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31) MATCHLESS FIRE x RUBY SPIDER 24-Jul-15 15-Sep-15 20-Sep-15 7 T $7
One of the brightest and one of the cheeriest daylilies, this coupling of genetics should produce a winner or two in its seedlings. This is a combination I intend to repeat again in the future because the possibilities are tantalizing! The only drawback to this pairing is that both parents only have 2-way branching, but Ruby Spider puts out so many scapes in my clump that it doesn't seem like that. (My clump of Matchless Fire is too small to determine how bloomy it is, so the lack of comment on that is not indicative of sparse blooms.) Ruby's scapes all seem to be nearly exactly the same height (whereas in other cultivars, there can be significant scape height variances), which gives her a nice, even look in my garden, something I would hope would be passed down. Just looking at the pictures of these blooms...wow. Good stuff here.[/quote]
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32) OLALLIE KEITH STONE'S SUNSET x AMERICAN REVOLUTION 18-Jul-15 01-Sep-15 05-Sep-15 20 D $8
American revolution is about as black as the near-black daylilies come, although it can sometimes appear rather red in photos. It's color is rich and dark, and it's form is nice. The more exciting of the two parents is Olallie Keith Stone's Sunset...it can appear differently depending on the weather, often more red in the morning or when it's cloudy, becoming more orange with a red eye in sunlight. It's curly form is wonderful, and it has a coppery or 'gold dusting' glitter to it. Last year it's bud/branch count was very average (on par with the stats as registered), but after a year of settling in my garden, it had an incredible turnaround and this year it exploded with branches (4-way branching) and buds (each scape had something like 30 - 50+ buds). I'm really excited to see what this cultivar throws to its babies. Please note that any cultivars with red, yellow, and purple genes in the mix (such as this one) could end up with brown babies. I made this cross in the hopes I might get a copper-colored cross. (This is one of few offerings with this as a parent--I kept most of the others.)
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33) OLALLIE KEITH STONE'S SUNSET x BLACK PLUSH 15-Jul-15 01-Sep-15 05-Sep-15 15 D $7
This pairing is similar to the one above, although Black Plush is more spidery. Black Plush has been known to poly a LOT in my garden, so I would hope that trait would pass down to any spidery babies that might come from this pairing because it's pretty neat. The heavy recurve on OKSS combined with the spidery form of Black Plush makes me wonder if this might also spring up some curly kids.
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34) OLALLIE RED x "BECKY'S CURLS" (GARDEN NAME) - SEEDLING 1 24-Jul-15 18-Sep-15 01-Oct-15 16 T $7
Olallie Red makes a beautiful clump, but the best part of Olallie Red is that it keeps throwing unique blooms in my garden. It polys more than any other non-poly in my yard (it may be tied with Black Plush, it's hard to say) and even once had what I would call a sculpted bloom, with each petal 'canoing' and sticking straight out like a trumpet. (note: this is not a sculpted cultivar, it just happened to have a sculpted bloom.) Becky's Curls is a nice pairing with Olallie Red because it is truly a UFO (regardless of whether it was the original Becky's Curls or the sibling in the clump with it) that will add either crispate or crispate-curly genetics to the mix.
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35) OLALLIE RED x FUNNY VALENTINE 20-Jul-15 08-Sep-15 12-Sep-15 5 T
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See above for description of Olallie Red. Funny Valentine has great petal substance. It may take a couple of blooms (depending on weather in your area) before it really shines, but it has beautiful, dark green foliage and the perfect-for-the-landscape red bloom. It's a stunning red daylily.
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36) OLALLIE RED x FUNNY VALENTINE 21-Jul-15 08-Sep-15 12-Sep-15 4 T $5
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See above for description of Olallie Red. Funny Valentine has great petal substance. It may take a couple of blooms (depending on weather in your area) before it really shines, but it has beautiful, dark green foliage and the perfect-for-the-landscape red bloom. It's a stunning red daylily.
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37) OLALLIE RED x FUNNY VALENTINE 30-Jul-15 11-Sep-15 20-Sep-15 3 T $4
See above for description of Olallie Red. Funny Valentine has great petal substance. It may take a couple of blooms (depending on weather in your area) before it really shines, but it has beautiful, dark green foliage and the perfect-for-the-landscape red bloom. It's a stunning red daylily.
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38) OLALLIE RED x TOM WISE 21-Jul-15 14-Sep-15 20-Sep-15 10 T $6
See above for description of Olallie Red. Tom Wise is a beautiful, glowing red. These seeds are good if you want a batch of reliably-red seedlings because it would be tough for these two true-red beauties to produce much else, I would think.
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39) OLALLIE RED x TUSCAWILLA TIGRESS 31-Jul-15 21-Sep-15 08-Oct-15 4 T $5
See above for description of Olallie Red. Tuscawilla Tigress is a bright, bright orange. She's about as orange as they come, which should make for some nice, bright babies that may or may not have midribs or red eyes. Tuscawilla Tigress also has nice, big blooms and thick scapes. She's listed as nocturnal, which potentially brings in nocturnal genes to the mix, if that's something that interests you. (In my garden, she is less nocturnal and more of a late-morning riser...I guess it depends on how you look at it, though...maybe she's just a really early nocturnal in my yard.)
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40) PARDON ME x AMERICAN REVOLUTION ? 18-Jul-15 14-Sep-15 20-Sep-15 13 D $4
Pardon Me is teeny, with deep red blooms registered at 2.75". (Pardon Me is also registered as nocturnal, if you're interested in nocturnal daylilies.) When I harvested these seeds, two wires were found around the same developing pod because the wire around the pod next to it (that aborted) wasn't on tight enough and fell down. SO, either Amer. Rev. OR Gentle Shepherd pollinated this Pardon Me pod (and the other aborted). Won't know until it's planted and grows.
American Revolution is quite a bit bigger, which means you could get teeny to medium, to anything in-between. American Revolution has the beautiful, rich, near-black color (with just a hint of red to it) that lasts throughout the day very well in my garden.
Gentle Shepherd is often regarded as one of the whitest near-whites and, at the end of the day, I would agree. It has a light ruffle to it and a slightly crepe texturing to the bloom.
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