Solaris Farms 2011 Daylily Introductions

Solaris FarmsTM 2012
Hardy Hemerocallis, Paeonia and Lilium

2012 Solaris Introductions All 2012 introductions are priced for single fans this year. If we have doubles or better we will supply those on a first come first served basis. Those listed as 'Available in August' may be ordered now and will be shipped in late August. All names are pending AHS registration.
	*Angus Maximus. Bremer. 2012. 27" height. 6.5-7" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Lunar Max x (Eat My Dust x Grace From Above) x Foolish Dragon. Three brancheds and 18 buds. A plant named for our dog that seemed to be in all the clump pictures customers took over last couple of years. Angus Maximus is an outstanding plant for color, presentation and plant habit. Scapes are sturdy and face the viewer nicely. Color is a clean cream with a deep rosey pink eyezone and matching picotee edge. A large yellow-green throat complements it nicely. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Artificially Enhanced. Bremer. 2012. 30" height. 5.5-6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Dweebix x (Prairie Smiles x Wedding In The Snow). Three nice branches and 22 buds. Scapes are very strong and buds are nicely spaced. Flower color is a pastel peach with an oddly muted grey-lavender eyezone. Substance is very waxy. Nicely ruffled edges make the flower look ornate. The throat is quite yellow with a small green center. A very unique flower and an awesome plant. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Beautiful People. Bremer. 2012. 27" height. 6-6.5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Cold Shoulder x (Alaskan Vows x Unknown). Two to three branches and 23 buds. A good looking flower of rose pink with gold edges that are quite pronounced for a true dormant plant. Edges do not require warm weather to be expressed. Very good. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Career Politician. Bremer. 2012. 44" height. 6.5-7" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Honey on My Lips x Passion's Promise). Very large orange/gold flower wth a large orange eyezone that surrounds a yellow throat. Overall effect of the flower is a broad pastel orange edge, quite stunning and unique. The eye pattern is expanded on to the sepals. Scapes are are massive and tall with 2 to 3 long laterals. Bud count is averages 20. Career Politician and National Secret are sibs and were selected primarily their height, only later did we realize that the flower quality of these plants were so superior. We look forward to blooming more and more of their offspring. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Chicken Feathers. Bremer. 2012. 33" height. 5.5-6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Orange Angel x Wedding in the Snow). Precise, highly ruffled edges pretty much says it all. Here in the north, few of the southern ruffles express themselves on a regular basis, well this northern dormant does everyday with great beauty. Flower color is a typical peach polychrome self. Carriage is upward on 3 to 4 branches. Bud counts are typically around 22 in the garden and CF blooms for an extented period in late July into mid August. Stunning and is already being used in a number of hybridizers programs for northern edges. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Cornflakes in a Can. Bremer. 2012. 23" height. 4.5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid-late season. (Honey on My Lips x Passions Promise). This little guy has 4 to 5 long lateral branches that carry 25 or more buds. Cornflakes is a heavy bloomer with wonderful deep green foliage. Color is a watermelon orange with a wide parfait peach edge. Cornflakes is not weather dependent to show the wonderful color combination and is quite consistent. Flowers are not good cold weather openers however, but this has not seemed to hinder admires (or me), normal summer weather typically is all that is needed for a great show. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Cozumel Concoction. Bremer. 2012. 36" height. 6.5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Star of India x Swallowtail Kite) x Odds and Ends. Coral reef lavender is what I think of when looking at this flower. Years ago while diving in Cozumel, much of the reef appeared to be a light dusky lavender, it was beautiful even though it was dead. Thus the name relates to the reef. The throat is a yellow appliqué that is green at the center. Scapes are large, stiff and have 2 to 3 nice laterals. Performance is excellent. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Custer's Last Ice Cream Stand. Bremer. 2012. 28" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Alaskan Vows x Call of the Mild). Custer is the whitest flower we've produced to date and is quite stunning. Very diamond dusted and clean looking. Edges are nicely ruffled and there is a very small gold edge. Scapes have 3 branches and carry 22 buds. The plant is a heavy bloomer and many scapes are produced on a clump. Very much a northern dormant. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Dark Alien. Bremer. 2012. 27" height. 7.5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Scratch My Itch x Springfield Clan) x (Scratch My Itch x Persian Ruby). This plant has always been intriguing due to its whacky flowers. There is really no typical form from day to day as it twists, pinches, shows sculpting and segments sag on any given day. Color is a dusky rose with a dark broad eyezone that flows three-fourths of the way out on to the petals. Unfortunately it is fairly short. DA produces 27 buds that are not as well spaced as I'd like and branching is mostly at the top. However, it is a magnet in the garden as an oddball. Images to the left, don't show how dark it actually appears and it is quite sinister looking. Pollen is good, but pods often get aborted. We plan on using the pollen on some taller plants with better scape habits in the future. Certainly a looker though. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Executive Branch. Bremer. 2012. 30" height. 5.5-6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Paul Voth x Turkey Shoot). Executive Branch is good looking purple with very muted light watermark. Color is very clear and holds well in the sun for such a dark color. The selling point on EC is that the beautiful flowers are carried on well spaced long laterals and clumps are stunning. Foliage is equally as good, being a dark blue green that is very resistant to changing soil conditions. A real winner that has gotten much attention in the selection field.See our catalog for availability and pricing. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Fire Fight. Bremer. 2012. 28" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Foolish Dragon x Scratch My Itch) x (Guilty as Sin x Scratch My Itch). Fire Fight has that little extra glow that sets it apart from other eyed cultivars. A broad hot red eyezone plays well on the tan-pink background color of the petals and sepals. The eye lightens at the center before a large bright yellow throat takes over on the petals and sepals. This yellow color on all segments really sets it off and can't be missed. Outstanding performer that produces 3 nice lateral with 24 buds. Excellent and a garden magnet. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Forty Fourth Parallel. Bremer. 2011. 32" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Orchid Elegance x Inquire Within). A deep lavender purple with a darker eyezone and edge, Forty Forth Parallel has been an outstanding performer in the selection field for years. Scapes are stiff, straight and have 3 long laterals that carry 26+ buds. FFP in a clump is to die for flower power. Solid northern plants that have experienced some rather bad open winters with no set back. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Greedy Governor. Bremer. 2012. 27" height. 7.5-8" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (House of Misrepresentatives x Scratch My Itch). Available in late August. GG has been in our display garden near our corn cribb for 5 years and has many visitors selling there souls for a piece of the action. The scapes are top branched with 3 medium size laterals and that present flowers in large bouquets. Flowers open wide and recurve somewhat. Some twisting and pinching is always at work with these big flowers. Coloration is a medium red with a large star shaped yellow throat. Sepals can be somewhat lighter on many days. The plants are big time showoffs and are quite different than many of the UF's available. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Gun Steel. Bremer. 2012. 32" height. 7" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (House of Misrepresentatives x (Swallowtail Kite x Last Butterfly). Lavender purple with a glistening steely blue eyezone. The color on this one is so unique that we had to overlook it's rather average scapes and bud counts. Scapes have short top branches numbering 3 or 4 with 13 to 15 buds. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Incredible Bulk. Bremer. 2011. 26" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Wedding in the Snow x Peach Bombshell) x Fragrant Bouquet. Another darn polychrome! Well, not quite. Bulk is unique for a glow that it takes on that is quite unique. Flowers are of very heavy substance and have diamond dusty over the yellow, pink highlighted background. Ruffles are large and looping. The throat is beautiful green that really offsets the rest of the flower. Relatively short scapes have long laterals with a bud count of around 28. The best polychrome we grow hands down and a standout. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Jaded. Bremer. 2011. 28" height. 5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Cruising for a Bruising) x (Inquire Within x Bruised Ego). Finally a very different color break! Jaded is a pink flesh colored flower with lavender midribs and lavender shading at the inner corner of the petals. Not a very ruffled flower, but of excellent form and opening qualities. Scapes are very straight with 3 nice laterals that support 25 plus flowers. The images may not look like much, but a careful look will reveal how unique this plant is. We've used it extensively the last two years in hybridizing and look forward to the first group of seedlings blooming this summer. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Juicy Bubble Butt. Bremer. 2012. 26" height. 5.5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Very late season. (Ruffled Strawberry Parfait x Cold Shoulder). This is the latest blooming plant in our gardens and we own many late bloomers. The plant bloom so late this past summer that we closed to walk on traffic a week before the first blooms opened (August 22). This plant was placed in the sales field in the fall of 2010 in hopes that we could show it to some of our summer customers. Well we sold some on their scape habit (and probably the name) to a few interested local hybridizers, but not the flower. Scapes have 3 to 4 very long branches that have 25 well spaced buds. Foliage is deep blue green. The flowers are a beautiful deep strawberry rose with a white small toothy edge. We are looking forward to new toothy creations crossed with another seedling of promise. Superior in everyway and certainly extends the season. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Legislating Life. Bremer. 2012. 38" height. 7.5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Ceilo Lavanda x Jealous Jessica) x Swallowtail Kite. Legislating Life is another large plant with massive scapes that has 3 long laterals. Bud count is 21 plus and open flowers are well spaced. Flowers are star shape and are a bright lavendar-purple with a lighter watermark. The throat graduates from white to yellow and then green at the center. The sepals show a large creamy white splash at their bases. Strong, tall and admired in the display beds the past couple of years. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Limestone Lady. Bremer. 2012. 28" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Down the Aisle x line bred Reckamp seedling). This is creamy greyed flower. A strange hue, somewhat like old linen. Flowers have excellent form, have excellent substance and have a wonderfully piecrusted edge with a small gold band at the edge. Extremely floriferous plant that has a bud count around 25. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Lunker. Bremer. 2012. 42" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid into late season. (Peach Bombshell x Tim Kornder) x (Trojan Bride x Colossus and Butterfly). One of the most massive plants we grow and equally as beautiful. Flowers are a a deep clear pink with a lighter cream watermark over a yellow then green heart. Segments are rounded and have a small gold edge (not the attraction in my eye). Scapes have a huge diameter with three heavy laterals. Clumps produce numerous scapes and display them above almost everything else. One of the most exceptional cultivars we grow out of thousands. Available in late August. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Mister Mustard. Bremer. 2012. 25" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. Visitors know this one well and have admired the consistent form and color over the past several seasons. Mustard yellow flowers are extremely bright have a deep maroon red eye and edge. The petals are well ruffled and have nice wide segments. Scapes have 3 shortish laterals that carry 18 to 20 buds. Foliage is a nice dark blue-green. An excellent standout in the garden. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Mystery Being Written. Bremer. 2012. 38" height. 6.5-7" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Ceilo Lavanda x Odds and Ends) x Jealous Jessica. Beauty in lavender and cream, Mystery Being Written is aptly named. The bitone flowers reflex twist and pinch. Deep lavendar petals become lighter at the center and the sepals show this light pattern as well. Clumps are gorgeous with many flowers displayed high above the foliage. Scapes have 3 to 4 long branches with 24 to 30 buds. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Mystery Meat. Bremer. 2012. 29" height. 5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Mister Mustard x Guilty as Sin). Flowers of this cultivar have that meat red coloration in the eye and a narrow picotee of the same color. The base color is doeskin and is a nice contrast. The many flowers are carried scapes that have 3 to 5 top branches. Clumps produce a tremendous number of scapes and blooms for their size. Foliage is a dark blue-green, which provides a great back drop during bloom. Perhaps not a hybridizing plant, but definitely a top notch garden plant. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*National Secret. Bremer. 2012. 34" height. 6.5-7" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season +. (Honey on My Lips x Passion's Promise). This 'to die for' flower is extraordinary for consistency and beauty. The large flowers are carried atop tall sturdy scapes, which sport 2 to 3 long lateral branches. The edge color is the lightest parfait peach with a long triagular eyezone. The flower really gives the appearance of eyezone fading into a broad peach edge. We've been using this in crosses with other plants that have the faded edge look in hopes of solidifying the trait for even broader faded edges. Extremely unique and a real eye catcher. Plants are large and bloom for a very extended period. 25+ buds. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Pardon My Platitude. Bremer. 2012. 27" height. 5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Sarcastic Intentions x Snookers). A garden plant extraordinaire, Pardon My Platitude is all about brilliant red color. Very sunfast and a garden magnet. Flowers number 25 or more per scape and many scapes are produced on modest sized clumps. Scapes produce 2 to 3 laterals with many buds each. This plant has grown in some of worst clay on the farm and doesn't flinch. Foliage is a dark blue-green. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Pledge a Grievance. Bremer. 2012. 34" height. 7" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Dean Corey x Scratch My Itch). A UF of great beauty and plant habit, Pledge a Grievance will surely cause you to contemplate the future it holds for offspring. The flowers are a gorgeous light pink with a darker band of eyezone above a cream, then yellow throat. The cream and yellow show up on the sepals as well. Flowers twist, curl and reflex randomly. Plants are large and vigorous growers, with tall well branched scapes (2 to 3 nice laterals). Bud counts consistently go above 25 and buds open uncrowded. Long deep blue green foliage is a great back drop. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Poker Player's Ruse. Bremer. 2012. 32" height. 6" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Guilty as Sin x (Peach Bombshell x Dragon Pinata). On of my favorite flowers from last summer. Poker Player's Ruse is very consistent from day to day. Flowers are a brilliant yellow with a clear red eye. To add to this superior color are large looping ruffles carried on wide petals that create a very round overall flower. Scapes have 3 to 4 long laterals and bud counts are often 28 to 32. This cultivar bloom for over 4 weeks the last two summers. Superior to face and plant to others in it's color class. Poker Player's Ruse produced a very large number of fat seed pods last summer and we look forward to blooming out some rather long crosses. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Saracenia. Bremer. 2012. 25" height. 6.5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Mid season. (Untangle My Emotions x Wedding in the Snow) x (Musical Medley x Lavender Fantasia). WOW! Not a doctored color. This lavender has been incredibly consistent in our garden, sun or shade. Walk on customers have been inquiring for years about its availability and we now have enough propagated to sell. We think there is nothing clearer for true lavender color available. While I would like a taller plant with better branching, Saracenia is consistently beautiful and the bud count is always 15 to 18 in normal field soils. We sometimes see a couple of laterals, but it generally is top branched. Flowers are well behaved and open fully flat. Probably the most photographed flower in our gardens due to its consistent daily display. Short plants produce wide deep green foliage. See our catalog for availability and pricing.
	*Tax and Spend. Bremer. 2012. 28" height. 5" flower. Dormant. Tetraploid. Early Mid season. (Bruised Ego x Seven Deadly Sins). A pancake flower (opens very flat), Tax and Spend is a departure from the ruffled and edged cultivars. Flowers are a salmon pink with infusion of violet along the midrib and yellow then green throat. Some darker veining throughout creates an unusual appearance. Tax and Spend has a couple of laterals and some top branching that carry 24 to 29 buds. The bloom period begins earlier than most of the cultivars in our gardens, which is unusual (most Early and EM registered cultivars bloom at the mid season point for us). See our catalog for availability and pricing.