921 (Hi Ho Silver x The Boomerang Effect) Regina Cochran seedling, Regina swapped me a couple of fans because I wanted to take a stab at breeding bi-color teeth, after seeing this in bloom who needs teeth


I-869 {I-637 ((Buddy's Pinkie x Black Wolf) x Buddy's Vampire Lady) This is the second bloom ever on this seedling and the first I noticed, scape was around 40 inches, bloom at least 6 inches, I finished the day with this as pollen parent

Beautiful seedlings everyone.
Seems like it's been a good seedling year. Congratulations to all that hybridize!!!

Starting with three mini siblings
Little Jet Setter x (Butterfly Music x Little Menehune #5) #2, 2.25"


sibling #5, 2.75"


sibling #6, 2.75"


then two others

Pandora's Box x Blink of an Eye #1, 2.25"


Little Party Girl x Magic Elf #1, 2.5"

Lovely, Anna, and Ed, those two are beautiful. The bi-colour is unusual!

Here are some more reblooming seedlings:

Razor Sharp X SC Night Vision


Pink Aloha X Bubblegum Queen 2


Cretaceous Crunch X Julie Newmar

After looking at all the beautiful seedlings mine look rather plan but I am just glad to have a few blooming.
Crimson Beacon x Groove-billed Ani: It really looked good this morning.

Wonder of it All x Lillian's David Phillips: Put your glasses on and get close and you might be able to see some sculpting.

(((Always Afternoon x Bluegrass Memories) x (Bowtie Affair x Yoga Man)) x Desiderata): Yes, a little more relief showing on this one.

The lower exposure shows the relief a little better.

Web of Intrigue x Mister Lucky

Mister Lucky x Gypsy Rose Lee

Don't remember posting this one but I took this photo the other day. I like the color and it shows some nice relief. Probably my best looking cross so far.

Larry - Nice group! The first and last seedlings are my favorites.

I like them all, Larry. The red one (Mister Lucky-Gypsy Rose Lee) really caught my eye.

Deryll, your pics, as usual, are dazzling. I love the one of your whole garden.

Debra, the first one is my favourite, and also the first one in Larry's group.

Definitely not plain, Larry. on seeing relief!

Debra, you have some really nice rebloomers!

You're all having way to much fun

The Cool Kids are bright and colorful Anna!

The toothy one's are pretty Ed and Debra. I really like the thinner white fringe on the flowers.

Ohhh, love them all Valerie. The first one I find really interesting, is that pewter/dark gray? So different looking.

The last one Larry The yellow on the relief makes it stand out against the lighter watermark. Looks good. The first one has very nice, bright color. I can see why you liked it.

Here's a few sdlgs that have bloomed so far and not been shredded or dripping with rain ...
A couple of Light Between Oceans kids





I need to sort through several days of images to find a few more to share.

Nan, my garden has mostly started going the other way now. While a few are yet to begin, several are down to the last flowers. I have to deal with the fact that I can't keep going at this pace and have started taking out a few before they actually finish blooming.

Need to know the thoughts of other people regarding branching and bud counts- I have some with amazing branching that will sometimes open two or three blooms at once. Compare that with others that only have one bloom at a time. Those that open multiple flowers can fall from the weight, especially if the flowers are larger or if there is a heavy rain. I have several of the branched ones that tend to decrease in size rapidly, while many of the others tend to remain the original size much longer. I haven't noticed that the ones with better branching actually bloom any longer than the others, although they do have more buds, and also a better probability of having too many open blooms that interfere with each other. I do realize that for the judges table, those that are better branched are more likely to win, but as for practicality???

I had been coerced into breeding for better branching, but I am having second thoughts.... Comments welcome.

Char - I love the pleating on all your Light Between Ocean kids. The colors on the first two are really in my wheelhouse.

Deryll,
I guess it depends if the branches are the same height or not?
Here is a fantastic pic popular recently:

To me, it looks neat and tidy as the branching is all at the top.
Some of my own seedlings branch halfway down the scape so would look really messy next to this one.

I also have one that nosegays like you describe, blooming 3 at a time on the same not-very-branched scape, at the same height.

That one does not last long but is cool to look at when it does its thing.
Although no scapes yet this year from it.

Flowers are fireworks in slow motion to me. Do you want them all to go off at once or a sustained pop...pop fireworks show? Different people have different preferences. Probably a mix of both is best.

Stephanie Returns x Unk
aka 'Tim's Pink' FFO

For me, branching is only one part of the entire presentation of the plant. Tons of branches with flowers blooming in the foliage or so close together that they cannot open well, is not attractive. It's a plant by plant thing for me. Fewer branches with a lovely bouquet effect at peak bloom, and rebloom will get me every time with the shorter ones. Only two this morning of note.

Apache Beacon X Gift of Life.

Nina Nina Wolverina X Hakuna Matata

Gorgeous selection of pleated blooms, Char!

Yes, that little one does display a real grey/pewter colouration. It is interesting.

Nice pinks, Dave and Tina!

As many people have stated before, branching and bud count are important, but it is the placement and spacing of those buds and branches that are the really important things.

Deep Water Horizon x Roses for Dallas


Chasing Your Dream x Rambunctious Rosie


Custom Upholstry x Garden Princess


Keepsake Rosie x Nana Nance siblings


Nana Nance x Victoria Josephine


Nana Nance x Unknown siblings


High Water Mark x Lavender Blue Planet

OK, so this is what I am talking about. This yellow seedling has that candelabra branching that the daylily judges seem to love. This one has 48 buds that I counted on one scape, and it may yet produce a few more. It can open multiple blooms at once, and they tend to size down faster. Some of these plants with more open blooms at one time can get pulled over by the weight, especially in hard rain conditions.





And this is Orange Clown. It tends to be more top branched and opens one bloom at a time. Those blooms tend to remain larger longer.





Now, when making crosses, people are telling me to go for the candelabra branching with more buds because those win shows.... but I really like the Orange Clown habit of just one big flower at a time, even with fewer buds. It seems that they both bloom about the same length of time.

Since I really don't have a business where I sell plants, it is just mostly for my own pleasure, but I also don't want criticism for them not being good enough. It's just very confusing! And that is why I have an acre of daylilies!!!