ANGELO FRANCESCHI (passed Dec. 25, 2013)

ANGELO FRANCESCHI
ANGELO HAS TURNED HIS ENTIRE YARD INTO A BEAUTIFUL GARDEN
THE BACK YARD WALK IS SURROUNDED ON ALL SIDES BY DAYLILIES
ONE OF SEVERAL PONDS IN ANGELO’S YARD
ANGELO SHOWING ONE OF HIS NEW SEEDLINGS
A POSSIBLE FUTURE INTRODUCTION FROM ANGELO
“SPRINGFIELD CLAN” TOWERING OVER THE OTHER DAYLILIES
ANGELO’S GIANT SUNFLOWER IS ABOUT TO FORM FLOWER BUDS
ONE OF ANGELO’S UNIQUE FORM DAYLILIES
DAYLILIES ARE IN BLOOM EVERYWHERE IN ANGELO’S YARD
EVEN THE SIDE YARD IS A MASS OF COLOR DURING DAYLILY SEASON
ANOTHER ONE OF ANGELO’S MASSIVE DAYLILY BEDS

ANGELO AND BUDD BENNETT

DAYLILIES HYBRIDIZED BY ANGELO

 

 ANGELO’S DAYLILIES

 

Ballstoothewall (Franceschi, 2008)

height 18″, bloom 5″, season M, Evergreen, Diploid, 10 buds, 3 branches, UFo Crispate ,  Yellow bitone with red eye. (Squirrelly Shirley × sdlg)
Bessie Jane (Franceschi, 2007)
height 29″, bloom 5″, season EM, Evergreen, Tetraploid, Fragrant, 18 buds, 4 branches,  Pink peach with gold edge above light green throat. (Ed Brown × Spacecoast Peach Fringe)
Named for my mother-in-law.

 

Skitohere(Franceschi, 2007)
height 32″, bloom 4″, season EM, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, Fragrant, 18 buds, 4 branches,  Light lavender with darker purple veins and greenish yellow eye. (Lullaby Baby × sdlg)
Named in remembrance of my dad.  He called everyone Skito.They used to ask him what it meant and he would just say, its a word he made up.

 

Virginia Tech (Franceschi, 2007)

 

height 26″, bloom 4.25″, season EM, Rebloom, Semi-Evergreen, Diploid, Fragrant, 20 buds, 4 branches,  Burgundy gold bitone above orange throat.

 

BALLSTOOTHEWALL AT A RADS FLOWER SHOW

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