I agree with Juli. I am an iris person who grows a few daylillies. If everyone gave away their seedlings would there be any demand for the ones that the hybridizers work so hard to develope and select? Top iris hybridizers work on their lines for years and discard many "pretty" iris because they have some fault, low bud count, poor branching, slow increase, to similar to another iris, etc. The individual blossom may be lovely but the plant has problems. Who would pay for an intro if it's sibs were nearly as good and were free? Another problem is that often someone gets it in the future and wants to know what it is. When I used to look at DG there were pictures of iris posted frequently with a request for a possible ID. This is almost impossible even with named varieties let alone seedlings. I understand when those who are hybridizing share a seedling with a friend for breeding purposes but if seedlings were given away routinely gardens would be flooded with unknown varieties and I think improvements would seriously slow down. Just my opinion.
