2009 Bill Waldrop Daylily Introductions

LYDIA'S REGAL ROBE. Semievergreen but leans toward dormancy. Early to midseason blooms. 37”tall, 6”flower, three-way branching,
24 buds. Lydia’s Regal Robe has an alluring and beckoning ivory edge on both its petals and sepals. Its color is a combination of deep purple with a lovely overlay of blue violet. It has a lighter shade of purple in its eyezone, combined with a beautifying green throat. We should recall that the diploid INDIAN GIVER is only registered to be 20” tall, whereas LYDIA’S REGAL ROBE is a full 37” tall. Also, the diploid INDIAN GIVER flower is only 4.5” in circumference, but LYDIA’S REGAL ROBE is a full 6” in circumference. Truly this grand daylily is deserving of its name
which comes from the esteemed Biblical business woman, Lydia, who was known by all for the high quality of her purple cloth. Although LYDIA’S REGAL ROBE has such a lush, deep color, it nevertheless holds well in both hot sun and in the rain. At the end of a hot day it still looks fresh. Pod and pollen fertile. $150.00.

ENCHANTING SMILE. [Cane Creek Falls x (Panther Eyes x Crazy Ivan)]. Semievergreen. Early to midseason blooms. 31” tall, 3 1/2”
flower, two way branching, 25 buds. I adore this little beauty. It has a dark eye and then also a dark edge around the edge of its sepals, along with a yellow self. Being married to Diana for forty years continues to bring smiles to my face. Indeed, it is Diana’s enchanting smile that causes me to give this daylily its name. Pod and pollen fertile. $75.00.

DIANA'S EVENING GOWN. Diana’s Pink Gown x Seedling). Dormant. Mid to late season bloomer. 27” tall, 7” flower, three-way branching, 27 buds. Oh how gorgeous a surprise! Tremendous,
lush, stunningly beautiful, dream size seven inch delight! How many times have you wanted to enter a “large” flower in a daylily show? I always do but seldom do I have one that qualifies. DIANA’S EVENING GOWN always qualifies. When you enter this beauty you will have the best, big pink polychrome daylily that exists, plus a tremendous ruffled gold edge. Diana and I celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary in 2009 and I think of this when I see this grand daylily bloom. Pod and pollen fertile. $150.00.

VARSITY ORANGE. (Summer Hymns x J. T. Davis). Dormant. Mid to late season blooms. 31” tall, 6” flower, three way branching,
25 buds. Diana has always liked the orange ruffling on this daylily and I also like the consistent, clean orange color. The orange color seems even more intense in the eyezone. I still remember when it first bloomed and it was noticeable apart from all of the other orange seedlings. It was distinctive. When I was very young I would go to the Varsity Restaurant in Atlanta and I would always order two chili dogs and a “varsity orange” drink. The color of the varsity orange drink is much like the color of VARSITY ORANGE. Pod and pollen fertile. $150.00.

MARIETTA FULL HOUSE. [(Kathleen Salter x Atlanta Full House) x Moment in the Sun]. Dormant. Early blooms, 33” tall, 7” flower, five way branching, 27 buds. When I first started growing daylilies one of my favorites was Ms. Petree’s ATLANTA FULL HOUSE. The color of ATLANTA FULL HOUSE seemed to be the same yellow color used by the Girl Scouts. So, I made many crosses using ATLANTA FULL HOUSE as a pollen parent. Finally, MARIETTA FULL HOUSE was achieved. It has practically the same color, but is a more brilliant yellow. Did I mention that MARIETTA FULL HOUSE has five way branching? Pod and pollen fertile. $100.00.