Becky, why don't you select for certain foliage traits as well. Look at improving rust resistance and foliage: they might go together. One of the big criticisms of daylily fanciers and hybridisers that keeps popping up in garden magazines is their lack of interest in foliage; that is, the flower is everything and foliage is something that gets in the way and should be out of the way. I suspect it is going to be the next "big thing" in hybridising one day.
