A 'Cascade' Unusual Form daylily.

It is difficult to get a photo that truly represents the burnt orange and red tones of 'Arcturus Embers'. The coloration is unique and it is a rare reverse bitone with copper orange ruffled petals and red orange sepals. There is a darker burnt orange/red eye and a green/yellow throat. Many guests to the garden commented on the unique coloration of this daylily and expressed their hope that I would register it one day. It is named after the star Arcturus which is known as an orange star. The multiple layers of orange tone colours made me also think of embers as a fire dies down, thus the name 'Arcturus Embers'. This daylily originates from a cross between one of my seedlings (Flying Trapeze x Heavenly United We Stand) as the pod parent and 'Red Volunteer' as the pollen parent. If you're looking for a daylily that will stand out in your garden and draw the attention of onlookers, this is that daylily. It is classified as an Unusual Form Pinched Crispate. Another great quality of this daylily is that it helps to extend the daylily bloom season in the garden and blooms (mid-late) August into September in my coastal Nova Scotia garden. It really has to be seen to be appreciated as a stand-out daylily. $55.00 DF (Double Fan)

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

Lots of buds and branching on this one from a Nova Scotia hybridizer.

Blooms later in my garden.  A great bloomer! 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

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) $55.

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. $30 Double Fan

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) $45.00

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. $28 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.

'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!                                                                                       $35.00  DF (Double fan)

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. $55.00 DF (Double fan)

Extended bloomer.

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. 

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'. $18 DF (Double Fan).

Fragrant.

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) $58.00

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

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

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. $58.00 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.            $25 DF (Double fan)

Fragrant.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.  Extended Bloomer. 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Fragrant.  A great rebloomer in my garden!

This plant is a really great increaser.

Nocturnal.

Not registered as a spider or unusual form but it does have that look to it.  A very showy plant! 

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

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

‘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!   $65 DF (Double fan)

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.  $24 (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) $35.00

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. $16DF (Double Fan)

'Lavender Space Journey' is a full sibling to 'Out Of The Fog' and my 2015 introduction, 'Emerging Star'. The parents are my 2014 introduction 'Meenoo's Wings' and Jamie Gossards ' Super Model'. All of these dayliles have high bud counts and excellent branching. They are all rock solid hardy dormants. 'Lavender Space Journey' has a beautiful bi-tone flower with pale lavender petals and lighter sepals. The throat begins as green and merges into a pale yellow. There is an applique eye that is often visible surrounding the yellow throat and that feathers out to form a slate gray halo. This is a standout daylily in the garden, with a form and colour not commonly seen. It has a high bud count of 25, making it a prolific bloomer, especially in an established clump, where the 4-way branching spaces the flowers out nicely. The plant has good height and stands above many other daylilies. The 7.5" flowers remind me of spaceships, and helped with naming it. $30 Double Fan

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. $55 DF (Double fan).

The flower on this plant is a stunning burnt orange with pencil-lined edges. It stands out in the garden with its very large golden yellow throat extending halfway out on the petals and sepals to form a golden star shape. The petals have ruffled edges with some ruffling exhibited on the sepals. The sepals exhibit cascading and some sculpting is visible on most blooms (ridges extending out 3/4 of the way on the petals). The flower has very heavy substance and holds up well in the rain. There is 3-5 way branching which distributes the blooms really well and it has an average bud count of 15. The plant is pollen and pod fertile with some difficulty. It is a very hardy dormant even though one parent is evergreen (Primal Scream x Purple Badger). It is named to honour Lloyd Mapplebeck for his contribution to landscape gardening in Nova Scotia. $32DF (Double Fan)

'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! $20 DF Double Fan

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Fragrant. 

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. $24 DF (Double fan)

This daylily is flesh pink with a slight green tinge at the bottom of the throat that turns to yellow as it expands outward on the tepals. There is a large, dark wine eye and also a dark wine edge on the petals. The dark edge is outlined in a pale cream, pencil-line edge. The petal edges also exhibit tight ruffling. Midsummer Blooming Bouquet is a great colourfast flower, even on very hot, sunny days. Although there are flowers that look similar, it is an outstanding plant and surpasses many that are on the market. It is a very hardy dormant plant with 5-6 way branching and a bud count of 25. The combination of great branching and bud count, help to give this plant it's name. It starts blooming in midsummer and blooms profusely with the flowers well-placed, like a bouquet. Midsummer Blooming Bouquet is a great garden addition for someone looking for a standout plant with plenty of blooms. It is a full sibling with 'Luscious Lavender Lips'  from the cross of 'Arabian Trail' x 'Clarification'. $22 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. 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. 

Fragrant. 

Nocturnal.  Fragrant. 

This daylily reminds me of the blue purple frozen grapes used to make red ice wine here in Nova Scotia. It is a purple flower with a white edging encircling the petals and sepals. It has a green-yellow throat opening to a chalky purple halo. ‘Nova Scotia Ice Wine’ has been a hardy good performing daylily. It is slightly shorter than many of my introductions but has a good mid-sized height of 28”. The large 6” flowers make a good show in an established clump especially with the high bud count of 25 buds per scape. It begins blooming late in the mid-season and with its high bud count it extends well into the late season, adding colour to the garden when many plants have finished blooming for the year. Overall, this is an excellent choice for a daylily that has presence and will bloom over an extended period of weeks. It is a cross between Brian Culver’s ‘Inspiration Road’ and my ‘Emerging Star’. As such, it is a full sibling of my 2021 introduction ‘Ravenmaster’.    $58 DF (Double fan)

Fragrant. 

Flesh pink lemon taupe bitone with stippled taupe band above sunny lemon to bright kiwi throat.

'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'. $25 Double Fan

An Unusual Form Crispate.

A unique flower that changes colour during the day!

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

'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. $30 DF (Double fan)

Crispate UF.  Maroon bicolor with yellow midrib and yellow green throat.  

‘Ravenmaster’ has been a standout daylily having proven itself for many seasons. It is a full sibling to my 2021 introduction, ‘Nova Scotia Ice Wine’ from the cross of ‘Inspiration Road’ and my introduction ‘Emerging Star’. It has a good mid-sized height of 31” and a large 7” flower. The colour is an intense very dark purple black and a green-yellow throat. When it comes to blooming it is no slouch, as it has an average bud count of 30 per scape! Besides having a great bud count it also has 5-6 way branching on the scapes, which holds the blossoms apart and provides a fantastic show on an established clump. It begins blooming in mid-season, but the high bud count carries its bloom time well into mid-late and late season. The intense almost black colour stands out wonderfully when planted with yellow, near white, and bright orange flowers. The flower form is a Pinched Crispate Cascade, Unusual Form. The name comes from the title given to the person in charge of taking care of the ravens in the Tower of London, the ravenmaster. This is a great daylily with superb intense colour, guaranteed to add another dimension to your garden.    $65 DF (Double fan)

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

A sculpted, pleated daylily. 

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

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! $55.00 DF (Double Fan)

Fragrant.

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. 

Often darker than what it appears in the photo.

Cascade UF. 

This one is a fairly tender plant without snow cover in my garden, but a really great grower once established in a clump.

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) $40

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer.

Rebloomer.  Extended bloomer.  Fragrant. 

Fragrant.

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) $45.00

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

Crispate-Cascade UF. 

Often is a darker colour than what is shown in the photo.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

'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'. $20 DF (Double fan)

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

UF Cascade

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. Fragrant.

Listed as a rebloomer by the hybridizer. 

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!    $65.00 DF (Double fan)

Unusual Form Crispate

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.

Very early and floriferous ruffled red-violet self. 

HM 1995

Dark blue violet centre, a few light blue rays shading into red violet edge, rim is a frosty light blue; signals yellow; style arms white, multiple violet crests feathered. Honorable ention 2000.

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

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

This was the first japanese iris that I grew.  I have not been able to identify the proper registered name, if it has one.  It is a great vigorous plant with a lovely flower. 

Medium rose violet, veined darker; multiple style arms light violet, large crests dark violet. 

Light bluish violet, spectrum violet halo, violet styles.