FOGGY BOTTOM (Reed, 2016) 56” M 6” dormant, diploid, 3 branches 24 buds, UF cascade
Foggy Bottom is one of the oldest neighborhoods in DC, a mysterious low area near the Potomac River, where the State Department resides (who knows what goes on there). The daylily is a secretive purple, with a light green to white throat radiating out onto the petals and tepals until it merges into the grape color midway. The blooms are on tall, nicely branched scapes, and recurve to display the blending of fog and darkness. It is from a cross of PURPLE ARCHITECTURE x JUST JESSIE. Pod and pollen fertile.
(Reed, 2018) 46" EM 6.5" dormant, diploid, Unusual Form.
Garden Fairy is a dark rose pink with lighter pink ruffled edges, and has a watermark and green throat. It is a narrow form, cascading and pinching. This is the seedling known as "Reedling 22" which was seen at the AHS National Convention in 2017 at the Norfolk Botanical Gardens Region 3 Hybridizers’ Bed. It won best seedling. It has excellent 4-way branching and a bud count of 30. It often presents multiple blooms open per scape. Pollen and pod fertile, it is a good breeder.
The parentage is (purple seedling x (Scarlett’s Web x North Wind Dancer)). A favorite here.
Has just won an Honorable Mention (HM) , hopefully the first of many awards!
(Reed, 2013) 38" MLa 8" dormant, diploid. Unusual form cascade.
Named for one of my favorite wild areas, this one is as strange and spooky as the name implies. The color is an elusive grayed lavender blend with a green throat. The bloom cascades in graceful curls, and throws polys often enough to be fun but I’m not committing to a percentage. It has 3 branches and 14 buds, and is pollen and pod fertile. Parentage unknown. Blooming heavily in August in 2016.
(Reed, 2015)
46" EMRe 6" dormant, diploid 3 branches, 24 buds Unusual Form - Cascade
(Unknown x Unknown)
Bright, intense cherry rose with a large star-shaped yellow green throat; the form is an exotic curling cascade. Re-blooming in early August.
(Reed, 2007) 36" M 6.5" dormant diploid Unusual Form-Cascade
I was so excited when this bloomed that I registered it immediately. I was sure it would be an introduction. After a couple of years of letting it multiply, it is ready! The bloom is a pale-lavender, almost translucent, white. The throat is cream. It presents as a very curly cascade, on 4- and 5-way branched scapes. I have seen as many as 6 blooms open on one scape. It is different from so many flat whites, in that it looks carved out of ice. Pod and pollen fertile. One of my best. Just a few available.
(Reed, 2019) 45" M 10" dor., dip., UF cascade
Amazing ivory-cream (near white) self with green throat. Extreme narrow form with heavy substance and ruffles on all segments. Fertile both ways. Parentage: ((Secretarys Sand x North Wind Dancer) x Ned’s Choice.) Weeping form with "spooky fingers" presentation.
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.
Light yellow with green throat. The flower's face is dominated by a large blue-ish lavender eye ending in purple feathers. The plant has excellent branching (4 branches and 28 buds) Unusual Form Cascade.
Parentage: ((Unknown x Wild Chicken) x (Dragonflies in Flight x Cherry Peacock)
(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, 2021) 40" M 6.5" dormant diploid. Unusual Form: Cascade
This daylily puts out a ruffled palette of dreamy lavenders: lavender with rose veining, lighter cream-lavender ruffled edges, blue-lavender hint of an eye, leading to a grass-green throat. It is just pretty. It has 3-way branching with about 20 buds. Parentage: seedling x seedling. I just had to keep it..
(Reed 2022) 38" MLa 6" dormant, diploid; 4-way deep branching with
Bud count of 20.
This is a soft pink-lavender with a flat face presenting a lighter watermark edged with a purple line, and has a light green throat. Nice ruffling, substance, and pod fertility, plus good dark green foliage, add to this good garden grower. The pale-green/white throat extends into a watermark on the sepals; the petals have a more lavender band edged with purple.
(Dream Sequence x (Shenandoah Sunrise x Faulkner sdlg))
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.
Rose-lavender petals with lighter ruffled edges; sepals a lighter lavender/pink-cream (bitone). The petals have a blue-ish purple watermark. The throat is light green, and there is a striking cream-white midrib on the petals. The overall appearance in the garden is of a white flower with a blue-purple long eye. It is gracefully recurved - Unusual Form Cascade. Named after my favorite daughter-in-law.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Very tall, upright strong scapes with bright pink blooms that have white midribs; green throat fades to white, extending out almost halfway onto the petals and sepals. Tiny white line on the ruffled edges. There is a faint band of darker pink on the petals. Stunning background plant.
Parentage: ((Tree Turtles x Planet Max) x Cherry Peacock)
(Reed, 2024) 24" ERe 3.1" dormant diploid
Very small UF cascade, sometimes under 3” (mini) but usually just over. 4 branches, 24 buds, reblooms a number of times. Light mauve-lavender petals with darker veins and cream midribs; sepals are cream with variable amounts of mauve-lavender and sometimes stippled. Green to cream throat. All tepals recurved, sepals have tight ruffling. Pod/pollen fertile. Parentage: (Helicopter x Arterial Blood)
(Reed, 2021) 45” MRe 7” dormant, diploid Unusual Form cascade
Patterned bloom – lavender rose with heavily-ruffled edges that are distinctly lighter pink; the eye bleeds out from a green throat blending to pale cream and ending in a jagged bloody line on each petal. 3 branches and 10-12 buds but lots of scapes and rebloom. Makes many proliferations. Pod and pollen fertile. Parentage: (Up the Wazoo x ((Monacan Trail x Just Jessie) x Faukner seedling))
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, 2024) 42" EM 6.5" diploid dormant M 1723
UF Cascade. Lavender cream bloom with large soft lavender eye edged in a small line of red-purple, and a lime-green throat. Excellent branching and bud count. The gently recurved bloom is softly ruffled. 5 way branching and 28 buds. Parentage unknown (actually I am sorry about that, but it happens).
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.
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.
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
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.
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)
(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.
M. Reed 2023 -Puzzle Pieces is a narrow patterned daylily that has been an important breeder for me. It is lavender-pink with a green throat, and the purple feathered eye contains a pattern with multiple cream-pink arrows extending out onto the narrow petals. The pattern is fairly consistent and the substance is good. The bloom is lightly ruffled.
36" EM Re 7.5" dormant diploid, Unusual Form-Cascade. 3 branches with 19 buds. I am using it to try to achieve a pattern that reaches the tips of the petals on a narrow cascade. Good rebloomer. Pod and pollen fertile.
Parentage: (Opal Road x Ponder Stibbons) Sibling to Thief of Time! There is little resemblance between the two, however.
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.
M. Reed 2023 -Raspberry Fairy blooms are deeply ruffled raspberry red with a very green throat, held on tall, graceful branched scapes.
45" MLa Re 7.5" dormant diploid, Unusual Form crispate with good substance. 3 branches, 14 buds.
Looks like a richer-colored version of Garden Fairy. Has a slight watermark
Parentage: (Garden Fairy x Metzger's Purple Storm) This is a sibling to Rockfish River!
Clean cream-white background with a green throat and multi-colored eye blending bands of amethyst purple and rose-lavender like the reflections on a Crow's feathers. Graceful form (Unusual Form cascade) with ruffling. Excellent branching – 4 branches, 24 buds. Named for a bird-watcher's overlook on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Unusual Form Cascade.
Parentage: (Seedling "late stippled cascade" x Cherry Peacock)
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.
(Reed 2022) 36" MLaRe 7" dormant, diploid; UF-cascade, top branching
This is a large, deeply-ruffled Unusual Form cascade; pale creamy-yellow with darker purple band on the petals and a very green throat. It has been a garden favorite for years. Pod and pollen fertile.
