Margo Reed Previous Intros

Reed, 1995 - 24" EM 7" dor.dip. Pale cream with violet feathered eyezone, green thrt. HM

Makes large fans with stunning flowers. Still in bloom on August 3, 2014.

40" MRe 7.5" dormant diploid, extended.

Unusual form, cascade.

This light pink-cream with a bright rose-purple feathered eye is tall, well-branched (3-4 way) with lots of buds. It has an extended bloom season, and often reblooms. It is a CMO, open on cold mornings, and has good substance even late at night. It stands up through 90-100 degree days and rain. It is consistently showy and dependable. It is named after Jessie Cohen, a daylily friend who had a great garden and gave me much encouragement and support. It is a great pollen parent (but hard to set seeds as a pod parent), passing on the eye and great plant habits to many seedlings. Probably out of Flight of Orchids. ONLY 2 PLANTS TO SELL. Note from Jim - truly excellent parent, especially pollen. Makes branched kids.

(Reed, 2014) 40" M 5" dormant, diploid uf crispate

The delicate, airy appearance of this daylily is deceptive; this daylily stands strong (and light) on a well-branched scape that holds it high. Although it measures at 5", the bloom appears smaller as the ruffled petals recurve; the sepals stick out like wings. The color is a clean blue-purple, with a lighter watermark (band) and a white throat with a deep green touch in the middle. Combining my genetics with one of Pat Cochenour’s, I dedicate this one to her.

Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage: Snow Crab x (Grey Witch x Jack Carpenter sdlg #2)

(Reed, 2015) 55" M 6" dormant diploid

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.

(Reed, 2017 Fall) 50" MLa 7" dormant, diploid,
Unusual Form Crispate. 2 branches, 16 buds

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.

(Reed, 2014) 42" M 6.5" dormant, diploid uf

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.

Parentage: King Kahuna x Black Plush.

Reed, 2006 - 42" EM 7" dor.dip. UF/cascade Soft cream yellow, dusted rose huge eye

This distinctive bloom is a soft cream yellow, mostly obscured by the large pattern of stippled rose eye, outlining a very intense green throat. The form is a ruffled, gentle cascade. This seedling, out of Lola Branham, spent a couple of summers near the Monocacy River in Maryland with a friend, while I moved to Virginia. Couldn't be left behind forever! Very different. Fertile both ways. Parent of ALICE IN LONDONLAND (2015).

Reed, 2007 - 30" EM 9" dor.dip. Huge green throat, peach pink ends of petals

Creamy rose-peach with a rose pink eye, this bloom is dominated by a huge, open green throat.

The blooms' large size and "clockwork" open form make it a standout. Out of Magic of Oz, this cultivar gets attention in the garden.

Fertile, excellent parent for green throats.

Reed, 1994 - 26" M 6" dor.dip. Light pink to near white, green throat. Not spidery

Complete your collection of Reed cultivars with this one that is named for a Confederate Civil War General.

(Reed, 09) 30" EM 7" dormant diploid, ext.

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.

Reed, 1996 - 45" EM 7" dor.dip. Smokey lavender Pink Blend, ruffled, recurved.

(Reed, 2014) 36" M 8" dormant, diploid 3 branches, 18 buds UF - crispate

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.

Reed, 2008 - 38" EM 7" dor. Dip. UF crispate Dark red with black eyezone, pinched

Another out of Chief Black Hand (and Mad Max), I consider this uf an improved Rocky Horror. With some of the same form and color, it is larger, and has a stronger scape with better branching. The blooms are large, have heavy substance, and are sunproof. Very dark, the red-purple has a darker, almost black eye. The petals are long and pinched, sometimes twirling. The edges get lighter on a hot day, but the bloom continues to look good. Fertile. Green throat.

(Reed, 2008) 34" MLa 6.5" dormant diploid This warm pink exotic is a variable unusual form it often cascades, and often becomes a pinched crispate unusual form. It is large, lush, full, and showy. It is very ruffled, with the yellow throat blending out into candy shades of cream, pink, and rose. There are darker edges on the sepals, lighter ruffles on the petals. It is has 2-3 way top branching with 14-16 buds. Luscious, it earned the garden name, "Pink Exotica". Fairy tale material.

(Reed, 2018) 42" MRe 7" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form-cascade

Opal Road is the best of a large number of patterned seedlings from the cross of a Faulkner seedling with my Cherry Peacock. It is tall, dormant, and diploid, with a large bloom with good substance. Its outstanding characteristic though is the clean, clear colors. It is a clear near-white cream base color, and the patterned eyezone is sharply defined and ranges in color from cream to berry to rosy purple. Many layers of color appear, and the pattern can range from one concentric circle of cream to four. Even when less dramatic pattern is showing, it is gorgeous shades of color. It is a uf cascade-spatulate form. Pollen and pod fertile, it is a good parent. It has re-bloomed for us twice this fall, opening well in cold weather, and with extended bloom late into the evening. It has two branches and 14 buds. Parentage: (Faulkner seedling x Cherry Peacock) Supply is extremely limited.

Reed, 1991 - 26" Ere 6" dor.dip. Orange with red-orange eyezone, gold throat. Reblooms. HM

Reed, 2005 - 40" Mla 5.5" dor.dip. Orchid lavender bitone, green tht. Great branching, bud count

(Reed, 2010) 56" MLa 8" dormant diploid

Named after my cat, Peak, and my love of mountains, this tall daylily is commanding. The garden name has been Tall, late, silvery lavender pink" which says it all. It is a very large bloom, outfacing, and the cool pale pink is set off with a cream applique, throat color/watermark

PIG LATIN (Reed, 2016) Fall
40” M 6.5” dormant, diploid, extended bloom; 3 branches, 20 buds. UF – Cascade.
Parentage: (Sumerduck x Nathan Sommers) x (Casey at the Bat x Foxy Loxy)
Bright and happy clear rose pink with darker rose red eye and green throat. The bloom has
cream midribs and is ruffled and recurved. Fertile both ways. Stands out!
Dbl fan $100.00

(Reed, 2013) 32" MRe 7.5" dormant, diploid, extended bloom; Unusual Form – Cascade

Pure color is the main feature of this cultivar. The cool, blue-ish dark pink stands out in the garden like a beacon. Out of Crystalline Entity, it has a color value that is rare. The branching and bud count are not outstanding, but the large blooms and re-bloom make it a performer. Graceful, tightly ruffled blooms. Pod and pollen fertile.

Double fans.

Reed, 1996 - 42" EM 7" sev.dip. Spider. Dark purple with lemon throat. HM One of Margo's most excellent plants, which grows well from zone 4 through Fl and CA zones 9. Great in shows and in the garden. Excellent parent for dark purple, high energy kids. One original parent came from Bud Bennet's gift of a plant that was TOO NARROW for him!

(Reed, 2013) 45" M 6" dormant, diploid, extended bloom; Unusual form – Cascade

Rich grape purple recurves into a cascade, with a blue-ish lavender watermark and white midribs. Occasional color breaks add to the excitement! 3 branches and 30 buds. Pollen fertile. (Planet Max x Skinwalker)

Double fans.

(Reed, 2017) 38" EM 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 21 buds (Flight of Orchids x Earth Jewels) UF - cascade.
Soft lavender cascade with large plum-purple eye bleeding out onto the petals, has a green throat.

This luscious exotic is plum-beautiful colors. Plumbum is the latin word for lead, and is the name of a duckling paperweight that has traveled around our family for 60 years, made by my father in 1939 in engineering grad school at U. Michigan!

(Reed, 2019) 34" EM 6.5" dor., dip. UF crispate-cascade
Peach-cream parchment with big dark black-purple feathered eye reaching far out on the segments with a tiny purple edge on ruffled petals. It usually has pinched sepals and curling, cascading petals. 3 branches and 12 buds. Stunning in the garden, and very important in our breeding program. It doesn’t show a pattern, but contributes to pattern breeding. Fertile both ways. Named after a physicist wizard in the DiscWorld series of Terry Pratchett. Parentage (Flight of Orchids x Pattern Maker)

Reed, 2006 - 40" Mla 6" dor.dip. Dark purple spidery with excellent branching and bud count

Another in my "architecture" series of fabulously well-branched cultivars. The bloom is a nice ruffled dark "Trahlyta" purple, but with scape performance! It has a green throat. It joins Prosaic Architecture (pink) and Orchid Architecture (orchid bitone) in the section devoted to breeding better performing plants. 3-5 way deep branching, 25 - 50 buds. Fertile both ways.

(Reed, 2012) 40" M 7" dormant, diploid.

Peach pink with raspberry rose eye zone, large intense green throat. Petals recurve, sepals roll and quill and sometimes stick straight up! 4-way branching and 24 buds, this is tall and heavily covered with blooms at clump strength. Clean colors and striking form. One of several good ones from a cross of Peacock Curls x Heavenly Curls. Fertile.

Reed, 2004 - 42" La 6" dor.dip. Late up-facing red, good branching

The image shows fairly well just how saturated and bright a red this is. If you want red in August, try this one.

(Reed, 2015) 42" M 6.5" dormant diploid

This will turn heads! It is a twisty rose red with green throat, lighter edges, and white midribs. An Unusual Form crispate, it has excellent substance and movement! 3 branches, 18 buds. Fertile both ways.

(Peacock Curls x Cherry Peacock).

Reed, 1994 - 34" EM 7" dor.dip. Purple grey with purple-black eye, now an unusual form HM

(Reed, 2010) 36" EM 5" dormant diploid ext. 4 branches, 20 buds.

An early small gem on well-branched scapes. Soft pink lavender with feathery purple chevrons like gills, lighter ruffled edges, and green to white throat. Unusual Form cascade. (Flight of Orchids x Loch Ness Monster)

(Reed, 2012) 34" M 6" dormant, diploid.

This wickedly ruffled and recurved bloom glows with a golden beach sand color, blending caramel tan, gold, and peach pink. Following in the footsteps of Brown Witch, Grey Witch, and Third Witch, Sand Witch has great plant habits and more graceful form. It has 3-way branching with lots of buds. It was planned to be white (see parentage - all whites) but sometimes one can't pass up the spell of the moment. It is out of (Margo Reed Indeed x Ice Water) x Scandinavia.

Probably should have been mid-late; blooms heavily into August (2016)

Reed, 1999 - 34" EM 8" dor.dip .Large clear pink self, green throat, spidery

(Reed, 2010) 38" M 6" dormant, diploid Unusual Form-Cascade

This stunning pink/rose/cream pattern is a curling cascade form. Named in memory of a young girl, a town in North Carolina, or a race car designer; I guess we will never know (or all three). The background color ranges from a creamy pink to almost white, and the dark rose-pink eye slips way out on the petals. It has a green throat. It is out of PEACOCK CURLS X HEAVENLY CURLS, a cross that has given many interesting variations. Pod and pollen fertile.

(Reed, 2011) 45" EM 7.5" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form

This light purple cascade with a very green throat began in early June, and is finishing at the end of July (a bud builder!). A cool color, with diamond dusting, it recurves and cascades. 2-way branching with a bud count of about 20. Parentage unknown.

(Reed, 2012) 48" La 5.5" dormant, diploid

Rosy lavender with rose wine eye zone, gold cream throat feathering out onto the eye zone in rays. This tall, rather late daylily has great branching (4-way) and good bud count. It makes a stunning clump with the glowing throat and sunray pattern. It is out of FROZEN MERT X PLANET MAX. Pod and pollen fertile. Good parent!

Reed, 2007 - 36" EM 6" dor.dip. Crispate UF Palest bluish lavender ruffled, penciled pattern eye.

(Reed, 2020) 36" EM 6" dormant, diploid; 3 branches, 21 buds;
Parentage: ((Military School x Faulkner sdlg) x Starlight Splash), patterned.
A soft cream-yellow to near-white bloom with a feathered raspberry eye consistently broken with a multi-colored pattern. This was chosen for its attractive pattern that is expressed as consistently as any in our variable weather conditions. It has a long season of bloom, good plant habits, and is pod and pollen fertile.

(Reed, 2017) 40" M 7.5" dormant, diploid, 3 branches-12 buds, ((Metzger's Purple Storm x (Peacock Curls x Cherry Peacock)) UF - crispate cascade.
Glowing ruby red with tiny white edge on sepals, and green throat that lightens into rose then red.

Out of purple and rose breeding, this has a cerise red color that has great intensity and purity.
Note from Jim: There is no clearer or brighter color in the garden than this flower. If you are looking for clarity, look no further.

(Reed, 2015)
52" M 6.5" dormant, diploid 2 branches, 16 buds Unusual Form - Cascade
(Sumerduck x Just Jessie)
Ruffled light cream/near white with rose eye extending out onto petals; cream midribs with a large green throat; very consistent recurved form, ruffled cascade. Pollen fertile, pods sometimes. Still in bloom in early August.

Reed, 2005 - 40' Mla 7"; dor.dip.ext. Big flat ruffled white with substance

SNOWBOARDING features white blooms that are large, ruffled, and fairly flat that show off well in the garden. This is a slow growing plant (we've waited a few years for enough stock to introduce) but it has great plant habits - good foliage, 3-way branching, and around 15-18 buds. Not nearly as recurved as GLACIAL EPOCH, each petal is shaped more like a snowboard. Good substance. Fertile

Just won Best Extra Large in the NCDC show!

Reed, 2005 - 32" M 5" dor.dip. Cream white with violet eye, green throat, UF/pinched crispate

Another surprise from the Jack Carpenter seedling, this near-white little gem has a tiny violet eye, and lots of ruffles. Usually all 3 sepals crispate. 4-way branching. Named for the local soapstone quarries near here.

SOUTH POLE (Reed, 2016) 42” La 6” dormant, diploid, 3 branches 18 buds, UF cascade
Polar opposite to North Pole (with its large, stiff crispate form and white/green colors), South Pole is a graceful, ruffled cascade in soft creamy snow white. Light green throat shifts to cream yellow late in the day. Out of my SNOWBOARDING X NED’S CHOICE (Lovett). Pod and pollen fertile. $100

(Reed, 2019) 36" MLa 5.5" dor., dip., UF cascade
Complicated bloom is a blend of pink, rose, and cream, with stippling. It has lighter ruffled edges and watermark, and is a reverse bitone with darker rose sepals. Green throat. It has good substance, and is fertile both ways. Excellent branching!
4-way branching, budcount 24. Parentage is: (Soapstone Bubbles x Ocean Spirit).

(Reed, 2012) 38" E 6.5" dormant, diploid extended UF-Cascade, 3 branches, 18 buds, ruffled

Very early, this is one of the first light pinks to bloom (after BEFORE!). It has clear clean light pink color, and well-branched scapes. It is tall and large-flowered. Pod and pollen fertile.

Parentage: CRYSTALLINE ENTITY X MARGO REED INDEED.

Double fans It grows fast! SPECIAL PRICE.

(Reed, 2012) 28" EM 7" dormant, diploid.

Pale as starlight, with a splash of broken color, this is a large, flat open bloom to display the pattern. It has 2 branches and 15 buds, and a pattern that we have been watching for 3 years. Better in cool weather, it usually shows some pattern. It comes from unusual pattern breeding, and brings in genes from my CRYSTALLINE ENTITY (pink dormant) crossed with a seedling from Snooks Harville in Texas. Pod and pollen fertile, we are using it in our program to get hardy patterns.

(Reed, 2014) 45" MLa 7.5" dormant, diploid UF - crispate

Tall, stunning, and distinctive, this diploid appears to have a pink petal base, but it is really cream with tiny red stipples or dots. The eye is large and feathered, ruby red. It has a green throat. It has a garden presence that gets attention. Named after my father, it is out of (CASEY AT THE BAT X FOXY LOXY). Both pollen and pod fertile, it is a strong grower. Limited,

(Reed, 2018) 46" MLa 8" dormant, diploid

The Librarian is a bright pumpkin orange with a red eye, and a green throat blending to yellow, with yellow midribs. It is a ruffled and out-facing bloom. This tall and extra-large bloom is "in your face" and commanding in the garden, especially with its bright color. Named after a wizard in the DiscWorld (of Terry Pratchett), who was turned into an Orangutan and liked it. Orangutan orange. 3 branches, 26 buds, still blooming into August. Pod and pollen fertile. Unusual Form cascade.

(Reed, 2013) 42" EM 6" semi-evergreen, diploid (?) Unusual form cascade.

The Light Dawns is a lovely, pearly cream with a light yellow applique pattern in the throat, and a subtle violet eyezone edging the applique. It has 3 branches and 22 buds and is pollen and pod fertile. The color is stronger on cold mornings, and in the heat it becomes almost white.

I registered it as a diploid, but it sets pods and produces viable seeds with both tets and dips. Because the parentage was unknown, and not many diploids have applique throats, I tested it with both dip and tet pollen to decide on its ploidy. I still do not know for sure, since both worked. In spite of its indeterminate genes, it makes a great garden display, and is fun to play with.