2016 Introductions

2016 Introductions

Shipping on the new 2016 introductions will begin after April 15, 2016.  Shipping is $10 for the first 3 plants and then $2 per additional plant.  There will be no bonus plants with new introductions.  Paypal, checks and money orders are accepted as payment.  Please email me at wilprof@aol.com to ensure that plants are available since most are limited and many will sell out quickly.  All except two are listed as SF but I will try to ship double fans when I can. 

William Marchant

4842 Jennifer Lane

Douglasville, GA  30135

 wilprof@aol.com

 

 

 

DROP IT LIKE IT'S HOT

 

(BLUE GOBLIN x tetra OUT OF THE BLUE)

 

This was the daylily that won the prestigious King of the Hill award on the mydaylilies site in 2014.  It will show more patterning when the weather is cooler and gets more blue as the temperatures get into the 90s.  I wanted to show several of its faces here. 

 

Lavender pink bloom with a large patterned eye of baby blue outlined in purple.  The purple continues as an edge around the petals.  In cool weather, the pattern can be quite dramatic with large areas of white.  The throat is green with a dark green heart.  Fertile both ways.

 

TET, SEV, 24", 5", M, RE, 4 way branching, 20 buds

 

$150 SF 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DRUID CITY DEBUTANTE

((COLLECTOR'S CHOICE x LIGHT YEARS AWAY) x PRECIOUS CANDY)) x FRINGY

 

 

A southern fancy face on a dormant plant.  A gorgeous light pink bloom with an ornate gold edge.  At times, the edge can be extremely fancy with angel wings and pillowing.  It also has a nice green throat.  The branching is fantastic.  It is fertile both ways.

TET, DOR, 29", 5.5", M, RE, 4-5 way branching, 20-25 buds

SOLD OUT

WANDAFUL

(seedling x GOD SAVE THE QUEEN)

Named for one of my dearest friends who also is my office manager.  This daylily is colorful and spunky just like Wanda.  A medium purple bloom with a large blue-purple eye.  The edge around the petals can be quite elaborate with lighter colored teeth and tentacles.  The edge is also blue-purple surrounded by a lighter edge.  The sepals can also have a few teeth on occasion.  This one was much admired by Michael Bouman this past summer.  Fertile both ways.

TET, SEV, 22", 5.5", M, RE, 3 way branching, 15-20 buds. 

$50 DF

MARRIAGE EQUALITY

(COTE D'AZUR x ROSE F KENNEDY)

This one has been a favorite since it first bloomed in 2011.  I love the cerise petals and sepals and the lighter pink watermark.  It is darker earlier in the season and it lightens up a little as the temperatures begin to rise.  It has a large yellow green throat with a dark green heart.  Named to celebrate the historic ruling by the US Supreme Court that declares that love is love.  Fertile both ways.

DIP, DOR, 26", 5.5", EM, RE, 3 way branching, 18-25 buds

$50 DF

 

CHATTAHOOCHEE RAPIDS

 

(STARMANS QUEST x WHITE MAGICIAN) x SNAKE IN THE GRASS BOO

 

Medium purple blooms with a large blue-purple eyezone.  It has a large green throat that radiates out into the eye.  The petal edges are crimped and have a white rim.  Veins spread from the eye to the edges of both the petals and sepals.  It is a full sibling to last year's WHISPER OF THE RAINDROPS. 

 

DIP, DOR, 28", 6-6.5", M, RE, 4 way branching, 16-20 buds, FRAG

 

$50 DF

 

 

 

 

 

SHOOTIN THE HOOCH

 

(PRAGUE SPRING x HEAVENLY GHOST RIDER)

 

This is not a nod to drinking, but instead, it celebrates the tradition of tubing, kayaking, and rafting down the Chattahoochee River which flows through Atlanta.  We often take the dogs down to the river and sit on the rocks as the fun seekers shoot the rapids of the river.  This one is a lemon cream with a dark green throat that pushes out onto all segments.  Tall and well branched, the petals and sepals do all kinds of wonderful things.  It is registered as a crispate quilled spatulate.  Fertile both ways.  I have seen a few kids out of it and they have been pretty.

 

DIP, DOR, 40", 6.5", EM, RE, 4-5 branches, 23-30 buds, Frag

 

$50 DF

 

 

 

 

 

TASTE THE RAINBOW

(STARMANS QUEST x ROSE F KENNEDY)

This is the first of the original 170 seedlings of this cross that I am introducing.  I have a couple more that will come out in future years.  This daylily has an amazing plant habit.  It is a greyed lavender pink with a dark lavender band outlined in purple.  It displays a large green throat that extends out onto both the petals and sepals.  A grass green heart really sets off the bloom.  It is fertile both ways. 

DIP, DOR, 28", 7", EM, RE, 3-4 way branching, 21+ buds, Very Frag

$50 DF

LIFE'S A BEACH

(UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE x KALEIDOSCOPE TREASURE)

A beautiful bi-tone with lavender pink petals with lighter sepals.  There is a dark lavender band on the petals and a large applique covers much of the petal with yellow green.  There is a dark green heart.  Has already proven itself as a fantastic parent.  Very fertile both ways. 

DIP, DOR, 26", 6.5", EM, RE, 4 branches, 20 buds

$75 SF

 

 

HITTING THE JACKPOT

(UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE x GOING HOME TO GEORGIA)

There is just something about this daylily that brightens up the garden.  It has an amazing gold color with golden stamens and pistil.  It also has a dark green throat that pushes out onto the bloom.  I have bloomed some very nice seedlings from HITTING THE JACKPOT.  This one is fertile both ways.  It does make smaller fans.

DIP, DOR, 36", 7", M, RE, 5 way branching, 35+ buds

$45 DF






 

 

RED STINGER

 

unknown x unknown

 

What a wonderful surprise to find the baby in the seedling beds.  It bloomed, along with a couple siblings, in a bed of tooth tetraploid seedings.  Not sure how I did the mix up, but I am glad that it bloomed.  My guess is that it might be out of HEAVENLY SPIDER MONKEY breeding.  This one is named for the red wasp that got my finger one morning as I was crossing on this plant.  It is beautiful red, open form, double with a large yellow green throat with a dark green heart.  Very fertile both ways.  95% double.  Very much admired by David Kirchhoff in the garden this past summer.

 

DIP, DOR, 40" scapes (when established), 5.5", EM, RE, 4 way branching (when established), 25-31 buds

 

$100 SF  

 

 

 

2015 INTRODUCTIONS

2015 INTRODUCTIONS

I am happy to present my 2015 introductions.  All registration information has been submitted to the AHS registrar.  Most of the introductions are extremely limited due to prior reservations and fewer stock since I am a hobby hybridizer.  Please email me at wilprof@aol.com to confirm availability of the cultivars you would like to order.  The shipping charges are $10 for the first 3 cultivars and then $2 for each additional cultivar.  There will be no bonus plants with new introductions.  2015 introductions will be SF but many will have increased to at least DFs by time of shipment.  I can begin shipping in mid April of 2015.  I take checks made out to William Marchant or paypal payments to wilprof@aol.com.  I hope that you will enjoy my "babies" as much as I have.

DRUID CITY DAYLILY GARDEN

William Marchant

4842 Jennifer Lane

Douglasville, GA  30135

LIVE LONG AND PROSPER

DIPLOID, 43" scape, 6" flower, 4-5 way branching, 22-25 buds, DOR, ML, RE

UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE x CHAOTIC DESIGN)

This beauty is has a cream base with a beautifully patterned eyezone of blue lavender with multiple bands of color break.  The pattern is also on the sepals along with a band of metallic green.  LIVE LONG AND PROSPER is very fertile both ways.  The first offpring have been very nice and I will bloom another large crop of seedlings from it this coming year.  I made lots of seeds with it again this year and will continue to breed with it for a long time. 

$75 DF  

Kids from LIVE LONG AND PROSPER



ANGELS IN AMERICA

TETRAPLOID, 28" scape, 6" flower, 2-3 way branching, 12-15 buds, DOR, EM, RE, fertile both ways

(JUST FABULOUS x tetra KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT)

The first of two introductions this year from the conversion of Jamie Gossard's KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT.  These will be the first two introductions from this conversion.  This one has been drawing attention for the past few years.  I have a long waiting list on this one already.  While it doesn't have the branching that I would like to see in my introductions, it has a long bloom season due to its rebloom.  I haven't seen another introduction like it anywhere.  I have not used it much until this past summer in my hybridizing.  I have only bloomed 3 seedlings from it so far.  I made seeds with it this past season with the patterned cultivars from Guy Pierce.  It is a  beautiful lavender cream pink with a black purple eye and edge.  There is a white pattern on both the petals and sepals.  I have referred to this one as my "floating angel" seedling. 

$125 DF  (SOLD OUT)

Kid from ANGELS IN AMERICA

A CRIMSON ROAR

TETRAPLOID, 32" scapes, 5.5" flowers, 3-4 way branching, 18-25 buds, DOR, EM, RE, easily fertile both ways

(seedling involving PASSIONS PROMISE x VENUS FLYTRAP)

A CRIMSON ROAR has been a great parent for me.  It never fails to get attention.  While I don't always enjoy stipples, there is something about this daylily that I fell in love with.  It is a rose red with a lighter pinkish rose eye.  It is dotted with white stipples.  I has a deep green heart in the throat.  The petals are surrounded by white teeth and tentacles and the sepals are surrounded with a white edge.

$100 DF  

Kids from A CRIMSON ROAR

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

TETRAPLOID, 28" scape, 5" flower, 3-5 way branching, 15-20 buds, EV, EM, RE

(FANTASTIC FRINGE x RANDY STEPHENS)

A pink bitone with a light pink eye and matches the sepals.  This one takes a year to get established and show off its stuff.  The petals are surrounded by white teeth.  I have not used this one in breeding so I am not sure if it is pod fertile.  The pollen looks great. 

No Longer Available

FIFTH ORDER

TETRAPLOID, 33" scapes, 7" flower, 3-4 way branching, 25 buds, SEV, EM, RE, pollen fertile but pods are more difficult

(JUST FABULOUS x tetra KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT)

A lavender cinnamon blend with a dark purple eye and edge.  There is a feathered effect in the throat.  This one blooms and blooms.  It is a good increaser so I am offering this one at a lower price in order to get the genetics from tetra KALEIDOSCOPE EFFECT in the hands of many hybridizers.

$50 DF

Kid from FIFTH ORDER

TAKE YOU TO MY WORLD

TETRAPLOID, 29" scape, 6" flower, 3-4 way branching, 20 buds, SEV, EM, RE, fertile both ways

(STIPPLED STATEMENT x VENUS FLYTRAP)

Purple petals and sepals with slight stippling.  The eye is a darker blue purple.  The petals and sepals all sport white teeth.  It has a glowing green throat.

No Longer Available

Kid from TAKE YOU TO MY WORLD

JACK O'LANTERN SMILE

TETRAPLOID, 27" scape, 8" flower, 4 way branching, 27 buds, DOR, EM, RE

(RUCKUS x HEAVENLY ORANGE BLAZE)

A beautiful dark orange with a slightly darker eyezone.  The petals are surrounded by large yellow gold teeth.  The teeth will sometimes appear on the sepals as well.  I have not found this one to be pod fertile but the pollen is good.  Jamie Gossard told me that there aren't many good deep oranges with teeth on the market.  I consider this one to be very nice.  EXTREMELY limited.

$100 DF

IRIDESCENT SPLENDOR

TETRAPLOID, 31" scape, 7-9" flower, 3 way branching, 18-20 buds, EV, EM, RE, fertile both ways but easier as a pollen parent

(VIVA GLAM GIRL x DOUBLE EXPLOSION)

This is the first introduction from my VIVA GLAM GIRL which is proving to be quite the parent.  This one has amazed me since its first bloom.  I am bringing this one to market with VERY limited stock.  Most of what I have to release has already been sold.  It begins the season as a 9 inch bloom and then settles down to 7-8 inches.  It is pink with a darker pink eye and a lighter serrated edge.  I have been working on unusual formed tetraploid doubles and this is the first that I will release.  It is 100% double.  

$100 DF

WHEN ANGELS CRY

DIPLOID, 22" scape, 6" flower, 2-3 way branching, 12-15 buds, DOR, ML, RE, fertile both ways and a great parent

(BROWN EXOTICA x ROSE F KENNEDY)

A lavender chocolate with a purple eye and large yellow green throat.  I would not normally introduce something with a budcount this low but have you seen anything that looks like this one?  It is a remarkable parent and breeds off spring that have tall branches, excellent branching and loads of buds.  It also breeds in many colors.  This past season I took it to patterns.  I have called this one my "what can brown do for you" daylily.

$50 DF

Kids and grandkids from WHEN ANGELS CRY

IT'S RAINING MEN

DIPLOID, 31" scapes, 9" flowers, 3 way branching, 18-20 buds, DOR, M, RE

(FORSYTH PINK FLYING DRAGON x EDGE OF CHAOS)

From Brian Mahieu breeding comes this beautiful big UF.  It has is a red purple with a darker purple eye and large yellow green throat.  I have not used it in breeding so am not sure about the fertility. 

$100 SF  (Sold Out)

WHISPER OF THE RAINDROPS

DIPLOID, 24" scape, 6.5" flower, 4 way branching, 18 buds, DOR, M, RE

((STARMANS QUEST x WHITE MAGICIAN)) x SNAKE IN THE GRASS BOO)

Pink petals and sepals with some stippling surrounded by a lighter edge.  There is a lavender pink eye above a lime green throat before going into a deep green heart.  I have not found this one to be pod fertile but the pollen is good.  This one is very limited!!

$25 DF

DISH BEST SERVED COLD

DIPLOID, 38" scape, 7" bloom, 5 way branching, 20 buds, DOR, M, UF form (spatulate)

(PRAGUE SPRING x ROSE F KENNEDY)

I have waited a while to introduce this pink and green beauty.  It takes a season to establish before it shows off.  A lavender pink with a lighter edge and some veining of darker pink.  There is also a think dark pink eye above a beautiful large green throat.  I have not used this one in breeding yet but have plans to do so this coming year. 

SOLD OUT