterile indoors and out (I've managed to get about 30 seeds total in 6 years of trying), it has easy to use pollen, and is an absolutely wonderful parent.

$60.00

2007 Intro - PINK STRIPES

(Pink Brocade X Peppermint Parfait)

Diploid, Dormant, 32", 2 laterals, 26 buds (but it's a bud builder so you might get as many 36 buds on a scape), 7.5 inch blooms, easy pods and pollen. Many people report that PS reblooms in their garden. This is still the most dramatically striped daylily on the market and it passes the stripes on to a good percentage of the seedlings. It also produces unique seedlings when crossed to 'blue' eyes.

$35 for a clump

Seedling bed in mid-season bloom

A bed of 20,000 seedlings at Adena Daylilies.