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. 'Runner Chick'

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Runner Chick
Hemerocallis ‘Runner Chick’ (Baxter, 2012)

Hemerocallis ‘Runner Chick’ is a tetraploid 2013 introduction.

H. 'Runner Chick' has a 5 ½" flower that is purple-lavender with a deeper bluish-purple eye. The edge of the eye and the edge of the petals are bordered by a darker tone of the purple-lavender base color. The petals are veined but the veining is much more distinct in the eye of the flower.

The blooms of H. 'Runner Chick' have a pleasant fragrance. Flower scapes are 30" tall on these hardy semi-evergreen plants. Blooms begin to open near peak season and I registered H. 'Runner Chick' as mid-late season cultivar.

For a tetraploid, H. 'Runner Chick' is a remarkably easy pod setter. For the 2012 bloom season it was one of the few tetraploids that set pods during the 10 day heat wave where temperatures were over 100° every day. In addition to this great quality that hybridizers seek, H. 'Runner Chick' was a huge favorite of garden visitors. Beautiful clear colors are a trademark of this new daylily variety!

Single Fans... $50.00

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