I do appreciate that kind of information, too!

I dithered about posting it, and after the fact was feeling bad and regretted doing so and thought about editing it all out, because Bill is such a nice guy, a real sweetheart.

But rust is rust.

(Fwiw I think it highly possible that Bill had no information whatsoever about WCRU and its susceptibility when he first started using it. And then I gather that in pretty short order, all of the nurseries had to start spraying in order to ship, and who can evaluate seedlings for resistance or susceptibility under those conditions? So please don't think that I am pointing accusing fingers at Bill here.... it took a great many years (and the right environmental conditions, which are not always the case here (and that probably goes for Bill, too)) for me to finally wake up and figure out what all of those plants had in common. If I had been spraying my garden like the nursery owners and "everyone else" supposedly was doing, I might never have figured it out, because the rust would have been suppressed.)

While it may be true that a great many people don't care about rust susceptibility (for the previously stated reasons), at least some of us do. And at least some of the "some of us" don't want to spray, for any number of legitimate reasons. And while, if confronted with a rust bucket, we could just dig and throw it out, in the meantime it has infected the rest of our garden. But let's get real - nobody wants to throw away a plant that they spent good money for, and for some people the loss of that plant (money) is a real financial hit and painful loss.

It was a great many years ago that I remember being at a (Regional?) meeting where Matthew Kaskel talked about hybridizing for rust resistance. I was so fired up and excited by that talk - surely all of the other hybridizers would follow his example!

How naive I was...

Just curious what is everyone's favorite Maryott cultivar??

bluegrassmom said:Just curious what is everyone's favorite Maryott cultivar??

Strikingly Dramatic and Prickly Sensation. I've purchase both at least a dozen times for gifts.

My favorite was Red Slippers, but since I've lost it twice during bad winters, I'm not replacing it. Of the ones I grow now, Mexican Fiesta, California Classic and Incandescent are tied as favorites. Billy the Kid is another nice applique with great foliage.

Debra

dormantsrule said:
Strikingly Dramatic and Prickly Sensation. I've purchase both at least a dozen times for gifts.

Have both of these and I agree.

'Winning Note' for overall performance (minus the rust) and color, followed by 'Sun Silk' (not as good a performer, but every bloom a beauty that opened well). I have other Maryott cultivars, but these two have been the best in my garden.



I made some crosses on 'Winning Note' this season, with pollen from rust resistant cultivars. I don't know where I'm going to find the room to plant any seedlings, but I want to see them! ('Sun Silk' was pod difficult - I forget, but at most I got one pod from it. The pollen was useful, however.)

I like many of Bill's intros that grow well for us, but one that really turns my head is PRICKLY SENSATION. Not only is the bloom gorgeous but also the scape is fantastic (tall, strong scape with very nice branching). It is hard to capture the beauty of the bloom in a picture. I am also very impressed with one of his new intros, BACH CANTATA, that he sent as a bonus last summer. I ordered more of it when I placed another order night before last. I HAD to place one last order again...

Doris

Because this was the last opportunity to order from Bill, I ordered some things that I probably wouldn't have otherwise (at least one of the three has WCRU in the background, thus I confess that I broke my vow to myself there ). I am steeling myself for rust susceptibility in all of them, for various parental reasons. (I will be thrilled and delighted if that turns out not to be the case.)

However, and that said... I have off and on again been on a search for oranges; everything orange here has had some rust except 'Heavenly Dragon Fire' (which has mud), and Bill's 'Pleated Pumpkin' (which thus far has been promising but it needs a few more years to be certain). These two oranges of Bill's looked appealing to me (the first has an H.M. so there's some assurance of performance there, plus it is taller (which I like)), and I have a resistant plant or two I can use with them in crosses. (I also confess to the lure of the names on these two oranges.)

I have no good excuse for ordering 'Velvet Dreams' , but again... I have a resistant plant or two I can mate it with.

(I should slap myself... and not with a wet noodle...)

Got my order from Maryott today. Wow, they are great plants. I can definitely attest to Bill's generosity. I thought that I was asking too much with two bonus plants, Catch a Star and Incandescent but he gave me a fourth one! I think my gift plants value is more than all the plants that I bought.

I also received my order from Maryott's today. The roots and crowns looked great!

I ordered:

Cosmic Kaleidoscope:


Spacecoast Color Scheme:


Walter Kennedy:


And I received these 2 gift bonus cultivars:

Thomas Tew:


Power Surge:


Unknown if any have rust resistance, but I requested all of them for their genetics. I can always breed them with some rust resistant cultivars that I have. All are tets except Cosmic Kaleidoscope (dip).

Those are great selections, Becky! I don't remember what I ordered off the top of my head but the three that I am so excited about are Parrots of the Caribbean, New Paradigm and Lovin Tennessee as well as the gift plants.

Those are pretty

Becky, you'll love Thomas Tew! I got it from Maryott's in July, and I'll have it's final bloom tomorrow. It's awesome!

My order came today too. It included:
Broadway Debut
Singing with Angels
Get Jiggy
Pleated Pumpkin
Orchid Prelude
Ramming Speed
Rendition
Tempt Me
Talavera Terra Cotta

Gifts included
Hanalei Bay
Incandescent
Outer Space
Diversity

Many of the above were B1G1, so in total I got 20 plants!!!

Barbalee - I read the recent posts about it and that is why I put it on my bonus plant wish list from Maryott's.

The first 3 that I actually ordered were cultivars I have been wanting for over a year. (I have a short wish list.) The prices were very good with Maryott's sale. I decided it was now or never. I had not planned at all to purchase anymore plants. But Maryott's going out of business sale was just too good!

I have a few more cultivars coming from some wonderfully generous members here and that will probably be the last of newly acquired cultivars for this year. I was really not expecting to add much to my garden at all this year except seedlings. So I am very surprised and delighted to have been able to add some more wonderful cultivars (of which most were shared with me by folks here on this forum). This has really brightened a somewhat stressful and challenging year. I do believe gardening is good therapy for stress! And having pretty daylily blooms to enjoy is the icing on the cake!!!! So again, THANKS to everyone who has shared some of their gorgeous cultivars with me. They are all doing well and I hope to see blooms on all of them next year!

Great order, Heidi!!!

'Thomas Tew' is really nice looking, and (unless I am confusing it with something else ) I have a vague recollection of reading somewhere that one of its parents, 'Rock Solid', had rock solid rust resistance. So congrats!

My order is timed for the end of the month... hmm... 'Thomas Tew' has a large flower on a tall scape, one parent is rust resistant, I think I will ask Bill to add it on! (Now see what you've done...)

More than happy to, Poly! No need to return the favor, ya know...

Hummm it is nice