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.
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.
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,
Cream-parchment with a dark purple eye, fading to near-white and purple eye by the end of the day. It has some purple ruffled edging, and a light lime-green throat. The dark purple eye bleeds out some into the petal color, and the sharp contrast between the dark and light colors is stunning. The form is very graceful and slightly ruffled. It has 3-way branching ("W") with 12 buds.
It is out of (Casey at the Bat x Just Jessie).
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.
(Reed, 1994) - 34" EM 6" dor.dip. Spider. Bronze-orange with black chevron, gold throat. HM Still a great spider, early, and will grow in poor conditions.
(Reed, 2021) 48” M 8” dormant diploid, Unusual Form cascade
Large and open form, this is a ruffled cascade in a very clear medium rose-pink with rose band and large green throat. 3-way branching, bud count 14.
Parentage: (Appalachian Trail x Earth Jewels)
Reed, 2008 - 36" M 7" dor. Dip. UF cascade. Clean bright lemon, rose red band, ruffled branched
As I focus on cascade form daylilies, this one stands out for its consistent form and clear color. A clean bright lemon yellow with a rose-red band, it is neatly finished with large ruffles on all segments. Well-branched and budded, it is fertile. This is a child of Casey at the Bat, crossed with a gold cascade seedling. It presents the blooms well.
Quite tall, like pink turtles blooming on the top of 4-way deeply branched scapes (24 buds). Out of LOLA BRANHAM, this one blooms late and long. The blooms are not large, but recurved pink blend shells with darker pink stippling above a green throat. Its garden name was "Pink Towers". Fertile both ways. I am using it to bring pink colors into the tall cultivars. It was registered when I knew it would be an introduction, but it didn't get lined out for introduction until this year, because it blooms so late in the season. It has been a good parent.
(Reed, 2013) 38" M 6" dormant diploid, Unusual Form spatulate.
Heading upstream into pattern breeding, this one is a complex combination of lavender, purple, and near-white, that fades from a subtle pattern to a more distinct pattern in hot weather. It has 3 branches and 15 buds, and is a vigorous grower. It is pod and pollen fertile. The parents are Yazoo Wild Violet and Caseys Curls, combining purple and red/orange in fun ways!
(Reed, 2017) 55" La 5.75", dormant, diploid, 3 branches - 24 buds (Tree Turtles x Planet Max) UF - cascade.
Ruffled rose-lavender with a large green-to-cream throat ending in a slight watermark.
In the late garden, a tall clump of Vintage Virginia makes a real statement. Opening slowly, it looks a little old-fashioned in the morning, but opens to a wide bloom later in the day.
Pale, tall, and stunning, this narrow-formed, ruffled daylily is a "blonde-pink" with a wine purple band on the petals. It has excellent 3 and 4 -way branching, with a good bud count of at least 20. Its garden nickname was "Blond Architecture" because of the good scapes. Not narrow enough to be a spider, it is a large, open, exotic star. Blooms into the mid-late season.
(Reed, 2019) 34" MLa 6" dor., dip., UF cascade
Light flamingo pink with several colors of rose pink and rose in the eye; the eye bleeds out to the end of all segments. Lighter pink ruffled edges and green throat. Great scapes with 4-way branching and moderate height. 28 buds. Fertile both ways. Parentage: (Metzger’s Purple Storm x (Peacock Curls x Heavenly Curls)). A garden favorite, named after our grandson, Walter!
(Reed, 09) 36" M 7" dor.dip.ext. Unusual form cascade.
This very white bloom is consistent and high-performing. It has the strength from RADIANT MOONBEAM, and the grace and narrowness from SKINWALKER. It is 3-way branched, with about 22 buds. The bloom has good substance and is slightly ruffled. Easily pod and pollen fertile. Delicious.
(Reed, 2015)
48" MRe 8" dormant, diploid 2 branches, 20 buds Unusual Form-Cascade
(Chesapeake Crablegs x Cherry Peacock)
Fiery bright orange with a blended rose to red eye, pink midrib, and a yellow-green throat. Extra large bloom with lots of attitude. Pod & Pollen fertile. Still in bloom in early August.
WOODHENGE WATERFALL (Reed, 2016) Fall
36” M 6.5” dormant, diploid, ext.; 2 branches, 12 buds. UF – Cascade.
Parentage: (Peacock Curls x Heavenly Curls) x (Fossil Record x Foxy Loxy)
Tranquil, cascading light rose with darker rose eyezone that extends down the tepals.
Very green throat, white midribs, long segments gracefully curl and cascade.
Fertile both ways. Dbl fan $75.00
Pink blend from gold throat through yellow, cream, and peach peach pink giving a warm, tropical summer delight. Named after a beach near the Chesapeake Bay. Near-spider, Pod and pollen fertile.
(Reed, 2013) 28" La 6" dormant, diploid, fragrant! Unusual form crispate.
To add calm beauty to the late season garden, this one has it all! Early in the morning it is trumpet shaped, looking like an Easter Lily, with purple stripes on the reverse of the sepals. Later in the morning it opens flat, with a soft cream-white face. It is a reverse bitone, with lavender on the sepals. Edged and stippled in lavender. It has sturdy scapes with four-way branching, and a bud count of 22. It makes a neat mound of blooms for a long time in late July and August. Bloomed until August 31 in 2012. Out of Lola Branham. Pod and pollen fertile.
