Hi Mayo, sounds like we are on a parallel path. I planted in May and had around that many scapes too, but deer ate a large percentage of them!
Like you, I just have to let them bloom (the survivors).
It's been interesting how different some of these first-year blooms are from what they will be when the plant is mature.
And yet from bloom to bloom they even seem to get closer to "true"
My second bloom of
Faber Sabre
Is starting to look a lot like
the database photos.
Like you am not going to pollinate them. Fortunately I have a few established daylilies I can set pods on.
Most definitely am looking forward to growing a few of my own seedlings! Getting everything set up in my pole barn so I can start seedlings in February is proving to be a bit of a challenge though. Figuring out the shelving, potting, heating, lighting, etc.. etc. etc......
