Paean For Jocelyn
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| − | {{Registration|f=Sobek 88.40A|m=Ice Trumpets|h=Huben|y=2013|i=48 E 4, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip|s=MH0222.2|p=$100 SF, delivery in Fall, limited availability.|b=A tall and small near-white with excellent branching and budcount. In memory of Jocelyn Spragg, a dear friend and stalwart of the New England Daylily Society.|d=}} | + | {{Registration|f=Sobek 88.40A|m=Ice Trumpets|h=Huben|y=2013|i=48 E 4, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip|s=MH0222.2|p=$100 SF, delivery in Fall, limited availability.|b=A tall and small near-white with excellent branching and budcount. In memory of Jocelyn Spragg, a dear friend and stalwart of the New England Daylily Society.|d=Paean For Jocelyn is a tall-and-small near-white that combines species grace and the performance from excellent branching and budcount. The foliage is excellent and a light green. |
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| + | For years I'd wanted a near-white version of [[Echo The Sun]]: a tall trumpet with excellent scapes. It took three generations from H. yezoensis, and it is gorgeous. If you will pardon the pun, it is a high achievement. A clump can be spectacular for many days, because it has 6 branches and 26 buds. | ||
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| + | You can see that Paean For Jocelyn is phototropic: the flowers face the light and the scapes lean slightly towards the light: but they do not fall. | ||
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| + | Paean For Jocelyn is also a good breeder. I call this photo "When good hybridizers go bad!" | ||
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| + | Paean For Jocelyn has only one fault: it does not increase rapidly. Even in good gardens with no pods set. It is a white from the yellow side, which means that in sun it photographs yellow but to the eye it looks white. Not the whitest in the garden, but it stands out obviously as white. | ||
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| + | Paean For Jocelyn is named [http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2010/11/medical-schools-jocelyn-spragg-70/ in memory of our dear friend Jocelyn Spragg]. A number of other daylilies have been named after Jocelyn: | ||
| + | * [[Jocelyn's Oddity|Jocelyn's Oddity (Rose, 1998)]] | ||
| + | * [http://www.knollcottagedaylilies.com/10a_whip_city_jocelyn_spragg.htm Whip City Jocelyn Spragg (Jones-L., 2011)] | ||
| + | * [http://greywoodfarm.squarespace.com/2012-turner-introductions/ Jocelyn Memorial (Turner-C., 2012)] | ||
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