DANCING LIKE A BANSHEE - A huge, 12.5", Unusual Form bloom, over 20% poly. Blooms Early Season, on a 42" high scape with 4 way branching and 29 buds. Mauve with red veins, burgundy eye, yellow green throat with white midrib. Semi evergreen, Diploid. Very fertile both ways and a very vigorous, fast increaser.
EIGHT FLYING CRANES - Polymerous bloom 95% of the time, with a slight Spatulate, Unusual Form flower. The Pale Lemon Cream bloom has a very pale pink halo and a pale green throat. It's a very flat form, being 7" across, on a 24" scape that's 3 way branched. It blooms Mid season, is Dormant and Diploid. Seedling # 11.00, first bloomed in 2000.
EIGHT LADIES DANCING - 99%, Poly bloom. Reblooming. Elegant, huge, 9" ruffled blooms are clear, cool pink, softly ruffled, with pale lime green open form throat and a light rose band. Blooms Midseason into August, sending up multiple scapes in zone 6, from each fan all season, into September on sturdy 30" scapes. Dormant, diploid and fertile both ways. Seedling # 89.98/2.15
'FLUFF YOUR TUTU' - A lovely lavender pink 6" constant double, that loves to poly double about 40% of the time as well. It has pale white pink sepals, a pale yellow green throat and white midribs. It's very fertile both pod and pollen, and has been a great parent. It's sibling to 'Larry Young's Wow', and like it's sib is dormant, vigorous and makes wonderful neat clumps. Scapes are 32 high, three way branched, with 22 buds per. Blooms Midseason, and is diploid. Seedling #16.98.
FLYING DRAGON IN A RED SKY - It's a huge 10" Unusual Form bloom, up to 12" when not recurved, out of Passion's Promise. It's an intense red with an orange eye and yellow throat, white midribs and a light edge. Usually with quilled sepals. 26 " high, three way branching with 15 bud count. Very striking in the garden, it's never overlooked because of it's size and color. Throws up lots of scapes and has a long bloom season. Tetraploid. Semievergreen, blooms mid season thru August. Very vigorous and fast increaser. One plant still available.
LITTLE BALLERINA IN A TUTU - Won Best Seedling at 2004 LIDS Flower Show. It's a Small, 3" Sculpted, Cristate Double. Petals are a soft Cream Peach, with purple etched eye and Lime throat. Scape is 26" high, 3 way branched with 16 buds, blooming Early Midseason and reblooming into August here in zone 6. It's a Hardy Evergreen, sometimes Semievergreen in cold winters, Diploid. Seedling # 76.00/20.14
NIGHT INTO LIGHT - Color Changer - In the morning, it's dark velvety purple with a navy band and yellow green throat. As the day progresses, first the sepals start to lighten to pale lavender, then the petals lighten to change to violet with a navy band, and white midribs appear on the petals. By late afternoon depending on light and temperature, the plant finishes with grey/lavender petals, with a darker band, chrome yellow eye and light cream lavender sepals.
It's a Passion's Promise kid, which is where it gets it's gift of color changing. Bloom size is 5" on a 3 way branched, 34" scape with 26 buds. It's a Early Midseason, Tetraploid, and Semi-Evergreen. Seedling # 50.00.
NIGHT SONG OF THE DRAGON - Stunning, Extra large, 9" flower, 41" high. Very dark red/burgundy with velvet texture and veined petals. Large green open form throat with partial midrib. The bud count is 24 on four way branching. It reblooms here in my northern zone 6 garden. It blooms 20 up to 50% Polytepalous, Tetraploid. Evergreen. Hardy, vigorous, blooms Early mid season. Passion's Promise breeding. Seedling # 14.99.
One of my best plants, OUT OF THE MIST was awarded an AHS Junior Citation in 2007, and also won Best Seedling at the Long Island Daylily Society flower show. It's a lovely graceful clear lavender. An Unusual Form, it has a 7.5" bloom, and is 44" high. It's an EMid, but blooms into August due to its 34 buds and four way branching, even here in zone 6. It's sev, dip and fertile both ways. Very vigorous, it's a really great parent in the "Whispering" line. So popular in the garden, I've been selling out before I could list if for sale.
STUNNING IN PINK - Is such a vivid hot pink, that it's stunning from across the garden. It's a 100% Double with yellow green throat, very heavily ruffled and crinkled petals and petaloids. It starts blooming Midseason, each fan puts up a scape, and puts on a great show thru August. Bloom is 5.5", on a 26" to 29" high scape, with 18 blooms. It's a bud builder, is Diploid and Dormant. Is both pod and pollen fertile. It's one of the kids out of Seedling #1.95 and was first bloomed as Seedling #39.00/17.03
SWEET EILEEN ANN - Named by Marion Romeo in memory of her special cousin. This is a lovely plant with light cool pink petals, a darker rose band, and rose veins, yellow-green throat, white midribs and ruffles. It's and extremely vigorous plant, starting to open it's 3.5" blooms Early Season, well into August, with up to 45 buds on 4 x branched 27" scapes. It's Dormant and Diploid. Seedling # 53.97
TINY ANGEL IN A TUTU - A tiny little 2.5" cream double, with raspberry red split eye, with a yellow green throat. Petals recurve and sepals usually do not. She has 21 to 26 buds on four way branching. Tiny Angel is a little slut. She's very, very fertile both ways with lots of pollen on free standing anthers. Diploid, Seedling #48.13/17.01
A very, very distinctive, double eyed, edged and bi-color, Passion's Promise kid. Like it's parent, VENETIAN RULER changes according to sun exposure, but each is more beautiful than the other. Blooms are 7", scapes 28" high, 16 buds on three way branching. Throws multiple scapes per fan. Mid-Late season blooming into August. Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid. Fertile both ways. Good parent. Held for increase. (sdlg #23.98) Full sibling to Venetian Jester. ( Released in 2015)
(Sayers 2020) 90% Polymerous, Unusual Form, Sometimes Poly Double
WHICH WITCH IS WHICH - is a very exciting high percent, Polytepalous, Unusual Form. Some blooms have spatulate petals and quilled sepals. Others are cascade. Soft white , with pale cool yellow throat, it has a 9" bloom, is 46" high, has 24 buds on three way branching. Blooms Early season, and reblooms. Semi-Evergreen, Diploid. Fertile both ways. Most buds are quads, but even the tri buds produce polytepalous blooms on this plant like it's sibling Wicked White Witch. Full sibling to Whispering White Witch and Wicked White Witch. Very vigorous and fast increaser. Seedling W2/63.01
WHISPERING DANCING SUNSHINE - Unusual Form, Crispate, 7" bloom, with quilled, curling, twisting, and pinched petals dancing on a 36" high scape. The color is a vibrant, cool lemon with a green heart and pale yellow ruffled edges. It's a vigorous, hardy semi evergreen plant, with 22 buds on 3 way branching. Diploid, blooms mid late. Seedling #101.01 first bloomed in 2001.
WHISPERING FOUR WINDS - Is a high percent polytepalous, 9", cool pink bloom with light yellow/green extended throat, white midribs and ruffles on the petals. Scape is 38" high with 22 buds on four way branching. Hardy semi-evergreen, vigorous, diploid. Blooms Mid late. Seedling # 13.13.
WHISPERING GREEN EYED DRAGON like most of the Whispering line, is an Unusual Form, Cascade. It's color is also unusual, Purple overlaid on Fuchsia with a vivid green throat and white midribs. Bloom is 9", but 6" when recurved on a 46" scape. The plant is fast growing and vigorous, is a heavy bloomer, with four way branching, and 27 buds on a scape. It starts blooming Midseason, and sends up rebloom scapes as well. It's Semi-Evergreen, Diploid and fertile both ways. Very vigorous and fast growing. Seedling # 128.01
WHISPERING LAVENDER AND LACE - A cool clear, light pink/ lavender with a white eye, pale yellow/green throat and white edge. It has a large, 6" blossom, it's 26" tall, has 19 buds on 3 way branching. Blooming Mid season well into August, it's vigorous, sending up lots of scapes for a great show of bloom. Hardy, Semi-evergreen, diploid. Seedling # 178.98.
WHISPERING PINK FLAMINGO - Unusual Form, Crispate, with a 7" bloom. Hot pink with blend from green-yellow to orange throat, lighter pink watermark, and white midrib. Like a flamingo, it's tall on a 40 " high, three way branched scape, with 17 buds. It's a very hardy plant, Fertile, Diploid, Semi-Evergreen and blooms Early-mid season. Seedling #24.98.
WICKED WHITE WITCH is a very exciting high percent, Polytepalous, Unusual Form, with spatulate petals and quilled sepals. White with yellow/ green throat extending out onto petals and sepals, it has a 7" bloom, is 48" high, has 29 buds on four way branching. Blooms Mid season well into August, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid. Fertile both ways. Most buds are quads, but even the tri buds produce polytepalous blooms on this plant. Full sibling to both 'Whispering White Witch' and 'Which Witch is Which. With good culture, it's almost 100% polytepalous and stunning.
