Striped Daylilies from 2022

 

David Evick seedling (Stone Palace Showtime X Seedling B-14) X Stone Palace Streaker (Evick)

Laurelwood's Painting By Number (Angela Ridder)

Striped daylilies have become a category that keeps growing and growing. With so many people out there hybridizing for this look, there have been some really cool advancements.  We are seeing striped daylilies with teeth now and striped double daylilies.  A couple future striped intros sold on the Lily Auction for $2900.  Holy COW!  Striped daylilies are hot! I have a pretty big collection of photographs to share with you, so let's start out with my friend, Angela Ridder:

Laurelwood's Painting By Number (Angela Ridder)

Laurelwood's Peppermint Splash (Angela Ridder)

Half Moon Rising (Angela Ridder)

Angela Ridder 8.5" inch seedling

Angela Ridder seedling (Richard J. Howard X Block Party)

Laurelwood's Candy Cane Splash (Angela Ridder)

Angela Ridder seedling

Paintball Party (Angela Ridder) Photo by Peter Donato

Chillin with my Gnomes (Angela Ridder)

And now some from David Evick:

Stone Palace Streaker (David Evick)

David Evick seedling

David Evick seedling

David Evick seedling

David Evick seedling

                         

                                    And now some from Stuart Kendig:

Stuart Kendig seedling 20-18 (Explosion in the Paint Factory(Howard) X (EITPF X Helena's Fire))

Stuart Kendig seedling 20-11

Whose Broad Stripes (Stuart Kendig)

Who's Broad Stripes (Stuart Kendig)

Thirsty Thursday (Stuart Kendig)

                                                        One from me:

Paul K. Lewis seedling out of Rich Howard (Kendig)

Now we move into the intros and seedlings that originate from the daylily Undefinable (DeVito) in most cases.  The newest development in this look has been the addition of teeth.  Mike Holmes has some incredible future intros and seedlings that he was nice enough to share.  Thanks Mike!

Redefinable (Mike Holmes)

Redefinable close up

Redefinable (Mike Holmes)

Redefinable (Mike Holmes)

Panning For Gold (Mike Holmes)

Panning For Gold (Mike Holmes)

Redefinable seedling (Mike Holmes)

Redefinable seedling (Mike Holmes)

Redefinable seedling (Mike Holmes)

Mike Holmes seedling

Mike Holmes seedling

Striped Action seedling (Mike Holmes)

 

                                     And now a seedling from Jeff Vitale:

 

                                  And now some intros from Nicole DeVito:

Nicole DeVito future 2023 intro

N is for Nichole (Nicole DeVito)

Nicole DeVito 2023 future intro

                  And now some from Valentina Gripas from Kherson, Ukraine

Valentina Gripas seedling

Valentina Gripas seedling

Valentina Gripas seedling

                             And now the amazing program of Rich Howard!

Starman (Rich Howard)

Rich Howard seedling (Sunny with a chance of wine X Starman)

Sunny with a chance of Wine (Rich Howard)

Rich Howard seedling (Colorful Chaos Princess Leia (Bush) X Blame it on the Rain (Harris))

Rich Howard seedling

True Sadness (Rich Howard)

Rich Howard seedling (Cactus Black X (TPS X TYPS))

                    And now some from my friend, Dave Mussar from Canada

Dave Mussar seedling (Spots Before My Eyes X Undefinable)

Dave Mussar seedling (Beholder X Undefinable)

Dave Mussar (Explosion in the Paint Factory X Wacky Wednesday)

Dave Mussar seedling (Flying Trapeze X Wacky Wednesday)

Dave Mussar seedling (True North My Heart X Explosion in the Paint Factory)

Dave Mussar seedling (Undefinable X Dandelion Fluff)

Dave Mussar (Clear Conscience X Explosion in the Paint Factory)

Dave Mussar seedling (Lady Barbara X Wacky Wednesday)

       

                                 And now some from Judy Sparrow Sweeney

Addie's Raspberry Splash (Judy Sparrow Sweeney)

Sheherazade (Judy Sparrow Sweeney)

Alice's Paintbox (Judy Sparrow Sweeney)

Sonja's Tiki Party (Judy Sparrow Sweeney)

                         And now some assorted other hybridizer's seedlings:

Paul Van Mechelen seedling

Paul Van Mechelen seedling

Robert Scott seedling 2267

Undi Pants (Licia Smith Babb)

Steve Todd seedling

Shallow Ford's Pseudo Melanistic (Larry Grace/ Tabitha Gilyard) Photo by Steve Todd

Andromeda Galaxy (Chad Bush)

Grogu (Chad Bush)

Now to one of my favorite categories of striped daylilies.  Striped sepals.  Usually found on purple backgrounds, but I know of some seedlings in this category are emerging in other colors.  Steve Todd started this style of breeding with his intro, Clown Pants.  From Clown Pants many very cool seedlings and intros have emerged.  Let's begin with Steve's Clown Pants, followed by some of his AWESOME seedlings: 

Clown Pants (Steve Todd)

System of Equations (Steve Todd)

Steve Todd seedling

Steve Todd seedling

Steve Todd seedling

Steve Todd seedling 

Steve Todd seedling

Steve Todd seedling. I love everything about this one!

Steve Todd seedling

Steve Todd seedling

And there have been some intros from other hybridizers with this look:

Just Clowning Around (Dave Mussar)

Jeff Vitale seedling

Wallingford Flame Thrower (Rich Howard)

Laurelwood's Purple Cabana (Angela Ridder)

Well, there you have it.  I probably could have divided that segment up into two parts and might do that next year.  It seems each year there are more and more striped seedlings and intros. This category of daylilies has gotten very popular.  I know there are some hybridizers that I may have forgotten and I apologize.  It wasn't personal.  I just got such a huge amount of photographs that I had to stop at some point.  I hope to include more in this segment next year and the looks continue to evolve.  Not sure what is up next, but I have a new idea that I may try out.  Check back in.  Thanks for stopping by. 

Summer of 2022

Lewis seedling (Fractured X Venetian Pools)

Lewis seedling

The summer of 2022 had a lot of really exciting new seedlings in the garden.  This past year was a very difficult year.  The city I live in (Mayfield Heights, Ohio) said my temporary deer fencing in the front yard was against the city codes.  You are not allowed to put up fencing in your front yard.  I had to go to a total of 5 meetings to try and fight this and unfortunately lost.  For the past 2 years I have had no deer damage in the area that was protected by the fencing.  I really need to move out to a more rural location, but my wife and I are going to stay here for at least 2 or 3 more years. I will try and figure out a new plan of attack for the 2023 season that is within what the city allows.  Anyway, I hope to do some interviews and some cool features for the 2022-2023 season on this blog, so check back in.  Here are a few more seedlings from this past summer: 

Lewis seedling (The Downward Spiral X Ring Necked Pheasant)

Lewis seedling (The Downward Spiral X Pharaoh's Arrows)

Lewis seedling (Pray Without Ceasing X Dr. Frances S. Baker)

Lewis seedling (Future intro, Justus Tyrone Gooden)

Future intro, Mayfield Heights (Paul K. Lewis)

Thanks for stopping in.  My first segment of the season will be on daylily stripes.  There have been a lot of advancements in this area and I am excited to show you some cool seedlings from around the country.  See ya soon.

Lovely daylily photos from Patrick Guidry

 

Wizard's Potion (Jeff Salter) Awesome pattern!

Shiny Objects (Greg Goff/ Ted Petit)

I love seeing pictures of daylilies hybridized from around the country.  I can't always get to every garden, but I like to see photographs of what they look like in the garden.  Fortunately there is a gentleman in Abbeville, Louisiana by the name of Patrick Guidry who buys collections of daylilies each year and posts pictures of what they look like in his garden.  Patrick takes excellent photographs and re sells the introductions on his website. (www.patrickguidry.com)  He has always been very nice to me and I wanted to just pay tribute to his wonderful photographs with this segment.  Thanks Patrick! Now on with the picture show!  

All Things Made New (Karol Emmerich)

Ruler of Nations (Karol Emmerich)

Courting Darkness (Jeff Salter)

White Whiskers (Guy Pierce)

 

Wonder World (Pat Stamile)

Tits Up (Guy Pierce)

Atomic Blonde (Guy Pierce)

Broken Skies (Elizabeth Salter)

Seas of Neptune (Elizabeth Salter)

New Zealand (Guy Pierce)

False Eyelashes (William Marchant)

Mystic Wonder (Guy Pierce)

Watercolor Wishes (Elizabeth Salter) One of Jeff Salter's favorites.

WOW!  Such amazing daylilies from all across the country.  All these pictures are the property of Patrick Guidry and use without prior consent is prohibited. Well, this wraps up the blog season. I see scapes out in the garden and one more month and it will be off to the races.  I plan on visiting a couple gardens this year, so stay tuned for the Fall blog season.  Thanks for stopping in. Happy gardening. 

Lovely Daylily Garden Photos

Theresa Roth's daylily garden in Morton, Illinois

 

Theresa Roth's daylily garden in Morton, Illinois

Lovely daylily gardens.  There's nothing like a photograph looking over a field of daylilies in peak bloom. This is what really drew me to want to grow daylilies.  The first garden that really blew me away was seeing Steve Moldovan's daylily garden in peak bloom.  Here are a collection of other photographs from various gardens:

Marietta Gardens in Marietta, North Carolina (Photo by Dale Hensley)

Theresa Roth's garden in Morton, Illinois

Stewarts Farms Daylilies in Big Clifty, Kentucky (Photo by Rebus Stewart)

Photo by Sonja Egbert

Photo by Hans Halsema of a field of Titan Skye. Taken in the Netherlands

Photo by Nicole DeVito of her daylily garden in Eustis, Florida

Fantastic pictures of fantastic gardens.  Awesome photographs.  Well, this blog season is winding down. It's been a fun one.  I hope to close out the season with some of the best videos from the 2021 season. Thanks for stopping in.  Hope you all have a lovely bloom season.