My Baby in the Daylilies forum

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Kelli

Feb 27, 2014 10:25 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kelli
Canoga Park, CA, Sunset 19 (Zone 10a)
Where summer is winter

I know this isn't very fancy, but this is a daylily cross that I made and the first that I had bloom. I lost the tag so I don't know what it is exactly but it is either 'Centerpiece' crossed with 'Route 66' or 'Rocket City' crossed with 'Route 66'. (I'm leaning toward the 'Centerpiece' cross.)

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lovemyhouse

Feb 27, 2014 10:43 AM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

Nice!

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

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Kelli

Feb 27, 2014 11:41 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kelli
Canoga Park, CA, Sunset 19 (Zone 10a)
Where summer is winter

Thank you

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gingin

Feb 27, 2014 2:16 PM CST

Name: Ginger
Fountain, Florida (Zone 8b)

How long did it take from cross to bloom ??

Each cloud has a silver lineing if only you look for it.

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Natalie

Feb 27, 2014 3:31 PM CST

Name: Natalie
North Central Idaho (Zone 7a)

Very nice! It's funny that some of my very first crosses were between those same plants, but my seedlings were UGLY!!!

Natalie

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Gleni

Feb 27, 2014 4:20 PM CST

Name: Glen Ingram
Macleay Is, Qld, Australia (Zone 12a)
(Lee Reinke X Rose F Kennedy) X Unk

Good on you Kelli.

The problem is that when you are young your life it is ruined by your parents. When you are older it is ruined by your children.

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Kelli

Feb 27, 2014 7:03 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kelli
Canoga Park, CA, Sunset 19 (Zone 10a)
Where summer is winter

gingin said:How long did it take from cross to bloom ??

Several years. I don't remember exactly.

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chalyse

Feb 27, 2014 10:47 PM CST

Name: Tina
Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)

Awesome first baby!

I love the darker eye and the dark tips on the sepals!! Encouraging to hear that, even if I have to wait another few years, I may see my own first baby some day!

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of old; seek what those of old sought. — Basho

Daylilies that thrive? click here!

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mcash70

Feb 28, 2014 12:21 AM CST

Name: Margaret
Near Kamloops, BC, Canada (Zone 3a)

Kelli, congrats, I think that is a very nice first seedling.

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Hazelcrestmikeb

Feb 28, 2014 6:06 AM CST

Name: Mike
Hazel Crest, IL (Zone 6a)
"Have no patience for bare ground"

Kelli, thanks for sharing.

robinseeds.com
"Life as short as it

is, is amazing, isn't it. MichaelBurton

"Be your best you".

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Betja

Mar 1, 2014 11:44 AM CST

Name: Betty
Bakersfield, CA

That's a great first, Kelli!

Betty

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Kelli

Mar 1, 2014 12:03 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Kelli
Canoga Park, CA, Sunset 19 (Zone 10a)
Where summer is winter

Thanks everyone

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MissMimie

Mar 1, 2014 12:46 PM CST

Kelli, I dabble in hybridizing, too. My first crosses were so ugly that I thought I was a failure at it.

But -as time marches on- the chances of getting a decent-looking bloom improves, so I'm never giving up.

I have lots of seedlings from my own crosses as well as a few from seeds I won online.

I balk at paying $100 for a new plant, so bidding on seed crosses bearing the new ones is the best way to introduce them into my, rather, ho-hum garden.

I have started all my seeds indoors for the coming season and I'm currently 'baby-ing' them until I can transfer them outside. That should be in a couple months.

I encourage you to keep doing crosses....and add a new plant into the mix every now and then....you'll be happily surprised one day!

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Last edited by MissMimie Mar 11, 2014 5:50 PM