August Frost above, so pretty. Large 6" near white blooms rimmed in gold. August Frost is a robust late heavily budded late bloomer. This plant is 34" tall and a Tetraploid.
Raspberry Suede above has rich raspberry red 5" blooms. This flower has thick velvety sunfast petals. Plant is not too large at 28," and it is a Tetraploid.
Above is Summer Blush, and elegant but tough plant. Sweetly fragrant blooms are nearly 5" across, thick, ruffled & diamond dusted. Plant is a 29" tall Tetraploid. Flower is pale yellow with a well defined muted rose eye.
Yes, this one is also a daylily. Meet 'Siloam Peony Display.' This 18" plant produces and elegant display of large fully double fragrant flowers. Petals are very ruffled, peachy colored & diamond dusted. This plant is a re-bloomer, and is a Diploid.
What is 'diamond dusted?' Petals will have shimmer to them, just like they were sprinkled with the dust of diamonds!
So what is Tetraploid & Diploid, and what does it matter?
Daylilies are one or the other. Diploid is the 'regular' daylily with 22 chromosomes. A Tetraploid has double the chromosomes - 44. Consequently, tets are larger plants that have thicker leaves & stems, large flowers are more robust then diploids. Diploids are also very good plants, and will have flowers that are more dainty but all are reliably hardy here in Minnesota. We will have all of these and about 100 others for sale this season.
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