Mary Baker
7114 S 49th St
Omaha NE 68157-2273
maryskbaker@gmail.com
No daylily shipping/sales to Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, or Oregon.
We are a licensed and inspected Nebraska daylily, allium, and daffodil nursery.
We are a licensed and inspected Nebraska daylily, allium, and daffodil nursery.
Shipping & handling: $18 for the first daylily or first three alliums or first three daffodils; $3 for each additional daylily or three additional alliums or three additional daffodils. Nebraska residents add 7% sales tax. Payment: Checks or money orders only, payable to Mary Baker. Please contact me via email before placing your order to ensure availability. Shipping begins in mid May.
2025 Daylily Introductions:
'It Hurts Me Too' (Mary Baker, 2025, tet) |
'Lojza' (Mary Baker, 2025, tet) |
'Lojza' (Mary Baker, 2025, tet), morning
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LOJZA (Mary Baker, 2025, tet)—a Czech name pronounced LOY-ssah—is my late father's namesake. Dad was the life of the party and lit up the room like his daylily lights up the garden. When my late mother selected her daylily namesake, she also inadvertently selected seedling 1520MIE as dad's daylily namesake, saying "This one is loud and the center of attention, just like your father."
LOJZA is bold saturated yellow with a big bright red feathered eye over a yellow to green throat. Blooms measure six inches on 30 inch scapes with three-way branching and 15 buds. LOJZA begins blooming in early midseason, has semi-evergreen foliage, and is fertile both ways.
More about my late father (the person): Dad was born in Omaha, Nebraska; son of John, a World War I Army combat veteran, and his wife Ann. Dad was fluently bilingual (Czech/Bohemian and English). He enlisted in the Army Air Corps and served in the intelligence division during World War II, stationed in England in the towns of Gis and Eye. Dad left the military as a sergeant, and attended Creighton University where he pitched baseball. Dad had a high batting average and pinch hit for the Bluejays when he wasn't scheduled to pitch. Dad was drafted by many major league baseball teams but did not accept any offers, although he enjoyed playing semi-pro baseball and fast-pitch softball for a few years. He was inducted into the Omaha Softball Association (OSA) Hall of Fame in 1984. Dad was a tenor who sang opera and at weddings, funerals, and special events. He became a dentist and met my mom while singing at church. Dad loved to dance with mom.
More about LOJZA (the daylily formerly known as seedling 1520MIE): Parents are Dragon Nation X One Hot Mama. Siblings are the dramatic ONE HOT DRAGON (2022) and the bright, cheerful EENZER (2023, my sister Eileen's namesake). They are 75% siblings of MARY BARBARA (2020, my late mother's namesake) which is out of Dragon Nation X Busy Being Fabulous, as BBF's pod parent is One Hot Mama. NOT FOR SALE AT THIS TIME (currently held for hybridizing; may be offered in the future).