Reed, 2005 - 30" M 4" dor.dip. Spider. Red self, green throat. Small spidery red cute in the garden on branched scapes. Fertile, and a great parent for those little spidery guys...
(Reed 2016) 40" LATE 6" Dormant Diploid, 3 branches 26 buds, UF cascade
Warm dark rose pink with a light green to white throat that blends out onto the petals and sepals; lighter ruffles. Dependable late-blooming, star-shaped cascade with great branching and bud count. Blooms heavily in August, “after” midseason. Out of AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE, but much better color. Pod and pollen fertile. $75
ALICE is a pale lemon cream with a large purple eye and very green throat. The form is Unusual Form cascade with lots of ruffles. Well-branched and 15 buds. It is named after my first grand-daughter, born in London on a Christmas Eve. (Monocacy Summer Mist x Cherry Peacock). Fertile both ways, in short supply.
OK, I have gone over to the dark side: a true spider! Alien Stardust has a 5:1 spider ratio, with all tepals rolling back. The form varies from open star to cascade. So it is a spider, an unusual form, and an extra large bloom (and tall). It has deep 3-way branching with about 24 buds. The basic color is light yellow, with stippling/dusting of rose and a green throat. Stunning light color in the late garden, the size grabs attention. Parentage is: (Kirsten Madeline Burkey x North Wind Dancer). Limited: only about six plants available now.
Deep grape purple curling cascade. Green throat and light midribs. Very curling and ruffled, this is a Cascade uf but also measures as a true spider. Pod and pollen fertile. Sunfast, delicate scapes. (Planet Max x Brer Rabbits Baby).
Striking for it's curling and size.
Light golden-yellow/cream with a feathered raspberry-red eye and olive green throat. The bloom is large (8") and has heavy substance; it is an Unusual Form-Cascade.
40" EM 8" dormant diploid. 2 branches and 14 buds but gives a stunning display in the garden. Pollen fertile but pod difficult.
Outrageously wacky, but really gorgeous! Named in memory of a friend’s dog, this one makes the standard for "exotic" and unusual! Tall branched scapes hold the very large blooms. The color is butter yellow with a large rose-blush band and a lime green throat. The form is ruffled, with the sepals tightly curled in corkscrews or spirals, and the long petals "hanging out" here and there, usually in a graceful cascade. Variable forms add to its charm.
Pollen fertile, pod difficult. Only one available for 2016
Parentage: (Crystalline Entity x Nathan Sommers) x (Scarletts Web x North Wind Dancer)
(Reed, 2019) 50" EM 6" dormant, diploid, UF cascade
Cream base with long, feathered, raspberry eye with silver ribs and multi-ring pattern; ruffled petals, green throat. It is tall and has deep 4-way branching with 22 buds, and is fertile both ways. Parentage lost (garden name "Best Unk Pattern" led to name). Great parent for patterns. Very limited stock.
BLOOD PRESSURE (Reed, 2024) 45" MLa 8" dormant diploid,
UF Crispate. Mulberry red with a slight dark purple-red band and a green throat.
Petals pinched and ruffled, sometimes quilled. Large blooms with well-branched scapes. 5 branches and 28 buds. Parentage: (Ponder Stibbons x (Flight of Orchids x unknown ruffled seedling).
Cherry red purple with green throat, watermark, and tiny white ruffled edge. Unusual Form cascade/crispate with good branching and bud count (4 branches and 26 buds) and moderate height. Bloomed through July. Fertile both ways. It is
blood red and I read too many British detective novels.
Parentage: (Garden Fairy x Metzger’s Purple Storm)
Large light gold ruffled bloom with large feathered purple eye, green throat.
Good substance and strong scapes. Makes a long-blooming clump.
Parentage: (((Trance x (Casey at the Bat x Foxy Loxy) x ((Cabernet Cabaret x
Cherry Peacock) x (Military School x Faulkner seedling)))
Reed, 1999 - 36" M 6" dor.dip. Spider. Brown with black eye and gold throat HM
This is a classic over performer. It does well in most any situation, a little shady, or poor soil, or out of range of the hose.
(Reed, 2024) 38" EMRe 6" dormant diploid
UF Cascade. Soft yellow bloom with large light lavender eye edged with rosy lavender. Green throat; recurved bloom is heavily ruffled. 3 branches and 20 buds. Reblooms. Parentage unknown, but still worth growing!
Reed, 2007 - 48" M 7" dor. Dip. Elegant dark black red, well branched
Tall, dark, and well-branched, this cultivar out of Chief Black Hand and Planet Max carries on their grand tradition. The blooms are large and dark wine-red toward black. The scapes are erect and nicely branched, with a good bud count. It won best seedling in the NCDC show in 2006 (Washington DC area). The blooms are elegant and narrow, with gentle ruffling. Yellow to green throat, sunproof, fertile.
(Reed, 2021) 55" MLa 6.5" Dormant Diploid, Unusual Form cascade
Tall, deeply ruffled, narrow curling cascade; light purple with large dark purple eye extending out on the petals more than half their length, making a narrow line on the sepals, and with a big green throat. It has 3-way branching, bud count 12. Pod and Pollen fertile.
Parentage: (The Cow Jumped Over the Moon x Scandinavia).
Reed, 2005 - 42" M 7" dor.dip. Pale gold with dark wine-red eye, yellow throat
Named after my favorite daughter, the softball player, this daylily has a black eye! The bloom is very ruffled and has a narrow, exotic form. The dark wine-red/black eye is in high contrast to the pale gold/parchment background color. There is the slight beginning of a picotee edge in the dark color. This daylily presents many different faces, but it is always very showy in the garden. Fertile both ways and often reblooms.
Reed, 2005 - 45" Mla 7" dor.dip.Dark red purple self, great substance and form, well branched. Excellent garden plant, always showy and reliable, excellent scapes.
Reed, 2008 - 36" EM 6.5" dor. Dip. Soft pink with creamy ruffled edges, 4-way branching
Soft pink, with a cream throat and midribs, and creamy ruffled edges. Out of Loch Ness Monster, the ruffles are on all segments, and the bloom is gently recurved and narrow. The garden name has been Pink LNM. With wide 4-way branching and 18-20 buds, it displays the blooms nicely. It is named after my mother, who was the first person I knew to grow daylilies. If only hers in the 1950's had been this pretty! She would love it. Fertile.
(Reed, 2021) 35” Mla 6” dormant, diploid, Unusual Form cascade
Richest, purest deep rose with apple green throat extending out into white with white midribs edged with light rose. Very ruffled. 3-way branching, bud count 20. Slow increaser but makes lots of proliferations. Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage: ((Margo Reed Indeed x North Wind Dancer) x (Peacock Curls x Cherry Peacock))
Cherry red with a green throat. 38" EM Re 7" dormant diploid, Unusual Form-cascade.
Out of two parents that are garden favorites, this is a bright, curling, recurved bloom has ruffles and is nicely branched and budded. It has also rebloomed heavily for us.
3 branches and 24 buds. Pod and pollen fertile.
45" M 7.25" dormant diploid. Rose pink with a darker rose-red band, green throat. This has tall, deeply-branched scapes with 3 way branching and 26 buds. Nice presentation of the blooms. Pollen fertile, pods difficult but possible. A garden favorite for years!
Cute as a chipmunk, this little brown spidery bloom has a black stripe (eye) and green throat. It is tall, well-branched, and has lots of bloom. Not quite a miniature or a true spider, it has potential in that direction. It is out of REUTHERS BROWN SPIDER x BROWN WITCH, which gives it a heritage of vigor and pod fertility.
Great grower and does well in poor conditions.
Soft peach cream ruffled blooms sit atop well-branched scapes, with blush-rose eyes and light green throats. The blooms tend to be upfacing, and look like a cloud could land there comfortably! The only downside is that the foliage is a light green color. Pod and pollen fertile.
Parentage: CRYSTALLINE ENTITY X MARGO REED INDEED.
This dark blood-red purple with large light green blending out to white throat, and raspberry midribs, is a slightly ruffled Unusual Form cascade. This dramatic, late, dark bloom with elegant twisting and curling form is presented on a scape with 3 branches and 18 buds. Fairly sunfast and fertile both ways. Bloomed into August.
You cannot get lost going in this direction. A late bloomer, Compass Rose starts 4-5 weeks after mid-season, like its parent, After Awhile Crocodile. Light rose with a darker rose band, yellow-cream throat. Striking in the late season. (After Awhile Crocodile x seedling)
Margo says: Ooh, it's lined out and has good branching and tons of buds!
(Reed, 2017) 38” Midseason 7.25” dormant diploid, Unusual Form
This large bright red bloom is very showy, with a lot of action in the curling sepals and flaring, pinched, ruffled petals. It has a slightly darker red eye, light green throat, and 3 branches and 15 buds. It clumps up quickly, and is fertile.
(Reed, 2020) 48" M 6.5" dormant, diploid; 3 branches, 18 buds;
UF – Cascade. Parentage: (Unknown x Unknown).
Tall, curly, and strikingly raspberry red! The velvety, rich red blooms curl and recurve, and are held on strong, nicely-branched scapes. The blooms have a green throat, shading to white, and white midribs; gracefully ruffled. Pod and pollen fertile. A favorite here.
Dancing eye to eye, or nose to nose, you will not have to bend down to look at this warm pink exotic bloom. 3-way branching, and sturdy scapes support the blooms that are nicely ruffled. This one brings flamingo pink color into the very tall group of daylilies. Fertile both ways.
Truly standing above the crowd, Dances with Giraffes is at least 5 feet tall when established. The large blooms cascade and curl down from the tall scapes, golden yellow with a rose-peach blush eye above a green throat. It is registered as an unusual form/cascade. Difficult to set a pod, but the pollen is good. This makes a statement in the garden!
Multiple award winner!
This one has narrow white, ruffled blooms like snowflakes on tall scapes. Slightly pink cast in the morning gives way to white on the blooms. Not famous for its branching, it has an adequate bud count of 12. The bloom is an open, spokes-of-a-wheel or star form. Unusual Form spatulate. Out of Secretary Sand x North Wind Dancer. Pod and pollen fertile.
(Reed, 2017) 50" M 10", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 18 buds (Skydiving x Cherry Peacock). UF - cascade. Light lemon-cream/near white with a highly contrasting eye of dark purple; it has cream midribs and a light green throat.
Tall and thin, this bloom is pale with a dark-blood eye to haunt you. The bloom, not the scape, can be a little floppy after a big thunderstorm or overhead watering. But on a quiet morning it is stunning and huge.
(Reed, 2018) 38" M 6" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form-cascade.
Dark Hollow is a dramatic, brooding kid from Flight of Orchids. It is a recurved, dark raspberry bloom with a huge dark mulberry-wine band feathering onto the petals. It has "eyelash" lines extending into the green throat from the eyezone, and cream midribs. It is ruffled, and has nice 3-way branching (21 buds). Grows well and sometimes reblooms. Pollen and pod fertile.
Parentage: (seedling x Flight of Orchids)
(Reed, 2021) 45" M 7.5" dormant diploid, Unusual Form crispate
Large soft peach-yellow blend with a big green throat extending out on the bloom, and heavy substance. UF crispate form, with quilled sepals and very ruffled petals. 2-way branching, bud count 10. Pollen Fertile.
Parentage: (Allison Sommers x Just Jessie).
(Reed, 2019) 36" EM 6" dor., dip.
Deep lavender purple fading to lighter lavender pink on hot days, with dark purple veins. Recurved, ruffled form with good substance. Green throat. It often has a small purple multi-ring eye with big white arrowheads outside the eye on all segments. Deep 3-way branching, 26 bud count; fertile both ways. Parentage: (Flight of Orchids x Faulkner seedling).
(Reed, 2015)
46" MRe 6.5" dormant, diploid 3 branches, 20 buds Unusual Form – Cascade
(Catapult Sam x Cherry Peacock)
Dark red cascade with black-red eye extending out onto the petals; large green throat merging into the eye. Classy and sultry. Pollen and pod fertile. Still in bloom in early August.
Reed 2011 38" M 8" dormant diploid. Light rose pink
With a "lipstick" rose-red band and lime green throat. There is a barely-discernible watermark on the sepals, which may be important for pattern breeding. Out of (Crystalline Entity x Nathan Sommers).
Fertile both ways. We have found this to be a truly excellent parent of both pastels with bright eyes and patterns.
Reed, 2006 - 38" M 7" dor.dip. Black ruffled spider, sunfast
This 4.1:1 ratio spider is a solid black, ruffled star with a green throat. It is taller and more spidery than its parent, Chief Black Hand. It is very sunfast, holding its color well on 98 degree days. The finish on the bloom is velvety and satiny. 2-way top branching, 15 buds. Fertile both ways.
Reed, 2003 - 32" M 6" dor.dip. Purple spidery with black-purple velvety eye, green throat. The latest and showiest in the Eggplant series. Jim's favorite.
(Reed, 2015)
42" EM 7" dormant, diploid 2 branches, 14 buds Unusual Form – Cascade
(Casey at the Bat x Foxy Loxy)
Bright yellow with a sharp cherry-red feathered eye and green to yellow throat; Elegant long cascade form. Named after our UVa astronomy observatory near here. Still in bloom in early August. Pollen fertile; pod difficult.
This is a very "fetching" ruffled salmony-rose pink with a slight watermark, and lighter colors on the edges and ruffles; green throat and cream midribs. 3 branches, 18 bud count. Unusual form cascade. A great bright color in the mid-late to late garden, it is still blooming into August.
Parentage: (Peacock Curls x Heavenly Curls) x (Fossil Record x Foxy Loxy)
Intense rose-red fading to rose late in the day, white midribs, green throat.
The petals pinching forward gives a pointed appearance, sepals quill and curl. Ruffled blooms and well-branched scapes.
Parentage: (Clowns in Washington x (Metzger’s Purple Storm x Peacock Curls x Heavenly Curls))
Reed, 2005 - 40" M 6" dor.dip. UF Lavender with purple eye, green throat
One of my favorites! This unusual form (crispate) features both the rolled sepals and the patterned, dark purple feathered eye on ruffled petals. This is the best of a number of seedlings out of a Jack Carpenter seedling. The blooms have good substance, and the plants make large fans. Fertile both ways. A scape of this cultivar won best unusual form in the Richmond (RADS) flower show in 2005, until it was disqualified for being registered the same year.
This daylily has multiple time zones appearing in the throat. The bloom is a heavily ruffled, muted orchid-lavender purple with a green throat. The eyezone usually shows a pattern with various amounts of multi-colored rings, reflecting its parentage from a Bob Faulkner seedling. It is about 20% polymerous. It has 3 branches and 14 buds. Pod and pollen fertile. Out of Sky Over Schuyler x seedling.
(Reed, 2014) 45" M 6.5" dormant, diploid uf crispate
This unusual form (crispate) is hot & dark burnt red orange with a gold throat radiating out into the red band on the petals. Tall, with branching (3) and good bud count, this is a vigorous daylily that puts on a show, and glows in the evening sunset garden. It has been a garden favorite for a while, and just like the real flying squirrels that get into our attic, it cannot be denied.
