Branham '79 - 36 EM 5.5" Dor dip Orchid with cream edges, yellow green throat, Lambert breeding.

Reed, 2005 - 60" Mla 6" dor.dip. Lavender pink bitone, cream ribs, cream to green tht. Tall!

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 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.

Parentage: Grey Witch x Watchyl Cyber Spider

(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. Large single or small double fans.

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.

(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. (Margo Reed Indeed x Heavenly Curls) 

(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. Single Fans.

Murphy 08 7.5" ML 40" Dormant Diploid
This light pink cascade Unusual Form with stippled rose edge is my first introduction of perhaps 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. I am only selling 7 plants this August, and the price is $150 for very large single or more likely, double fans. Fertile, but pods are not easy.

Baxter '02 - 24" Ere 6.25" Ev dip Polytepal Yellow with raised midribs. High % polytepal, fertile.

Stamile, '98 - 25" M Re 5" dor.tet.frag. Round yellow with bold wine eye, slight edge.

Adams, Rick '02 - 40" Mla 8" dor.tet.frag. Reddish orange with white midribs, showy

Bennett, F., '00 - 25" Mre 6" dor.dip. Rose, with red band, yellow green throat, performance plus. Pretty.

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.

Murphy, '07 - 43" Ere 6" dor.dip. Narrow tan, sharply contrasting burgundy eye, 4-way branching.

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, and some rebloom here. Fertile both ways. Very narrow, but just misses the spider ratio at 3.92:1.

Parentage: EASY NED x HELGA BJORNERUD BURKEY

(Reed, 2010)  56”  MLa  8”  dormant diploid

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 appliqué throat color/watermark.

Murphy, '06 - 56" La 5" semievergreen dip. UF cascade, lavender purple with large pale lemon-cream face. Quite tall.

This is the most unusual of my intros for this summer. 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.

Parentage: After Awhile Crocodile X unknown

Derrow 06  30" EM 7" Dor Dip

Magenta Rose with pink cream striping on the petals, gold orange throat. Totally unique, and I have never seen another like it. There are dots, dashes, streaks and stripes on the petals and sepals. It passes this trait on to the kids. Fertile.

Reed, 1996 - 42" EM 7" sev.dip. Spider. Dark purple with lemon throat. HM

Roberts, S. '92 - 35" EMRe 7.5" dor.tet.ext. Deep Signal Red self, very showy on strong scapes

Couturier, G. '98 - 38" Mre 7.5" sev.dip. Fragrant UF Pale cream pink, golden eye, fades to white

Reed, 2001 - 30" M 6" dor.dip. UF Cream pink with rose eye, ruffled and recurved.

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.

Parentage: Firestorm x unknown

Reed, 2005 - 50" Mla 7" dor.dip. Pink blend, darker veins, very good branching and bud count

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.