I'm new here and want to introduce my self a little bit: I live in the southeast of Austria which is located between USDA climate zone 6 and 7 and my garden ist filled with lots of daylilies and other plants. Here within the EU there are only a few daylilies available that bloom before and after peak bloom (which is End of June in my region) and if you want to enjoy a five months lasting daylily summer you have to be inventive.
The last 10 years I bought nearly every extra early, late and very late cultivar I was able to get but still in August and September the colorful diversity of peak bloom was missing in my garden. So about 7 years ago I started with a little bit of pollen dabbing wich resulted in some registrations (prefix Gekko Garden).
The next years things will change - I will have lots of space for seedlings and due to my retirement there will be a lot of time for hybridizing.
But how should they look like - the season extenders for colder climate - flowering till the end of September? Which kind of very late daylily would you buy?
The import ban due to Xylella fastidiosa prevents importing the latest and best cultivars from the US but maybe I can work on creating something similar?
Many thanks in advance for your input - I've learned so much from reading in this forum the last years but I'm sure I can learn more by writing too!
