So Sweet >> Miss Victoria ... Miss Victoria >> So Sweet .... Thx Hortaholic for this information .... Based upon what I see with ATP & AHS records they certainly appear to be the same plant to me when I compare SS records to my own MV experience .... It's pleasing NOW to know MV is actually SS - a registered cultivar.
I focus on EE types so use EE & E & EM breeders, thus acquire breeder cultivars for their bloom period characteristics & NOT necessarily for their AHS registered pedigrees. This is how & why I acquired MV in '08 (Source NOT noted. Tag revealed Blooms of Bressingham + 'Lovely Lady Series'). Consequently I have about 12 years experience with MV/SS (Never yet divided & has bloomed well every year) ... (Like the Eveready Rabbit: Takes a beating but keeps on going)
I'm in Ontario @ Z4/5 range ... MV is as hardy as a polar bear ... Consistently Early (Mid June) ... Stella de Oro comparison HERE: FFO May23 (Earliest) Usually June 5-10th ... MV/SS:19-22 days bloom ... Inconsistent RE (Never July?) One season 3x RE: August + September + October (No RE some years) ... Thus conclude performance is BOTH husbandry & weather related/affected.
Consistently @ 24-25" here (SS Registered @ 22") + 5-8 buds & top-budded 'Y' ... Easy fertile BOTH ways ... Ix only incident of Spring Sickness: OK recovery. ... CMO inconsistent (Temps NOT noted) (CMO IS necessary for EE!) ... Usually EMO ... HSD ('High-Scape-Density' - Charlie Zettek Rochester NY breeder introduced this term/characteristic to me @ an Ontario Daylily Society presentation several years ago)
I've only started to breed with it in recent years ... NO notable seedlings so far ... Using MV with Stars My Destination (Michaels) + Begin With A Bang (Huben) + Centerton One (Blew) + Peanut Butter Fancy (Apps) + Sky High Butterfly (Mussar) ... Looking for white + colours + branching + buds + taller (Small-on-tall (SoT) ... EE Wildflowers style.)
Like so many other Historicals (Earlier cultivars probably close to h. species) this one - SO SWEET aka MISS VICTORIA - is one for that cliché - Grow along the back-forty pasture fence. Tough as nails. A basic plain plant & bloom. Performs E as registered. Accepts neglect & weed competition .... AND still blooms for you.
