Solaris Farms Daylily Introductions
for 2002-2003
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Cacophony.
2002 {(Brookwood
seedling x Janice Brown) x seedling}. M, Height 28", 25+
buds, up to 5" flowers, dormant, dip. Another very
unusual color which shows up differently than the picture (almost fluorescent). In any case, it is a pink-orange flower with a darker
watermark and gold throat. This solid grower and prolific long
bloomer has produced some excellent seedlings and sold out this past
summer. As the name would indicate it is somewhat noisy in
appearance, but a symphony at the same time. Great in a
clump! Very eye catching and quite different than anything on the
market. Fertile both ways.
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Artificial
Intelligence (A.I.). 2003
{(Electric x Ruffled Masterpiece) x Brookwood seedling) Height 36",
35 to 45 buds, 5.5" flowers, hard dormant, dip. Late season. Yeah
another yellow, so why register this? Easy! With a bud count
which sometimes reaches 45, 5 way wide branching, and incredible flower
form and substance it is a no brainer. The flower color is is a
bright yellow with a green cast and a large green throat. In the
north many plants never live up to the branching advertised, but A.
I. does (even on 2 fan plants). Many garden visitors look at this
and ask if it is a tetraploid, it's not. Perhaps the best plant
habit I've seen in a diploid daylily. Kind of pricey, but I've had
problems keeping it in stock.
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Cosmic Questions.
2002 {(Brookwood
Wow x Marie Hooper Memorial) x (Caribbean Whipped Cream x Brookwood Wow)}.
M, Height 20", 18+ buds, 5.5" flowers, dormant, dip.
Two wishes...I had more of it and it grew faster. Flowers have
outstanding form, waxy texture, and ruffling. Coloring is a soft
melon-gold, with a wonderful green throat. Cosmic Questions is a good
grower, but takes time to mature its rather large fans of blue green
foliage (patience will reward you). The plant has extremely sturdy scapes and flowers, which
stand up well in our windy climate.
Great parent and fertile both ways.
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Diane Bremer. 2002 {(Brookwood seedling x Ruffled Masterpiece) x Smokey Mountain
Autumn}. #AS1798. Height 25", 22 buds, 4.5" flowers,
dormant, dip, reblooms in September/Oct. This is perhaps the best plant I've produced to this
point. Diane Bremer is a fast grower, with good blue-green
foliage. Flowers are of a rich salmon-pink with a darker eyezone, round, and with a
ruffled or scalloped edge. Often 2 or three flowers are open at once
and may produce more buds per scape if not continually divided down.
Named for my mother, a longtime gardener. Everybody who sees it, wants it.
Produces wonderfully formed seedlings. Opens well in cold weather. Fertile both
ways. Please
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Quiet Earth. 2002 {(Music From Heaven x Brookwood seedling) x (Barbara Mitchell x
Cosmic Questions). M, Height 26", 18 buds, 5.5" flowers, dormant,
dip. Quiet Earth has plant and flower attributes difficult to walk
away from (large blue-green foliage, well formed flowers of waxy texture
and excellent presentation). Well ruffled flowers are light yellow-ivory
washed with light pink and are carried on heavy scapes (more yellow than
image, has gold wire edge). Very heavy
substance makes this a great plant for windy or very hot spots.
Flowers were extraordinary this past summer. Easy parent, produces
wonderfully formed double seedlings.
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Angels On High.
2003 {(Ruffled
Masterpiece x Pink Gloss) x (Siloam Little Fairy x seedling). Height
30", 25 buds, 4.5" flowers, dormant, dip. Mid
season. Elevated dancing flowers of dusty rose with a darker rose
eyezone. We really like this one, not a cutting edge type flower,
but the carriage and number of flowers is something special. Fast
increasing plants produce willowy scapes that carry multitudes of dancing
angels with lightly ruffled gowns. Scapes start out arrow straight
and gradually bend under the weight of the heavy and numerous
flowers. Plants require 2 years to show branching, bud count, and
unique carriage. Fertile both ways. Produces seedlings with
great bud counts, interesting eyezones and vigor, but they lack
fancy ruffling. AOH is an extremely fast increaser.
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Granny's Choice. 2003
Height
22", 24 buds, 4.5" flowers, dormant, dip. Mid
season. Great yellow with a super contrasting true red eye.
are lightly ruffled and held on incredibly sturdy scapes.
Heavy 4 way low branching. Plants have heavy, low arching foliage of
blue green color. Granny's Choice tends to grow rather slowly, but
is very
sturdy and makes a beautiful clump if left to grow a couple of years. A very unusual looking plant compared to most
things on the market. Garden visitors snapped this one up quickly in
2002-2003. Good stuff.
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Magenta Assault.
2002
{(Brookwood Mamasan x Janice Brown) x (Cacophony x Smokey
Mountain Autumn)}. EM/M. Height 27", 25 +buds,
4" flowers, dormant, diploid. While I would
have liked a larger flower with greater petal width, the color,
plant habit, and scape branching are outstanding. I've
been informed that the flower is not really magenta in color,
but it is an assault on the eyes. I'll probably need to
get better with my color recognition. The flower is a hot
pink-coral (varies with weather conditions) with a gold
throat. Petals have adequate ruffling. This is one
of those plants that is a garden magnet due to its color and
scape height. M. A. tends to produce rebloom scapes
immediately after the first flowers on the primary scape
open. Flower is superior to the photograph.
Excellent! Fertile both ways. Please
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