(Reed, 2019) 50" EM 6" dormant, diploid, UF cascade
Cream base with long, feathered, raspberry eye with silver ribs and multi-ring pattern; ruffled petals, green throat. It is tall and has deep 4-way branching with 22 buds, and is fertile both ways. Parentage lost (garden name "Best Unk Pattern" led to name). Great parent for patterns. Very limited stock.
(Murphy, 2019) 46" EM 8" dormant diploid, UF – cascade
Light pink-melon cream with chartreuse throat. Lighter colored on hot days. 100% sunfast. Can be very curly at times, and is always ruffled. Generous 5-way branching and 20 buds. The buds are huge, and ornamental. Parentage: (Monacan Trail x Just Jessie). Pollen fertile.
(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.
2021- Scapes are almost as strong as wooden stakes. Every bloom perfect and held up high.
(Reed, 2019) 36" EM 6" dor., dip.
Deep lavende rpurple fading to lighter lavender pink on hot days, with dark purple veins. Recurved, ruffled form with good substance. Green throat. It often 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).
(Murphy, 2019) 49" L 6.5" dormant diploid, UF – cascade
Pink to salmon pink with green throat and cream midribs. Very recurved, with out facing blooms. Very strong , tall scapes. Ample 4 way branching with 25 buds. Blooms 2 months here, starting in late July. Virtually sunfast here. Parentage: (Last Chance For Romance x Thank You Dad). Fertile both ways.
Has rebloomed here two years in a row, and an additional rebloom in late September.
2021- Rebloom in late September and early October.
(Murphy, 2019) 34" E 7" dormant diploid, UF – cascade
Strong red with shocking green throat. Blooms for over 2 months here. Every visitor comments on the color. 3 branches, 20 buds. Sunfast to 95, with excellent drought and wet weather tolerance. Very fertile and an excellent parent. Won best seedling at RADS show. Parentage: (Green Throated Robin x Rose F Kennedy).
(Murphy, 2019) 27" EM 6" Semi-evergreen, diploid, Polymerous 95%
Lemon to blonde self, sunfast, with a long bloom season and rebloom. Almost always a Poly in our garden. 3 branches and 18 buds. Somewhat pod fertile, fully pollen fertile. Good parent for high percentage Polys. Parentage: (Quad Quiddity x Carolina Flying Poly Possum).
One plant available for 2024.
(Murphy, 2019) 48" MLa 7" dormant diploid, UF - cascade
Large cream-white with very large green throat, ruffled and creped. Very strong erect scapes with 2-3 way branching and 15- 20 buds. Long bloom season- it bud builds in good conditions, and can be in bloom for 11 weeks. 100% sunfast. Fertile both ways, and an excellent parent. Parentage: ((Eyelash seedling x Give Me Eight) X ( Just Jessie x Magic of Oz)).
In very high demand. Great garden presence, and excellent parent for Jim's future intros.
Parent of Whitewater Rafting and Counting Sheep.
Won an Honorable Mention 2023!
(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.
(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)
(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.
(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).
(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.
(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!