ALICE is a pale lemon cream with a large purple eye and very green throat. The form is Unusual Form cascade with lots of ruffles. Well-branched and 15 buds. It is named after my first grand-daughter, born in London on a Christmas Eve. (Monocacy Summer Mist x Cherry Peacock). Fertile both ways, in short supply.
A clear pink and lavender blend cascade Unusual Form, with a very large green and yellow throat. Cream midribs, narrow ruffled cream edge, and creped tepal surfaces. It has 4-way branching and 30 buds, coupled with reliable rebloom. We regularly see 4 way branched scapes in August and later. Sibling to AMBITION, with a much different color and look, but similar in the rebloom characteristic here in no-rebloom land. Appears to be hard dormant this year. Fertile both ways. Out of SORAYA SELINE by HELGA BJORNERUD BURKEY.
This cultivar is a lavender and light lavender bitone with bluish band and light jagged banding on the sepals. It is an Unusual Form crispate, with variable crispation and different looks on different days (see images). It has a very green throat, extremely blue green foliage, and is a hard dormant. Long bloom season with 4-way branching and 24 buds. I have not set a pod on it, but it has very fertile pollen and interesting blue eyed and patterned kids.
LATE FREEZE RESISTANT BLUE GREEN FOLIAGE
(Out of a COMPLICATED seedling and STARLIGHT SPLASH).
Bright reddish lavender with purple band, huge lemon-cream throat, with a ruffled creamy edge, it can have six-way branching on strong scapes. It is sunfast to 98 degrees F. 4 branches, 30 buds. Unusual form cascade. The most striking daylily in our late section of the display garden. It bloomed for about 2 months this year, with every day many blooms open. Perhaps the nicest aspect for me is good looks after rain, wind, sun, heat, and sprinkler. Pollen fertile, pod very difficult, superlative parent for tall, excellent branching and bud count kids.
It has some rebloom in good conditions here. 6 way branching on some scapes.
Bright, clear red with strong green throat pattern extending halfway out the tepals, split with a striking cream midrib on tepals. 3 branches, 20 buds. Unusual form cascade. This daylily has extremely bright red and very deep green for a vivid contrast seen across the garden. Very sunfast for us, up to the mid 90's at 7pm. Long bloom season, and very fertile both ways. The name comes from my favorite place to hike and rock climb in Virginia.
Limited availability, but the sibling, Uncle Sams Cut is available for a lower price. It is just as showy.
(Rose F. Kennedy x Snooks Harville/BJ Crichton selected seedling)
This seems to be a breakthrough in RFK kids- fast growth, coupled with color that holds well in the afternoon summer sun.
Lavender bitone with purple eye, with large cream ruffled edge and cream midribs, dark veins on petals, green throat, sunfast to 100 degrees F. 3 branches, 18 buds. Unusual form cascade. Flouncy ruffles. The hotter it is the better it looks! I have several siblings to this and all seem to be very long bloomers and have quite fancy edges. This is a diploid and has some of the best cream edging that I have seen in a dip. Fertile, period. Kids can be patterned, double, edged, or streaked.
MAYA IMAGINATION is an intense Chinese red with lighter watermark and green throat, outstanding because of its height. 2 branches, 16 buds. It is an Unusual Form cascade. It is named after my second grand-daughter, born in Tidewater/Norfolk. (Tree Turtles x TNT). Fertile both ways, in short supply.
Very dark red and black blend with cream midribs and edges, chartreuse throat, red stamens and pistil, sunfast. 4 branches, 30 buds. Unusual form cascade. From my line of sunfast dark flowers, this one is quite late here and blooms until September some years. Fertile, reliable, strong scapes, long blooming, hard dormant.
2021- Still in full bloom 8/6/21.
((Eggplant Escapade x Eggplant Ecstasy) x Chief Black Hand)
This will turn heads! It is a twisty rose red with green throat, lighter edges, and white midribs. An Unusual Form crispate, it has excellent substance and movement! 3 branches, 18 buds. Fertile both ways.
This is a seed selection of Cleome hasselariana. Over 20 years, we have selected the most vigorous, branched, hardy, sunfast, and cleome beetle resistant Lavenders, Purples, and Violets. Colors do not come true in this selection, but about 80% of the seedlings will be of the above colors. 20% Pink and Rose. No reds or whites.
What does come true from seed are very tall, wide, branched, and vigorous plants that will reseed in your garden for years. Requires full sun to part shade. Period!
A packet of at least 50 seeds is $8, plus $2 for shipping.
Plant in spring or fall, very shallow, in moist, well drained soil. In our garden, volunteers come up and we just remove what we don't want.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Also available- Select- a lavender to violet selection with the same general characteristics as above. About 95% of the plants are this color. A packet of 50 seeds is $10.00 plus $2 for shipping. Specify Select Jim