Michael Bouman's Daylilies
Michael Bouman
624 Hidden Lake Drive
St. Peters, MO 63376
(314) 578-2716
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About Daylily Lay
Daylily Lay is the name of my small internet sales business. I sell surplus daylilies from my garden, with an emphasis on the hybrids I have created. The name of the business is a pun on Bob Dylan's song, Lay Lady, Lay. I list available daylilies on The Lily Auction from December through March and I ship via Priority Mail from mid-April to the end of May. My seller ID on The Lily Auction is "Durango." There are no direct sales at my home.
I register my best hybrids with the American Daylily Society (ADS). I have been hybridizing since 1995 and registered my first hybrid in 2005. Since then I have registered over 100 new varieties. When selecting plants to be named, I place emphasis on hardiness, vigor, plant stature, and garden value. A candidate for naming has been under observation for at least six years and has rebounded well from division and transplant in the early fall. Most of the seedlings I select and evaluate don't pass all the tests. Only the best and the strongest move toward getting an official name.
I enjoy giving talks to garden clubs anywhere in North America.
Ordering Information
Please contact me before sending an order, as supplies are limited. I ship USPS Priority Mail. Postage cost is $10 plus $3 for each additional plant.
2026 Introductions
Fun Fact
(2026) Diploid. 7, 34-44, Dor, La, RE, 4 wide branches, 22 buds.
(One Strange Cookie x Ida Mae Norris) X Peppermint Curls. UF Cascade. Clear bright red
with pointed white midribs and a feathered yellow to green throat.
Carefree garden impression. Bloom begins in the first week of July.
$100 double fan.
Papa Haydn*
(2026) 6, 33, Sev, M, 4 branches, 20 buds, fertile both ways. (Virginia City X
Yoga Man) Recurved
white with a 5-inch notched dark blueberry eyezone showing pointed cream midribs
and dark radiating lines coming up from a green throat through a burnt orange
band and a gray band beneath the blueberry color. Burgundy anthers. $100 double fan.
Fritz's Diner Blues*
(2026) 6.5, 30, Sev, EM, 3 branches, 14 buds, fertile both ways. (Ripples and Reflections X Big Eyed Girl)
Near white with a patterned, webbed, and veined silvery blue eyezone outlined purple above a
burnt orange to yellow to green throat. Tightly ruffled petal edges show three colors.
The fancy look calls up memories of sleek diners in the 1950s. Fritz’s Diner in Trenton
had an array of blue tiles along the outer surface. $100 double fanThe Library at Daylily Lay
From time to time I write about daylilies or daylily people. The Library at Daylily Lay is a download area for PDF files of the pieces I have saved.