tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89150899047378681562024-03-19T01:01:59.082-04:00Diploids Resurgent<a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/">Mike Huben's northern-bred daylilies for real garden needs. Rebloom, diverse heights, graceful scapes, clear colors, ornamental foliage, and new combinations.</a>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.comBlogger93125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-70698324644258207912012-03-22T15:31:00.004-04:002012-03-22T15:32:11.152-04:002012 Introductions, Prices, Availability and OrderingI have three new introductions this year, and they are listed in two places, so I won't repeat them here.<br />
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The main sales site is <a href="http://www.harmonhillfarm.com/mikehuben.htm">Harmon Hill Farm</a>. They have prices listed for all my introductions this year except Twist Again.</div>
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If you would like to read longer descriptions and see tables of ancestry, descendants, and siblings for my introductions, they are at my new site (in development): <a href="http://huben.us/wiki/Introductions">Introductions</a>.</div>
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And of course, Ellen LaPrise at <a href="http://www.partridgehillgarden.com/">Partridge Hill Gardens</a> also carries my introductions.</div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-38595030060492864852011-12-27T17:08:00.000-05:002011-12-27T17:16:11.246-05:00Speaking Schedule 2012I speak frequently on a number of gardening and daylily subjects, in the US and Canada (so far.) Contact me to make arrangements.
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This post will be updated (and the posting date changed) as new lectures are scheduled. I am normally present at all NEDS meetings, and the spring and summer auctions.
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<a href="http://patriotdaylilysociety.org/">Patriot Daylily Society</a><br />
Saturday, January 7, 2012, noon to 3 PM, Bedford Library<br />
I'll be speaking on my hybridizing program.<br />
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<a href="http://www.chicagolanddaylilysociety.org/">Chicagoland Dayily Society</a><br />
Sunday May 20, 2012<br />
I'll be speaking on my hybridizing program.Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-69326124742856677282011-06-17T09:03:00.001-04:002011-07-10T21:52:15.356-04:00MH0923P<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the first cutie to open in my '09 seedling bed this year. While Stella is open all around town, it's not yet open in my garden (another 4-8 days), so I judge this to be an EE. The scape is excellent with 4 branches and more than 20 buds (I haven't counted carefully yet.) The fan is growing on either side of the scape, so I have hope that this is a rebloomer. Small, a little trumpety, and with a yellow color under the pink, but very well diamond dusted. Only one large fan so far. I'll probably breed with this one this year. It is a remake of cross MH0628, which produced a number of rebloomers in white, pink, and yellow and showed much green veining from Vanilla Stella.</div>
Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-64196323272844582722011-01-26T19:30:00.001-05:002011-01-26T19:34:03.653-05:002011 Hybridizing PresentationThis is big: roughly 70 meg. <a href="http://huben.us/daylily/neds11.ppt">neds11.ppt</a><br />
<div>The slides all have comments explaining more about the pictures. If this looks like something you'd like presented to your club, let me know.</div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-41602004203075983292010-11-09T09:26:00.001-05:002010-11-09T09:29:39.286-05:002011 Introductions<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/fullsize/Mike%20Huben.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="Mike Huben.jpg" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Mike Huben.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 0px;" /></a>This year I'm introducing two varieties from a new goal: <b>Tall and Small Reds and Purples</b>.<br />
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But before I get into that, first let me remind you of the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9e5205; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/06/clump-photo-contest-free-intros-as.html" style="color: #9e5205;">Clump Photo Contest! Free Intros as Prizes!</a></span> Only two people have remembered to enter so far: lots more can win.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">As a small-scale breeder, I don't introduce a fixed number each year: I introduce only the exceptional. And I have to wait until I have a supply. That would take a long time in my poor garden: I'm indebted to <a href="http://sobekdaylilies.blogspot.com/">Bob Sobek</a>, <a href="http://www.naturesdelights.biz/newintros.html">Martin Kamensky</a>, <a href="http://adenahems.blogspot.com/">Mike Derrow</a>, and <a href="http://www.harmonhillfarm.com/">Carl & Marlene Harmon</a> for increasing my seedlings.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I've been inspired by H. A. Fischer's hybridizing of tall and small flowers such as Corky and Golden Chimes. These have graceful, swaying scapes with lots of branches and buds and extraordinary plant characteristics. Unfortunately, he stopped about 40 years ago, and stayed in yellows. Stanley Saxton led the way into red tall-and-small with the extraordinary (but slow to increase and scarce) Red Spire. <a href="http://sobekdaylilies.blogspot.com/">Bob Sobek</a> has also worked on height, branching, color clarity, and sunfastness of reds and purples. I'm combining the Saxton and Sobek efforts to continue the tall-and-small theme into reds and purples and bring the flower colors and forms into more modern and diverse directions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">My tall-and-small Red Spire breeding in reds and red-purples has a naming theme based on 'blood'. I'm introducing these because not only are they exceptional garden plants, but they are excellent breeders passing on intense, clear colors, strong sunfastness, excellent increase, height and good branching.</div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-35748794712606730572010-11-09T09:02:00.001-05:002010-11-09T21:58:26.325-05:00Arterial Blood (Huben 11)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTAg-ksgwaol-Z6t8pLJkVaQYGq-63rIBeU0iHfOXsUxdJV63gnDPPbcpty3v5xuTg7R33KPqtDvGR3xLjd6YTKkzl7kOGNA9hPEOWO8pmNngBpeE_2azdul45Mquw2NTv8zFqXfZJNU/s1600/MH0377C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHTAg-ksgwaol-Z6t8pLJkVaQYGq-63rIBeU0iHfOXsUxdJV63gnDPPbcpty3v5xuTg7R33KPqtDvGR3xLjd6YTKkzl7kOGNA9hPEOWO8pmNngBpeE_2azdul45Mquw2NTv8zFqXfZJNU/s400/MH0377C.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Red clarity in daylilies has many enemies: sun, thrips, and dull color. Arterial Blood is more sunfast than most (though it will slick on particularly bad days and recover in the evening.) I reject most reds from my garden because they are less sunfast. But its particular strength is in thrips resistance: resisting those winding trails that blemish the petals of so many purples and reds. In my unsprayed garden, </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Arterial Blood seldom shows any markings. Dull red color is another bane in my garden: I despise it. Often it is due to a yellow throat and base color underlying a weak red. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Arterial Blood's rich, deep coloring over a pale base color and green throat make this one of the more brilliant flowers in the garden.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">The children of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Arterial Blood are quite diverse, but some are showing excellent clarity, sunfastness, height, branching, budcount, thrip resistance, color saturation, and rhyzomatiousness. Colors vary from reds to red-purples to black-reds. See </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9e5205; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/07/mh0875b.html" style="color: #9e5205;">MH0875B</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal;">and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #9e5205; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: -1px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/07/mh0873d.html" style="color: #9e5205;">MH0873D</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> for examples.</span></div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-40095108693573550502010-11-09T09:01:00.000-05:002010-11-09T09:01:48.942-05:00Venous Blood (Huben 11)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQOy1T32rPaQrZQmJDRKu6xAGwMWteTax1PXYVB0b7osEZLT39k1NDF2zDxVjHvv6omVBJDhqLoB2zv1ciAhu6ft5T6a5VFtjb22ANwlySLhW46C_JFUq_ug5KHaez61CnWVcj5LWy0s/s1600/MH0379B.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQOy1T32rPaQrZQmJDRKu6xAGwMWteTax1PXYVB0b7osEZLT39k1NDF2zDxVjHvv6omVBJDhqLoB2zv1ciAhu6ft5T6a5VFtjb22ANwlySLhW46C_JFUq_ug5KHaez61CnWVcj5LWy0s/s400/MH0379B.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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<img alt="Venous Blood (Huben 11)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Venous Blood.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/11/venous-blood-huben-11.html"><br />
<b> Venous Blood (Huben 11) </b></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">50 M 4.5, Purple Self, Dor Dip</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Tall-And-Small</b></span> Purple.</b> Bright, clear, velvety, in-your-face, red-purple blooms. Sunfast, 34 buds, 5 branches. Vigorous increase!</div></div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">$50 sf</div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/snowy-stella-huben-07.html"><br />
<img alt="Snowy Stella (Huben 07)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Snowy%20Stella.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/snowy-stella-huben-07.html"><br />
<b>Snowy Stella (Huben 07)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">24 E Re 3.25, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> The whitest northern rebloomer, available at last! Very rapid increase.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">$80 df</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/early-and-often-huben-01.html"><br />
<img alt="Early And Often (Huben 01)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Early%20And%20Often.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/early-and-often-huben-01.html"><br />
<b>Early And Often (Huben 01)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">26 E Re 4, Peach Polychrome, Dor Dip Ext Fra Noc</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> Starts 5 days after Stella De Oro. Very rapid increase. HM 2006.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">$15 df</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-darkness-comes-light-huben-10.html"><br />
<img alt="From Darkness Comes Light (Huben 10)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/From%20Darkness%20Comes%20Light.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-darkness-comes-light-huben-10.html"><br />
<b>From Darkness Comes Light (Huben 10)</b></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">34 E 3.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip Noc</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Dark Scapes.</b> A breakthrough! Cream blooms on inky purple scapes, 25 buds, 4 branches. Exceptional plant habits!</div></div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/ace-up-my-sleeve-huben-10.html"><br />
<img alt="Ace Up My Sleeve (Huben 10)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Ace%20Up%20My%20Sleeve.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/ace-up-my-sleeve-huben-10.html"><br />
<b>Ace Up My Sleeve (Huben 10)</b></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">22 E Re 4, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> Increases slowly, but an exceptional breeder of continuous rebloomers.</div></div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/boston-marathon-huben-10.html"><br />
<img alt="Boston Marathon (Huben 10)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Boston%20Marathon.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/boston-marathon-huben-10.html"><br />
<b>Boston Marathon (Huben 10)</b></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">24 E Re 3.5, Pink w'Rose Eye, Dor Dip Noc</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> A pretty pink rebloomer with a great green throat. Blooms until frost.</div></div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/let-me-be-clear-huben-10.html"><br />
<img alt="Let Me Be Clear (Huben 10)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Let%20Me%20Be%20Clear.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/let-me-be-clear-huben-2010.html">Let Me Be Clear (Huben 10)</a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">26 EM Re 4, Pink w' Faint Band, Dor Dip</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> The clearest pink rebloomer. Excellent foliage. Blooms until frost.</div></div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/a-small-multitude-huben-10.html"><br />
<img alt="A Small Multitude (Huben 10)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/A%20Small%20Multitude.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/small-multitude-huben-10.html">A Small Multitude (Huben 10)</a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">44 EM 2.5, Gold Self, Dor Dip Noc</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Tall And Small.</b> Minute, species-like spatulate flowers on tall, well-branched scapes. Extraordinary breeder.</div></div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/umpty-kajillion-huben-10.html"><br />
<img alt="Umpty Kajillion (Huben 10)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Umpty%20Kajillion.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/umpty-kajillion-huben-10.html"><br />
<b>Umpty Kajillion (Huben 10)</b></a></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">42 E 3.5, Melon w'Cream Polychrome, Dor Dip Emo</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Tall And Small.</b> 40 buds, 6 branches. Exceptionally floriferous, terrific scapes.</div></div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/12/vanilla-stella-huben-09.html"><br />
<img alt="Vanilla Stella (Huben 09)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Vanilla%20Stella.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/12/vanilla-stella-huben-09.html"><br />
<b>Vanilla Stella (Huben 09)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">18 E Re 3, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> Starts 10 days after Stella De Oro. Very rapid increase.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></td></tr>
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<img alt="Begin With A Bang (Huben 09)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Begin%20With%20A%20Bang.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/09/mh9952b.html"><br />
<b>Begin With A Bang (Huben 09)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">34 EE 4.5, Red Blend, Dor Dip</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Starts blooming a week before Stella De Oro, and blooms well into mid season. Extraordinary foliage.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/01/vanilla-gorilla-huben-08.html"><br />
<img alt="Vanilla Gorilla (Huben 08)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Vanilla%20Gorilla.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/01/vanilla-gorilla-huben-08.html"><br />
<b>Vanilla Gorilla (Huben 08)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">44 M 8, Cream Self, Dor Dip Ufo</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">A striking, tall UFO with excellent branching and budcount.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/ice-trumpets-huben-07.html"><br />
<img alt="Ice Trumpets (Huben 07)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Ice%20Trumpets.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/ice-trumpets-huben-07.html"><br />
<b>Ice Trumpets (Huben 07)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">30 E 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip Emo</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Resembles an Easter Lily: no other daylily like it. Excellent budcount, blooms high above foliage.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></td></tr>
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<img alt="Sunshine On Clouds (Huben 06)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Sunshine%20On%20Clouds.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/sunshine-on-clouds-huben-06.html"><br />
<b>Sunshine On Clouds (Huben 06)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">26 E Re 4.25, Cream w'Pale Midrib, Dor Dip</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Early Bud Builder.</b> Brilliant pale cream, very long blooming. Breeds strong rebloomers.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">$30</div></td></tr>
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<img alt="Kanai Sensei (Huben 06)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Kanai%20Sensei.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/kanai-sensei-huben-06.html"><br />
<b>Kanai Sensei (Huben 06)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">18 E Re 3, Melon Polychrome, Dor Dip Emo</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> Very rapid increase, could be used as an edger.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Held for increase.</div></td></tr>
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<img alt="Twist Again (Huben 03)" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Twist%20Again.jpg" style="cursor: move;" /></a></div></td><td><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/twist-again-huben-03.html"><br />
<b>Twist Again (Huben 03)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">28 E Re 5, YellowGreen Self, Dor Dip Noc</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> No other northern rebloomer has this color. Green holds in the sun.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<b>Delicate Lace (Huben 03)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">18 E Re 4, Cream Self, Dor Dip Fra Ext</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> A rock garden daylily: small plant, large bloom. Very rapid increase.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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<b>Flowers Of Sulphur (Huben 03)</b></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">20 E Re 4.25, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Vfr Ext Emo</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><b>Northern Continuous Rebloom.</b> A total self: even the throat is the same pure yellow.</div></td><td align="center" width="10%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">I'm thrilled that my introductions are being sold through both Harmon Hill Farm and Partridge Hill Gardens. I highly recommend both gardens for the quality of the plants they ship, good service, and their excellent selections. <b>Partridge Hill Gardens ships internationally. </b>Please contact them to purchase, but feel free to contact me with questions about the introductions.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.harmonhillfarm.com/">Harmon Hill Farm</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Carl and Marlene Harmon</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">49 Ledge Rd.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Hudson, NH 03051</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Phone:(603) 880-6228</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:harmonhill25@comcast.net">harmonhill25@comcast.net</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.partridgehillgarden.com/">Partridge Hill Gardens</a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Ellen Laprise</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">23 Partridge Hill Road</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Dudley, MA 01571</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Phone: (508) 943-1885</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">E-mail: <a href="mailto:gentian1@charter.net">gentian1@charter.net</a></div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-69255518910359971092010-07-09T22:33:00.000-04:002010-07-09T22:33:48.106-04:00My new bed.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEsGoMK4ISk-hUTY9Hksxip9N1y00ytfnrPPpF3AA2zYUCPCvaEX3HZS7XchZCHHnQWu_sIWW44PixjSumsObfpedxHiBqv6IS2ou9Z7Jpk6k8KY3xI0jn96C9XF5B4zK5HbDDgVVXn4/s1600/flare+bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEsGoMK4ISk-hUTY9Hksxip9N1y00ytfnrPPpF3AA2zYUCPCvaEX3HZS7XchZCHHnQWu_sIWW44PixjSumsObfpedxHiBqv6IS2ou9Z7Jpk6k8KY3xI0jn96C9XF5B4zK5HbDDgVVXn4/s640/flare+bed.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There are several gardening staples that I've resisted for the past 20 years that I've gardened here in Arlington. The first is collecting Hosta: I've only picked up a few over the years. The second, big one, is actual landscaping efforts. My beds have always been very cottagey: stuffed full of a hugely diverse assortment of perennials with a few annuals trialed here and there. But I had a problem: 5 yards of very soil-like 3 year old compost. I complained to the supplier, and he brought me fresher compost, but he asked me to keep the old compost so that he wouldn't have to load it back into the truck. Thus, my slightly elevated new bed, 25 feet by 5 feet between my house and a neighbors, extending from the base of my Bigleaf Magnolia (<i>Magnolia asheii</i>) nearly to the base of an elm. Bright shade conditions, and easily watered. My neighbor had inherited a few hostas along the property line, so I placed my bed against them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">So now I've made a bed that my landscaping friends would at least consider passable. Pretty much all hostas, mostly in groups of three (including the really large ones.) I taper down to smaller hosta at the end near the elm, and I've filled it with coleus and impatiens to make it pretty until I get more coverage from the hostas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I selected hostas that I thought had good leaves (especially slug resistance) and that also have nice flowers. They are:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Guardian Angel'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta nigrescens</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Little Blue'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Sugar And Cream'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'One Man's Treasure'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Purple Lady Fingers'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Golden Scepter'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta plantagenea</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta plantagenea 'Venus'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Diamond Tiara'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Halcyon'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Whirlwind'</div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Little Wonder'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Wet Bikini'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Hosta 'Popo'</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I put a little European ginger where eventually it might get overtaken by the biggest hostas: no loss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There's a large reserved spot for Hosta 'Winter Snow', if I can find one. And I have spaces for a little Hosta venusta and about 2 other small hostas yet to be chosen. Between Steve Greene, Blanchettes, and Seawrights, there's no shortage of choice of hosta.</div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-61836703171818349722010-07-09T19:28:00.000-04:002010-07-09T19:28:17.656-04:00MH0873D<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGrjMLcg86VGWBSI9LZXkjf-VLsQDrCF9IHyesePUOSlML-RjwgmjVgok8d_H0Mq_hbHTk_rrADVmKI6eoOkYgpH7v1QeLbAxXrZs-47PqNyVwObLB9H8XN_T4V7DtUwPeSmP8w34_wc/s1600/MH0873D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGrjMLcg86VGWBSI9LZXkjf-VLsQDrCF9IHyesePUOSlML-RjwgmjVgok8d_H0Mq_hbHTk_rrADVmKI6eoOkYgpH7v1QeLbAxXrZs-47PqNyVwObLB9H8XN_T4V7DtUwPeSmP8w34_wc/s400/MH0873D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;">Yet another really sunfast dark red-purple! Not as clear a color as <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/07/mh0875b.html">MH0875B</a>: the polite term is "smoky" and some people like that color. I think it comes from underlying yellow (and the throat shows a fair amount of yellow.) Here it is after an 90 degree day of blistering sun and breeze that burned, melted, faded and bleached many other dark-colored daylilies.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;">It seems that the most significant effect of all that sun was to remove the stamens. Secondarily, the bloom is slightly lighter colored.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: auto;">Another feature of this plant is that the first scape is a perfect 4-branched scape; it has 2 long laterals and a terminal V. I'm making the obvious cross to <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/07/mh0875b.html">MH0875B</a>; other crosses will be onto the clearest-colored sunfast seedlings. Maybe a backcross onto Red Spire.</div></div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-85461120480356182732010-07-07T20:18:00.001-04:002010-07-09T19:15:14.551-04:00MH0848D<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzxuTD7NMSootBtCHTxSBiylbh-66NoZCPfn1Vhy15dSwq8eXo6vdM8anDXgUcXfnM_N5xDMPbhvdgper_hrewm64tc45_7NbijlvmxL6_ALlS8pPT3liYoSeDcmX_XCMx-nuzFR7CKk/s1600/MH0848D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzxuTD7NMSootBtCHTxSBiylbh-66NoZCPfn1Vhy15dSwq8eXo6vdM8anDXgUcXfnM_N5xDMPbhvdgper_hrewm64tc45_7NbijlvmxL6_ALlS8pPT3liYoSeDcmX_XCMx-nuzFR7CKk/s400/MH0848D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
38 EM 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip<br />
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</div><div>At last, I've gotten a great scape on a tall-and-small near-white trumpet. I love the way the petals are a little above the sepals: the strong recurve gives MH0848D a beautiful sculptural appearance from the side view. Over a yard tall, with 5 branches and 21 buds. MH0848D is a sibling to the much whiter <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/01/mh0461f.html">MH0461F</a>: I remade the cross long because despite the perfection of form and color, MH0461F never developed a decent scape and hardly increased in 6 years. But the off-white color is very interesting: it looks to me as if there is a green sheen over the petals and sepals. If you enlarge the picture, and look at the top petal and sepal where they curve backwards, there is a darker, greenish shade. I've noticed that in a number of other seedlings this year. Only one fault: the blooms start to senesce in the early evening.</div><div><br />
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</div><div>What to cross it with? Why, its sibs of course. And everything else that's really white and needs a better scape, such as <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/01/mh0447a.html">MH0447A</a>. And my light lavender bicolor, <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/07/mh0853l.html">MH0853L</a>, tall trumpet on trumpet. And MH0751A, a very curious kid of MH0461F that is a greenish yellow with vigor, a taller scape, and just as good branching and budcount.</div><div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A breakthrough in green-throated whites! I'm not entirely sure, but it looks as if there is a green sheen over the centers of the petals and especially the sepals. A lousy plant with few buds and melts a bit on bad days. This was from a cross I deliberately made for green on white. The parent MH0416A (below) was cream, but shrieked green at me, so I put my best near-white rebloomer onto it. I just love the big, looping ruffles: my favorite kind. And the "gaposis" (sepals visible between the petals) shows more green throat to its advantage. The petals and sepals are fully reflexed, and it opens perfectly. No sign of rebloom yet this year, but there's still time. The pod parent is from rebloom lines, and the pollen parent is one of the continual rebloomers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I want a brighter color, smaller flower, taller and better branched scape as my goal. But this is an impressive stop along the way. The pod parent, MH0377C, is a smaller, taller, brilliant, velvety red that isn't nearly as sun resistant. Maybe I'll backcross to it. The pollen parent, Purple Sphere by Kirby (below) is one of the clearest strong purples I know of and not sunfast. But it is a horrible performer for me in my poor growing conditions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div>There are two sibs that are also worth keeping: they are more purple, slightly shorter, and just as nice. Any of these are good enough to introduce. They stand out in a row of sibs that may look nice, but melt badly (as both parents can) or open poorly (as Sobek 93.36 does.)</div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-5698912737795562532010-07-02T20:40:00.000-04:002010-07-02T20:40:52.176-04:00Visit to George Doorakian<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The phone rang, and I received the summons. I had a guest: I commandeered him and his vehicle. I had a doctors appointment: the heck with it. We raced to Bedford, because George Doorakian wanted to show us his latest. They don't really need any comment beyond "ooooh, aaaaahh!"</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This sib to </span><a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2010/06/mh0735m.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MH0735M</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> was last year's tantalizing wait. It was the first thing in the bed of 1000 seedlings to throw up a scape, and that scape was the blackest I'd ever seen in my garden. That was late May. It then halted development, and waited until July to open its first bloom. I've never seen a halt in scape development like that before. When it finally bloomed, I was jubilant because it was not simply yellow. It starts off with a fair amount of yellow (photo below), but that fades in the sun leaving melon (photo above.)</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div>I've been waiting for this one to open with bated breath, worried that it might be yellow or cream rather than melon. The branching and budcount are so good: 4 branches and 33 buds that I count today on the first flower opening. The darkness of the scapes is slightly exaggerated in this photo, and the scape is not quite as dark as on its sibling MH0735X, but it has long branches, delightful height above the foliage, and red backs of the sepals with black tips. The green throat accents the bright melon (slightly brighter than pictured) color beautifully. This pollen will go onto everything this year! A true extra early: Stella De Oro is about due to open, but hasn't yet. Excellent progress towards near-white on dark scapes! Larger, taller, and with more buds than its parent <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/from-darkness-comes-light-huben-10.html">From Darkness Comes Light</a>, and also with excellent foliage.</div>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-86954381702835103572010-06-06T10:59:00.001-04:002010-06-06T11:24:25.524-04:00MH0708C<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1s4WDv9gdNpsrkhFccdxwfxX3g7rOKI48KHYBlwjg-sZiNCngA3nYd7lMDjwUlzJDahqX6IEsOWlZ8CI_08pmpWNEJFoRVcTTead52QKqiX8ygn2BxsrLb__1i-Fihn7NMu-4q2JgBI/s1600/MH0708C.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1s4WDv9gdNpsrkhFccdxwfxX3g7rOKI48KHYBlwjg-sZiNCngA3nYd7lMDjwUlzJDahqX6IEsOWlZ8CI_08pmpWNEJFoRVcTTead52QKqiX8ygn2BxsrLb__1i-Fihn7NMu-4q2JgBI/s400/MH0708C.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This extra early rebloomer starts at least a week before Stella De Oro, June 1 this year in my garden, and roughly the same time as its parent </span><a href="http://sobekdaylilies.blogspot.com/2008/08/busting-out-all-over-sobek-05.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Busting Out All Over (Sobek 05)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. As you can see in the comparison below, it's a much clearer cream color than the melon polychrome BOAA on the left.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br />
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So here's the deal. I'll send a free introduction of mine for the best clump photos of my cultivars. I'm planning on between 3 and 12 winners. You don't have to be the grower, just the photographer, and the picture is mine to use if you win. I'll post the winners late summer or fall here. Prizes will be shipped in spring: I'll provide a list of choices.<br />
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Please don't send in 500 pictures at a time: just a few of your best will do.<br />
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Click away! Send pictures to me at <a href="mailto:mike@huben.us">mike@huben.us</a> in as high a resolution as they come.Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-23629346924571194862010-02-10T08:39:00.000-05:002010-02-10T08:39:22.958-05:00Bearers Of Beauty: Understanding ScapesFor some reason, I forgot to link to a copy of my Spring '09 article until now:<br />
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<a href="http://huben.us/daylily/ScapesHuben.pdf">Bearers Of Beauty: Understanding Scapes</a>Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-57760282281884021002009-12-27T15:15:00.000-05:002009-12-27T15:15:04.419-05:002010 Introductions<a href="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/fullsize/Mike%20Huben.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="Mike Huben.jpg" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/thumbs120/Mike Huben.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; float: left; margin: 0 10px 10px 0;" /></a>This year, for the first time, I'm introducing six varieties. Three from my long-running <b>Continuous Rebloomer</b> lines, including my first two pinks. And at long last I'm able to introduce some hybrids from my newer goals, <b>Dark Scapes</b> and <b>Tall and Small</b>.<br />
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As a small-scale breeder, I don't introduce a fixed number each year: I introduce only the exceptional. And I have to wait until I have a supply. That would take a long time in my poor garden: I'm indebted to <a href="http://sobekdaylilies.blogspot.com/">Bob Sobek</a>, <a href="http://www.naturesdelights.biz/newintros.html">Martin Kamensky</a>, <a href="http://adenahems.blogspot.com/">Mike Derrow</a>, and <a href="http://www.harmonhillfarm.com/">Carl & Marlene Harmon</a> for increasing my seedlings.<br />
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I've been inspired by H. A. Fischer's hybridizing of tall and small flowers such as Corky and Golden Chimes. These have graceful, swaying scapes with lots of branches and buds and extraordinary plant characteristics. Unfortunately, he stopped about 40 years ago. Bob Sobek has worked in a similar vein with Aerial and Echo The Sun. Now I'm taking the tall and small theme beyond the merely yellow: into creams and melons and towards white and pink. Along the way, I am introducing rebloom into these lines. Aerial already has some darkness in its scapes: I'm increasing the darkness and bringing the flower colors and forms into more modern directions.<br />
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Continuous rebloomers have been my main focus, and this year I'm introducing light pinks with good colors. The Apps continuous rebloomers, while excellent plants, have usually lacked the light, clear colors we crave.<br />
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And finally, I'm introducing some of these because not only are they exceptional garden plants, but they are excellent breeders passing on rebloom, dark scapes, melon (in addition to yellow) and good branching.Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-65562479702910155112009-12-27T15:14:00.002-05:002010-07-05T21:03:54.132-04:00From Darkness Comes Light (Huben 10)<a href="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/fullsize/From%20Darkness%20Comes%20Light.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="From Darkness Comes Light.jpg" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/400x300/From Darkness Comes Light.jpg" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
<b>34 E 3.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip Noc</b><br />
(Aerial * Boston Symphony) * <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2009/12/small-multitude-huben-10.html">A Small Multitude</a><br />
Seedling number: MH0231D<br />
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A breakthrough! I've long admired the dark scapes on Corky and Golden Chimes, but I wanted to get away from the yellow to cleaner, brighter colors. Here's a distinctive light cream self with wide petals, ruffles, and plenty of green in the throat on inky purple scapes! The buds add to the beauty with their intriguing dark shading at base and tip. This one should win an award.<br />
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">From Darkness Comes Light is incredibly floriferous because it has high scape density. It rapidly increases to a beautiful, fountain-shaped clump where each of the slender fans has a splendidly branched scape with up to 25 buds and 4 branches (in my poor garden.) The graceful dark scapes come from Corky ancestry on both sides; neither parent has more than a touch of darkness on the scapes.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;">Dark scapes seem elusive: from some angles they appear black, while from others they appear green. Heat, moisture, and light seem to affect how dark the scape is in my garden: I expect that the scapes will be much darker in most other gardens than in mine. This picture exaggerates the contrast a little, and only the last 8 inches of scape are colored for me, but the scapes are beautifully purple. Not as deeply purple as Sir Blackstem, but far more graceful and beautiful. These scapes stay erect unless they are heavily podded.</div><div><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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Another distinctive feature of From Darkness Comes Light is the extraordinary quality of the foliage. This year I noticed that it showed no signs of senescence or disease at Harmon Hill Farm at the end of August. Unlike the gnarled, stubby foliage of Sir Blackstem, this foliage is graceful and slender. The photo above was taken August 31st.<br />
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From Darkness Comes Light is terrifically fertile, setting pods either way with ease. First results have shown some seedlings with excellent branching, much darker scapes and exciting bud colors. A few have left the yellow behind, and are melons or clear, pale reds. I've made a LOT of seed from this one!Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-32187318370666180872009-12-27T15:14:00.000-05:002009-12-27T15:14:12.340-05:00Ace Up My Sleeve (Huben 10)<a href="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/fullsize/Ace%20Up%20My%20Sleeve.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="Ace Up My Sleeve.jpg" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/400x300/Ace Up My Sleeve.jpg" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
<b>22 E Re 4, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip</b><br />
<a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/sunshine-on-clouds-huben-06.html">Sunshine On Clouds</a> * <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/early-and-often-huben-01.html">Early And Often</a><br />
Seedling: MH0067D<br />
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I knew from the first rebloom that this northern <b>continuous rebloomer</b> would be an introduction. It was my first near-white continuous rebloomer. Then I knew that I would never introduce it, because it increased extremely slowly in my yard. After three years, I had three fans. I sent one to Mike Derrow, and it increased like crazy under his more southern care, enough that I can now introduce it anyhow.<br />
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And this is one that you want if you breed rebloomers. It throws great kids: all of my near-white rebloomers are kids of Ace Up My Sleeve. It can throw size, wide petals, whiteness, green throats, and rapid increase. It only has 9 buds per scape, but routinely throws three sets of scapes for me with the bonus that all the sets of scapes are the same height. And it is very fertile, setting big pods with lots of seed. In its own right, Ace Up My Sleeve is quite pretty. It blooms about 2 weeks after Stella De Oro.<br />
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This is not a plant for gardens as miserable as mine, unless you need it for breeding. In gardens with better conditions, it should be quite good. For breeding, it is one of a kind.Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8915089904737868156.post-45055520875906484652009-12-27T15:13:00.002-05:002009-12-27T15:13:57.679-05:00Boston Marathon (Huben 10)<a href="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/fullsize/Boston%20Marathon.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="Boston Marathon.jpg" src="http://huben.us/daylily/blog/images/400x300/Boston Marathon.jpg" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
<b>24 E Re 3.5, Pink w'Rose Eye, Dor Dip Noc</b><br />
<a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/frequent-flyer-kendall-03.html">Frequent Flier</a> * <a href="http://hubendaylilies.blogspot.com/2006/12/early-and-often-huben-01.html">Early And Often</a><br />
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Boston Marathon does not know when to quit: it is one of my strongest <b>continuous rebloomers</b>. The color has variable amounts of pink and apricot (as you can see below), but always has a triangular form and that gorgeous triangular green throat. There's no other northern rebloomer that looks like it.<br />
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First flower open is about a week after Stella De Oro, and it doesn't quit until the season's finish line at frost. (At Harmon Hill Form: in my garden it is satisfied with three sets of scapes.) The scapes have the typical low budcount of a rebloomer (10, which is more than Stella), but they just keep coming, without a break. It's a vigorous plant making a tidy, tight clump that divides easily.<br />
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I use Boston Marathon extensively in my breeding: it throws lots of strong rebloomers when crossed with strong rebloomers. It carries white and color clarity, and the kids can range from melon to pink to white, with and without eyes, wide or narrow petalled. If you want to breed for light, clear-colored rebloomers, this is the one of mine that I recommend.Mike Hubenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01371469964446567690noreply@blogger.com2