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. 'Moments That Linger'

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Moments That Linger
Hemerocallis ‘Moments That Linger’ (Baxter, 2012)

Hemerocallis ‘Moments That Linger’ is a 60% polymerous 2013 introduction.

H. 'Moments That Linger' falls into that color category of the true type reds without muddy undertones. I particularly like this flower as it seems to behave differently, yet wonderfully, depending on how much water it gets. I registered it as 6 ½ inches but after heavy rains it can go beyond 7 ½ and take on a more elongated appearance on 30 inch tall scapes.

At 60% it is not one of my highest percentage polymerous introductions but it has a remarkable ability to set pods easily and I feel this is an important plant for those hybridizers that need to increase their seed production. The parentage is unknown on this cultivar but I believe it does involve H. 'Carolina Octopus' either directly or one generation removed, however, I have not idea who the full-form flower was that shared the cross. I also feel that H. 'Moments That Linger' is an excellent plant to cross with both spidery type polymerous daylilies as well as full forms across all color ranges.

This diploid beauty is semi-evergreen and is in full bloom for the peak daylily season.

Single Fans... $50.00

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