SEEDLING PAGE 8
T01-83
We have liked this seedling well enough since its first bloom but were bowled over by the quality of its breeding potential during the 04 season. Halfway through the 05 season, T01-83 became our second most used pollen parent. This was due to the babies that we saw for the first time this year. Here is one of the better ones. It does rebloom here with some reliability. However the scapes are a little shorter than we prefer. The blossom are out of the foliage though. The seedlings below make us think it qualifies as a very good breeder. The breeding is SHERRY LANE CARR X WISEST OF WIZARDS.
T01-83 is now a 2007 introduction, WIZARD IN THE SHADOWS. For further introduction on this cultivar see the 2007 introductions page.
'05 note of interest: All of the plants of T01-83 have been located in a bed on the north side of our little hill (actually an Indian signal mound). When the doe and her two fawns took up residence here this past summer this bed became one of their buffet restaurants. By the time I was able to persuade the three that there was a better place for them, they had eaten 95% of all the scapes in this 24' x 100' bed, 100% of the scapes on T01-83 were consumed. All the plants in this bed were numbered mature clumps selected in part for their scape production. Those dear deer ate well indeed. It was nice surprise late in the bloom season that rebloom scapes appeared on T01-83 in abundance. The heat and drought had almost eliminated any rebloom in most parts of the garden but here the plants looked like they were in full season. Daylilies are wonderful!
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This beauty is a cross of a grandchild of CLARIFICATION and WIZARD IN THE SHADOWS. When you click on the image you will see one example of why we now consider this '07 introduction a powerful parent in creating exquisite eyed/edged cultivars. The name arises from the contrast between the appearance of WIZARD IN THE SHADOWS and the appearance of the babies when bred to eyed/edged blossoms. We have gotten much better results from WIZARD IN THE SHADOWS than from the famous parent, WISEST OF WIZARDS.
T04-20
A sib to the above, T04-41, is this wonderful plant, T04-20. What has us excited is the combination of a gorgeous blossom with HEAVY production of flowers. There were three rounds of well budded/branched scapes. A seedling of sterling qualities. We started reusing the parent, T01-83, as soon as we saw this seedling bloom. The rebloom just pushed us to use the parent even more intensely. A favorite cross was 4-20 with Larry Grace's beautiful OLIVER BILLINGSLEA. The cross was a no-brainer. Given the vigor, beauty, and loooooong bloom, we expect this will be a future for introduction in a couple of years.