Tag Archives: Startle

Brother Charles Reckamp, Dave Mussar on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Mike

Mike has asked me to be a guest writer on his blog and to put together some thoughts regarding Brother Charles Reckamp.  Thanks Mike, it will be my pleasure and hopefully of interest to your readers.  Just a little historical … 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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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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RUBY CORONA: a daylily to use for teeth hybridizing

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Mike

WHITE FANG x RUBY CORONA John Benz Nancy Olson asked  “Do you have any suggestions of a toothy cultivar that would enhance the height and branching and still keep the red prominent?” Looking for a tall toothy red daylily is … Continue reading →

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FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN Part 9, Daylily Teeth Blog Angelo Brunetti

Posted on November 5, 2010 by Mike

Critical Mass x Bass Gibson Angelo Brunetti Angelo Brunetti e-mailed me an image of a seedling that he hybridized. The cross is (CRITICAL MASS x BASS GIBSON). If you didn’t read the post on BASS GIBSON, you may want to … Continue reading →

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Forestlake Ragamuffin Part 3

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Mike

VENUS FLYTRAP The first registration out of FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN was FORESTLAKE LUNATIC FRINGE. The cross was [FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN X (sdlg x FORESTLAKE FRINGE BINGE)], registered by Fran Harding purveyor of fine daylily seeds, FORESTLAKE GARDENS. Fran had around 15 first … Continue reading →

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Tetra Spindazzle, Part 6

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Mike

Tetra Spindazzle grandbaby John Benz’s use of Tetra Spindazzle is most noted for his cross onto FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN.  John made 82 seeds with this cross.  After John saw the kids bloom he forgot all about the color he once worried over … Continue reading →

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Tetra Spindazzle, Part 4

Posted on October 16, 2010 by Mike

WOLVERINE WOLVERINE bloomed in my garden by chance. Years back, we had extra garden space and I had seen that Jamie hadn’t planted all of his seedlings so I offered to grow out a few hundred of them. Jamie included several … Continue reading →

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Do you like hooks, horns, and teeth ?

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Mike

In 1974 Orville Fay introduced a tetraploid daylily named Green Fringe that he hybridized in the late 1960’s.    I not being around in daylilies at that time, wonder what Orville must have thought when he saw fringe and teeth on … Continue reading →

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