Maurice - You are so VERY helpful! I want you to know that I (for one) really appreciate you taking the time and making the effort to answer my hybridizing questions.
I am just a home hybridizer. Not a major breeder. So I can not grow 100-1000's of seedling every year. My pitiful efforts are basically just a fluke ... should I happen to get something worthwhile. And I am not looking to hybridize to sell. My main goal is to create some "nice and a little different" daylilies to name after loved ones (to honor or remember them) and then share those plants around with friends and relatives. I also do not spray for rust. I am hoping to get lucky and grow some nice crosses that show some rust resistance. Those are the 2 goals in my meager hybridizing efforts. I have over 300 daylilies in my garden beds. All but 3 plants are seedlings. I will eventually have to cull some as I have many rust bucket daylily seedlings. I find it quite fascinating and fun to try my hand at hybridizing. Thank you for answering so many of my questions! I now understand about the fan and scape genetics and how to cross to get a taller or shorter or more branching scape. You helped me make sense of the part of hybridizing that perhaps we can create. The bloom itself is hit and miss .... many more misses than hits .... by far!
