I hope it's allowed to mention someone else's offerings.

Greg , who is Sscape here and on the Lily Auction is currently selling his seed collection "Specials" on the LA.

These are fun collections of usually 5 or 6 different crosses with a total of 22-28 or so seeds for only $7 each. Instant buys, no fighting for the bid. That's less than 35 cents each for hand-pollinated seeds of named daylilies. Most seed auctions start for $6 or more for just 5 seeds even of older daylilies, so you can see these are a good deal. The parents Greg used are mostly proven parents of excellent daylilies.

I bought several of these collections last year and the germination was 100% on virtually every cross. Strong healthy seedlings. And he sent some nice bonus seeds.

He said he wants to wrap up the listings by Dec 15 and I noticed there are a lot left to choose from.

If you're a beginning daylily collector or even an advanced one who'd like to see what you can grow from seeds these are a great way to get a sampling of a nice variety of crosses for an excellent price.

It would cost a lot to own all the parents used in just one of these collections, so even if you have seeds of your own you might like to add some nice diversity with these. I'm looking at them as a nice learning opportunity for a low price.

No, I don't have any personal interest in Greg's offerings. I don't even know him. I'm just passing on a recommendation for what I think is a fun opportunity.

Pat

Pat - Thanks for the heads up on Greg's seed collections! He seems to have a lot of semi and evergreen cultivars that he crosses. I think he is in SC or NC, but not sure.

beckygardener said: Pat - Thanks for the heads up on Greg's seed collections! He seems to have a lot of semi and evergreen cultivars that he crosses. I think he is in SC or NC, but not sure.

@beckygardener
Hi Becky,
You're welcome! Greg's location is given on the LA as Winston-Salem, N.C. The USDA zone for there says 7b.

I usually figure that zone 7 is close enough to my zone 6 that daylilies doing well there will probably do well for me. That's not guaranteed of course, and seedlings will probably be variable. I think that would be true of seedlings even of cultivars that are growing well in my garden. At the price of seeds I am willing to take the gamble.

I don't usually put a lot of weight on foliage habit because there are daylilies of all types growing well here. Where you are in Florida though you probably do want evergreen or at least almost so.

I use the daylily database here on NGA to look up the parents of crosses I'm considering. The photos posted by our members are really valuable in seeing how a daylily looks in a variety of gardens. The "child plants" link is helpful to see what kinds of seedlings have been selected and named from it.

There are not always a lot of photos or child plants. The ones that are there are a great help. I hope next year I can take pics of a lot of ours to post! This summer was frustrating because of being immobilized by my broken ankle.

Pat

Edited to add Becky's screen name

Pat - Thanks. I did order some seeds from him. I grow them all and see what survives. I'm in zone 9b/10a. Climate change has made it hotter here.

Just wanted to chime in that Greg's seeds have always been great!