2021 Introductions by Prairie’s Edge Gardens, Carole G. Hunter
She 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 …
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. …
Take 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 …
Prairie’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 …