IDA MAE NORRIS seedling 03-3 (TAKE MY HAND X SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE) 7" DOR 34" M DIPLOID This is the new flagship of the SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE line. IDA MAE NORRIS is one of the most beautiful of all our introductions to date. The three images above give evidence of three aspects of this proud introduction. The first image was typical of the look under greenhouse conditions. In these conditions IDA MAE NORRIS has the ability to stop a visitor in his/her tracks. It has the ability to stop the owner in his tracks despite having seen the flower hundreds of times. The second image shows the outdoor look. Under outdoor conditions the pink is not quite as strong. The third image indicates the type of plant habit, budding and vigor. A picture is worth a thousand words. Be sure to click on all four images to see them well. Bud counts are in the range of 25 to 30.
Besides being a superb garden specimen, IDA MAE NORRIS is a grand parent for knock-you-dead babies. They are big and flat with a presence that is unique. It is the size of the green throat that puts IMN and many of its babies over the edge. The colors are very clear and bright in the progeny and with those wonderful throats, they are not to be denied. Highly recommended to anyone interested in breeding distinctive and unusually beautiful dips. While we have not been able to set a pod on IDA MAE NORRIS the pollen fertility is good. It is currently the heart and soul of our diploid program. Anyone who is able to successfully convert IMN will have a world class breeding tool.
We all know that any daylily cultivar benefits from establishment. We learned in 2009 that this doubly true of IDA MAE NORRIS. The budding and branching were improved on the remaining clump that was not lined out for sale. We were impressed by the performance of the plant in the second year in place, 2008. In 2009 we were simply blown away by that performance, just as were the visitors here.
2010 note: The 2010 seedling bloom out IMN was over the top in quality. We bloomed about half of the seedlings in a bed of some 3,000 seedlings direct from IMN. There were perhaps some 30-40 that could qualify as introductions. Of course, we will not introduce that number or anything close to it. We point that out to illustrate the breeding potential in IDA MAE NORRIS. We can't wait to see what this phenomenal daylily will be able to do with the tetraploids.
IDA MAE NORRIS won an H.M. from the American Hemerocallis Society in2003 with enough votes to place third in the voting. For such a new cultivar to do that it must be very well thought of by the garden judges. We certainly think highly of it here.
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