Paean For Jocelyn

{{Registration|f=Sobek 88.40A|m=Ice Trumpets|h=Huben|y=2013|i=48 E 4, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip|s=MH0222.2|p={{Price|PFJ}}|b=I've been working on tall and small near-whites for many years now, and here is the first really good one.  Paean For Jocelyn has excellent branching and budcount that it inherited from both parents combined with species-like graceful scapes.  It is named in memory of Jocelyn Spragg, a dear friend and stalwart of the New England Daylily Society, who was also tall and well branched.  Tall whites like this stand out in the garden even if their flowers are small.  If you will pardon the pun, it is a high achievement.|d=I've been working on tall and small near-whites for many years now, and here is the first really good one.  Paean For Jocelyn has excellent branching and budcount that it inherited from both parents combined with species-like graceful scapes.  It is named in memory of Jocelyn Spragg, a dear friend and stalwart of the New England Daylily Society, who was also tall and well branched.  Tall whites like this stand out in the garden even if their flowers are small.  If you will pardon the pun, it is a high achievement.

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.   The foliage is excellent and a light green. A clump can be spectacular for many days, because it has 6 branches and 26 buds.