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LIPSTICK OVERLOAD

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Lipstick Overload daylily

7” bloom, 33” tall

4 way branching / 19 buds

Tetraploid

Bloom season: early-mid

Foliage: dormant

CAROL JEAN PARDOE

x VISION SEEKER

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Lipstick Overload – Hunter 2023

Show-off in the garden with a large ruby-red eye that extends far out on both petals and sepals. Matching picotee edges on the petals contrast with the pale pink base. Good substance keeps the saturated color looking good all day.

Parents are hardy, strong performing plants from two other northern hybridizers. LIPSTICK OVERLOAD is fertile both ways and has produced some exciting seedlings that I am keeping my eye on.

$50.00 dbl fan

BLOOMIN’ MOON

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7” bloom, 38” tall

4 way branching / 20 buds

Diploid

Bloom season: mid

Reblooms

Foliage: semi-evergreen

Unusual form – quilled crispate

TOOKY TOOKY BIRD
x BABY PINWHEELS

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Bloomin’ Moon – Hunter-L. 2023

Large, striking, quilled crispate of pale cantaloupe. Washed lavender eye etched with raspberry on both petals and sepals above a small green throat. BLOOMIN’ MOON’s color, size, and height make it really stand out in the garden. Reblooms consistently in Northern Illinois on well branched 38” scapes. Easily fertile both ways.

This is my granddaughter Luna’s second introduction! She chose the name to keep with her ‘moon theme’.

$60.00 dbl fan

SHE WORE RED…LEATHER

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4” bloom, 35” tall

4-7 way branching / 15-22 buds

Diploid

Bloom season: early-mid

Foliage: dormant

80%double

ALASKAN SUNSET X (WOODSIDE ROMANCE x SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE)

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he Wore Red Leather – Hunter 2021

SHE WORE RED LEATHER is one of those happy accidents that you encounter when you are working with daylily genetics. I don’t hybridize for doubles, but my first year I got a seedling that had great substance and saturated color, and occasionally some extra petals. Heeding the oft heard advise, “Follow where the plants take you”, I crossed it with one of my favorite doubles. This resulting seedling blooms double 80% of the time, although not always fully double. It also boasts the substance and saturated red of its pollen parent, plus good branching and budcount.

SHE WORE RED is named in honor of my sister-in-law, Lyn Gaetz, who died in September 2021 after a long courageous battle with cancer. Lyn, being blonde, frequently wore red clothes and lipstick, and drove a red Volkswagen standard shift convertible. She gifted herself with the red leather coat on a recent trip with her husband, Greg, to France. I knew long ago that her daylily would need to be red, and she chose this one.

$60 double fan – Held for increase

She Wore Red Leather daylily — Lyn in her red leather

THAT LUCKY STAR THEY TALK ABOUT

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3.5” bloom, 28” tall

4-5 way branching/15 buds

Diploid

Bloom season: early-mid

Foliage: semi-evergreen

MARGO REED INDEED x

(Huben seedling x VANILLA STELLA)

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That Lucky Star They Talk About – Hunter 2021

THAT LUCKY STAR THEY TALK ABOUT is the third cultivar that I’ve introduced thanks to some lucky seeds which fellow hybridizer, Mike Huben, gifted me with.

The diminutive bloom is a diamond dusted pale cream that ripens to near white by the end of the day. It has a tiny green heart and (compliments of its mom, MARGO REED INDEED) lightly ruffled petals. In full bloom, this vigorous little plant resembles a small bush covered with tiny stars. THAT LUCKY STAR has good substance and is pod fertile.

$50.00 dbl fan

TAKE A BOW, PRAIRIE’S EDGE

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6” bloom, 33” tall

3-4 way branching/14 buds

Tetraploid

Bloom season: mid-late

Reblooms

Foliage: semi-evergreen

LIGHT THE LIGHTS x FALLEN LEAVES

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ake a Bow, Prairie’s Edge – Hunter 2021

TAKE A BOW, PRAIRIE’S EDGE is a rather immodest choice for a name, but this cultivar embodies the three main qualities that I am looking for in my plants: northern instant rebloom, good branching, and a pretty face.

TAKE A BOW has burnt orange stippling over a golden yellow base. A darker appearing band consists of more concentrated stippling which matches the double edge. The intensity of the colors varies with the temperature, as indicated in the photos of other views, below, which were all taken in the morning. Lightly ruffled sepals show a slight echo of the band and golden throat. Northern instant rebloom is inherited from LIGHT THE LIGHTS, one of my 2019 introductions. Pod and pollen fertile.

$60 dbl fan

PRAIRIE’S EDGE JOHN ROBERT

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4.5” bloom, 39” tall

3-4 way branching/20 buds

Diploid

Bloom season: early-mid

Reblooms

Foliage: semi-evergreen

(Huben seedling x VANILLA STELLA) x Benzinger seedling

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rairie’s Edge John Robert – Hunter 2021

PRAIRIE’S EDGE JOHN ROBERT is a tall, “Look at me!’ plant. The cream self stands out from a distance or in a shaded area. Yellow veins extend through a yellow-green throat to lightly ruffled petal edges. The sepals often do a little twist at the ends. Like its full sibling, METEOR SHOWER, JR boasts northern rebloom. He is an early morning opener and is pod fertile (pollen as yet untested).

JR was selected from my seedling patch by a friend who has an area in her garden for daylilies named after family members. It was grandson #4’s turn to make an appearance in the garden, so this plant was introduced for John Robert.

$60 dbl fan

METEOR SHOWER

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4.5” bloom, 37” tall

3-5 way branching/21 buds

Diploid

Bloom season: early

Reblooms

Foliage: semi-evergreen

(Huben seedling x VANILLA STELLA) x Benzinger seedling

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eteor Shower – Hunter 2020

In 2012, Mike Huben, known for his small diploid rebloomers, spoke to my Chicagoland daylily club and treated some of us with packets of his extra seeds. Two resulting seedlings from my gift packet have proven to be great parents for me, producing several rebloomers with good branching and vigor. METEOR SHOWER is one of those offspring that begged for introduction. Early bloom and rebloom are inherited from STELLA D’ORO, which appears in its family tree 5 times. It was admired in my garden last summer by visiting hybridizers, and won best ‘on scape’ seedling at my club’s annual flower show.

METEOR SHOWER is cream tinted green, with a small green heart and yellow-green throat that bleeds out onto ribbed petals and sepals. It’s tall and robust, with nice branching. When the clump is in full bloom, it looks like a cloud of little celestial explosions. Fertility currently untested. 2021 update….easily pod and pollen fertile.

$60 dbl fan

HEATHER’S HOPE

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5.5” bloom, 36” tall

2-4 way branching/22 buds

Tetraploid

Bloom season: mid

Foliage: semi-evergreen

FOUNTAIN OF LIFE x

BING CHERRY BINGE

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Heather’s Hope – Hunter 2020

HEATHER’S HOPE is a pretty plum purple with darker plum veins and a lighter raised rib. She has a slightly darker band above a small yellow throat and green heart. The petals and sepals have a fine white picotee edge. Tall and showy, HEATHER’S HOPE has good branching and substance. She has started to show instant rebloom for me, but like her daddy, needs to be a mature clump to do it reliably. Her mom, on the other hand, is a reblooming machine. Fertility, as yet, is untested, but both parents are fertile both ways, and look at that fluffy gold pollen and perfect pistil!

‘Heather’s Hope’ is the name of the foundation that Heather, together with her family and friends, started before she succumbed to cancer at the young age of 36. Her hope was that others struggling with cancer could get support in their battle. The proceeds from this daylily will do just that.

$60.00 dbl fan, limited

STAND THE WORLD ON ITS EAR

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7.5” bloom, 43” tall

3-5 way branching/20 buds

Diploid

Bloom season: mid-late

Foliage: semi-evergreen

Form: UF cascade

LEGENDS OF THE FALL x
MARGO REED INDEED

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Stand The World On Its Ear – Hunter 2020

I am excited to introduce my first ‘official’ unusual form daylily. EAR is tall, well branched, and fun! It was difficult to decide which UF category to register it in, because sometimes the sepals quill or curl and sometimes the petals are quite pinched. It always cascades, so that’s where it landed. EAR has a small green heart and appears white in the morning, especially in overcast conditions. In sun and/or later in the day, it’s more of a cream color.

Both parents show some instant rebloom in my garden, which is why I made the cross. EAR has rebloomed for me, but not consistently enough to register it as such. Its large bloom is credited to its dad, its ruffles to its mom. I haven’t made crosses with it yet, but both parents are fertile both ways. 2023 UPDATE : Fertile both ways, but pod is challenging because of the long pistil. I pollinate early and find a way to hold the pistil up vertically.

$50.00 dbl fan

YOU’LL BE GREAT

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5″ bloom, 36” tall

3-4 way branching/15 buds

Tetraploid

Blooms season: early-mid

Foliage: dormant

BELLE OF ASHWOOD x
SMUGGLER’S GOLD

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You’ll Be Great – Hunter 2020

Full sibling to YOU’LL BE SWELL, YOU’LL BE GREAT is very showy in a clump. She is raspberry red with a green heart and gold throat. (2023 NOTE: Similar to her sibling, her color varies with the soil conditions, with clay soil giving a more saturated color) The tightly ruffled petals are slightly ridged and have a ripply gold edge. She has great substance, like her sister and mom.

Dormant and northern hardy, YBG has survived all the nasty weather that’s been thrown at us here since she was put in the ground in 2011. Though not registered as a rebloomer, she can be encouraged with fertilizing and watering. YOU’LL BE GREAT is a vigorous grower and is pod and pollen fertile.

$ 50.00 triple fan