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Aug 29, 2016 6:51 AM CST
Name: Kathy
Michigan - rural (Zone 5a)
Daylilies Garden Art Region: Michigan Seed Starter Plant and/or Seed Trader Region: United States of America
WPW is vigorous and hardy here in my Z5 and makes a nice clump.

There have been over 100 daylilies registered with it as a parent, but in all but 3 cases it's the pollen parent. My experience and that of everyone I have ever spoken to about it is that it is an extremely difficult pod parent.

Here's a little tidbit for anyone wanting to hybridize with it ............ TRY DIP POLLEN ON IT. One of those 3 plants registered as having it as the pod parent is a dip. I have found that it is much easier to set a pod on it with dip pollen, but still takes repeated attempts. I haven't grown these seeds out, so can't speak to their fertility yet.

It would be interesting to have someone look at the pollen under a microscope.

Edited to add that it's pollen sets pods on dips easily.

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