Theresa - Primal Scream is an awesome daylily, and this year for me it is really spectacular. I would post a photo, but my camera is not picking up the oranges well at all and my photo does not do it justice - this flower just glows.
I have done a bit of hybridizing, although I have done better by purchasing seeds from the Daylily Auction (LA). It saves me money in the long run because I can purchase seeds from daylilies I can't afford to buy.
I am a VERY small back yard hybridizer - or "player" as I call myself. I do a bit of dabbing, a bit of planting, add some water and see what sprouts. Some are pretty, many are ugly, nothing spectacular yet. I will register my first one this fall - not because it's the "next great thing" but because it's first bloom ever was on my sister's birthday, so I will name it after her and register it. It is a nice daylily though. The reality is that I am not trying to develop a spectacular got to have it daylily - the odds are against me. But I do have fun thinking of crosses and seeing what will happen.
Just to give you an idea, in 2011 I planted 45 seedlings, and last year I planted 16. I have 15 this year, and actually 2 are already showing scapes!!
And so far, nothing I have dabbled with has developed any seed pods yet. It may be a bust - guess I may have to order seeds from the LA
I was told by the hybridizers here - who offer EXCELLENT advice, and they mentioned that one should choose a goal or two - instead of trying to to work toward everything. So choose spiders, or toothy ones or mini's. or......
