A milestone in daylily history…
On February 14, 2024 the number of daylily registrations reached the highly anticipated 100,000 with the registration of 'Alpenglow Magic'.
Stretching across the petals like shadows on a mountain bathed in alpenglow are the deep grooves and embossed rays of relief. Leaving behind the polychrome melon and yellow typically seen in the relief forms, ALPENGLOW MAGIC is a clean vibrant pink flower softly ruffled and edged in white. Bright yellow stretches out from a small olive green throat blending into the pink ridges of relief. A northern bred, hardy sev, the 42" scapes have wide 4 way branching with 18 - 21 buds. A great parent for Sculpted relief forms. Fertile both ways.
WHERE THERE IS DESIRE X (sdlg x CATCHING MY BREATH)
(Rich 2024) Tet, Sev, Mid/Late, 6" bloom, 32" tall, 4 &5 way branching, 20 - 24 buds, CMO, EMO, self cleaning
The 6 inch blooms of MYSTIC JEWEL are saturated dark fuchsia with a sparkling pink surface texture that glitters in the light. A large violet eye with small white midrib darts circles above the small grass green throat. Near black petal edges are ruffled and lined in white. Scapes have 4 to 5 wide well spaced branches carrying 20 to 24 buds. MYSTIC JEWEL begins blooming in the mid to late season, is CMO & EMO and blooms are self cleaning. Fertile both ways.
Alone Again X Malala
(Rich 2022) Sculpted cristate, Tet, Dor, Mid, 6" bloom, 28" tall, 3 way branching, 15 buds, EMO
Years ago Curt Hanson shared his tetraploid conversion of Jack Carpenter's cristate diploid Texas Feathered Fancy with me. The seedlings from the crosses I made using his conversion can be found in the background of many of the Sculpted cristate seedlings I am currently working with and in future registrations. Thank you Curt!
POSEIDON'S HORSES is a medium rose to pink with dark violet band and lighter multi colored cristation. The heavy pink, cream and yellow cristation grows across the petals in multiple lines, thick and full of jagged knobby edged ridges. Registered with 3 way branching with 15 buds, once settled in 4 way branching and 18 to 20 buds is possible. The blooms can spot from dew, rain or bugs due to the heavy cristation pushing the blooms partly open the evening before blooms are fully open. POSEIDON'S HORSES is fertile both ways, although pods can be difficult. Seeing a variety of expressions in the cristation coming from POSEIDON'S HORSES in the kids and then further down the line in the grandkids makes POSEIDON'S HORSES the most exciting parent for Sculpted cristate forms I've worked with.
Fall 2024 Shipping $500 single fan, $800 double fan
GIMME THAT WINK X ((SECRET KEY x sdlg) x Tet. Texas Feathered Fancy)
(Rich 2024) Tet, Dor, Late, 6" bloom, 50" tall, 4 - 5 way branching, 20- 25 buds, CMO, EMO, self cleaning
The blooms of SEA BIRD are near white with a pale lavender pink washed eye lined in lavender. A large grass green throat extends onto the petals blending into the washed eye. Sturdy 50" scapes have beautifully spaced wide 4 to 5 way branching and have never needed staking. The 20 - 25 buds start opening in the late season and continue blooming through the cooler very late season where the CMO and EMO abilities are so important for the opening of blooms. While I don't typically hybridize for extra tall or very late bloomers, SEA BIRD has proven to be an outstanding performer for the late to very late season garden and is easily fertile both ways.
PAINTED ON JEANS X Little Sumpin'
