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May 14, 2016 7:16 AM CST
Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)
Daylilies Dog Lover Houseplants Organic Gardener I helped beta test the first seed swap Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Garden Ideas: Level 2
I'm glad we could help!

I hope 'Pardon Me' does as well in your area as it does here, I love mine. It's a cute, shorter flower with a beautiful red bloom and it even has a bit of fragrance in my garden (although you have to stick your nose up to it). I am hybridizing with it because I actually prefer daylilies with shorter scapes at the moment and I love reds and purples, in particular.

I suggested that your plant might be Stella d'Oro because it's a very common yellow daylily and it's likely that's what yours is from the way it looks. It's beautiful and wildly (and widely!) popular because of it's beauty and excellent flowering habit.

If you're certain that your plant came from a seed your or your family planted--and not from part of a clump you purchased/received--then it's very likely that your flower is a descendant of Stella d'Oro. (Unfortunately, though, if your plant is an original seedling that you planted from seed, the only way to get a true replication of it is to divide it as it clumps and keep it labelled and separate from the others. Just as with people, animals, etc...daylily seeds are the product of genetic recombination and are not genetically identical to the parents. I'm pretty sure this holds true even if the daylily was self-fertile, due to the potential for genetic mutations.)

I hope you've received the answers you need and I hope you'll continue to participate and be a member in our daylilies forum!

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