Daylilies
Hybridized by Daylily
Breeder George Pride
Tranquil
Lake Nursery introduced Miss Peach, the first of George
Pride's tetraploid daylilies in 1972 and continued to
introduce his fine daylily hybrids for the next fourteen
years. George retired from working at the Arnold Arboretum
and lived in southeastern Massachusetts. He developed many
fine tetraploid daylilies and showed much restraint in selecting only
the best for registration. He was especially interested in
red daylilies, polychrome daylilies and early blooming varieties.
The
daylilies that are listed below are in good supply. We have smaller
numbers of a few of these Pride Daylilies and they will be offered in
future years. We ship healthy double-fan divisions or clumps (4-5
fans), unless other-wise indicated. Occasionally, low stock varieties
and some new introductions will be shipped as single fans. Our
guarantee still applies.
Abbreviations
used, in sequence:
4"
- Flower size
D. -
Dormant (foliage goes totally brown in early winter)
Ex.E -
Extra early blooming
M.L.
- Late midseason
(CL)
- 4-5 fans
S.Ev.
- Semi-evergreen ( may retain a small portion of
green foliage during winter)
E.
- Early blooming
H.
M. - Honorable Mention
(T) -
Tetraploid
Ev.
- Evergreen ( reacts the same as Semi-evergreen here in the
North)
E.M.
- Early midseason
J.
C. - Junior Citation of American Hemerocallis Society
A strikingly beautiful flower in an unusual shade of light tangerine with yellow-green throat. Large and fragrant. J.C. Award. Introduced by Tranquil lake Nursery in 1980.
Gorgeous pony-sized pale rainbow
colored
polychrome blend with a startling very green throat. Absolutely
superb. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
BIG SPENDER (Pride) 32", D., E.M., 7 ½" (T)
$12.00
Large, brilliant golden orange with
remarkably heavy substance. Splendid form and color. J.C. Award. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
CHAMPAGNE
FLIGHT (Pride) 27", D., M.L., 5"
(T) $18.00
Beautifully formed peach and pale
lemon bitone
with pale-yellow throat. Fragrant. Quality written all over
it. J.C. Award. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery
in 1982.
Beautifully ruffled, soft-yellow
polychrome blend with an attractive rich green throat. Full
flowers and nice branching. Fragrant. J.C.
Award. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
Very pale, soft lemon-white flower with green throat radiating into the petals. Very fragrant and reblooms. Cool, clear color.
H.M. Award. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1977.
This diploid child of Miss Peach is
an
extraordinary dwarf cultivar with a multitude of peach melon flowers
that are fragrant. Excellent branching and many proliferations. Has had
ten flowers in bloom at one time on a single scape.
Reblooms. First introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1977.
MISS PEACH (Pride) 30”, D., M., 5 ½” (T) $18.00
Beautifully ruffled and fluted peach. Fragrant. Flowers over
a long period of time because of indeterminate budding, with as many a fourteen flowers to a spike and five flowers open at a time.
Flowers on different length stems, giving a bush-like appearance. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1972.
Very pale, pastel lavender with very large pale-lemon watermark. Quite large and mysterious looking. Fragrant and reblooms. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1982.
Burgundy eyezone on burnished gold daylily. Large and
lightly ruffled. Brings eyed varieties into the early garden.
Introduced by Tranquil lake Nursery in 1984.
PRIDES
CROSSING (Pride) 32", D., M., 7" (T) $12.00
Large and tall, superb flowers of soft-peach apricot and yellow with a fine green throat. Precisely ruffled petals have a pale-violet
midrib that deepens in color during the day. Reblooms. J.C. and H.M. Awards. Introcuced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1977.
Early, showy well branched pure golden-yellow flower with a yellow throat. Many flowers open at the same time on the same scape. Fragrant. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
Large brilliant red with deeper red
eyezone.
Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1971.
RED
MONARCH (Pride) 32", D., M. to L., 7 ½" (T)$18.00
Very large, sunfast, rich-red flower with a large deep-green throat that holds all through the day. Tall, with tremendous branching
and long bloom season. Reblooms for us in the late season. J.C. Award. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
Huge, cherry red with yellow
throat. Very wide
petals with excellent form and substance. First offered by
Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1972.
RUM PLUM
(Pride) 28", D., E.M., 5 ½" (T)$15.00
Violet-purple flower with darker eyezone
and a yellow-green throat. This beautiful and unusually
colored daylily brings exclamations from all who see it.
Reblooms. First introduced by Tranquil lake Nursery in 1977.
SOMETHING ELSE (Pride) 28”, D., M.L., 6 ½” (T) $12.00
Showy, large golden-orange daylily with lightly contrasting large brownish-
purple eyezone and orange throat. Quite unusual. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nutsery in 1980.
Extra large flowered, very fertile soft creamy butter-yellow flower with ruffling and fluted super wide petals averaging 3 ¼” and 2" sepals.
Fragrant repeat bloomer. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1983.
SPRING SPREE (Pride) 32", D., Ex.E., 4 1/2"
NA
Brilliant 4 1/2 inch red that blooms extra early with a color saturation that is unique in the early garden. Throat is a light yellow. Especially well branched with an accompanying high bud count. Superb for color,
form and earliness.. Introduced by Tranquil lake Nursery in 1986.
TET SET
(Pride) 29", D., M., 6 ½" $25.00
Picotee edging of deep pink contrasts well with the pink of the inner area and the pale yellow throat. Good size and fragrance give it quality. Introduced by Tranquil lake Nursery in 1980.
Fragrant lemon-yellow flower with
chocolate-
brown dusting and a brownish-purple eyezone above a yellow throat. Very
early in the season for a big flower. Extended
blooming. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
Large, luscious, light polychrome
blend of
melon, apricot and lavender with a pale yellow throat. A landmark in
daylily beauty. Fragrant. J.C. Award. Just beautiful.
Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
Brilliant flame red
with almost florescent-orange overtones and a small yellow-green
throat J.C. Award. First introduced by Tranquil
Lake Nursery in 1974.
VALENTINE
DAY (Pride) 27", D., M., 6 ½"
(T)$22.00
Brilliant cerise-red
flower with yellow throat. A very rare color in daylilies.
Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery in 1980.
Exotic,
rich,
deep amber and burnt orange flower with striking purple eyezone and
prominent gold edge on all petals. Absolutely unique
and beautiful color combination. Reblooms. Introduced by Tranquil Lake Nursery
in 1982.