Rain Forest (Sobek 95)

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Rain Forest (Sobek 95) 28 ML 5, YellowGreen Self, Dor Dip
Cool Spice * Beauty To Behold

Palmistry (Sobek 95)

Palmistry (Sobek 95) 36 ML 8.5, YellowGreen Self, Dor Tet

In Strawberry Time (Sobek 95)

In Strawberry Time (Sobek 95) 18 EE 3.25, Rose Blend, Dor Dip Noc Ext
Rose Cherub * Stella De Oro

There aren't many nicely shaped four inch rose flowers blooming with the earlier golds and yellows; in fact, this is the only one I know of. It shares with Three Seasons the fault of being a nocturnal that loses its substance in the afternoon, more seriously in hot, humid weather. It is a valuable breeder for earliness, for rebloom, for pink and for melon and again, with one parent being Stella I can no longer be a bit surprised by a well-branched scape with a mere 24 buds.

Copper Chameleon (Sobek 95)

Copper Chameleon (Sobek 95) 32 ML 3, Black Blend, Dor Dip

Sobek 91.35C

Sobek 91.35C (Sobek nr) 30 E 2.5, NearWhite Polychrome, Dor Dip Emo
Promises Promises * (Pardon Me * In Strawberry Time)

Sobek 90.47

Sobek 90.47 (Sobek nr) 48 E 4, Lavender Bitone, Dor Dip
Iron Maiden * Sobek 86.41

Sobek 90.34A

Sobek 90.34A (Sobek nr) 24 M 4, Red Self, Dor Dip
City Of Sin * Pardon Me

Sobek 89.38B

Sobek 89.38B (Sobek nr) 18 M 3, Red Self, Dor Dip

Sobek 89.28

Sobek 89.28 (Sobek nr) 60 M 3.5, Lavender Bitone, Dor Dip
Sobek 86.1B=(altissima * Lullaby Baby) * Sobek 85.9C=((Jersey Beacon * With Bells On sib) * altissima)

Sobek 88.40A

Sobek 88.40A (Sobek nr) 60 EM 3.5, YellowGreen Self, Dor Dip
altissima * Past Forgetting

Sobek 88.13G

Sobek 88.13G (Sobek nr) 32 E 2.75, Pink w'Wine Eye, Dor Dip
Stella De Oro * Siloam Red Toy

Three Seasons (Sobek 90)

Three Seasons (Sobek 90) 21 EE Re 2.62, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Noc Ext
Suzie Wong * Bitsy

This is my first introduced Stella-type rebloomer. It typically blooms three times per season here (2=lowest, 4=highest). Like other Stella-types it likes frequent division for maximum bloom; about every four years is good. Its color is the cool yellow I like so much better than the lemon-to-gold shades that are so commonplace. I almost didn't introduce it because this nocturnal, opening around supper time, will sometimes have its edges start to go the following afternoon; I decided that this fault was not major and did not begin to cancel out the merits of this cultivar including color, grace, floriferousness; in short, this is an excellent landscaping daylily.

Melon Extract (Sobek 90)

Melon Extract (Sobek 90) 30 ML 3.6, Melon Self, Dor Dip

Just A Formality (Sobek 90)

Just A Formality (Sobek 90) 29 M 4.75, Orange Blend, Sev Dip

Echo The Sun (Sobek 90)

Echo The Sun (Sobek 90) 41 M 3.25, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Ext Noc
Purity * Stella De Oro

This was one of the plants that taught me a seldom discussed truth about Stella -- that Stella carries genes for fantastic bud count! I have had 61 buds on a single scape of this cultivar. A tall (40 inches or so) background landscaper in a clear bright sunshine yellow with no lemon or gold in it, this is a rare shade of yellow. I have only one other cultivar in the yard with this color: Stevens' tet Sunkissed Love. With all the yellow breeding going on you wonder why so much that is released is lemon. I once made a cross on Echo The Sun pollinating every flower on the clump for just two days. There were 32 flowers all-told; all 32 podded, resulting in a harvest of 1100 seeds!

Cool Spice (Sobek 90)

Cool Spice (Sobek 90) 36 M 5.25, YellowGreen Self, Dor Dip Noc Ext Fra
White Formal * seedling

Cool Spice: This is my second favorite of all. Its place in the garden might be similar to that of old Hyperion. Like that old chestnut it is very fragrant, it is an even greener cool- yellow, and where I think it beats all comers is its 36 hour bloom. It is a nocturnal that opens 8 p.m. on day one and is still out at 8 a.m. on day three. I have occasionally accidentally repollinated a cross done the day before. It is narrow-segmented but not a spider. Although individual scapes might have a bud-count only in the upper teens, the very high scape count and staggered bud opening give you a lot of flowers for a very long time. Very fertile and an important breeder and landscaper.

City Of Sin (Sobek 90)

City Of Sin (Sobek 90) 25 M 4.25, Red Self, Sev Dip
Little Business * Rose Cherub

This flower is an extremely bright clear rose-red with a very green throat. It has been out a while now and I have seen nothing cleaner in this color range.

Backstroke (Sobek 90)

Backstroke (Sobek 90) 39 M 2.5, Yellow Self, Dor Dip

Sobek 86.41

Sobek 86.41 (Sobek nr) 30 M 3, Red Self, Dor Dip
Corky * Pardon Me

Face To Face (Sobek 89)

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Face To Face (Sobek 89) 29 EE Re 4, Gold Self, Dor Dip
For Openers * Stella De Oro

Goldora (Sobek 89)

Goldora (Sobek 89) 26 EE 2.5, Orange Self, Dor Dip

Sobek 84.76B

Sobek 84.76B (Sobek nr) 30 EM Re 3, Melon Self, Dor Dip
Aerial * Stella De Oro

Aerial (Sobek 85)

Aerial (Sobek 85) 34 M 2.5, Gold Self, Dor Dip
Corky * Purity

A gold sib to Toy Trumpets with the outer scapes in the clump leaning outward while the center ones are upright giving a bouquet effect. It reminds me of a shorter Golden Chimes (which always fell over for me, unfortunately. This one won't.)

Sobek 81.50A

With Bells On (Sobek 84)

With Bells On (Sobek 84) 37 M 5, Rose w'Wine Eye, Evr Dip

Toy Trumpets (Sobek 84)

Toy Trumpets (Sobek 84) 33 M 2.63, Yellow Self, Dor Dip
Corky * Purity

Toy Trumpets: The favorite of all my introductions, it is the hardest to fault. From an odd-ball cross of chest-high altissima hybrid Purity with multiflora-branched miniature Corky came many seedling with a similar fault; they combined the height of Purity with the thin scapes of Corky and promptly fell over. Toy Trumpets did not. With clear light-to-medium yellow miniature trumpets this plant is a study in grace. Its foliage has vase-shaped fans framing thin but very erect 30 inch scapes with wonderful branching and budcount. The scape count per clump is very high also. Extremely dormant. This plant is enormously weather and pest resistant. I know of nothing else like it!

Pumpkin Time (Sobek 84)

Pumpkin Time (Sobek 84) 37 L Bu 5.25, Orange Self, Dor Dip
Cartwheels * Burning Daylight

Opal Princess (Sobek 81)

Opal Princess (Sobek 81) 35 ML 5, Pink Blend, Dor Dip Ext
For Openers (= Renee * Winning Ways) * Hope Diamond

Opal Princess: This flat, ruffled ML polychrome is a child of my first introduction For Openers which was named because 1) it was my first introduction and 2) it throws seedlings that open well. For Openers was a plain gold; Opal Princess is a delicate blend of pastel tones. Pretty!

For Openers (Sobek 81)

For Openers (Sobek 81) 36 M 4.5, Gold Self, Dor Dip Ext       Renee X Winning Ways