Thank you so very much for checking out the 2015 Daredevil Daylily Seeds offerings!
Pod parent: YABBA DABBA DOO (Hansen 1993) L 30" SEV 10" grape 4.4:1 spider with chartreuse eye that is the pod parent of ALAKAZAM, ALBERENE, BEYOND THE DAWN, EXOTIC HOLIDAY, LAVENDER CURLS, LONG JOHN SILVER, STARMAN'S FLIGHT and STARS OVER ALABAMA; pollen of SUBLIMINAL MESSAGE and TAUNUS RED SPIDER. Won the Eugene S. Foster Award for Best Late in 2007 but tends to be earlier here in western NY.
Pollen parent: BANSHEE SONATA (Michaels 2015 intro registered in 2014) M 39" DOR 8" (13" wingspan) This is my very favorite spider -- of anyone's! For now. And since spiders are my very favorite form of any, I guess I should just come out and say that this glowing lavender, perhaps closer to orchid, with cream to green throat is my favorite daylily. How lucky am I! It has wonderful color and form and, when the weather is chilly, it gets those "white" missing color chevrons near the throat. I used its pollen from the first day it bloomed, mostly on patterned partners, and have already selected several true spiders with patterned eyes from it. While the number of fans and even scapes increase fairly rapidly, it's a tad slow to get to full strength. It took three years for it to produce mature scapes here, at which point they put out a terminal W with 1-2 laterals and 23-30 buds. Other plants normally reach their peak here in their second year after being ripped out of the seedling bed. The Spider ratio doesn't range much, from 5.095 to 5.1:1. A most difficult pod parent (but I did manage to pollinate it with SKINWALKER) with acceptable pollen. Makes slender fans. Seedling WPSBLCTF-14 [WATCHYL PROTEAN SPIDER X (BANSHEE LOVE CALL x TENNESSEE FLYCATCHER)].
Goals: Skinny spiders in various shades of purple.
The seeds have been air dried for 1-3 days before being refrigerated. Please store them in your fridge until ready to plant.
Bonus seeds: Cheerfully included for prompt contact and payment.
DOMESTIC: Unless prior arrangements have been made, payment is expected within 10 days of the close of this auction. Please include $3.00 postage for up to 10 crosses. New York state residents, please add 8% sales tax. Check, money order and PayPal are accepted.
INTERNATIONAL: Shipping only to countries that do not require phytosanitary inspections. Regrettably, I can't replace seeds shipped internationally that are lost in the mail. Please include $7.00 postage for up to 10 crosses. PayPal or checks drawn on US accounts are accepted.
Pod parent on left, pollen parent on right:
