Author Archives: Mike

Black eye daylily seedling, Daylily Blog

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Mike

Southern black eyed daylily seedling I liked the black eye color combination of this daylily seedling. This may be one of the blackest eyes that I have ever seen. The razor thin edge could be taken into a teeth cross to … Continue reading →

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Pink Daylily Seedling with Green Edge, Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on December 27, 2010 by Mike

Southern Pink Daylily Seedling with Green Edge I like the chartreuse edge on this daylily seedling . The color was decent. The daylily water spotted  due to the bud cracked open at the tips and water getting in before the daylily actually opened up. … Continue reading →

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Blue Lake seedling, Daylily Blog

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Mike

It would be interesting to cross teeth into this southern daylily seedling out of Stamile’s Blue Lake to get patterned blue teeth. Mike

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Tet. Starchild seedling, Gray Face Daylily

Posted on December 25, 2010 by Mike

This southern daylily seedling is out of Tet Starchild. I like the gray face.  Mike

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What do you see? Daylily Teeth Seedling, Daylily Blog

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Mike

The reason I visit multiple hybridizer’s daylily gardens every year is to see what daylilies are on the horizon. Over the next Holiday week , I’m going to be showing seedlings from their gardens. Sorry I can’t tell you who they belong to. You’ll have to visit … Continue reading →

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ALAN LANE AGIN-RED FRIDAY,daylily teeth blog

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Mike

Here is a cross someone on a limited budget can make to get a tested high quality cross. Three   years ago I spoke to Linda Agin about her upcoming 2008 releases  of ALAN LANE AGIN http://agin.homestead.com/ALAN_LANE_AGIN.JPG and its sib, RED FRIDAY … Continue reading →

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FORESTLAKE DEVIL’S MISTRESS, Fran Harding

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Mike

FORESTLAKE DEVIL’S MISTRESS, Fran Harding Fran Harding acquired STARTLE from John Benz in a trade that sent FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN his way. Fran registered FORESTLAKE DEVIL’S MISTRESS (Sdlg x Startle) in 1998. FORESTLAKE DEVIL’S MISTRESS has been a parent for seed … Continue reading →

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STARTLE and Kids, Daylily Teeth Blog Mike Holmes

Posted on December 18, 2010 by Mike

STARTLING CREATION (Startle x Tetra Spindazzle) Pat Stamile took STARTLE into his line and introduced DEBUSSY (Magic Amethyst x Startle) in 1999. Arguably this could be an origin of the edge in Stamile breeding. The different between Gossard and Stamile … Continue reading →

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Heavenly Beginnings, Jamie Gossard ,Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Mike

Heavenly Beginnings, Jamie Gossard When Jamie Gossard saw a few STARTLE seedlings at John Benz’s that later became WHITE FANG and SHIRLEY FARMER, Jamie thought why not take STARTLE into a narrow form. After all John preferred rounder daylilies so his … Continue reading →

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STARTLE, Gene Beldon, Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Mike

Startle was hybridized by Gene Beldon and registered in 1988. It was a cross of (Broadmore Red x My Sunshine). MY SUNSHINE, a poly chrome of Reckamp’s provided the edge.A visual image of MY SUNSHINE is at http://www.montaukavalon.com/images/MySunshine.jpg . BROADMORE … Continue reading →

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Bonibrae Sharky, Barry Mathie, Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Mike

Bonibrae Sharky Over the past several months we’ve primarily talked about Tetra Spindazzle and its offspring and Forestlake Ragamuffin and its offspring.  It is clear that Dan Trimmer with Tetra Spindazzle and Fran Harding with Forestlake Ragamuffin, they provided two of the … Continue reading →

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Forestlake Briar Patch, Fran Harding, Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Mike

FORESTLAKE BRIAR PATCH, Fran Harding Fran Harding registered FORESTLAKE BRIAR PATCH in 2008. It is a cross of (Forestlake Lacy Bloomers x Forestlake Ragamuffin) To be honest with everyone, I was unaware that there was another BRIAR PATCH daylily in … Continue reading →

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