An Unusual Form Crispate.

Blooms later in my garden.  A great bloomer! 

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.                                       $40 DF (Double Fan)

This beautiful daylily combines Ontario hybridizer Brian Culver's 'Inspiration Road' with one of my best introductions 'Lavender Space Journey'. I am very pleased with the outcome.  The result is a beautiful purple bitone flower with lighter lilac sepals. It also has a soft lemon yellow applique throat. There is very good 4-5 way branching on the scapes and an average of 18 buds per scape.  The flowers begin in midseason and mature clumps have an outstanding display with the contrasting bitone colours. It is a full sibling to my 2020 introduction 'Pink Triangle'. For naming the plant, there actually is such a thing as a bitonal symphony, and a quick google search gives an adequate explanation. However, my use of the name 'Bitonal Symphony' also employs a secondary meaning for bitonal, that being two shades of the same colour. Since the flower is registered as a bitone (dark petals and lighter sepals in the same colour range)  I thought 'Bitonal Symphony' was appropriate even if it is a bit of play on words.  Double Fan (DF) $60.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. Fragrant.

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. $38 Double Fan

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) $50.00

This daylily has a stunningly beautiful clear-coloured dark rose pink flower with a large dark wine eye. It has gentle ruffles around the petals and to a lesser degree around the sepals. The dark wine colour of the eye surrounds the outside of the petals and an additional light cream, pencil-line edge is also visible on the outside rim of the petals. A large green throat enhances the deep wine colour of the eye. Narrow raised ridges extend from the throat out towards the eye, and dark wine veins extend in a starburst fashion from the throat, creating a light wine shadow as it joins to the darker main eye. The scapes have 3-4 way branching and it has an excellent bud count usually from 18-25 buds. In my garden the flower is larger than either of its parents' blooms ('Cherry Lane' x 'Loaves and Fishes'). I have been growing this daylily successfully in my garden for more than 5 years. However, it is an evergreen and I do not recommend moving it or dividing it in late summer or fall. If you need to move it, I would stick to springtime division. Once established it is a great plant. My daylily friend and fellow hybridizer Ed Kimball, noticed it growing in my garden and brought it to my attention as I had overlooked it. Therefore, I named it Cherry Blossom Discovery. $30 Double Fan

  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.

As a mature clump this plant stands out in the garden. It has a large 5.75" flower on 2-3 way branching with a good bud count of 15. The flower is a lemon yellow self with a wine eye and a green yellow throat. There are touches of a narrow wine edge on the petals as well as a delicate crimped edge. It is easily pod and pollen fertile and is a very hardy dormant, recovering well from early fall division. (El Desperado x Dragon Flight) This daylily is named to honour my good friend and past present of the Nova Scotia Association of Garden Cubs, Don Butler, for his contribution promoting landscape gardening in Nova Scotia. $15 DF (Double Fan).

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer, however, it blooms late in my garden and does not rebloom for me.   Photo compliments of Cecil Dunlap. 

Extended Bloomer.

This daylily is a cross between 'Ruby Spider' x 'Cloud Chaser'.  This Unusual Form (Pinched Crispate) is a very dark purple self with a noticeably darker chevron pattern on the petals and sepals.  The large golden yellow throat with hints of green, spreads outward on the petals and sepals.  Dark veining is clearly evident on all of the tepals.  A light coloured, slightly raised midrib is barely noticeable on the petals.  3-way branching and 14 buds. This is a very vigorous, hardy plant and has been very popular with visitors to the gardens. $16 (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) $65.00

UF Crispate. Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Fragrant. 

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

This daylily is named to honour one of my first customers (Gail Romo) and an unfailing friend and volunteer helper at our gardens, who loves daylilies. Although the plant is an evergreen, it is very hardy. It was lined out as single fans in late summer and overwintered exceptionally well with no losses and great spring growth. The flower is a medium light rose pink self. A soft lemon yellow throat forms a beautiful triangle with the lemon yellow echoed at the beginning of the sepals. A raised cream coloured midrib extends the full length of the petals. The flower has heavy substance that holds up well in sun or rain and is both pod and pollen fertile. The cross combines Canadian hybridizer John Peat's 'Lupita Vindaz' with the 2014 Stout Silver Medal winner 'Websters Pink Wonder'.  $22 DF (Double Fan)

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

I've been growing this lovely, delicate looking daylily for about 6 years and wondering whether I would register it or not. Many customers who came through the garden expressed how much they liked it and I decided since I now had quite a bit of it, that it would make a good fundraiser for an appropriate group. I have been involved in choral singing for many years and it is one my passions, so I decided to help out a newly formed men's choir in Halifax, the Halifax Gay Men's Chorus. The choir provided the name for the daylily and I am happy to say that all proceeds from the sale of this dayliliy will go to their choir. The 5" flower is distinctive and is great in combination with a variety of other flower colours. It is of medium height at 30" tall and therefore versatile for landscaping purposes. It begins to bloom early in the season and with an average bud count of 15 per scape, it will continue blooming for a fairly long period of time. The flower is a bitone pattern with petals that are rose coloured with darker rose veins and sepals that are cream with rose streaks. 'Gay Harmony'comes out of my 2011 introduction 'Violet's Army' crossed with 'Ethereal Light'. It has proved to be a very hardy plant and a vigorous grower.            $30 DF (Double fan)

Fragrant.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Extended bloomer. 

Fragrant.  A great rebloomer in my garden!

Unusual Form Cascade. Fragrant.

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.                                                                                     $40.00 DF (Double Fan)

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

Fragrant. 

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.  $25 (Double fan)  It is named to honour my friend and prominent Atlantic Canadian plant writer, Jodi DeLong.

This Cascade Unusual Form daylily is named to honour my friend and a great gardener, Joni Guptill. A quick google search of Joni Guptill's name reveals a lifetime of accomplishments related mainly to her profession as a medical doctor. She was very involved with Medicins sans Frontieres (MSF) (Doctors without borders) both in the field in a variety of countries and at home in setting up the Atlantic Office of MSF.  She also served on the Board and as president of MSF Canada. She received the Distinguished Alumni award from Acadia University as well as an honorary doctorate. She ran a medical practice in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and continues a family practice in Nova Scotia. Like Joni, this daylily has been outstanding. It is a full sibling to 'Celestial Trinity'. The flower is a very large 8 inches on tall 40", scapes so the size of the flower and the height of the scapes gives this flower presence in the garden! It is a very hardy dormant that really helps to extend the daylily bloom season because the average bud count is over 20 per scape and it is a late blooming cultivar. If you're looking for a plant to add colour to your late season garden this one is for you! Additionally, the scapes have 4-5 way branchng, giving all those flowers great spacing on strong sturdy scapes. The deep wine red/pink petals have a large slate pink halo that is echoed on the sepals. A tinge of green deep in the throat of the flower turns to bright yellow as it extends outward and then fades to cream as it travels along the raised midribs. The parents are my 'Emerging Star' crossed with 'White Eyes Pink Dragon'. Double Fan (DF) $45.00

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

The daylily Linda Marie was created from a cross between 'Flying Trapeze' and 'White Eyes Pink Dragon'. Both parents have contributed excellent qualities that make this a standout daylily in the garden. Everything from the saturated colour that holds up in the sun, down to the wonderful design of the face of the flower, to its hardiness as a plant, make this a daylily to be desired. The colour is a clear dark pink with a green-tinged yellow throat that joins with a strikingly beautiful chalky light pink watermark. The flower provides one of the most pleasing colour palettes from any of my introductions. The scapes have 3-way branching and and an average of 14 buds. Linda Marie is named to honour Linda Smith, a good friend who served on the board of the Nova Scotia Daylily Society during my time as president, and who with her husband has worked selflessly for the promotion of daylilies in Nova Scotia. $60 DF (Double fan).

UF Cascade. 

This is a cross between one of my previous introductions, 'Red-Edged Sunrise' with 'Gavin Petit'.  It has a peach coloured flower with a very large dark maroon eye.  There is a very thick matching maroon edge on the petals that narrows as it extends outward from the throat, and is bordered by a light cream coloured rim.  It has a greenish yellow throat with a prominent peach-coloured midrib extending out into the maroon eye.  The sepals have a hint of maroon on the edge bordered by a narrow gold rim.  It has been a hardy evergreen in my garden, having survived five winters with no protection.  It is named to honour my father and has 3-4 way branching and 14 buds.  $14 (Double fan)

Fragrant. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

A lovely rose/pink self with hints of lavender and a darker violet rose band surrounding a golden yellow throat, with a hint of green that darkens as it fuses with the violet band.  The ruffled petals have a rose-violet edge bordered with a pale cream rim.  Named to honour my mother it has 3-5 way branching and 15 buds.  The pod parent brings in the hardiness and great plant habit of 'Spirit Zone' and the pollen parent brings in the beautiful flower form of 'Delaware Doosy'.  $14 (Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

'Ruby Spider' x 'Cloud Chaser'.  This Unusual Form (Pinched Crispate) daylily is a very dark purple self with a yellow throat that spreads outward in a starburst fashion on the petals and repeats on the sepals.  Light coloured midribs bisect the petals, and to a lesser degree the sepals.  Dark veining is evident on the petals where the two colours meet.  The colour is very clear and holds up well in the sun, making it stand out in the garden.  It is named after our beautiful black garden kitty that was suddenly taken from us in 2013.  2-3 way branching and 15 buds.  $16 (Double fan)

'Lady Bandit x 'Delaware Doosy'  This flower is a very pale pink cream that lightens during the day.  It has a large dark pink eye that is echoed in a narrow strip on the edges of the petals, which are enclosed in a darker gold filigree rim.  It is named after our friends' and neighbours' Samoyed  dog.  3-4 way branching and 18 bud count.   

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

This daylily is named to honour Niki Jabbour, a Nova Scotia garden writer, authour, and radio host. The flower is a beautiful peach/cream blend with ruffled petals. The outer edge of the petals has a thin white, pencil-edge outline surrounding a quarter inch wide, dark purple edge. The flower has a huge clear-coloured dark purple eye, with a raised midrib that pierces the eye with a narrow peach strip. The dark eye and edge give this flower a stand-out look in the garden. It is green deep in the throat with purple veins leading out to the bold eye. There is 3-4 way branching and an average bud count of 15. The large flower and the thick dark edge have made this flower a favorite of mine over the last number of years. 'Gavin Petit' x 'Carpet Bagger'. $30 Double Fan

Fragrant. 

'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.                                             $70 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) $50.00

'Out Of The Fog' is a very reliable grower and bloomer. The flower is a crimson purple with a green throat fading to yellow as it expands outward. The yellow throat is surrounded by a blue/slate halo. The flower exhibits pinching on all 3 petals most of the time, but also consistantly displays cascading on the sepals, making it a Cascade Unusual Form daylily. Numerous qualities make it a good addition to northern gardens. The flower colours hold up well in the sun and the rain. The scapes have 4-5 way branching, giving the blooms a good spaced out appearance. The bud count is 20+, giving it a long season of bloom. It starts to bloom in mid-season and extends into the late season when many other daylilies have already finished blooming. The flowers always open well and the plant is a very hardy dormant. The parents are my 2014 introduction 'Meenoo's Wings' and Jamie Gossard's 'Super Model'. $28 Double Fan

30 buds and 5-way branching.

Fragrant.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

A reliable rebloomer in my garden.  A great all-round plant that blooms early and grows very well. and then reblooms. 

Extended bloomer. 

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. $50 DF (Double fan)

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

Regal Diva's Eyeshadow is a plum colour with a lighter slate mauve watermark. The green throat turns to pale yellow as it extends outward toward the watermark. The flower has pale cream raised midribs and there is a narrow, creamy white edge surrounding the petals and sepals. The scapes have 2-3 way branching and an average of 20 buds. It has been a very hardy plant with 'Forever The Optimist' as the pod parent and 'Supermodel' as the pollen parent. This is another very good daylily for extending the bloom season as it blooms mid-late and has a very healthy bud count that provides blooming over a long period of time. At 41 inches tall and with a large flower, it has proven to be a good plant for the middle or back of the landscape. $30 DF (Double Fan)

This cross involved bringing the hardiness and great plant habit of 'Spirit Zone' (pod parent) into the magnificent flower of 'Gavin Petit'.  The resulting seedlings were eliminated one by one, with this one dominating for its acquired hardiness, large-sized flower and overall good plant habit.  It is a large bold peach flower, with a showy dark wine eye that extends out to a point on the midrib.  The dark wine colour of the eye completely surrounds the petal edges, but with a light cream outer edge.  The large eye feathers outward on the petals and sepals.  It is named after a friend, Nova Scotia business owner and great plant person, Rob Baldwin. 3-4 way branching and 15 buds.  $20 (Double fan)

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

Often darker than what it appears in the photo.

Cascade UF. 

Hose in hose double.

This daylily is a Cascade and Pinched/Twisted Crispate Unusual Form. It is a cross between one of my seedlings ('Flying Trapeze' x 'Heavenly United We Stand') crossed with 'Red Volunteer'. I have been breeding with reds to try and get improvement in bud count over some of the reds that are presently on the market. In terms of the daylilies that I grow and many that I have seen, this one appears to be an improvement. It has 5-6 way branching on many of the scapes and a great bud count with more than 27 buds on many of the scapes. It begins to bloom in mid-late season and with its high bud count, blooming continues well into the late season. The colour is a nice clear fairly dark red but with some orange tones especially along the edges of the ruffled petals. The flower has a wide yellow throat with hints of green and a darker red eye surrounding the throat. If you're looking for more colour in your garden later in the season and colour that lasts for a good 4-6 weeks, this one should do the trick! Double Fan (DF) $45

Rebloomer.  Extended bloomer.  Fragrant. 

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

Usually blooms late in the season in my garden. 

This daylily has a dark burgundy purple flower. A large golden yellow throat is surrounded by a chalky blue/gray chevron pattern halo that is not always visible. The yellow throat has a starburst effect on the petals and sepals.  A white pencil-line edge surrounds the petals and sepals. From a distance, the very large (8") dark flowers are reminiscent of giant spiders. When in bloom, the plant stands out because the scapes are 48" tall. It towers above most of the other daylilies and truly resembles 'Tarantulas On Telephone Poles'. It is a Pinched Crispate Unusual Form Daylily. If you are looking for a tall, dark, and handsome flower that opens well and looks good in the middle or back of a garden bed, this one should serve that purpose well. It is a very hardy plant. 'Divine Inspiration' x 'Super Model'. $22 Double Fan

Fragrant. 

'Timberdoodle Sunset' was named by Bernard Jackson and is registered in his honour. Bernard Jackson came to Newfoundland in 1958 and served on the Wildlife Park Advisory Committee and helped to form the Salmonier Nature Park. Memorial University of Newfoundland asked him to develop the Oxen Pond Botanical Park (renamed MUN Botanical Garden) and he oversaw its development from 1971 to 1993. After moving to Truro, Nova Scotia he designed and helped install the rock gardens at the Dalhousie Agricultural Campus in Truro and helped to establish the volunteer group Friends of the Gardens to help maintain the campus gardens. Bernard is a wealth of information about plants and has made significant contributions to landscape gardening in eastern Canada. Therefore, he is especially worthy of having the daylily 'Timberdoodle Sunset' registered in his honour. Timberdoodle is actually another name for the Woodcock. Bernard remembers from when he was younger, seeing woodcock flying out of the woods at sunset and this inspired the name 'Timberdoodle Sunset'. The parents of 'Timberdoodle Sunset' are 'Lloyd's Hillendale Sunrise' and 'Heavenly Orange Blaze'. This daylily is an early season bloomer with 3-4 way branching on the scapes and an average bud count of 15 buds per scape. The flower is a bitone with dark burnt orange petals and lighter orange sepals mixed with golden yellow. It has a bright golden yellow triangular throat that maximizes the distinctiveness of the bitone flower. It is of average height at 32" tall but the flower is fairly large at 6", which helps it to be quite noticeable. If you're always anxious for the daylily bloom season to begin, this is a variety that blooms early and is a good choice for kickstarting your daylily season with a distinctive standout flower. Double Fan (DF) $55.00.

Unusual Form Cascade - 90% double.

This flower is a Crispate Unusual Form.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

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/

UF Cascade

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. 

2014 Stout Medal winner.

Crispate UF. 

Fragrant.  Extended bloomer. 

‘Women Seeking Women’ has been a superb daylily for many seasons in my garden. It combines my introduction ‘Emerging Star’ with Jamie Gossard’s ‘White Eyes Pink Dragon’. It is a beautiful clear coloured pink flower with a green throat opening outward to a soft lemon yellow. ‘Women Seeking Women’ has narrow white midribs and some pleating on the petals. The flower always opens well in any weather conditions and it is a hardy dormant plant. It has a good bud count of 18 and 3-way branching on 36” scapes. The large 7” flowers show up very well and provide a lovely accent to any garden. I have named it to honour my good daylily gardening friends Joan Bradley and her partner Louise Plourde. When they visited my garden a couple of years ago, I mentioned that I wanted to name a daylily ’Women Seeking Women’ (‘Women Seeking Men’ is a popular daylily already on the market). They were excited by the idea and were adamant that I would need to choose a pink daylily seedling. I am pleased to be able to fulfill that plan and dedicate ‘Women Seeking Women’ to Louise and Joan!    $75.00 DF (Double fan)

Unusual Form Crispate

Falls are light blue, with darker blue zones and edges, white rays, intense yellow signals; style arms white, pencil thin blue edges.

Dark blue violet, yellow signal; dark blue violet stylearms. Dark blue violet, yellow signal; dark blue violet stylearms.

High Commendation 1992; Honorable Mention 1996; Award of Merit 1998; Payne Medal 2000.

White halo, rays and edges, areas betweeen rays sanded dark rose; lightening toward edge; signals yellow, style arms pure white, crests large.

Signal dark violet, white wire rim, base with few white veins; style arms white; light violet crest; Falls white, edges sanded and stitched rose violet, signal yellow; flared, arching form.

White self, edged narrowly with lavender-pink; styles white tipped orchid.

Ruffled light pink, darker pink veining, light yellow green signal; style arms pink, lighter midrib, laced styles.

Unregistered ensata iris. 

Medium fuchsia red, veined white from pale yellow signal to 1/2" solid border; white styles, fuchsia red crests. 

HM 1991, AM 1995, Payne 1999.

Large, red violet self.  From Japan. 

Heavily ruffled white ground, sharply veined purple violet and lightly washed violet; dark purple violet style arms, lighter crests.

White, veined amethyst, gold signal, purple halo; violet styles.

Mid blue-violet. Veined white, white area around yellow signal; white style arms, pale yellow in centre. 

HM 1991.

Light and medium blue, white centre. 

Ruffled white, sanded violet blue, heavier at edge, signal greenish yellow; style arms 3-5, making tuft in center.

Blue violet self.

White ground, small blue violet sanded halo and veins out to 1/4" edge of heavy red violet veining, white wire rim; style arms multiple, dark purple with large flared crests.

Light bluish violet, spectrum violet halo, violet styles.

Violet bitone.

Red violet, veined darker in centre, lighter (near white) edges, signal dark yellow; style arms white, large crests veined violet. 

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