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.

Hemerocallis ‘Time To Play’ (Baxter, 2012)

Hemerocallis ‘Time To Play’ is a 60% polymerous 2013 introduction.

H. 'Time To Play' is a semi-evergreen cultivar and registered as an early season opener. It is fragrant and the 5 inch diploid blooms sit atop 20 inch scapes.

H. 'Time To Play' is offered as part of my continuing effort to encourage the development of polymerous daylilies by existing and new hybridizers. Priced very affordably, H. 'Time To Play' has wonderful genetics as it is the progeny of H. 'Grapefruit Guts' × H. 'Pancake Platypus'. Additionally, this flower is an extremely easy pod setter and makes huge pods that are full of seeds. Identifying high percentage polymerous daylilies that have recognized poly genetics and have the ability to set pods readily is the foundation of a good hybridizing program. Without the ability to set seeds, the development of polymerous daylilies will grind to a halt. In this spirit, I offer H. 'Time To Play' and H. 'Moments That Linger' as very inexpensive new introductions this year.

In my own hybridizing I plan many specific crosses with a vision of what will result. However, the frustration of making the "perfect cross" and then not producing a pod is infuriating as some plants are just more relunctant than others. In my arsenal, I maintain plants such as H. 'Time To Play' and H. 'Moments That Linger' because I know they will easily set pods when I whip them heavily with my best poly pollen. A two step approach like this ensures a successful hybridizing season and keeps my blood pressure where it needs to be.

Single Fans... $40.00

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