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.
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!
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.
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. Only 2 plants to sell for 2018.
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.
Murphy, '06 - 54" M 7" dor. Dip. Spider. Red lavender, good branching and bud count, long bloom. Has a purple band and very long bloom season. Easily fertile.
This very tall dormant red lavender has nearly phenomenal branching and budcount once established, the best reason for its introduction. The scapes have well spaced branching, with long, narrow blooms with a ratio of 4.8 to 1. The color of the petals is not completely clear, but is set off well with the contrasting purple band and yellow throat, with a touch of green at the heart. Blooms a very, very long time, standing well above the other daylilies. I have recorded an 8 week bloom season on an established plant. 4 way branching, 35 buds. Fertile both ways. It has won awards in many shows. One year, I won best spider at the NCDC show with it. BRANCHING.
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.
OUT TO GET YOU (Murphy 2016) 44” ML 5.5” Dormant Dip, 3 branches 30 buds, UF Cascade
Very dark black red cascade with a “ Sunburst” yellow throat and green heart. Good branching and a long bloom season when most are done for the year make this one stand out. In our garden, this is sunfast to 98F. Out of two nearly-sunfast parents: GRIM REAPER x FOCUS. Fertile, good parent for sunfast, dark, dormants. Very limited. Rebloomed in 2017-one of my most used parents, sets pods easily. $80
Reed, 2006 - 36" M 5" dor.dip. Peachy salmon pink with gold-cream throat
Soft salmony pink with a cream throat and watermark, and lighter edges. This is a simple, serene bloom that is gently recurved, and living somewhere in the never-never land between bagels and spiders. The sepals curl back. Just a lovely garden pleasure, named in honor of Jane Mahan of Arkansas who has admired it in her garden. 2-3 way branching, 20-22 buds. Fertile both ways.
Light pink and stippled cream with a light green throat and ruffled edge. Unusual form cascade, that blooms for many weeks into the very late season. 100% sunfast; fertile. Stiff and strong scapes, long blooming. (Margo Reed Indeed x Heavenly Curls)
Some plants when grown in other gardens get a lot of comments. This is one that I have had many favorable comments from different zones.
(Murphy 09) 40" M 8.5" Sev Dip ext Cascade Unusual Form
"Striking" well describes this huge cream flower with chartreuse throat and yellow midrib. The first bloom ever on this plant was so big I couldnt believe it. It has the habit of putting out extreme first blooms on every scape, and calming down to a tiny 8.5" on last blooms. It is a low percentage polytepal, so expect some surprises. As with some huge flowers, this one has a minimal 2 branches and 12 buds in poor conditions. It can have much more with excellent care. Fragrant, extremely fertile, and an excellent parent for huge cascades. Out of a Benzinger seedling (Bmlwhuf), by LUNA. Sunfast.
This light pink cascade Unusual Form with stippled rose edge was my first introduction of many from MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER. It is long blooming, extended, fragrant, and has 3 branches, with 15 or more buds. It is absolutely beautiful, both in the morning and on the hottest day until after dark. Fertile, but pods are not easy.
Still in bloom here in early August. This year, some plants have 5 way branching.
Bennett, F., '00 - 25" Mre 6" dor.dip. Rose, with red band, yellow green throat, performance plus. Pretty.
I am trying to get this and other wonderful round diploids distributed in other areas. I think that they are worthy. Bud Bennett was a hybridizer of diploids in Maryland for many years. A regional favorite hybridizer, we have quite a few of his, and all seem to be excellent.
This stunning late bloomer is a cream to blush pink with green throat in the morning, fading to a cream near-white cascade with yellow throat on hot days. Nice gentle ruffles, completely sunfast. It is extremely well-branched (5 branches, 26 buds) and a great performer. Blooms 70 days under good conditions. It is out of Late Report x Just Jessie. Fertile.
Murphy 08 7" EM 33" Semi-evergreen Diploid Rose lavender blooms with lemon throat and lightly patterned purple eye. This showy bloomer has some rebloom here, ext., with 2 or 3 branches and 15 buds or more. Sibling to MAD JACKY, in a darker color, and is a parent of patterned children like its sister. It is out of MAD MAX by a Jack Carpenter Seedling. Long blooming and sunfast , fertile.
PEACE OUT was a surprise from an unusual cross of EASY NED by HELGA BJORNERUD BURKEY. Most seedlings from that cross had muddy color, but this one stands out with golden tan blooms with sharply contrasting burgundy eye and a chartreuse throat. Early, with very sunfast blooms, ample 4 way branching, and a high bud count. Very long bloom season, reliable rebloom here. Fertile both ways. Very narrow, but just misses the spider ratio at 3.92:1. Great parent for rebloomers.
Named after my cat, Peak, and my love of mountains, this tall daylily is commanding. The garden name has been Tall, late, silvery lavender pink" which says it all. It is a very large bloom, outfacing, and the cool pale pink is set off with a cream applique, throat color/watermark
(Murphy, '06) - 56" La 5" semi-evergreen diploid. UF cascade, lavender purple with large pale lemon-cream face. Quite tall.
This is a most unusual color. Starts blooming late, after many have finished blooming. It is a dark reddish lavender first thing in the morning, with a striking lemon cream midrib. As the day progresses, the lavender gets much lighter and clearer, and the throat opens and fades to a striking lemon cream-white, getting larger as the day progresses. It has one completely hardy parent, and it showed no damage during our -10F open winter when it was a baby. 3 way branching, 18 buds. Fertile both ways.
PIG LATIN (Reed, 2016) Fall
40” M 6.5” dormant, diploid, extended bloom; 3 branches, 20 buds. UF – Cascade.
Parentage: (Sumerduck x Nathan Sommers) x (Casey at the Bat x Foxy Loxy)
Bright and happy clear rose pink with darker rose red eye and green throat. The bloom has
cream midribs and is ruffled and recurved. Fertile both ways. Stands out!
Dbl fan $100.00
Pure color is the main feature of this cultivar. The cool, blue-ish dark pink stands out in the garden like a beacon. Out of Crystalline Entity, it has a color value that is rare. The branching and bud count are not outstanding, but the large blooms and re-bloom make it a performer. Graceful, tightly ruffled blooms. Pod and pollen fertile.
Reed, 1996 - 42" EM 7" sev.dip. Spider. Dark purple with lemon throat. HM One of Margo's most excellent plants, which grows well from zone 4 through Fl and CA zones 9. Great in shows and in the garden. Excellent parent for dark purple, high energy kids. One original parent came from Bud Bennet's gift of a plant that was TOO NARROW for him!
(Reed, 2013) 45" M 6" dormant, diploid, extended bloom; Unusual form – Cascade
Rich grape purple recurves into a cascade, with a blue-ish lavender watermark and white midribs. Occasional color breaks add to the excitement! 3 branches and 30 buds. Pollen fertile. (Planet Max x Skinwalker)
PLAYPAL (Murphy 2016) 45” ML 7” Dormant Dip, 3 branches 31 buds, UF Cascade
A standout in the garden for 3 years because of the very appealing, unusual color that is hard to photograph or describe. Red to violet tepals, with some purple thrown in, and a muted darker eye. Lighter ruffled edge, dark yellow throat, and prominent veining. Very rapid growth, sunfast to the low 90’s here. Can be seen across the garden because of the unusual color. Out of EVIL GNOME by NEGATIVE IMAGE. Fertile both ways and is a parent of patterned kids. $70
(Reed, 2017) 38" EM 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 21 buds (Flight of Orchids x Earth Jewels) UF - cascade.
Soft lavender cascade with large plum-purple eye bleeding out onto the petals, has a green throat.
This luscious exotic is plum-beautiful colors. Plumbum is the latin word for lead, and is the name of a duckling paperweight that has traveled around our family for 60 years, made by my father in 1939 in engineering grad school at U. Michigan!
(Murphy, 2017) 37" EM 7" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 20 buds (Smoke Scream x Carolina Flying Poly Possum) Polymerous 95%.
Light pink cream with a lavender eye, chartreuse throat, and lemon colored pollen. This poly seems to be a favorite of all of our visitors. Visible from across the garden. Most blooms are very consistent and almost every bloom is a poly in our garden. Gives great poly kids. Pod fertile only.
$130 for double fans. Limited and likely to sell out.
It has grown fast this summer and I have 3 plants to sell for spring of 2018. Excellent poly, very reliable.
Not registered as a rebloomer, but I had two sets of rebloom on some plants this year. Would probably be a good rebloomer south of here.
(Reed, 2019) 34" EM 6.5" dor., dip. UF crispate-cascade
Peach-cream parchment with big dark black-purple feathered eye reaching far out on the segments with a tiny purple edge on ruffled petals. It usually has pinched sepals and curling, cascading petals. 3 branches and 12 buds. Stunning in the garden, and very important in our breeding program. It doesn’t show a pattern, but contributes to pattern breeding. Fertile both ways. Named after a physicist wizard in the DiscWorld series of Terry Pratchett. Parentage (Flight of Orchids x Pattern Maker)
Reed, 2005 - 36" EM 7" dor.dip. UF Rose pink above cream yellow throat.
Flamingo to rose pink, with a cream throat and light ruffled edges. With a definite "attitude", the blooms look like they are ready to go after you. The "crab" form and crimped edges add to the illusion of teeth. Won't set seeds for me, but the pollen is OK.
Murphy, '07 - 43" LaRe 8" dor.dip. Sunfast burgundy, gold edge & midrib, instant rebloom, hard dormant. Proof that a diploid UF can have a gold edge.
PROOF was named for just that reason, it is proof that a gold edge can be on a diploid unusual form. This tall, late burgundy is extremely sunfast, and both the gold edge and the gold midrib are more prominent on hot days. Proof both bud builds and has instant rebloom, a rarity in a hard dormant. Fertile both ways. Two branches, 21 buds.
(Sobek, 1984) 37" La 5.25", Dormant, Diploid, Gold orange self.
(Cartwheels X Burning Daylight)
This is a champion bud builder, right up there with BARBARA. In bloom from midseason to frost. Very bright color.
(Murphy 2011) 61" EM 7" Dormant diploid, U F Cascade
Very tall lemon cream cascade with green throat, ruffled edge, and creped texture. Early morning opener, and extended bloomer, blue green foliage, and strong scapes. 100% sunfast. 2 branches and 21 buds. Blooms 5-6 weeks here. Fertile, out of MONACAN TRAIL by JUST JESSIE. We recently saw plants of this cultivar well grown by John Rice with 4 way branching and high bud count. In bloom on August 14 here, this year. Tall!
Reed, 2006 - 40" Mla 6" dor.dip. Dark purple spidery with excellent branching and bud count
Another in my "architecture" series of fabulously well-branched cultivars. The bloom is a nice ruffled dark "Trahlyta" purple, but with scape performance! It has a green throat. It joins Prosaic Architecture (pink) and Orchid Architecture (orchid bitone) in the section devoted to breeding better performing plants. 3-5 way deep branching, 25 - 50 buds. Fertile both ways.
Wetzel, '05 - 24" EMRe 4" Lemon yellow self, 75% polytepal blooms I can't say enough about this poly. It always looks good, always reliable, always reblooms, and usually produces poly blooms. Most poly's do not poly well in our garden. This one does. Excellent parent of polys for both Don Herr and myself. Most of it's kids rebloom.
Reed, 2006 - 40" E 6.5" dor.dip. Early silvery pink spidery crab form
This bloom stands out in the early season garden with its intense silvery-mauve pink color and crisp form. The blooms are open in the throat, crab-wise. 3-way branching, 22 buds. Fertile both ways, but a difficult pod parent.
