Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Raven Woodsong and other Great June Daylilies
My MUST HAVE for 2010 first bloomed today. I saw this in three DVDS Club members' gardens and it stopped me in my tracks every time. It's Raven Woodsong, a 2004 Ned Roberts intro 40M7 Diploid Sev. This came from Florida, so it's earlier this year; how can I cross this?
First bloom today on Lunacy (Morss 03) 32EM6.5 Wouldn't this be a great cross with Raven Woodsong? Kid's name could be RAVEN LUNATIC! Unfortunately, this is a Tet, RL is a Dip. RATS! So I crossed it with Julie Newmar, another complex eye.
Got one bloom on Mark's Bouquet today, but rain was predicted for late AM, so I just harvested the 6 stamens and brought them indoors. It's a double, but this photo makes it look like a poly- 4 petals and 4 sepals. This one also has 4 pistils- that would be one weird looking seed pod if all 4 got pollinated.
If rain wasn't predicted, I would have crossed Mark's Bouquet with this Siloam Double Classic; see the pistil?
And I would have crossed Double Mandarin (Apps 95, 27EMRe4) with Mark's Bouquet if this had a pistil. Siloam Double Classic is one of its parents.
Small Tempest first bloom today. Liz Salter 2000, 22MRe3.5 Sev Tet. How are we getting Midseason bloomers so early? Philadelphia just had the hottest April and May on record.
First bloom on Julie Newmar (Morss 2000, 32ERe7 Evr Tet). Crossed this with Lunacy (see above) with it's complex eye. But since it started raining a couple hours later, I don't expect anything.
First bloom on Painter's Splash, an old (82) Gilbert Wild. But it's registered at 8.5 inches, so I'd love to see if I can stipple it.
Not first bloom, but this is a good example of Mary Alice Stokes (Dan Hansen 01, 25ERe5.25) Sev Tet. 
Terry Lyninger is yellow, but I love this eye pattern. Jack Carpenter 03, 24ERE5.5 Evr Dip. 
I've posted other photos of Hold Your Horses this year, but I'm REALLY impressed with its look and performance. Held up in rain too.
Malachite Prism (Doorakian 99) first bloom didn't recurve one petal, but I've gotten it through 3 winters in Philadelphia, even though it has the reputation of being tender for Zone 6. Strange, since it was hybridized near Boston. I've heard some daylilies will survive where there's reliable snow cover, but not in our severe freeze/thaw cycling.
First Little Wine Cup. An oldie, but the "original" non-yellow reliable rebloomer. Carter/Paul 69, 20ERe2 Dor Dip. Stella was registered 6 years after this.
Francois Verhaert not first bloom, but doesn't look bad today.
Finally, first Jazzy Graphics, a bicolor Dan Hansen 99, 24ERe4.5 Sev Tet. Other first blooms but not photogenic enough for publication were Tennessee Flycatcher, Bridal Path, Chaco Canyon, Inky Fingers, Egyptian Queen, Siloam Russell Morgan, and Goldmist Red. Labels: Early June Daylilies
Monday, June 07, 2010
A Classic, Spiders and some Visual Intrigue
Siloam Double Classic first blooms today. Henry 85 16EM5 Dor Dip, a "Hose in Hose" double that HAS become a classic.
Waiting in the Wings first bloom today (Stamile 2000, 32ERe8 Evr tet.
Volusian Spider first bloom. Trimmer 01 38EERe7.5 Evr Tet. So today I've got EE (Early Early), Early, and EM (Early Midseason) daylilies blooming for the first time.
Visual Intrigue first bloom. Salter 2000, 29EMRe6 Sev Tet. It's an eyeful. Just gave me a great name for a tall, eyed intro: Eye-Full Tower!
On the left: Liz Salter's 2000 (mis)registered Echos in the Mist, as sold to Betty Harwood and the Shooters. Does it look lavender with no eye to you? On the right is MY SEEDLING (Echos x Unknown- open pollinated 2008) which I might register as "Echos in Zindi Mist". That would allow me to enter it in flower shows and legitimize what I believe to be the bastard son of Witches Wink x Tetra Little Print. Any reason I shouldn't? Leave a comment or email hemehostaholic@gmail.com pro or con. Labels: Early June Daylilies
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
New Blooms June 20, 2007
Mico bloomed first yesterday, but it was slow to open, so it missed the publication deadline. Not spectacular color, but at 10 inches, it shows up from the space station.
Riseman's Flame actually looks better after the inch of rain we got last night.
Child Within (G. Stamile 05) is another of the outstanding mini series, and appears to be hardy here after two winters in Philadelphia.
Raspberry Masquerade is one I've been waiting to see (bought it last year) and it waited until a drenching overnight rain to put out two blooms.
Goldmist Red- not its first bloom, but this one is a better example than its first effort last week.
Labels: Early June Daylilies
Sunday, June 10, 2007
New Early Daylily Blooms June 9 & 10, 2007
New daylily blooms June 9 & 10:
From the top- my mystery variegated daylily, which is half green, half gold, unlike any others I've seen. I'm waiting for the bloom to see what it looks like.
#2: Stella finally puts in an appearance.
#3: A magnificent pair of Moonlit Masquerade.
#4: Small Tempest, a 3.5" Salter, should bloom midseason, but Woodside must have had it in the greenhouse before I bought it last month.
Labels: Early June Daylilies, Philadelphia
Friday, June 08, 2007
Extra Early Daylilies in Philadelphia
First blooms June 6 through June 8 are:Black Eyed Stella, Apple Pie Spice, Mexicalli Miss, Demitasse (just over 2 inches), and Happy Hooligan, a double which usually looks lots better than this first try.
Labels: Early June Daylilies
