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Blooming on Wednesday

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

4 years ago

Not much action here today. Last night was cool so some flowers didn't open well.

Carnosaur is new to the garden this year.

Buddy's Betsy is always one of the first to open.

This bright little seedling is School Bus X Merry Moppet.

Westbourne Teresa Throwing Kisses X (Empire of Dawn and Dusk X Ruby Lipstick) is a nice big flat flower but a little plain.

That's all for me.

Nancy

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
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4 years ago

Signet, we just got Carnosaur a few weeks ago. I think it was grown in Florida and already had a scape. Actually, we are baby-sitting Carnosaur for our club so it didn't cost us anything. In three years we will take back the increase to auction and keep a piece for ourselves. The luck of the draw gave us first pick this year.

Maryl, the sad story is that we no longer have Krakatoa Katie. We had several lined out double fans and a few small clumps and it all died. The small clumps tried to grow this spring, but didn't make it. We have had several do that this spring. They put out a small fan and then it dies. There were only two other people that had Krakatoa Katie and one of them lost his. His yard flooded in the winter (a drainage issue in his subdivision) and it died. The only Krakatoa Katie that lies is in Indianapolis. He has about 6 fans of it. We told him that when it got big enough, we wanted to buy a couple of fans from him. After growing it for about 6 years, I'm surprised that all of it died.

Debra, our goal is to get a wide red edge on the white daylily. Unfortunately some of the best edges are on the southerns. I was using Stellar Stitchery because of its red edge (and it has white teeth on the sepals), but it died this spring. I will try to replace that one. Bullfrog Kisses and Marilyn Monroe both died as well. We do have some seedlings with red edges that are offspring of Stellar Stitchery. They look good and we will be using them this season. We also will try flip the eye color to red by using Sam Abel, one the the widest edges on a hardy one that I know. Sam doesn't set seed very well though. What I'd really like is a red edge with teeth (red, white, or gold--I don't care). That's a few years down the road, I'm afraid.

Here's a seedling that will be used this year (if it is still alive--I think it is). Not as heavy an edge as I want, but it does go almost all around. It even has a few teeth on the sepals. It is Stellar Stitchery X (Empire of Dawn and Dusk X Ruby Lipstick).

Nancy

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signet_gw(6b)
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
Wow a 2019 Gossard .. Love the color on Carnosaur ! How tall has it grown for you ? I assume you got it just recently ? Now that is one I will keep my eyes peeled for no doubt it will be a few years before it is decently affordable.

Your others are lovely too but my preference unless it is really unusual is a daylily with no eye . I like watermarks but the eyed daylillies all look the same to me no matter the color .
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
4 years ago
That is some saturated carmine red on Carnosaur. Very vivid......I like Buddy's Betsy too.......What I want to see is your Krakatoa Katie. I really liked it last year.......Maryl
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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I’m betting Carnosaur will be sharing some pollen this season ! Nice blooms today, we are getting rain today, has been dry for a week here.

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shive
4 years ago
Carnosaur looks like it has some very big teeth! I know you will have fun hybridizing with that one. I like your red eyed seedling. Keep crossing those red eyed seedlings until you get one with a great edge!
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Carnosaur looks huge. I like your little bright seedling. Anything with school bus as part of its genetics has to be bright!
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Carnosaur looks like a big flower, I like the looks of that one.
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
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Thank you Nancy for the sad update. I've had daylilies do well and then for some reason they just stutter in spring and die. More of a heartbreak for you though since it was your own seedling. I hope you get it back in the future and give it another whirl. I loved the double yellow with the red centers.......Maryl
signet_gw(6b)
4 years ago
Nancy , It will be interesting to see how well Carnosaur does. I had heard that Gossard had been growing plants in Florida . That's too bad really because I also heard that since he started this , they are not particularly hardy in the north
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
Original Author
4 years ago
Carnosaur is not that big of a flower. It's registered at 6.5 inches and mine might have been a bit smaller than that. I did save the pollen for use later and put Bites Like a Thousand Teeth pollen on it. I hope a pod sets.

Signet, I expect Carnosaur to be hardy here. We have grown one parent and one grandparent here for several years and they are hardy. I think Gossard is taking some that he hybridized in Ohio to Florida to increase them for sale. We visited Lambertson's place a few years ago and he said his increased so fast he was going to compost some plants of his introductions. He just couldn't sell them fast enough. Where you might have trouble with hardiness is if you buy any of his that came from Larry Grace's program or John Kinnebrew's program. Jamie tests many (I don't know if he tests all of them) in Ohio and tells on his website the recommended zones.
organic_kitten
4 years ago
last modified: 4 years ago
That Carnosaur is a beauty! That seedling is very pretty, but comparing it to the oone with the beautiful edge, does caddt it in the sade a touch...still quire pretty though.

kay

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