2020-2018 Introductions
Carolina Daylilies: HOSTA and Iris Too!
LIVING WELL
BRUCE, 2020 31” EM. 5.75” TET. SEV.
Light pink double with yellow gold watermark and serrated edges. As it warms up you can get a limited number of teeth along the edges. Used with my line of toothy doubles with great success. I now have a number of pink and gold toothy doubles under final evaluation.
Order early as we must first honor our reserved list from club and garden visits. Overall my best and most popular double to date.
AUDREY HEPBURN X SEEDLING
STRETCHED TO THE LIMIT
BRUCE 2020 31” EM. 7” TET. SEV.
Large reddish orange flowers above golden yellow throats with lime green centers. Flowers are surrounded by slightly darker thin golden yellow edges.
THIN MAN X WILD WOOKIE
EXTRA TOPPINGS
BRUCE, 2020 SOLD OUT 20” M. 5.5” TET. SEV.
Cranberry red double surrounded by white edges and shark’s teeth. The lime green throat is an added bonus. An excellent parent for toothy doubles. A sib. to my 2018 double: GIMMIE THAT LOOK.
SEEDLING X VENETIAN FRINGE
HAND PICKED
BRUCE, 2020 M. 6” TET. SEV.
Cream yellow UF flowers above a green throat. Large rose chevron pattern with a lime green throat. About 45% of the time the flowers are UF doubles. I have extensively used HAND PICKED in my uf doubles line with good results.
HEAVENLY STARFIRE X WILD AND WONDERFUL
GARDEN ADDITION
BRUCE, 2020 25” EM 6” TET SEV.
Sculpted light pink flowers with heavy lime green edges and green throat. Seedlings often produce toothy edges.
FRINGY X MIKE LONGO
CHRISTMAS IN CAROLINA
BRUCE, 2020 28” M. 5.25” DIP. SEV.
Rosy red with large green throat. A cross of one of my best red dips and Rose F. Kennedy. The vivid colors are just as nice in the hot SC afternoon as you see early in the morning.
TWO FLIGHTS UP
BRUCE, 2020 38” ML. 7” TET. DOR.
Large wine flowers with darker wine eye. Large lime green star shaped throat. White midribs and thin white edges on petals. 38” scapes make this a great back of the border daylily. Good increase allow us to offer this new introduction.
Low price, tall, dormant, large flowers, bold green throat and good increase too!
COOL TWISTER X GENEVA CHAINSAW
2019
CAROLINA VACATION
BRUCE, 2019 33” M 7” TET. SEV.
Extra large bloom with huge yellow to green throat. Lots of pinching and twisting on both petals and sepals.
BROOKLYN TWIST X GENEVA CHAINSAW
CAROLINA BEACH MUSIC
BRUCE, 2019 28” E. 5.75” DIP. SEV.
Flowers are magenta with a bold lime green throat leading to a cranberry - grey purple eyezone. The center of each lime green bloom really glows.
KANSAS KITTEN X SPRING MYSTIQUE
TEETH CLEANING
BRUCE, 2019 23” EM. 6.5” TET. SEV.
Sharks teeth all around this wine UF. Bold lime green throat helps get this new Tom Bruce introduction noticed. The picture below shows a mature clump in full bloom. Selected from my RED FRIDAY seedlings.
(OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE X FLAMENCO CHRISTMAS) X RED FRIDAY
DIVIDED BY LOVE
BRUCE, 2019 31” M. 5.5” TET. SEV.
My first bi-tone introduction with more to come. The sepals are cream blushed with pink and more pronounced than the picture here shows. The yellow gold edge and deep green throat are an added bonus. Nice clear colors are a plus too.
Another of the RED FRIDAY KIDS.
SPACECOAST STARBURST X RED FRIDAY
EVERYDAY COUNTS
BRUCE, 2019 38” E. 7” R. TET. SEV.
Tall (38”) scapes hold large 7 inch blooms. Blooms are dusty rose with a darker chevron pattern. Overall about 20% of the flowers poly (See picture below). Excellent increase every year plus good rebloom too.
WILD AND WONDERFUL X HEAVENLY STARFIRE
2018
FOUR WAY STOP
BRUCE, 2018 25” E. 6.5" R. DIP. DOR.
Dependable poly (95%) with rebloom here in our SC garden. Pale pink with ruffled edges. Nice green throat. Sepals are ivory with pink edging. Fertile both ways and quite a few of my seedlings from Four Way Stop also poly. An important addition to your dip. poly breeding program.
TUSCAWILLA SNOWDRIFT X (RUSHING SEEDLING x TAHITIAN WATERFALL)
GIMME THAT LOOK
BRUCE, 2018 SOLD OUT 25" M. 5.5" R. TET. SEV. DBL.
Most days you get the toothy bloom but some days you get the crested one - thus the name. Reddish purple with white teeth. Crested blooms often on rebloom scapes. 96% double. Great kids! Much used in my doubles program.
VENETIAN FRINGE X (OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE x FLAMENCO CHRISTMAS)
CAROLINA FIREWORKS
BRUCE, 2018 31" EM. 7" R. TET. SEV. UF.
Clear red flower with a dramatic green throat that spills out over a majority of the bloom. Almost every bloom varies as it twists and turns. Many large green throats in the seedlings.
WILD WOOKIE X RED SKELTONS
DENTAL IMPRESSION
BRUCE, 2018 28" EM. 6.5" R. TET. SEV. UF.
Fusha flowers are edged with yellow gold shark's teeth on both the petals and sepals. Good rebloom here in SC. A double dose of TRIASSIC TEETH in the parentage.
(TIRASSIC TEETH x GENEVA CHAINSAW) X TIRASSIC TEETH
POWER UP
BRUCE, 2018 25" M. 6.25" TET. SEV. DBL. Rosy red double with a lime green throat. Pollen and pod fertile and a good parent for doubles. Good increase each year.
DOROTHY AND TOTO X (OUTRAGEOUS FORTUNE x FLAMENCO CHRISTMAS)
KISS A GIRL
BRUCE, 2018 SOLD OUT DF. 26" EM. 6" RE. DIP. DOR.
Flowers are a distinctive combination of bright pink and white. The green throat is an added bonus. A real garden favorite over the last two years.
SILOAM FASHION QUILT X COSMIC KALEIDOSCOPE
SUNNY ALL DAY
BRUCE, 2018 8" EM. 6.25" R. TET. DOR.
Soft pale yellow/ivory with faint pink eye and sculpting. Nice green throat. Good rebloom. Dormant with excellent plant habits. Good increase.
GERDA BROOKER X INTRICATE EYES
TREAT YOURSELF
BRUCE, 2018 28" M. 5.25" R. DIP. DOR.
Pink with bold dark pink eye and large green throat. Re-blooms and is dormant too!
SILOAM FASHION QUILT X ROSE F. KENNEDY
DOUBLE ORDER
BRUCE, 2018 24" M. 5.5" TET. SEV.
Pink double with ivory serrated edge. Yellow green throat. Great double parents!
SIGNATURE TRUFFLE X DOROTHY AND TOTO
HOT ALL DAY
BRUCE, 2018 EM 5.25” TET DOR DBL.
95% double red flowers with gold edging. Deep green throat is an added bonus.
CHINESE SCHOLAR X FIRES OF FUJI
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.