Arbor Lodge 2010 Releases Exceptional daylilies selected for the urban garden

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	ARBOR LODGE    'LEMON RIPPLE' (Enriquez) height 40", bloom 7", season M, SEv, Tetraploid    Lemon Ripple is a statuesque lemon yellow daylily with rippled petal edges; the form is elegant and recurved. The taller size makes is a great plant for the middle or back of a garden bed. This is a wonderful color to pair with purple hues in the border and serves as a nice backdrop in the bed.	Sold Out
	ARBOR LODGE    'NEW GOLD STANDARD' (Enriquez) height 40", bloom 6.5", season M, Dormant, Tetraploid    New Gold Standard is my husband's favorite 'fiesta orange' bloom. If you like them hot and bold, this one is for you! The plant forms a striking focal point in the garden; a masculine balance to daintier counterparts. Ever have a conversation and realize you are talking about apples and the other person is referring to oranges? I was explaining to my husband that my goal in making the cross was to produce a pronounced spatulate form. To show him an example of a spatulate form, we walked over to another plant. I mentioned that this other plant was the "gold standard". I meant the form; he was looking at the warm bloom color. Well, he exclaimed, if that is the gold standard, then THIS is the NEW gold standard (waving towards the seedling). The name stuck despite the fact that it is neither a gold color or a gold standard of spatulate form.	$15
	ARBOR LODGE    'SIMPLY STATED' (Enriquez) height 32", bloom 5", season M, Dormant, Tetraploid    Simply Stated is, simply stated, an elegant blend of softest cream with pink overlay. Light ruffling completes the feminine allure of the blooms. I am attracted to this color class because it blends so well with other plants but have been a little disappointed with commercially available daylilies; specifically the foliage habits. I am delighted that Simply Stated has wonderful plant habit, providing a nice foil for the beautiful blooms.	$15
	MADRONA HILL    'MISCHIEF MANAGED' (Enriquez) height 30", bloom 4", season EM, Dormant, Diploid    Mischief Managed has a remarkable pinched crispate form and clear rose pink coloring. It marks a step in my efforts to develop a class of garden 'pinwheels' that are well suited for city gardens. The mischief to manage is the small foliage habit which tends to fade away as the bloom season goes on; the bloom scapes gently arch. These traits make it appear to be a smaller plant than the size specs above indicate. When cut back to the ground after the blooms are finished, the plant rebounds with a fresh green fountain until late fall.	$15
	MADRONA HILL    'SWEET RADIANCE' (Enriquez) height 30", bloom 5", season M, Dormant, Diploid    Sweet Radiance is a lovely violet bitone with purple band above a yellow throat. The petals have veined coloring and the edges are a lighter shade with simple ruffling. The bloom has multiple colors radiating from the throat which lends depth to the presentation. Very pretty with nice plant habit.	$15

Seedling evaluation takes several years to fully accomplish. A plant will typically take two to three years to produce a bloom when grown from seed here in Portland. In my garden, the blooms are observed for another two to three years before being selected to move from the seedling bed to the 'grown-ups table' in the main garden. There, the plants have ample space for me to take note of the foliage habit to make sure the plant is worthy of a garden name.

At the moment, it is not my intention to register my plants with the 'Mother Ship', the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS). The purpose of registering daylilies with the AHS is to ensure a unique name is attributed to a plant. I accomplish that unique relationship by naming plants with either an 'Arbor Lodge' (tetraploid) or 'Madrona Hill' (diploid) prefix.