Margo Reed Previous Intros

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

Reed, 1997 - 28' La 5.5" sev.dip. Light rose with lemon throat, recurved, very late HM, SFA This is one of the last cultivars to start blooming in our garden. We have more introductions out of this cultivar than any other. Excellent parent for all colors!

(Reed, 2015) 45" M 6.5" dormant diploid

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. 2 branches 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.

(Reed, 2011) 50+" MLa 8-9" dormant, diploid, Spider

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.

(Reed, 2010) 40" M 6" dormant diploid. Ext. 2 branches, 16 buds.

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.

(Reed, 2010) 32" EM 6" dormant, diploid

Richest rose pink, with a green throat, this bloom presents itself nicely. On the hottest days, it becomes a lighter rose pink, but holds up perfectly. Its strength is the scape, which is usually 3 or 4-way branched and holds the blooms apart. A beautiful Blue Ridge rose with lots of ruffles. Pod and pollen fertile.

Reed, 2007 - 38" EM 7" dor. Dip. Crispate UF Apricot gold consistently pinched, fertile.

(Reed, 2014) 40" MLa 8" dormant, diploid uf cascade

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.

Reed, 1996 - 50" M 6" sev.dip. Spider. Very tall gold with large red eyezone.

BLACKBERRY MERRY (Reed, 2016) 40” MLa 6” dormant, diploid, 3 branches 18 buds, UF cascade
This bloom stands out in the garden due to the happy bright contrast between the cream-white background and the large rosy-purple feathered eye. It is gently recurved and has a lime-green throat. Out of FLIGHT OF ORCHIDS X JUST JESSIE. Pod difficult, pollen fertile. $50

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, 2005 - 40" Mla 7" dor.dip. UF/pinched crispate. Black self, gold throat.Hard dormant, excellent plant habits.
GOOD BRANCHING

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, 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 - 40" Mla 6" dor.dip. UF red with dark red eye, yellow edge and rib, fancy, with bright colors. Fertile.

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.

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!

Reed, 1994 - 38" EMRe 6.5" dor.dip. Spider. Orange with orange-red eyezone, olive green thr HM

(Reed, 2010) 40" M 4" dormant diploid

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.

(Reed, 2012) 40" Late 5.5" dormant, diploid UF – crispate/cascade, 4 branches, 20 buds, extended bloom

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.

Double fans SPECIAL PRICE- GROWS WELL!

(Reed, 2010) 40" La 5" dormant diploid. 4 branches, 24 buds.

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, 2011) 38" M 8" dormant, diploid, Spider

New Tall Cherry was the garden name of this one, and cherry-rose describes the color. Almost rose-red in the morning, fading to pretty rose pink after a very hot day; still blooming at the end of July, it has a long season of bloom. It measures as a true spider (4.8:1), but it is also a graceful, tailored, smooth cascade. It has a cream-gold to green throat and cream midribs. 2-way branching, 15-16 buds. It is named after a waterfall in the Blue Ridge. Parentage unknown.

Reed, 1999 - 34" M 7" dor.dip. Spider. Purple with white rib, cream lemon tht., recurved. HM

Reed, 2003 - 36" M 8" dor.dip. UF Light pink with light rose eye - cascade, exotic. Very clear color, long blooming, one of Margo's favorites.

(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, 2005 - 55" Mla 6" dor.dip. Warm pink above cream yellow throat, tall

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.

Reed, 2005 - 60" Mla 8" dor.dip UF/cascade - gold yellow with rose-peach blush eye, gr.th.tall

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!

(Reed, 2013) 40" M 7.5" dormant, diploid.

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.

Double fans Special price, grows well!

(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.

SORRY, SOLD OUT IN 12 HOURS!

(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, 2019) 36" EM 6" dor., dip.
Deep lavender pink fading to lighter lavender pink on hot days, with dark purple veins. Recurved, ruffled form with good substance. Green throat. It has a small purple multi-ring eye with big white arrowheads outside the eye on all segments. Deep 3-way branching, 26 budcount; 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, 1994 - 34" Mre 5.5" dor.dip. Near black with yellow to green throat.

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, 1996 - 36" Mla 6.5" dor.dip. Eggplant purple with cheese-yellow throat. HM

Reed, 2005 - 40" Mla 7" dor.dip. Black purple with black eye, green throat, UF pinched crispate. Named for Margo's middle son Stephen, this plant performs away, reliably, every year.

Reed, 1996 - 36" EM 7" semi-evergreen,diploid. Spider. Cherry pink with green throat.

(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.

(Reed, 2018) 32" MLa 5.5" dormant, diploid

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)

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.

ONLY 3 PLANTS AVAILABLE THIS YEAR.

(Reed, 2018) 30" EM 5.5" dormant, diploid

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.

Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage unknown.

FOGGY BOTTOM (Reed, 2016) 56” M 6” dormant, diploid, 3 branches 24 buds, UF cascade
Foggy Bottom is one of the oldest neighborhoods in DC, a mysterious low area near the Potomac River, where the State Department resides (who knows what goes on there). The daylily is a secretive purple, with a light green to white throat radiating out onto the petals and tepals until it merges into the grape color midway. The blooms are on tall, nicely branched scapes, and recurve to display the blending of fog and darkness. It is from a cross of PURPLE ARCHITECTURE x JUST JESSIE. Pod and pollen fertile. $100