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The info for this cultivar seems very different from that in the AHS database eg. Salter E.H, 1986 , red rose,

I have just ordered a plant by this name from an Australian grower.

I looked up daylily 'Hoot' which appears to be a Diploid. The pollen parent is given as 'Crimson Icon' a Dip, and not as [Tet. Crimson Icon]. But its pod parent is given as 'Misty Moonlight' which appears t be a Tet. All other offspring of MM are listed as Tets.

I am about to buy 'Hoot' and if I get 2 fans I will put them near a Dip and a Tet and try to produce a sdlg.

Unusual velvety rich red. Like many here it developed bad rust in our mild summer with constant rain or showers, but has improved as temps cooled a bit although rain continues.

My plant bloomed in our early sub tropical "autumn," only a few months after purchase. Several buds on a few scapes. Good substance as blooms still good after copious rain. Am very pleased with it.
Little rust at first, then bad when humid and frequent rain showers, then diminishing as weather a bit cooler, ie. current maximums around 75 deg and min around 65 deg, and still frequent rain showers.

I bought this 4 months ago and am pleased as it hasn't had as much rust as most of my hems. The FFE was a few days ago which tested its substance which is quite good. It is a deeper colour than my pics, esp'lly in shade in the morning.

So far this hem hasn't shown rust in my garden. It is in a pot away from other hems, but many others which I also bought a few months ago got rust quickly, and mostly badly in the warm showery weather we had. So I will watch this one.

I bought this in our late Spring. Considering the huge amount of rust it has had, it has grown fairly well here in the subtropics during a very rainy and not too hot summer. Rust is easing back now it's cooler, so am removing lotsa leaves.

Although it gets rust badly here in the subtropics, my plant in a pot has survived drought, flood and neglect, and flowered!!

Although My Belle is not registered as fragrant, I find it to be very fragrant. I am delighted that I haven't lost this one as I feared.

Another one for the sub tropics!!! I am amazed as I only recently planted this out from a small pot where I had put it on receiving a small fan only 4 months ago. Not fully open yet but I accidentally broke the tall bloom spike while watering it in, so this is my FFE.

Tay Daum has bloomed 4 months from when I bought a small fan from the hybridiser. I first put it in a 6"pot. Before I planted it out recently, it had a tall bloom spike which I cut and gave away. I am amazed it has done so well, and big blooms have continued for a month now. We had some cool nights but it only reached freezing for a few minutes on a couple of nights. Great having early bloomers in this sub tropical (YES!) climate.

It has a very slight, not great fragrance.

This is a great hem. In my garden, it's always a med/dark rose colour. It shows no rust. It bloomed early, then before the last buds finished it shot up another scape. Opens perfectly and lasts well in the sun. Also does fairly well in very heavy rain.
Another attribute is that it is often half open for a day looking deep rose. Then the following day it is often fully recurved as per my pics.

In my garden OS is a glowing golden yellow. And it has beautiful velvety substance. Outstanding. It can sometimes do petaloids and polys.

The lavender part of the double edge is definitely lavender. Maybe slightly greyish lavender. The bloom is also a bluish pink. It looks wonderful from a short distance. Nice substance. Not fully open until after midday but still looking great in the evening. Our very mild weather and copious watering are no doubt helping all that. Here it is wonderful to have blooms before the spring equinox. It is in part shade.

Today I had FFE of PJ. It is a bit fragrant, and has a gold or copper edge on petal and sepals. The throat is gold then green. No sign at all of a red/dark pink halo/eyezone.
I am very impressed with it as I only received then potted it in mid May, and we had a dry winter and the warmest on record..

NGA and AHS both show the daylily FUGUE as having pod parent Tet Fugue. Also the NGA database for offspring of FUGUE shows FUGUE as one. Seems there has been an error in the registration record???

I wonder now if the round was very dry last year before my MAS appeared to disappear for a couple of weeks. Because it has done it again recently. Rain was often forecast so I ended up not watering some daylilies much. I again feared that MAS had died. Others near it still had leaves although a bit wilted. Recently I began giving plants a good soaking every week as it was still hot and quite windy. Fortunately a few days ago leaves reappeared on MAS.

So, handy to know that some cultivars, notably MAS, appear more prone to doing this than others. I am glad I didn't plant something in its spot.

A grand parent of BWW, 'Indiahouse' is shown as a Dip. Wonder if that is correct as BWW and the other 2 ancestors are Tets.

I was researching the ancestry of DOUBLE SUNSHINE registered as a Brown cultivar 1974. However, its registered date seems wrong given the later dates 1988 1986 and 1977 that are given for registration of its ancestors as per NGA pages and the AHS site.

DOUBLE SUNSHINE 1974 = Double Doubloon × sdlg
DOUBLE DUBLOON 1970 = sdlg x Double Gold ?! 1988 ?!
(( DD offsp incl Twin Classic 1977))
DOUBLE GOLD 1988 = Alpha Double ?!1986 !? x Condilla 1977

The ancestor parents DOUBLE GOLD, ALPHA DOUBLE and CONDILLA appear to have only come into existence after DOUBLE SUNSHINE did.
I have been working myself silly lately, but not that silly methinks ?????

Although registered as Semi Evergreen, MARCIA FAY has consistently been completely deciduous in my subtropical, southern hemisphere garden for the last 3 years. It dies back completely in June. After only a couple of weeks new leaves appear. This seems to be independent of the weather.

It has done this even though the last 2 years we have not had nighttime minimums low enough to get a frost. Lowest minimums have been around 40 deg F. The daily maximums have been around 68 deg or warmer. The summers, especially the last two, have been hot and humid with many long days in the high 80's or low nineties.

Its fragrance is very sweet and aromatic. It flowers and increases well. It also appears to be very rust resistant. I am glad I have this one.