Daylily Nut -- Seedling #05-30b
Future registration (click on any picture for a larger view)
M slight fr. Dor. dip. 22", 5.5", 3 branches, 14 buds. Purple, lighter watermark, wide white midrib, yellow-green throat. ({NT x [LNS x PS]} x {JLM x [T x (H x PS)]}) x (CS x {O x [GV x PS]}).* Seedling #05-33. Fertile both ways.
*NT = Hemerocallis 'New Testament', LNS = H. 'Lake Norman Sunset' PS = H. 'Peppermint Stripe', JLM = H. 'Jedi Little Mike', T = H. 'Tani', H = H. 'Hamlet', CS = H. 'Charleston Snow', O = H. 'Oceanside', GV = H. 'Grape Velvet'.
Here is the first product of 20 years of hybridizing for wide, bright white midribs that I consider to be worth registering. The flower is distinctive -- the pattern stands out across the garden, and the plant is strong and healthy. The flowers are held evenly right above the foliage, so it presents superbly as a clump. The flower color is bright and luminous and the foliage is a bright, very disease-free blue-green.
I've documented the saga of this hybridizing effort fully on the hybridizing for prominent white midribs page. There you can find much more about the genealogy of #05-30b, which was given the informal garden name of "Triple BTO watermark" after its two parent seedlings and its subtle watermark feature that distinguishes it from a sibling that was also kept for evaluation. Without repeating the information on the midrib page, I will just show photos of the two parent seedlings below, both of which have proven to be exceptional parents.
In order to get a true luminosity to this flower, the underlying flower base color must be as near white as possible while retaining a vibrant dark overlay. The balance of these two contrasting colors in a wide midrib pattern is what makes #05-30b distinct.
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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