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Blooming today in Indiana

hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)

last year

We still have a few blooms worth looking at, thanks to Bob and his relentless watering. We have three sprinklers going about 18 hours a day. He turns them off in the morning so we can look at the flowers and then turns them back on after lunch. He had the foresight to put in a well out near the daylilies. We could never water them with the water coming from the house.

We picked up Red Lobster cheap at Jamie Gossard's place a couple of years ago on the northern Mecca tours. We didn't know if it would like our climate, but it is doing well.

Auriel Dell is a small daylily on a robust plant.

Klaatu Barada Nikto is the kind of daylily Bob likes.

Illinois Jacquet Flies Again is enormous.

Mayan Dark Eyes was a gift from the hybridizer to our daughter.

Now for some seedlings . . .

It was a good day for eyed daylilies. This is Abilene Lillian X Cherry Pie a la Mode.

This is Works for Me X Cherry Pie a la Mode.

I was surprised that this is Ashwood Summer Sunshine X Bodacious Bite. It didn't expect the color to be dark in the eye. Then I remember that Clarification, which has a dark eye, is a grandparent. Like A. S. Sunshine, it is a big flower.

We are happy with this one. It is Fooled Me X Rocky Top. It resembles Rocky Top with more vivid color and better sepals. I hope it continues to do the pinching thing. The scape is tall and branched too. So it got its blue ribbon today (that's the way we mark the keepers out of the seedling bed--blue flagging tape).

More to come . . .

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hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
Original Author
last year
I like the color of Snidely Whiplash X Tom Adams.

Here's another dark one--Purple Peek-a-boo X Burning the Midnight Oil.

This is a small tetraploid. I love it! Spacecoast Color Scheme X Rosemary Mussar.

Here is one of Bob's Fulva crosses--Fulva Yunnan X Samsational. He likes the fact it is a reverse bitone.

Another Fulva cross he likes--Bass Gibson X F. Yunnan X Unknown.

That's enough for today.

Nancy
organic_kitten
last year
Fooled Me X Rocky Top.has quite the color and form, I agree aboutthe color of Snidely Whiplash X Tom Adams. being really pretty. Snidely Whiplash X Tom Adams. has some of Samsational color.

kay
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I finally got a picture of Samsational that shows its color accurately. It is one bright flower. I imagine it would be 'all the rage' if it were widely available in the U. S. Bob wanted Sun Giant because we saw it in Trimmer's garden in Florida. It was 4 feet tall with very large flowers. The flowers are large here too, but it obviously doesn't like our climate much. Tech Colors has finally bloomed for us. This plant started out the year very puny but seems to be making a comeback. The first Tech Colors we had turned out to be something else. Finally we have the right one. The Dentist did so well last year and then this year started out puny also. It seems to be doing better. This is it's normal time to start blooming We didn't have time to take pictures of many seedlings, but we did take a few. Here is the seedling Queen for today. It is Susan Ruoff X Carrots Forever. As you might imagine, Bob loves this one. I might have shown this one before, but it makes me happy so I'll show it again. It is Sonoran Desert Rose X Crimson Stories. Houzz just told me my post was too long so I deleted a couple of pictures. I'll put them on later. Nancy
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Julia, Sea of Cinders has not proven to be reliably hardy here. We have lost over winter two plants that were planted in the ground. Luckily for us, Sea of Cinders produced several prolifs the first year it bloomed. Now we now have the potted one and one planted outside in a protected location (on the south side of the garage). Both are doing fine, but we fear a bad winter will kill the one outside. I think it's Bob's absolute favorite daylily but I don't think it is available anywhere. Extreme Tangerine, one of our intros for 2021 is out of it (crossed with Horns, which is hardy here). Extreme Tangerine is more orange than red orange but it seems to be totally hardy. Houzz won't let me post a picture of Extreme Tangerine.
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The seedlings weren't quite as exciting as they were yesterday. Here are a few that caught our eye. Bob said this one is seedling Queen. It is Stellar Stitchery X Cherry Pie a la Mode. The flower is actually whiter than this picture shows. My new phone takes better pictures in cloudy or shady conditions than my previous phone, but the color is still a bit off. Unfortunately, This three year old daylily is producing terribly short scapes. Still it got a blue ribbon, which means we will move it to the observation bed for further evaluation. Who would think that Wolverine (pink) and Love All Serve All (rose red) would produce a yellow. Just on a whim, I crossed Daddy's Heart with I Don't Kid (I do that sometimes). Daddy's Heart is a great grower and a good seed setter and I Don't Kid is a terrible grower. We got a bunch of the the nicest looking plants with good scapes and absolutely boring flowers. This is probably the nicest one of them. The color is more melon, not so yellow. It also got a blue ribbon. This one comes out of Bob's Fulva lines. This is Fulva 'Korean' X Crimson Stories. That's all that's noteworthy today. Nancy
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Brad KY 6b
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My favorites are Snidely Whiplash x Tom Adams and Purple Peek-a-boo X Burning the Midnight Oil..

Brad
sherrygirl zone5 N il
last year
I love the Fooled Me X Rocky Top baby….I also like the pinched petals and the marking on the sepals. Bob’s Fulva Yunnan X Samsational hit the mark, it is lovely.

Sherry
lilykate7a
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The seedlings win today!! The Rocky Top looks like velvet on the red coloring! The Abilene Lillian is so pretty and i like the coloring on the Works For Me seedling.
shive
last year
Abilene Lillian X Cherry Pie a la Mode looks fantastic! I love the colors and the ruffled edge. It looks like it has an inner and outer eye too! Fooled Me X Rocky Top is impressive too. I like the pinched crispate form!

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Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
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With all the yellow/orange seedlings you have created it's good to see some pretty purples. I think your Snidely and Peek A Boo seedlings steal the show this time around, although I wouldn't turn my nose up at the yellow Fooled Me seedling if it kept the pinched effect. Oddly enough, although not my favorite form, the pinched petals appeal to me if they are symmetrical and the petals have substance. A lot to ask for I'm sure............Maryl
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
Original Author
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Maryl, it's interesting that when Bob walks the dog early in the morning before work, the Fooled Me seedling doesn't show the pinching. By the time I get out, all three petals are pinched. I don't know if that characteristic affects its registration (if that happens) as a pinched crispate.
shive
last year
Nan - A lot pinched crispates don't pinch until the sun shines on them. If they pinch most of the day, you can register it as such.

Debra

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