MARVELOUS MERRY GREY (Davisson-J 2020)

MARVELOUS MERRY GREY (Davisson-J 20) I became interested in hybridizing for gray daylilies after attending a camellia show and seeing the unique camellias being hybridized in shades of clear light gray and smoky charcoal gray enhanced by pink edges and veining, yellow edges and veining, ...oh my! Seems nobody shared my enthusiasm including one negative person from New Joisey (you KNOW who you are!) who said NOBODY would buy a daylily the color of concrete. We shall see who likes gray! When I met a young lady who inspired me named Merry Grey, I knew it was time to introduce my gray daylily! MERRY GREY is a cheerful 8" clear, light gray with a huge yellow watermark that shines in the mid to late season. Scapes are 36" with wonderful 5-way branching and a bud count averaging 25. It doles out bloom after bloom for a long period of time and is a season extender when many other daylilies are bloomed out. Excellent at clump strength, when I have recorded even better branching and bud counts. It is also fragrant with faultless foliage and hardy semi-evergreen plant habit. MERRY GREY is a tetraploid from a cross of PATTY IN PINSTRIPES X CAROLINA COOL DOWN and is fertile both ways.