Today I was out measuring scapes, counting branching and bloom scars.
I am blown away so far, at how many cultivars have just 2-way branching. Never paid attention to it much in the past. Were they always like that? Guess I'll find out in years to come.
I did pay attention to last years branching in my seedling bed. Have not recorded them this year yet but this spring I noticed a lack of branching there in the seedling bed, which caused me to start this thread.
A few of my DL's are actually taller than registered but only; a few have okay branching (according to registration).
Here are some examples of what I recorded today. NOTE: These are all planted in the same area so as far as sun and soil goes they are on an equal playing field so to speak.
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Autumn Wood')
Registered: Scape 24" (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 28.5" 2-way/12 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Banned in Boston')
Registered: Scape 26" (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 25" 2-way/6-9 buds
This one I really noticed the lack of a "wow effect" when passing it in the garden:
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Bridgeton Celebrity')
Registered: Scape 25" - 5-way/31-35 buds
Mine: Scape 26" - 3-way/12 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Cedar Shingles')
Registered: Scape 30" (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 29" - 2-way/11 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Count Radish Plus')
Registered: Scape 24" - (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 29.5 - 2-way/7 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Designer Jeans')
Registered: Scape 34" - (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 26" - 2-way/5 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Eenie Fanfare')
Registered: Scape 12" - (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 12.5" - 2-way/6 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Egyptian Queen')
Registered: Scape 38" - 4-way/31-35 buds
Mine: Scape 26.5 - 2/way/6 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Gizmo')
Registered: Scape 22" - 3-way/16-20 buds
Mine: Scape 22" - 2-way/9 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Highland Lord')
Registered: Scape 22" - (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 22" - 2-way/4 buds
Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Indian Ripple')
Registered: Scape 24" - (no branching or bud count given)
Mine: Scape 24" - 1 to 4-way/8 to 20 buds
