Michele - Thank you for that information. I think I am now understanding the differences between ev, sev, and dor. I have had some dormants for sure, because I do remember some of mine a few years ago turning completely yellow, then brown, so I thought they had died. It was during one of the unusually cold winters and I thought the freezing temps is what killed them. But I do believe they made a return appearance for at least the following year. So that is what a hard dormant does! But does it only do that if the temps dip? Or do they eventually die back regardless of temps in winter?
Most all of my current remaining in-ground daylilies are crossed with each other. So if I had any dormants, they were weeded out by nature a few years ago. And those left that I crossed with each other were crossed using the remaining sev or ev daylilies. Perhaps that is why it now appears I no longer have any dormant daylilies. Natural selection.
Your daylily beds are amazing!!!! Oh my goodness gracious! That must be a real treat to get up in the mornings during Spring to walk along all those beds and check out all the blooms! I could spend the whole day just examining new blooms! I know it must be a tremendous amount of work ... but definitely a labor of love!
How many beds do you dedicate to your own crosses?
What size are those pots? I am impressed!!!!
Honestly, I don't know how you do it all! You grow them (which is no small feat), you sell them which means dividing, packing, and shipping them, as well as communicating with clients/customers. You move them around or amend the beds (which is a LOT of work)! And you have to keep track of all of them, of what gets shipped during the growing season, and all the while keeping them all healthy with treatments and fertilizing and watering and weeding! Sheesh!
Plus you have to take care of yourself and your own household. That saying, "A woman's work is never done!" There must be a photo of you next to that saying in the books!
