Hey all yall daylily peoples.
Roger has a seeding a clump of four. One of the fans is variegated. Is this common even the scape is a lighter green almost white and the bloom that we can see is just as green as can be. The other 3 fans are solid green. My question is it common?

I have only ever had two, but both of them never stayed that way and reverted to all green.

We think it is pretty cool. Something different to us.

Orion is trying to hybridize for that. It sure would be neat to have the option of some Daylilies with variegated foliage!

Yes, uncommon. AHS had an article a year or two ago re: variegated daylilies / foliage, there are only about 30 (?) registered / seedlings known to reproduce that trait, and in some cases, only new foliage displays it ... as the plant ages, the variegation disappears. In others, it stays but will not pass to off-spring.

Which variety is yours...? If a seedling, do you know the parentage?

One of the better known is the 'Variegated Kwanso' (Stout 1947) but because of its ploidy (being a triploid) it's considered 'sterile' ... With newer daylilies now branching into more ploidies, it may turn out that it could be crossed with something.

Digger,
I think yours is very unusual. That looks to be a healthy plant with strong variegation.
Let's hope the plant habit and bloom all are that attractive.

Thanks to all that have commented. And yes we know the parentage.

Diggerofdirt said: Thanks to all that have commented. And yes we know the parentage.

Would you mind sharing with the rest of us?

Roger's seedling he will be the one to post that information. Later.

Some say to separate the variegated fan from the others to encourage that to grow and divide. As it has less green it will grow slowly and the green fans will take over.

Others say to leave it and "self" it if that specific fan makes a scape, to increase chances of variegated kids. Prior to separating the variegated fan off. I looked closer and saw your variegated fan has a scape!

Not sure which I would do, to be honest. Depends on fan size. But I would probably treat it like a queen who wants for nothing. I may grow it in a pot and give it a prime sunny location where I could keep a daily eye on it.

For other plant types less sun increases chances of losing variegation as the plant needs to make more chlorophyll to survive in darker spots as it already has low chlorophyll. Some also say do not feed high nitrogen fertilizer as that encourages green-ness. However, I do not yet have experience with that. What I can say is my variegated seedling emerged 2024 looking 'meh' but only after a few sunny days the variegation is taking off. So mine will be getting more sun for sure.

I dug out a couple of example pics of mine. Note white variegation behind daylily (2 clumps, right one is from a prolif) is a crocus bed, and a variegated tulip in front of the daylily. If you see white it aint a daylily. My variegation is yellow.

April 14th - shade. Looks like a normal daylily.

April 15th - sun. Looks like a normal daylily.


April 27th after more intense sun. Variegation is beginning to show now. It will get better and better the more sun the plant gets.




And what it should look like in July with enough sunlight...

@plasko20 Is the yellow variegation centred around the middle vein?

admmad said: @plasko20 Is the yellow variegation centred around the middle vein?

I would say anywhere but the middle vein, to be honest.

We get full sun from around 930am until dark. Our house faces the west and all daylilies are in the front yard.
Orion
This is the first year it has shown this trait.