By the way, those were my very first seedling blooms.... ever. They had been started indoors in spring 2011.
And yes, the reason I didn't compost any of them is because miracles CAN happen (or so I believe) and perhaps next year won't be so hot, nor thrips so bad. The first two of mine were stressed badly, but the last two.... they are just sad.
I am not into hybridizing - not like many here. I am just enjoying playing around with a few seeds, and seeing what happens. There were 45 in this bed. This years seedlings, I have all of 18 survive the summer. So nothing big. Currently I have the space to allow them 2-3 years to truly show me what they have "got" and this past summer was stressful here in my garden due to heat, drought, thrips, etc.
By the way, there is a daylily called Discarded Beauty - and it was a seedling that was actually discarded, and I believe (if I remember the story correctly) it was found the next season blooming away on the discard pile - and got a second chance. I find it on the LA periodically.
