Daylily Nut -- Hemerocallis 'Floozy'
2006 Registration
WETZEL (2006), EM Ext. fr. Dor. dip. 23", 5", 2 branches, 14 buds. Lavender, thin white midrib, yellow-green throat. [(H. 'Graceful Eye' x H. 'Peppermint Stripe') x H. 'Oceanside'] Seedling #98-04-25. Very fertile both ways.
From my experience, good ol' H. 'Floozy' is among my top 5% daylilies for health and vigor. I'm a sucker for plants that defy neglect and respond by rapidly increasing and still blooming freely. Add to that a pretty, if homely face that has a clear mark of distinction, and I can't help but feel that this plant is worthy of formal recognition. That's why I registered it. I have a policy of not registering anything whose distinction I can't clearly and unambiguously describe in simple terms. In the case of my dear H. 'Floozy', the distinction is simply her robust vigor in a flower that displays state-of-the-art clear lavender color. However poor H. 'Floozy' has two shortcomings which will prevent me from distributing her much except on special request. She has a limited bud count and has never rebloomed here in Maryland (therefore it has a bloom season limited to about three to four weeks).
At left I show the complete ancestry of the H. 'Floozy'. (A bigger version is available by clicking on the image.) On the top at left is H. 'Graceful Eye'. Top row Right is H. 'Peppermint Stripe'. The flesh colored flower below these, Seedling #94-02-05 is the result of this cross -- a flower with rather distinctive color and excellent vigor. When #94-02-05 was crossed with H. 'Oceanside' (middle row, left), H. 'Floozy' was the premier result. The other picture, at right, shows a mass planting of H. 'Floozy', which shows the fine proportion of scape to foliage, the healthy green foliage color, and the typical branching and bud count that can be expected. (You may also click on that picture for a larger view.)
Lavenders are notoriously difficult to capture photographically. None of the pictures on this page really do this daylily full justice. It is a lavender with clear white underlayment, which gives it a cool appearance that approaches a blue self when viewed by the light of early dawn or evening twilight on clear days. In my limited experience, I have not seen a lavender self which is any more "blue" than H. 'Floozy'. That is the color distinction which has caused me to feel that this flower should be registered.
The flower form of H. 'Floozy' is appropriately "relaxed" or "easy". This is best seen in the clump photo above at right. Combine that form with her extreme fertility (I don't think I've ever pollinated a flower that didn't produce a pod full of seed), and the image of a lady-of-questionable-repute flaunting a flouncy, irregular-hemmed lavender dress outside a steamy nightclub just naturally comes to mind!!
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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