2010 Daylily Introductions
(H. Nichols) Named for a very beautiful lady who lives in
the state of
DALLAS BLUSHING DEBUTANTE
4.5”
(H. Nichols) You will want to plant this beauty in the back
of the bed because it is very tall. Ruffled flowers are a delightful shade of
claret rose with yellow throats. Multiple branched scapes give an extended
season of bloom. Tetraploid. Blooms mid-season to late. A rapid increaser and
very fertile. (Fairy Filagree X Swiss Legacy). It is producing very beautiful
seedlings. Well admired....... $35.00
LEMON
DREAMS 4.25”
(H. Nichols) A sibling to Dallas Blushing Debutante. Just as
tall and beautiful as her sister. The slightly ruffled flowers of this
beautiful daylily look good enough to eat. Multiple-branched scapes and many
buds give this lily an edge over others in the garden. It is producing very
beautiful seedlings. Blooms mid-season to late. Tetraploid. ….. $35.00
PEGGY ESTES 4.0”
(H. Nichols) Diploid 26” A beautiful lily named for a woman
well known in the daylily and iris circles. Ruffled flowers are maize yellow,
with salmon halos and dark maize centers. An absolutely spectacular daylily and
blooms nearly the entire season and give a splendid repeat performance. Well
branched with many buds. (Elsie Spalding X Pumpkin Kid). Sought after by
everyone who admired Peggy Estes…... $35.00
ZELLA BYRD 5.0”
(H. Nichols) Tetraploid - SOLD OUT…… $35.00
2009
BOMBAY EYES (H. Nichols 2009) TB/SA/RE (Balch Springs X Mesmerizer) 36” Large bubbled ruffled and sculpted flowers are ice flax blue with an amazing sapphire blue triangular area surrounding the huge gold and white beards which end in sapphire blue horns. A touch of lace adds an air of aristocracy to the flowers. An added accent is the line effect in the center of the falls. Well branched with 7+ buds. No pollen, but pod fertile. Very fragrant and a rapid increaser....$35.00
BRECKENRIDGE WONDERLAND (B. Nichols 2009) TB/SA (Conjuration X Mesmerizer) #B-39 36” The sculpted and ruffled flowers are exhibited on well branched stalks with 7+ buds. The lovely color is a very pale lilac white self sporting lush tangerine beards which morph into deeper lilac flounces. There is a pale chartreuse area around the beards. Fertile both ways....$35.00
COWBOY'S JOURNEY (B. Nichols 2009) TB (Wild Ginger X Rock Star) 34” A very pretty plicata that is a good grower. Ruffled flowers have buckwheat standards faintly edged red violet on the edges and throughout the center. Broad ruffled falls are mimosa yellow edged red violet and across the haft areas. A darker lines runs straight down from the end of the gold beards. Pod fertile, but no pollen. Well branched with 7+ buds....$50.00
ROYAL INVITATION (H. Nichols 2009) TB 36” M-L (Splashacata X Castle Stronghold) #2006-1 Well branched and multi-budded stalks present a spectrum violet on white plicata. Standards are white marked spectrum violet throughout the base and center. Broad ruffled falls are white with a broad spectrum violet wash on edges and across the haft area. Beards are gold and violet. Fertile both ways. A rapid increaser, and not simply another violet plicata....$50.00
SPRING ANNOUNCEMENT (H. Nichols 2009) TB 36” E-L (Lillian Lee X Tranquil Moon) This beauty has been nicknamed Smoky Mauve in the garden. A scrumptious mixture of smoky mauve rose with salmon hi-lights both in the standards and the falls. A touch of lace is a beautiful finishing touch on both the standards and the falls. There is a slight orchid-violet wash at the base of the standards and below the tangerine beards. Well branched with 7+ buds. Fertile both ways and a rapid increaser....$35.00
YUMMY DESSERT (B. Nichols 2009) TB/SA 34” M-L (Rock Star X Honeymoon Dance) A small flowered iris having peach ground mauve-raspberry plicata flowers. Standards are deeper mauve-raspberry edged peach. Rounded falls are pale peach with more raspberry plicata on edges and across the haft areas. The creamy tangerine beards end in short mauve horns. Well branched stalks with 7+ buds. Fertile both ways and a lovely, but shorter iris....$35.00
2008
MARY FUSSELL (Silverado x Boogie Woogie) X Balch Springs) TB 36” E-L Sdlg. 03-01 Large slightly ruffled flowers are ice blue with powder blue beards tipped yellow. Well branched with 8-10 buds.....$25.00
ACADIAN DEBUTANTE (Thanksgiving Fest X Bera) Immaculately formed flowers are a beauty to behold. Bi-toned semi-flaring overlapped flowers are orchid purple with falls being edged white. Yellow signals accent the flowers which are veined ever so lightly darker orchid purple. Well branched with 7+ buds. 28-30 inches....$15.00
BAYOU FESTIVAL (Lemon Petticoat X Soft Hearted) Large bi-toned re-curved overlapping flowers have light mineral violet standards veined bishop’s violet and darker falls with lighter edges being veined the same as the standards. Large rayed chartreuse-yellow signals are found on both standards and falls. The style arms are blended chartreuse and bishop’s violet. Well branched with 7+ buds. 28-30 inches....$15.00
CAJUN SERENADE (Empress Josephine X Jeri) Tailored semi-flaring flowers are blended amethyst violet with fall centers slightly darker. Yellow signals on falls and style arms have a white edge. Both standards and falls have slightly darker veining. Well branched with 6 buds. 28-30 inches....$15.00
FESTIVAL BANNER (Stylish Socialite X Elusive Butterfly) Semi-flaring flowers are imperial purple with narrow chartreuse dagger signals with plum lines extending ¾” down from the signals. Style arms are edged white and in center. Well branched with 7+ buds. 28-30 inches....$15.00
LAFAYETTE MOON (Icarus X Decoy) Slightly ruffled flowers have fully over-lapping form and are blended buckwheat-straw yellow with ever so slightly red-violet veins. Style arms are dark yellow being deep green deep in throat. Well branched with 7+ buds. This one blooms the entire season. 28-30 inches....$15.00
ORLEAN’S BLUES (Offshore Flow X Good Heavens) Cartwheel form with slightly ruffled spectrum blue flowers having cornflower blue veining and darker lines below chartreuse-yellow dagger signals. Well branched with 7+ buds, 28-30 inches....$15.00
PARRISH GOSSIP (Empress Josephine X Fiddle Dee Dee) Lovely semi-flaring bi-toned petunia purple self with chartreuse yellow signals and style arms having a white edge. Well branched with 7+ buds, 28-30 inches....$15.00
2007
BURST
OF LIGHT (H. Nichols) (Gold Kist X Be A Dream) 34 inches. M-VL.
Ruffled flowers with slightly open standards are ivory suffused with gold and
deeper at base midrib. The wide falls are ivory with gold hafts and edges.
Beards are orange, white and lemon. Pollen, well branched 8+
buds...... $12.00
CASCADIAN
VIEW (H. Nichols) (Carriage Trade X Windsong West) TB 36+
inches. #04-14. E-M. A wonderful variety giving excellent show stalks done in
ice blue white with slightly darker edges. Beards are blended gold, lavender
and lemon with gold haft markings. Well branched with 8+ buds. Fertile both
ways......... $12.00
DALE YOST (H. Hichols) (God's Handiwork
X Handshake) TB 36+ inches. Really super fancy plicata with wonderful stalks.
Huge elegant flowers have veronica violet standards suffased with helitrope
plicata markings and darker midribs. Nearly overlapping falls are fancy
campanula violet bordered methyl plicata and across haft area with a silver
sheen. Cadmium beards. 3 branches, pollen 8+
buds................ $12.00
ROYAL
DAGGER (B. Nichols) (Sib to Club Tattoo) IB/RE/SA 26 inches.
E-M. Ruffled standards are nearly solid amethyst violet plicata with creamy
yellow at midrib and base. The falls creamy yellow ground edged standard color
with white lines surrounding dark yellow beards tipped amethyst ending in fat
short up turned purple horns. 5-6 buds. Fertile...... $12.00
GARY
GAMBLE (H. Nichols) (Breakers X Windsong West) TB 36 inches.
E-L. Multiple stalks put up from mother rhizomes. Well branched violet flowers
with brown hafts with yellow and violet beards. 9+ buds. Show stalks.
Fertile......... $12.00
HALLOWEEN
DEBUTANTE (B. Nichols) (Rodeo Star X Rock Star) TB/RE/SA #B9 36
inches. What a treat for the irisarian wanting a good rebloomer. Ruffled
standards are yellow ochre with lighter
HAZEL
HAIK (H. Nichols) (Flights of Fancy X Costumed Clown) TB 34
inches. E-M. Selected by a well-known Region 17 Retired Master Judge. Ruffled
serrated blended salmon Bishops violet standards with faint Bishops violet
plicata markings. Rounded falls are blended fancy Bishops violet with darker
area toward orance beards and falls edges. 7+ buds. Well branched with
pollen.............. $12.00
WAY
OVER THERE (H. Nichols) (World Premier X Balch Springs) TB 36
inches. E-L. Broad and ruffled aster violet neglecta with lighter edges and
white and brown area around gold and aster violet beards. Well branched, no
pollen. Fertile. 8+ buds......... $12.00
PRAIRIE
BALL (H. Nichols) (River Jordan Z God's Handiwork) #2130A. E-L.
32 inches. Charming ruffled white ground Bishops violet plicata with gold
beards and having nearly a solid border on the falls. Well branched with 7+
buds. Fertile........ $12.00
SCHOOL
MARM'S BLUSH (H. Nichols) (Sib to Burst of Light) 36 inches.
M-L. Ever so lightly ruffled and laced pale creamy coral with deeper coral
hafts and fat neon orange beards. Standards are slightly open with broad falls.
Well branched with show stalks and 8+ buds..... $12.00
SWIMMING
HOLE (Alternate picture) (H. Nichols) (Rainmaker X Piano Bar
Pirate) IB/RE #2007A. Beautiful ruffled rounded falled reverse ice blue with
deeper standard midrib and base. Violet beards are tipped yellow. Well
branched, 5 buds. Heavy bloomer....... $12.00
2006
AGAINST ALL ODDS (H. Nichols) TB 36" ML Very ruffled flax blue being irregularly marked and streaked darker flax blue to purple with gold hafts and gold and blue beards. (Titan's Glory X Batik) 8+ buds. Well branched. Fertile. $10.00
ALMOST AN ANGEL (H. Nichols) TB 36" ML Ruffled cocoa pink amoena.
Absolutely beautiful in the garden. 7+ buds, well branched and fertile. (Aura
Light X
BETTY ZIMMERMAN (H.
Hichols) TB 36" ML Elegantly ruffled huge updated version of
BLONDE MOMENT (H. Nichols) TB 36" EL Ruffled empire yellow standards and Lighter falls sporting a small white area below the yellow and white beards and Chinese yellow hafts. (Joyce Terry X Crystal Glitters). Well branched, fertile. $10.00
COWBOY SERENADE (H. Nichols) TB 36" EL Ruffled heliotrope with gold and heliotrope beards. Well branched, fertile. Show stalks. (Breakers X Windsong West). A very beautiful addition to the garden. $10.00
CROCODILE ROCK (B. Nichols) TB/SA 34" EL A beautiful peach ground on violet plicata with wonderful garden presentation. Usually having large flounces, but may have some flowers with horns. Fertile both ways, well branched. Best Seedling at 2000 AIS Destiny Dallas Convention iris show. (Rodeo Star X Rock Star). $10.00
GALACTIC STORM (H. Nichols) TB 36" ML Introduced for the hybridizers because of the unusual seedlings it gives when crossed to most irises. A muted version of Ringo. Well branched, fertile. (Diddler X Ringo). $10.00
IMPERIAL SECRET (H. Nichols) TB 36" EL A ruffled imperial purple
self with a white area at the hafts. Beards are creamy tangerine. Well branched
show stalks and very fertile. (Breakers X (
PHANTOM PLANET (H. Nichols) TB 36" EL Our most unusual iris to date! We have a reserve list for this weird iris and you will love it or hate it. A Thornbird child that makes you take notice. Ruffled flowers are blended creamy yellow and brown with bronze, grey, yellow beards. Well branched, fertile. Show stalks. (Thornbird X Hello Darkness). $10.00
2004
ALASKAN CRUISE (H. Nichols) TB 36" M-L. Seedling #9718-B. Ice
blue self with falls having chartreuse hafts. Beards ice-bllue and tipped
yellow. Ruffled! (Tim Clark X Think 'N Creamy). $6.00
BERING LAGOON (H. Nichols) TB 36" M-L. Seedling #2028-B. Blue
white self with brown hafts. Gold and blue beards. Ruffled and laced. Well
branched! (Boogie Woogie X Conjuration). $6.00
JANET THOMAS (H. Nichols) TB 36" M-L. Seedling #9554-A. medium
blue self with blue-yellow beards. Very Ruffled! (Breakers X Winter Olympics). $6.00
MERLIN'S
ROBE (H. Nichols) TB 36"
M-L. Seedling #9713-A. Ruffled standards are beige with a blue-raspberry
mid-rib. Ruffled falls are grape edged and washed violet. White haft markings.
Sienna beards. (Eurythmic X Diddler). $6.00
WARDANCER
(H. Nichols) TB 36" M-L. Seedling
#9535-D. Ruffled maroon-red self with gold haft markings and beards.
Well-branched. ONE OF THE REDDEST IRIS IN THE GARDEN! (
2003
DESTINY
DOROTHY DEVENPORT (H. Nichols) #9805A TB 36-40" E-M Our premier introduction this year has been well received by people in many areas of the country. Well branched with up to 9 buds and fertile both ways. Ruffled reverse peach bi-tone with creamy peach beards. (Marthella X Edith Anderson) $8.00
DOROTHY EVANS (H. Nichols) TB 36" A lovely, well branched hyacinth blue self. This makes a fine addition to the garden. (Silverado X Scene Stealer) $12.50
DRAGON FLIGHT (B. Nichols) #B-8 TB 36" M-L Ruffled and laced flowers are displayed on well branched stalks. Standards are cordovan to beetroot with yellow ground suffusion. The broad falls are creamy yellow edged same color as the standards. There is a white area across the hafts and below the gold beards which end with plum colored horns. ((Ruffled Skirts X (Purple Pepper x Rock Star)) $12.50
EVENING VESPERS (H.
Nichols) #9555A TB 36" M-L A ruffled violet self with brown hafts and
brown tipped violet beards. Well branched with many buds. ((Breakers X (
STRICTLY TABOO (B. Nichols) TB 38" M-L. Seedling #B-1. Standards are white with midrib and base being pale blue-violet. Falls are amethyst violet. Center washed white from tangerine beards. 1" slender white horns. Ruffled and laced and a great way to end the season! (Scene Stealer X Conjuration). $10.00
SEAGOVILLE
SENORITA (H. Nichols) TB
36" M-L. Seedling #9547-A. Standards are harvest gold. Ruffled falls are
purple madder rimmed tan with a harvest gold wash below gold beards. (Diddler X
2001
ADOBE
CAMPFIRE (H. Nichols) TB
36" E-L #9535A Ruffled and slightly laced flowers are a bi-tone of oxblood
red with falls having lighter edges. A touch of lace adds a nice touch to the
whole flower. Tangerine-gold beards are surrounded by a few white markings.
Well branched with 7-9 buds. A rapid increaser. (
ALTERED IMAGES (H. Nichols) TB 36" E-L #9601A Ruffled and slightly laced standards are a blend of ivory and light lavender with gold edges. Broadly ruffled falls are white banded purple and cinnamon blend getting wider and darker near the hafts. Orange, gold, and purple blended beards. Fertile both ways. A fine addition to your garden. (8750A (Ringo x Diddler) X 8910A (Boogie Woogie x Eurythmic) $5.00
ASPEN ESCAPE (H. Nichols) TB 36" E-L #9703A One of the two admired white Nichols seedlings seen in the various tour gardens during the Destiny Dallas Convention. A ruffled chalk white iris having lemon beards. Well branched with multiple buds. This white iris grows like a weed. 9211M (Windsong West x Blenheim Royale) X Juris Prudence $5.00
HEAVEN CAN WAIT ( H. Nichols) #B-3365) TB 36" M-L Well branched, ruffled and laced flowers have petunia purple standards with coral midribs, the falls are the same color with a lavender wash below the creamy coral beards. Haft areas are coral too. ((Windsong West x Breakers) X (Dorothy Devenport X Lovely Letty)) Sold Out
KLEBERG MAID (B. Nichols) TB 36" M-L. Seedling #B99-4. Standards are antique ivory washed raspberry plicata. ruffled falls are peach ground washed deeper raspberry on edges and hafts. White area below orange beards tipped raspberry. (Sorceress X Rock Star). Sold Out
MONKEYING AROUND (B. Nichols) IB 22" E Very tailored flowers are well branched with 5-6 buds. The color is a smooth blend of honey and brown with yellow highlights throughout the entire flower. Orange-brown beards. Fertile both ways. It came from a bee cross on Honey Glazed $5.00
NIGHT PASSAGE (H. Nichols) TB 40" M-L #95llC Ruffled dark violet flowers are well branched with many buds. A white area surrounds the blue and brown beards. Fertile both ways. Produces huge plants. 9211L (Windsong West x Blenheim Royale) X (Titan’s Glory x Aegean Storm) $5.00
2000
AVALON BECKONS (H. Nichols) TB & SA 36" M-L Growers have been inquiring for three years as to the availability of this beautiful new space age iris. Plentiful stock of this exciting and beautiful iris now allows us to offer it to you. Beautifully ruffled large flowers have pinkish lavender standards with broad rose pink falls. Full tangerine beards have consistent purple ends with turn up in large horns. A touch of lace adds special charm to the flowers. Well branched stalks have 9 or more flowers. This iris is a very good grower and will not disappoint you. Fertile both ways. (Sweet Musette X Pagan Pink) …$4.00
CLUB TATTOO (B. Nichols) IB 20” E-L. Seedling # B-15. Ruffled white ground plicata. Heavily infused dark purple. Standards have a white midrib and base. Falls have darker hafts. Tangerine beards tipped purple. (Court Magician X Epicenter)...$4.00
1995
BOTTLED SUNSHINE (H. Nichols) IB 22” Seedling 9104-A. E-VL. Standards are aureolin. Falls are white with deeper aureolin on edge and each side of gold beard. Ruffled with pronounced fragrance. (Highborn Kinsman X Joyce Terry)...$2.00
