(Reed, 2021) 35” Mla 6” dormant, diploid, Unusual Form cascade
Richest, purest deep rose with apple green throat extending out into white with white midribs edged with light rose. Very ruffled. 3-way branching, bud count 20. Slow increaser but makes lots of proliferations. Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage: ((Margo Reed Indeed x North Wind Dancer) x (Peacock Curls x Cherry Peacock))
45" M 7.25" dormant diploid. Rose pink with a darker rose-red band, green throat. This has tall, deeply-branched scapes with 3 way branching and 26 buds. Nice presentation of the blooms. Pollen fertile, pods difficult but possible. A garden favorite for years!
Very tall, well-branched and budded, this extra-large reddish lavender with a dark lavender eye, gold throat, and ruffled cream edge stands out, to say the least, towering over lesser plants. On cool mornings, grey. Sunfast to over 90 degrees; fertile. Very long blooming. (Grey Witch X North Wind Dancer)
Murphy 2015 48" EMRe 8" dormant, tetraploid 3 branches, 23 buds, very sunfast Unusual Form – Cascade ( Fish Face x Freewheelin)
Tall, huge, stunning yellow with large jagged purple eye, green throat, blue-green foliage. I tagged this seedling on its’ first bloom. It has proven its’ worth in 4 seedling seasons. It can have taller scapes with more branching in exceptional conditions. All cultivars have qualities and considerations. This one checks most every box, except is not pod fertile. The scapes are thick and strong, but a few have leaned over in thunderstorms when they have several 8 inch blooms, but it is not the dreaded flopper... Going to flower shows? Bring this one. Wide and broad branching with well spaced flowers.
Excellent again in 2018.
Cute as a chipmunk, this little brown spidery bloom has a black stripe (eye) and green throat. It is tall, well-branched, and has lots of bloom. Not quite a miniature or a true spider, it has potential in that direction. It is out of REUTHERS BROWN SPIDER x BROWN WITCH, which gives it a heritage of vigor and pod fertility.
Great grower and does well in poor conditions.
Metzger ( 2013) 43" EMRE 6.5 Dor Dip Ext. Cascade Unusual Form
David's flower has been a star in our garden for seven years now. Orange and tan, with a red eye, green throat, and cream edge, it curls radically on hot humid days. Quite sunfast. Four way branching, 27 buds, and a long bloom season, with some rebloom. Out of two great ones, MAGIC OF OZ, by ROCKET SCIENCE. The latter is hardy in zone 3. Pollen fertile, Pod difficult.
(Murphy, 2019) 54" M 7" dormant diploid, UF – cascade
Dark cream with lavender eye and green throat . Cream midribs on petals, the backs of petals are pinkish. Won best seedling at NCDC show in 2018. Grows fast, with tall, strong scapes. 4 branches and 20 buds. Fertile both ways, and makes tall lavender-eyed kids. Out of (((Evil Gnome x Indian Giver)x( Complicated)) x Unknown).
2020- Clearly continues to impress with perfect form, EMO/CMO, strong scapes, and long bloom period.
Soft peach cream ruffled blooms sit atop well-branched scapes, with blush-rose eyes and light green throats. The blooms tend to be upfacing, and look like a cloud could land there comfortably! The only downside is that the foliage is a light green color. Pod and pollen fertile.
Parentage: CRYSTALLINE ENTITY X MARGO REED INDEED.
Bret Clement, 2009. 32" La 7.5" dormant, diploid. Uf crispate. Rose red with white midrib and edge, and slightly darker rose eye above green throat. This makes a great clump with rosy pointed stars covering the plant! Not only a great name, but a great plant.
This reddish-lavender cascade has muted purple and slate patterned eyezones. A reliable re-bloomer here with 2 branches, 15 buds, fertile.Despite the registration, it has been a dormant for two winters now, hardy in zone 4a. Out of YABBA DABBA DOO X LOLA BRANHAM.
You cannot get lost going in this direction. A late bloomer, Compass Rose starts 4-5 weeks after mid-season, like its parent, After Awhile Crocodile. Light rose with a darker rose band, yellow-cream throat. Striking in the late season. (After Awhile Crocodile x seedling)
Margo says: Ooh, it's lined out and has good branching and tons of buds!
Murphy, '06 - 41" M 5.5" dor.dip. Red bitone, complex color pattern and edge color. Excellent parent for patterned and complex color patterned kids. Long blooming, good bud count.
5.5" open-form blooms with a complex color pattern. A red bitone, with a wide tan to cream edge, complex red eye, waxy green throat and yellow midribs. Two to three branches and 19 buds. Pollen fertile with dormant, blue-green foliage. Proven parent for patterns.
Parentage: Red Rain X (Chesapeake Crablegs X Red Rain)
Murphy, '05 - 54" La 5.5" Dor. Dip. Clear yellow with red eye above orange and green throat, very tall.
Yellow with a stark, bright red eye, orange throat, green heart. The taller sibling of YOU KNOW WHO, blooms late August, and September here, sometimes into October. Can be seen from across the garden, so I named it as the second in the lighthouse series. Corolla Light is an old lighthouse on the coast of North Carolina. Long bloomer, with 3 branches and 27 buds.
( Murphy 2014) 46" L 8" Dormant Diploid UF- Crispate
Striking Coral-cranberry Red with darker red eye, and significant dotting or sanding of color near the greenish orange throat. All blooms held erect on stiff also erect scapes way above the strongly dormant blue green foliage. Out of a Benzinger seedling by KIRSTEN MADELAINE BURKEY. 3 branches , 24 buds. Extremely fertile. It has proven to be a great parent for interesting late UF's.
Murphy, 05 - 59" La 6" dor.dip. Reblooms. Every scape is crooked or loops. Golden orange, with red eye. Doubles about 30% to 50% of the time, with good conditions.
Completely distinctive, with 59" scapes, every one with a crook, bend, or even loop. You read that correctly. Nothing like it in your garden! Late bloom and good color, with green throat, complete the package. Scapes do lean, and twist, and some fall, but then grow toward the sun,with 15 buds, and 2 branches. Fertile, parents unknown. Exhibition Judges don't know what to do when this is on the show table.
Extremely clear colored. It has a green and white throat, and good 3-way branching with 25 buds. Fragrant and fertile, out of MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER. It is completely sunfast here. Double fans, or more. Excellent.
(Reed, 2017) 38” Midseason 7.25” dormant diploid, Unusual Form
This large bright red bloom is very showy, with a lot of action in the curling sepals and flaring, pinched, ruffled petals. It has a slightly darker red eye, light green throat, and 3 branches and 15 buds. It clumps up quickly, and is fertile.
(Reed, 2020) 48" M 6.5" dormant, diploid; 3 branches, 18 buds;
UF – Cascade. Parentage: (Unknown x Unknown).
Tall, curly, and strikingly raspberry red! The velvety, rich red blooms curl and recurve, and are held on strong, nicely-branched scapes. The blooms have a green throat, shading to white, and white midribs; gracefully ruffled. Pod and pollen fertile. A favorite here.
Dancing eye to eye, or nose to nose, you will not have to bend down to look at this warm pink exotic bloom. 3-way branching, and sturdy scapes support the blooms that are nicely ruffled. This one brings flamingo pink color into the very tall group of daylilies. Fertile both ways.
Truly standing above the crowd, Dances with Giraffes is at least 5 feet tall when established. The large blooms cascade and curl down from the tall scapes, golden yellow with a rose-peach blush eye above a green throat. It is registered as an unusual form/cascade. Difficult to set a pod, but the pollen is good. This makes a statement in the garden!
This one has narrow white, ruffled blooms like snowflakes on tall scapes. Slightly pink cast in the morning gives way to white on the blooms. Not famous for its branching, it has an adequate bud count of 12. The bloom is an open, spokes-of-a-wheel or star form. Unusual Form spatulate. Out of Secretary Sand x North Wind Dancer. Pod and pollen fertile.
(Reed, 2017) 50" M 10", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 18 buds (Skydiving x Cherry Peacock). UF - cascade. Light lemon-cream/near white with a highly contrasting eye of dark purple; it has cream midribs and a light green throat.
Tall and thin, this bloom is pale with a dark-blood eye to haunt you. The bloom, not the scape, can be a little floppy after a big thunderstorm or overhead watering. But on a quiet morning it is stunning and huge.
(Reed, 2018) 38" M 6" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form-cascade.
Dark Hollow is a dramatic, brooding kid from Flight of Orchids. It is a recurved, dark raspberry bloom with a huge dark mulberry-wine band feathering onto the petals. It has "eyelash" lines extending into the green throat from the eyezone, and cream midribs. It is ruffled, and has nice 3-way branching (21 buds). Grows well and sometimes reblooms. Pollen and pod fertile.
Parentage: (seedling x Flight of Orchids)
(Murphy, 2013) 39" ML 7" dormant, diploid, extended; Unusual form - cascade
(Spiral Galaxy x Just Jessie) 4 branches, 25 buds
Lavender Red Cascade, darker band, with very large cream and green throat, cream midribs, and cream edge. Named for our famous dog and friend, Davey. Check out the image under More Info - this one has just a mass of blooms, branches, buds, and strong scapes. It blooms heavily for 3 to 4 weeks, with every day a show. The highest branching and bud count of my 2013 intros.
(Reed, 2021) 45" M 7.5" dormant diploid, Unusual Form crispate
Large soft peach-yellow blend with a big green throat extending out on the bloom, and heavy substance. UF crispate form, with quilled sepals and very ruffled petals. 2-way branching, bud count 10. Pollen Fertile.
Parentage: (Allison Sommers x Just Jessie).
Bennett, F., '98 - 21" EM 3.5" sev.dip. Round rose/red little one. Bud Bennett passed away a few years ago. His diploid round and/or ruffled intros are joy in the Virginia- Maryland area. He never used the internet to sell daylilies, and mainly only has local distribution.
(Reed, 2019) 36" EM 6" dor., dip.
Deep lavender pink fading to lighter lavender pink on hot days, with dark purple veins. Recurved, ruffled form with good substance. Green throat. It has a small purple multi-ring eye with big white arrowheads outside the eye on all segments. Deep 3-way branching, 26 budcount; fertile both ways. Parentage: (Flight of Orchids x Faulkner seedling).
Desperate House Cats (Clement, 2010)
height 36 in.(91 cm), bloom 7.5 in.(19 cm), season MLa, Dormant, Diploid, 20 buds, 4 branches, Unusual Form Crispate, Pinkish lavender, white edge, white watermark green throat. ((Damsel in Distress × Wilson Spider) × Purple Corn Dance
Copied from AHS Database. This flower is very reliable and has proven to be a good parent. It blooms for a long time in the late garden.
I have great future intros from it. Thank you Bret!
(Murphy, 2018) 28” E 6” dormant, diploid, Unusual Form-cascade.
Rich deep red-purple with large green to cream throat. The throat shape is sharply pointed, radiating out onto the tepals. It has light veining. This is a reliable and consistent early bloomer with up facing flowers on a shorter plant. Quite showy with the contrasting throat. I have some very interesting seedlings from Devil's Chimes. 3 branches, 15 buds
Parentage: (Rose F. Kennedy x Cabernet Cabaret)
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.
Sold out, 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.
Murphy '07 - 48" Emre 7.5" Dor dip twisted crispate UF Ext frag. Clear cherry with green throat, light edge. Bud builder with very long bloom season. Named for the man that accused me of this, leaving out the last word!
36" MLa 6.5" dormant diploid. Bright rose pink with cream to white midribs and edges on petals and sepals, giving a striped effect. The throat is gold with olive deep in the throat. 3 branches, 20 buds. From a cross of (Fossil Record x Foxy Loxy). Stands out in the garden! Fertile both ways.
(Reed, 2015)
46" MRe 6.5" dormant, diploid 3 branches, 20 buds Unusual Form – Cascade
(Catapult Sam x Cherry Peacock)
Dark red cascade with black-red eye extending out onto the petals; large green throat merging into the eye. Classy and sultry. Pollen and pod fertile. Still in bloom in early August.
Apricot self, darker in the throat. Sunfast color lightens on very hot afternoons toward peach. Tall for a double, with a long bloom season. Reliable rebloomer here. Fertile both ways and has great uf double kids. 95% double. 2 branches, 16 buds. Parentage: ((Crooked x Zada Mae) x Peggy Jeffcoat)
Only one available for 2020.
Betscher '38 - 24" Ere dor.dip.frag.ext. Very early cute yellow orange trumpets. Usually the first to bloom in our garden. in 2018, after a long and cold winter, it bloomed on May 3.
Murphy, '05 - 38" EERe 5.75" dor.dip. Cute very early butter yellow spider with feathered red eye.
Butter yellow spider, feathered red eye, gold throat, extended bloom. 4.43:1 spider ratio. This colorful flower, with blue green hard dormant foliage, starts blooming before STELLA DE ORO here. Parentage unknown.
This is a very reliable plant, problem free here, and consistently early bloom.
Reed 2011 38" M 8" dormant diploid. Light rose pink
With a "lipstick" rose-red band and lime green throat. There is a barely-discernible watermark on the sepals, which may be important for pattern breeding. Out of (Crystalline Entity x Nathan Sommers).
Fertile both ways. We have found this to be a truly excellent parent of both pastels with bright eyes and patterns.
Reed, 2006 - 38" M 7" dor.dip. Black ruffled spider, sunfast
This 4.1:1 ratio spider is a solid black, ruffled star with a green throat. It is taller and more spidery than its parent, Chief Black Hand. It is very sunfast, holding its color well on 98 degree days. The finish on the bloom is velvety and satiny. 2-way top branching, 15 buds. Fertile both ways.
This rare tet intro from Jim is a polychrome blend of pink, lavender, and orange, with a large double gold edge. It is a variable double and single at about 50%, but it does not have complete doubling all over except on occasion. It seems to double more with extra water and fertility. In either case it does not look like any daylily that I have seen. There are very few daylilies that bloom in our garden as late as this, and only a few tets. ( Look at the image- no plants in bloom around it.) It is out of (SANDRA ELIZABETH X GREAT WHITE) EDGY X FREEWHEELIN Fertile, 3 branches, 20 buds Very Limited.
Murphy, '07 - 16" EMRe 5.5" dor.tet. Pink/rose bitone, green-yellow throat.Bubbly gold edge, reblooms a lot here.
Bet you never thought you would see me introduce an edged full formed tet! EDGY has been a hit with its bubbly gold edge that flashes metallically in the sun. A pinkish red to rose bitone, with both green and yellow throat, red eye, and rose veins. This quite short 16" plant is perfect for the front of the border. The rebloom scapes just keep coming on this hard dormant. One branch and 13 buds. Fertile both ways.
Parentage: (IDA'S MAGIC x ADMIRAL'S BRAID) X STARTLE
Reed, 2003 - 32" M 6" dor.dip. Purple spidery with black-purple velvety eye, green throat. The latest and showiest in the Eggplant series. Jim's favorite.
Shocking Red Spider with a green throat and a chartreuse midrib. Rain Resistant red, sunfast at 98F at 7pm. Spider Ratio 5/1. Moderate Bud Builder. 3 branches, 19 buds, but more late in the season.
Parentage: TNT x WIRED. Very Fertile, good parent for sunfast red spiders.
First of all, this one is tall and has tremendous branching. Yellow curled or twisted blooms with a light reddish band. Light fragrance, sunfast and rainfast. It is an improvement on ELI MURPHY in terms of color and bloom presentation. Normally has 5 way branching. Normally has 30 buds. Sometimes goes to 6' tall, with 50 buds. Out of ELI MURPHY by MONSTER MAGIC. Fertile, very long blooming, sometimes a spider. It increases well! Double fans
Murphy, '07 - 78" Vla 6" dor.dip. Very tall, well branched, high bud count. Gold blooms, red band. Vigorous, fast grower, blooms for months.
ELI MURPHY is the tallest and most vigorous daylily I have introduced. Definitely a back of the border plant, standing over 6' tall, and up to 7' tall, with 6 to 10 branches and 42 to 80 buds. This late to very late daylily blooms continuously for 7 to 10 weeks, with classically formed gold blooms with a red orange band. The scape diameter is huge, to hold up the stout scapes. Fertile both ways, breeds giants. Margo and Jim both have future intros from this giant. Pictured is a single fan plant!! Can't seem to keep it in stock.
