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Aug 30, 2016 11:26 PM CST
Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly"
South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b)
"The mountains are calling..."
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I've had this growing in a pot for several years. I very much have mixed feelings about it.

When the blooms open, they open flat and the bloom is nice, although it is a bit smaller than I like. However, it often does not open well (flat) here. Part of that may be due to letting the pot get too dry - it seems to need a lot of moisture to open well. Part of that may (or may not) be our climate (cool nights, arid climate).

It has never rebloomed for me. Supposedly it is rust resistant, but the last two seasons it has had a fair amount of rust, enough so that I am thinking of getting rid of it. (The rust, combined with the opening issues, and bloom size, and lack of rebloom don't add up to a great cultivar, at least imho.) On the other hand, I am trying some crosses with it, so who knows... I may keep it around a little while longer.

Larry, I have to say that I don't see much (if any) lavender in it. I have what I consider to be a "very pale lavender" seedling (not out of WOIA), and it has a lot more lavender than WOIA does. In my book, WOIA is a "near white", period.

edited to clarify which daylily I thought was a "near white", lol
Evaluating an iris seedling, hopefully for rebloom
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