Bob Sobek's Daylilies

Welcome!

2011-11-24T16:45:00.000-08:00

I began breeding daylilies in 1972, just three years after I began crossing bearded irises. I had no goals at the outset. I made lots of crosses in a wide range of color and shape classes; probably 1/3 of my crossing was tet at the outset. Because I basically came to prefer dips and also because I had more initial success with them, the tet breeding dwindled, actually disappearing totally for a while from 1985-1988, to come back somewhat in recent years.

In 1990 I reviewed my breeding to see where I had actually gone up to that point and decided that my crosses could be placed in four subdivisions:

* early and rebloom (lumped together because crosses in rebloom lines will often give good earlies which fail to rebloom)
* mid-season, color-clarification
* species and near-species lines
* lates

Reviewing recently in more detail where that has taken me over the last decade, I'd say I have about six main sub areas:

* rebloom lines in colors other than yellows
* early pink diploids
* early red tets
* species, near-species and spider inter-crosses
* greenish-yellows, both dips and tets, in any season
* late reds, both dips and tets

Some advances have been made in each of these categories except for early red tets, this year being the first seedling batch of this new line.

I am also doing minor crossing for brown (initial cross 1980!) Fertility problems have made this one tough, near-black (one good one, probable introduction), and green-throated gold tets. This year I plan a few diploid crosses for black eye zones and another few for broad edges a la Susan Weber (Branch). I have a purple dip line with some great clarity of color, but disturbingly poor vigor in most of the seedling batches. Not being commercial in any big way, I can afford to be properly conservative about my introductions.

Sobek 96-41b

2011-10-12T00:30:00.000-07:00

Sobek 96-41b [Sobek nr VVL FFO 9/10] Darrow Sdlg Olallie Beta X Glowing Remembrance

Sobek 05-15c

2011-10-12T00:15:00.000-07:00

Sobek 05-15c [Sobek nr] (rebloomer) ((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x Jonette))

X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 07-31b

2011-10-12T00:10:00.000-07:00

Sobek 07-31b [Sobek nr] (Carol Sing x Red Spire) X (August Flame x Kamensky Red Spire Sdlg)

Sobek 98-90

2011-10-12T00:01:00.001-07:00

Sobek 98-90 [Sobek nr Late] Darrow Sdlg Olallie Beta x (August Queen x By the Riverside)

Sobek 05-17

2011-10-12T00:01:00.000-07:00

Sobek 05-17 [Sobek nr] (rebloomer) Frequent Flyer X Huben Sdlg

Sobek 07-38

2011-10-11T22:11:00.000-07:00

Sobek 07-38 [Sobek nr] Sobek 03-78c (complicated parentage) X Fraises au Lait

Sobek 87-12B

2011-10-11T21:10:00.000-07:00

Sobek 87-12B (Sobek nr) 16 EE Re 3, Melon Self, Dor Dip
(For Openers * Stella De Oro) * (Aeriel * Stella De Oro)

Sobek 06-37

2011-10-11T19:01:00.000-07:00

Sobek 06-37 [Sobek nr] (rebloomer) (City of Sin x Chorus Line) X Da Capo

Sobek 07-52

2011-10-11T18:53:00.000-07:00

Sobek 07-52 [Sobek nr] (((Ron Rose Sdlg x Super Purple) x ((Corky x Pardon Me) x Backstroke))) X (Sobek 99-9a x Blueberry Trumpets)

Sobek 07-57

2011-10-11T18:50:00.000-07:00

Sobek 07-57 [Sobek nr] Curt Turner Toy Trumpets Sdlg X (Sobek 99-9a x Blueberry Trumpets)

Sobek 04-85

2011-10-11T18:44:00.000-07:00

Sobek 04-85 [Sobek nr] (Promises Promises x Jonette) X (((Fraises au Lait x ((Gunmetal x By the Riverside)) x Jonette)))

Sobek 03-36

2011-10-11T18:26:00.000-07:00

Sobek 03-36 [Sobek nr] (((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x ((Siloam Royal Prince x (Ron Rose Sdlg x Super Purple))) X Sobek 97-33b (complicated parentage)

Sobek 04-29

2011-10-11T18:21:00.000-07:00

Sobek 04-29 [Sobek nr] Frequent Flyer X (Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x Jonette

Sobek 03-97a

2011-10-11T17:47:00.000-07:00

Sobek 03-97a [Sobek nr] 99-9d (complicated parentage) X Blueberry Trumpets

Sobek 06-69b

2011-10-11T17:37:00.000-07:00

Sobek 06-69b [Sobek nr] Starlet O'Hara X (((Fraises au Lait x ((Gunmetal x By the Riverside)) x Jonette)))

Sobek 03-110

2011-10-11T17:25:00.000-07:00

Sobek 03-110 [Sobek nr] dor dip (Cool Spice x altissima seedling) X Green Grace

Sobek 08-76

2011-10-11T17:22:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-76 [Sobek nr] (Cool Spice sib x Persiflage) X 03-110

Sobek 97-44b

2011-10-11T17:09:00.000-07:00

Sobek 97-44b (Sobek nr) (((City of Sin x ((Gunmetal x By the Riverside)) x Jonette))) X Elijah

Sobek 04-84a

2011-10-11T17:08:00.000-07:00

Sobek 04-84a (Sobek nr) 30 E 5, Pink Self, Dor Dip
(First Rose Of Summer * Pinhill Navajo Beauty) * Fraises Au Lait

Sobek 04-84e

2011-10-11T17:05:00.000-07:00

Sobek 04-84e (Sobek nr) (First Rose of Summer x Pinhill Navajo Beauty) X (((Fraises au Lait x ((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x Jonette)))

Sobek 04-84b

2011-10-11T17:04:00.000-07:00

Sobek 04-84b [Sobek nr] See parentage of 04-84e or 04-84a

Sobek 08-33

2011-10-11T16:29:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-33 (Sobek nr) Huben Sdlg 316f X (((Frequent Flyer x ((May May x (Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time)))

Sobek 08-28a

2011-10-11T16:24:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-28a (Sobek nr) (Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time) X Huben Sdlg 316f

Sobek 09-18

2011-10-11T16:17:00.000-07:00

Sobek 09-18 (Sobek nr) ((Ron Rose sdlg x Super Purple) x Frequent Flyer )) X (((Fraises au Lait x ((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x Jonette)))

Sobek 09-29/30

2011-10-11T16:10:00.000-07:00

Sobek 09-29/30 (Sobek nr) [Rebloomer] Parentage uncertain at this time

Sobek 09-22a

2011-10-11T15:59:00.000-07:00

Sobek 09-22a (Sobek nr) [Rebloomer] (((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x Jonette)) x Frequent Flyer))) X Huben Sdlg 422f

Sobek 04-23

2011-10-11T15:00:00.000-07:00

Sobek 04-23 [rebloomer] (Sobek nr) dor dip Frequent Flyer X ((May May x (Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time))

Sobek 98-47b

2011-10-11T12:22:00.000-07:00

98-47b (Sobek nr) dor dip ((Over There x Pardon Me) X Dark Avenger))

Sobek 07-11a

2011-09-21T16:00:00.000-07:00

Sobek 07-11a [rebloomer] (Sobek nr) ((Ron Rose sdlg x Super Purple) x Frequent Flyer)) X My Complimentary

Sobek 08-32b

2011-09-21T14:06:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-32b (Sobek nr) (((Frequent Flyer x ((May May x (Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time))) X Huben Sdlg 316f

Sobek 08-32a

2011-09-21T13:56:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-32a (Sobek nr) [rebloomer] (((Frequent Flyer x ((May May x (Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time))) X Huben Sdlg 316f

Sobek 08-18

2011-09-21T13:50:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-18 (Sobek nr) ESP X Vanilla Stella

Sobek 08-23b

2011-09-21T13:48:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-23b [rebloomer] (Sobek nr) Frequent Flyer X Masked Bandit

Sobek 08-23a

2011-09-21T13:43:00.000-07:00

Sobek 08-23a (Sobek nr) Frequent Flyer X Masked Bandit

Sobek 07-11c

2011-09-21T13:38:00.000-07:00

Sobek 07-11c (Sobek nr) ((Ron Rose Sdlg x Super Purple) x Frequent Flyer)) X My Complimentary

Sobek 07-11b

2011-09-21T13:34:00.000-07:00

Sobek 07-11b (Sobek nr) ((Ron Rose Sdlg x Super Purple) x Frequent Flyer)) X My Complimentary

02-44

2011-09-21T13:00:00.000-07:00

Sobek 02-44 [rebloomer] (Sobek nr) (Cool Spice x Spring Frolic) X Persiflage

Sobek 95-51b

2009-12-28T13:15:00.000-08:00

Sobek 95-51b [Sobek nr] dor dip late Carol Sing X By the Riverside

Sobek 99.41

2009-12-28T13:11:00.000-08:00

99-41 dor dip late ((Fulvous Brush Man x (August Queen x By the Riverside))

Sobek 98.85b

2009-12-28T13:07:00.000-08:00

98-85b dor dip late (((Melon Extract x ((Opal Princess x Olallie Autumn Rose))
X Glowing Cantaloupe)))

Sobek 05.112a

2009-12-28T13:04:00.000-08:00

05-112a dor dip late ((((Glowing Remembrance x ((Melon Extract x (Opal Princess x Olallie Autumn Rose) X Heavenly Dreams))))

Sobek 01.110a

2009-12-28T13:00:00.000-08:00

01-110a dor dip late-to-very-late Vermont Dimpled Cheeks X Biding My Time

Sobek 04.101

2009-12-28T12:53:00.000-08:00

04-101 se dip Masked Bandit X Night Dreams

Sobek 04.99d

2009-12-28T12:49:00.000-08:00

04-99d dor dip (((Night Dreams x ((Over There x Pardon Me) X Dark Avenger)))

Sobek 04.99c

2009-12-28T12:44:00.000-08:00

04-99c dor dip (((Night Dreams x ((Over There x Pardon Me) X Dark Avenger)))

Sobek 04.99a

2009-12-28T12:37:00.000-08:00

04-99a dor dip
(((Night Dreams x ((Over There x Pardon Me) X Dark Avenger)))

Sobek 98.69

2009-12-28T12:34:00.000-08:00

98-69 dor dip (((Frosted Pink Ice x (Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time)) X Big Snowbird)))

Sobek 03.12a

2009-12-28T12:29:00.000-08:00

03-12a dor dip Busting Out All Over X Tuscawilla Tranquility

Sobek 99.16c

2009-12-28T12:26:00.000-08:00

99-16c dor dip Over There X involved sdlg

Sobek 02.26b

2009-12-28T12:19:00.000-08:00

02-26b dor dip Seventh Inning Stretch X Kamensky sdlg

Sobek 98.7b

2009-12-28T12:15:00.000-08:00

98-7b dor dip Spring Frolic X Big Snowbird

Sobek 04.73

2009-12-28T12:12:00.000-08:00

04-73 dor dip First Rose of Summer X unknown

Sobek 03.68

2009-12-28T12:08:00.000-08:00

03-68 dor dip (((Super Purple x Copper Chameleon) x Merlin’s Moth)) X (((Emerald Joy x Solo) x (Sable Night x Milk Chocolate)) x (Echo the Sun x Milk Chocolate))))

Sobek 03.78b

2009-12-28T12:05:00.000-08:00

03-78b dor dip involved sdlg x (Promises Promises x Jonette)

Sobek 01.45b

2009-12-28T12:01:00.000-08:00

01-45b dor dip (((((Altissima sdlg x ((Ron Rose sdlg x (Corky x Pardon Me))) x ((Iron Maiden x (Corky x Pardon Me)))) X (Three Seasons x Jonette)))))

Sobek 99.9f

2009-12-28T11:49:00.000-08:00

99-9f dor dip
(((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x Jonette)) X (Siloam Royal Prince x Ron Rose Seedling)))

Sobek 98.42

2009-12-28T11:45:00.000-08:00

98-42 dor dip (Gunmetal x By the Riverside) X Persiflage

Sobek 98.42

2009-12-28T11:42:00.000-08:00

98-42 dor dip (Gunmetal x By the Riverside) X Persiflage

Sobek 03.97b

2009-12-28T11:38:00.000-08:00

03-97b dor dip ((((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x Jonette)) x (Siloam Royal Prince x Ron Rose seedling))) X Blueberry Trumpets))))

Sobek 02.6a

2009-12-28T11:34:00.000-08:00

02-6a dor dip ((Three Seasons x Siloam Shocker) x In Strawberry Time)) X ((Gunmetal x By the Riverside) x (Jonette))

Sobek 03.141

2009-12-28T11:31:00.000-08:00

03-141 dor dip Kamensky pink seedling X Glowing Bouquet

Sobek 04.103c

2009-12-28T11:22:00.000-08:00

04-103c dor dip Flourish of Trumpets X (Viette seedling x Persiflage)

Sobek 04.103a

2009-12-28T11:18:00.000-08:00

04-103a dor dip Flourish of Trumpets X (Viette seedling x Persiflage)

Sobek 02.40

2009-12-28T11:15:00.000-08:00

02-40 dor dip Flourish of Trumpets X Persiflage

Sobek 02.37b

2009-12-28T11:12:00.000-08:00

02-37b dor dip sib to Cool Spice X Persiflage

Sobek 02.37a

2009-12-28T10:50:00.000-08:00

02-37a dor dip sib to Cool Spice X Persiflage

Sobek 05.11

2009-12-28T10:46:00.000-08:00

05-11 dor dip Re Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time) X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 02.44

2009-12-28T10:43:00.000-08:00

02-44 dor dip Re (Cool Spice x Spring Frolic) X Persiflage

Sobek 06.36

2009-12-28T10:39:00.000-08:00

06-36 dor dip Re 02-1 X very involved seedling

Sobek 02.1

2009-12-28T10:36:00.000-08:00

02-1 dor dip Re from a cross of two involved seedlings

Sobek 06.31a

2009-12-28T10:33:00.000-08:00

06-31a dor dip Re(Over There x Red Dundancy) X involved seedling

Sobek 04.31c

2009-12-28T10:28:00.000-08:00

04-31c dor dip Re Ron Rose seedling (((Barbary Corsair x (Little Grapette x Empire State)) X Super Purple))) X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 04.31a

2009-12-28T10:21:00.000-08:00

04-31a dor dip Re Ron Rose seedling (((Barbary Corsair x (Little Grapette x Empire State)) X Super Purple))) X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 05.18b

2009-12-28T10:17:00.000-08:00

05-18b dor dip Re Siloam Royalty X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 05.26

2009-12-28T10:13:00.000-08:00

05-26 dor dip Re((Pardon Me x In Strawberry Time) x (Three Seasons x Jonette)) X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 05.5b

2009-12-28T10:06:00.000-08:00

05-5b dor dip Re (City of Sin x Chorus Line) X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 05.5a

2009-12-27T19:01:00.000-08:00

05-5a dor dip Re (City of Sin x Chorus Line) X Frequent Flyer

Sobek Da Capo (sdlg 01-33)

2009-12-27T18:46:00.000-08:00

Da Capo dor dip Re(Three Seasons x Siloam Shocker) X Frequent Flyer

Sobek 04.T10c

2009-12-27T18:41:00.000-08:00

04-T10c Bama Bound X (Broadway Valentine x Seasons Greetings)

Sobek 04-T10b

2009-12-27T18:35:00.000-08:00

04-T10b Bama Bound X (Broadway Valentine x Seasons Greetings)

Sobek 04.T10a

2009-12-27T18:31:00.000-08:00

04-T10a Bama Bound X (Broadway Valentine x Seasons Greetings)

Sobek 04.T5 and 04.T4

2009-12-27T17:59:00.000-08:00

04-T5 Mr Lucky X Bold Tiger & 04-T4 Bold Tiger X Mr Lucky

Sobek 02.T12

2009-12-27T17:53:00.000-08:00

02-T12 Don Stevens X Desperado Love

Sobek 00T.19b

2009-12-27T16:49:00.000-08:00

00T-19b Big Spender X (Reilly seedling x Lachman seedling)

Sobek 00T.19a

2009-12-27T16:27:00.000-08:00

OOT-19a Big Spender X (Reilly seedling x Lachman seedling)

Sale Announcement

2008-09-01T07:24:00.000-07:00

Darlyn Wilkinson at Greywood Farm has excellent prices on CLUMPS of Sobek introductions Busting Out All Over and Copper Chameleon.

** 2008 FABULOUS FALL SALE **

The sale ends 9/12/08.

About This Web Site

2008-08-16T13:53:00.000-07:00

Many hybridizers toil in regional obscurity, producing what are commonly known as "regional treasures": varieties with exceptional qualities that go unrecognized outside their home clubs. The New England Daylily Society has its share, and one of the foremost is my daylily mentor, Bob Sobek.

Bob is resolutely unwired, and so I have taken it upon myself to create a small site for him and his creations. Bob was persuaded to write a description of his breeding program and descriptions of his cultivars.

One caveat: it is nearly impossible to get the colors right in these images. Cameras often change the colors, and monitors vary all over the map.

I've slapped together this web site with Blogger. I'll continue to add things, but I expect Bob to edit these entries to add information and descriptions of his introductions and seedlings.

Amusingly, I've posted all the introductions with the date set to the year of introduction, so that they can be viewed in order of introduction.

I've copied in a few posts from the online daylily robin in 1999 that were about Bob. They're in the Welcome index.

I welcome other materiel for this site: I can append other photos and comments about the cultivars. Please contribute: if you email them to me, I'll put them in.

Mike Huben

Where to purchase Bob's Introductions

2008-08-15T05:09:00.000-07:00

Bob Sobek has introduced all his hybrids through Tranquil Lake Nursery.

Tranquil Lake (Philip Boucher and Warren Leach) 45 River St., Rehoboth, MA 02769 Ph. (508) 252-4002

Many other members of the New England Daylily Society (NEDS) sell some of Bob's daylilies at their own nurseries:

Harmon Hill Farm (Carl & Marlene Harmon) 49 Ledge Rd., Hudson, NH 03051 Ph. (603) 880-6228

Greywood Farm (Darlyn Springer Wilkinson) 85 River Rd., Topsfield, MA 01983 Ph. (978) 887-7620 Fax (978) 887-7625

Partridge Hill Gardens (Ellen Laprise) 23 Partridge Hill Road, Dudley, MA 01571 Ph. (508) 943-1885

Crossview Gardens (Leila and Harold Cross) 1801 Lower Elmore Mountain Road Morrisville, VT 05661 Ph. (802) 888-2409

Greene Acre Sales (Steve Greene) 36 Elaine Rd., Sudbury, MA 01776 Ph. (508) 433-8222

Biding My Time (Sobek 07)

2007-08-17T12:23:00.000-07:00

Biding My Time (Sobek 07) 30 L 4, Melon Polychrome, Dor Dip

Sobek IBSNE

2007-08-01T11:36:00.000-07:00

Sobek IBSNE (Sobek nr) ? E ?, Gold Self, Dor Dip
Itsy Bitsy Spider * Nutmeg Elf

An improvement on its SPECULATED parents.

Fulvous Brush Man (Sobek 06)

2006-08-17T14:40:00.000-07:00

No photo yet!

Fulvous Brush Man (Sobek 06) 39 L 5.75, Orange w'Dark Eye, Dor Dip
(Carol Sing * (Sweet Harmony * Pardon Me)) * Autumn Minaret

The Kind Of September (Sobek 06)

2006-08-17T12:26:00.000-07:00

The Kind Of September (Sobek 06) 30 VL 5.25, Lemon Self, Dor Dip

Red Dundancy (Sobek 05)

2005-08-17T14:47:00.000-07:00

No photo yet!

Red Dundancy (Sobek 05) 25 EM Re 3.12, Rose w'Dark Eye, Dor Dip

Busting Out All Over (Sobek 05)

2005-08-17T12:31:00.000-07:00

Busting Out All Over (Sobek 05) 14 EE 2.75, Melon Polychrome, Dor Dip Emo

Seventh Inning Stretch (Sobek 05)

2005-08-17T12:25:00.000-07:00

Seventh Inning Stretch (Sobek 05) 33 VL 4, Red Self, Dor Dip

First Rose Of Summer (Sobek 05)

2005-08-17T08:29:00.000-07:00

First Rose Of Summer (Sobek 05) 34 E 4, Pink Self, Dor Dip

Blueberry Trumpets (Sobek 05)

2005-08-17T08:28:00.000-07:00

Blueberry Trumpets (Sobek 05) 36 E 4, Purple Self, Dor Dip

Sobek 01.109

2004-08-19T11:32:00.000-07:00

Sobek 01.33 now DaCapo

2004-08-19T11:31:00.000-07:00