Re: OT: daylillies
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- Subject: Re: OT: daylillies
- From: <H*@aol.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 17:42:34 EDT
From: <HIPSource@aol.com>
Merrily asked:
<< Is there such a thing as historic daylillies? >>
I don't know how or if the daylily people define historics, but there are
certainly some that have been in gardens for some time. Hemerocallis fulva has
been grown since the Renaissance.
I have a 1906 catalog from Bobbink and Atkins in NJ which also lists Hh.
flava, Middendorfii, Dumortieri, and Thunbergii in addition to Kwanso and
Kwanso plena. Also mentioned are two named Orangeman and Sovereign. A 1930
catalog from Dreer in Philadelphia mentions the same species plus one called
Florham. A 1941 Wayside Gardens catalog lists some additional hybrids
including Hyperion, Dr. Regel, J.A. Crawford, The Gem, and Mrs. W.H. Wyman.
Interestingly enough Hyperion--which is still widely grown-- is said there to
be a cross between Florham and a hemerocallis called Sir M. Foster. I'm
guessing that is Sir Michael Foster of Iris fame.
Anner Whitehead
HIPSource@aol.com
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