Daylily Nut -- Hemerocallis 'Icehouse Effect'
2006 Registration
WETZEL (2006), ERe ext. fr. Dor. dip. 22", 4", 3 branches, 20 buds Near white self above yellow-green throat. |{[(H. 'Stella de Oro' x H. 'Brocaded Gown') x H. 'Siloam Virginia Henson'] x H. 'Gentle Shepherd'} x H. 'Silver Run'| Seedling #00-07-22. Fertile both ways.
H. 'Icehouse Effect' is special to me because it provides an early splash of truly near white daylily color at a time when almost everything else that is blooming is a tired shade of yellow or gold. Its distinction, therefore, is its bloom season in combination with its pure coloration (it's faintly pink coloration makes it a tad whiter in appearance than H. 'Joan Senior').
An adventure in out-crossing, H. 'Icehouse Effect' comes from a long cross between a vigorous, early dormant cream-white pod parent and a soft "boiled cabbage" evergreen pollen parent (H. 'Silver Run'). Of several keepers from this long cross, H. 'Icehouse Effect' was the only one that is solidly "hard" dormant, and it was also the earliest. Its foliage is quite upright, deep green, and very free from the flaws from which many near-whites suffer. Flowers bloom at a consistent height, held just above the foliage.
As an added bonus, H. 'Icehouse Effect' will rebloom once in ML season here in Maryland. The number of rebloom scapes is limited compared to the primary bloom, so I don't consider its rebloom to be a major selling point. However it appears to possess genes for rebloom, which can be brought to very white flowers when combined with the right parents. I'm seeing some first year seedlings from it which are reblooming. The rebloom genes come from its great-grandparent H. 'Stella de Oro', and from its pollen parent, H. 'Silver Run', which is reputed to be the "white H. 'Stella de Oro'" in certain climates, notably in Europe (although H. 'Silver Run' has never rebloomed for me here in Maryland).
Below are photos of H. 'Icehouse Effect' in a small clump, and a color comparison with H. 'Joan Senior'. (Click on either image for larger sized pictures.)
And my garden friends also appreciate H. 'Icehouse Effect'! Click on the image for an up close and personal look.
The DaylilyNut Farm has never had rust. It is state inspected, and is located about 25 miles west of Baltimore, MD. In 2006 the garden was moved to a cold-pocket valley, on the boundary between USDA climate zones 5 and 6 (coldest winter night is about -10F).
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Pete Wetzel
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