RUSSELL HENRY TAFT DIP- D-20-550 -J. Carpenter- (24-MRe-6.5"-Dor.) Parentage unknown-but likely Mary Jane Carpenter is in this one's background. Our beloved daylily friend, Sally Millman-Taft, was the wife of Russell. She was so pleased when I wanted to name this lily for her husband, Russell, for the memorial garden she was making. I never met Russell. Sally chose the registration name just as you see it above. This was a small way of showing my appreciation for the good I felt Sally did in our daylily world. RUSSELL HENRY TAFT is a remarkable flower. The 6.5" blossoms are of the heaviest substance, well formed, round, flat-faced, ruffled, lime-green in color, and gloriously beautiful. The scapes have two way lateral branching with 20 buds or more. The very dormant cultivar repeats its performance here with second scapes. It is fertile both ways, but not the easiest parent. Double fans. $100.00