AHS Achievement Medal winner in 2004, CRESTED FRENCH KISS is a pale cream crested double, with a lavender eye, green throat, and both lavender and gold ruffled edges. The bloom is 4" on a 24" scape, although it grows to 32" tall, has five way candelabra branching, and up to 40 buds per scape. Mid season, extended, it blooms thru August. It's very vigorous and hardy semi-evergreen.
Tet, it's both pollen and very pod fertile, and has been a great parent for branching and bud count, also throwing some lovely crested kids. (sdlg #01.1996) (First released in 2013)
DANCING LIKE A BANSHEE - A huge, 12.5", Unusual Form bloom, about 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 DAYS A WEEK is a very high percent, 99% polytepalous plant that doubles 40% as well. It's a lovely, large, 7" creamy peach flower, with white midribs, ruffles, and a yellow green throat, on a 30" scape. A Mid late, it reblooms into August, and has 17 buds on three way branching. A diploid, it's both pod and pollen fertile, and has been a wonderful parent for me, throwing lots of polytepalous kids. (sdlg #130.98)
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
FIRE DRAGON ON THE WIND - A favorite in the garden, it is a Bi-colored, Unusual Form, with quilled sepals. Tetraploid. Blooms are 8" on a tall 40" high scape, with three way branching and 18 buds. Fire Dragon on the Wind gets it's distinctive color, edge and eye from it's parent Passion's Promise. Petals are a bright lipstick red with with a pale yellow edge. Sepals are an intense yellow, showing a red eye and pale wide edge. It's Semi evergreen, hardy, vigorous, and blooms mid season. Seedling #29.00, first bloomed in 2000.
'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 #16.98/13.13
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. Vigorous and fast increaser.
ISABEL HIBBARD'S WHISPER is a very unusual, cool, light rose pink self, with darker rose eye and a yellow green throat. Having a 6" bloom 44" high, it's lovely planted with my David Austin roses because it's color is so clear. It was named for Isabel Hibbard, who was a wonderful daylily friend to many of us, mentor to me, and important hybridizer of daylilies. Always in great demand by garden visitors, stock is limited. It's a stunningly beautiful garden plant, has 26 buds, and three way, well spaced, branching. It's fragrant, semi-evergreen, diploid, and fertile both ways. (sdlg #46.1997)
A high percentage, 90%, polytepalous double, LARRY YOUNG'S WOW is a clear, cool shade of lavender, with a light yellow/green throat, white midrib and ruffled petals. The bloom is 6" on a 24" scape. It has three way branching, 21 to 28 buds per scape and blooms mid season into August. It's hardy semi-evergreen, and vigorous, fertile both ways, diploid, and has been a great parent for me, throwing cool, clear colored polytepals. It was named after Larry Young, a true gentleman and daylily friend from Long Island, who spent a visit to the garden rooted in front of this plant just saying "Wow!" (sdlg #130.98) (Released in 2013)
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
MISSY MOO, is a soft, ruffled, 3" to 4" double, of light warm pink, with a rose eye and yellow green throat. It starts blooming here Early Midseason, and continues throwing up scapes all summer long, into Sept, very much like Stella. It has from 15 buds up to 57 buds on a scape, three way + branching and reblooms, throwing up multiple 24" scapes per fan during the season. Vigorous, dormant, and a good increaser, it's tetraploid and very fertile both ways. (sdlg #120.1998)
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, the petals change to violet with a navy band. The sepals change to pale pink, 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 # 50.00/30.13
NIGHT SONG OF THE DRAGON - Extra large, 9" flower, 41" high, dark red/purple with veined petals that become more distinctive by the end of the day, looking like dots. Large yellow green throat with partial midrib, 24 bud count, four way branching. Rebloom. Tet. 20% Poly. Evergreen. Early mid season. Passion's Promise breeding. Changes with the sun and time of day. Seedling # 14.99, first bloomed in 1999.
ONSLOWS POWDER PUFF TOY is a light, clear, bright pink with bright rose eye, yellow to green throat, with cresting on extra petaloids. The flower is a 5.5" double, with a height of 34". It's very free flowering, throwing up multiple scapes per fan, with 20 buds to a scape. Starting Mid season, it blooms thru August. Diploid, it's fertile both ways, a favorite in the garden, very vigorous, hardy, semievergreen that goes dormant in hard winters. (sdlg#88.1998)
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. (Registered in 2007). Just released last season. Very popular in the garden.
It always turns heads, PARISIENNE PETTICOAT is such a very pale, cool, white-pink with a cool pink eye, yellow green throat, and lots of ruffles, just like a petticoat. Surprisingly distinctive in the garden, and one of those blooms you won't forget. It has a 5" Bloom, is 27" High, and has 17 buds. It's a Mid season, Dormant, Diploid. (sdlg # 52.1997) (First released 2014)
Bright, intense red, with pale yellow edge and giant yellow/green star throat, PASSION WITH A TWIST, is a crispate with twisted, quilled and recurved sepals. The bloom is 7", on a scape 24" high. Puts up lots of scapes from each plant. Blooms Mid season thru August, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid. Fertile both ways. Has been a good parent throwing both Unusual Form and big, flat, star throats. A Passion's Promise kid. (sdlg #400.1998)
PASSION'S CRIMSON ECLIPSE is a dark, intense, saturated red, with yellow green throat and white edge on petals, sepals and tepals that get bigger as the day gets hotter. This plant blooms all summer, with 40 buds, and five way candelabra branching. Very, very vigorous. 4.5" Bloom, 36" High. Mid season thru August into September. Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid. Very fertile both ways. Passion's Promise breeding. sdlg #91.98, first bloomed in 1998 but not released thill 2014.
An intense bright lipstick red, with a lighter red watermark, yellow/green throat and white edge. PASSION'S HEART DESIRE bloomed single the first year and has doubled 50% of the time every year after that. It has many faces, sometimes round, sometimes quilled and sometimes the doubling is crested. The bloom is 6", with 28" scapes, and 18 buds on 3 way branching. Mid-Late season, blooming into August. Vigorous, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid. Fertile both ways. Has been a good parent. (sdlg 132.98)
PASSION'S LUNAR ECLIPSE is a dark eggplant purple with a blue/grey halo above a green throat and a white ruffled edge. It has a 5" bloom, is 22" high, with 16 buds on three way branching. It's an extended bloomer, throwing up multiple scapes per fan, blooming from Mid season thru August. Semi-Evergreen, it's vigorous and Tetraploid. Fertile pod and pollen. (sdlg #183.1998)
PASSION'S MULBERRY MOON - A very unusual shade of mulberry, with a blue/black eye, veins, and white midribs. It's a 5" bloom, 40" tall, 30 bud count on five way branching. The plant is in very high demand in the garden. It puts on a wonderful show, presenting a huge mound of bloom, starting in Mid season, thru August and continuing into September. Very hardy and vigorous, semi-evergreen. Very fertile both ways. Tetraploid. Seedling #132.01 first bloomed in 2001.
PASSION'S PINK PETUTTI is an everblooming, vibrant, clear hot pink with lighter watermark, yellow/green throat, white midrib and white edge. It has a 6.5" bloom, is 32" tall, and has 23 buds on four way branching. It's Mid season, but continuously sends up scapes, blooming into October. Hardy, Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fertile both ways. ( sdlg #723.1998)
An AHS Honorable Mention winner, PASSION'S PROMISE is a Color Changer Daylily. It's both light and temperature sensitive, changing as the day progresses. The plant is 28" tall with a 5" flower, and has 32 buds on three way branching. Blooms Mid Late thru August, is a hardy, Semi-Evergreen. It's tetraploid and has been an amazing parent, passing along it's distinctive traits and vigor. It is both pollen and pod fertile. ((seedling x self) x (seedling x self)) x ((seedling x self) x (seedling x self))
PASSION'S SUN KISSED GLOW, being sun sensitive, goes from a strong orange in the morning to a light sweet tangerine by evening, always showing pale green throat, and light lemon/white ruffled edge. Blooms are 6" on a 26" to 28" high scape. It sends up two fans, in the Spring, from each fan, when it's happy, with 17 buds per scape on three way branching. Being a rebloomer, it continues to send up additional scapes from Mid season into August and September. Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid, and fertile both ways. (sdlg #92.1998)
SOLAR CIRCLE is a light red self with a very large, light, sunny yellow extended throat and a sunny edge the same color. The bloom is 6", on a scape 24" to 26" high, 18 buds, and three way branching. Mid season, hardy and vigorous Semi-Evergreen, Tetraploid. Fertile both ways, it's been a good parent, throwing large flat blooms, with large extended throats. (sdlg #65.1998)
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
VENETIAN JESTER is a red and cream Bi-color with cream edges on ruffled petals. It's registered as 3.75" bloom although it blooms a 4", and is 24" to 30" heigh, with 20 buds, and four way, well spaced branching. Mid-Late season, it reblooms thru August. Dormant. Tetraploid. Fertile both ways. Vigorous. Striking and distinctive from even 100' away. A favorite in the garden and a great garden plant. Full sibling to Venetian Ruler (sdlg #40.98)
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)
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 BLUE EYED WITCH is a clear lavender self, with light blue/lavender watermark, and an extended lime green throat. It's an Unusual Form with spatulate petals, and quilled and twisted sepals. With a 6" flower on a 38" graceful upright scape and three way branching, and 23 buds, it blooms Mid-Late season, thru August. Both pod and pollen fertile. (sdlg 29.2001)
WHISPERING CELESTIAL SPARKLER, Unusual Form, Spatulate, Double. It's petals are narrow and the extra petaloids are very narrow with ruffles and have irregular tips that look like sparklers. It's a very, very, pale lavender flower, with a very large extended pale lemon throat. Blooms are about 5.5", with 17 buds, on 3 way branching. Scapes are 40" high. It blooms early to early mid, is usually Semi evergreen but went dormant when the temperature was -09 degrees this past winter with no snow. Seedling 14.01, first bloomed in 2001.
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 First bloomed in 2001.
WHISPERING GRAND DAME is a very tall 52" upright, strong scape that "Looks you in the eye." Light cool pink, it has a lavender eye, white midrib, and yellow green throat. The large blooms are 6.5" when recurved, and 10" when open, with 21 buds and three way branching. When established and allowed to set deep roots, becomes 25% polytepalous. Mid-Late season, blooms thru August. Semi-Evergreen, Diploid. Fertile both ways. Another favorite in the garden. (sdlg #115.97)
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. 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 first bloomed in 1998.
Lovely, distinctive, pinched, pale peach self, with darker blended eye and pale green throat. There are ruffles on both the petals and sepals. WHISPERING MAIDEN OF THE MIST has a firm waxy texture and holds up very well. It has 6" blooms on a 40" high scape and when established has 34 buds and 5 way branching. It is a low percent poly, 25% to 40%. Blooms Mid season thru late. Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, Fertile both ways. Passes along it's distinctive coloring and texture to it's kids.
WHISPERING PINK BUBBLE DANCER is the ideal name for this bloom. The bloom is a pale, clear cool pink self, with a pale white yellow/green throat and pale white yellow ruffled, bubbled, edges. The clump looks like ruffled bubbles dancing in the garden. Very distinctive and lovely, everyone wants it when they see it in bloom. A round 6" flower, 29" tall, 19 buds on 3 x branched scapes and it reblooms here in zone 6. It blooms Mid season, is semi-evergreen, tetraploid, and fertile both ways. (sdlg #90.1998)
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 vigorous, hardy plant, fertile, diploid, semi-evergreen and blooms Early-mid season. Seedling #24.98 first bloomed in 1998.
PURPLE FROG PRINCE is tall and statley, just as a prince should be, with it's dark purple self, bright lime green throat, and white mid ribs. The bloom is round and 5.5" when recurved, but 10" when not. It's 45" high on an upright strong scape, with 18 buds and three three way branching, blooming Mid season into August. A vigorous semi-evergreen, it's diploid, and fertile both ways.
Tall and graceful, WHISPERING TANGERINE TANGO is a bright, burn your eyes out, orange self with lighter tangerine throat and sepals. An Unusual Form, cascade, it's also a bicolor and very noticeable anywhere in the garden. 7" bloom when recurved, 10" when not it has lightly ruffled petals and sepals. 42" high with 19 buds on 3 way, well spaced branching. Late season, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid. Very fertile both ways. (sdlg #422.98)
The grandparent for much of my "Whispering" line. WHISPERING VIOLET WATER WALTZ first bloomed in 1996, but was never registered until 2014. It throws great lavenders, purples, green throats, narrow petals, unusual forms and bi-colors. Also a good polytepalous parent. 10" Bloom, 45" High, 24 buds on four way branching and reblooms here in zone 6. A great garden plant, increases very well, and very hardy.
(sdlg #421.97) (Released 2015)
Winner of the AHS Junior Citation, WHISPERING WATER NYMPH is a full double that starts blooming mid-late and continues to send up scapes thru August, September, October and even into November. A pale, clear lovely shade of peach/pink, with a slightly darker rose eye, yellow green throat and a ruffled gold edge. The 4" flower has extraordanary substance, on 24" scapes, 27 buds per scape, four way branching, and is a very hardy and vigorous dormant. It's tetraploid, fertile both ways, and is showing itself to be a great double parent. (sdlg #55.1998) (Released in 2013)
