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We are pleased to offer the following Daylilies of Curt Turner

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                       2020 INTRODUCTIONS OF CURT TURNER

*Stonehenge (Turner, C. '20) Tet, Dor, 31", 6", Midseason.  Capturing the essence of seasonal celestial circularity, Stonehenge presents its mysteries in petals of amethyst-rose, banding and veining in blueberry and blueberry-ice picotees; light-yellow sepals edged and hazed in hints of amethyst stippling and ghostly blueberry-fog banding; all centered with deepening gold-green ethereal throat shading and white lightning-strike midribs.  Stonehenge is a cross of Oceans Eleven x Blue Beetle, is fertile both ways, and has three-way first year branching and fifteen buds.  T16-5.  [$80.00 SF]   ~~~~~

Cranberry Bye and Bye (Turner, C. '20) Dip. Dor. 36", 4.75", Mid-late Season.  Good red diploids are hard to come by.  A half-sibling to Centenarian Sidney, Cranberry Bye and Bye is a reverse bitone featuring rose-red petals, saturated cranberry sepals, a maroon eye, green throat and striking maroon buds.  Displaying three first-year branches and twenty-four buds, Cranberry Bye and Bye is a cross of [(Whats What x Unknown) X Seedling].  D16-118B   [Not Available in 2024]       ~~~~~

*Spice Road Caravan (Turner, C. '20) Tet, Dor. 25", 5.25", Mid-late Season.  Blending rose, orange and gold with a bubbly, crinkled, burnt-orange edge and a hint of a green throat; Spice Road Caravan evokes memories of ancient trading trails, stalwart beasts-of-burden, and travel weary guides with unusual and exotic cargoes and treasures.  With two-to-four top branches and 25 buds, Spice Road Caravan is fertile both ways and is a cross of [[(Fooled Me x Seedling) x Seedling] X Seedling]].T15-5  [$30.00 SF]   ~~~~~

Mill River Paradox (Turner, C. ‘20) Dip, Dor, 44", 5.5", Midseason.   A puzzle indeed, a white cultivar from lavender/purple breeding as Mill River Paradox is a cross of Blueberry Breakfast X Seedling - not so strange when you know that Blueberry Breakfast itself is a product of near-white breeding, although such is not indicated in the registration.  A white self with gently undulating ruffling and a Golden Delicious Apple-colored throat, Mill River Paradox is fertile both ways and sports 4-way first-year branching and 16 buds. D16-91  [Not Available in 2024]                                                              ~~~~~

Centenarian Sidney (Turner, C. ‘20) Dip, Dor, 50", 5", Late Season.  At the midpoint of the last century, I was a nine year old paperboy seeking my weekly payment at a building behind the home in Abington, MA where no one answered my knock.  Peering in the window, I discovered a greenhouse full of carnations in bloom, the hybridizing efforts of Sidney Littlefield known as "the King of Carnations" among members of the then existing New England Carnation Society.  While Sidney lived to the age of 104, I credit that moment as the starting point of my interest in hybridizing, not to bear results until forty years later. Centenarian Sidney is a tall, frilly, carnation red self with a small cranberry ring entering an apple green throat.  A cross of [(Whats What x Unknown) X Seedling], Centenarian Sidney is fertile both ways with 4-way branching and 27 buds.D16-118A       [Not Available in 2024] ~~~

Manhattans at Midnight (Turner, C. ‘20) Dip, Dor, 37", 4", Early Midseason, An iconic cocktail, an iconic city, and an iconic daylily - an orange amber blend with a deep maroon eye that swirls into a gold and olive-green throat, multicolored midribs, maroon veining and touches of maroon petal-edging.  In its first year, Manhattans at Midnight is a cross of [(Wild Dreams x Seedling) X Seedling] and is fertile both ways with 18 buds and 2-3 way branching.  D16-123.  [$30.00 SF]   ~~~~~

*Mill River Merlot (Turner, C. '20) Tet. Dor. 33", 5", Mid-late Season.  Showcasing saturated merlot coloring, a pastel-violet halo, a striking white edge, deep merlot veining and a gold into green throat; Mill River Merlot is a cross of [(Ancient Wisdom x Desire of Nations) X Seedling].  Mill River Merlot is fertile both ways with 3-way branching and 16 buds,. T14-46  [$80.00 SF]   

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                    2019 INTRODUCTIONS OF CURT TURNER

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Cheering Payton (Turner C. '19)  Dip, Dor 40", 4", early Midseason.   Cheering Payton, named for the third of our four lovely grandnieces, an enthusiastic cheerleader, is a near-white with an early faint-pink blush, a yellow into apple-green throat, and a late-day, light-banana veining . Cheering Payton is fertile both ways, sports 26 buds on 3-way branching and is a cross of [(Inca Trumpeter x Kisses Dawn to Dusk) X Unknown]  D11-153  [$20.00 SF]                                                    .~~~~~

                                                          

*Ebullience (Turner C. '19)  Tet, Dor, 26", 6", early Midseason. Flat-formed and sculpted cream yellow with an orange wash, long jam-packed golden curd ruffling, a green throat and heavy substance, Ebullience is a cross of [(Wonder of It All x Horny Devil) X Greywoods Neytiri] - fertile both ways with 2 way branching and  12 buds.  T14-19B  [$40.00 SF]    ~~~

Meadow Breeze  (Turner, C 19) Dip, Dor, 35", 5", Early mid-season.  An open-faced, front-presenting, eye-catching  splash of golden curliques; displaying spatulate petals and crispate sepals with a bashful green throat - a welcome respite from Granny Smith grandioses. Fertile both ways with 21 buds and 4-way branching, Meadow Breeze is a cross of Little Lemon Twist X Spring Lightning. D14-143   [Not Available in 2024]   ~~~~~

Mill River Masque (Turner, C "19) Dip, Dor 35", 4" Late season.  Incorporating both dips and tets, this appelation-series celebrates the hidden, pristine beauty of hometown Rowley's Mill River; arising in the Georgetown-Rowley State Forest and backwoodsing its way northeasterly to merge with the Parker River as they empty into the Plum Island estuary.  A black-maroon-banded, raspberry self with raspberry-grape ruffling and a glowing green throat.  A distinctive presence in the late garden, Mill River Masque is fertile both ways and displays 21 buds on 4-way branching. (Wild Dreams X Seedling)  D13-71  [Withheld for Increase]  ~~~

*Mill River Meritage (Turner, C '19) Tet, Dor, 39", 5.75", Mid-late season.  An intense blend of maroon and grape with a grape band, a gold into green throat and a cream-picotee outer edge.  Fertile both ways with 3-way branching and 15 buds, Mill River Meritage is a cross of Sabine Baur  X Tet Lavender Blue Baby. T13- 28. [$50.00 SF]      ~~~~~

*Mill River Reveille (Turner, C '19) Tet, Dor, 29", 6",Mid-late.  A very finished-looking lavender-pink bitone with a sunkissed-white halo, a yellow into green throat, and a circus of yellow and white petal rufflings.  Having two way branching and twelve buds, Mill River Reveille is a cross of [(Moon Over Ogunquit x Unknown) x "Reverend Bob Moore,"a gift-plant-received, unregistered sdlg X Country Wonder] T14-110 [$70.00 SF]  ~~~

*Plumbush Downs (Turner, C '19)  Tet, Dor, 40", 6" Mid-late season.  A celebration of three of my favorite things: the Plum Island North Atlantic migratory bird flyway on the ocean side of northeast Massachusetts' Great Marsh, beachplum jelly, and thoroughbred horse racing; showcasing a large lavender-plum eye with raspberry petals and sepals bordered by a blend of plum, grape, and ice with a yellow into green throat and soft-white midribs.  Fertile both ways with 15 buds on 3-way branching, Plumbush Downs  is a cross of Fooled Me X Seedling.  T14-98   [$50.00 DF]       ~~~~~

Sweet Now and Then (Turner, C '19) Dip, Dor, 36", 5.50", Late season.  For those who treasure the moment and are not ready to succumb to nostalgia over a waning summer season; lovely pastel, bi-color delights of watermelon petals and pineapple sepals, watermelon-infused veining, cream midribs, and a soft-gold into green throat.  Sweet Now and Then displays 21 buds on 4-way branching, is fertile both ways, and is a cross of two seedlings. D13-88B  [Not Available in 2024]           ~~~~~

                     

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