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| | + | ===Mike Huben's northern-bred daylilies for real garden needs. Rebloom, diverse heights, graceful scapes, clear colors, ornamental foliage, and new combinations.=== |
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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. | + | 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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| − | 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]].
| + | 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 in the north (I lived in Arlington, MA -- near Boston) we have different needs that the southerners can't or don't breed for. |
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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]].
| + | [[Breeding Goals|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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| − | (3) Tall-and-small sunfast reds like Golden Chimes. Once again, I want graceful, airy scapes with branching and budcount galore. I've succeeded in getting some especially good sunfastness. 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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| − | (4) Extra Earlies that are not yellow. So far, I have introduced [[Begin With A Bang]], a light red whith large flowers that blooms extra early and has sometimes rebloomed here. I have near-white extra earlies as well.
| + | I'm available for speaking, and have presented often to a number of clubs in the north. I often speak on subjects besides my own breeding, such as the legacy of past northern breeders, the design of a breeding program, the most reliable perennials in northern regions, extending the blooming season, etc. |
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| − | (5) I also allow myself a fair number of fun crosses to experiment with new ideas. An experimental cross resulted in [[Vanilla Gorilla]], a huge cascade UFO. 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. | + | I have retired (from work, not daylilies) to Ecuador, but still have about 5 years of introductions growing at Harmon Hill Farm. I intend to shortly resume growing and breeding daylilies in Ecuador, where they have precious few varieties. I remain active with the AHS, on the science committee and as an assistant editor for science in the Journal. |
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| − | I'm available for speaking, and have presented often to a number of clubs in the north. I often speak on subjects besides my own breeding, such as the legacy of past northern breeders, the design of a breeding program, the most reliable perennials in my region, extending the blooming season, etc. | + | Click on the tabs underneath the Diploids Resurgent banner to see what I'm doing. |
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| | Contact me at: <big><strong>[mailto:mike@huben.us mike@huben.us]</strong></big> | | Contact me at: <big><strong>[mailto:mike@huben.us mike@huben.us]</strong></big> |
