Jim Murphy Previous Intros

(Murphy 2022) 48" LRe 6" Dormant, Diploid; 6 branches, 31 buds! Unusual Form Cascade

Lemon Cream with cream midribs and green throat in the morning, fading to cream to near white on hot days. Very curly and ruffled. Covered in blooms for 6-8 weeks, on tall scapes. Fertile both ways and I have future intros out of it. Sunfast.
Out of (August Snow x Heavenly White Lightning).
Excellent parent. Sets pods easily. Passes on branching and budcount to the kids.

(Murphy, 2017) 37" EM 7" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 20 buds (Smoke Scream x Carolina Flying Poly Possum) Polymerous 95%.
Light pink cream with a lavender eye, chartreuse throat, and lemon colored pollen. This poly seems to be a favorite of all of our visitors. Visible from across the garden. Most blooms are very consistent and almost every bloom is a poly in our garden. Gives great poly kids. Pod fertile only.

Excellent poly, very reliable.
Not registered as a rebloomer, but I had two sets of rebloom on some plants this year. Would probably be a good rebloomer south of here. 2022 We had 4 way branching and 25 buds.

(Murphy 2011) 61" EM 7" Dormant diploid, U F Cascade

Named for a cool mountain in the Shenandoah Valley. Bud Builder.

Very tall lemon cream cascade with green throat, ruffled edge, and creped texture. Early morning opener, and extended bloomer, blue green foliage, and strong scapes. 100% sunfast. 2 branches and 21 buds.Bud builds to up to 34 buds. Blooms 5-6 weeks here. Fertile, out of MONACAN TRAIL by JUST JESSIE. In bloom on September 15th here, this year. Tall!
Has bloomed for 12 weeks here several years. Excellent bud builder in good conditions.

( Murphy, 2012) 46" M 6" Dormant Diploid UF Cascade Extended

The color is very different - clear raspberry, with apricot throat and cream midrib. It has ruffled recurved petals edged in pink to cream. The color can be seen as different from across the garden. "Jewel-Like" is what Margo calls it. 3 branches, 26 buds. Very special.

Parentage: MARGO REED INDEED by HEAVENLY CURLS. Fertile, good parent.

Double fans

Murphy, 08 - 40" EM 7" sev. Dip. Veined reddish lavender white midrib, cream edge

Finally a nice cultivar from Lola Branham and Skinwalker, a nearly impossible cross! This large lavender to reddish lavender bloom is complicated, with heavy veining, striking white midrib, cream edge, purple band, and chartreuse throat. It can be a UF, or a spider on some blooms, but is not registered as either. Always different, and always good. Fertile, sometimes Ethereal ( hence the name) .

Murphy 2020 42" MLa 7" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form

Brightest, clear red Unusual Form - Crispate. Very sunfast. Every bloom is a little different shape. All tepals extend slightly forward from center. Completely distinctive. 6 branches, 47 buds! And it is a bud-builder. Expect 2 months of bloom under good conditions. This year started bloom 6/20 and bloomed until October 20. . Out of Stretch by TNT.

(Murphy-J.P. 2023)

25” EM 5.75” Dormant Diploid Unusual Form Cascade

Cherry Red with light green to cream throat, cream midribs. Sunfast to 90+. Fertile, good parent. 4 branches, 16 buds.

Out of ( Evil Gnome x Negative Image) by Cartwheel Galaxy).

(Murphy, 2015) 40" La 7" dormant diploid

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)

(Murphy, 2010) 39" EMRe 10" semievergreen, diploid extended, EMO, Spider

This absolutely huge, curly red spider has a chartreuse throat. It has two branches, 17 buds, and a long bloom season. Has proven to be one of the showiest plants in the garden. Pollen fertile, it is out of BRILLIANT IDEA X KIRSTEN MADELINE BURKEY. Very long and narrow blooms that are striking, coupled with brilliant color. Triple Fans

(Murphy 2011) 30" M 6" SEV diploid Unusual Form Cascade

What a surprise from this one - it opens at midnight with dark red tepals and huge dark green throat, and as the day progresses, it reflexes or curls back until mainly the throat shows. The tepals curl and re-curl. Cream edge, yellow midrib. Sunfast at 100F, Opens well at 50F. Fertile, out of (YABBA DABBA DOO X DEVILS ADVOCATE) x NATHAN SOMMERS With this parentage, it might not be hardy in zones 4 and under, but completely hardy here with no winter damage. Image taken at 9 pm on a 100 degree day. How does the average daylily look then? 2017- I have really valued this sunfast red that holds all day. Does well in southern Georgia and in New York. New lower price because it grows fast!

(Murphy, 2021) 37" MLaRe 5.5" dormant diploid; 3 branches, 18 buds. Unusual Form: Cascade

Lemon-cream-pink blend, bitone, very reflexed bloom. Very sunfast, fertile both ways. It blooms an extremely long time with instant re-bloom. It has widely-spaced branches. Fertile both ways. It is out of (Last Chance for Romance x Thank You Dad).
2021- Still in bloom 8/20/21.

(Murphy, 2010) 40" E 8" semi-evergreen tetraploid, ext. 2 branches, 15 buds.

Extra large reddish lavender with purple veins, chartreuse throat and yellow midribs with a narrow cream edge, diamond dusted. On cool mornings this flower starts purple. Sunfast, fertile. Tet (Cameroon Night x Waiting in the Wings)

(Murphy 09) 41" ML 7" Dor Dip Cascade Unusual Form, ext., extremely clear-colored lavender bitone with purple veins on hot days.

This bloom is wide open on 50F mornings and sunfast at 100F. It starts blooming ML and blooms for over a month until mid to late August here. It has a lemon throat, with green heart, cream edge, and cream midribs. Two Branches, 16 buds, Fragrant. My third intro from MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER, joining PANAMA PINK and CRUISE CONTROL. It makes its place in the garden with steady, consistent performance in all weather. Fertile, limited.

Murphy, '05 - 38" Mla 6.5" dor.dip. Outrageous clear lemon, radical UF, green throat. This has proven perfectly hardy in both zones 3 and 9 ( west). One of my favorites because it is always perfect, every day, with excellent budcount and growth. Out of SUNNY SON by SPIDER MIRACLE. Fertile, proliferates, fragrant.
Lots of proliferations that root easily.

This outrageous clear light yellow to chartreuse flower is a radically shaped crispate unusual form. It is quite variable as well. It has a large grass green throat with very ruffled, lighter edged petals. The sepals are so rolled that you can't see the edge. It has three branches and 17 buds, with instant rebloom, for a long season. It proliferates heavily. It is dormant, and has famous parentage, carrying genes for ruffled edges, red, chartreuse, and yellow, ensuring that it will be in demand by hybridizers. Award Winner.

Parentage: SUNNY SON X SPIDER MIRACLE

(Murphy, 2019) 39" MLa 6.5" dormant diploid, UF - Crispate/cascade.
Gorgeous clear red black color with a darker band, sometimes a bitone, with green throat and cream midribs. It blooms heavily for up to 2 months, and sometimes reblooms. 4 branches and 19 buds. Sunfast here to 94F. Fertile both ways, and makes very dark dormant UF kids. Parentage – (Out To Get You x Cabernet Cabaret).
This plant and Out To Get You are producing my best darkest, sunfast future intros.

Murphy, '06 - 49" Vla 7.5" dor.dip. Spider. Yellow pink blend, bitone, lav. Edged sepals.

There are not many bitone spiders with yellow-to-pink petals and yellow-to-lavender edged sepals. Actually, this is the only one, to my knowledge. Very late dormant diploid, huge waxy green throat. Tall at 49", very fragrant, and diamond-dusted. Base color is a yellow-pink blend with stippled pink and lavender color on ruffled edges. 4.89:1 spider ratio, fertile both ways. One or two branches, 16 buds, some rebloom. Excellent parent for very lates.
In full bloom in August here, and usually September.

Parentage: (Benzinger seedling "Racing Stripes" x Yabba Dabba Doo) x Lola Branham

Murphy, '04 - 46" Mre 7" dor. Tet. Dark velvety red, yellow throat, green heart. Sunfast

My first tet introduction was the best of the keepers from a long cross. It won Best Seedling at the 2001 NCDC Flower show on its maiden bloom. It has dark velvety red, with a yellow throat and a green heart, complemented by a small ruffled blackish red edge. It has 2 or 3 branches, and 16 buds in poor culture, and up to 5 way branching and 32 buds in great culture. It is extremely sunfast, like its mom. It is red in the morning and red at night, hence the name. Very fertile both ways.
One of our good customers bought one, then the next year, three more. It is really red. !

Parentage: FIRE FROM HEAVEN X RED SUSPENDERS

Murphy, 07 - 39" MRe 6" dor. Dip. Spider - Cherry red, cream edge

I was very proud to introduce this cultivar. It is cherry red with a tan edge in the morning, and as the day gets hot, the midribs and edge bleach to a striking cream. The bloom remains very sunfast, with a chartreuse throat. I registered it with 2 branches and 12 buds, but this fall, it rebloomed with up to 4 branches and 25 buds. It is related to Candy Cane Dreams, and a sibling to several of my light edged reds. Good grower, fertile.

(Murphy 2014) 50" ML 7" Dormant Diploid UF- Cascade, Bitone

Pink, yellow and rose blend with yellow throat, with slight lavender edges. Excellent growth, excellent form and resistant to weather. Named for Margo's most watched tv show. She is gonna kill me for that! Out of MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER, it is very fertile and a good parent. 4 branches and 23 buds gives it a long bloom season.

(Murphy 2014) 32" ML 6.5" Dormant Diploid Cascade UF

Light lemon cream cascade with light green throat, cream midrib, very heavy bloomer. Completely sunfast, and rain resistant. 4 or more branches and 32 buds, but can have as many as 60 buds. This plant is covered in bloom for about 3 weeks. Out of ((Mountain Top Experience x Rocket Science) x Skinwalker)) x Margo Reed Indeed. Fertile, but difficult for pods. Very consistent in the late July to early August garden here.
Excellent grower and garden plant. Rebloomed heavily in 2020.

(Murphy 2012) 48" Very Late 5.5" Dormant Diploid Cascade

This wide, very recurved bright red has a narrow cream edge, white midrib, and yellow green throat with green heart. It is held tall on strong scapes with 2 branches and 22 buds, and is a moderate budbuilder. It blooms in latest July, August and September here. Out of ( AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE x WHEN I DREAM) x( BARNEGAT LIGHT). It is moderately sunfast, and fertile both ways. In the very late garden, it was Margo's and many others' favorite plant.

(Murphy, 2024) 43" EMre 6.5" dormant diploid
8 branches, 44 buds!!! UF Cascade. Parentage: (Frog’s Hair x Garden Fairy)
Reddish pink, cherry band, with light pink to cream edge and large green throat.
Gorgeous ruffled, heavily curling and cascading blooms.
Won an achievement medal as a seedling at National Capital Daylily Show. Blooms a long time, plus reblooms here late in the season. Fertile and an excellent parent.

Murphy, '05 - 30" Vla 5.5" dor.dip. Greyish brown, purple eye, yellow ribs, fast growing, late and unique.

Greyish Brown petals, and sepals, purplish red eye, yellow midribs, prominent veins on petals, orange and yellow throat. This plant was selected for its unique color pattern, perfect foliage, and fast increase, as well as late bloom. There is nothing like it at mid season, much less very late season. It has slender, yet strong scapes with 17+ buds. The name comes from the color of the petals, as well as a more tongue in cheek meaning. Out of a Benzinger seedling by TROPICAL DEPRESSION, it has TRAHLYTA in the background and does color change to some extent. Can bloom for up to 3 months, a bud builder. THE BEST BLUE GREEN DORMANT FOLIAGE IN OUR GARDEN. Extremely resistant to late freezes. Unfazed by as low as 20F when plants are actively growing.

Parentage: Benzinger seedling X TROPICAL DEPRESSION

(Murphy, 2020) 30" M 5.5" dormant, diploid; 3 branches, 17 buds; Double-95%
Parentage: ((Crooked x Zada Mae) x Together at Last)
Absolutely glowing gold and orange blend that lightens to creamy gold in the afternoon. In my quest for hard dormant layered double diploids, this one checks all of my boxes. It doubles almost always, and shows around 90% layered form. Sunfast, period, with freeze resistant foliage! Pairs well with Brother Coal.
I registered it with 3 branches OOPS! Clumps this year have perfect 5 and 6 way branching and a large amount of buds. It is very consistent and reliable. Should be hardy in zone 3-4 based on it's parents hardiness. If you live in 3, I would like to send you one for shipping costs and you can let me know. Jim
2021- Very good rebloom two years in a row.

Murphy, '05 - 46" Vla 6.5" dor.dip. Spider. Black-red 6.5:1 true spider, striking chartreuse pattern tht.

This distinctive blackish red colored spider has a darker patterned watermark, yellow midribs, and striking chartreuse patterned throat. Sunfast, period. This starts blooming after SANDRA ELIZABETH and blooms for up to 2 months due to 4 way branching and 26 buds. This, along with BETTER LATE THAN NEVER and CAYENNE, would bloom alone in most daylily gardens, with fresh foliage, and fresh blooms in August and September. Excellent parent for unusually colored spiders and UF'S.

Proven hardy for many years in zone 4b Minnesota.

Parentage: Benzinger seedling X RED RAIN

(Murphy 2013) 50" ML 7" Dor Dip Ext UF Cascade Light pink with a lavender edge, large lemon throat. This plant blooms a very long time, and has lots of small proliferations. 4 branches, 25 buds, and is sunfast and rain resistant. Hard Dormant. Out of MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER. Pollen fertile, pod difficult.
Not registered as a rebloomer, but has rebloomed heavily in the fall three years in a row. I mean heavily, with 4 or 5 branches, almost every plant reblooming. This suggests to me that it will rebloom in zones 6 and south.
Jim

(Murphy-JP, 2023) 31" EERe 5" Dormant Diploid
Beguiling combination of cream with a lavender blue eye etched in violet. White midribs split the eye. Ruffled petal edges. This is an up-close daylily - you want to look carefully to enjoy the combination of colors and pattern. 2 branches and 16 buds grown under a big maple tree. Fertile both ways. I have many future intros with this one in the parentage.
Out of ((Bo Knows x Faulkner seedling) x Best Uncle)
One plant left for August 2023.

SO IT BEGINS ( Murphy 2016) 30” EMRE 6” SEV Tet, 2 branches and 20 buds, UF Spatulate
Most patterned seedlings have good days, bad days, and lose their pattern to hot weather or long days in the garden. This TET intro is a long awaited, reliably patterned, all-day/any-weather plant with great color. Very fertile both ways, and has decent rebloom here. Lemon Cream with multiple patterned eyezone, green throat and a small picotee edge halfway onto the petals. Quite spatulate form, very sunfast, and lightens to cream on very hot days. Fertile with fantastic patterned kids. Sometimes goes dormant, but registered as a Semi Evergreen. Out of FISH FACE by BARCODE.
Very good rebloom in 2020 -2022.

(Murphy 2020) 27" EM 5" dormant, diploid

Mauve with lavender eye and violet etching. Cream midribs, purple edge on petals, intense green throat. Blooms a tremendously long time, up to two months. 4 branches, around 25 buds. Freeze-resistant blue green foliage. Out of Starlight Splash by a Faulkner seedling. Very fertile.

( Murphy 2011) 40" MLRE 6" Dormant Diploid Cascade Unusual Form

A gorgeous blend of rose, pink and red with green throat and cream midribs. Registered with 5 way branching and 26 buds, it bud builds and can have 7 way branching and 40 buds. Out of LUCKY STREAK by KIRSTEN MADELAINE BURKEY, fertile, and blooms until very late season, with some re-bloom in September. Finally back in stock after several years.
Has proven that it will grow in both good conditions and bad. It got swallowed by our wineberries and bloomed through the canes. It does better with better care!

Superlative parent, period.

(Murphy, 2010) 36" MLa 7.5" dormant, diploid, extended, fragrant. Unusual Form cascade.

This clear, light pink and cream cascade with a ruffled edge has a long bloom season. It has four-way branching, 27 buds, lots of proliferations, blue-green foliage, and it is 100% sunfast. On hot days it becomes cream colored. Out of MARGO REED INDEED X NORTH WIND DANCER, it is fertile both ways.

This cultivar has proven to be an excellent parent for light colored and white spiders and UF's with excellent branching. Still in bloom in August this year with a July 4 start.

(Murphy, 2017) 44" M 6" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 27 buds Seedling (Brer Rabbit's Baby x 2009 ACE) x Focus. UF - cascade.
Greyed reddish black with a black band, green throat, and thin lemon midrib on petals. Distinctive blue-green foliage. Very sun tolerant in our climate. On hot days, the plant will be darker and less grey. Some of the best and most carefree blue green foliage that we have in our garden. Fertile and makes great dark kids with blue green dormant foliage.
I have one intro and three future intros from it.

HARD DORMANT BLUE GREEN FOLIAGE that is late freeze resistant.

(Murphy 2013) 57" MLre 7.5" Dor Dip Ext UF Cascade A buff cream base color with red purple band, and yellow and green throat. This quite tall flower has strong scapes and is sunfast at 98F at 7pm in our climate. Very well branched with 5 and up to 28 buds. Out of MONACAN TRAIL by JUST JESSIE. Fertile. Starts in July and blooms into August. Bud Builder. Started July 4th and blooming well on August 14th, 2017. Has been one of our most consistent September and October rebloomers.

Double Fans

(Murphy- JP, 2023) 46" M 8" Dormant Diploid, UF Cascade
Lemon cream with a jagged red black eye. Light green throat. The scapes are among the sturdiest that I have ever seen on a diploid. A really excellent contrast in colors coupled with a bloom habit that allows blooms to open up and down the scapes. Heavily branched and budded. 4 branches and 27 buds. In 2023, I have a plant with 6 branches. Excellent Parent with a future intro for 2024.
Named for the former Light House near the current town of Stingray Point on the Chesapeake Bay at the eastern terminus of Route 33. The original name came from colonial times. Captain John Smith was stung by and seriously injured by a Cownose Ray at this location. He was tended to by a Native American healer who used a specific salt mud poultice to help his injury. The area got its name after this occurrence.
Out of (Busy As A x Opal Road). Proven hardy in both Wisconsin and Minnesota, Zones 5a and 4b.

(Murphy 2012) 47" ML 9" Dormant Diploid Spider

STRETCH is a gorgeous cherry red 5/1 spider with an extremely long bloom season. It blooms 7 or 8 weeks here once established, through bud building. Tall, at 47", with strong scapes, and 2 branches, with 20 buds. It is extremely sunfast for us, and has a yellow green throat, and yellow midrib. Out of BARNEGAT LIGHT by KIRSTEN MADELAINE BURKEY. Exceedingly fertile and makes huge, full pods. Has proven to be not only a good garden plant in the late garden, but an excellent parent as well.
Note in 2018- I kept well over twenty seedlings from STRETCH in 2017, so I think it is a pretty special parent. Guaranteed pods for us, in all conditions. 2020 Excellent.

(Murphy-J.P. 2023)

25" EERE 5" Dormant Diploid This is a triangular, recurved lemon with jagged violet eye, creped texture. Sunfast, fertile, long bloom period, late rebloom, 3 branches, 15 buds, good parent.
NOTE- this is an extremely early bloomer, before Bitsy and Stella here, then one rebloom in September.

Out of ((Seedling x Seedling) x Best Uncle).

( Murphy, 2014) 39" ML 7" Dormant Diploid UF- Cascade, Bitone

Petals are smoky lavender with a striking dark reddish purple band and the sepals are reddish lavender. Cream midribs and small green throat expand to a very large cream throat. Sun-fast to at least 97 and looks great at 8 pm on a hot day! Out of SPORT COUPE by OCEAN SPIRIT. It has 4 branches and 16 buds. Won best seedling at NCDC show 2 years ago. Ask me how it got its name and you might be surprised. Pollen Fertile, Pod difficult.

Murphy 2010 41" M 7" SEV Tetraploid Cascade Unusual Form

Thank you to Glenn Pollock for pushing me to introduce this one since its maiden bloom. It has proven to be remarkably visible in the garden, due to the tall scapes, bright orange color and striking, feathered reddish purple eye. It has colors matching Virginia Tech's colors: blasphemy!, here near UVA! 3 branches and 18 buds, that bloom long and slow, for a long season. Sun-fast, out of (ISLE OF DREAMS x TET CORAL CRAB) X FISH FACE. Unique genetics make this great garden plant also a hybridizers tool. Pollen fertile and pod possible.

Limited

( Murphy 2017) 54"L 7" Dormant Diploid Unusual Form Cascade
A large pink with lavender highlights, cascade, with light cream and green throat. Open early and late, on tall, well branched scapes that are stiff and upright. 3 branches and 18 buds initially, but bud builds when happy for up to 28 bud count. Fertile, pods are not easy. In bloom a very long time in the late and very late daylily garden. Blooms in July, August, and sometimes September here. RASPBERRY GRIN by THANK YOU DAD

( Murphy 2014) 38" ML 7" Dormant Diploid Cascade UF

Smooth, light pink color, with distinctive apricot raised ridges on both sides of the light midribs. Very ruffled and curled, sunfast and rain resistant. Lightly fragrant, with 2 branches and 18 buds in spare conditions, more with better culture. Out of MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER. Pollen fertile only. Long bloom period, with most bloom in July, and early August. RELIABLE September and October rebloom here.

(Murphy 09) 48" M 9" Dor Dip ext. Red Spider.

My long awaited first intro from BRILLIANT IDEA by KIRSTEN MADELAINE BURKEY is not to be missed in the garden. It starts blooming here about July 1st and bud builds until September 1st . Unlike many red spiders, it is wide open on cool mornings at dawn and blooms until after dark. It has a red eye, green throat, lemon midrib, 5/1 spider ratio, and excellent foliage. Fertile, and an excellent parent. Both Margo and I have introductions from this fine parent.
Parent of 2024's Woodhenge Vampire.

(Murphy, 2018) 51” M 6” dormant, diploid, Unusual Form – cascade.

Tomato red cascade with green throat and cream midribs. Longer blooming than almost any plant I have seen - 3 months this year. I was harvesting pods while pollinating new blooms. Sunfast to 95 here. Truly excellent parent of future intros. Freeze-resistant, blue-green foliage. Bud builder with big,strong, well branched scapes! Parentage: (September Flame x TNT).

Murphy 2011 39" MLRe 6" dormant diploid cascade unusual form

A sunfast lavender and raspberry with lemon cream throat and a ruffled cream edge. I went back and forth with whether it is raspberry or lavender and finally decided it is both. Registered with 3 branches and 18 buds, but more under good conditions, it also reliably re-blooms for us in September. Pollen Fertile, Pod Possible, out of MARGO REED INDEED by NORTH WIND DANCER.
Bloomed this year from about July 4 until August 15.

(Murphy, 2018) 45" EM 8" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form crispate.

Black-red variable crispate with huge cream to green throat and cream midribs. Excellent presence in the garden, with outfacing, sun resistant dark blooms. Very long blooming, fertile both ways. 3 branches, 15 buds. Parentage: (Buzzer Beater x Green Throated Robin).
Big and tall foliage that is BLUE GREEN and late freeze resistant.
Good grower. Vigorous.

(Murphy 2013) 32" M 7" Dor Dip Ext UF Cascade Introduced because of excellent plant habit, pure red color, and extremely green throat. The green throat dominates the bloom, fading to chartreuse near the edges, then melding into clear, bright red. Sunfast to about 95 here, with 2 branches and 20 buds. Highly fertile both ways, blooming for about 4 to 5 weeks here. Fast growing. Out of ROSE F KENNEDY by a Snooks Harville Seedling with excellent color.
2018- With our ample rain this year, Uncle Sam really performed well, blooming for a long time with perfect blooms. We had plenty of increase after being sold out. I dropped the price! Several hybridizers have shown me excellent images of their kids from it. 2020- Excellent performance this year after lining out last year.

Sibling of Devils Marbleyard, and grows much faster. It is similar in look to DM, but blooms longer.

Murphy, 07 - 51" Late 7" dor.dip. Very tall purple with dark purple eye, 5-way branching

Quite tall, and just under the wire for very tall. Gorgeous purple, with lighter purple sepals, and purple eye, with yellow and green throat. Once established, this plant is a forest of scapes and branches. It has 5 way branching, and 38 buds, on very sturdy scapes. Vigorous, fast grower out of GREY WITCH by HELGA BJORNERUD BURKEY. Fertile. Excellent parent for branching and bud count.

(Murphy, 2019) 48" VLa 7" dormant diploid, UF – cascade
A tall black, red, and purple blend with cream midribs and ruffled edge. Sunfast to 95 here and blooms over 2 months. Starts very late and blooms until late September here. 4 branches and 26 buds in good culture. Parentage: (Late Report x Under The Wire). Sinfully fertile and most kids are sunfast and very late.
Two plants available for spring 2024.

Vanilla Ice Cream (Murphy 2019) 6" LRe 28" Dormant Diploid
Cream with a good green throat. Ruffled edges. Starts out cream, bleaches to near white on hot days. Very fertile and one of the best parents for white that I have used. Two instant re-blooms here under good conditions. It is out of (Running Late x Jims Evil Grin). Sunfast. 3 branches , 15 buds. Starts Late and blooms into September here. There are only a few plants here that bloom this late into the season.
2023- was still blooming on original scapes when frost ended the season.