Pink with light rose eyezone and yellow throat. This description does not do this overlooked plant justice. In the garden every one comments on this unique plant. One of the first northern patterned eyes. Very cute small one in the garden.
Bud Bennett passed away several years ago, and I would like to get his excellent round and/or ruffled diploids more than regionally distributed.
This great plant is many colors. Overall, a reddish lavender bitone, it has a strongly yellow throat, and cream edge, that becomes much whiter in hot weather. Sunfast in all conditions here. 4 branches and 29 buds, and very fertile. I have some very nice seedlings out of this, in reds, lavenders, and purples, all with some color patterning of this type. In 2017, it bloomed from 6/22 until 8/1 on first scapes and is currently blooming on August 15th, with more scapes coming. If you live north of here, don’t expect rebloom, except rarely, but South of here, you should have reliable rebloom on scapes with 20-30 buds. It will bloom a long time north or south. NEGATIVE IMAGE by (COMPLICATED X MARGO REED INDEED)
Murphy, 07 - 37" Vla 5.5" dor. Dip. Extremely late clear pink, cream edge, ruffled and creped
Truly a breakthrough plant. Clear Pink, and starts blooming as late as any cultivar that I know of. It will bloom alone in most gardens, in late August, September, and October. Clear Pink, cream edge, ruffled and creped, with a rounded recurved form, sometimes triangular. Four branches and 21 buds, held perfectly above the foliage on strong scapes. Out of AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE by SUE ROTHBAUER. Very fertile, excellent parent for very lates. ONLY 2 LEFT. It has rebloomed here every year since intro. I have several very late future intros from this.
(Murphy 2013) 44" VL 6" Dor Dip Ext UF Cascade After watching this clear lavender pink for several years in the very late garden, I am convinced of its worthiness for introduction. The cream midrib and cream edge combine with the clear tepal color to make the overall look one of cool and clear. It has a chartreuse throat and is sunfast. 5 branches and 20 buds. Fertile both ways, and the parent of many clear colored very late seedlings. Out of MARGO REED INDEED by HEAVENLY CURLS. Hard Dormant
(Murphy 2013) 44" M 7" Dor Dip Ext UF Cascade Very bright red color with a sharp green throat. Sunfast at 98F at 7pm in our climate. 4 well spaced branches with 16 well spaced buds. What attracts me the most about this flower and why I selected it over 3 or 4 other reds is consistency. It always looks good and always grows well. Fertile. Out of BRILLIANT IDEA by KIRSTEN MADELAINE BURKEY.
GOOD BRANCHING
Excellent parent of highly branched reds.
36" Mid-Season 6.5" dormant diploid, 2 branches, 18 buds ( bud builder)
Large ruffled blooms of lilac lavender with a large golden-yellow throat exending out almost halfway onto the petals and sepals. Sometimes a hint of a darker lavender band. Good substance and luscious cascade form. It is bud building this year.
Parentage: (Garden Fairy x Opal Road). Double fan: $100.00
Lemon cream with darker yellow center and along midribs. Heavy bloomer in the very late season. After most plants are done for the year, a clump of this is in full, heavy bloom for 6 weeks. Outfacing, consistent, sun proof and rain proof blooms. Check out the clump images. Strong scapes; 3 branches, 27 buds. Fragrant. Parentage: (Running Late x Starfish Prime).
2021- Up to 5 branches and 32 buds. Blooming heavily on 8/20/21.
Light yellow with green throat. The flower's face is dominated by a large blue-ish lavender eye ending in purple feathers. The plant has excellent branching (4 branches and 28 buds) Unusual Form Cascade.
Parentage: ((Unknown x Wild Chicken) x (Dragonflies in Flight x Cherry Peacock)
(Murphy, 2024) 40" MLa 7" dormant diploid
4 branches, 23 buds, Parentage: (Poison Ivory x Thank you Dad)
Cream to light lavender reverse bi-tone, light green throat. Fades to cream on hot days. Definitely eye-catching, no matter how hot it is. Completely sunfast here. Fertile, with great late kids in light colors.
Buy both this and Be A Lert and get an extra recent intro bonus plant!
(Reed, 2021) 40" M 6.5" dormant diploid. Unusual Form: Cascade
This daylily puts out a ruffled palette of dreamy lavenders: lavender with rose veining, lighter cream-lavender ruffled edges, blue-lavender hint of an eye, leading to a grass-green throat. It is just pretty. It has 3-way branching with about 20 buds. Parentage: seedling x seedling. I just had to keep it..
Cream with a rosy-violet pattern – an etched, jagged eye pattern, and chartreuse throat.
Tall, with well-spaced branching and excellent rebloom here.
Out of (Busy As A x Opal Road), two very good parents. It is producing some great, tall, patterned kids. Pollen fertile and somewhat pod fertile. 4 fans and 14 buds.
Last year and this year, we had at least three sets of scapes in our gardens in 5 different areas. I think that it will reliably rebloom in zones 6-8, and might in 4-5. 2022 we had 5 sets of scapes on two clumps and 4 sets on another.
Many reblooms in Maryland also. Jim
(Reed 2022) 38" MLa 6" dormant, diploid; 4-way deep branching with
Bud count of 20.
This is a soft pink-lavender with a flat face presenting a lighter watermark edged with a purple line, and has a light green throat. Nice ruffling, substance, and pod fertility, plus good dark green foliage, add to this good garden grower. The pale-green/white throat extends into a watermark on the sepals; the petals have a more lavender band edged with purple.
(Dream Sequence x (Shenandoah Sunrise x Faulkner sdlg))
(Murphy-JP, 2023) 45" ERe 7" Dormant Diploid, UF Cascade
Eye catching black-red-purple with very large, elongated green throat. The black intensifies further out towards the petal tips. This plant is visible from a long distance due to the distinctive color contrast. Quite sunfast. 2 branches and 16 buds but can have more with good culture. Fertile both ways and an impressive parent. I have several future intros from it.
Named for our good daylily friend from Keysville, Va. Louise saw this in a flower show where it won Best Seedling, then loved it in our garden. Bill Hurt and I agree that Louise was one of the true daylily ambassadors in our region.
Out of (Squid Ink x green-throated seedling).
One of my most sunfast dark colored daylilies.
Only a few plants available for August/September 2026.
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.
In 2017, it had 3 way branching and 25 buds.
Lurking in the Shadows (Reed, 2026) 45" MRe 6" dormant diploid, UF cascade form
Ruffled cream-white with faint lavender eye (eye color is darker in cooler temperatures, just a shadowy hint in heat.)
Some creped texture on the bloom, light green throat, and strong upright scapes. It has 4 branches and 24 buds.
Parentage: (Sand Witch x Green Tea)
Just a note: Sand Witch is golden tan but all of its parents and grandparents were white. Green Tea is Jim's spectacular white award winner. Double fans $100.00
MADE IN VIRGINIA ( Murphy, 2016) Fall
45” EM 7.5” Dormant, Diploid Extended, UF-Cascade
Out of ((Margo Reed Indeed X Skinwalker) x Ocean Spirit)
This cultivar is a reddish lavender, but clean colored, with prominent cream midribs, ruffled cream edge, and a light green throat. Won Best Seedling at the NCDC show. Tall, with erect strong scapes, 5 branches with good culture, and 25 buds. The bloom season was long this year, at 6 weeks. Fertile both ways, but not too easy on pods. Excellent parent for tall and well branched UF’S. Sunfast to 95 here. Double fan
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, JP 2022 7" E Dormant Diploid 39" UF Cascade
You can see this one in a crowded daylily garden from 100 feet. Distinction is being able to identify it anywhere and this has it. Purple with very large cream and green throat extending more than halfway out the tepals. Very good branching- 6! with 23 very well spaced buds. It blooms for about 6 weeks here. I have not brought it to a flower show, but it would be a good candidate. Fertile. Great parent. Out of Ocean Tides x ( Evil Gnome x Negative Image) Kathryn June Williams
I have 4! fascinating, showy future intros from it and Bacon Is The Answer.
This year, we have 6-7 way branching and up to 36 buds.
Makes Me Wonder (Murphy, 2026) 30” Mid-Late 6.5” dormant diploid
UF Crispate. Very saturated dark red with black-red towards toward the ends of the tepals. Red star above speckled yellow throat. 4 branches, 20 buds. Until I bloomed its seedlings, there were no more saturated color daylilies here. Quite sunfast, fast grower, easy parent. Great saturated color kids.
Parentage: (Aunt Gert x Garden Fairy)
Double fans $100
Marcia’s Blue Bayou (Murphy, 2026) 36” EM 6.5” dormant diploid UF Crispate
Cream with jagged blue-ish lavender eye, yellow throat, green heart,
Ruffled petals. 3 branches, 16 buds. Very clear light cream background color and excellent large eye. Blooms a long time- long and slow. Much admired at the National Convention. Excellent parent for very large blueish eyes and clean colors.
Parentage: (Energy x Janice’s Blue Eyes)
Limited availability. $150 for double fans. NOTE! 2 available as of 6/25/26. Jim
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 Award Of Merit, an Honorable Mention before that, and in 2016, the Lennington All America Award.
Parentage: AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE X LOCH NESS MONSTER( triple fans for 20 bucks.)
Matt Murphy (Murphy, 2025) Fall
36” Extra Early rebloom 7” dormant diploid, 3 branches, 17 buds
Creamy tan and tan reverse bi-tone with large variable pattern in reddish lavender, white, and grey. Green throat, ruffled edges. It patterns a high percentage of the time here. Sun resistant, rain resistant. Fertile both ways, very interesting kids.
My son Matt picked this for naming out of many intros. Good taste, I think. Unusual Form: Crispate-Cascade
Parentage: (Mad Jackie ( Faulkner seedling x Starlight Splash) x Best Uncle Double fan: $100
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.
Rose-lavender petals with lighter ruffled edges; sepals a lighter lavender/pink-cream (bitone). The petals have a blue-ish purple watermark. The throat is light green, and there is a striking cream-white midrib on the petals. The overall appearance in the garden is of a white flower with a blue-purple long eye. It is gracefully recurved - Unusual Form Cascade. Named after my favorite daughter-in-law.
Another seedling from David Metzger, raised here at Woodhenge Gardens and selected for introduction! I am not currently locating the paperwork for parentage from five years ago, so it is registered as unknown, but it may be discovered eventually. The lovely large soft orange blooms are on tall 50" scapes. The petals pinch, and the ruffled sepals gently recurve. The color begins as an intense gold-orange in the throat, which blends into a softer orange with darker veins, and then lightens toward the outside edges of the petals. The lighter edges fade to almost white on hot days. The showy blooms are presented face-outward on the upright scapes. Pod fertile.
Grown from a brilliant cross made by David Metzger of Hanover, VA, this is a deep black-purple that is sunfast and has heavy substance. With 2-3 way branching and 14-16 buds, it is impressive with its huge blooms. There is a faint darker band that shows up in some weather, and a deep green throat. It has a velvety surface texture.
Pod and pollen fertile, this has been a fabulous parent for rich rose to purple colors for us.
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.
( Murphy, 2021) 52" E 7" Dormant, Diploid, Unusual Form Cascade
Very tall pink with rose red cherry eye extending far out onto the petals, bisected by cream midrib. Color is more prominent on the petals, sepals have an eye line. Light green throat.
Excellent strong scapes with 4 branches and 22 buds. A riot of color in the early garden - see the clump images!
Out of (Jim’s Evil Grin x Stephen Smith)
Pollen fertile and somewhat pod fertile, with excellent kids with branching and color contrast.
Has won Best In Show multiple times.
Has won an Honorable Mention. ( HM)
Mount Storm (Reed, 2025) Fall
50” Early 7” dormant diploid, 4 branches, 28 buds
Stunning narrow Unusual Form, tall and commanding. The bloom is a soft yellow-cream with a feathered purple eye and lime green throat. Several layers of lighter purple pattern break up the eye. The most distinctive characteristic is the rain of tiny purple speckles/dots at the end of each petal (not on the rest of the bloom) leading to the garden nickname “Stippled Tips”. There is a tiny purple edge on the sepals. Good plant habits with very upright scapes. Pod and Pollen fertile.
Parentage: (Opal Road x Ponder Stibbons) Double fan: $100.00
Very tall, upright strong scapes with bright pink blooms that have white midribs; green throat fades to white, extending out almost halfway onto the petals and sepals. Tiny white line on the ruffled edges. There is a faint band of darker pink on the petals. Stunning background plant. Reblooms!
Parentage: ((Tree Turtles x Planet Max) x Cherry Peacock)
(Reed, 2024) 24" ERe 3.1" dormant diploid
Very small UF cascade, sometimes under 3” (mini) but usually just over. 4 branches, 24 buds, reblooms a number of times. Light mauve-lavender petals with darker veins and cream midribs; sepals are cream with variable amounts of mauve-lavender and sometimes stippled. Green to cream throat. All tepals recurved, sepals have tight ruffling. Pod/pollen fertile. Parentage: (Helicopter x Arterial Blood)
(Reed, 2021) 45” MRe 7” dormant, diploid Unusual Form cascade
Patterned bloom – lavender rose with heavily-ruffled edges that are distinctly lighter pink; the eye bleeds out from a green throat blending to pale cream and ending in a jagged bloody line on each petal. 3 branches and 10-12 buds but lots of scapes and rebloom. Makes many proliferations. Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage: (Up the Wazoo x ((Monacan Trail x Just Jessie) x Faukner seedling))
Murphy, '04 - 53" ML 6.5" Dor. Dip. Brilliant red Unusual Form with tremendous branching, cream edge
I haven't seen a registered daylily like this one. It is cherry red with a darker red eye, chartreuse throat, and green heart. The unusual part of the is flower is that it the petals have a creamy tan ruffled edge, and the sepals have a yellow ruffled edge. These edges change to wider cream edges on very hot days. The flower is completely sunfast. The bloom season is extremely long due to 3 branches, 22 buds and instant rebloom. The scapes are very strong, and stood after hurricane Isabel. The ruffled light edge came from the pod parent, and the fine red color from the dad. This edge is passed down as a dominant trait in the offspring.
Light melon reverse bitone with feathered raspberry band, light raspberry-lavender blending on the ruffled edges, and chartreuse to very green throat. Pinched crispate Unusual Form. 3 branches and 18 buds. I call my sister My Favorite Sister (She is my only sister). Buy one for your favorite sister! If you are a sister, ask for one!
Out of ((Jim’s Evil Grin x Pale Behemoth) x Colorful Etchings). Fertile both ways. Almost every kid has a similar coloration, but different plant habits and flower form.
34" E 6.5" Dormant Diploid Black Purple with a black band in hot weather, BUT greyed and red reverse bitone with black band in cool weather. Green throat, striking blue-green foliage. Sunfast to 90+, fertile, and a good parent. Very long blooming, with strong scapes. 5 branches, 26 buds.
Out of (Toxic Temptress by Unknown).
Only a few available for August- September 2026.
New River Gorge (Reed, 2026) 40" MRe 7.5" dormant diploid, UF cascade and crispate form
Large Intense wine red with lime green throat and ruffles. It has 3-4 branches and 20 buds, grows well. It is named after
our newest wonderful National Park, in West Virginia, that has stunning views and exciting activities like high bridge walks, hang gliding, and whitewater rafting.
Parentage: unknown Double fans $50.00
Night Glow opens as a very dark red-black with chartreuse green throat. It is sunfast here and turns a purple-black on hot days. It has showy red-black buds. Great parent for dark ones, fertile both ways. It is out of (Out to Get You x Grim Reaper).
One of our most sunfast dark ones.
(Murphy, 2013) 35" M 8.5" diploid, semi-evergreen, ext. Spider 3 branches, 25 buds (Chief BlackHand x Nathan Sommers) x Wired
This very saturated intense red spider with green throat blooms from midseason until August here. Well branched, well spaced blooms, and sunfast to the mid 90's here. A narrow, 5/1 spider, with few faults. Pod and Pollen fertile, good parent for sunfast red spiders. I have 3 future intros from this one, all are brilliant dark red.
(Murphy, 2017) 33" MLaRe 7" dormant, diploid; 2 branches - 20 buds (Incessant x Total Silence) UF - cascade.
Rose with cream midribs and cream edge, apricot throat, dark rose veining. This has been a reliable rebloomer in our garden for 4 years. Very few plants rebloom in our garden. Fertile both ways. Most kids have clear midrib and edge, resulting in "striped" kids.
RELIABLE September rebloom here.
Excellent grower and bloomer.
This unusual white has a very large bloom! The sepals are consistently rolled and pinched into “poles" or tubes, and it presents a flat face out showing a big green throat. It is out of (a Fred Benzinger seedling, BMLWHUF) x MONSTER MAGIC.
Deep black purple with black band, big green throat, and cream midribs. Very sunfast for one so dark!
Stiff and erect scapes with 4 branches and 20 buds.
Striking color, and a long bloom period.
Out of (sibling to Squid Ink x Rose F Kennedy).
Very fertile and I have great dark kids in both near black and dark purple from it.
(Reed, 2024) 42" EM 6.5" diploid dormant M 1723
UF Cascade. Lavender cream bloom with large soft lavender eye edged in a small line of red-purple, and a lime-green throat. Excellent branching and bud count. The gently recurved bloom is softly ruffled. 5 way branching and 28 buds. Parentage unknown (actually I am sorry about that, but it happens).
(Murphy, 2013) 48" M 7" dormant, diploid, extended blooms; Unusual form Cascade
Lavender Cascade with darker lavender band, large cream to green throat, cream midrib, ruffled edge. This long blooming, consistent, weather resistant cascade is a strong garden performer. It has done well irrigated and not irrigated, in hot, cool, rainy, and dry weather. Good branching and bud count. Pod difficult, pollen fertile. This year, bloomed from 7/3 until after August 1st.
Has proven to be an excellent parent in addition to an excellent garden plant.
Up to 6 way branching in good conditions.
(Sport Coupe x Ocean Spirit)
Double fans. 2019 One of the most striking plants in the garden this year, excellent parent. 4 future intros from OD.
Parent of Ocean Music, one of the best branched of my intros.
A hard Dormant, going down early, below ground, and coming up late.
2020 Murphy 42" M 7" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form
Grayed Lavender with purple band, and light green throat. Cream and pink midribs. Cherry Lavender on hot days. Unusual Form - cascade. Tall, with prolific bloom period.
Tremendous branching at 7 well-spaced branches. Can have 9 branches when well grown. Bud count is around 37!
Blooms very heavily for over a month. Out of Ocean Depths by Kathryn June Wood. Fertile
Two plants available for 2026
Ocean Skies (Murphy, 2026) 32” M 5.75” dormant diploid, UF Cascade
Lavender-red bicolor with purple band, green to cream throat, and cream
midribs. 6 branches, 21 buds. Very well spaced blooms with an unusually long bloom season. Some rebloom. Sturdy scapes, smokey color on cool mornings, quite sunfast. Easy parent. Another in the Ocean line of my introductions. Ocean Spirit, Ocean Depths, Ocean Tides, Oceana, and this one. All are well branched.
Parentage: (Ocean Tides x Papa Cuna)
Double Fans- $100
There is a clear color to this flower that calls from way, way, across the garden. It is a hard color to capture on film or digitally. Very clear lavender with some blue or grey in it, a striking purple eye, and lemon-lime throat. It has deep 3 and 4 way branching with very well spaced blooms, perfect for shows. It opens fully by early morning, and has a cream edge on hot days. 4 way branching, 26 buds. Fertile both ways.
Has won Best In Show twice.
Margo and I feel that this one is worthy of garden awards and growing in every garden. Award winner of HM and AM.
Lavender with purple eye and cream edge above chartreuse throat.
Parentage: (Grey Witch x Magic of Oz) X Loch Ness Monster
A rosy blend with silvery frosting in the morning, green throat, cream midribs, and curled petals. More burgundy in the hot afternoon. Very sunfast. Excellent 4 way branching with 26 buds. Long blooming. Fertile and a good parent. Out of (Ocean Depths x Amethyst Tears). Eye catching and unique!
2021 Rebloomed two years in a row.
I have 3 future intros from it.
Hard Dormant, going down early, below ground, and coming up late.
Pink lavender blend with red-lavender band, cream midribs, cream edge, and green throat. Blooms a very long time on well branched scapes. Fertile both ways, and parent of two future intros.
Out of ((Margo Reed Indeed x Monacan Trail) x Thank You Dad).
Proven hardy in zone 5a in Wisconsin.
Great reports on it's performance in zone 8a, 7, 6, 5. Norfolk Va, Ohio, Seattle, Wisconsin, Indiana.
It has the nice habit of sending up scapes with some coming up just after the original ones. Not instant rebloom, but nice for a long season.
