Anne Wrightenberry (Piotrowski 2020)
($100 SF)
30", 6", mid-late, Sev, Tet. Terminal Y + 1-2 branches, 21 buds. (Ruffled Pastel Cheers X Tae Kwon Do).
Medium amber yellow self with a green throat and tight ruffles along the petal margins. Starts blooming late midseason. Named for a friend and fellow daylily enthusiast.
36", 5" M Sev, Tet. Early morning opener. 6 way branching, 40 buds. (Electric Ladyland X Sandhill Shine).
Magenta rose bitone with a watermark and bright yellow-green throat. Electric Gypsy is a vigorous grower with thick, slightly serpentine, branched scapes. Ruffled petal edges sometimes show white and gold coloration.
Every Cinderella Has Her Midnight (Piotrowski 2021)
($100 SF) Sold Out
36", 6" Early-midseason, reblooms. Sev, diploid. Terminal Y + 2-3 branches, 22 buds. ((Bonibrae Smoke and Mirrors x Morpho Butterfly) X Ida Mae Norris).
Starts to flower early in the regular season and reblooms as the first scapes are finishing up. This purple star has a wide yellow-green throat with white highlights. Blossoms often have petals that are pinched along the midrib. Early morning opener.
Geometric Logic (Piotrowski 2001)
($50 SF)
35”, 6” M Sev, Tet, top branched, 15 buds. (Sultry X ((Dark Rosaleen x Atlanta Royalty) x (Mountain Violet x Persian Market))).
A big, ruffled, triangular pink flower with a faint halo and wide radiating yellow throat, darker veining and lighter midribs. Not as many buds as I like, but a pretty flower. And as is the case with many daylilies that have fewer buds, they open nicely and fully because the flowers don’t get hung up on neighboring buds and branches. I’m a fan of branching and bud count, but I also like flowers that open fully! This is another good parent for me, producing great seedlings.
Hemerovana (Piotrowski 2020)
27", 6" M Sev, Tet, terminal Y+1, 22 buds, EMO. (Ferengi Gold X Daisy Belle Thorp).
Hemerovana is a clean, clear medium yellow, with a flower shape that I love. It's an early morning opener so it's always looking bright and cheerful first thing in the morning. And since it's yellow, it has great staying power for the whole day. Seeing a clump in bloom always puts me in a good place!
Herman the Great (Piotrowski 2018)
(Held for Increase)
32”, 6.5” M Sev, Tet, terminal Y + 1-2 branches, 25 buds. (Alpha Centauri X Shirley My Love).
Named in honor of Herman Pruitt. Friend and mentor to many, Herman was generous, a leader, and a founding member of the Central Daylily Club. He is deeply missed in Region 15. This one needs to become established to do its thing; it produces short scapes the first year after transplanting.
Ithaka (Piotrowski 2001)
(Held for Increase)
27”, 5.25” EMRe Ev, Tet, terminal Y + 2 branches, 28 buds. (Kathleen Salter X Kalutara).
Always a joy to see this one blooming, very often a bouquet of flowers when established. The color begins as pale yellow, getting even lighter in full sun as the day progresses, leaving a large yellow throat radiating out onto the petals. This one is named to honor all daylily hybridizers; the journey is often a long and winding odyssey full of missteps, surprises, and rewards. It’s named for Odysseus's home; my way of incorporating Homer’s much loved poems with my daylily passion!
Joe Beitel (Piotrowski 2019)
($30 DF)
39”- 45”, 4.25” Late Dor, Dip, terminal Y/W + 2 branches, 30-35 buds. (Global Warming X Holly Hill Fall Harvest)
This one is named for my friend Joe Beitel, who was a pteridologist/botanist/taxonomist and teacher at the New York Botanical Garden. Joe preferred the species daylilies over modern hybrids, so this gives you an idea of what I had in mind with this one. This daylily is especially fitting for Joe because one of its grandparents is Autumn Minaret (parent of Holly Hill Fall Harvest), which is one of Dr. Stout’s hybrids from the species. Dr. Stout did his pioneering work studying the sterility of daylilies and other plants at The New York Botanical Garden, which is where Joe also worked. A good landscape daylily, these “plain” golden yellow flowers are a bright spot in the late garden.
50", 6", VLa, Sev, diploid, terminal Y + 2-3 branches, 22 buds, fragrant. ((Autumn King x Heaven Can Wait) X Delayed Arrival).
This one begins flowering when most others have finished. It generally starts blooming late July/early August in my central NC garden and will sometimes still have flowers in early September. Beautiful, tall, arching foliage makes an impressive clump. The color is mauve, becoming more pink as the day progresses. I've bloomed and kept many from this cross, and this one has consistently been my favorite. Almost instant rebloom scapes are shorter, and when in clump strength, positions flowers at varying heights. Early morning opener.
27", 7", early-midseason, Sev, Tet. Terminal Y with 13 buds. (Shirley Koch X Tet. Rose F. Kennedy).
Brilliant violet-purple with a triangular watermark and a wide yellow-green triangular throat. This daylily honors Frances and Gordon Marlette of the Eli Whitney community in North Carolina. Gordon was a farmer, fireman, and daylily breeder; Frances, an educator and daylily grower. Both were smart, witty, and always good company.
On the Shoulders of Chicago Giants (Piotrowski 2022)
($100 SF)
40", 6.5" EM Sev, Tet. 3-way branching, 18 buds. (Redclay Retro X Gimme Fever).
Vivid orange scarlet self with a wide yellow throat. Early blossoms are more "flat", later ones show recurved petals that sometimes twist; sepals recurve at their tips. Registered as an unusual form, crispate-cascade. This daylily honors the many pioneering hybridizers who were in the Chicago area. Looking at the lineage of this plant will uncover names such as Kraus, Fay, Hall, Griesbach, and Reckamp. Many gardeners and daylily hybridizers are grateful for what they have accomplished.
Patti Thorp (Piotrowski 2009)
(Held for Increase)
32”, 6” M Sev, Tet, terminal Y + 1-2 branches, 25 buds. (Trivia Pursuit X New Tangerine Twist).
Patti Thorp is another of my favorite intos, one of my best. It’s the color that I’m so pleased with…a rich, glowing orange-cream. The ruffled petals have raised ridges that intensify as the weather heats up. Lots of buds and lots of color on established plants.
Planet X (Piotrowski 2021)
($100 SF)
34", 7" Midseason Sev. Terminal Y + 2 branches, 20 buds are nicely spaced on the widely branched scape. (Elegant Girls X Lavender Blue Planet). This is a large triangular flower that is a rich violet-purple in the morning, fading to a matte purple by afternoon. Early morning opener.
40", 6.5" EM Sev, Tet, terminal Y+1-2 branches, 23. ((Angie Alabama x Mark Janssens) X Blazing Lamp Sticks).
This plant has also been in the seedling patch for a few years. The brilliant color and taller scape make it standout among other daylilies.
36" 7" Early-midseason Sev Tetraploid. Terminal Y + 1 branch, 16 buds. (White Eyes Pink Dragon X Tet Rose F Kennedy).
Starting early in the regular season, this large daylily has a big yellow-green throat with white highlights. The scapes have a very deep terminal V and one side branch. The form is strongly triangular but varies between equilateral and isosceles. Early morning opener.
