MH1123A

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MH1123A (Huben nr) 32 E 3.25, Yellow Self, Dor Dip

Description

This one is preregistered already as 'Vader's Choice' because the scapes are so very black. It has only one fault in my opinion: the flowers are yellow. The flowers have a green throat and bronze sepal backs and open well early in the morning even in cool weather. The stiff, erect scapes are dark on all sides and have up to 5 branches and 30 buds. The foliage is dark, glossy, and low, and it is a good increaser.

Maybe the photo below exaggerates the darkness of the scapes a bit, but it really does stand out like that to my eye.

One good feature is that it won't need grooming: the previous day's flowers have furled neatly.

I've bred heavily with MH1123A because it is one of the darkest scaped things I've ever seen, it has great plant qualities, and it carries melon.

Buy at Harmon Hill Farm

Siblings

MH1123B (Huben ) 32 E 3, Gold Self, Dor Dip
(Golden Sprouts * Army of Darkness)
OWC, EMO, Dark++, 5br30bu, bronze sepal backs, stiff erect scape, GT, foliage dark, glossy, low

Vader's Choice (Huben 2017) 32 E 2.75, Yellow Self, Dor Dip
MH1123A = (Golden Sprouts * Army of Darkness)
This one was registered as 'Vader's Choice' because the scapes are so very black. I knew it would be an introduction just looking at the scapes, before the flowers had even opened. It has only two minor faults according to my tastes: the flowers are yellow and they don't recurve as much as I like. The flowers have a green throat and bronze sepal backs and open well early in the morning even in 50 degree weather. More importantly the flowers furl well into beautiful, bud-like bundles, making this plant self-grooming. The stiff, erect scapes are very dark on all sides and have up to 5 branches and 30 buds. Vader's Choice presents its distinctive, black scapes for weeks before Stella De Oro blooms, and then starts blooming shortly after Stella. The foliage is terrific: dark, glossy, and unusually low. It is a vigorous increaser. Likely rust resistant.
$30 DF

Descendents

No descendents.

Ancestors

Golden Sprouts (Klehm 1996) 30 E Re 2.25, Gold Self, Dor Dip
dark buds and scapes

Army of Darkness (Huben 2015) 32 E 4.25, Melon Polychrome, Dor Dip Ext
(MH0466A * From Darkness Comes Light)
An enormous breakthrough in dark scape breeding! This first dark-scaped melon has entirely dark scapes, 4 branches and 27 buds, long branches, and a strong red stripe on sepal reverse. The flowers are not fancy, but they are a distinctively colored light melon with cream tints, yellow green throat and yellow and green veins. I've used this one very heavily in my breeding program. Rust resistant.

MH0466A (Huben ) 36 E, Yellow Self, Dor Dip
(Sir Blackstem * Boston Symphony)
An F1 between dark scapes and white. It's neither, but throws dark scapes and melon.
- Sir Blackstem (Hager 1988) 24 E Re 2.5, Yellow Bicolor, Evr Dip Ext
  ((Pizza * (sdlg * Raindrop)) * Gold Thimble)
  The darkest-scaped registered daylily.
  - (Pizza * (sdlg * Raindrop))
  - Gold Thimble
- Boston Symphony (Reilly 1998) 30 E 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip
  (Swiss Mint * Gentle Shepherd)
  - Swiss Mint (Reilly 1994) 27 EM 5.87, NearWhite Blend, Dor Dip Fra Ext
    (sdlg * Joan Senior)
    - seedling
    - Joan Senior (Durio 1977) 25 EM Re 5, NearWhite Self, Evr Dip Ext
      (Loving Memories * Little Infant)
      - Loving Memories
      - Little Infant (Monette 1973) 20 M 4, Cream Self, Evr Dip
  - Gentle Shepherd

From Darkness Comes Light (Huben 2010) 34 E 3.5, Cream Self, Dor Dip Noc
(MH0047I * A Small Multitude)
2020 Honorable Mention. Cream blooms on inky purple scapes. 25 buds, 4 branches. Exceptional plant habits and performance. Rust resistant.

MH0047I (Huben ) 36 EM Re 2.5, NearWhite Blend, Dor Dip
(Aerial * Boston Symphony)
- Aerial (Sobek 1985) 34 M 2.5, Gold Self, Dor Dip
  (Corky * Purity)
  - Corky (Fischer 1959) 34 M 3.5, Yellow Self, Dor Dip
    (sdlg * Mignon)
    - seedling
    - Mignon (Stout 1941) 40 EM Re 2.5, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Ext Noc
  - Purity (Traub 1949) 45 ML 4, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Fra
- Boston Symphony (Reilly 1998) 30 E 3.5, NearWhite Self, Dor Dip
  (Swiss Mint * Gentle Shepherd)
  - Swiss Mint (Reilly 1994) 27 EM 5.87, NearWhite Blend, Dor Dip Fra Ext
    (sdlg * Joan Senior)
    - seedling
    - Joan Senior (Durio 1977) 25 EM Re 5, NearWhite Self, Evr Dip Ext
      (Loving Memories * Little Infant)
      - Loving Memories
      - Little Infant (Monette 1973) 20 M 4, Cream Self, Evr Dip
  - Gentle Shepherd

A Small Multitude (Huben 2010) 44 EM 2.5, Gold Self, Dor Dip Noc
(Corky * Early And Often)
Gold Self. Tall and Small. Minute, species-like spatulate flowers on tall, well-branched scapes. Extraordinary breeder. Rust resistant.

Corky (Fischer 1959) 34 M 3.5, Yellow Self, Dor Dip
(sdlg * Mignon)
- seedling
- Mignon (Stout 1941) 40 EM Re 2.5, Yellow Self, Dor Dip Ext Noc

Early And Often (Huben 2001) 26 E Re 4, Peach Polychrome, Dor Dip Ext Fra Noc
(Sunny Honey * Sobek 94.12)
Honorable Mention award 2006! At last: a northern rebloomer that isn't yellow or gold. The heart of my breeding program, producing a great diversity of seedlings, many of them rebloomers. Very rapid increase. Tested and found highly rust resistant (a character passed to most of its kids.) Early And Often was my first introduction, and has lived up to its promise as a continuous rebloomer; it blooms non stop from early July until frost. Some growers report as many as seven sets of scapes per season. Unlike other diploid rebloomers, it is a color clarifier and readily gives up the melon tones in seedlings. Rust resistant.