THanks for posting the question that i have always wanted to ask. I often wish that I "get" it, seeing a visual image of the kids while doing the crosses. I am still trying to understand how some kids come off some parents the way they do. Right now, I am just doing random crosses, a pretty face with a pretty face or a daylily that performs really great in my garden with a pretty face. I am really into consistent rebloom esp. instant rebloom trait in daylilies. Even this as a goal, I have many questions about achieving it. 1: If I use a daylily that has this reblooming trait as a pod parent, will the kids inherit this trait if the pollen parent does not have the reblooming trait or vice versa? 2: How many years does it take for a seedling to grow in order to show this reblooming trait? 3. Do the reblooms take away or reduce blooms the following year? I have bought many daylilies that are described as rebloomers but only a few actually rebloom for me. Hopefully, someone with this hybridizing experience can offer some answers for me.
