Bible Grove

Bible Grove daylily picture

'Bible Grove' (2008) Mercer seedling: ('Michael Vaden x Fudge Sundae') X (Court Magician x Tuscawilla Blackout')

Tetraploid 37 " tall, 5" flowers, Semi-evergreen, Midseason, 27 buds on 6-way branching. Black purple satin with white picotee and a red ring around a yellow-to-green throat. Small ruffles. Fertile both ways. Named for a town in northeastern Missouri, near the Iowa border. Hardy in zone 5. Tender in zone 4.   The photo above was taken in my shady back yard, where the branching doesn't develop.  My Nikon D5000 gets the color of black purples exactly right.

In hybridizing, Bible Grove transmits its blackness when used with intense red or dark purple mates. It can transmit its excellent scape even when used as a pollen parent. It will also negotiate its form and size when used as a pollen parent. I got its scape, and larger, wider flowers in a cross to a rose pink seedling from Pink Fanfare x Great White.