Jim Murphy Previous Intros

(Murphy, 2024) 40" MLa 7" dormant diploid
4 branches, 23 buds, Parentage: (Poison Ivory x Thank you Dad)
Cream to light lavender reverse bi-tone, light green throat. Fades to cream on hot days. Definitely eye-catching, no matter how hot it is. Completely sunfast here. Fertile, with great late kids in light colors.

Buy both this and Be A Lert and get an extra recent intro bonus plant!

( Murphy, 2021) 48" MRe 7" Dormant, Diploid, Unusual Form Cascade

Cream with a rosy-violet pattern – an etched, jagged eye pattern, and chartreuse throat.
Tall, with well-spaced branching and excellent rebloom here.
Out of (Busy As A x Opal Road), two very good parents. It is producing some great, tall, patterned kids. Pollen fertile and somewhat pod fertile. 4 fans and 14 buds.
Last year and this year, we had at least three sets of scapes in our gardens in 5 different areas. I think that it will reliably rebloom in zones 6-8, and might in 4-5. 2022 we had 5 sets of scapes on two clumps and 4 sets on another.
Many reblooms in Maryland also. Jim

Murphy, '04 - 44" Emre 5.5" Dor. Dip. Narrow Yellow dotted with brownish purple dots. Green throat, very different look.

This is the supreme gardener's plant, with the best foliage, good scapes, perfect flowers, and very vigorous growth. The flowers are unique, the base color being dark yellow, but with large areas of the petals having hundreds of purple to brown dots. The sepals are edged in the same dots. These are regular, consistent patterns. The edges are ruffled. The green throat sets off the colors well. The scapes are slender and strong, and there is instant rebloom here, making for a long season. There are two branches and a terminal Y, with 24 buds, on average. This plant is unique and will not be mistaken for another. Parentage unknown.
Makes small fans- we send plenty.

(Murphy-JP, 2023) 45" ERe 7" Dormant Diploid, UF Cascade
Eye catching black-red-purple with very large, elongated green throat. The black intensifies further out towards the petal tips. This plant is visible from a long distance due to the distinctive color contrast. Quite sunfast. 2 branches and 16 buds but can have more with good culture. Fertile both ways and an impressive parent. I have several future intros from it.
Named for our good daylily friend from Keysville, Va. Louise saw this in a flower show where it won Best Seedling, then loved it in our garden. Bill Hurt and I agree that Louise was one of the true daylily ambassadors in our region.
Out of (Squid Ink x green-throated seedling).
One of my most sunfast dark colored daylilies.
Only a few plants available for August/September 2026.

Murphy, '07 - 32" Mla 7" sev.dip. UF - cascade. Reddish purple, white ribs, white edge

LUCKY STREAK has been watched carefully since its first bloom. It is the stark contrast between the cascading reddish purple petals and the white of both the midrib and edge that attracts all the attention. Wide semi arching foliage, and surprisingly fragrant. This EMO is sun resistant, but not sunfast on extreme days. Great parentage from AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE by PLANET MAX, with 2 branches, and 18 buds, it has a surprisingly long bloom season, and is fertile both ways.
In 2017, it had 3 way branching and 25 buds.

Parentage: AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE by PLANET MAX

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
I have 4! fascinating, showy future intros from it and Bacon Is The Answer.
This year, we have 6-7 way branching and up to 36 buds.

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.)

( 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.
Has won an Honorable Mention. ( HM)

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.

Parentage: CHESAPEAKE CRABLEGS X RED RAIN

(Murphy, J.P. 2024)

38" EM 6.75" Dormant Diploid

Light melon reverse bitone with feathered raspberry band, light raspberry-lavender blending on the ruffled edges, and chartreuse to very green throat. Pinched crispate Unusual Form. 3 branches and 18 buds. I call my sister My Favorite Sister (She is my only sister). Buy one for your favorite sister! If you are a sister, ask for one!

Out of ((Jim’s Evil Grin x Pale Behemoth) x Colorful Etchings). Fertile both ways. Almost every kid has a similar coloration, but different plant habits and flower form.

(Murphy-J.P. 2023)

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.

Out of (Toxic Temptress by Unknown).
Only a few available for August- September 2026.

Murphy 08 8" EM 50" Semi-evergreen Tetraploid

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.

(Murphy, 2021) 37" MLaRe 5" dormant diploid; 2 branches, 17 buds. Unusual Form: Cascade.

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.

Double fans

(Murphy 2012) 45" ML 7" Dormant Diploid Cascade

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.
Excellent grower and bloomer.

( Murphy, 2021) 40" E 6.5" Dormant, Diploid

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.

(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.
Parent of Ocean Music, one of the best branched of my intros.
A hard Dormant, going down early, below ground, and coming up late.

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
Two plants available for 2026

Murphy, '06 - 40" Mla 7" dor.dip. Extremely clear lavender, striking purple eye, lemon lime throat

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

Ocean Tides (Murphy 2019) 6.5" EM 33" Dormant Diploid Cascade UF

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.
Hard Dormant, going down early, below ground, and coming up late.

( Murphy 2022) 44" MLre 7" Dormant, Diploid; 4 branches, 25 buds, Unusual Form Cascade.

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.
Great reports on it's performance in zone 8a, 7, 6, 5. Norfolk Va, Ohio, Seattle, Wisconsin, Indiana.
It has the nice habit of sending up scapes with some coming up just after the original ones. Not instant rebloom, but nice for a long season.

Murphy, '07 - 46" Mre 9" ev.dip.UF - crispate. Radical twirled squash-blossom gold, green throat

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.

Parentage: GREEN DRAGON x JANS TWISTER

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.

Parentage: AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE X LOLA BRANHAM

(Murphy, 2012) 51" EMRe 6" Dormant diploid Extended

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.

Parentage Unknown. Fertile both ways.

( Murphy 2022) 37" MRe 6.5" Dormant, Diploid; 2 branches, 15 buds.

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.)

(Murphy 09) 37" Ere 7" Sev Dip Spider

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.

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. Excellent grower.

Not registered as a rebloomer, but is now reliably reblooming for us, usually more than once.

(Murphy, 2010) 44" MLa 7" dormant diploid ext.fr. 3 branches, 24 buds.

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.

(Murphy, 2018) 49" La 7.5" dormant, diploid

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, 2021 ) 32" MLre 6.5" Dormant, Diploid

The ultimate in saturated, sunfast reds. It has a slight black sheen on the petals in the morning and a green throat. It had good rebloom this year. Late freeze- resistant blue green foliage. Three branches and 18 buds. Blooms a long time.
Out of (It Glows x Lava Stream)
Pollen fertile and somewhat pod fertile. Makes very sunfast kids, mostly cascades.
A fast and reliable grower- lower price now!

(Murphy 2022) 48" LRe 6" Dormant, Diploid; 6 branches, 31 buds! Unusual Form Cascade

Lemon Cream with cream midribs and green throat in the morning, fading to cream to near white on hot days. Very curly and ruffled. Covered in blooms for 6-8 weeks, on tall scapes. Fertile both ways and I have future intros out of it. Sunfast.
Out of (August Snow x Heavenly White Lightning).
Excellent parent. Sets pods easily. Passes on branching and budcount to the kids.

(Murphy, 2017) 37" EM 7" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 20 buds (Smoke Scream x Carolina Flying Poly Possum) Polymerous 95%. Has won an HM and Extra Large Award on the National level.
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. Pod fertile only. It is very difficult, but possible to bloom seed from this.
Won an HM in 2024, and the Extra Large Diameter Award in 2024.

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. 2022 We had 4 way branching and 25 buds.

(Murphy, J.P., 2025) 40" M 6.5" Dormant Diploid, Polymerous

Heavily ruffled cream with lavender band (bands are just on petals) and light green throat. Poly about 85%. 2 branches and 13 buds, but with a long season of bloom for the minimal bud count.
Parentage: (Octomom x Eight Is Great). Fertile both ways. Distinctive.

One or two plants MAY be available in August 2026. Jim

(Murphy 2011) 61" EM 7" Dormant diploid, U F Cascade

Named for a cool mountain in the Shenandoah Valley. Bud Builder.

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.Bud builds to up to 34 buds. Blooms 5-6 weeks here. Fertile, out of MONACAN TRAIL by JUST JESSIE. In bloom on September 15th here, this year. Tall!
Has bloomed for 12 weeks here several years. Excellent bud builder in good conditions.

(Murphy, J.P., 2025) 30" MRe 5.25" Dormant Diploid, Polymerous

Much anticipated introduction of this unique, heavily re-blooming poly.

Cream to light lemon cream with green throat, reddish lavender extended eye with veins, and cream midrib. It patterns but is variable in some weather. Ruffled petals. 80% poly on first scapes here, and 99.5% on rebloom scapes. It starts at mid season and in most years reblooms multiple times until it freezes. One year it rebloomed 4 times on average and one year just once. Limited branching and bud count at 2 branches and 10 buds.
However, in 2025, with good rain, it averaged 3 branches and 14 buds.

I guess the coolest thing about this flower is that it is distinct and unique.

Parentage: (((Starlight Splash x Faulkner seedling) x Flight of Orchids) x (Snooks Harville seedling x Starlight Splash))

It therefore has poly genes, reblooming genes, and pattern genes. I have several future introductions from this one. Fertile both ways.
2 plants available for Spring 2026.

( Murphy, 2012) 46" M 6" Dormant Diploid UF Cascade Extended

The color is very different - clear raspberry, with apricot throat and cream midrib. It has ruffled recurved petals edged in pink to cream. The color can be seen as different from across the garden. "Jewel-Like" is what Margo calls it. 3 branches, 26 buds. Very special.

Parentage: MARGO REED INDEED by HEAVENLY CURLS. Fertile, good parent.

Double fans

Murphy 2020 42" MLa 7" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form

Brightest, clear red Unusual Form - Crispate. Very sunfast. Every bloom is a little different shape. All tepals extend slightly forward from center. Completely distinctive. 6 branches, 47 buds! And it is a bud-builder. Expect 2 months of bloom under good conditions. This year started bloom 6/20 and bloomed until October 20. . Out of Stretch by TNT.
2025 extremely good performance this year, with 5 branches and 40 buds.

(Murphy-J.P. 2023)

25” EM 5.75” Dormant Diploid Unusual Form Cascade

Cherry Red with light green to cream throat, cream midribs. Sunfast to 90+. Fertile, good parent. 4 branches, 16 buds.

Out of ( Evil Gnome x Negative Image) by Cartwheel Galaxy).

(Murphy, 2010) 39" EMRe 10" semievergreen, diploid extended, EMO, Spider

This absolutely huge, curly red spider has a chartreuse throat. It has two branches, 17 buds, and a long bloom season. Has proven to be one of the showiest plants in the garden. Pollen fertile, it is out of BRILLIANT IDEA X KIRSTEN MADELINE BURKEY. Very long and narrow blooms that are striking, coupled with brilliant color. Triple Fans

(Murphy 2011) 30" M 6" SEV diploid Unusual Form Cascade

What a surprise from this one - it opens at midnight with dark red tepals and huge dark green throat, and as the day progresses, it reflexes or curls back until mainly the throat shows. The tepals curl and re-curl. Cream edge, yellow midrib. Sunfast at 100F, Opens well at 50F. Fertile, out of (YABBA DABBA DOO X DEVILS ADVOCATE) x NATHAN SOMMERS With this parentage, it might not be hardy in zones 4 and under, but completely hardy here with no winter damage. Image taken at 9 pm on a 100 degree day. How does the average daylily look then? 2017- I have really valued this sunfast red that holds all day. Does well in southern Georgia and in New York. New lower price because it grows fast!

(Murphy, 2021) 37" MLaRe 5.5" dormant diploid; 3 branches, 18 buds. Unusual Form: Cascade

Lemon-cream-pink blend, bitone, very reflexed bloom. Very sunfast, fertile both ways. It blooms an extremely long time with instant re-bloom. It has widely-spaced branches. Fertile both ways. It is out of (Last Chance for Romance x Thank You Dad).
2021- Still in bloom 8/20/21.
Two left for late summer 2025.

(Murphy, 2010) 40" E 8" semi-evergreen tetraploid, ext. 2 branches, 15 buds.

Extra large reddish lavender with purple veins, chartreuse throat and yellow midribs with a narrow cream edge, diamond dusted. On cool mornings this flower starts purple. Sunfast, fertile. Tet (Cameroon Night x Waiting in the Wings)

(Murphy 09) 41" ML 7" Dor Dip Cascade Unusual Form, ext., extremely clear-colored lavender bitone with purple veins on hot days.

This bloom is wide open on 50F mornings and sunfast at 100F. It starts blooming ML and blooms for over a month until mid to late August here. It has a lemon throat, with green heart, cream edge, and cream midribs. Two Branches, 16 buds, Fragrant. My third intro from MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER, joining PANAMA PINK and CRUISE CONTROL. It makes its place in the garden with steady, consistent performance in all weather. Fertile, limited.

Murphy, '05 - 38" Mla 6.5" dor.dip. Outrageous clear lemon, radical UF, green throat. This has proven perfectly hardy in both zones 3 and 9 ( west). One of my favorites because it is always perfect, every day, with excellent budcount and growth. Out of SUNNY SON by SPIDER MIRACLE. Fertile, proliferates, fragrant.
Lots of proliferations that root easily.

This outrageous clear light yellow to chartreuse flower is a radically shaped crispate unusual form. It is quite variable as well. It has a large grass green throat with very ruffled, lighter edged petals. The sepals are so rolled that you can't see the edge. It has three branches and 17 buds, with instant rebloom, for a long season. It proliferates heavily. It is dormant, and has famous parentage, carrying genes for ruffled edges, red, chartreuse, and yellow, ensuring that it will be in demand by hybridizers. Award Winner.

Parentage: SUNNY SON X SPIDER MIRACLE