Mike - Thanks! I listened to this week's podcast "Daylilies Week with Melanie Mason" and was surprised to hear that she grows her seeds the same way I do. She gave a lot of good advice, IMHO! Good luck with your mass indoor seed planting this winter!
Vickie - Thank you! I love your NOIDS!!! Your "thriller" daylily is beautiful! Did you hand-pollinate yours or were they volunteers?
Liz - Lovely NOIDS!!!! I really like the 5th and last daylilies pictured!
Natalie - Thank you! I, too, only hybridize for myself to add more daylilies to my garden beds. I don't know anything about registering daylily plants. I had thought you had to know the parentage to do that? Thanks for clarifying otherwise. I really like your idea to name some in honor or memory of a family member. Awesome suggestion! I am so sorry you had to leave your seedlings behind when you moved. I hope you have a beautiful garden at your new place!
Debra - I hope you will post photos when they do bloom! I'd love to see them, too!
Hi Sandy!!! YES! I did get some of my seeds from you! And all that germinated, grew, and bloomed were beautiful and still are! Thank you again for your generosity! I love them! I had 2 other daylilies gardeners who shared with me as well, but I gave up trying to mark and keep track of all of them. I have had fun cross-pollinated many of them and have had a couple of years where I created my own crosses that have since bloomed. "Sunrise over Sebastian" is one of those. How long from seed does it take for yours to bloom up there in WI? Your hybrid photos are stunning!!!
Jan - Very lovely yellow dip hybrid! How lucky to be able to "find" daylilies on your PA property from a previous operated daylily nursery/farm!
One thing that I discovered, that I didn't know about is that some cultivars/species/hybrids don't do well here in the south. I just assumed that ALL daylilies did well here, but that is not true. A lot of interesting info is posted here on this forum!
My avatar photo is of another of my more recent hybrids. It was one of those pleasant surprises!
