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blue23rose said:Hi Sue! I took a look at your registrations and they are very nice! I especially like 'Gekko Garden Miss Melba'. I love that they are late and very late for you.

Thanks for your feedback - Miss Melba is my favourite too!

blue23rose said:As far as what the season extenders should look like, I would be inclined to love anything that would start blooming in August or September. I tend to like taller daylilies like the ones you have registered (over 36 inches).

Up to now I can say that starting in August is quite easy with dips but much more difficult in tets, but I'm working on it. Do you like taller daylilies during the whole season or is tall better in August or September?

blue23rose said:It is too bad about the import ban, but being proactive may prevent spread of the disease until hopefully treatment is found. I have lost four roses to Rose Rosette Disease, also no treatment found to date, and it is spreading more all the time in the US.

I was told that Xylella fastidiosa is not frost hardy - I completely understand the problems in warmer climate (winegrowing friends in Italy are frustrated about the disease), but as far as I know the bacterial strain that is responsible for the problems was importet with coffee plants an is not able to survive in daylilies. But daylilies are not a popular garden plant in Europe and so nobody cares.