The last two you posted, Daniel, are my favourites. Love them both!

ediblelandscapingsc said:Valerie all 3 look fantastic. If you keep making mini dips like that your intros will sell like hot cakes :hearts:

Thank you, Daniel. This little mini is in the middle of a seedling bed surrounded by huge seedlings. It will have to be moved, along with its sibling later in the season. I am going to get all of the mini dips into their own bed after bloom season!

I just went out and measured this one, and it is about 12 inches tall with a 2 3/4 inch bloom.

Those are really nice seedlings, Gerry - I'm jealous! Your efforts are really paying off, and I'm glad to see that you're focusing primarily on hybridizing now -- fun times ahead, and I expect great things from you!

Thank you, Valerie, for the encouragement. There is so much that I still need to learn.

Betty, it was a difficult decision to make, and I know that this move will be very rewarding for me.

Daniel, I appreciate your kind words.

Gerry,
Are you going to concentrate on purchasing cultivars to further your hybridizing efforts?

Good luck with your new endeavor, Gerry! I am sure you will find it a very exciting adventure and as you mentioned rewarding as well. I don't think I can completely and exclusively grow only my seedlings and cultivars used in hybridizing. There are so many daylilies I love and enjoy, both oldies and newly introduced. Though having said this, I need to downsize my large clumps as they are taking up too much space. I may have a downsize sale this summer as well.

Some of my white seedlings today.
Arctic Lace X Great White Dove


King Solomons treasure x Arctic waves


Wonder of it All X Angel on Board


Magic of Oz X Westbourne Mom's Kirby Grape Jelly


Forsyth Summer Snow X Gentle Shepherd


Nice clump of seedling sibs from Maya Blue X Boitzer Rain of Stars.5sds

Karen the dark eyed siblings on the bottom and top middle are out of this world. I like the darker eyed one most though

Gorgeous, Karen, I love your whites! The clumps are gorgeous, too.

w/ Daniel the Dark eye middle one in the last pic

Valerie, I will be buying new introductions mainly from Karen and Guy Pierce.

Karen, I want to hybridize white daylilies. I will be shopping around. Do you have any recommendations? I am assuming that white is recessive.

We had another light rain shower overnight, so wet blooms this morning, but I am not complaining!

Siblings
Celtic Butterfly x Linda Sierra #2 (two blooms for its first flowering)


Celtic Butterfly x Linda Sierra #3


Chicago Gown x Grace Like Rain #3 (this must have opened after the rain)


and three small flowers
Star Child x Unknown #2


Here Today x Westbourne Missing Sweet Pea Baby #1


Baby Blue Eyes x Baby Blues #1

You are on a roll, Valerie

Such beautiful seedlings! I can't believe how many stunning eye ones we are seeing!

Nice day today here.....a break in the heat and a real chance for making seeds.

I like the awesomely different two color edge on the last one!

Valerie I love the Celtic Butterfly x Linda Sierra sibs #3 looks like it could be a Boatwright intro.

Watermarks, edges, and eyes oh my. What a line up Steve
If you are having trouble trying to figure out what to put on those beauties I would just pray without ceasing and I'm sure you'll come up with something

I would Daniel, but my PRAY ceased....lol. I abused it horribly last season...my fault. I may have frozen pollen, however. I will need to look.

I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. What a bummer.

So many wonderful seedling posted since I checked in last time.

Daniel - That one out of Blue Jay Tapestry and Stenciled Infusion wowed me. What a face! I hope its stats improve for you in the future.

Karen - What a lot of nice white seedlings you have! I'd love to cross some of those with my near whites, none of which are nearly as white as yours. Maybe we can do a seedling swap when we get enough fans. I love all those sibs out of Maya Blue X Boitzer Rain of Stars too and the cream polychrome too!

Steve - I'm amazed by that bright red you got out of Crintonic Rain Dances. I just love it! I've been trying to get seed out of CRD for two years without any luck. It's always too hot here when it blooms. I've been crossing it with lavenders and purples. I never thought about trying it with a red. Maybe next year. That Paul Aucoin x Izzy Purple grabbed me too!

Valerie - You are getting some really nice stuff out of your blue-eyed breeding!

Tim - What a nice group of seedling out of Keepsake Rosie and Nana Nance! That was an inspired cross. I think every one of them is nice. Let us know if you get a bud builder. I have Keepsake Rosie, but I've mostly been crossing it with other pinks. This year is the first time its kept a pod on for me.

ken - Stenciled Infusion x (Dragonfly Dawn x Cobalt Rings) is a stunner!

I agree with Dave about the last one, Steve, it has a beautiful edge!