Daylilies of North Carolina is the hybriding garden of Bobby Baxter that is at the forefront of the advanced development of polymerous daylilies. Located in Wake Forest, NC.

Bobby Baxter, 1620 Wait Avenue, Wake Forest, NC 27587           phone: (919 ) 569-5514          email: bobby@daylily.net

Baxter Design Services... I design, build, and maintain custom websites based on your needs and goals at very reasonable rates. Some of my clients are: Carolina Daylilies, Cottage Gardens, Don Herr Daylilies, Homeplace Gardens, Ledgewood Gardens, Rainbow Daylily Farm, Sterrett Gardens, Walnut Hill Gardens, Water Mill Gardens

 
 
H. 'Reaching New Heights' a 2012 introduction by Bobby Baxter

H. 'Reaching New Heights'
(Baxter, 2011)

H. 'Reaching New Heights' is not only one of my daylilies. "Reaching New Heights" is also a motivational statement and goal of Daylilies of North Carolina.

As a flower, H. 'Reaching New Heights', registered at 68", is one of the tallest daylilies of all time. The AHS Registration Database shows 43 registered cultivars of 68" or higher, and only 10 registered cultivars of 74" or higher. In 2010 & 2011, it exceeded 74" in my garden.

Motivationally, "Reaching New Heights" guides my hybridizing and passion for the daylily. As the leading hybridizer of high percentage (over 51%) polymerous daylilies with more than 20 registrations I am also an advocate of encouraging the promotion and advanced development of the form. By pricing my polymerous daylilies affordably and sharing information freely, I believe more daylily fanciers will grow & enjoy the polys, and more gardeners will be hybridizing them.

I also challenge hybridizers of the spider form of hemerocallis to work toward "eight-legged" spiders as genuine arachnids have.

     

H. 'Good Girls Do'

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Hemerocallis ‘Good Girls Do’ (Baxter, 2012)

Hemerocallis ‘Good Girls Do’ is a 90% polymerous 2013 introduction.

H. ‘Good Girls Do’ is a vivid and brilliant red drawing its vibrancy from its pollen parent H. ‘Moosa Pa Loosa.’ The form of this high percentage polymerous beauty is attributed to its pod parent H. ‘Redefining Genetics’ and paternal grandparent on both sides H. ‘Carolina Octopus.’ The slight chevron/eye is passed along from its fraternal grandparents on both sides which are H. ‘Chief Four Fingers’ and H. ‘Moana Gloria May.’

Genetically, H. ‘Good Girls Do’ is the pinnacle of a polymerous hybridizer’s fantasy turned reality. Not only does this cultivar have multi-generations of Baxter poly breeding, it also incorporates the outside influence of both the late Ned Roberts of spider and unusual form fame and Laurie Higgins from Australia.

Definitely a marvel for hybridizers as this cultivar is pollen and pod fertile, however, its value as a garden plant cannot be underestimated.  H. ‘Good Girls Do’ is hardy as a semi-evergreen and it is a vigorous grower. Its 7 ½ inch fragrant blooms sprout on nicely branched 30” scapes just as the peak season starts… continuing into the summer on rebloom scapes.  Typical of its lineage, the foliage is thin yielding blooms larger than you would expect.

Single Fans... $85.00      limited availability

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