FF on rebloom
Ugly flower on a great bud-builder plant; 19 buds today with a branched side-branch.

This is the only sdlg to bloom this late in Aug. On a rebloom scape (it has 2) the deer missed these. All my other sdlgs that had rebloom the deer found.

Lilylands Fried Eggplant x Exotic Starfish 2 7" 30-34" 3-4 branches 14 buds first yr blooming has 7Fans

We are nearing the end of August and although most seedlings are done blooming there are still a few blooms to see.

I am delighted with the beautiful color and ruffles on this one:
'Spacecoast Francis Busby' x 'Kitty Bannerman'



And the color and form has improved on 'Violet Shadows' x 'Cobraskin Necktie' and I love the white edge:



The 'Alice Baier' x 'Money Maker' seedling started late and still has plenty of buds to go:



Same for the 'Simplicity in Motion' x 'Orchid Corsage' seedling....keeps going & going:



This seedling was from seeds from John Kulpa of which only the pod parent is known. Out of 'Matthew Leitch'. I am hoping the color isn't so blotchy next year and the teeth get bigger. Being that I am in central New Hampshire on a mountain where it's cool, perhaps it needs more heat to bring them out?





'Transformer' x 'Exotic Starfish'



This seedling keeps pumping out blooms so it gets another picture: 'Pink Princess Slippers' x 'Lillian's Vapor Trail'



'Lucky Streak' x 'Lake Norman Spider' is fashionably late



last of 'Aliens in the Garden' x 'Heavenly Way Big'



Last of 'Mirror Shades' x 'Darin Boyles'


The 'Ocean Pearl' x 'Crintonic Rain Dances' seedling is good for a couple more



'The Dancer' (Westbourne Chip off the Ol' Block' x 'One Cat Too Many' sdlg.) beside the very large and taller 'Forsyth Flaming Snow' x 'Green Icon' seedling.....both refuse to quit:




This is the sibling to the 'Alice Baier' x 'Money Maker' seedling I showed above:




Truthfully this is a strange seedling that I have marked to 'cull'. But I wasn't sure if maybe I should wait because it seems to be a bud-builder with great bud count, good increase, and put up multiple fans as a 2 yr. old seedling. Also, it seems to have a hint of teeth and blooms late. Blooms are about 6 1/2 inches. Not crazy about it but it's quite robust. Cull or not?? Also from 'Matthew Leitch' from John Kulpa seeds so the genetics are there.


a sibling to one I posted before....
'Hakuna Matata' x 'RFK'


another image of 'The Dancer' because she just begs for her photo op every day!



This may very well be my last seedling posting of the year as I can't see anything new yet to bloom. Thank you for the thumbs up and the acorns!! I've enjoyed everyone's seedlings. It's been fun!

Really beautiful seedlings, Celeste!

Betja said:Really beautiful seedlings, Celeste!

THANK YOU so much for the encouragement!

Most of the culling is done (just one bed left) and now only the very late seedlings are still flowering. We have cool nights and cool days now - summer has left, autumn is arriving. The colors in the seedlings garden are now deeper and more intense - some look better than ever:

Davidson Update x Jazzy Nights - still buds for a week to go


Ruffled Strawberry Parfait x Venus Flytrap - now at peak


Hemerocallis fulva var. littorea (species) x Black Cherry Type VT (Olallie, not registered)


RR Red VT (Olallie, not registered) x Running Late - big ruffled flowers


My latest flowering cultivar has not started yet - this seedling out of it showed an interesting first flower today:
Fall Pink Melon VT (Olallie, not registered) x Seedling/lost tag - very late red spider

8" diameter, eyed flowers - nothing comparable flowering at this time of the season available here in Europe

This one is a new very late one too - gets better now every day:
Seedling/lost tag - very late fuchsia color x Fall Pink Melon VT (Olallie, not registered)
- perfect bagel-form, small flowers

So many nice later blooming seedlings!
Not much in the sdlg beds blooming now and I've started getting tagged keepers moved to the keep beds. Slow easy job for this miserable hot and wicked humid weather. Spent the day inside yesterday due to clouds from Henri. thick swarms of skeeters with no sun, and sorted a few more image folders.

Found these August Sculpted relief form seedlings....





This pink is pod parent to the 2 sdlgs following it.




some crazy relief on this kid! Not sure if it will ever open properly but those super wide sepals will sure be a nice addition to work with. There is so much thickening in the throat area on relief forms that it can cause issues with sepals opening to soon, tips or sides of the buds, allowing bugs and moisture inside damaging the tepals.


Thought I had tagged the last keeper from the bed to be cleaned out next month until I saw this late blooming sdlg when it opened 2 days ago. Nice color, big watermark and a super nice 4 way branched scape.

Ohhh, I would be so excited to see something like those first five blooming down in one of my seedling beds. That gives me hope for this years seedlings.

(Stargate Portal x Barn Owl 03)x Rose F. Kennedy. FFE, LA seeds (Nov 2020).

Plain-Jane seedling. Got 3 scapes of this to come. Free bonus seeds. Probably for the compost heap. Not everyone gets to be a supermodel, I guess. I hope she has prettier sisters.

Lots of beautiful late bloomers! Wonderful sculpted relief blooms, Char!

Another 2020 seedling sent up a rebloom scape. It is a trooper in this heat, along with the lack of rain.
Spirited Style x (Baby Blues x Sdlg #1) #1

the last bloom of 2021:

At the moment it is quite cold here in our part of the planet - only 50°F at night and 65°F max with overcast sky or rain showers. Not really daylily weather - rather suitable for Halloween?
Some seedlings don't care:

Claudine's Charm x Marchioness - flowers since 10th of July


Showlight VT (Olallie, not registered) x Ruffled Strawberry Parfait - 2 siblings



Older seedling, lost tag - very late, large flowers on high scapes


Not as dark as usual, but still buds and quite good opened flowers


Not as ruffled as usual, but still beautiful large flowers


Better than ever - both started a few days ago



The weather forecast says: it will be getting colder and wetter the next days - maybe at the beginning of September I will be able to take some better pictures; buds are not the problem this year - but the summer started one month too late and endet one month too early.

Your blooms are looking very beautiful, Sue. I particularly like the first and second last. Your weather is opposite to what it is here, Sue. It has been very hot and dry for the last two weeks. Today we are at 32 C, or 90 F, with mainly sunny skies. Last night the low was 21 C or 70 F. Our normal daytime highs at this time of year average 23 C or 73 F. We need rain, and the daylilies show it. It is supposed to cool off tomorrow, and I will do some watering.

I had three valiant seedlings blooming today. All on rebloom scapes. These pictures were taken mid-afternoon on this hot, sunny day.

(Paper Butterfly x Nancy's Quilt) x Blue Jay Tapestry #2


Seedling x The One Ring #1


Blue-capped Cordon-blue x Oriental Eyes #3

Sdlg x Sdlg still blooming


The best part is two unbloomed scapes on different plants still growing

That's great, Dave! The late ones, registered are not, are so welcome in the garden!

Along Came Amanda x Gaudy Grasshopper, FFE poly attempt?
(LA seeds, from Nov 2020):


Hope the next flower is more normal. This one had a hard time to open.

Rose F. Kennedy x Emerald Starburst, Seedling 2, FFE
(LA seeds from Nov 2020).

Cold night, cold day, like end of September here - but no rain and still some good looking seedlings:

Both have still lots of buds - both are not yellow!



Makes me smile everyday


This one is still beautiful


Sibling - more buds left, but just pale apricot


Always very late, big flowers on high scapes - not fertile (unknown ploidy)


Still going strong, and fertile!


My latest cultivar opened yesterday its first flower - some of its children will start within the next days - depending on weather.

Triple open on seedling rebloom first flowers

In High Regard x Bob Faulkner, Seedling 2, FFE
(seeds from Celeste, in 2020):


This magenta pink really glows and shines from far away. Not what I was expecting from the parents. But a nice surprise color.

Pod Parent:


Pollen Parent: