MADE IN VIRGINIA ( Murphy, 2016) Fall
45” EM 7.5” Dormant, Diploid Extended, UF-Cascade
Out of ((Margo Reed Indeed X Skinwalker) x Ocean Spirit)
This cultivar is a reddish lavender, but clean colored, with prominent cream midribs, ruffled cream edge, and a light green throat. Won Best Seedling at the NCDC show. Tall, with erect strong scapes, 5 branches with good culture, and 25 buds. The bloom season was long this year, at 6 weeks. Fertile both ways, but not too easy on pods. Excellent parent for tall and well branched UF’S. Sunfast to 95 here. Double fan
Murphy, '06 - 48" Mla 9" semi.dip. Spider. Huge melon yellow with lav.red eye. Reblooms. Striking green throat mellows to chartruese on hot days. Sunfast. Registered as Sev, but hard dormant.
Huge, 9" yellow to melon spider blooms with lavender-red eye and waxy green throat. Blooms mid-late with sunfast, twirling blooms with ruffled edge. An early morning opener (EMO), two branches, 20 buds, and beautiful, narrow, blue-green foliage. Fertile and reblooming.
Parentage: Soraya Seline X (Radiant Moonbeam x Mountan Top Experience)
Murphy, JP 2022 7" E Dormant Diploid 39" UF Cascade
You can see this one in a crowded daylily garden from 100 feet. Distinction is being able to identify it anywhere and this has it. Purple with very large cream and green throat extending more than halfway out the tepals. Very good branching- 6! with 23 very well spaced buds. It blooms for about 6 weeks here. I have not brought it to a flower show, but it would be a good candidate. Fertile. Great parent. Out of Ocean Tides x ( Evil Gnome x Negative Image) Kathryn June Williams
Murphy, '04 - 28" MLaRe 7.5" semi.dip. Shocking cream-white cascade UF, ruffled edge. Award winner, long blooming. Superlative parent.
When I walked out of the house on July 12, 2000 to do my hybridizing, I was shocked, then got goosebumps. I knew that this flower was THE ONE. I was so excited that I left work early that day to see how it looked and to take photos. The next day, about 5 people were as excited as me. I was going to name it something cool with snow in the name. Margo asked me to name it for her. Actually, didn't ask ... It is a very light creamy pink on cool mornings. Most days, and all hot days, it is a cream white. The edge is very ruffled and whiter than the petals. The throat is chartreuse to green. I registered it conservatively with 3 branches and 19 buds. It can have many more with good culture. The scapes come up at different times, ensuring a long bloom season. It does some rebloom two weeks later. The parents are some of the best for ruffles and late bloom. It is a good parent. It proliferates heavily, down in the foliage. Two minor faults - it blooms just at the top of the foliage and sometimes has too many buds on the scapes to allow them to open freely. IT PROUDLY WON AN Award Of Merit, an Honorable Mention before that, and in 2016, the Lennington All America Award.
Parentage: AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE X LOCH NESS MONSTER( triple fans for 20 bucks.)
(Benzinger, Fred, 2005) 35" La 6" dormant, tetraploid. 4 branches, 23 buds. Mauve lavender blend with darker eye, green throat. This is one of Fred's best introductions ever. Strongly recommended for late season performance under any conditions. It's a tribute to his wife that was well deserved. It is tall, commanding, well-branched, and an unusual color for this time of year. Very, very rare.
Dark Red Maroon with chartruese midribs Blooms into the very late season. Dramatic tall red spider, sunfast here. It is a favorite of ours. Award Winner
MAYA IMAGINATION is an intense Chinese red with lighter watermark and green throat, outstanding because of its height. 2 branches, 16 buds. It is an Unusual Form cascade. It is named after my second grand-daughter, born in Tidewater/Norfolk. (Tree Turtles x TNT). Fertile both ways, in short supply.
Another seedling from David Metzger, raised here at Woodhenge Gardens and selected for introduction! I am not currently locating the paperwork for parentage from five years ago, so it is registered as unknown, but it may be discovered eventually. The lovely large soft orange blooms are on tall 50" scapes. The petals pinch, and the ruffled sepals gently recurve. The color begins as an intense gold-orange in the throat, which blends into a softer orange with darker veins, and then lightens toward the outside edges of the petals. The lighter edges fade to almost white on hot days. The showy blooms are presented face-outward on the upright scapes. Pod fertile.
Grown from a brilliant cross made by David Metzger of Hanover, VA, this is a deep black-purple that is sunfast and has heavy substance. With 2-3 way branching and 14-16 buds, it is impressive with its huge blooms. There is a faint darker band that shows up in some weather, and a deep green throat. It has a velvety surface texture.
Pod and pollen fertile, this has been a fabulous parent for rich rose to purple colors for us.
Murphy, '05 - 49" EM 8" dor.dip. Huge creamy beige, striking purple band, green throat, long bloom period. Bud builder extraordinaire, can bloom for 80 days. One of the best parents of my introductions.
Huge creamy beige blooms have a striking purple band on the petals, bisected by a cream midrib. Green throat, tall scapes, extended bloom, and fragrance help this flower to spell winner. This cultivar bloomed longer in the garden on original scapes than any other due to bud building. It bloomed from late June to late September in 2010. Three way plus branching and 26 or more buds, up to 45. Out of GREY WITCH, so expect fast growth. Named for the Indian trail, now Highway 29, near us. Pollen parent initially registered as unknown, but believed to be MARGO REED INDEED.
I have over 10 introductions with this as parent or grand parent.
Reed, 2006 - 42" EM 7" dor.dip. UF/cascade Soft cream yellow, dusted rose huge eye
This distinctive bloom is a soft cream yellow, mostly obscured by the large pattern of stippled rose eye, outlining a very intense green throat. The form is a ruffled, gentle cascade. This seedling, out of Lola Branham, spent a couple of summers near the Monocacy River in Maryland with a friend, while I moved to Virginia. Couldn't be left behind forever! Very different. Fertile both ways. Parent of ALICE IN LONDONLAND (2015).
A real spider, or "mosquito legged" daylily, I chose this one because of its deep loopy ruffles. Unlike the "shoe string" skinny spiders, this one has personality because of the ruffles. It is a pink-lavender, with a purple eye. Its skinniness makes it unusual among mine. It is a sib to VIRGINIA MOONSHINE, but a little shorter and a little less branching. It is easily fertile both ways.
( Murphy, 2021) 52" E 7" Dormant, Diploid, Unusual Form Cascade
Very tall pink with rose red cherry eye extending far out onto the petals, bisected by cream midrib. Color is more prominent on the petals, sepals have an eye line. Light green throat.
Excellent strong scapes with 4 branches and 22 buds. A riot of color in the early garden - see the clump images!
Out of (Jim’s Evil Grin x Stephen Smith)
Pollen fertile and somewhat pod fertile, with excellent kids with branching and color contrast.
Has won Best In Show multiple times.
Very tall, upright strong scapes with bright pink blooms that have white midribs; green throat fades to white, extending out almost halfway onto the petals and sepals. Tiny white line on the ruffled edges. There is a faint band of darker pink on the petals. Stunning background plant.
Parentage: ((Tree Turtles x Planet Max) x Cherry Peacock)
(Reed, 2024) 24" ERe 3.1" dormant diploid
Very small UF cascade, sometimes under 3” (mini) but usually just over. 4 branches, 24 buds, reblooms a number of times. Light mauve-lavender petals with darker veins and cream midribs; sepals are cream with variable amounts of mauve-lavender and sometimes stippled. Green to cream throat. All tepals recurved, sepals have tight ruffling. Pod/pollen fertile. Parentage: (Helicopter x Arterial Blood)
(Reed, 2021) 45” MRe 7” dormant, diploid Unusual Form cascade
Patterned bloom – lavender rose with heavily-ruffled edges that are distinctly lighter pink; the eye bleeds out from a green throat blending to pale cream and ending in a jagged bloody line on each petal. 3 branches and 10-12 buds but lots of scapes and rebloom. Makes many proliferations. Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage: (Up the Wazoo x ((Monacan Trail x Just Jessie) x Faukner seedling))
Murphy, '04 - 53" ML 6.5" Dor. Dip. Brilliant red Unusual Form with tremendous branching, cream edge
I haven't seen a registered daylily like this one. It is cherry red with a darker red eye, chartreuse throat, and green heart. The unusual part of the is flower is that it the petals have a creamy tan ruffled edge, and the sepals have a yellow ruffled edge. These edges change to wider cream edges on very hot days. The flower is completely sunfast. The bloom season is extremely long due to 3 branches, 22 buds and instant rebloom. The scapes are very strong, and stood after hurricane Isabel. The ruffled light edge came from the pod parent, and the fine red color from the dad. This edge is passed down as a dominant trait in the offspring.
34" E 6.5" Dormant Diploid Black Purple with a black band in hot weather, BUT greyed and red reverse bitone with black band in cool weather. Green throat, striking blue-green foliage. Sunfast to 90+, fertile, and a good parent. Very long blooming, with strong scapes. 5 branches, 26 buds.
Murphy 2011 37" M 6" Dormant Diploid Bicolor Cascade Unusual Form
This red, yellow, and cream bicolor with cream midribs and green throat displays a very complex color pattern. On hot days, like its parents SANTAS PANTS and COMPLICATED, the edge bleaches to white, contrasting greatly with the complex red petals. This cultivar has the highest branching and bud-count of any of this series; 3 branches and 19 buds in average conditions and up to 5 branches in excellent conditions. It is very close to a spider, has blue green foliage, and is easily fertile both ways, passing on the complex color patterns. Hard dormant. Excellent proven parent of 4 future intros of mine. Tiny fans, but I ship quite a few.
A purple bitone with chartreuse throat and black veins, this large near spider is extended, and sunfast on all but the very hottest few days of summer. Looks great in the evening, unlike many narrow dark tets. Fertile, but pod difficult. It is out of LAVENDER ARROWHEAD by PURPLE PEOPLE EATER. Grows fast, is reliable, and draws attention.
Night Glow opens as a very dark red-black with chartreuse green throat. It is sunfast here and turns a purple-black on hot days. It has showy red-black buds. Great parent for dark ones, fertile both ways. It is out of (Out to Get You x Grim Reaper).
(Murphy, 2013) 35" M 8.5" diploid, semi-evergreen, ext. Spider 3 branches, 25 buds (Chief BlackHand x Nathan Sommers) x Wired
This very saturated intense red spider with green throat blooms from midseason until August here. Well branched, well spaced blooms, and sunfast to the mid 90's here. A narrow, 5/1 spider, with few faults. Pod and Pollen fertile, good parent for sunfast red spiders. I have 3 future intros from this one, all are brilliant dark red. Purple Robe is out of it.
When you look out across the selected seedling bed, you ask what is that one with the green throat? The green really make this rose pink, recurved cascade Unusual Form stand alone. It is very recurved and blooms as long as any other in our garden due to strong bud building. It has yellow midribs, is fertile, sun resistant, and showy. 2 branches, 19 buds, sometimes more. Out of MAGIC OF OZ by NORTH WIND DANCER- superlative parentage. Fertile both ways. Sometimes blooms until September, one bloom at a time per scape.
(Murphy, 2017) 33" MLaRe 7" dormant, diploid; 2 branches - 20 buds (Incessant x Total Silence) UF - cascade.
Rose with cream midribs and cream edge, apricot throat, dark rose veining. This has been a reliable rebloomer in our garden for 4 years. Very few plants rebloom in our garden. Fertile both ways. Most kids have clear midrib and edge, resulting in "striped" kids.
RELIABLE September rebloom here.
This unusual white has a very large bloom! The sepals are consistently rolled and pinched into “poles" or tubes, and it presents a flat face out showing a big green throat. It is out of (a Fred Benzinger seedling, BMLWHUF) x MONSTER MAGIC.
Deep black purple with black band, big green throat, and cream midribs. Very sunfast for one so dark!
Stiff and erect scapes with 4 branches and 20 buds.
Striking color, and a long bloom period.
Out of (sibling to Squid Ink x Rose F Kennedy).
Very fertile and I have great dark kids in both near black and dark purple from it.
(Reed, 2024) 42" EM 6.5" diploid dormant M 1723
UF Cascade. Lavender cream bloom with large soft lavender eye edged in a small line of red-purple, and a lime-green throat. Excellent branching and bud count. The gently recurved bloom is softly ruffled. 5 way branching and 28 buds. Parentage unknown (actually I am sorry about that, but it happens).
(Murphy, 2013) 48" M 7" dormant, diploid, extended blooms; Unusual form Cascade
Lavender Cascade with darker lavender band, large cream to green throat, cream midrib, ruffled edge. This long blooming, consistent, weather resistant cascade is a strong garden performer. It has done well irrigated and not irrigated, in hot, cool, rainy, and dry weather. Good branching and bud count. Pod difficult, pollen fertile. This year, bloomed from 7/3 until after August 1st.
Has proven to be an excellent parent in addition to an excellent garden plant.
Up to 6 way branching in good conditions.
(Sport Coupe x Ocean Spirit)
Double fans. 2019 One of the most striking plants in the garden this year, excellent parent. 4 future intros from OD.
2020 Murphy 42" M 7" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form
Grayed Lavender with purple band, and light green throat. Cream and pink midribs. Cherry Lavender on hot days. Unusual Form - cascade. Tall, with prolific bloom period. Tremendous branching at 7 well-spaced branches. Can have 9 branches when well grown. Bud count is around 37! Blooms very heavily for over a month. Out of Ocean Depths by Kathryn June Wood. Fertile
There is a clear color to this flower that calls from way, way, across the garden. It is a hard color to capture on film or digitally. Very clear lavender with some blue or grey in it, a striking purple eye, and lemon-lime throat. It has deep 3 and 4 way branching with very well spaced blooms, perfect for shows. It opens fully by early morning, and has a cream edge on hot days. 4 way branching, 26 buds. Fertile both ways.
Has won Best In Show twice.
Margo and I feel that this one is worthy of garden awards and growing in every garden. Award winner of HM and AM.
Lavender with purple eye and cream edge above chartreuse throat.
Parentage: (Grey Witch x Magic of Oz) X Loch Ness Monster
A rosy blend with silvery frosting in the morning, green throat, cream midribs, and curled petals. More burgundy in the hot afternoon. Very sunfast. Excellent 4 way branching with 26 buds. Long blooming. Fertile and a good parent. Out of (Ocean Depths x Amethyst Tears). Eye catching and unique!
2021 Rebloomed two years in a row.
I have 3 future intros from it.
Pink lavender blend with red-lavender band, cream midribs, cream edge, and green throat. Blooms a very long time on well branched scapes. Fertile both ways, and parent of two future intros.
Out of ((Margo Reed Indeed x Monacan Trail) x Thank You Dad).
Proven hardy in zone 5a in Wisconsin.
OCTOPUS TANGLES attracted attention on its first bloom, when 10 people were clustered around it exclaiming WOW! at its radical 14" bloom. The extreme quilled crispate blooms are a flashy gold, creped, folded, and twirled. Very green throat, and a small cream edge. Tall, with only one branch, and low teens bud count, but has reliable instant rebloom here. The huge blooms will mean a quick sell out! Midseason and EMO will equal a great show flower. Evergreen, out of two hardy parents, GREEN DRAGON by JANS TWISTER. Fertile both ways.
Reed, 2008 - 38" EM 7" dor. Dip. UF crispate Dark red with black eyezone, pinched
Another out of Chief Black Hand (and Mad Max), I consider this uf an improved Rocky Horror. With some of the same form and color, it is larger, and has a stronger scape with better branching. The blooms are large, have heavy substance, and are sunproof. Very dark, the red-purple has a darker, almost black eye. The petals are long and pinched, sometimes twirling. The edges get lighter on a hot day, but the bloom continues to look good. Fertile. Green throat.
Darrow, 1983. 26" Late 3.75" dormant diploid. Rose peach, veined red and edged rose with gold-green throat. A bright rose color in the late garden, good branching.
Darrow, 1981. 27" MLa 4.5" dormant, diploid. Burgundy purple and cream extreme bicolor with yellow-green throat. Heavy blooming, showy, great addition to the late garden.
Murphy, '07 - 38" Vla 6" dor.dip. Very Fragrant, creped lemon with cream edge, sunfast. Another in my series of very lates. This one will bloom in most gardens in September when few daylilies will. Opens well in cold weather.
OLFACTORY EVIDENCE may not be the best name, but it aptly describes this flower. This very late lemon flower has a creped texture and a cream edge on hot days. There are very few daylilies that bloom this late, and the lemon color and crisp scent really attract people. Completely sunfast, with two branches, and 20 buds, and extended bloom. Fertile both ways with fragrant kids.
(Reed, 2008) 34" MLa 6.5" dormant diploid This warm pink exotic is a variable unusual form it often cascades, and often becomes a pinched crispate unusual form. It is large, lush, full, and showy. It is very ruffled, with the yellow throat blending out into candy shades of cream, pink, and rose. There are darker edges on the sepals, lighter ruffles on the petals. It is has 2-3 way top branching with 14-16 buds. Luscious, it earned the garden name, "Pink Exotica". Fairy tale material.
This tall reddish lavender has a purple band, small yellow throat, yellow midrib, and tiny ruffled cream edge. It starts blooming at Early Midseason and continues until late September in good conditions. It has instant rebloom. The most important characteristic of this plant, in my mind, is that it is a bud builder, nip and tuck with MONACAN TRAIL and JIMS EVIL GRIN. Branching is moderate at 2. Initial bud count is 19, but by the end of the season, with the scapes continuing to spiral and grow buds, can be 40.
In good conditions, Bud Builders can extend the season by months. In drought conditions, they will not.
Cream with a red-lavender patterned jagged etched eye. Light green throat and cream midribs. Strong scapes, rain-resistant blooms, very sunfast. Blooms a long time. Fertile both ways, and I have excellent future intros from it. Late-freeze resistant, dormant blue green foliage.
Out of ((( Mad Jacky x Faulkner seedling) x (Dream Sequence)) x Opal Road.)
One plant for spring 2024.
Murphy, E. '07 - 45" Vlre 6.5" Dor dip Striking rose with gold and green throat, cream midribs. Fertile.
This always impresses people in the very late garden, with it's consistent performance in August, September, and even October. One of the latest daylilies still in bloom in the fall in most gardens. This year, it has not started yet on July 25th.
Blooms with AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE, BARBARA, and LATE REPORT, pretty much our latest registered daylilies.
2017- Bloomed from 7/20-9/15.
Opal Road is the best of a large number of patterned seedlings from the cross of a Faulkner seedling with my Cherry Peacock. It is tall, dormant, and diploid, with a large bloom with good substance. Its outstanding characteristic though is the clean, clear colors. It is a clear near-white cream base color, and the patterned eyezone is sharply defined and ranges in color from cream to berry to rosy purple. Many layers of color appear, and the pattern can range from one concentric circle of cream to four. Even when less dramatic pattern is showing, it is gorgeous shades of color. It is a uf cascade-spatulate form. Pollen and pod fertile, it is a good parent. It has re-bloomed for us twice this fall, opening well in cold weather, and with extended bloom late into the evening. It has two branches and 14 buds. Parentage: (Faulkner seedling x Cherry Peacock) Supply is extremely limited.
I am happy to introduce you to this great flower with a deep, wide green throat. Clear, light pink, with a rose band and that striking green throat. It is a 4:1 spider, with 2 branches and 16 buds under poor conditions, and more with good conditions. It is sunfast here, and fertile. It is out of MAD MAX by DESERT ICICLE, and should do well in a wide climactic range.
Very long bloom season. June 5 to July 24 in 2015. 2017- I love this flower with it's reliability in all conditions and great green throat. Long blooming and sunfast. June 8 until July 20 in 2022.