Lafayette Lady (2025) was a gift plant for the 2025 Region 2 Summer Conference held in Lafayette, Indiana. (Unknown X Unknown)

Last Chance for Love is a great addition to the late garden. The tall scapes (42 inches) boast 5 way branching and 28 buds. The rose pink flower is 6 inches across with white midribs and a darker rose band with a yellow to green throat with a cream edge on sepals and a slightly toothy edge on petals. It is very fertile, make large pods with many plump seeds (as many as 20 seeds). It is a dormant tetraploid and will rebloom. (Ruffled Strawberry Parfait X Sonoran Desert Rose)

Last Man Standing (Benz, 2000) is a dormant tetraploid with 4.5 inch rose red bitone flowers about a green throat. Its scapes are 26 inches tall (taller in our garden) with 5 branches and 45 buds. It is registered as a rebloomer, but we have not observed that in our garden. It is fertile but you have to give it time to get well established before it will set pods. (Red Lightning × Angel's Smile)

Last Train to Clarksville is a 5.5 inch flower on a 24 inch scape with 3 way branching and 14 buds. It is a late blooming, dormant tetraploid. It is a welcome sight in the late garden. (Cactus Blossom X Never Too Late)

Madame Cheeseball has a scape of 40 inches with 3 way branching and 15 buds. The seven-inch flower is golden yellow with light orange shadings with tiny teeth on the petal edges and a small green throat. It is a midseason dormant tetraploid. Madame Cheeseball was named for character from a play our daughter Michelle and our son Koda wrote when they were little. Michelle took the role of Madame Cheeseball. (Up Against the Sun X Horns)

Mayan Warrior is a golden yellow tetraploid with a deep maroon trianuglar eye and matching edge. The throat is yellow to green. It has 24 inch tall scapes with 4 way branching and 20 buds. We have seen as many as 30 buds on a scape. It is a midseason, semi-evergreen tetraploid. It has rebloomed for us. (Pumpkin Prince X Gavin Petit)

Melanie's Smile from Bryan Culver of Canada, has been in the garden for several years and does well here. Melanie's Smile has 36 inch scapes with 4 branches and 25 buds. It is a mid-late, semi-evergreen tetraploid with 5.5 inch flowers of ruffled rose red with a light white watermark above a large green throat. (Irish Rover × Elizabeth White)

Moon over the Wabash was a gift plant for the 2025 Region 2 Summer Conference, held in Lafayette, Indiana. (At Sunset X Forestlake Ragamuffin)

Muy Caliente! is a great daylily for garden display. It is a bright red orange 5.5 inch flower with a yellow to green throat. It has 36 inch scapes with 3 way branching and 16 buds. While the bud count is not that high, a clump produces so many scapes that it seems to be in bloom for a long time. It blooms mid-late and it is a dormant tetraploid. We have seen it rebloom in our garden. A grower in Oklahoma reports that it is quite sunfast in her hot climate. (Apache War Dance X Sea of Cinders)

Never Too Late (Mason-M., 2010) is registered as a very late blooming dormant tetraploid with 5 inch garnet purple bitone flowers with a pink watermark and a bubbly gold edge. Its scape is 26 inches tall with 4 branches and 20 buds. Never Too Late is one of the most colorful among our late bloomers. It is also quite pod fertile as well. ((Royal Braid × Time Warp) × Charmed Existence)

Odontos (Matton 2015) was planted last spring after being shipped from Canada. It will excited to see what it does this year. It is registered at 26 inches with a bloom of 5.5 inches. It is a midseason blooming, semi-evergreen tetraploid. It has 3 ranches and 20 buds is fragrant and will rebloom. It is red with a green throat and many chartreuse teeth. (Bass Gibson × Shamrock Blush)

Peter Pan's Kiss has a 30-inch scape with four-way branching and an average of 20 buds. With flowers 2.25 inches across, it is a true miniature. It is a midseason semi-evergreen diploid. The flowers are gold with a small rose band and yellow to green throat. It is a vigorous grower that increases rapidly. It was not registered as reblooming, but it rebloomed nicely in 2025. (Penny's Worth X Cosmopolitan)

Some people think Princess of Alexandria is one of the best of Roy Klehm's hybrids. It is a dormant tetraploid with golden orange blend 6 inch flowers on scapes of 34 inches. It blooms midseason. It is quite pod fertile once it gets established. It is always hard to find. Klehm's Song Sparrow Farm and Nursery apparently carried it for only one season.

Professor Ninglecut has a 37 inch scape with 3 way branching and an average of 15 buds. It is a six-inch medium violet flower with a slightly darker band and ivory to light yellow and violet teeth with a yellow throat. The presence of the violet coloration on the teeth makes this daylily interesting addition to the garden and potential an important breeder for colored teeth.
Professor Ninglecut is named for a character in a play written by two of our children. Koda, our son, took the role of Professor Ninglecut. We choose to name a purple daylily after this character because he wore a purple vest. Check out Madame Cheeseball, the role our daughter Michelle took. (Forestlake Laura Lee Harding X Bass Gibson)

Raggedy Man (Seifert, 2012) is an dormant tetraploid daylily that blooms late season. It has 5.5 inch luscious orange blooms with a wide yellow throat and a matching yellow toothy edge. Its scape is 29 inches tall with 3 branches and 18 buds. If you like the color orange and teeth, this is a must to grow. It is also quite fertile. (Mexican Sunrise × Ruffled Strawberry Parfait)

Red-headed Dragon Muffin is a great daylily for those who love teeth. The bright red petals have a yellow edge on sepals and petals with big teeth. The triangular throat is yellow to green. The 5.75 inch flower is on 33 inch tall scapes with 3 way branching and 13 buds. It is fragrant and is also a rebloomer. Red-headed Dragon Muffin is named for our son-in-law, Dustin, who thought there was (or should be) a daylily with this name. (Lady Stephanie Victoria Redding X Rosy Spiketail)

Rocky Top is an excellent daylily for garden color. It is 37 inches tall with 4 way branching and 25 buds (some scapes had as many as 32 buds). It is a pinched crispate uf. The flowers are 7 inches of right golden yellow with a red eye and yellow to green throat. Tiny teeth line the petal edges. It's a mid-season, semi-evergreen tetraploid. At first Rocky Top was not what I was looking for in a yellow daylily with a red eye. At the time, I wanted to breed the bagel forms. Bob, however, liked it from the beginning. As the years went on, my appreciation for ufs increased and I realized the charm of this daylily. It is fertile both ways. (Back Draft X Identity Crisis)

Rosalie's Smile (Morss, 2010) was quite a find. We bought it because it is late blooming and we really found a gem. It is a semi-evergreen tetraploid with 32 inch scapes with 4 branches and 29 buds. It flowers are 5 inches and are described in the American Hemerocallis Society database as butter yellow with a bold plum eye and edge above a green throat. To our eyes, the color is soft melon. The melon with the plum eye makes for a striking flower. The database says it is a rebloomer, but we have not observed that in our garden.

We have had our eye on Rosie Cotton's Ribbons since the first bloom. Rosie Cotton's Ribbons is a semi-evergreen tetraploid with a 5.5 rich rose pink flower with yellow toothy edge. It is 22 inches tall with 2 branches and 13 buds. It is a early-mid season bloomer and reblooms well in our zone 6a/5b garden. On rebloom it often shows doubling. It is a good increaser and is fertile both ways. One of the characteristics we like best about this daylily is the rich smooth rose pink coloration. Unlike other so-called pink daylilies, it never shows any peach tones. (Chance Encounter X Forestlake Ragamuffin)

Rubies and Gold has the prettiest red flower with teeth that we have ever seen. The brilliant bright red color and the heavy gold edge is a standout in our garden. Like its pollen parent, it makes a rather petite plant. The scapes are an average of 31 inches with 3 branches and about 15 buds. The blooms are 5 inches It is a midseason, semi-evergreen tetraploid. The brilliant red flowers have a yellow to green throat. (Sea of Cinders × Happy Holidays to You)

We have been using Rubies and Gold in our hybridizing. Crossing it with strong growers with taller scapes, such as Wolverine or Love All Serve All, has given us the vigor and height of scape that we desire.

We were not able to line out any this fall so we won't have any available until 2027 and then it will be rather limited as it is a slow increaser.

Ruffled Strawberry Parfait (Reckamp-Klehm, 2003) is a dormant tetraploid daylily with 6 inch cream and pink pastel blend flowers above a gold throat. It also has a toothy edge. Its scape is 28 inches tall. Ruffled Strawberry Parfait has been an important parent in breeding for teeth. It is quite pod fertile.

Sandra Elizabeth (Stevens-D., 1983) is a very late blooming dormant tetraploid with 6 inch deep yellow self flowers. Its scape is 28 inches tall. It won an Honorable Mention in 1993 and the Eugene S. Foster Award in 1993 as well.

Shards of Narsil is one of the toothiest daylilies we have produced. We also like the lively pink coloration with the rose band and a yellow to green throat. Additionally, it is one of the latest to bloom in our garden. The scapes are 30 inches tall with 3 way branching and 15 buds. The flower is 5 inches across. It is a dormant tetraploid. (Chomp X Ruffled Strawberry Parfait)

Shirley Koch is from Canadian hybridizer Reggie Morgan. It has scapes of 34 inches with 3 branches and 14 buds. It is a midseason, dormant tetraploid with 8 inch flowers of a deep purple with a large watermark above a green throat. It is classified as an unusual form spatulate. This gift to our daughter in 2018 bloomed for the first time in 2019. We are happy to have this in our garden. The plant has large showy flowers and it is quite fertile too. (White Eyes Pink Dragon × Blue Beat)

Sihir is from Canadian hybridizer Daniel Matton. It is registered as a 30 inch scape with 5.5 inch flowers. It has 3 branches and 16 buds. The summer of 2018 was its first one in our garden, having been shipped in the spring. We plan to use this in our toothy programs.

Sonoran Desert Rose is a dormant tetraploid daylily with 6.5 inch light red bitone flowers with a more intense eye and some gold edge. It is registered with a 36 inch scape with 3 branches and 20+ buds. However, in the summer of 2019, it had 6 way branching with scapes of 40 inches and a bud count of 30-40+. It is a late bloomer and very fertile both ways. Sonoran Desert Rose has become one of our most important breeders. It is very fertile and it is giving offspring with wonderful plant habit, nice eyes and teeth. One of its offspring, Last Chance for Love, is new for 2025. (Ashwood Summer Sunshine X Cactus Blossom)

Stabia is from Canadian hybridizer Daniel Matton. It is registered at 53 inches with a 6 inch bloom. It is an unusual form crispate with magenta flowers with a large purple eye. It is a semi-evegreen tetraploid that blooms midseason with 4 branches and 16 buds. (sdlg × Freewheeling)

Tepin (Culver-B., 2016) was new for us in 2018 and we have not yet seen it bloom. It is registered with 35 inch scapes with 4 branches and 25 buds. It is a midseason, semi-evergreen tetraploid with 5 inch ruffled yellow gold flowers with a bright clear red eye and bold edge about a green throat. (Flamingo Carousel × Dragon Master)

Terrorsaur (Gossard, 2018) is new to the garden in the fall of 2018. It has 30 inch scapes with 4-5 way branching and 18-24 buds. It is a late season, early-morning opener, dormant tetraploid with rebloom and very good rust resistance. It is recommended by the hyridizer for USDA zones 5-10. Terrorsaur has rich, sunfast blood red color and teeth of white, gold and even red on both the petals and the sepals. We are excited to add this to our toothy program and our late-blooming program.

Toe the Line is a daylily with interesting sepals. The flower has dark purple petals and sepals. The petals have a thin white edge while the sepals have a broader white edge. The 5 inch flower is on a 32 inch scape with 3 way branching and 19 buds. It blooms mid-late and is a semi-evergreen tetraploid. It is pod fertile. We haven't tested the pollen yet. (Charmed Existence X Rattlesnake Rake.

TrueNorth Eye in the Sky (Hobbs, 2017) is a Canadian-bred daylily. It is a dormant tetraploid with 32 inch scapes with 3 way branching and 20+buds. It is an early midseason with 5.5 inch fragrant flowers. The flowers have a dark lilac purple eye and ruffled whide edge which stands out against the near white petals. It is fertile both ways. (Seedling x Bonibrae William the Great)

TrueNorth Queen Bee (Sixth Sense X New Paradigm) comes from Canadian hybridizer Tim Hobbs. It is a dormant tetraploid blooming early season with 34 inch scapes with 3-4 way branching and 15 buds. The flower is 5.75 inches and is deep saturated golden yellow with large burgundy eye and a fine wavy burgundy edge. According to the hybridizer, it sets pods easily and is fertile both ways.

We've Only Just Begun is one of two fulva hybrids we introduced in 2025. This first generation offspring of fulva 'Yunnan' and Empire of Dawn and Dusk has proven to be a great addition to the hybridization program. Nicknamed 'Best Edge,' this daylily has been used to create many seedlings with eyes and edges in various shades of yellow and white with red, pink, or maroon eyes. The hope is that these seedlings have an increased measure of hardiness and resilience. We've Only Just Begun has 43 inch tall scapes with 3 way branching and an average of 15 buds. The 5.75 inch flower is light golden yellow with a light red eye and matching edge and a star-shaped yellow to green throat. It is an early midseason, dormant tetraploid. (H. fulva 'Yunnan" x Empire of Dawn and Dusk)

White Lace and Promises is an exciting new addition to the near-white with an eye category of daylilies. It inherits this near-white coloration from its pollen parent, Empire of Dawn and Dusk, which has proven to be a color clarifier in our garden. The 5.5 inch flower has an orchid pink eye and matching edge with a yellow to green throat. The scape is 30 inches tall with 3 branches and 15 buds. It is an early season, dormant tetraploid. (Remembered Kisses X Empire of Dawn and Dusk)

Witch King of Angmar is a great dark daylily for garden display. It features 6 inch maroon flowers with a slight watermark. The maroon moves into a red over yellow area before going to a yellow to green throat. Its scapes are 36 inches tall with 4 way branching and 24 buds. We have seen 6 way branching with 38 buds. It's a great grower and quite hardy in our zone 6a west central Indiana garden. It is a mid-late and semi-evergreen tetraploid. We have also seen rebloom. It is a sibling to 2021's Elderberry Wine. (Ebony Jewel X Barracuda Bay)