The Color Encyclopedia of Daylilies | 
| Authors: Ted L. Petit, John P. Peat
Publisher: Timber Press, Incorporated
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 224276
Format: Illustrated
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 296
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.6 x 1
ISBN: 0881924881
Dewey Decimal Number: 635.93432
EAN: 9780881924886
ASIN: 0881924881
Publication Date: November 15, 2000
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Product Description
A vast array of daylily hybrids has been developed from only a small group of species in Hemerocallis. Hundreds of new daylilies are introduced each year, and no other book describes and illustrates so many of the hybrids in one place. The parent species are also included, but the focus is on the amazing developments that have been achieved through hybridization. Close-up photographs show the detailed characteristics that hybridizers work for. Each photo is accompanied by a thorough description of the daylily's color, size, bloom season, and parentage. In addition to the pictorial encyclopedia, the book offers extensive information on cultivation and hybridization.
Book Description
A pictorial reference showing the colors, designs, & other characteristics of many hybrids, with information on cultivation & hybridizing.
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 A valuable addition July 19, 2008
This is a well written and comprehensive account of the Daylily. It opens with a Chapter describing the plant and its make up. Chapter Two discussed its History while Chapter three looks at the History of Daylily Hybridising. Chapters four through nine look at the various forms including Singles, Eyed and Patterned, Doubles, Spiders, Polytepal and Small and Miniature Daylilies. Chapter Ten considers Hybridising, Chapter Eleven Cultivation and Chapter Twelve looks at Daylilies of the Future. There are two Appendices: Additional Resources which provides details of Daylily Societies and other sources; and Sources for Daylilies which covers the US, Canada, Australia and Europe. It concludes with a Bibliography and an Index of Pictured Cultivars
An impressive book of generous size, it is illustrated throughout in colour with over 1,200 photographs, many taken by the joint authors. The text is clear and concise, and such matters as the distinction between Diploid and Tetraploid are simply explained. The selection of plants chosen for inclusion (and with so many thousands of cultivars in existence it necessarily can only be a selection), appears somewhat arbitrary other than there seeming to be a preference for broad petalled ruffled forms; it would have been informative to know what criteria were used for selection. It would also have been interesting have a chapter discussing the merits or garden worthiness of specific plants.
It is a well produced book with a clear an uncluttered presentation. Most of the cultivars are illustrated by a single bloom although a few are pictured as a clump giving an idea of the plant and its flower potential as a whole. The standard of photography is generally very good, however there are one or two photographs which are out of focus, and also a few where the lighting leaves something to be desired. However the colour reproduction, frequently a problem with Daylilies, seems for the most part and as far as I am familiar with specific cultivars, to be fairly accurate (yet consider `Elusive Dream', p 81, described as a "pale cream-pink" - yet it is illustrared as a brilliant yellow). It is a predominantly American publication and seems to make little reference to work down outside the States, similarly the list of sources outside the States is scant: only four nurseries listed for the whole of Europe (I can think of around twice that number for the UK alone).
However overall it is a valuable publication, and while any such book can only give a general overview, and with so many new cultivars appearing each year is by definition going to be dated very quickly, it brings us in terms of the history of the modern Daylily light years ahead from R W Munson's useful 1989 publication.
 daylilies at their best July 8, 2008
Ted and JP have produced a masterpiece. I can't wait for their next one.
Glorious, glorious pictures of our favorite flower.
Great Reference Book April 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
For serious Day Lily gardeners- this book is a must have for their garden book collections. My only wish now is that the authors and Timber Press will come out with a completely new and revised edition .
super product, very satisfied September 9, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was very pleased with the book I received. It was good quality with no defects. The price was reasonable for the great quality product I received. I am happy with this purchase.
Daylily book review August 23, 2007
This is a very good daylily book. Loads of beautiful pics and they are in order by color, so if you arent quite sure of some of your daylilies, as was my case, this is a great help.
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