Murphy,'03 - 28" MLaRe 5" semi.dip. Wonderful, creamy pinkish , ruffled round flower, good branching.

(Murphy ‘09 )  52”   LRe, 6.5”   Dor Dip Cascade Unusual Form, ext.  Bright light purple, reddish lavender.

Yes, many people have hit hard times in the past two years. I decided to introduce this $100 daylily for half of that, because it grows very fast and it will let some of us buy it that maybe shouldn’t otherwise.  This very tall reddish lavender has a purple eye, cream edge, chartreuse throat, and instant rebloom, for a long season, starting one month after peak and going until mid September here. It is an EMO/CMO, good for cool nights and is sunfast at 98F.  Parentage unknown, but probably PLANET MAX and a seedling.  Fertile.

Reed, 2006 - 30" La 6.5" dor.dip. Unusual form spatulate, clear red

HARDWARE RIVER may not be a very poetic name, but it is a lovely mountain stream that runs through out property, and on to the James River and Chesapeake Bay. It usually has very clear water, except after storms. The daylily of the same name has exceptionally clear red color. Not very tall by our standards, it has extremely good branching and bud count, and displays the blooms nicely. It may be a spatulate - open in the white throat, and widening out onto the ruffled petals, showing lots of color. The buds begin to open the day before and show ruffles early.

God or Darwin!    50" M 4" Dor Dip near spider. Cute yellow trumpets, strongly nocturnal, blooms 2 months, very very fragrant. Very hard dormant, going down in September here, and coming up in April.

Reed, 2004 - 28" MLaRe 7" Strawberry rose pink bitone with rose eye, white to green th, late.

Reed, 1994 - 40" M 5.5" dor.dip. Deep red purple with velvety black pencil watermark

(Gossard, 2006)  39"  MLaRe  8"  dormant, tetraploid.  Large red with toothy yellow edge and yellow-green throat.  This one is a champion rebloomer here.

(Clement, 2008)  44"  EM  7"  dormant, diploid.  Well-branched lavender bitone with purple eye and green throat. 

Gossard 06  38" M 4.5" Dor Tet Fragrant

This sturdy, bulletproof golden yellow has 6 way branching. Truly excellent garden plant.

Gossard 06   38" ML 8" Dor Tet Cascade UF

Maroon Red with darker eye, green throat. Blooms two days for us, with each day looking like a different flower. One left.

Gossard, 06. Tet, about 50". ML-L, Dormant. This very bright red is a showstopper, with the blooms held high on very good scapes.

(Murphy 2011) 52” EM 8” Dormant diploid UF Cascade

Cream to light pink with a purple eye and chartreuse throat, cream midrib. Starts blooming early mid-season and bud-builds for a long time. Won Best Seedling, NCDC flower show this year. Fertile, sunfast at 102F, opens well at 50F.  3 branches, 23 or more buds.                                                                                                 

(species) - 20" EE 4" dor.dip. The 1st daylily to bloom here, hardy, lemon yellow.

(Alleman,  2007)  40"  M  5.5"  semi-ev.  diploid. fragrant.  95% poly, often double, rose-cream bicolor, rose eye, yellow green throat.

(Clement, 2008)  40"  EM  6"  dormant, diploid.  Veined maroon-red with darker eye and green throat.  Out of Margo's Tigereye Spider x Reason for Being.

Warrell '88 - 32" M 7" dor.dip. Ext. Spider Clear brilliant red spider

(Carpenter, 2009)  27"  ERe  6"  evergreen, diploid, fragrant.  Gorgeous peach with purple eye above green throat.  Some patterning.  Completely hardy here.

(Murphy, 2010)  44”  La  7”  dormant, diploid , extended, fragrant Unusual Form-Cascade

This lavender pink cascade with chartreuse and apricot throat has cream midribs and a thin cream edge.  The spectacular part of this plant is below the blooms.  It has blue-green foliage, strong scapes, 5-way branching, 31 buds per scape.  It is out of MARGO REED INDEED X NORTHWIND DANCER.  It is very fertile, and a good parent for clear colors. Blooms into late August or September here.

Murphy, '04 - 56" Mla Re 7.5" semi.dip. Very tall, fragrant spider bitone. Lavender and creamy lav/purple eye.

This very tall, very sturdy plant held up to the ravages of Hurricane Isabel the year that it was introduced. It is a lavender and creamy lavender bitone with a huge yellow throat, grass green heart, and reddish purple eyezone. Striking in the garden because of its stature and modern form. It conservatively carries 2 branches with a terminal Y, and 21 buds. I have grown this plant to 68" and 4 way branching with extra water and fertilizer. It is right on the border of being classified a spider at 4.0:1. Many plants this tall have weak scapes, not this one.

Parentage: RADIANT MOONBEAN x MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCE

Benesch-Sh. '55 - 30" M 3" dor.dip. Deep ruby red little self, green throat, well branched,

(Reed, 2012)   45"  M  7.5"   dormant, diploid.  UF  Cascade,  extended bloom. 3 branches,  18 buds

This is a huge, commanding red-purple with a darker eye and green throat, lighter ribs.  The out-facing,  cascading blooms are not subtle.  The branching and size come directly from the parents:

Parentage:  PLANET MAX  X  CRYSTALLINE ENTITY.                                

Double fans 

(Huben,2007)  30"  E  3.5"  dormant, diploid, fragrant.  Well-branched near white trumpety above large green throat.  Excellent performance.

(Reed, 2007)  36”  M  6.5”  dormant diploid  Unusual Form-Cascade

I was so excited when this bloomed that I registered it immediately.  I was sure it would be an introduction.  After a couple of years of letting it multiply, it is ready!  The bloom is a pale-lavender, almost translucent, white.  The throat is cream.  It presents as a very curly cascade, on 4- and 5-way branched scapes.  I have seen as many as 6 blooms open on one scape.  It is different from so many flat whites, in that it looks carved out of ice.  Pod and pollen fertile. One of my best.

Murphy, 2009 30" EMRE 6.5" Sev. Dip. Cascade UF extended.

Rose with green throat, cream midrib and edge, red eye. Pink late in the day, but sunfast. This large flower reblooms more in our garden than any other daylily, here in the land of little rebloom. 3 sets of scapes here in average conditions, 4 in perfect conditions. Excellent parent, very fertile, many kids carry the rebloom trait. Out of ZIP BOOM BAH by a seedling.