Category Archives: Seedlings

seedlings from Mike and Sandy Holmes

Venus Fly Trap, Jamie Gossard, 2003-2008 ,On the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Mike

                Welcome back! I’ve been busy rebuilding the Region 2 AHS daylily site. http://www.region2daylily.org . Between working on all of my other AHS volunteer projects and my personal responsibilities, my Blog time has … Continue reading →

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BASS GIBSON A TOP TEETH DAYLILY FROM 2003-2008, John Rice

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike

Prior to Bass Gibson’s release , John Rice offered the daylily with naming rights at a MWS. The daylily sold for $700.00 plus dollars to Donna Gibson. Donna named the daylily after her husband Bass. As fortune would have it … Continue reading →

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Patterned Teeth a New Beginning, by Mike Holmes on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Mike

Patterned Teeth are coming. It all starts with a tooth. Last summer the daylily tooth fairy rewarded us with a new beginning! Patterned Chevrons complimented by a patterned tooth:) Thanks to everyone for their support and best wishes in continuing … Continue reading →

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EIGHT MILES HIGH SEEDLING, from Paul Lewis on the daylily teeth blog

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Mike

I remember first seeing Eight Miles High at Moldovan’s gardens. This past year I was using the pollen from a Lambertson daylily “Diamond Star Halo” which is a kid of Eight Miles High. Very nice purple color. I also have … Continue reading →

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More on Alan Lane Agin and Red Friday on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Mike

Thanks to everyone who commented to the post on ALAN LANE AGIN. A couple of questions that were asked are, What does it take to produce daylily teeth other than gold? What about Red Friday? What was the cross of … Continue reading →

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ALAN LANE AGIN, a Top Teeth Hybridizing Daylily 2003-2008

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Mike

When I first saw ALAN LANE AGIN in bloom, it was at Larry Graces.  I had talked to Linda soon afterwards about the daylily and she said ALAN LANE AGIN is good but the sib, RED FRIDAY, is great! So … Continue reading →

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Top Teeth Daylily in a five year period 2003-2008 by Mike Holmes on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Mike

A question that often comes up is, “What teeth daylily has made the most hybridizing impact in recent history?” To qualify for my evaluation, the daylily has to be a 2003 to a 2008 introduction and has had to been … Continue reading →

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Black Horns, By Mike Holmes on daylily teeth blog

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Mike

I spoke with John Benz today and we talked about the demand for his BLACK HORNS. John sold the “collection only” daylily on Mike Longo’s Lily Auction at a closing price of $780.00. He was very pleased that BLACK HORNS … Continue reading →

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Teeth on Unusual Forms by Sandy Holmes on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Mike

Several years ago I came home from Jamie Gossard’s garden and exclaimed to Sandy “Man alive, Jamie sure has some neat teeth UF seedlings.” Sandy snarled at me for not paying closer attention to her daylilies and shot back “what … Continue reading →

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What are daylily teeth? Larry Welch

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Mike

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

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Mike

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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Fortune’s Dearest Genetics, Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Mike

A reader posed the question about SHARK’S TOOTH in the Genetics of FORTUNES DEAREST. If I am understanding it correctly, then 1/16 of a daylily would significantly add significant “pattern” breeding value in a cross where 1/2 the genetics are … Continue reading →

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