1996 E-MAIL DAYLILY ROBIN POP POLL

1. STRAWBERRY CANDY * (P. Stamile) --- 41 votes

2. BARBARA MITCHELL (C. Pierce) --- 35 votes

3. JANICE BROWN (E.C. Brown) --- 31 votes

4. ALWAYS AFTERNOON * (M. Morss) --- 30 votes

5. PAPER BUTTERFLY * (M. Morss) - 29 votes

AHS Registration: 24" - ERe - 6" - cream peach and blue violet blend with blue violet eyezone and green throat - semi-evergreen - [(Sdlg. x CHICAGO TWO BITS) x THAIS) x (SILVER VEIL x (KNAVE x CHICAGO MIST) x CHICAGO MIST] - Tetraploid - I 1985.

"My favorite of the butterfly interpretations. I get lost in the subtleties of that big blue purple eye."
"Its third year, ........ WOW! Great color and eye."

6. FAIRY TALE PINK (C. Pierce) --- 27 votes

6. SILOAM DOUBLE CLASSIC ** (P. Henry) --- 27 votes

AHS Registration: 16" - EM - 5" - bright pink self with green throat - v.fg. - ext - dormant - I 1985.

"Great color, double 95% of the time." "SDC is the best pink double here and doubling increases as it blooms out." "Fabulous pink double with great branching and bud count when established. Very vigorous."

7. WEDDING BAND * (P. Stamile) --- 26 votes

AHS Registration: 26" - M - 5.5" - cream white edged yellow with green throat - fr - semi-evergreen - (FRENCH FROSTING x PORCELAIN PLEASURE) - Tetraploid - I 1988.

"Last year I loaded it with pollen when it was only weeks old and it came back like crazy this year. Great buds and branching."
"... near white with gold edge ... lots of branching and rebloom and prolifs ... blooms way above the foliage ... most dependable habit of giving non-petal dominant blooms of all the cultivars that I tracked this season."
"A clump of this in bloom creates an air of grace and tranquility unequalled by most other daylilies."
"Spectacular in a clump, long bloom season."

8. STRUTTER'S BALL * (S. Moldovan) --- 25 votes

AHS Registration: 28" - M - 6" - black purple with very small silvery white watermark and silky halo above small lemon green throat - ext - dormant - (HOUDINI x DAMASCAN VELVET) - Tetraploid. I 1986.

"Very sunfast dark purple that’s just beautiful."
"Still my favorite purple .... holds better than most in our full sun at the farm."
"Great purple power here."

9. CONDILLA (A. Grooms) --- 23 votes

AHS REGISTRATION: 20" - EM - 4.5" - deep gold self - dormant - (WHIRLING SKIRT x CHUM) - double - I 1979.

"A brilliant gold double. This one is an eyecatcher." "Gold, and what I like is the serrated edge. And it is an extended bloomer that in the morning, I have a hard time deciding which flowers need to be deadheaded."

Photo by Patricia Peterson. Reproduced by permission.

10. JOLYENE NICHOLE (E.Spalding) --- 22 votes

AHS Registration: 14" - M - 6" - rose blend with green throat - ext evergreen - I 1984.

"This is a nice round recurved pink here in MA., even at the end of a hot sunny day." "...is one of her {Mrs. Spalding}best low growing, large rose pinks."

11. MING PORCELAIN * (D. Kirchhoff) --- 19 votes

AHS Registration: 28" - ERe - 5.25" - pastel ivory pink touched peach edged gold and wide yellow halo with lime green throat - fr - ext - evergreen - (RING OF CHANGE x TETRA LULLABY BABY) - Tetraploid - I 1982.

"Serenely self-confident, a blossom to meditate upon, a visual mantra." "No photo does this justice. Beautiful color and form."

11. PIRATE’S PATCH * (J. Salter) --- 19 votes

AHS Registration: 28" - EMRe - 6" - ivory cream with purple eyezone above yellow green throat - evergreen - (WELL OF SOULS x JUNGLE MASK) - Tetraploid - I 1992.

".... is perhaps the very best eyed and edged daylily grown here. I particularly like the size and boldness of its eye and the very pronounced black-purple edge." "Guady without being garish. Great scapes."

12. DARING DILEMMA * (J. Salter) --- 18 votes

AHS Registration: 24" - M - 5" - cream tinted pink with plum edge and plum eyezone above green throat - semi-evergreen - Tetraploid - I 1993.

"What a great plant. It blooms and blooms and sets seeds like crazy."

13. ELIZABETH SALTER * (J. Salter) --- 17 votes

AHS Registration: 22" - MRe - 5.5" - pink self with green throat - semi-evergreen - Tetraploid - I 1992.

"Luscious ruffled melon pink; long bloom season, good branching.­ "... is the best tetraploid pink daylily I’ve ever grown. ... ES is a light salmon pink color and has some of the finest ruffling that even carries all the way down into the throat. Excellent vigor and overall plant habits." "Perfection in scape, flowers open well for such a highly ruffled edge. Great color." "....one of the loveliest daylilies in our collection --- a fine pink."

13. LULLABY BABY (E. Spalding) --- 17 votes

AHS Registration: 19" - EM - 3.5" - light pink with green throat - fr - ext - semi-evergreen - I 1980.

"Pretty pale pink -- full of blooms over a long period of time. Always one of my favorites."
"Last year I loaded it with pollen when it was only weeks old and it came back like crazy this year. Great buds and branching."
"Uniform flowers with strong scapes and good branching."
"Always open well, pretty pale pink, good bud count."

Photo by Patricia Peterson. Reproduced by permission.

13. NEAL BERREY (S. Sikes) --- 17 votes

AHS Registration: 18" - M - 5" - rose pink with green yellow throat - ext - semi-evergreen - [RONDA x (SOPHISTICAED MISS x MY BELLE) x BLUE HAPPINESS) - I 1987.

"My alltime favorite pink. Has good form and texture."
"Lovely pink diploid, good clean color, nice ‘presentation.’"
"The loveliest, most ruffled pink, needs a good spot to perform."
"Rose pink blend that is outstanding."

13. ROSE EMILY (C. Pierce) --- 17 votes

AHS Registration: 18" - MRe - 5" - rose self with green throat - semi-evergreen - I 1982.

"This is the only daylily I’ve seen that looks better at 6 PM after facing a 105 degree afternoon in Sacramento than it did at 10 AM. The throat simply glows." "RE is always my favorite when in bloom. Well branched, 18-20 buds. Every bloom is a perfectly round rose pink."

14. CHARLES JOHNSTON (L. Gates) --- 16 votes

14. CUSTARD CANDY * (P. Stamile) --- 16 votes

AHS Registration: 24" - EMRe - 4.25" - cream yellow with maroon eyezone and green throat - dormant - [(CHICAGO PICOTEE QUEEN x BYZANTINE EMPEROR ) x FRANDEAN) x TETRA SILOAM VIRGINIA HENSON) - Tetraploid - I 1990.

"Nice color, cream with maroon eye, good round recurved {bloom}" "Last year I loaded it with pollen when it was only weeks old and it came back like crazy this year. Great buds and branching." "It really is the color of a lemon custard with a medium alizarin eye with a touch of blue. Edges are crimped and edged in yellow gold. Sets pods easily and blooms over a long period." "Yellow with maroon eye. Exquisite blossoms that open better than any other daylily we have -- always perfect form."

14. FRANCES JOINER ** (E.R. Joiner) --- 16 votes

AHS Registration: 24" - MRe - 5.5" - rose blend with green yellow throat - fr- dormant - double - I 1989.

"FJ: Every bloom a perfect one with beautiful form and a seductive, complex color: a smoky ambered rose."

14. SILOAM DAVID KIRCHHOFF (P. Henry) --- 16 votes

AHS Registration: 16" - EM - 3.5" - orchid with cerise pencil eyezone and green throat - ext- dormant - I 1988.

"Lovely color -- can’t mistake this one for another. Does very well here." "SDK: Heavenly etched purple and lavender eye on lavender-pink blossoms. Good performer and relatively weather proof for a lavender." "Far and away the best double I grow; beautiful rose over amber color, perfect form, buds and branching, and every flower is double." "Unique coloration, and a neat and symmetrical flower. Outstanding."

Photo by Patricia Peterson. Reproduced by permission.

15. CHORUS LINE (D. Kirchhoff) --- 15 votes

AHS Registration: 20" - ERe - 3.5" - medium pink with rose band above yellow halo and dark green throat - v.fr. - ext - evergreen - [SWEET THING x (LITTLE LAD x CALL TO REMEMBRANCE) x LULLABY BABY] - I 1983.

"A little afternoon shade really brings out the color in CL. It doesn’t have to have that shade though to tolerate the high light intensity here, and it blooms and blooms." "Certainly think that this one deserved its recent "All American" designation. Lavender pink with bright green eye with nearly 6 weeks of total bloom, it was the star of my early midseason garden."

15. MIDNIGHT MAGIC * (J. Kinnebrew) --- 15 votes AHS Registration: 28" - EM - 5.5" - black red self with green throat - ext - evergreen - (ED MURRAY x KILIMANJARO) - Tetraploid - I 1980.

Note: Could not seem to find any specific quotes on this daylily despite the fact it drew several votes. I shall take the liberty to give MM a description. [TW] "MM is an outstanding, black-red, evergreen daylily that grows vigorously even in northern climates. It possess beautiful foliage that remains lush throughout the season. Velvety blooms are ruffled and very finished, especially for a daylily of this color."

15. ORANGE VELVET (E.R. Joiner) --- 15 votes

AHS Registration: 30" - MRe - 6.5" - orange self with green throat - semi-evergreen - (COPPER LANTERN x GOLDEN SCROLL) - I 1989.

"Wow! If you want that orange that will draw attention, this is it." "OV is a fine large orange that blooms well and clumps quickly."

15. PEARL LEWIS * (V. Peck) --- 15 votes

AHS Registration: 24" - MLa - 6" - gold self with olive throat - dormant - (EIGHTEEN KARAT x SHEER CLASS) - Tetraploid - I 1985.

"Love the pink undertone to this golden daylily." "Beautiful ruffled golden melon. Growth, color, and form are excellent." "A jewel in form and performance. A gold with controlled ruffles."

"There is no more delicious daylily around. Each flower is perfect, opens beautifully no matter what, and is still glorious at 8 at night. The plant increases well, and the foliage is a-one."

15. PUMPKIN KID (E. Spalding) --- 15 votes

AHS Registration: 18" - MRe - 5.5" - light orange with red eyezone and green throat - ext - evergreen - I 1987.

"Always beautiful with its orange gold {color}with red eyezone."

15. RED VOLUNTEER (W. Oakes) --- 15 votes

AHS Registration: 30" - M - 7" - clear candle red self with gold yellow throat - dormant - I 1986.

"Beautiful shade of red that is not subject to being marred by insect damage. ...Lots of bloom over a long period, made a good clump and holds up well without frequent dividing. All in all, a fine garden plant." "This is my marker plant for vigor. Absolutely tough, not fazed by frost or cold. High bud count, great garden value." "Large and impressive. A very good landscaper’s plant too. Tall and stately."

RUNNERS-UP

16. BROCADED GOWN (B. Millikan) --- 14 votes

AHS Registration: 26" - EMRe - 6" - lemon cream self with chartreuse throat - ext - semi-evergreen - (BUTTERMILK SKY x SABIE) - I 1981.

"Consistently well formed flowers; re-bloomed this year." "Soft lemon creped yellow. BG opened early mid-season and is now reblooming in my garden." "Recurved, textured, and wonderful."

16. COURT MAGICIAN * (R.W. Munson) --- 14 votes

AHS Registration: 26" - EMRe - 5" - purple with chalky lilac eyezone and yellow green throat - evergreen - [(ASIAN EMPEROR x BENCHMARK) x ROYAL SARACEN] - Tetraploid - I 1988.

"Purple with whitish lavender eye - beautiful. Blooms like crazy, nice smallist plant."

16. JOAN SENIOR (K. Durio) --- 14 votes

AHS Registration: 25" - EMRe - 6" - near white self with lime green throat - ext - evergreen - (LOVING MEMORIES x LITTLE INFANT) - I 1978.

"The whitest daylily I grow. Good midseason bloomer."

* Denotes tetraploid daylily. ** Denotes diploid double daylily.

These represent the preferences of people living and growing daylilies all around the US, in about 35 States. They may not all do equally in all parts of the U.S., and they may not do well in your garden ("your mileage may vary"). The number of votes each variety received is listed in parentheses after its name. The poll was conducted for the E-mail Robin by member Ted White.