LIGHT FANDANGO /sold out (REIMER 2022) (SF) DIP, TEETH, BLUE Sdlg 93-15 (sdlg x sdlg) 5.5″ 32″ SEv M 4 br 12 buds I have never hybridized for teeth, but in 2015 this flower appeared as a new seedling with teeth on its petals. The teeth on its petals have been very consistent, and I do not think there are many diploids in commerce with teeth, so I kept it. Over the years its performance has been very consistent, with wiry but strong scapes, wide-angled branching and spacing. Its color varies from light reddish lavender to a medium purple; sometimes it looks like a bitone, sometimes the color is more uniform. Like many patterned daylilies, the watermark/pattern varies with the temperature. It nearly always has a watermark, although the watermark is sometimes subtle and other times has high contrast color with a jagged edge which matches the light teeth on the petals. It is easy pod and pollen fertile, has excellent sun resistance, and holds up in summer sun very well. It has been consistently rust resistant, with nice dark green foliage. It is a smaller bloom than the large ones that I prefer, at five inches in diameter, but its unique qualities make it worth introduction into commerce. I have several seedlings from it which also have teeth on the petals, but the teeth and the blooms are larger and more widely spaced than those on Light Fandango. Since I don’t hybridize for teeth, I have not exhausted its potential and hope for others to do so.

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