Christmas in Connecticut

Howard 2023

(Fairy Tale Romance x Robert W. Carr)

6”/32”; M,Sev,Tet, 2-way branching, 12 buds

Ivory with a slight gold edge and yellow green throat. It could use more buds. I almost discarded it several times but could not bring myself to do it. A couple of years ago a daylily with 12 buds won the Stout medal. So, my thought was to let the buyers decide if they like it. Fertile both ways.

Christmas in Connecticut is a 1945 movie starring Barbara Stanwyck. It’s about a food writer who has lied to her boss about being the perfect housewife. and she must use some deception when he and a war hero invite themselves for Christmas dinner. Yes-it’s schmaltzy, like any good Christmas movie LOL…$65

Love Lies Bleeding

Howard 2023

(War Horse x  Greatful Red)

7”/43”; MLa, Dor, Tet

5 way branching, 23 buds

Red bitone with darker halo, yellow green throat, and salmon edge, paler sepals with extended yellow green throat with irregular red outline. Excellent bud count and branching. Tall-a great plant if you are looking for something for the back of the border (see image). Fertile both ways.

Love Lies Bleeding is an Elton John song from his 1973 Yellow Brick Road album. It is actually the second part to the track—the beginning is Funeral for a Friend….$95/SF

Older Men Know Things

AKA “Older Men Think They Know Things”

Howard 2023

(The Year of the Shark X All Things to All Men)

6”/30”, MLa, Dor Tet

3 way branching, 18 buds

Medium orchid with a yellow halo and a toothy light-yellow edge. Fertile both ways. Limited due to advance sales. Display only.

Pink Teardrops

Howard 2023

(Leslie Rene X Kaskel seedling AKA Best Edge)

6”/30”, MLa, Sev, Tet

3 way branching, 16 buds

Pink-violet with a ruffled green-yellow edge, yellow halo, and green throat. Fertile both ways. Has survived our zone 6/5B winters in the ground and in a pot outside. Very pretty….

$75/Clump

Ragged Jagged Melody

Howard  2023

(Forestlake Tigerling Claws x Franjo)

4.5”/35”, MLa, Dor, Tet

3 way branching, 13 buds

Peach with a prominent toothy gold edge. Fertile both ways. Almost a Late. A combination of Harding and Matton genetics…$95/SF

Strut

Howard 2023

(Seedling X Tet Greetings Earthling)

5”/35”, MLa, Dor, Tet

4 way branching, 20 buds

Stippled medium orchid reverse bi-tone with quilled purple sepals, purple halo and green throat. The pollen parent, Tet Greetings Earthling, reverted and is no longer in existence. This is the only cultivar I am aware of with TGE genetics in it. Fertile both ways….$95

Sunny with a Chance of Wine

Howard 2023

(Spots Before My Eyes X Undefinable

5.75”/32”, M, Sev, Tet

3-way branching, 18 buds

 Pale yellow with variable patterned color breaks of pale purple and rosy brown stripes, spots and streaks. A few fans were sold in late 2022 on the lily auction. It has always shown broken color for me. Fertile both ways. Passes on broken color-not sure what % of the time. Striking and beautiful….$150

Symmetrical Sourpuss

Howard 2023

(Michael's Sword x Shaggy Pumpkin)

6"/28", M, Dor, Dip

2 way branching, 12 buds

Bisque with a yellow green throat bleeding into a violet halo. Fertile both ways. Sib to last year's Shotski. Always has the raised tissue in the throat. ….$175

Wallingford Flamethrower

We are Stardust

Howard 2023

(Long Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away x Dot Matrix)

6.5”/35”, MLa, Dor, Tet

3 way branching, 12 buds

Stippled crimson with quilled sepals and a yellow green throat. One of the coolest looking daylilies I have hybridized. Name comes from the song “Woodstock” written by Joni Mitchell, about the iconic 1969 music festival. Fertile both ways..$125/SF

Weird, True, and Freaky

Howard 2023

(Yankee Pinstripes x Ashee Dashee)

6”/30”,MLa, Dor, Dip

2 way branching, 13 buds

Violet with some striping and veining—50% double. I have not used this one much and am not sure of its fertility. Very unusual genetics….$45

True Sadness

Howard 2023

(Jellyroll Morton X Stolen Heart)

6.5"/40", M, Sev, Tet--fertile both ways

3-way branching and 16 buds

I have not seen any kids yet. I hope to do so the summer of 2023. It reminds me of a broken heart-and hence I named it True Sadness--a song I like by the Avett Brothers. The chorus goes like this:

 “I still wake up shaken by dreams
And I hate to say it but the way it seems
Is that no one is fine
Take the time to peel a few layers
And you will find
True sadness”

 Seth Avett says the song is about all of life’s tragedies we go through-- a breakup, the sickness or the death of someone who you love.

 THE SALES OF THIS ONE WILL BE BY THE LILY AUCTION ONLY--so I do not have a price. I will sell some in 2023 or 2024. I may sell some seeds in 2023 on the auction. It is an unusual color combination for the broken color genre.

Starman

Howard 2023

(Wolverine X Undefinable)

6.75”/28”, M, Re, Sev, Tet—fertile both ways

2-way branching and 14 buds

Will sometimes exhibit extra petaloid tissue

One of the largest and toothiest of this genre that I have seen. Every bloom is different, but they have always shown some color break. First blooms can be over 7”. It will pass on color breaks-not sure what percentage of the time…$195/SF