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Jun 1, 2014 1:31 PM CST
Name: Larry
Enterprise, Al. 36330 (Zone 8b)
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I have seen a few posts by ATP members that buy seeds, I never have. I get the impression that some of the seeds are pretty expensive. My question is, if daylilies don't come true from seed do you have any idea of what the seedlings will look like?
Fred posted some pictures of sibling seedlings, a world of difference in them, I suppose a grower would go through hundreds if not thousands of seedlings weeding out the "dogs" trying to find that one special plant. So what are the odds of buying a handful of seed and getting a winner of a daylily. I see people are often disappointed with the results of the seeds they bought, but even with the most expensive daylily seed, couldn't they just turn out to be plain Jane daylilies? Every daylily I look up says "does not come true from seed" . I do understand you would at least expect the seeds to germinate, what should your expectations be beyond that?

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