Roberts, '97 - 35" M 7" semi.dip. Ext. spider Brilliant red spider

Couturier, '92 - 25" M 7.5" dor.dip.spider Ruffled silvery lavender with lighter edge, darker halo. Great.

Burkey, '91 - 38" Mla 7.5" dor.dip. Cream/lavender blend, cascade unusual form. Clayton Burkey hit a home run with this excellent cultivar. It blooms until September in some years.

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

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.

Harris, John '02 - 24" EMRe 7" sev.dip. Unusual form - cascade, Soft pink with darker eye and edge

This plant blooms EM, with instant rebloom, and then sits for a month until blooming all through late summer and fall in our climate. I hear that it does this in the Northeast US as well.

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.

Parentage: AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE by PLANET MAX

Murphy, '04 - 39" Mre 7.5" semi.dip.frag. Cream to yellow cream with ruffled light edge, green throat, UF. Has proven to be an excellent parent for cream and light lemon very large kids.

The large cream to yellow cream flowers are set off by a green throat, and ruffled lighter edge. In full bloom this is a show stopper. The tall scapes are top branched with 2 branches on average, and 15 buds. It has instant rebloom, so it blooms for a long time with blooms at perfect height above the blue green foliage. It is completely sunfast on 95 degree days. It is not a spider, with a 3.1:1 ratio. I registered this spidery looking flower as an unusual form crispate. The petals pinch slightly and the sepals curl. It is a borderline UF, which in no way detracts from the look of the flower.

Parentage: RADIANT MOONBEAM X MOUNTAIN TOP EXPERIENCE

Mackle/Babb '91 - 42" Mla 8.5" dor.dip. Purple with cream eye, spidery Very Hardy.

Murphy '07 - 54" Emre 6" Sev dip Pinched crispate UF, ext frag. Yellow with feathered purple red patterned eye. Has proven to be an excellent parent for patterned UF's. Some of my best future patterned intros have this solid, hardy plant as one parent.  Very, very long bloom season, budbuilder.

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, '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 A. M. THIS YEAR.

Parentage: AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE X LOCH NESS MONSTER

(Bachman,  2004)  48"  EM  7.75"  semi-evergreen diploid. UF cascade.  Purple self.  Excellent here.

(Benzinger, Fred, 2005)  35"  La  6"  dormant, tetraploid.  4 branches, 23 buds.  Mauve lavender blend with darker eye, green throat.  This is one of Fred's best introductions ever.  Strongly recommended for late season performance under any conditions.  It's a tribute to his wife that was well deserved.  It is tall, commanding, well-branched, and an unusual color for this time of year.  Very, very rare.

Bachman 02 57" late 9" dip sev spider

Dark Red Maroon with chartruese midribs Blooms into the very late season. Dramatic tall red spider, sunfast here. It is a favorite of ours. Award Winner

Murphy, '07 - 44" M 8" dor.dip. Spider. 5:1 big red spider, well branched, good bud count, gold tht.

MAXIMUM WARP has great big red spider blooms on a well branched scape, with ample bud count. It is a midseason bloomer with striking red blooms, huge gold throat, green center, and gold midribs. This tall, 5:1 spider ahs wide, arching, attractive green foliage. Fertile both ways, but pod difficult. 4 branches, 27 buds.

Parentage: FIRESTORM x RED RAIN

(Gossard, 2006)  30"  MRe 10.5"  dormant, tetraploid, fragrant.  Monster huge, humungous, shockingly big red with darker watermark and green throat.  Only two plants left.

(Santa Lucia, 2005)  30"  M  6"  dormant, diploid.  Burgundy purple with patterned chevron eye and yellow-green throat.  Fantastic parent for patterns.  Excellent grower here.

    (Reed, ’09)   50”  MLa  8”  dor.dip.ext.  Unusual Form – pinched crispate (very consistent).  Large, late, tall, and pinkish. 

This bloom has size, form, substance, presence, and personality.  The color is muted pink, with a large yellow-cream throat (green deep in the throat).  The sepals quill and curl and the petals are ruffled.  Parentage unknown, this has been a favorite garden flower for the late season for some time. Scapes are erect and the bud count is just adequate (around 12). Difficult pod parent.  Really nice dancing in the late garden!  It is a bud builder still in bloom at the end of August. Actual budcount is higher with good culture.

Special Price- it grows fast!

Murphy, '05 - 49" EM 8" dor.dip. Huge creamy beige, striking purple band, green throat, long bloom period. Bud builder extraordinaire, can bloom for 80 days. One of the best parents of my introductions. Limited, despite fast growth.

Huge creamy beige blooms have a striking purple band on the petals, bisected by a cream midrib. Green throat, tall scapes, extended bloom, and fragrance help this flower to spell winner. This cultivar bloomed longer in the garden on original scapes than any other due to bud building. It bloomed from late June to late September this year. Three way plus branching and 26 or more buds, up to 45. Out of GREY WITCH, so expect fast growth. Named for the Indian trail, now Highway 29, near us. Pollen parent initially registered as unknown, but believed to be MARGO REED INDEED.

Dickerson, '02 - 18" E 3" dor.tet. Pink with cherry eye, green throat great rebloomer

Reed, 2006 - 42" EM 7" dor.dip. UF/cascade Soft cream yellow, dusted rose huge eye

This distinctive bloom is a soft cream yellow, mostly obscured by the large pattern of stippled rose eye, outlining a very intense green throat. The form is a ruffled, gentle cascade. This seedling, out of Lola Branham, spent a couple of summers near the Monocacy River in Maryland with a friend, while I moved to Virginia. Couldn't be left behind forever! Very different. Fertile both ways.

Reed, 2007 - 30" EM 9" dor.dip. Huge green throat, peach pink ends of petals

Creamy rose-peach with a rose pink eye, this bloom is dominated by a huge, open green throat.
The blooms' large size and "clockwork" open form make it a standout. Out of Magic of Oz, this cultivar gets attention in the garden.
Fertile, excellent parent for green throats.

(Clement,2007)   40"  EM  8",  Dormant, Diploid, 14 buds, 3 branches, UFo Spatulate ,  Yellow self above green throat. (Limited Edition × Desert Icicle)   Very tall, huge and imposing.

Reed, 1994 - 26" M 6" dor.dip. Light pink to near white, green throat. Not spidery

(Reed, 09) 30" EM 7" dormant diploid, ext.

A real spider, or "mosquito legged" daylily, I chose this one because of its deep loopy ruffles. Unlike the "shoe string" skinny spiders, this one has personality because of the ruffles. It is a pink-lavender, with a purple eye. Its skinniness makes it unusual among mine. It is a sib to VIRGINIA MOONSHINE, but a little shorter and a little less branching. It is easily fertile both ways.