Saturday, June 05, 2010
Pretty Season Has Arrived for Philly Daylilies
I am a stipple freak- I'm trying to increase the gene pool of these dotty daylilies (some people think I'm a bit dotty too!). This is my second stipple to bloom, Mark's Bouquet (Joe Agosta from Florida, 2006). 22ERe4.3, Evergreen Diploid. It rebloomed late July last year for fellow DVDS member MaryAnn Pruden, who has been breeding "stars & stripes" longer than I have. http://lilyhouseonline.com is her site.
Today is the first day I had more than 5 "pretty" daylilies to choose for the blog. Most early daylilies are, at most, "not unattractive". But here's Applique, 10 inches of "UnF" which stands for "Unusual Form". It used to be abbreviated UFo but people confused that with Flying Saucers. The cultivar name refers to the applique throat, which appears to be raised, or pasted on. Stamile 02, 30EMRe10 Evr Tet.
Mary Alice Stokes ffo today. HansenD 01 25ERe5.25 Sev Tet. 
Magic Attraction ffo- but It's registered as a Midseason! Salter 05, 22MRe6 Sev Tet. Bought it to cross with tet stipples, but no tet stipples bloom this early!
But these ARE getting crossed with Mark's Bouquet today. These are the first blooms of De Colores (Temple 92, 28ERe8.5 EV Dip). Oldie, but big with repeat bloom, so I think it's worth trying.Labels: Mark's Bouquet stipple daylily
