Diploids Resurgent
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− | + | Welcome to Diploids Resurgent! | |
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− | + | I'm Mike Huben, gardener, botanist, hybridizer, and all-around plant fanatic. (That's Magnolia ashei, a big leaf magnolia behind me.) | |
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− | + | I've named my site "Diploids Resurgent" because I'd like to encourage others to appreciate the diploids too, rather than simply follow the tetraploid fashions. There's a world of daylilies out there besides southern-bred eyed and edged tets, and the most diverse are the diploids. Oh, I've got southern-bred tets in my garden: some are fantastic, and I wouldn't put them down. But here in the north (Arlington, MA -- near Boston) we have different needs that the southerners can't or don't breed for. | |
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− | + | Every year I breed a thousand seedlings at my 1/5 acre. This small breeding program is carefully envisioned generations in advance, and focused on just a few goals. | |
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− | + | (1) Near-white rebloomers with qualities like Stella De Oro. Ever since I first saw the "Re" in a daylily description, I wanted rebloom in my garden. But even SDO balked at reblooming in my garden. It took 4 generations, thousands of seedlings, and 10 years, but I've succeeded. Improvements and diverse, clear colors are also on the way. Recent introductions from this line include [[White And Nerdy]], [[Vanilla Stella]] and [[Snowy Stella]]. | |
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− | + | (2) Tall-and-small near-whites like Golden Chimes. I want that graceful, airy look to the tall scapes, clean white trumpets (or "butterfly" open flowers), and perhaps black scapes to contrast with the white flowers. I've now got 2nd and third generation seedlings, including a cream with dark scapes, very clear white trumpets, and white trumpets on 50 inch scapes. Recent introductions from these lines include [[From Darkness Comes Light]], [[Ice Trumpets]] and [[Paean For Jocelyn]]. | |
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+ | (3) Tall-and-small sunfast reds like Golden Chimes. Once again, I want graceful, airy scapes with branching and budcount galore. Special features might include some rhyzomatiousness like fulva and extensive bud building. These lines are named with a "blood" theme. Recent introductions include [[Arterial Blood]], [[Venous Blood]], [[Fountain Of Blood]], [[Indelible Blood]] and [[O Positive]]. | ||
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+ | I also allow myself a fair number of fun crosses to experiment with new ideas. In the course of trying to produce hanging flowers, I got [[Helicopter]], which is a little melon spatulate UFO. Imagine Nutmeg Elf in melon instead of yellow. I'm working on mini spiders, tall and small very lates, green on white, purple bracts and a variety of other oddball side projects. |