Murphy, 2005 - 47" Mla Re 6.5" dor.dip. Clear red, tan & cream edges, yellow midribs, yellow throat. Fertile and an excellent parent for color patterns.
Clear red edged tan and cream, with yellow throat, green heart, and yellow midribs. The colors are very clear and distinct, and the blooms are held high on tall, strong scapes. Good foliage, good blooms in adverse weather. An excellent parent.
Murphy, '06 - 54" L 7" dor.dip. UF- cascade Tall light purple cascade that twists and curls as well as cascades. Strong, vigorous grower, with perfectly presented blooms.
I knew this one would be an introduction the first day it bloomed. A gorgeous 7" light purple unusual form cascade, carried high on 54" scapes with 2 - 4 branches, and 20 or more buds. The color changes on this one daily, starting out light reddish purple and end dark lavender, with vaguely blue-ish watermark. It has thick, strong scapes, with lots of proliferations, and it is a bud builder. Blooms have white midribs, yellow throat, green heart, and a ruffled white edge on hot days. Fertile and sun-resistant, with wide, dark green foliage.
Parentage: After Awhile Crocodile x spider seedling
A clear pink and lavender blend cascade Unusual Form, with a very large green and yellow throat. Cream midribs, narrow ruffled cream edge, and creped tepal surfaces. It has 4-way branching and 30 buds, coupled with reliable rebloom. We regularly see 4 way branched scapes in August and later. Sibling to AMBITION, with a much different color and look, but similar in the rebloom characteristic here in no-rebloom land. Appears to be hard dormant this year. Fertile both ways. Out of SORAYA SELINE by HELGA BJORNERUD BURKEY.
Murphy 2011 45" EMRE 7.5" SEV Diploid Twisted Crispate Unusual Form
Aptly named for its absolute vigor and re-bloom here, this buff yellow with lavender red eye and green throat seems to always be in bloom. The petals and sepals twist and sometimes pinch, and it is very fragrant. It has three branches and 26 buds, with moderate bud building. Out of SORAYA SELINE by HELGA BJORNERUD BURKEY. Pollen Fertile Pod Possible.
In 2023 and 2024, we had an average of 3 reblooms per clump.
(Murphy, 2024) 20” MRe 7” dormant tetraploid
2 branches, 18 buds. Sculpted form. Parentage: (Lemon Fringed Lemons x
Nadine’s Dream)
Cream, yellow, gold, and pink polychrome, ruffled gold edge on petals. It is not often that I introduce a Tet. This one gathers lots of comments. One of the grandkids likes the name. The sculpted ridges seem to hide tunnels in the shadows.
Moderately fertile. Some rebloom. Freeze resistant blue green foliage.
(Murphy 2012) 59" Late 9" Dormant Diploid Cascade UF
I thought about naming this one "stately", because it is very tall, and every bloom is perfect. The cherry red blooms are somewhat wide for a cascade, and reflexed, and have a striking cream midrib. The tepals are ruffled and creped, and have a green throat. A bud builder, with a long bloom season, strong scapes, and promiscuously fertile. Two branches and 20 buds. Sunfast at 97F, wide open at 9pm. Out of (AFTER AWHILE CROCODILE) X ( EGGPLANT ESCAPADE x EGGPLANT ECSTASY)
Brilliant red color in the late garden.
( Murphy 2014) 42" L 7" Dormant Diploid UF- Cascade
This seems to be my most looked at of the 2014 intros: It is a very light cream color, fading to white with heat, creped and ruffled on tall scapes with tremendous branching and budcount. Even the pistil and stamens are white. It is completely sun-fast and even looks good after dark, showing white in the dusk at 9pm. Out of (MARGO REED INDEED x NORTH WIND DANCER) x THANK YOU DAD. It has 5 branches and 29 buds. Has been known to have 5 blooms open on one branched scape. Pod difficult, Pollen Fertile, excellent parent. Will never win a show award- way too late. Blooming into mid August here.
2017-This has continued to be an amazing plant. 5 branches and up to 32 buds on perfect every day blooms. Superlative parent. I have 9! future intros from it. Blooming today on August 12 in an early blooming season summer. Sunfast, and looks better at 95 than most any daylily in the garden. 2018- Still very good, with 5 way branching. Will bloom for another week, so August 14. 2020- Excellent. Thank you for your interest in this great garden and breeding plant! Jim
(Murphy 2022) 54” L 6” Dormant, Diploid; 5 branches, 32 buds! Unusual Form Crispate.
Tall, with elegant velvety red lavender blooms with lighter edges and cream midribs and a green throat; strong scapes, very sunfast. Blooms are variable: twisting, pinching, and some curling. See in the clump image. Fertile, and a good parent.
Out of (Cranberry Tea x (Bmlwhuf x Kirsten Madeline Burkey))
A cherry-pink blend with cream edges and green throat. It is fertile both ways, and very sunfast. This is an extreme bloomer with 5 branches and 44 buds! Out of (Spiral Galaxy x Clowns in Washington).
Some rebloom here.
Clear medium pink Unusual Form (cascade and crispate) and also a 4.5/1 ratio Spider. Green throat, ruffled edge, long bloom season. 4 branches and 20 buds.
Out of (Frog’s Hair x Garden Fairy). Sibling to She Kissed The Frog. Excellent parent, fertile both ways.
Murphy, '04 - 55" MLaRe 7" dor.dip.UF Huge orange and gold cascade with red eye, fragrant, award winning.
This is the one that won best seedling in the National Capital Daylily club flower show in 2003. It is bright orange and gold with huge red eyezone and a gold throat. The plant, scapes, foliage, and flowers are all huge. It bloomed this year from June 30 to October 1. The wide light blue green foliage is winter dormant. Interestingly, the stamens and pistil are orange. The scapes are massive, with 2 to 3 branches and 27 buds. I named it after a great lighthouse on Long Beach Island, off the NJ coast that can be seen a very long distance. You can see this plant in bloom from a long way. It is registered as a ML, but blooms right through Late and into Very Late.
Parentage: Benzinger seedling "BLB/OI" X NUCLEAR MELTDOWN
(Murphy, 2024) 44" ERe 5.5" dormant diploid
3 branches, 22 buds. Parentage: (seedling x seedling)
Lemon cream with patterned lavender-red eye and green throat. Re-blooms, proliferates heavily, and blooms 3 months. Longest blooming of my recent intros. It bud builds and also has some rebloom. Fertile. Passes on the cool eyezone to the kids.
Buy both this and Lerts Have More Fun and get a recent intro extra bonus plant!
(Murphy 2011) 16" EE 6" Dormant diploid Unusual Form Cascade
This plant starts blooming before all daylilies except three in our garden, and is in full bloom when Stella starts. It is a pink and cream bitone cascade with green throat. Note, this is a large flower, not your more typical small extra early. It is nocturnal, opening at midnight and closing around 7pm the next day. Gorgeous blue green foliage, HARD DORMANT, 3 branches, 18 buds. Pollen fertile. Out of PINK RAIN DANCE by unknown.
Tomato red blooms with gold throat and green heart. Intriguing burgundy colored blooms and attractive burgundy colored spent blooms. Needs no deadheading. Very sunfast, exceedingly bright and clear color, 4 way branching, 17 buds. Sibling to SKIN AND BONES.
Won best in show at the NCDC show one year on it's first day of bloom for the season. Blooms up to 8 weeks.
2021- Still in bloom August 20, and should bloom until September.
(Murphy, 2024) 38" MRe 6.5" dormant diploid
3 branches, 16 buds. UF Spatulate. Parentage: (Squid Ink x North Garden Chief)
Black red spatulate/cascade with green throat, strong rebloom. Very sunfast. Very black on opening, going to red black purple as the day progresses. Good rebloom. Double rebloom this year, until frost. Fertile, with wonderful sunfast dark kids.
(Murphy 2022) 38" L 4.75" Dormant, Diploid; 5 branches, 20 buds. Unusual Form Cascade.
Clean saturated red color with light green throat, thin cream edge, and cream midribs. Petals and sepals recurve sharply. Late freeze-resistant, blue-green, hard dormant foliage. Fertile, and a great parent. Very sunfast.
Out of (September Flame x Red Hill)
Only one plant available for Fall 2024.
Lavender with a bluish watermark, cream midrib and edge; Diamond dusted. Unusual form pinched crispate. Very sunfast, fertile, and an excellent parent. Won best seedling in the region 3 Hybridizers bed 2009. Excellent garden plant and excellent on the show bench. (Seedling x Far Galaxies)
This cultivar is a lavender and light lavender bitone with bluish band and light jagged banding on the sepals. It is an Unusual Form crispate, with variable crispation and different looks on different days (see images). It has a very green throat, extremely blue green foliage, and is a hard dormant. Long bloom season with 4-way branching and 24 buds. I have not set a pod on it, but it has very fertile pollen and interesting blue eyed and patterned kids.
LATE FREEZE RESISTANT BLUE GREEN FOLIAGE
(Out of a COMPLICATED seedling and STARLIGHT SPLASH).
Dark black red, sunfast to 95 degrees in our garden. It blooms for 2 months here, with very dark blooms. Fertile both ways, blue green, freeze resistant foliage. Excellent parent for sunfast dark flowers. 4 branches, 28 buds. Parentage: (seedling x Freaky People).
(Murphy, 2020) 36" L 8" dormant, diploid; 4 branches, 24 buds, Spider.
Parentage: (Monacan Trail x Skydiving)
Buff Cream spider with a red wine band, cream midrib, and light green throat. Very well branched and budded. In addition, it bud builds, for an extremely long and late season. It is an absolutely great parent. I have over 5 future introductions from it. Fertile both ways. Sunfast to 95.
Parent of Head In The Clouds Stingray Point, and 3 future intros.
Proven hardy in zone 4b, Minnesota.
(Murphy, 2015)
32" EMRe 4" dormant, diploid 4 branches, 35 buds! Unusual Form - Cascade
(Bo Knows x Faulkner Seedling)
Butterscotch with lavender and charcoal etched and patterned eye, lighter midribs, yellow throat and ruffled edges. This cultivar started blooming June 6, and is still in bloom on rebloom scapes on August 3. Most cultivars do not rebloom here. Out of two very hardy plants. Should make a good show flower. Open early, and sunfast to 95 here. Very fertile both ways. Gorgeous blue green foliage.
2021 Looks great this year! TWO sets of reblooms this year.
This huge grey-lavender with feathered purple eye has a lemon throat. Grey on cold mornings, more lavender on warm days. Fertile both ways, out of DEVILS ADVOCATE X GREY WITCH. Excellent grower. Extra large 8" blooms, two branches with 18 buds. Has proven to be a good parent. My 2018 intro TOXIC TEMPTRESS is out of it.
Big husky plant with big blooms in an unusual color.
Murphy, '05 - 34" M 6" dor.dip. Red with yellow midribs and wide cream edge. Strong, straight scapes and long bloom.
Red with a wide, creamy, ruffled edge, yellow to cream midrib, and yellow throat. This flower is a step forward in color patterns for spidery daylilies. The creamy edge is very wide, and the pattern is very unusual. The foliage is good, the increase is very good, and it blooms well in drought or rainy weather. A very photogenic flower, and a great grower in poor conditions. It is a good parent, fertile both ways. Parent, Grandparent, and Great Grandparent of my color pattern intros.
Parentage: UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT X MURPHY'S LAW
Cardinal Summer (Murphy 2019) 6" M 34" Dormant Diploid Spider
Bright, deep brilliant red with velvety sheen. Chartreuse throat, partial length midribs are lighter in color. Sunfast to at least 90 or 95. Very few daylilies are this sunfast in this color range. Fertile and a good parent. 2 branches and 14 buds. Note the red buds! Spent blooms are red, so we seldom feel a need to deadhead this one. Out of (It Glows x Lava Stream). Freeze-resistant dormant blue green foliage.
I should have registered this as a rebloomer. 3 years in a row it has rebloomed, in September, when scapes are most welcome.
Bright reddish lavender with purple band, huge lemon-cream throat, with a ruffled creamy edge, it can have six-way branching on strong scapes. It is sunfast to 98 degrees F. 4 branches, 30 buds. Unusual form cascade. The most striking daylily in our late section of the display garden. It bloomed for about 2 months this year, with every day many blooms open. Perhaps the nicest aspect for me is good looks after rain, wind, sun, heat, and sprinkler. Pollen fertile, pod very difficult, superlative parent for tall, excellent branching and bud count kids.
It has some rebloom in good conditions here. 6 way branching on some scapes.
Murphy, '05 - 36" VlaRe 6.5" dor.dip.UF Bright, saturated, clear red spatulate blooms, sunfast, 5-way branching, with high bud count and very long and late bloom season. Spatulate, a rarity nowadays.
Bright, clear red, almost crimson blooms, with a darker red eye, orange throat, and green heart. A very clear colored VL. Blooms at least 2 months, starting after SANDRA ELIZABETH. Five way branching, 29 buds, and instant rebloom. Sunfast, period.
(Murphy 2011) 53" ML 6.5" Dormant Diploid Cascade UF
This is actually a 2011 summer intro that was a gift plant for attendees of the Region 3 Summer Meeting. This large light gold cascade with lighter midribs is diamond dusted, and outfacing, important for tall ones. The spent blooms and buds are also gold, making it a pleasing back of the border plant. Out of (SUNNY SON x JERSEY JIM) x (LUNA) , and is fertile, and tough. 2 branches, 18 buds, 100% sunfast. Able to grow in a wide variety of climates and conditions. Favorable comments from coastal California, Deep South- several locations, Boston, Utah, Michigan, and Iowa.
RECENTLY WAS AWARDED AN HONORABLE MENTION (HM).
It seems to draw raves from all corners of the country .It has won best in section and best in show several times.
( Murphy, 2021) 45" M 6" Dormant, Diploid, Unusual Form Crispate
Wow! A lot is going on with this flower. Bitone-red/lavender petals and lavender sepals. Complicated color pattern - cream midribs on petals and cream edges on all tepals. It has a watermark, veined petals, and green throat. Flower form is variable, but usually crispate.
Chaos Theory has the best branching of my intros this year and has very erect, strong, strongly branched scapes. Blooms nearly 2 months. 7 branches and 24 buds.
Out of a (Knock Knock sibling x Morpho Butterfly). Fertile.
Back in stock for 2025. Limited.
(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.
E Murphy 08 43" LRE 6.5" Dor Dip Fragrant 3 Branches, 21 Buds
Pink blend Cascade with cream midribs and chartruese throat. This plant starts to bloom here in late July and blooms until at least September. Tall, with strong scapes. Eric's last introduction.
Dormant diploid Pink with chartreuse throat, cream edge and cream midribs. This flower starts late, and blooms for a very long time, is fragrant, extended, cascade Unusual Form, and fragrant. It has heavy substance and creped texture. Out of AFTER A WHILE CROCODILE by a Murphy seedling. 3 branches and 21 buds, blooming until September here some years. Fertile.
Very tall, well-branched and budded, this extra-large reddish lavender with a dark lavender eye, gold throat, and ruffled cream edge stands out, to say the least, towering over lesser plants. On cool mornings, grey. Sunfast to over 90 degrees; fertile. Very long blooming. (Grey Witch X North Wind Dancer)
Murphy 2015 48" EMRe 8" dormant, tetraploid 3 branches, 23 buds, very sunfast Unusual Form – Cascade ( Fish Face x Freewheelin)
Tall, huge, stunning yellow with large jagged purple eye, green throat, blue-green foliage. I tagged this seedling on its’ first bloom. It has proven its’ worth in 4 seedling seasons. It can have taller scapes with more branching in exceptional conditions. All cultivars have qualities and considerations. This one checks most every box, except is not pod fertile. The scapes are thick and strong, but a few have leaned over in thunderstorms when they have several 8 inch blooms, but it is not the dreaded flopper... Going to flower shows? Bring this one. Wide and broad branching with well spaced flowers.
Excellent again in 2018.
2022- Magnificent this year, very showy.
2024- Spectacular and available again!
(Murphy 2022) 51" L 8" Dormant, Diploid; 5 branches, 27 buds. Unusual Form Cascade and Spider 4.8/1.
Medium red with large gold and light green throat. Cream midribs. Blooms are very twisty and twirly, very sunfast. Strong scapes. Pollen fertile only.
Out of (Stretch by Dan Bachman’s award winning Mascara Snake).
I will be correcting the registration by adding rebloom. An oversight on my part, as it seems to continuously rebloom until frost.
Murphy, JP, 2022 6" ML 37" Dormant Diploid UF Cascade
Chris is my second youngest nephew, now a special young man, and picked this one! On hot days, this is black purple, and on cooler days, it takes on a greyed or frosted look with pronounced black eye. Green throat, and cream midribs, with blooms facing up and out. Shorter than it's sibling, Darkest Night, it looks very different in the garden. Open wide on cold mornings, and very sun resistant for such a dark flower. 3 branches, 20 buds, all perfectly placed above the foliage. Blooms about 5 weeks here. Very fertile and a great parent. Out of (Brer Rabbits Baby x "Ace") x (Focus) Metzger's Purple Storm
Proven hardy in Wisconsin Zone 5b.
(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.
Murphy, '05 - 54" La 5.5" Dor. Dip. Clear yellow with red eye above orange and green throat, very tall.
Yellow with a stark, bright red eye, orange throat, green heart. The taller sibling of YOU KNOW WHO, blooms late August, and September here, sometimes into October. Can be seen from across the garden, so I named it as the second in the lighthouse series. Corolla Light is an old lighthouse on the coast of North Carolina. Long bloomer, with 3 branches and 27 buds.
Murphy, JP 2022 6" ML Dormant Diploid 49"
Gracing the late daylily garden is this fragrant, cream Unusual Form Cascade with high bud count and stout, 3-4 way branched scapes. Officially, 3 branches and 32 buds. It blooms without regard to sun, heat, and light rain. Open early and stays open late. Blooms about 6 weeks here. Green throat and ruffled edges complete the picture. Very fertile, out of two wonderful daylilies, Green Tea x Garden Ghost.
One plant available for August 2024. This year, this plant had 5 way branching, and bloomed about 6 weeks.
My strongest scaped near white.
( Murphy 2014) 46" L 8" Dormant Diploid UF- Crispate
Striking Coral-cranberry Red with darker red eye, and significant dotting or sanding of color near the greenish orange throat. All blooms held erect on stiff also erect scapes way above the strongly dormant blue green foliage. Out of a Benzinger seedling by KIRSTEN MADELAINE BURKEY. 3 branches , 24 buds. Extremely fertile. It has proven to be a great parent for interesting late UF's.
3 branches, 17 buds. UF Crispate. Parentage: (Following Seas x unknown)
Reddish lavender bi-tone with extremely large cream and green throat. Bud builds for a long time in good conditions, yielding up to 25 buds. The blooms face out and up looking at you. Many people were drawn to this one from across the garden. Very sunfast. Pollen fertile only. Excellent children with cool light throats.
Black Red with a touch of purple and a green throat. Cream midribs, cream edge, and grayed colors on cool mornings. Very sunfast! The strong scapes hold the blooms floating at shoulder level for many. Fertile both ways, and producing many nice offspring for me.
Out of (Brer Rabbits Baby x “Ace” x Focus) by Metzger’s Purple Storm.)
Sibling to this one is Chris is Special ( much shorter but similar in color and performance. )
(Murphy, 2013) 39" ML 7" dormant, diploid, extended; Unusual form - cascade
(Spiral Galaxy x Just Jessie) 4 branches, 25 buds
Lavender Red Cascade, darker band, with very large cream and green throat, cream midribs, and cream edge. Named for our famous dog and friend, Davey. Check out the image under More Info - this one has just a mass of blooms, branches, buds, and strong scapes. It blooms heavily for 3 to 4 weeks, with every day a show. The highest branching and bud count of my 2013 intros. 2022- 5 way branching and 30 buds.
(Murphy-JP, 2023) 44"ML 7" Dormant Diploid, UF Cascade
Cream to near white with green throat. Green to cream stamens, ruffled edge. This is the closest to white daylily that I have registered. Out of over 100 near whites here, only 5 are whiter. They are all examples from the Stuart Kendig white evaluation group, as very white, or class 2. This blooms a very long time, with 3 branches and 23 buds in good garden conditions. The petal surfaces are slightly ridged, and the tepals are ruffled. Sunfast, fertile, excellent parent. I have very white seedlings out of this and Lipizzaner Stallions.
Out of ((August Snow x Heavenly White Lightning) x Diamond Jim)
3 available for August 2024
(Murphy, 2018) 28” E 6” dormant, diploid, Unusual Form-cascade.
Rich deep red-purple with large green to cream throat. The throat shape is sharply pointed, radiating out onto the tepals. It has light veining. This is a reliable and consistent early bloomer with up facing flowers on a shorter plant. Quite showy with the contrasting throat. I have some very interesting seedlings from Devil's Chimes. 3 branches, 15 buds
Parentage: (Rose F. Kennedy x Cabernet Cabaret)
Sold for $100 at auction at Lilyhemmer, the Region 3 Fall Regional in 2022.
Bright, clear red with strong green throat pattern extending halfway out the tepals, split with a striking cream midrib on tepals. 3 branches, 20 buds. Unusual form cascade. This daylily has extremely bright red and very deep green for a vivid contrast seen across the garden. Very sunfast for us, up to the mid 90's at 7pm. Long bloom season, and very fertile both ways. The name comes from my favorite place to hike and rock climb in Virginia.
Limited availability, but the sibling, Uncle Sams Cut is available for a lower price. It is just as showy.
(Rose F. Kennedy x Snooks Harville/BJ Crichton selected seedling)
This seems to be a breakthrough in RFK kids- fast growth, coupled with color that holds well in the afternoon summer sun.
Murphy '07 - 48" Emre 7.5" Dor dip twisted crispate UF Ext frag. Clear cherry with green throat, light edge. Bud builder with very long bloom season. Named for the man that accused me of this, leaving out the last word!
Apricot self, darker in the throat. Sunfast color lightens on very hot afternoons toward peach. Tall for a double, with a long bloom season. Reliable rebloomer here. Fertile both ways and has great uf double kids. 95% double. 2 branches, 16 buds. Parentage: ((Crooked x Zada Mae) x Peggy Jeffcoat)
This one has been in demand since intro.
Just won best double Region 3 Summer Regional.
Murphy, '05 - 38" EERe 5.75" dor.dip. Cute very early butter yellow spider with feathered red eye.
Butter yellow spider, feathered red eye, gold throat, extended bloom. 4.43:1 spider ratio. This colorful flower, with blue green hard dormant foliage, starts blooming before STELLA DE ORO here. Parentage unknown.
This is a very reliable plant, problem free here, and consistently early bloom.
2021- This year it had 4-6 way branching with 30-40 buds, and bloomed for 6 weeks in clump strength.
2022- Won Best in Show- for the second time. Frequently does well in flower shows.
Murphy, '07 - 16" EMRe 5.5" dor.tet. Pink/rose bitone, green-yellow throat.Bubbly gold edge, reblooms a lot here.
Bet you never thought you would see me introduce an edged full formed tet! EDGY has been a hit with its bubbly gold edge that flashes metallically in the sun. A pinkish red to rose bitone, with both green and yellow throat, red eye, and rose veins. This quite short 16" plant is perfect for the front of the border. The rebloom scapes just keep coming on this hard dormant. One branch and 13 buds. Fertile both ways.
Parentage: (IDA'S MAGIC x ADMIRAL'S BRAID) X STARTLE
