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Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant.

Crispate.  Fragrant.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  UF Cascade.

Sorry no photo. A photo can be found by typing in the name in the following address. https://daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/

This daylily was hybridized by my good Nova Scotia daylily buddy, Ed Kimball. I grew it in my garden for him for the past few years and it has done very well. During the ADS Region 4 summer garden tours it looked great and was a show stopper for many of the visitors. Since my last name is Banks and I live on Jeddore Harbour, he made a nod to me by naming it 'Banks of Jeddore'. As an interesting aside to this name, I am very involved with a men's choir here on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia (Coastal Voices Men's Choir). During the 2019 season we will be performing an arrangement by John Plant of a folksong based loosely on the melody of 'Farewell to Nova Scotia'. The name of the folk song is 'On the Banks of Jeddore'. Interestingly, it was collected in the Beauce region of Quebec. The daylily 'Banks of Jeddore' has been a hardy semi-evergreen in my garden. I live in a coastal region that often has cool foggy nights in the summer, nevertheless, the flower opens well most days. The scapes have 3 branches and up to 18 buds. The parentage is: Belle of Ashwood x Belle Cook. The flower is a beautiful pink with a gold edge and a green throat. $45 DF(Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

This daylily is out of my registration 'Mary E. Banks' as the pod parent and 'Flying Trapeze' as the pollen parent. Both parents are very northern hardy daylilies and they bring those genetics into this offspring. As well, 'Flying Trapeze' continues to pass on unique designs in many of its offspring, which is the case with 'Bill Wilgenhof'. The flower opens well even after cool nights and is a dark rose pink flower with a chalky pink notched watermark and a green throat that brightens to yellow as the throat emerges outward on the petals. There is a bit of a white edge on the petals, especially on hotter days as the flower fades slightly over the course of the day. The plant has good branching which separates multiple blooms nicely when it forms a clump. The bud count of 18 is fairly high so it will give a fairly long season of bloom, often to the end of August or beyond in my garden. I am pleased to name this one after another Nova Scotian plant person.  Bill Wilgenhof and his wife Sharon Bryson, have run Willow Garden in Antigonish for many years and he was a founding member of the Antigonish Garden Club. He has always been willing to share his gardening knowledge over the years and he has done that for many of his 97 years! Over those years he has grown many seedlings from seeds that he obtained. This included many azaleas and rhododendrons but also a huge array of other garden plants, including daylilies! Often, these plants were shared with other gardeners. I am pleased to name this daylily after a person who was generous with sharing plants and his knowledge about gardening with other gardeners and aspiring gardeners. At 32" tall and 5.25" flowers it will show off nicely once established in the garden.                                       $30 DF (Double Fan)

A reliable rebloomer in my garden and interesting black buds and scapes.  Foliage has a tendency to be a lighter colour green than usual, early in the season.  Nocturnal.

The flowers on this daylily are beautiful and I love it and have used it in hybridizing. However, in my garden it is not winter hardy if winter temperatures are severe for an extended amount of time. It has to be well mulched or covered with a styrofoam box in winter. Only divide in early spring. If you get consistant snow cover in winter this will help it's winter survival. For me it acts more like an evergreen than a SEV.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. Fragrant.

A cripate-cascade Unusual Form.

This wonderful daylily is named to honour Brian Smith, the first major daylily grower in Nova Scotia selling to the general public. Brian has promoted daylilies for decades and he is an important founding member of the Nova Scotia Daylily Society. The flower is a dark regal purple, with heavy ruffling and mouse ears on the petals. The dark yellow colour emanating from the throat merges with the purple petals to form a chalky, blue, slate halo with purple/wine veins. The sepals have a thin, pencil-line cream edge. The petals have a creamy yellow heavily ruffled edge. A thinner violet edge separates the purple of the flower from the yellow outer edge. This is an outstanding plant in my garden. It is a hardy dormant and the flowers open well all of the time, the colour is sunfast and there is very little spottiness. It is a cross between 'Forever The Optimist' and 'Super Model'. It is a great addition to any garden.

 $28 Double Fan

Hybridizing is as much about the surprises as it is about what you are expecting from combining specific parents. A lavender and a pink parent produced a pink-lavender seedling that was crossed with a dark pink registered daylily (Lavender Space Journey x White Eyes Pink Dragon) x 'Linda Marie'. From these crosses I had an entire row of pink seedligs except for this cream yellow daylily that surfaced. This Unusual Form Cascade daylily has been a favourite among many visitors to the garden. With 3-4 way branching and 14 buds per scape, as a mature clump it looks magical. From all the pinks and purples, orange, red, and yellow daylilies in my garden, the occasional cream daylily seems to have a calming effect upon the surrounding cacophany of colour. 'Butterfly Star Cluster' brings a peaceful movement to the garden with its cascade shape appearing like dancing stars suspended in the air. It is especially nice for those who like to sit out and enjoy their garden in the eveing as the daylight fades and the flower's light emerges from the deepening shadows. Whether daytime or evening, this daylily will add a sense of peace and tranquility to anyone's garden. $55.00 DF (Double Fan)

Reblooms in my garden. This is not an extremely hardy plant, so I only recommend buying it in the springtime. Having said that, I've been growing it succesfully for more than 15 yrs. Only dig or divide it in the spring.

Fragrant.

Listed as reblooming by the hybridizer.  Extended bloomer. 

This daylily was produced by crossing my 'Emerging Star' as the pod parent with pollen from 'White Eyes Pink Dragon'. It has more of a spider look to it than its full sibling 'Joni Guptil'. However, it is registered as an Unusual Form daylily and has been an outstanding plant in my garden. It actually fits all 3 UF classifications as a Cascade, Spatulate, Crispate Unusual Form and that's why I included Trinity as part of the name. Of course it's star-like look inspired the word celestial and thus 'Celestial Trinity' seems fitting. This daylily has a lot of fantastic qualities that make it a superb garden plant. Most scapes have 5-6 way branching and over 20 buds. Now that's a lot of blooms. Adding this plant to your garden will give you a season of delight as it will bloom from 4-6 weeks as an established clump. A further rarity is that it blooms later in the season so when many other daylilies are winding down for the season it is performing really well! As a dormant, it is a very hardy plant and will come through the worst of winters. The flower is a dark rose pink with a slate halo with a wide lemon yellow throat with hints of green deep at the base of the throat. The yellow extends outward and lightens to near white on the raised and pinched midribs. For a really great plant that will add a sense of motion to your garden in a slight breeze, choose 'Celestial Trinity. Double Fan (DF) $40.00

  This daylily is a beautiful yellow cream blend that lightens during the day.  It has a three-lobed yellow throat with a dark wine eye notched at each apex.  The petals are edged in wine with an outer gold edge.  The flower is an early morning opener (EMO) that recurves beautifully and every flower opens well and looks great even on cool mornings.  The pod parent is 'Spirit Zone' and the pollen parent 'El Desperado'.  The plant has 3-5 way branching and a great bud count of 20-25.  It was named by members of our local Coastal Voices Men's Choir and all proceeds go to support the choir.

Sorry no photo. A photo can be found by typing in the name in the following address. https://daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/

'Cupid and Eros' is out of my 2016 registration 'Cherry Blossom Discovery' as the pod parent crossed with 'Hello Screamer'. The resulting seedlings had very high bud counts and most were hardier than both parents. "Cupid and Eros' was selected by one of my employees with another name in mind, however, that name was already registered so I decided on 'Cupid and Eros' because of the very large heart-shaped eye on the flower. The petals and sepals are a soft pink colour with a dark pink, almost red eye and edge and a yellow throat. The flower is large sized and the bud count is very high with 24 or more buds per scape. Even though there is a high bud count, the flowers are held nicely apart due to 4-5 way branching on the scapes. This is an excellent plant for a long season of bloom due to the number of buds per scape. At 41" tall it has good height as a major display plant in the garden. If you're looking for a plant that will give lots of blooms over a long bloom period and that will stand above many other plants, this could fill that hole in your garden!                                                                                       $32.00  DF (Double fan)

The daylily 'Darwin's Grapefruit Curd Tart' has proven itself a very garden worthy plant. It is a cream flower with hints of pink tones and it has a golden yellow elaborate braided edge on the petals. This daylily has a good bud count of 15, but its bud count is enhanced by the fact that it regularly pushes up immediate rebloom scapes while the first set of scapes are still in bloom. This quality, I believe it inherited from its grandparent 'Forever the Optimist', from fellow Nova Scotian hybridizer Don Longton. It is a cross between 'Martha Chamberlain' and 'Queen's Petticoat'. It's a short plant ideal for the front of the garden but the flowers are always held well above the foliage in my garden. It is named to honour Darwin Carr and his significant contribution to landscape gardening in Nova Scotia. He has been the owner of Colchester Tree Service for over 25 years. Until his recent retirement he was the botanical garden manager for the Nova Scotia Agricultural College ( now the Dalhousie Agricultural campus). It's very easy to like this daylily for it's hardiness, long season of bloom, early morning opening, and its beautiful flowers. If you're looking for a daylily to shine in the front of your garden and to provide a long season of bloom, 'Darwin's Grapefruit Curd Tart' can fill that role. $75 DF (Double Fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Sorry no photo. A photo can be found by typing in the name in the following address. https://daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/

From the first time I saw this daylily I loved it. I am pleased to be able to register it and introduce it because it has qualities that make it unique. I don't do much hybridizing with diploid daylilies but I got 2 seeds from a pod a number of years ago and this one was selected for further evaluation. Unfortunately, the tag was lost and I am uncertain of the parentage. It is a unique flower because it is a reverse bitone, which are relatively rare among daylilies. It is also a late blooming plant which helps to extend the season when the bulk of daylilies are finished blooming. The flowers are classified as Unusual Form and it is further classified as a Twisted Crispate. The scapes have good branching which provides a lovely bouquet effect when multiple flowers are open. The plant has a good density of scapes so even though the bud count is not extremely high it produces lots of flowers. I am happy to name this daylily after one of my good gardening friends, Donna Evers. Donna is a literal encyclodedia of knowledge about plants. She is not only an encyclopedia but a real gardener too. She and her husband Duff have gardened together for their entire married life. So, Donna's knowledge goes beyond sitting at a computer doing plant searches. She and Duff have actually filled their property with whatever shrubs, trees, perennials, annuals and bulbs that would grow in their varied conditions, from bog, rock walls, shade and sun. Their garden looks like it is right out of a gardening magazine and has been visited by countless garden groups and individuals. An educator by profession, Donna is always ready to guide and educate those visitors. Many people have been the recipient of her very generous heart, receiving all kinds of plants and even some of her handiwork or scrumptious baking! Recently, she and Duff spearheaded an effort to turn a section of Halifax Regional Municipality land beside their property, into a beautiful meadow. It was a wonderful success and was recently featured in Saltscapes magazine. For her great contribution to landscape gardening in Nova Scotia I dedicate this daylily to Donna Evers. $50.00 DF (Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant. 

This daylily is a beautiful dark wine purple self with a green starburst throat fading to yellow as it extends outward on the petals and sepals. A chalky violet halo on the petals and sepals encircles the star-shaped centre. A slightly raised narrow, white midrib extends to the ends of the petals. This daylily is a vigorous grower with excellent plant habit, and as a dormant is very hardy. It has a very good bud count of 18 with 6-7 way branching. Although a midseason bloomer, the high bud count helps to extend the bloom season into mid-late. It is both pod and pollen fertile and combines my 2014 introduction 'Meenoo's Wings'  with 'Super Model'. $15 DF (Double Fan).

This daylily has been a standout for visitors to the garden and for those who have seen photos of it.  One of the parents is a seedling of mine that has a unique coloration. Unfortunately, that plant has not been hardy enough to register and distribute in my gardening zone. However, I believed that its gene pool carried distinctive qualities that were worth trying to capture, but I needed to breed hardiness into the offspring. After analyzing what might preserve the unique coloration of the seedling but also add hardiness, I crossed the seedling with 'Mahogany Belle' using both plants as pod parents but I only got seeds from (Spirit Zone x Gavin Petit) x 'Mahogany Belle' and not from the reverse cross. I need to explore this cross further but sometimes work gets in the way! From the seed that I got 'Etched Mahogany' stood out as a hardier plant than its pod parent, but it also preserved some of the unique coloration from that parent. The flower is a reverse bitone burnt orange mahogany with a very dark, almost black etched eye. There are hints of green in the golden yellow throat and a starburst effect with the dark, etched lines from the eye. The petal colour becomes lighter toward the edges and there is a pencil line darker edge on the petals that has a secondary rim of light cream on the outer extremity of the petal edges. The petals are also slightly ruffled. The flower appearance can change slightly from day to day and in different amounts of heat but it remains a standout unique flower. If you're looking for something a little different, this daylily may appeal to you. In addition, it is a mid-late season bloomer so it will help to extend the bloom season in your garden. It has an average bud count of 14 with 3-4 way branching on the scapes. Double fan (DF) $52.00

This large flowered daylily with 6.5" blooms is a very good show stopper since it has very good 4-5 way branching and up to 20 or more buds per scape. As a mature clump it puts on a great show, blooming over several weeks. The flower is pink with a very large wine eye and a matching wine edge with a slight hint of cream around the outer lip of the wine edge. It is a full sibling to 'Cupid and Eros', combining the genetics of my 2016 registration 'Cherry Blossom Discovery' crossed with 'Hello Screamer'. Although there are similar looking daylilies on the market I am pleased with the hardiness, the multiple blooms, and long bloom season of this made in Nova Scotia daylily. 'Face Plant' was named due to the dark purple eye on a flesh coloured daylily, reminiscent of anyone who happened to unfortunately take a face-first tumble and receive a black eye as a battle scar.               $30.00  DF (Double fan)

Fragrant.

Although it is not registered as a UF or spider, it does have very narrow petals and sepals. 

Extended Bloomer.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant.  A really great plant and a huge flower - a real show stopper!

Fragrant. 

This daylily comes from a cross of my introduction 'Annapolis Valley Mountains' as the pod parent crossed with Curt Hanson's 'Rock Lobster'. Since both parents had sculpting in the flower, I was hoping that some of the offspring would exhibit this trait as well. I was rewarded with several seedlings with sculpted flowers and I finally settled on this one to register and introduce. I love the beautifull clear colour. The flower sculpting is more evident for the beginning and middle of the bloom cycle. Nevertheless, the flowers are a beautiful cherry red with white edges and white midribs above a yellow throat throughout the bloom season. The scapes have 3-4 way branching and an average bud count of 18. If you want to get your dayliliy season started with a standout daylily, this early-midseason bloomer will do the job. Provide some white or yellow flowers near it and you will have a winning floral combination. 'Frosted Hot Spot' added to your garden will keep you smiling for several weeks of daylily bloom. $50.00 DF (Double Fan)

'Fuchsia Space Beacon' is from a cross with my 2016 registration 'Lavender Space Journey' as the pod parent and 'White Eyes Pink Dragon' as the pollen parent. The result was a very high bud count (in my garden) of more than 25 buds per scape and 2-3 way branching on the scapes. As an Unusual Form Crispate daylily, the clusters of flowers always open well and there is a steady and amazing bloom performance for 3-5 weeks. This extends through all of the midseason and into early late season. Early in the day the petals are more of a darker purple and change to a more vibrant fuchsia. The genetics make it a good breeder for anyone interested in UF daylilies. Because of the long bloom season, the fuchsia tepals with the yellow throat and lighter watermark, light up the garden like a beacon through much of the summer. The star like shape also gives it an extraterrestrial feel. This is a very hardy daylily with a long bloom season and lots of colourful flowers making it an absolute winner.                            $22.00 DF (Double Fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  A very slow increaser in my garden. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizers, however it is actually a bud builder.  60 buds!

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Fragrant. Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Fragrant. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Extended Bloomer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

A great late blooming species. Vigorous grower.

Fragrant.  A great rebloomer in my garden!

This plant is a really great increaser.

Unusual Form Cascade. Fragrant.

Fragrant.  Cascade UF. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

'I'se the B'y' is a very nice bi-tone daylily. On hotter days there is some fading of the colours which intensifies the contrast between its petals and sepals and actually makes the flower look even better. The petals are a dusty rose colour with dark veins very distinct cream midribs. The cream colour of the midribs is also echoed on the sepals as the primary colour but they also have a light blush of rose colour. At the base of the petals and sepals the throat of the flower is a lemon yellow. This is a very hardy daylily, and relatively slow growing, even though both of the parents are very quick to clump up. The pod parent is my 2011 registration 'VIolet's Army' crossed with the pollen from Nancy Oakes' 'Miss Underestimated'. As a fairly tall daylily it will stand out in your garden with it's height and the contrasting colours of the petals and sepals. With a bud count of 17 it has a fairly long blooming season starting before the midseason and continuing to bloom for several weeks. The 3-4 way branching help to give the clumps a fairly good bouquet appearance. For naming this one I borrowed from the popular folk culture of Newfoundland. The name 'I'se the B'y' is a well-known traditional Newfoundland folk song often performed internationally with several choral arrangements available. "I'se the B'y' which means 'I'm the Boy', is also a play on words as the flower is a bitone bloom and therefore 'I'se the B'y' could be interpreted to mean 'I'm the Bi' or bitone. If you'd like a few more early season blooming daylilies, this one could fill that role well.                                                                                     $30.00 DF (Double Fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant.  Not registered as a spider/UF but looks like one. 

Fragrant.  A nice late daylily.  A very good increaser. 

‘Inextinguishable Flame’ is a great daylily. It is the result of a cross between my introduction ‘Lloyd’s Hillendale Sunrise’ and Jamie Gossard’s ‘Heavenly United We Stand’. The very large 8” flower is a reverse bitone with red sepals and orange red petals. The green-yellow throat opens outward to a dark red eye. The petal edges are slightly puckered giving a lacy look. Its 46” tall scapes have 3-4 way branching with up to an amazing 35 buds per stalk. This daylily has one of the best bud counts of any that I have introduced. If you’re looking for a daylily with height and great presence and that also blooms for close to 2 months this one won’t disappoint you. It really lives up to its name! ‘Inextinguishable Flame’ is a hardy dormant daylily that begins blooming mid-late in the season and continues blooming into the fall. If you add this one to your garden, once it is established you can expect it to provide blooms from midsummer into the fall, day after day! Honestly, who doesn’t want that kind of performance in their garden!   $60 DF (Double fan)

Rebloomer.

The bloom on 'Intricate Matrix' is a lovely pale cream with a hint of yellow. Deep at the base of the throat the flower is an emerald green colour that merges into a full lemon yellow throat extending one third of the way out on the flower. The yellow throat is surrounded by a dark violet band that is only slightly echoed as a thin line on the sepals. The violet band is notched at the midribs and the darker violet veins in the band contrast with the lighter violet of the band to give it an overall stained glass effect. The creamy pale yellow petals and sepals exhibit gently ruffled edges. There are some daylilies that look similar, however, some of those are not hardy in our climate. This one is a hardy dormant plant. In addition, it has 4-way branching on the scapes, and the scapes have an average bud count of 22 which gives it a long season of bloom in the garden. If you are looking for a hardy, paler coloured daylily with a long period of bloom, this one fills that role very well. 'Dragon Flight' x 'El Desperado' $15 Double Fan

UF Crispate.

This was the first daylily that I ever bought and it was misnamed and I've never been able to identify it. It is a spectacular bud building daylily that often begins blooming in late June in my garden and will often continue blooming into early September.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Extended bloomer. 

This cross between 'Spirit Zone'and 'Carpet Bagger' is a beautiful peach self with a large wine/rose lightly feathered eye on the petals and a matching outline on the sepals. There is a narrow wine/rose edge on the petals, starting in the throat and then morphing to a golden edge further out on the petals.   There are fairly heavy ruffles on the petals with lighter ruffles on the sepals.  The flower has a green throat fading to yellow and then melding to gold and rose, as it extends outward into the eye.  This plant has been my favorite seedling over the past couple of years.  It is an early morning opener even on cool mornings.  I get tired of purchasing daylilies that do not always perform well in my climate, so I am happy to say that I cannot recall seeing it ever open poorly.  Additionally, it looks great at any time of the day.  It has a fairly high bud count of 20 and 3-4 way branching. $22 (Double fan)  It is named to honour my friend and prominent Atlantic Canadian plant writer, Jodi DeLong.

This daylily is an Unusual Form Crispate.

This Unusual Form (Pinched Crispate) daylily is a very hardy evergreen, like its sibling Gail Guye. It is named to honour my friend, garden helper, and lover of daylilies, Karen Patterson. Since Gail and Karen are very good friends, it is appropriate that their daylilies are siblings from a cross of 'Lupita Vindaz' x 'Websters Pink Wonder'. The flowers are held just above the foliage and it blooms during the mid-late season. The flower is a dark rose pink self. There is a soft yellow star-shaped throat. A large, light violet eye zone encloses the yellow throat, which in turn is encircled by a darker rose red line on the petals and sepals. The violet area and red line are more obvious in the early morning. This violet eye zone melds into the surrounding dark rose pink tepals as the day progresses. Sections of the outer edges of the sepals and petals have a lighter coloured edge. This edge appears as cream on some flowers and as light pink on sections of other flowers. 13 buds with 3-4 way branching. $15DF (Double Fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

A crispate unusual form daylily.

With 5-6 way branching and a bud count of 35, 'Lilacs and Lavender' represents a step forward in breeding for a late blooming daylily with a very high bud count. This daylily resulted from a cross of my 'Lavender Space Journey' with 'Chateau Belair'. 'Lilacs and Lavender' is a bitone with lilac petals and a white midrib and lighter lilac sepals and a lemon yellow throat. If you're looking for a hardy daylily to extend the daylily bloom season in your garden, this daylily with 35 buds per scape will definitely do the job. $55.00 DF (Double Fan)

UF Cascade. 

Fragrant. 

'Lords And Ladies' has a very clear coloured bright yellow bloom with a dark wine eye. Raised midribs bisect the eye with cream coloured spears that pierce the eye and pull the wine colour out further onto the petals, giving the eye a larger, pointed, triangular look. A thin, dark wine coloured edge envelopes the petals. As a mature clump this daylily puts on a great display and blooms over a long period of time. It has 3-4 way branchig and an average of 15-20 buds per scape. The flowers always open well on this plant. I have succesfully grown it for seven years; nevertheless, it is an evergreen plant that I consider less hardy than some of my other daylilies. I recommend if you plan to move it or to divide it, that you do so in the spring or early summer only, so that the plant gets well established before winter. This one involved crossing 'Lady Bandit' with 'Magnify The Lord', which helped to produce the name! $18 DF Double Fan

I wish my camera skills were such that I could capture the true essence of colour in this daylily bloom. I am not completely satisfied with any of my photos. The dalily bloom on 'Luscious Lavender Lips' is a gorgeous cream coloured flower. It has a large lemon yellow throat that is surrounded by a very large light purple/lavender eye. The lavender/purple colour traces the outside edge of the gently ruffled petals. The beautiful shade of purple on the eye and edge of this daylily is very showy and not that common for eyed and edged daylilies in my garden. The scapes have 3-4 way branching and it has a good bud count of 15. It is a full sibling with 'Midsummer Blooming Bouquet' having come from a cross of 'Arabian Trail' and 'Clarification'. $16 DF Double Fan

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Fragrant UF Crispate. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

'Mauve Tiara' is a fuchsia mauve flower with slate undertones and a large cream watermark. The watermark is edged in a darker mauve with a slightly ragged texture. There are hints of a green throat that are overcast in yellow. Raised creamy white midribs extend out from the throat to the end of the petals. The petals are tightly crimped, and to a lesser extent the sepals. A golden pencil-line edge with a lacquer cast is visible on the outer edge of the petals. The pod parent is 'Forever The Optimist' crossed with 'Supermodel'. 'Mauve Tiara' has been a very hardy dormant plant for me and helps to extend the daylily bloom season with its mid-late season blooms. It is a very good plant for anyone wanting large flowers a little later in the season. The scapes have 2-3 way branching and an average of 18 buds. $20 DF (Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. Fragrant. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. Fragrant. Sorry no photo. A photo can be found by typing in the name in the following address. https://daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/ Near white self with cream throat. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant. 

An excellent late bloomer.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

'Nova Niamh' is a great one of a kind daylily. The flower colour is a beautiful combination of mauve purple with a unique blend of pastel colours reminiscent of Easter. From the dark mauve on the sepals your eye is immediately drawn towards the green throat. The green throat then expands outward where it coalesces with several shades of yellow before opening into a very wide chalky white watermark. The flower form is classified as a Crispate Unusual Form daylily. It is a full sibling to my 2018 registration 'Linda Marie' and is out of 'Flying Trapeze' x 'White Eyes Pink Dragon'. It has a bud count of 11 and 2-3 way branching. The word 'Niamh' is of Irish origin (pronounced Nee ihv) and is a feminine given name meaning bright or radiant. Beacuse the plant was hybridized in Nova Scotia I added Nova to Niamh. I want to thank my good plant friend Heather Knight for suggesting Niamh. Niamh is the daughter of the Sea god Manannan and was known for her bright golden hair. At times the flower form resembles a pixie or fairy and this was another reason for choosing Niamh. I think this is the most unique looking flower that I have registered. For those who want something a little different, it's a treasure!      In the late summer of 2020 several of my Nova Niamh plants sent up rebloom stalks that continued to bloom into early October.                                             $50 DF (Double Fan)

For this daylily I crossed my introduction 'Lloyd's Hillendale Sunrise' with 'Last Fool Standing' and I got a large number of very hardy seedlings. After several years of evaluation all the other seedlings were gotten rid of until the best one remained. 'Orange You a Great Guy' was that seedling. This daylily is named to honour Luke Bedell, a young employee who worked for me for 5 years. Luke epitomzed great work ethic and quietly distinguished himself as a very loyal employee. Over the years he demonstrated great dedication to his job and to our business. After leaving our business he gained experience in several not-for profit and small businesses and followed a degree in business at Acadia University. He now runs his own business and works for a major accounting and payroll business. Since high school Luke was also very involved in Rugby, where he excelled provincially, playing for the local clubs but also being 1 of 2 students from Nova Scotia chosen to play on the Atlantic team. He continues to be involved with his community team here in Nova Scotia. Luke is a very bright haired ginger and I found it interesting that his favorite daylily colour is orange. So naturally, when it came to honour him with a daylily he was pretty keen on it being an orange one.  The flower is a medium orange colour with a yellow throat that has hints of green at the base of the throat. There is a very showy dark red orange triangular eye. There is a thin dark orange line around the edges of the consistantly ruffled petal edges. This daylily lives up to its name! It has 4-5 way branching on most scapes and has one of the best bud counts of any daylilies that I have introduced so far, with many scapes having over 25 buds per scape. Although the daylily is listed as an early midseason cultivar, because it has so many blooms, its blooming period extends into the beginning of late season. As a midsized plant it will fit into most gardens easily. If you're looking to brighten up an area of your garden with 4-6 weeks of blooms, this is a great plant to fill that need. Double Fan (DF) $35.00

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

An Unusual Form Crispate.

Sorry no photo. A photo can be found by typing in the name in the following address. https://daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Fragrant. 

Extended bloomer. 

'Quasar Caught Dining' resulted from a cross of my 2011 introduction 'Red-edged Sunrise' as the pod parent and 'Magnify The Lord' as the pollen parent. The intensity of the red is greater in 'Quasar Caught Dining' than in its parent and it also has a wider red edge which I believe comes from the pollen parent. The flower is very sunfast and has very little difficulty opening. The plant itself has been very hardy and fairly vigorous. Although it is not a particularly tall plant, it would make a standout plant near the front of a garden. The flower is a golden yellow with a bright red eye and thick red edge on the crimped petals. Although I have not listed it as a rebloomer, it has had some rebloom on it. The saturated colours fade very little in hot weather, giving a bright stand-out flower in the garden. 'Quasar Caught Dining' is named with reference to the discovery that quasars most likely fuel their brightness by eating up gas from other sources, probably neighbouring galaxies. Scapes have 3= way branching with an average of 14 buds per scape. $25 DF (Double fan)

This gorgeous daylily with its elaborate ruffles was from a cross of one of the best daylilies that I grow, 'Forever The Optimist' which was hybridized by fellow Nova Scotian, Don Longton. 'Queen's Petticoat' has a flesh pink flower that fades slightly to cream pink, with a touch of green at the base of the yellow throat. The flower has very heavy ruffling and mouse ears around the edges of the petals and to a lesser extent around the sepals. Ruffles often extend into the folds of the petals and there are also slightly raised midribs. The scapes have 4-5 way branching and a great bud count of 25 or more per scape. This voluptuous flower deserves a place in gardens everywhere. However, it should be placed at the front of garden beds for maximum viewing pleasure since it is short in stature and the flowers are held slighty above the foliage. Good heat increases the heavy ruffling but it also has performed very well in my cool weather garden. $45 DF (Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Nocturnal.  Very Fragrant. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. Fragrant. This is not an exceptionallt hardy plant in my garden. If you get good snow cover and purchase it in the spring it will most likely grow well for you. 

Has a UF look to it. 

If you want a rare looking daylily in your garden, that’s not available worldwide, then you’ll want to add this one to your collection. Registered reverse bitone daylilies with sepals darker than the petals, number fewer than ½ percent of the more than 100,000 registered daylilies worldwide.  I liked this daylily from the first time that it opened. Even now it makes me smile every time I see it open anew in my garden. The petals are a melon orange with much darker orange sepals. It has 2-3 way branching and the bud count is 12. I’ve been breeding with higher bud count daylilies to try and capture the unique reverse bitone pattern of this daylily but with increased bud counts. To date I haven’t accomplished my goals but have some promising results. With plenty of people asking me to register it, I decided to make it available to the public while still hoping for better offspring in the future. Honestly, who doesn’t want a unique daylily that nobody else has in their garden!         $70.00 DF (Double fan)

A sculpted, pleated daylily. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

This is another unique daylily due to it being registered as a relatively rare reverse bitone. I chose the name 'Role Reversal' for that reason because it is more common to find bitone daylilies with dark petals and lighter sepals than reverse bitones with lighter petals and darker sepals. 'Role Reversal' has a beautiful flower with dark pink crimped sepals and lighter pink petals above a pale yellow throat. Later in the bloom season the bitone aspect of the flower is less visible. This daylily has 3 way branching and a good bud count of 14, with blooms starting in midseason and extending to early late season. The cross is from my 'Lavender Space Journey' crossed with Bryan Culver's 'Lady Talk'. If you've been collecting lots of daylilies and want something a little different, this daylily can fill that need! $45.00 DF (Double Fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Extended bloomer. 

One of the earliest to bloom in my garden. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant. 

'Seaedge Dot and Chet' was named to honour Chester Reese and his wife Dorothy. Together they gardened and sold many types of landscape plants at their very lovely Seaedge Gardens on the edge of the Bay of Fundy in Port George, Nova Scotia. They helped to popularize daylilies in Nova Scotia and were also daylily hybridizers. They are to be honoured for a lifetime of popularizing landscape gardening that included lilies, daylilies, water plants, and a host of other perennials. Additionally, they were responsible for my falling in love with Japanese Irises when I first saw them in bloom in their gardens. 'Seaedge Dot and Chet' is a large bright yellow flower with a wine eye and edge. There is a partial pencil-line white edge along the outside of the wine edge. There is a very noticeable green throat with only slight hints of yellow. The plant has been a good grower and is a very winter hardy dormant with 2-3 way branching and an average of 11 buds. The cross was from one of my seedlings ('Spirit Zone' x 'Gavin Petit'17) crossed with 'Heavenly Dark Matter'. $20 DF (Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. Fragrant.

I’ve been waiting for many years for a daylily that had spectacular qualities that I could name to honour my partner. Well folks, it’s here with the introduction of ‘Shane’. This beautiful purple wine flower has a large soft yellow throat that is echoed on the sepals in a very visible effect. The throat has hints of green and is surrounded by a very large slate pink watermark extending out ¾ of the way on the flower petals and a hint of the same watermark is noticeable around the yellow on the sepals.  It’s an exciting milestone as a hybridizer to use two of my previous introductions to produce an outstanding new daylily hybrid. Using ‘Sugilite Sensation’ and ‘Linda Marie’ as parents, proved to be a winning combination resulting in the daylily seedling now registered as ‘Shane’. ‘Shane’ is a daylily that is very hardy and vigorous. The flower is always an early morning opener with great clarity of colour throughout the day, whether it’s cool or hot. The scapes are strong with a good bud count of 24 while the scapes aso have 4-5 way branching. Best of all for me, I just went through one of my best summers for amazing growth and beautiful blooms in my newest seedlings, many of which were offspring out of the daylily ‘Shane’. There are many beautiful clear coloured daylilies with amazing scapes and bud counts that have been tagged for future consideration and there are more to bloom in the future. It’s exciting to see this plant and it’s offspring perform so well in my garden. Whether you’re a garden enthusiast or a daylily hybridizer, this daylily comes highly recommended. $80.00 DF (Double fan)

This is not a daylily that I consider overly hardy. I recommend spring planting/division only. It grows very well once established.

Sorry no photo. A photo can be found by typing in the name in the following address. https://daylilies.org/DaylilyDB/

Cascade UF. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

'Spirit Zone' x 'El Desperado'  The bloom on this plant is a pale orange with lighter midribs intersecting a wine coloured eye.  The yellow throat has green undertones.  The flower is a good EMO even on cool mornings.  The plant has 4-5 way branching and 25 buds.  This is a very good addition for late season blooms because it opens very well and the high bud count extends the bloom season significantly.   A nice garden addition when most of the other daylilies have finished blooming for the season.  $15(Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Fragrant

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Rebloomer.  Extended bloomer.  Fragrant. 

This cross came from my 'Lavender Space Journey' as the pod parent and 'White Eyes Pink Dragon' as the pollen parent. The result is a very large flower where the ancestry of 'Supermodel' shows through. The flower and the plant are very impressive. This is another very hardy dormant daylily that blooms in the mid-late season. The scapes have 4-5 way branching with an average bud of 20 or more per scape so the bloom season lasts into late season. The intense colours and the very large 6.75" blooms on 34" scapes make this plant outstanding in the garden. The flower is dark to medium wine in colour with a green to lemon yellow throat. Above the throat is the very large violet slate halo on the petals with a pink slate halo echoed on the sepals. The name 'Sugilite Sensation' comes from the purple shaded and rare gemstone 'Sugilite' which is sometimes available in jewelry. While I have some cultivars in my garden that are similar, 'Sugilite Sensation' has the largest sized flower of any of them. Double fan (DF) $55.00

Unusual Form Crispate. Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

A great budbuilder.  The last one blooming in my garden every year.  Starts blooming in late August and blooms through October. 

Every daylily garden should have this daylily for extending the season late into the fall. A truly great plant.

Usually blooms late in the season in my garden. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

This daylily is the result of crossing 2 seedlings which I no longer grow. Sometimes the offspring are an improvement in many ways over the parents.  The parents are (Lady Bandit x Magnify the Lord) x (El Desperado x Dragon Flight11). The flower on this daylily opens well even after cool nights and and the scapes have 2-3 way branching and an excellent average bud count of 25 per scape.The light cream colour of the flower is accentuated by the dark wine eye and edge. It starts blooming in midseason and because of the high bud count it blooms later into the season. I named it 'Tardy Hardy Flower Party' first of all because it starts to bloom later in the season, thus the word tardy. There are some similar or even better looking cultivars on the market but they haven't proved themselves hardy in my climate, unlike this daylily which is very hardy. Because it has a high bud count and very good branching, an established clump in bloom does look like a wonderful flower party! If you're looking for a flower that opens well, blooms later in the season and has blooms for many weeks, and that is also a very hardy plant, then this one is for you! Double Fan (DF) $40.00

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Sorry no photo. Please visit the AHS database for a correct photo of the flower.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Unusual Form Cascade - 90% double.

'Tricuspid Passion Release' is a lovely cream coloured daylily flower with a green throat turning to yellow as it extends outward towards the light fuchsia wine eye. Bright cream rays pierce the eye and extend outward along the raised midribs creating a starburst effect. There is a golden yellow filigree edge on the petals. The scapes have an average of 16 buds which are spread out well with 3-4 way branching. The name emerged from the eye looking heart shaped and of course being in three segments with a starbusrt effect created by the rays. This is another dormant and very hardy plant in my garden where freeze/thaw conditions prevail in most winters. If you're looking for a midsized plant with a lighter coloured, but patterned daylily flower, this one has a good length of bloom season. It is a cross between 'Spirit Zone' and 'Dragon Flight'. $18 DF (Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Nocturnal.  Extended bloomer. 

Fragrant.  Nocturnal.  Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer, however, it blooms too late in my garden to rebloom.  Nevertheless, it is a fantastic plant - one of my favorites!  You need at least a 3 yr old clump before it really starts to shine with great branching and a terrific bloom show late in the season. 

UF Cascade

Reliable rebloomer in my garden. 

Although it is not registered as a budbuilder, it did perform as a budbuilder the summer of 2011.  This was a summer characterized by ample rain throughout the season.  Both parents are budbuilders, so the genes are definitely there. 

Fragrant. 

Fragrant.

Crispate UF. 

Crispate UF.

UF Cascade. 

Fragrant. 

Style arms very blue, light blue crests veined blue, multiple, upright; Falls, wide white veined blue, yellow signal.  

Blue white, veined blue purple, edge white, signal yellow green; style arms multiple, dark blue lined white; ruffled. 

Falls violet tinted white, heavily veined purple violet especially at edges, very narrow white rim, deep dark-violet halo around deep yellow signal; style arms deep violet, few light marks on edge of crests.

 Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer (very late in the season).  Full violet blue, wide lines of nearly white and yellow signal; white styles tipped violet.    

Light lavender overlaid with medium violet veins, violet flush at petal.

White veined red violet, sanded red violet toward edge; style arms dark purple, crests with white wire rim.

Unregistered ensata iris. 

Near white ground.

Slightly ruffled pure white, with deep yellow signal radiating into five central veins.  

Style arms clean white, tipped light pink; Falls, clear white centres, wide light pink borders, white rays extending into wavy borders, signals veined yellow gold.

 Falls white, central dusting of bright blue between the white rays, yellow signal; style arms pure white, crests same.

Blue violet, darker blue halo, light blue to white broken rays center only, yellow signal; style arms white, blue crests; wavy edges.

Light violet shading to grey-white at edge;  yellow signal surrounded by purple halo that extends as veining; dark violet styles with grey edge. 

Honorable Mention 1986; Payne Award 1988, Payne Medal 1993.

Blue violet self.

Falls white, signals green deep in centre blended with bright yellow at edge, few yellow veins running onto falls; style arms cream, white crests.

Violet bitone.

Falls red-violet, white rays; yellow signal; style arms white edged red-violet, large red-violet crests; very ruffled.