Monthly Archives: April 2011

David Hansen on the daylily teeth blog

David Hansen shared this with us, “I have two toothy seedlings that are well endowed with teeth, and in looking at them this morning, I compared their teeth, and one seems to have more of the “teeth” form while the other … Continue reading

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Melanie Mason, Claudia Conway,Eddy Muers on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Claudia Conway,N.H. , writes “I really feel, as I have said before, that DLs are evolving towards toothy edges… From small bumps or knobby edges…we are able to make crosses that have a higher percentage possibility of teeth in the offspring…as … Continue reading

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David Kirchoff, Mort Morss, Roy Woodhall on the daylily teeth blog

In speaking with David Kirchoff last week, I asked him where the term “teeth” originated. David said the term possibly can first be attributed to three people. Betty Woods, Ra Hansen, and Mort Morss. Mort bloomed SHARK’S TOOTH (image one) in … Continue reading

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What are daylily teeth? Larry Welch

Larry Welch writes, Concerning “teeth,” my opinion is that the projections from the edge of the petals and/or sepals that are basically triangular in shape with the base of the triangle being along the outer edge of the petal/sepal if … Continue reading

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Sawteeth or Sawtooth Daylilies, daylily Blog

STIPPLED STARS X CRETACEOUS CRUNCH, Mike Johnson Welcome back. It’s been a busy weekend. Sandy and I had the pleasure of presenting programs to the HUDSON-ADIRONDACK DAYLILY SOCIETY in Albany New York. We stayed with Melanie and Bob Mason at … Continue reading

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Teeth Daylilies: What are they and what do they look like?

BASS GIBSON, John Rice VENUS FLYTRAP, Jamie Gossard In the AHS dictionary of Terms:  “Edges refer to the outer periphery of the petals and occasionally the sepals.”  Referenced to http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_dictionary/edges.html “Edges can be structural, i.e. have knobs, braids, tentacles, fringe, … Continue reading

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Define Daylily Teeth, Knobs, Tenacles, Hair, Fangs?

A reader writes “Hi Mike, I have reading your website and am wondering what creates teeth on daylilies.  Are they broken ruffles?  I’ve seen some teeth on daylilies which do not have toothy parents so I am wondering about it. I … Continue reading

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