SEEDLING PAGE 10
This page contains images of a variety of newer seedlings which have caught our eyes here at Ashwood Garden. Most of these are likely to be introduced in the not too distant future.
Plant performance is always a priority here. Distinction is not simply a new look to the face. A flower that gives more bloom than most is worthy of attention. The above image is of a plant that is so far beyond most any others that I simply demands further attention. Do click on the thumbnail image above to see for yourself what a small clump of six fans is capable of producing in the landscape. The image does not show the blossom. It is a very nice clear, light yellow. But that is not what makes it special. The image is from well past the main season. The plant has been blooming early on. It is still going. Check out the brown scapes. I will admit that it escaped my full attention during the main part of the season. It was during the time when the rest of the garden was almost empty of blooms that this one did shine. We lined it out and most of the fans put up another good scape in September and October. This is seedling T99-50.
Another performer, this seedling, T11-31, shows a fancy face as well as great rebloom. It is a baby of Gerda Brooker's fine AUTUMN REFLECTIONS and a seedling of mine. The face is gorgeous. The performance is exemplary. The small clump rebloomed with several well budded scapes in September and October. If you do not think there will be a romantic encounter between this seedling and the one pictured above, you are wrong. Does the daylily world need another yellow? Yes, if it is as good as either of these two.
This image is of a very large, full sib of the MEMORIAL TO STEVE. At more than 7" it drew the attention of many who saw. It has a similar floriferous habit but with less increase. Like MTS, it is the plant habit that makes it special. Well, the bloom is awfully pretty too, I confess.
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T03-17
One of the stars of the '04 season here, T03-17 was lined out into what turned out to be our "clay soup" bed. It is another which fell victim to the weather and the deer. The plant showed all the qualities in '04 we hope for in a future introduction. Assuming that it continues to show the plant qualities we observed in '04, T03-17 is likely to be an introduction in a couple of years. It is the best gold edged red we have seen.
T07-34, the seedling above was the rock star of the 2009 breeding season. I have been frustrated with a reality of reds edged in gold. Every single one I have ever seen shows a clear pattern of the yellow on the edge muddying up the red petals. The red edges muddy up the yellow or gold edges too. This is the first seedling or cultivar I have seen that has broken away from that problem. A problem I consider very serious. Color clarity should be a priority in our breeding and that has not been there in gold edged red tets. When Larry saw this one he commented, "they don't have anything better than that one in Florida." Well, It certainly is the best I have or have seen. We will see the first of the babies from T07-34 in 2010. The anticipation mounts.
note: This is now a 2012 introduction, MITCH LYND.