*MY FRIEND JONATHAN

(N. Ripley 2018) Tet My Friend Jonathan 12NR104 (Sdg 09NR352A-Place Garden Beauty x Bluebird Butterfly) x Entwined in the Vine). This flower is named for my good friend Jonathan Poulton.  Jonathan loves patterns on daylilies, so it is my chance to name a patterned daylily to honor Jonathan. A happy early morning opener, wonderful cream with a multicolored eye pattern, chevron pattern on the sepals, strong scapes, fine picotee edge of a color matching the patterned eye. The flower 5.5”+,  height 34”, 4 way branch with 18+ buds, early season bloomer, some rebloom, fragrant and semi-evergreen.  I love green throats on pattern daylilies. I think this makes you take a longer look at the flower. You can take a lot of time looking deep into this pattern to green throated daylily. Crosses for this flower would jump into my mind’s eye each day when I would see it blooming. With having raised midribs makes me think that I could put a ruffle on it. Time will tell.  It is great to have a consistent pattern on a tall northern daylily that carries the flowers well.  Light ruffling on petals and sepals and fertile both ways, what is not to love. With the background on this flower it should mix well and have pretty patterns on its kids.  I am looking forward to seeing many kids in the seedlings bed this summer. I am proud of this patterned daylily and some of the  reasons are it always shows a pretty pattern in the eye zone on every flower, pattern on the sepals always shows in my garden, tall straight scapes holding up the flowers nicely and it is hardy. The color base of cream will go with any color and could clean muddy colors.   Double fan, $65.00. Limited.