Welcome Nelli! Always a pleasure to see a newbie chime in here!
I will add to this conversation because I am probably an oddball.
97% of my daylilies were grown from seeds. Most of the seeds were freebies, though the past 2 years I have purchased a few from the Lilly Auction. Last year I actually bought some named cultivars for very cheap. I did it because I decided I wanted to actually use some named ones for hybridizing. Whether that works out or not .... I don't know yet.
I received my very first daylily seeds from Sandi (Seedsower) about 5 - 6 years ago (I think it's been that long ago). I had great success with growing them from seeds. Here they bloom in a year or two since I live in the south. The attraction for me growing hybrids is the surprise element. Strange as that may sound ... I like the unexpected. I am rarely disappointed. I never know what I am going to get with a seed. Each seed is one of a kind and unique. They may resemble their parents or may look completely different. I find the genetics utterfly fascinating!
Unfortunately, over the years, my labels have disappeared for one reason or another, so many of mine no longer have tags and I don't remember who their parents were. Not only do I have mainly seedlings, but some no longer have a record of genetics . LOL! I don't care. I enjoy them for what they are, not just their genetics. It is nice to go out into the garden in Spring through Fall and enjoy the blooms. I grow lots of other plants too, but daylilies are my obsession. I just really like them.
Living in the south, rust fungus is a major problem. I don't care. I just keep growing them. They bloom just fine. I have over 300 daylilies in my yard and have another 27+ that germinated on my window sill this Winter that will go out into the garden this year.
When it gets to the point that I do not have room to grow anymore, it will be then that I will start culling them. My taste can range from a variety of characteristics. There are very few that I do not like. Here dormants live maybe 3 years, so if I like them, I cross them with an ev. Growing sev or ev are important here for me. I do like to hybridize also, from my favorites.
The one thing I want to do is to name and register a few of my seedlings after loved ones. Not to sell, but to give as gifts to family and friends. What is more special that receiving a gift plant that honors someone!? Right now it is only $20 to name and register a daylily. That is my ultimate goal!
My seedlings can be seen on two different slideshows on YouTube:
2014:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
2013:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
