2021 Introductions

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ALWAYS JIGGY 

Pierce G.  76-A (Venetian Pools x The Fantastic Barbara Watts) EV EM RE EMO 34” high, 7.625” flower, 5-way branching, 35 buds.  Fertile Both ways, Pod Stud, Chevrons, Triple Picotee 

Edge Super large and gaudy, ALWAYS JIGGY is like the name says, always patterned in Chevrons.  A delightful improvement on her parents, she is now: Darker, Larger, has Arching Foliage, better scapes, and will set enough pods to keep you smiling, and… without shrinking down to nothing by Fall.  An absolute winner.  Enjoy!  

BETTER BOY 

Pierce G. 6083-A  (Big Boy Butterfly x Big Boy Butterfly) F2  EV E RE EMO 32” high, 7.75” flower, 6-way branching, 35 buds, Fragrant, Pod Stud / Fertile both ways, 3” Rich Green throat!!!, Black Picotee 

SO much is going-on here… The dark multi shaded HUGE eye, multiples of rich purple, blushing violet with an almost black veining.  BETTER BOY’S a light raspberry/purple in shaded pillows and veining.  The vibrant 3” green throat is ribbed, then outlined in charcoal blue. Outside this extra-large eye is a darker circle of plum. Pattern repeats on the plump wide sepals with even more green.  Hey, when I have nothing better for Pollen, I will self them – Yee-ha!  A BETTER BOY.  You WILL Love him.   

  BE COOL

Pierce G. 633-E (Diamond Shores x Guy’s Outrageous) x (Good Golly x Hemingway) SEV EM RE EMO 37” high, 8” flower, 5-way branching, 35 buds, 4” petal width, Fragrant, Diamond Dusted, Fertile both waysWow! They just keep getting bigger, more amazing, and now are beginning to fatten-up and round.  In fact, the garden nick name was “fat boy”. This is only used for me to keep track of. Imagine a darker Purple Ninja, with a round Celery green center watermark, round form, and with a quite WIDE saw tooth mixed Chartreuse ruffled edge. *With THREE SETS of TRFK in BE COOL, she had better be Thicker, Bolder, – Even faster – Zoom! Yes, I jest, but miss this one and there might just be tears. A super strong grower, I love how the thick green veining comes out onto the 4” petals. Thank God, “It just seems to never end…”   

BLAZING HEART

Pierce G. 6390-F ((Majestic Prime x Velvet Throne) x Blessing of Freedom) EV EM RE Emo 32” high, 7.75” flower, 5-way branching, 30 buds, Fragrant. Easily Fertile both ways

Wow! What a gorgeous rich color.  Red was my second favorite flower to breed way back in the 80’s, and BLAZING HEART is exactly or an even better example of what a 2021 daylily hybrid should be. Large with wide petals, striking Wide pure white edge, often with big Angle Wings with an olive-green throat. The New Reds are here…

  BOLD ECHOES

Pierce G. 6479 (The Gift of Pizazz x Blue Vibrations) SEV EM RE EMO 32” high, 8” flower, 7-way branching, 45 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways

Here is my favorite pattern, and BOLD is spot-on. The large eye pattern has 5 color rings, darker purple veining, with the deep green throat as the kicker.  A BIG flat daylily, BOLD ECHOES also shows-off her quadruple edging of raspberry, dark raspberry, blueberry, silver, and lemon. Pattern continues onto the sepals. A Dream Scape too. ***The picture Says it all  Bold! 

   BURST OF INTEREST

Pierce G. 6091-A  (Born To Be Wild x Inner Spirit) x F2 EV EM RE EMO 38” high, 7.5” flower, 6-way branching, 35 buds. Fertile both ways.

My best and largest Applique to date, and it is a “goodie”. With beautiful Green inner markings, a near black strong picotee edged in silver, and green out onto the sepals. Always in perfect form and a great scape, BURST OF INTEREST will capture your interest anywhere and for decades to come…  

DR ROBERT BURKHART 

Pierce G. 6212 ((Red Sparkle Teeth x Bat King) x Red Toothy Seedling) EV EM RE EMO 36” high, 7.5” flower, 8-way branching, 45 buds. Fertile both ways, Heavy Substance Since Teeth became a new rage I have tried to get and use every worthy toothy thing out there, and I will tell you that they were ALL small with wimpy scapes.  Rather disappointing.  When 6212 first bloomed I was completely shocked - SHOCKED!  Here was this exceptionally large round red, with real  white teeth, on its first blooms – no waiting until it gets really hot.  And…  Wait until you see the scape.  One seed of many…  and all the stars aligned.  Every flower opens perfectly.  Sepals are all rimmed in teeth, and… the good doctor grows strong like a weed.  Admired and Named for our friend and fellow plant enthusiast Dr. Robert Burkhart.  Turns your red teeth seedlings into trees to!   Enjoy.  

ELECTRIC BALLET

Pierce G. 6063-D (Ultimate Blush x Green Volcano) SEV EM RE EMO 34” high, 7.75” flower, 5-way branching, 30 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways, Big & Thick

This flower is so much better with the human eye, that is the honest truth. I just cannot capture the screaming color saturation. ELECTRIC BALLET is the brightest… Neon deep Rose pink, with a watermelon pink watermark. Wide ruffles in gold and then… you get this huge 5”celery green sparkly throat!!!  Mainly, the entire flower just glistens in 100% diamond dusting. NOTHING like it. 

EYEFINITY

Pierce G. 6982-DC ((Majestic Design x Pirates Island) x Wild star) SEV EM RE EMO 36” high, 9” flower, 6-ways, 35 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways, 100% Diamond Dusted

Pure crystalline colors are the best description besides bold. EYEFINITY’S 100% diamond dusted light chiffon base with chartreuse veining, boasts a 7” celery green sparkling center. SPARKLING! With a dark purple picotee, darker than the rich 8” purple eye. Neon light green sepals. Dreamy!!!

FESTIVE SPLASH

Pierce G. 6017-C (Guy’s Swan Song x Citrus Ferriswheel) SEV EM RE EMO 30” high, 7.25” flower, 4-way branching, 20 buds, petals are 3.75” wide. Fertile both ways,  Completely Diamond Dusted!

A Masterpiece in Clean, Clear, Vibrant Colors – Period. Monet would shout “Genius”. Yes, I describe most of my daylilies this way, because from 60-70 thousand + seedlings each year – It Happens. *It Has Too!!!  You will not find a happier Hem anywhere. FESTIVE SPLASH is also thick and heavy, and again it is the glowing Celery green sparkly throat that makes the masterpiece.   

FRUITFUL HANDIWORK

Pierce G. 5304 (Halloween Effect x Tet Waxen Splendor) SEV EM RE EMO 30” high, 6.5” flower, 5-way branching, 25 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways, Triple edging, Bold near black eye, VERY Large Edge!!!

After first being blessed with what I consider the very first genuine Double Edging in a large full form with Picasso’s Intrigue, they have since become larger, more diverse, striking, and beautiful. In Hybridizing, the trick is to keep coming-up with something Better. *ALWAYS Improving is not an easy task. I am proud to finally have just that in FRUITFUL HANDIWORK. Vibrant & Colorful. Just take a look at her. 

GENTLE JOY

Pierce G. 6384-I (Malibu Barbie x Madam Secretary) SEV EE RE EMO 40” high, 7” flower, 6-way branching, 35 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways, A Scape of Dreams! 100% DD, Heavy Substance!!!

Named for my life long Best Friend’s daughter, sweet Gentle Joy. When a great man and friend has a child, he and God together, get to make an Angel. Like our friendship, this daylily GENTLE JOY blooms with her flowers held high. An honor to name this pure, neon, hot magenta pink beauty for her. GENTLE JOY is a Perfect Daylily, and a coloration I have never seen before. A 3” Shamrock Green center.  To me, there is a hint of blue in the lighter icy pink watermark. A Joy!  She should grow everywhere.  

NEW ZEALAND

Pierce G. 6081-F ((Lucky You x Guy’s Oh Behave) x Sassy Sapphire) SEV EM RE EMO 30” high, 8.75” flower, 5-way branching, 25 buds, Fragrant. *Totally New Look, Fertile both ways, 7.5” Green Center

A THICK celery green daylily with a pink blush on the petal tips.   Triple thick GREEN with deep sculpting covering most of the flowers face. NEW ZEALAND’S petals are then edged in lemon gold, 100% diamond dusted. Sepals are ribbed green too. The whole blossom is GREEN, and just glows!!! 

NORWAY LIGHTS  

Pierce G. 6040-C ((Goodtime Blues x TRFK Seedling) x Seedling -bluish eye) EV EM RE EMO 32” high, 6.25” flower, 5-way branching, 35 buds, Fragrant, Pod Stud, easily fertile both ways, *Cross to blues

With a dark purple base, a bright ribbed green throat, green veining extending into the bluish lilac watermark, then outlined in silver white and purple… NORWAY LIGHTS makes for a new daylily with quite the colorations… This is all repeated on the petal edges that are outlined in gold then silver white. The wide sepals are diamond dusted in green too.   Almost… blue. I will keep trying!  

NOW THAT’S CHEESY

Pierce G. 608-CA (Fancy Lace x Golden Sweet) x Tet Sunglasses Needed) SEV EM RE EMO 32” high, 8.25” flower, 7-way branching, 45 buds, Ever-bloomer, Fragrant, 100% diamond dusted. 100% double. Fertile both ways

Holy Cheddar Batman! This ENORMOUS cheddar orange double, edged in ruffles, saw teeth, and sparkling spikes is Totally Magical. These Giant blooms of NOW THAT’S CHEESY begin early to very, VERY late.  While the flower is 8.25” diagonally across it measure 4” high. No one will not L O V E this “Cheesy Delight”!  Quite Fragrant too.  

POP POP LOUIS

Pierce G. 480-EN (Green Volcano x Thunder Glow) DOR EM RE EMO 30” high, 7.5” flower, 4-way branching, 20 buds, Fragrant, 100% Diamond Dusted.  Fertile both ways, My Best Green Pod Parent

Loved and selected by our gardening friend Stephanie Jarvis to be named for her Grandfather who loved daylilies. Louis, she called him Pop Pop. It is funny, I have to explain this, as people have already checked the database and could not figure it out. POP POP LOUIS is a large and flat beauty, that is basically just dark purple with the thickest GREEN throat / 6” of Green! I had kept it back an extra year for more pods.

REASON FOR PLEAS’N’ 

Pierce G.  6128- LK ((Fancy Lace x Guy’s Swan Song) x Tet Sunglasses Needed) DOR EM RE EMO 30” high, 7.75” flower, 7-way branching, 40 buds, Very Fragrant, 99% double. Fertile both ways 

Bill Waldrop was generous enough to guest me his conversion of Sunglasses Needed.  I really did not have anywhere to take it, so I took a chance and loaded-up a white and green seedling clump, collected about a hundred seed, and that following year bloomed REASON FOR PLEAS’N’ and Now That’s Cheesy.  Both I truly hit the jackpot with the vigorousness, branching and such huge blooms!!!  Thank You Bill.  This pure Lemon Double is vibrant with strong ribbing, saw teeth on both petals and sepals.  While the flower is 7.75” across, vertically she’s 3 3/4” high.  That is one Big Momma.  

REGAL DRAGON

Pierce G. 5275-C ((Spinefeld x My Friend Phil) x Bat King) EV E RE EMO 34” high, 7” flower, 5-way branching, 35 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways, Strong Grower! Sepals are just as Toothy.

While breeding for Patterns with teeth, low and behold jumps-up this Large dark purple with almost no pattern. Suddenly I didn’t care about a pattern – I had hit the jackpot. Guess who loves teeth now! In REGAL DRAGON, this is what you get day in and out. The large silver white Sharks Teeth are right there from first bloom, opening Early Morning. My second love about The Dragon is the Green throat and how it flows out in veins! There is a hidden pattern there that can be explored, and I have been very successful in other directions here too. Several Dragons are sold, and I expect to be sold-out in the first few weeks. Have fun and be good to my Dragon please. 

 R-U-A-BARRACUDA 

Pierce G. 6357-F ((Spinefeld x Prickly Patterns) x Tet Kaleidoscope Intrigue) EV EM RE EMO 30” high, 6.25” flower, 5-way branching, 30 buds, Fragrant. Easily Fertile both ways, Green Throat
Describing the elaborate markings, teeth, and colorations of R-U-A BARRACUDA would be too lengthy.  The picture shows it all.  Tet Kaleidoscope Intrigue coloration, but larger with 360’ white teeth. Triple edging with the Pierce low Arching Foliage.  Healthy as all Get-up, and completely unique.  Take her to teeth, patterns, and both.  But most importantly “Have Fun” and show me your kids, please.   

SATIN FACETS

Pierce G. 607-K ((Fancy Lace x Guy’s Swan Song) x Solar Sweet) DOR E RE EMO 32” high, 7.25” flower, 6-way branching, 30 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways, DD and throws 4x4’s often

This is it. Genuinely great Whites and with style… are finally coming together. Again, from tireless thousands came 607-K a 1% pink base with no yellows. Forget the amazing branching. In SATIN FACETS you get a Large blossom, round form with a tremendous pie-crusting edge that melds right into the deep inner sculpting.  And yes, a green throat with just a hint of color to add a glow. SATIN FACETS is hands down the most amazing near white we have Ever released, and parent of our future Atomic Blonde. Whites are exceedingly difficult to ((Honestly!!!) photograph and print with no photo editing, so you will be much more impressed in person. Very Limited 

SCARLET MARVEL

Pierce G. 6023-A (Red Raptor x King of Reds) EV EM RE 35” high, 9.5” flower, Spider Ratio 4.6:1 Petal length 7” Petal width – 1.5, Sepal – 1.25 width, 6-way branching, 30 buds, Fragrant. Fertile both ways

Rich acrylic red petals, a 6” celery thick, ribbed green throat, One Hundred % diamond dusted finish, with a killer/strong scape! None of this 3 branches garbage. SCARLET MARVEL even looks thick, and He Is! Maybe the next Marvel2 Superhero… Daylily saves the day! I have been breeding now for True Red Spiders for 7 generations. Here is my best. *And I have made tens of thousands of Red Spider seed!!! Achieving my absolute Best is my goal in Buss. And in life… ….. Enjoy… 

SCREAMING CHERRIES

Pierce G. 6578-A (Green Volcano x TRFK Red Seedling) SEV E RE EMO 34” high, 7.25” flower, 5-way branching, 25 buds, Fragrant. Fragrant both ways 100% DD!!!!!

Another color so completely rich, sparkly, and saturated.  (I just cannot capture it’s uniqueness with a camera!!!!!  So, I need you to imagine it MUCH better – Ok.) 

SCREAMING CHERRIES is essentially 2 colors. The most unbelievable rich Neon Candy Apple Red, with deep richer veining.  And with two saturations of TRFK GREEN in the FIVE INCH Celery throat. So thick it is like pillows and brail. SCREAMING CHERRIES in an EMO too, even with it’s Thick Throat. No need for a distracting edge.

STATE OF THE ART

Pierce G. 418-H (Master & Bold Ruler x Berry Ambitious) SEV EM RE EMO 34” high, 8” flower, 6-way branching, 30 buds, Fragrant. Easily fertile both ways, 3” DD GREEN Throat, Wide Pansy Petals

From two Great parents we get this 

R I C H purple with dark veining, 100% diamond dusting, a 3” celery green throat, outlined in silver, Ruffled in a bright lemon chartreuse edging. This is a darker flower that both parents with a C L E A N color unaffected by water spots and thrips. Some flowers just have this.   I Love it!  

SUCH A BLAZE 

Pierce G. 6316-D  (The Blessing of Freedom x Seedling) SEV EE RE EMO 30” high, 6.625” flower, 5-way branching, 35 buds, Fragrant. Pod Stud, easily fertile both ways This Flame red Full Form beauty is another that is MUCH better than any photo can capture, and I just do not have the time either…  There is a lighter watermark, then a cool Green throat.  SUCH A BLAZE is edged in a bright lemon/Gold edging, and the combination really Pops.   A Great 2021 Red with all the trimmings.