2021 & 2022 Introductions
Carolina Daylilies: HOSTA and Iris Too!
ON TIME ARRIVAL
BRUCE, 2022 25” EM 7” TET SEV
Large 7” flowers are peach with cranberry eyezone. Nice lime green really shows off.
CARNIVAL IN MEXICO X SEEDLING
LOOKING AT LUCKY
BRUCE, 2022 35” Mid. 7.5” TET SEV.
Large and tall! Flowers are 7.5 inches and are a soft orchid color with gold edging. Large lime green throat.
ADMIRABLE CURMUDGEON X TRIASSIC TEETH
NICE MEETING YOU
BRUCE, 2022 26” ML 6.5” DIP SEV
Purple flowers with bold slate eyezone. Outstanding lime green throat. Blooms right after peak bloom in our SC garden.
SEEDLING X KALEIDOSCOPIC INTRIGUE
RED SKY WARNING
BRUCE, 2022 35” EM 6.5” TET SEV
Tall plants really standout in the back of any border. Orange red flowers have tan edging with nice lime green throats.
BROOKLYN TWIST X GENEVA CHAINSAW
DOWN IN CAROLINA
BRUCE, 2022 30” EM 5.25” TET SEV
Orange cream double (95%) flowers from strong double parents. Hot color shows off in the garden.
TRUFFLICIOUS X GUADALAJARA
2021
LOVE THE LOOK
BRUCE, 2021 23” EM. 6” TET. EV.
Winner of the 2018 Region 15 Summer Garden Tour Seedling award. Pink double with lighter pink and white edges. Reblooms about 90% of the time in our South Carolina garden. Nice lime green throat. Good increase is an added bonus.
DOROTHY AND TOTO X BRUCE DOUBLE SEEDLING
DIRECT FROM CAROLINA
BRUCE, 2021 24” E. 6.5” TET. SEV.
Flowers are rosy pink with soft yellow green throats. Serrated edges are cream yellow and surround both the petals and sepals. Blunt sepals with overlapping petals. An attractive front of the border plant with 4 way branching.
ROBIN LEE X MUCH TO DO ABOUT MAGIC
BORN TO SHINE
BRUCE, 2021 23” ML. 5.5” DIP. SEV.
Edge-no-eye cream white flowers with dark pink edges surrounded by a fine white outer edge. Flowers are highlighted by strong lime green throats. Much admired by garden visitors.
LAVENDER SWIRLS X SANIBEL SHOALS
MIDNIGHT IN CAROLINA
BRUCE, 2021 27” M. 6” DIP. SEV.
Rich burgundy flowers with darker burgundy eyes. Intense lime green throats seem to glow against the darker colors. Burgundy veining surrounds the eyezone .
KALEIDOSCOPIC INTRIGUE X ROSE SATIN
TIED IN KNOTS
BRUCE, 2021 33” M. 5.25” TET. SEV
Peachy pink double flowers. The cream - yellow throat extends well out into the flower itself. Some pollen available to hybridizers but TIED IN KNOTS is mainly a plant for those wanting a distinctive double for their garden.
DOROTHY AND TOTO X (OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE x FLAMENCO CHRISTMAS))
PREPARE FOR LANDING
BRUCE, 2021 25” L. 6.5” TET. SEV.
Unusual Form - Crispate. Burgundy flowers with thin white edges. Large lime green throat. No two blooms are the same but they all curl and are pinched. Good increaser and a great addition to the late season garden.
BRUCE UF SEEDLING X BRUCE UF SEEDLING
SOMEWHERE OVER CAROLINA
BRUCE, 2021 40” M 7.25” TET. SEV.
Large flowers on tall scapes make this an excellent back of the border introduction from Tom Bruce at Carolina Daylilies. Pink with darker pink chevrons help this introduction get noticed from across the garden. Very popular each year with garden visitors.
WILD AND WONDERFUL X BROOKLYN TWIST
DAY IN DAY OUT
BRUCE, 2021 26” ML. 6” TET. SEV.
Double creamy orange flowers with darker eye - sometimes much darker. Flowers are surrounded by a thin gold edge. Deep green throats. From two Tom Bruce double introductions.
DOUBLE SHIFT X BORN IN CAROLINA
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
BRUCE, 2024 26” MLa 5.5” DIP. EVERGREEN
Large dark purple feathered eye draws garden visitors take a closer look . The petals and sepals are a lighter purple. Good rebloom is a plus.
BORN DIRT POOR
BRUCE, 2025 37” MLa 6” TET SEV.
This tall unusual form plant is just the right size for the mid or back of border garden. The flowers are a rose pink bitone with a yelllow tan edges. From Tom’s long line of unusual form breeding with the plus of being an ever popular bitone form.
EVEN BETTER
Bruce, 2024 19” MLa 5” TET SEV.
This double shows it’s double form almost every bloom. (96% of the time) Good branching and bud count. The flowers are yellow with a large pink eye. Similar to my award winning SUNNY ATTITUDE but even better.
SPRING AT LAST
BRUCE, 2025 20’ MLa 8” DIP Evergreen
Wonderful large rosy-pink flowers have white edging on both the petals and sepals. Good bud count with 3 way branching. As the winter changes every year to Spring I always proclaim “Spring at Last” Very popular in the sales garden.
TRAVELING MAN
Bruce, 2025 23” M. 6.75” TET SEV
When my wife and I celebrated fifty years of marriage my wife was often asked the secret of such a long married life. Her answer was: “It helps to have a traveling man.”
The unusual form crispate has red flowers with pinched sepals and extra large green throats. Very distintive.
TWICE SELECTED
Bruce, 2024 20" M. 3.75 TET
A small tet double had been one of my double breeding goals for over 20 years. Finally all the work provided this consistent new double introduction.
Burgundy red flowers with white edges. The short and small flowering new introduction. Make a statement in the front of any border.