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Jul 23, 2016 6:29 PM CST
Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)
Bee Lover Ponds Peonies Irises Garden Art Dog Lover
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If it is bee pod on a daylily that you really like, I would keep it. This spring I planted some bee pods that my daughter gave me last fall. I deadhead my daylilies pretty thoroughly, but she doesn't have as much time as I do to do that, so she tends to get pods. Since I was new to growing daylilies from seed and experimenting with different germination techniques, I used the bee pods to try different ways to germinate seeds and then to raise the seedlings.

The only other time I ever planted seeds from a bee pod was when I raised my one and only (so far) blooming seedling. The parent plant was Channel Islands. The bee pod seedling turned out to have a nicer flower than the parent. Same colour basically, but a much bigger flower, with thicker substance and wider petals. So, if you have a parent you like, you might get something even better Crossing Fingers!
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