Lewis Daylily Garden Popularity Poll

 

WINNER: Starman (Rich Howard) Photo by Theresa Maris

RUNNER UP: Heavenly United We Stand (Jamie Gossard) Photo by Bill Hurt

I decided to simplify the Lewis Daylily Garden Popularity Poll by asking a very large group of my daylily friends on Facebook to nominate their favorite daylily introduction from this past year.  I had a long list of nominees across a broad spectrum of daylily varieties.  It was pleasing to see so many current daylilies nominated.  The winner with the most votes was Rich Howard's Starman, which as you can see is a very lovely striped daylily and gaining popularity with each passing year.  Runner up was Jamie Gossard's Heavenly United We Stand.  Then there was a 3 way tie for 3rd place and those daylilies are below: 

Pray Without Ceasing (Karol Emmerich) Photo by Theresa Maris

Tumbleweed (Guy Pierce) Photo by Patrick Guidry

Redefinable (Mike Holmes) Photo by Mike Holmes

Thank you to all who participated.  All the above photographs are the property of each person who shared them and use without prior consent is prohibited.  Happy holidays to all my gardening friends who check in and enjoy this blog.  Next up is my interview with Chad Bush.  Chad is working feverishly on his questions and hopefully I will be able to post it after the first of the year.  Thanks.

Striped daylilies from the 2023 season, Part 2.

 

Paul K. Lewis future intro, Paper Cut

Chad Bush seedling 

Now we move on to striped daylilies in other color combinations and some spectacular seedlings in the Steve Todd, Clown Pants style.  Speaking on my own behalf, I am very partial to the seedlings I am seeing coming out of Angela Ridder's introduction, Richard J. Howard.  The sib to Richard J. Howard, Paintball Party is proving to be a great parent as well.  Stripes are advancing very quickly and it is nice to see more and more people taking interest in this style.  Here we go with more striped daylilies!

Chad Bush seedling

Laurelwoods Fireworks (Angela Ridder)

Chasing Sunbeams (Angela Ridder)

Chasing Sunbeams (Angela Ridder)

Laurelwoods Any Which Way (Angela Ridder)

Other Worldly (Angela Ridder)

Rich Howard seedling (Richard J. Howard X Roses and Painters)

True Sadness (Rich Howard)

Elaine Seifert seedling out of Wacky Wednesday (Seifert)

Elaine Seifert seedling out of Wacky Wednesday on the left and Wacky Wednesday on the right.

Stuart Kendig seedling

Stuart Kendig seedling

Stuart Kendig seedling

Paul K. Lewis future intro, Mean Streak

Stuart Kendig seedling

Peter Donato seedling

Dave Mussar seedling (Tina's Siren Song X EITPF)

And now we begin we the fabulous seedlings from Steve Todd and more from this category following Steve's pictures:     

Steve Todd seedling

Steve Todd seedling 

Steve Todd seedling

Changing His Stripes (Steve Todd)

Steve Todd seedling

Steve Todd seedling

Shayna's Clown Corsage (Steve Todd)

Clown Line Dancing (Tabatha Gilyard)

Laurelwoods Falling Stars (Angela Ridder)

Angela Ridder seedling

Laurelwoods Vintage Christmas (Angela Ridder)

Noreen Rae Schulz seedling

Dave Mussar seedling

Dave Mussar Just Clowing Around seedling 

Peter Donato seedling

Elaine Seifert future intro, Cookies and Cream

I wanted to include Elaine Seifert's stippled intro at the end there because of it's uniqueness.  Stippling and speckling is a whole nother can of worms, which I could do a segment on in the future.  I'd like to thank all of the hybridizers for submitting these wonderful pictures!  All the above pictures are the property of each person who submitted them and use without prior consent is prohibited.  Well, hope everyone is having a nice holiday season!  We have more segments to go this season and hopefully my interview with Chad Bush at some point.  Looking forward to that one!  Happy Holidays!

Striped daylilies from the 2023 season

 

Tabatha Gilyard seedling (Shallow Ford Daylily Farm)

Tabatha Gilyard seedling (Shallow Ford Daylily Farm)

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!  Are you ready?  Here it comes.  The segment that you all have been waiting for...striped daylilies from the 2023 season.  As I was collecting photographs from various hybridizers, it became evident that I was going to need to break this down into 2 parts.  The first part here will be daylilies with that Undefinable style of breeding.  This look has become extremely popular and it would seem more and more people are doing it.  So with nothing further let me continue with the picture show:

Valentina Gripas seedling

Valentina Gripas seedling

Valentina Gripas seedling 

Rich Howard seedling

Sunny with a chance of Wine (Rich Howard)

Unpredictable (Rich Howard)

Starman (Rich Howard) Photo by Steve Todd

Rich Howard seedling

Rich Howard seedling

Mike Holmes seedling 

Mike Holmes seedling 

Mike Holmes seedling 

Mike Holmes seedling

Mike Holmes seedling

Mike Holmes seedling 

Mike Holmes seedling 

Stone Palace Chaos (Evick)

Stone Palace Sparkler (Evick)

Guy Pierce seedling 

Guy Pierce seedling 

Guy Pierce seedling 

Stuart Kendig seedling 

Stuart Kendig seedling 

Stuart Kendig seedling 

Stuart Kendig seedling 

Stuart Kendig seedling 

Dave Mussar seedling N203

Dave Mussar 2024 intro

Steve Todd seedling 

Confetti Splash (Steve Todd)

Dunder Mifflin (Paul K. Lewis future)

Yenok Kilimdzhyan seedling 

Small World Tony the Tiger (Michael Miller)

Spectral Splatter (Nicole DeVito)

Alice's Paintbox (Judy Sparrow Sweeney)

WOW!  Mic drop!  Were you drooling just like I was?  I saw so many of these that I wanted to incorporate into my program. Each photo is the property of each hybridizer and use without prior consent in prohibited.  Ok, that was pretty amazing! BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE!!!  That's right.  A whole second segment that will show your striped daylilies in reds and violet stripes, and then a giant collection of Clown Pants (Todd) style of seedlings and intros.  STAY TUNED!  DON'T TOUCH THAT DIAL! YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS IT!