It sure is a beauty.

WATCHYL DREAMING PURPLE

I've another very dark one - its an old cultivar, the hybridizer passed away before he was able to register it. It is called Fleishel's Black:







The plant has a bright orange throat - and the color is darker (camera is not able to catch the correct tones).

Just noticed that the plant is listed in the database here but written 'fleichal's black' but as far as I know it's from Feishel, who registered 28 daylilies from 1961 to 1971.

Sue, Your Fleishel Black combines darkness with unusual petal disposition ( ). This second trait is another of my search targets!. Should a thread with unusual petal shapes appear next to this one?

Hmm, I definitely need to widen my options. It clearly improves the landscape attributes in a garden. The blacks really stand out, specially when contrasted with light coloured ones.

Arturo

Fleishel Black- the colors remind me of Africa, I grew that one for a while but I ended up parting with it, it was the darkest one I have grown so far, next to Jungle Beauty.

Here is Deep Dark Duck


@Frillylily Africa is new here. Got a couple blooms from it so far.



Mephestophles

Check out H. Africa in your database here on Garden.org. It is the blackest one I grow . An oldie but a goodie

This is my Africa

Late to the party, my darkest daylilies are:

African Chant


American Revolution


Bela Lugosi


Missouri Royalty


Night Beacon


Strutter's Ball


'Tis Midnight


Wine Time


Laura Harwood


Little Business (not as dark in my garden)


Grape Magic (also not as dark)


I'm happy to have found this thread as the near blacks are among my favorites and I have been able to add a LOT of daylilies to my want list.

the ever growing want list!

Mike Bouman has a new black intro for 2023.
http://www.daylilylay.com/MsMo...

Here's a link to his Bible Grove one of the parents of Ms Mo's Black Star
http://www.daylilylay.com/Bibl...
Appears to be tall with lots of buds and nice branching, sadly not zone 4 hardy.

Char said: the ever growing want list!

Mike Bouman has a new black intro for 2023.
http://www.daylilylay.com/MsMo...

Here's a link to his Bible Grove one of the parents of Ms Mo's Black Star
http://www.daylilylay.com/Bibl...
Appears to be tall with lots of buds and nice branching, sadly not zone 4 hardy.

OOOOOHHHH what a beauty! Yes, my Want list has grown to an impossible number to purchase and plant in my lifetime!

There are newer cultivars that are blacker than this but they're out of my price range right now. Of the ones I do have, Jungle Beauty is my favorite.

Another favorite is an heirloom NOID, lots of blooms and increases quickly.

There are some beauties in this thread. I have only a couple of dark ones and no pictures yet. Night Wings was eaten by deer last year.
And Ashwood Dark Side is a new plant.

I do have some of the purples, but they are not all that dark here.

Jungle Beauty is in my Want list, as are quite a few of the other lovelies.

Chicago Blackout is also a favorite of mine; the photo is from my garden in Angier, NC. Just obtained the plant this Fall so don't know what it will look like when it first blooms, hopefully next year. It took eight years for me to find this one, have

Here are a few pictures of dark seedlings I had mentioned in an earlier post

















One of my hybridizing goals is the dark ones, many more dark seedlings.
These are all tets, but their sure are some beautiful dips out there. Hope
Someone converts some of them one day.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS TO ALL!!!!

Those are really nice Kenny.
I particularly like 17-01-C.

Those are all beautiful Kenny. I especially like 17-65-A and 17-43-C.

Gorgeous!

Kenny, love those!

Some new flowering darks in my yard…these are all darker than they look in the photos of course

Pat Ball Seedling #19-007, License to Kill


Pat Ball seedling #17-074, Sit Down, John


Pat Ball seedling #20-132, Turkish Bomber


I'll add more later!

Nice seedlings Kenny
Favorites are 17-43-c, great color in the watermark and I love the form on 17-01c.