Part three

POLAR FIZZ as it normally looks

FAT AND FOXY

ETERNAL CHARM

TACTICAL CAT

LUCKY DEBUT

SHOWTIME MAGIC

TORRID DANCER

COCKY AND BOLD

JUBILEE BALL (Another one of my favorites. I believe his tallest registration)

TORRID DANCER again

There are two more that need their picture taken as they were added to the collection in the fall. I am always looking to add more Bennett intros to my collection.

Thanks for looking,

David

Lovely ! My fav.........."Doing All Right" .......

He certainly did a marvelous job with pinks. I too like the white midrib. But I was told by a hybridizer that it took a lot of work to get rid of the white midrib (found in cultivars such as Becky Lynn).

This is the Wide Eyed Wally that you traded for:

David, thank you for posting these. I had a Bennett lily, Salty Skipper, at one time but lost it. I thought I had another one but when it bloomed, it was not!! I love his lilies. I like the white midribs and I like what you called the femininity of so many of his. A wonderful collection. Kate

With all those pinks you know I like them. The only one I have is Wild Cherry Wine. It's not a particularly good grower for me, but it always puts up some nice large blooms early in the spring.......Maryl

David, these are really beautiful. Lots of light pastels. Thanks so much for posting!

Brad

Beautiful, David. I really like and might covet Doing All Right. I really like the pink edge to it. And Mantis, I really like Wide Eyed Willy too.

DOING ALL RIGHT is a slow increaser. I spoke to Mr. Bennett about it and he said that it is slow to increase and does not take well to being divided. If you are tight on space as I am, it is a great plant to have. I like the edge no eye look and that is one of my goals in hybridizing is to work with diploid edges with no eyes.

David

My favorite is Sitting Cool. I don't have any Bennetts, looks like I've been missing out.

sherry

Could this be a Bennett daylily? It's been in my garden for over ten years and I have no idea what it is.

Sherry, is the color accurate, or is this a low-light photo? The midrib is very reminiscent of Becky Lynn, though she is more rosy.

Sherry it looks a bit like Pastures of Pleasure

Nice collection David. I do have Kiwi Magic here. I find that Bennett and Benz seemed to have had very similar hybridizing goals. Interesting.

Thanks for helping with the Id of my noid. After checking out several images AND my memory I know it's not Becky Lynn, Mantis you are right, too rosy. It looks like David's Once Over Lightly, is that possible? I have no idea how widely distributed Bennetts plants were. Too bad I have no idea where I got it, could have been mail order at the time from a larger company. Thinking back it's been in my garden for about 15 years.

Sherry

Sherrygirl,

I believe that it will be hard to tell what it is, because I find soil type and other factors impact color. I don't think that it is ONCE OVER LIGHTLY, because yours appears to be more ruffled.

David

Thanks David. Yes, I realize there is no way to tell positively what it is. Thank you for the info!

Sherry

Very nice. I love "Beauty in Motion".

Sherry, your NOID may well be Best of Friends. Since Bennetts are not well distributed, it is unlikely that it is a Bennett. However, Spaldings were widely grown in previous decades.

Thanks for the info,Mantis! I will check the stats to see if it matches.

Sherry

If I remember correctly someone posted on this forum last year or the year before that they were going to try and restart the nursery that had Bud Bennet hybrids and sell them online. Am I just having a senior moment, or is there updated information about such a nursery?............Maryl

Maryl,

That is correct. The person who bought his house was going to attempt to do something of that nature. I had sent them pictures of all the intros of Bud Bennett that I grew and recommended that they look at the AHS registration site to see pictures of his most recent intros. I haven't heard much since that time. I will reach out to him and get an update. I would like to acquire a few more of Mr. Bennett's intros.

David

Thanks David. Senility has not set in then-lol..... I know shipping daylilies mail order is a lot of work, but it would be nice to have another nursery in the mix, especially with some of the less well known hybridizers such as Bennett. He seems to really have nailed the color pink for one........Maryl