ORANGE TITAN (limited supply 2024)
Sdlg 112-17 (sdlg x sdlg) 8.5″ 38″ Dor EM instant rebloom 4 br 25 buds (2021)
In walking through the garden, no one will miss this outstanding performing daylily. Everything about it appears to be on steroids. It is a completely different flower from anything else I have developed over the years. It starts the season with 9-inch flowers and continues to blom for a considerably long period with 8-inch flowers facing out for everyone to see. These flowers with glowing color and heavy substance are distributed on 4-foot scapes and tower above everything else in my garden. It is resistant to damage from rain and sun; the foliage remains healthy for most of the season. It does get some rust on the older leaves as the plant is starting to go dormant. I give it a moderate rust resistance rating. It is pod and pollen fertile, although it does produce some air pods. I don’t keep track of my crosses, but I suspect that this plant has Malibu Sunset as a parent on one side. You would never think that this is a diploid, given the size of the plant and even the size of the roots. The scapes are extremely robust and strong and remain straight and upright throughout the season, despite heavy blooms and a load of pods. It continues to be one of my favorite daylilies in the garden. ($150.00 d.f.)
PATTERN A LA CARTE
Sdlg 147-16 (sdlg x sdlg) 6.5″ 32″ Dor M 3br 15 buds (2021)
This is a bright and cheery flower with outstanding sun and moderate rust resistance. It does get rust, but only mild cases and very late in the season. The flower opens flat and stays flat during the day, holding color and form well even on the most extreme summer days. The scapes are strong and straight, and form a tight nosegay. Easy pod and pollen fertility, and moderately fast increaser. It has good summer foliage. The beauty of this flower is the sharp contrast between the soft pinkish petals and the hazy blue gray veined eye with jagged wine red outline. I love coming out in the garden at 7 in the evening and seeing it look exactly like it looked in the morning. Few daylilies will hold up as well as this one. ($75.00 d.f.)
PEACH PRESERVES
Sdlg 17-07 (sdlg x sdlg) 6″ 34″ M Dor 4 br 20 buds
This cultivar has been in my garden for a number of years, since 2007, and I decided to introduce it, because it is, without a doubt, close to perfection. It has no major faults. This plant is strong growing, with rapid increase, and has strong well-branched scapes which carry the blooms well above the foliage at an angle ideal for viewing. The flowers are very flat, very sun-resistant, and have a smooth finished substance. The heavy-substanced blooms have very consistent good quality. It does have rebloom some years. It is an early morning opener.
It has very high rust resistance. I have only seen one or two rust pustules in all the years it has been in my garden. In a large clump it makes a gorgeous nosegary presentation with many blooms open at once. ($35.00 d.f.)
PINEAPPLE PINWHEEL
Sdlg 85-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 7″ 34″ Dor 3 br 18 buds
This lovely huge flat flower is nearly impeccable every day that it blooms. It has outstanding sun resistance and maintains its color and form throughout the hottest summer day. Although it has only three branches, the blooms are at the top of the scape and bloom perpendicular to the ground; you get a big show when several blooms are open at once, and they really do look like pinwheels. There is no chance of missing this one as you pass by. Compared to some of my daylilies, the foliage is relatively narrow, but the plant increases at a good rate.
In clump size, this plant’s pod fertility is good. its rust-resistance is good, with a rating of excellent rust-resistance. This is certainly one of the most fun flowers in the garden. ($65.00 d.f.)
PINK PEACOCK
Sdlg 128-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 6″ 32″ M Re Dor 3 br 20 buds
When my 2015 intro Galaxy Dance first bloomed, it was without a doubt a very exciting year. It was a great jump ahead in my pattern breeding program. Unfortunately, however, it was only pollen fertile. Pink Peacock is a step ahead of Galaxy Dance because of its more delicate color, more robust habit, and outstanding rust resistance. The winning factor in this cultivar, however, is that it is pod and pollen fertile and is also a rebloomer. With excellent sun resistance, very robust foliage, moderately rapid increase, and excellent fertility, this is truly a winner in my line of patterned daylilies. I am showing several pattern variations here.
The pattern is reasonably consistent throughout the season, having better pattern, having better pattern holding ability than most blooms even during hot weaather. I am really delighted with this selection. ($35.00 d.f).
PURPLE PATHWAYS
Sdlg 159-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 28″ M. Re. Dor. 6.5″. 3 br 22 buds
This wonderful purple daylily never ceases to amaze me with its distinctive intricate pattern. It is always fun to see what it has to offer each day. The flower holds its form, color and substance well throughout the day. It is one of my favorite plants to hybridize with because, in my garden, it always has a pattern with some complexity. It is a vigorous, rapid increaser, easy pod and pollen fertile. It has good sun resistance and a high rust resistance rating. I am showing several photos to show pattern variation here. ($35.00 d.f.)
PURPLE SAILS
Sdlg 14-10 (sdlg x sdlg) 8″ 28″ Dor 2 buds (2017)
This huge and voluptuous purple was my first major breakthrough with flat sunfast purple daylilies. It is still one of the flattest and fullest purples in the garden. It has medium substance and is an early morning opener. In moderate weather, the color holds well in the full sun, neither browning or melting. When the temperatures are in the 90’s with high humidity, full sun exposure can occasionally cause it to slick to some degree. With afternoon shade, the bloom can retain its beauty despite brutal summer heat and humidity. Strong scapes hold the flowers well above the foliage, and in a mature clump, these large, deeply colored flowers present quite an impressive sight.
This plant has vigorous foliage with moderate rust-resistance. Pod and pollen fertile, but pods will set only in afternoon shade conditions. ($25.00 d.f.)
PURPLE SWEETHEART
Sdlg 121-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 6.5″ 28″ L. Re. Dor 3 br 15 buds (2024)
Purple Sweetheart is truly a sweetheart of a flower. It has so many faces to show you, you never know from day to day what kind of bloom will be displayed. It is the only bicolor purple that I have developed. It has a nice clean colored base color plus varying degrees of eyezone patterns; these patterns vary from rings to dots to a shimmer pattern. They vary according to the temperature; sometimes the flower is just colors of purple and lavender with a hazy lavender blue eyezone. It has a very soft subtle coloring on the sepals. The contrast between the lighter sepals and the darker petal color makes for a striking appearance for this flower. The finishing touch is a nice green throat. The scapes are very upright and strong; the plant tends to have instant rebloom and sometimes late season rebloom. The flowers are held well above the foliage and are held at a 2:00 (clock face) angle for easy viewing. The foliage is dark blue green and very disease resistant. It is a modest increaser and very fertile both ways. It has never shown rust in this garden. It is a distinctive flower, and stands out from others in the crowd. ($150.00 Spring 2025 shipping d.f.)
PURPLE VORTEX (Sold out for 2024)
Sdlg 38-20 (sdlg x sdlg) 6″ 32″ E. Re. Dor 3 br 13 buds (2024)
This richly colored purple has been a favorite of mine since its maiden bloom. The outer edges of the flower are very dark burgundy purple, gradually turning into a deep blue purple in the eyezone. The eyezone color changes to light blue veined bluish purple into white with a green throat. On some days, depending on the temperature, the edges of the white color on the sepals look like they were cut with pinking shears.
The flowers early in the season can be as much as 7 inches, gradually settling down into 6 to 6.5 inches for the rest of the season. It has modest rollback, good substance and sun resistance. The scapes are strong and very upright; the branches are close together, so when the plants is in full bloom, the top of the plant is a solid sheet of purple. This is truly a magnificent purple; although it doesn’t have a broken pattern, the color variations in the bloom give that impression. The foliage is also upright, deep blue-green, and holds well throughout the season. So far it has never shown any rust in this garden. The overall effect is an upright strong-growing plant with a nosegay bloom habit of very colorful blooms. Easy pod and pollen fertile. Fairly rapid increase plus many prolifs. (Spring shipping 2025 $150.00 d.f.)
RAINBOW RINGS
Sdlg 51-18 (sdlg x sdlg) 7″ 38″ SEv M 3 br 20 buds
This is a big step up in my hybridizing efforts to achieve a cream flower with a big pattern. It is a massive-growing plant; no one would ever suspect that this is a diploid by looking at it. It has moderate increase with large massive scapes holding the flowers well above the upright foliage. Even though the crown itself is compact, the plant tends to spread its scapes out, holding the blooms away from each other. This allows for each of the 7-inch flowers to have comfortable space for them to show off nicely.
This is truly a hot weather plant which has a long bloom period, including some rebloom. In cool weather, the petals can canoe slightly, but in hot weather they open flat. The type of pattern (rings vs. broken) can be all over the map, but is never less than beautiful. The flowers have outstanding sun resistance and remain beautiful clear into the evening hours.
This plant has overall beautiful medium green foliage and excellent rust and other disease resistance. It is pod and pollen fertile (difficult pod, as I have only been able to set pods early in the season because of our 90-degree weather in mid-season). It has outstanding sun resistance which enables it to maintain perfect form during the blistering hot days here in mid-season when it blooms. A large clump of this plant is a sight to behold. ($135.00 d.f. Spring shipping)
RAINBOW SHADOW
Sdlg 87-16 (sdlg x sdlg) 6.5″ 36″ Dor-SEv M 3 br 20 buds (2021)
Rainbow Shadow has been a wonderfully performing daylily, with heavy substance, outstanding sun resistance, and high rust-resistance. It is an unusual color combination, one that I have not been able to duplicate in my hybridizing program. Its rainbow colors and pattern varies from day to day and also changes with temperature variations. Cool temperatures produce rosy coral petals with a purple band, and warm temperatures produce light orange petals with a burgundy band. The throat is yellow and has a gray-blue veined band of varying intensities. A bitter green center lies in the yellow throat. Occasionally there is a slight purple pattern in the purple band. Most flowers are uniquely different.
It has excellent all-round foliage and high rust resistance It is not a fast increaser; it is pod and pollen fertile with strong straight scapes. The thing that I love about this flower is its unique appearance. It seems to me to be distinctly different from most other daylilies and is easily recognizable. ($135.00 d.f.)
RED BANDANA
Sdlg 134-17 (sdlg x sdlg) 7″ 34″ Dor ML instant rebloom 3 br 20 buds
This cultivar is an outstanding garden performer. It is well-mannered, upright, with blooms which a tight nosegay over dark green foliage which it maintains for the entire season. It has excellent rust-resistance which it also maintains throughout the entire growing season. The scapes hold the flowers well above the foliage. Some years it has instant rebloom. The flowers have outstanding sun resistance, blooming most of the time to a 7.5 inch diameter. It shows minimal fading, and then only in the hottest sunny weather conditions.
It is very fertile both ways. Its color is unique among my red seedlings; no other seedling has shown these rich red tones. It has a moderate rate of increase and the performance is consistent from year to year. ($150.00 d.f.)
RED DYNAMO
Sdlg 123-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 8″ 36″ M-L Re Dor-SEv
The first day that I saw this seedling in my seedling patch, I nearly fainted. On a very tall strong scape, perched in the middle of the seedling patch, sat a flat full 8.5 inch perfect red flower. As the day progressed (it was a horriblyhot 95 degree andexceptionally humid day) this flower remained unperturbed by its hostile environment. After being in the sun all day long, it still looked just the same. In the growing beds, it has been a stellar performer, with blooms sometimes reaching the diameter size of 9 inches. It has excellent substance which allows it to maintain its perfect form, and we see no bloom deterioration at day’s end. It is top-branched only, but with its extremely large size, it seems irrelevant, as the plant does not have room for many of these blooms to be open at any one time.
With healthy foliage, high rust-resistance, and outstanding sun resistance, it is my best red daylily to date. It is an early marning opener. Pod and pollen fertile, but pod difficult. It has a moderate rate of increase. ($95.00 d.f.)
ROSE PINK SPARKLE
Sdlg 14-NK (sdlg x sdlg) 6-7 ” 32″ M Dor 4 br 30 buds
These large seductive EMO flowers positioon themselves to face out at you and greet you at 6:30 a.m. The blooms are carried well above the foliage on very heavy scapes. With excellent sun resistance, they are still beautiful into the evening hours. This plant thrives in hot weather, with attractive blooms that last while lesser blooms fade and melt.
Generally good summer foliage is combined with a high rust-resistance rating. In over five years in our garden, very few rust pustules have been seen on this plant even in rust infestation garden conditions. This robust and healthy plant is both pod and pollen fertile. ($35.00 d.f.)
ROYAL PANSY
Sdlg 116-19 (sdlg x sdlg) 7″ 34″ L. Re. Dor 2 br 12 buds (2024)
Royal Pansy is, in my opinion, a very special daylily due to its huge size, flat form, absolutely outstanding sun resistance, and relatively long bloom cycle. The flowers are held well above the foliage, facing out (2:30 clock face angle) for easy viewing. All of the flowers face out and are well-spaced. Many of the flowers early in the season are a full 8 inches, and then size down to 7 inches for the remainder of the season. Most years it has instant rebloom, then later, a true rebloom. Scapes are strong, foliage is dark blue-green and upright and has excellent disease and rust resistance.
The flower color is best described as a rosy purplish lavender with a huge dark purple eyezone. In cool weather it has a nearly indigo blue eye radiating into darker purple eyezone. In warmer weather it is a lighter base color but stil has the dark eye, with not as much purple. In all cases, it has a dark purple edge on the petals which match the dark eye. It has a light midrib from yellow-green throat to petal edge. The flowers have very heavy substance and always open flat and remain flat during the day. In our summers, temperatures routinely hit the mid-90’s (with 108 degree F heat index) ; in these condiitons and similar conditions, the blooms always maintain their intregrity, even at the end of the day. Pod and pollen fertile, pods can be difficult due to the temperatures during the summer bloom season. Even short cool spells during the summer produce a window where pods can be set. (Spring shipping 2025 $165.00 s.f.)
RUNNING IN CIRCLES
Sdlg 131-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 7″ 28″ E Dor 5 br 25 buds
If one wants to see a flower that really begs for attention, Running in Circles is a candidate for that class. I absolutely adore this flower. It is a very early opener (opens during the night) and is always fully opened flat by 6.a.m. This early opening does cause some degradation by early evening, but the degradation is in substance only as it becomes softer textured. The color and form remain stable throughout the day. The large size, with good growing conditions, remains constant. The flower form also remains constant but the pattern goes through variations depending on the temperature. It nearly always has some pattern, and is a pleasure to look at. The dominant pattern is the first one shown, with more solid bands appearing in cooler temperatures.
The scapes are very strong and stout. The foliage is robust and lush. It is a moderate increaser with moderate to high rust resistance. Although it is an early season bloomer, it has a long bloom season. It is pod and pollen fertile, pod difficult; the pods that do set are very large and produce very large seeds. This is the first very pale pink large flower with pattern that I developed. We never get tired of looking at this one! ($35.00 d.f.)
SHAGGY PUMPKIN (SOLD OUT FOR 2024)
Sdlg 24-09 (Sdlg x Sdlg) 28″ M. SEv. – Dor. Re. 7.5″. Blooms are carried just above foliage creating a nosegay when in full bloom. Two laterals plus terminal with 20 buds. (2015)
This has a delicate peach bloom with a bright rose eye during cool weather (first photo) which morphs into a bold colored sculptured beauty when the weather turns hot. This plant not only thrives in 100°F temperatures, it seems to prefer such conditions. It has been one of our long-time favorites, with the large flowers showing delicate colors at the beginning of bloom season and bold ones in the hottest summer sun.
With the advent of hotter summers, the hot weather version of this cultivar is now the norm in our Arkansas garden. We only see the “cool weather” flower on the very first blooms. Three photos have been presented to show the deepening of the colors and the presence of raised pleated sculpturing in the eyezone area. This occurs every summer in this southern climate, as we nearly always exceed 95°F – 100°F, which seems to trigger this change. When the temperatures decreases, the flower reverts to its pastel incarnation. Either version of this bloom has excellent sun resistance, maintaining color and form into the evening hours.
We do not hybridize with sculptured cultivars and do not know the origin of this surprising trait. The plant has good foliage and a high rust resistance (HR) rating. Pod and pollen fertile. ($35.00 d.f.)
STAR KING (sold out for 2024)
Sdlg 52-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 6″ 36″ E SEv 4 br 20 buds
Have you been looking for a stable patterned purple? This is a good bet. With a deep, smooth, rich purple flower that has a pattern that ranges from lacy rings to heavy blocky rings (depending on the temperature) this flower is a winner. On tall,well-branched scapes, this flower always catches your eye. This flower is a true sunfast purple which remains a similar shade throughout the season, unlike many purples. The pattern is more stable than most, retaining a recognizable jagged ring around the eye, although it is more or less complex, again, depending on the temperature. The photos shown here represent Star King’s pattern variability.
Although it is an early season bloomer, the bloom season is a long one. It is an early morning opener. The plant is rebust, with fairly rapid increase, and has moderate to high rust resistance. Pod and pollen fertility makes this an outstanding plant for hybridizing. (($125.00 d.f.)
STRAWBERRY SMOOTHIE
Sdlg 12-08 (sdlg x sdlg) 6 – 7″ 34″ M Re Dor 2 br 15 buds frequent rebloom (2015)
This has been a great performing daylily in our garden. Blooms are carried well above the foliage. The deep rose color changes to a medium rose shade as the temperaturesrise from ear;y to late bloom season. Also, the flower form is flat in cooler temperatures and rolls back in hotterconditions. The large rose-colored bloom has a very smooth finish and retains its beauty into the late afternoon.
The combination of excellent sun resistance and high rust-resistance makes this a great garden flower. It is pod and pollen fertile. ($25.00 d.f.)
SUGAR PLUM SPECIAL
Sdlg 61-18 (sdlg x sdlg) 6″ 38″ E SEv Re 3 br 15 buds (2021)
This flower is very special to me because it is my first broken pattern that remains in both cool and hot temperatures. This is important because it blooms early in the season and has rebloom that continues into the very hot later season. The pattern does not suffer greatly in spite of the variations in temperatures.The soft sugary cream bloom with plum outline surrounding a broken and veined patterned eye contrasts with a luscious bright green throat.
This flower is easy pod and pollen fertile and a moderately rapid increaser. To my knowledge, so far it has been dormant to semi-evergreen and rust resistant. It has had healthy strong foliage and tall scapes; these are more wiry scapes than the tetraploid-like scapes on most of my daylilies. It has high rust resistance. It is an exciting breakthrough for my hybridizing program because of the uniform performance of the pattern under varying temperature conditions. ($75.00 d.f.)
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WHITE SPARKLER
Sdlg 149-16 (sdlg x sdlg) 34″ EM. Re. Dor. 7″ 2 br 18 buds (2020)
This cultivar gives me great joy because it has taken me many years and many generations of white breeding to come up with a flower of this quality. Nearly all of the whites that I have bought in and tested get rust pretty badly, tend to be short, and frequently are pollen or pod sterile due to line breeding. But this one has finally got it all! It has an ideal height of about 30″ and good daylily performance – good sun resistance, good substance for a white bloom, and moderately high rust resistance. These factors make it a wonderful garden flower. On good years, it has instant rebloom, and some years it can bloom for over 2 1/2 months, depending on the weather. Although this one is not my whitest seedling to date, its overall performance makes it well worth introducing. Its color varies somewhat from season to season; it has more of a yellow cast as a small plant and becomes whiter as an established clump. I show alternate photos of the bloom and clump shots below; the photos were taken in early morning light conditions. By afternoon of course, the color has bleached, as most have, to a much lighter white. One very big plus is that it is one of my first good near whites that is both pod and pollen fertile. It is a moderate increaser, and maintains clean foliage throughout the season. ($85.00 d.f.)
