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| Valentina Gripas seedling from Kherson, Ukraine |
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| Valentina Gripas seedling from Kherson, Ukraine |
When I started to watch people breeding for stripes I thought to myself that there's no way I would see a daylily striped like a candy cane. Boy was I wrong! The advancements have been incredible and truly a pleasure to watch. Just putting together this collection of photographs has been really fascinating. A perfect way to follow up Stuart Kendig's interview. So with nothing further let's begin with seedlings out of Undefinable (DeVito) below:
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| Valentina Gripas seedling from Kherson, Ukraine |
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| Larry Grace seedling |
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| Rich Howard seedling |
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| Rich Howard seedling |
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| The Undefinable Kid (Nicole DeVito) Photo by Paul K. Lewis |
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| Mike Holmes seedling |
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| Dave Mussar seedling |
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| Dave Mussar seedling |
Steve Todd introduced Clown Pants some years back and the seedlings out of it have been incredible! Steve Todd and Peter Donato have some really cool things coming out of it. Here is a collection of their intros and seedlings:
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| Clown Pants (Steve Todd) Photo by Peter Donato |
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| Steve Todd seedling |
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| Steve Todd seedling |
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| Steve Todd seedling |
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| Steve Lost His Pants (Peter Donato) |
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| Peter Donato seedling |
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| Peter Donato seedling |
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| Peter Donato seedling |
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| Peter Donato seedling |
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| Peter Donato seedling. WOW! |
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| Dave Mussar Clown Pants seedling |
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| Rich Howard Clown Pants seedling |
The next category in striping involves daylilies in the red and white striped colors, which are my personal favorite. Angela Ridder has some breakthrough intros with some lovely combinations. I should add that a lot of these all have Rich Howard's Explosion in the Paint Factory in their backgrounds. I will start with red and white colored daylilies and continue into purple and white, and lavender and white:
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| Laurelwood's Peppermint Splash (Angela Ridder) |
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| Laurelwood's Wave Canyon (Angela Ridder) |
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| Laurelwood's Midsummer Masquerade (Angela Ridder) |
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| Richard J. Howard (Angela Ridder) |
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| Scuff Marks (Rich Howard) |
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| Scuff Marks (Rich Howard) |
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| Rich Howard (Stuart Kendig) Photo by Peter Donato |
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| Mike Derrow seedling (Carnelian Chameleon X Pink Stripes) |
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| Don Lovell seedling. Photo by Bonnie Nichols |
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| Elaine Seifert Pink Stripes seedling |
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| Dave Mussar seedling |
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| Peter Donato seedling |
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| Peter Donato seedling |
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| Peter Donato seedling |
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| Dave Mussar seedling |
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| Dave Mussar seedling |
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| Wacky Wednesday (Elaine Seifert) |
Striping is a very cool category, but there are even more daylilies that have speckles and dots and those are perfect breeding partners to the striped daylilies. It's not an easy thing to breed for but breakthroughs continue to occur. Here are some stippled or speckled daylilies:
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| What's another Cat? (Peter Donato) |
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| Spraypaint (Dave Mussar) Photo by Paul K. Lewis |
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| Elaine Seifert seedling |
WOW! Wow, wow, WOW! I love seeing such cool looking advancements. The excitement is surely there in this category. Thank you to all who contributed. Each picture is the property of each hybridizer and use without prior consent is prohibited. Next up for my 3rd interview of the season will be Phil Korth. I can't wait to see what Phil will share. Happy Thanksgiving every one!
