Ladies and Gents - Many of the crosses posted are just gorgeous! Amazing what two cultivars can produce! Sometimes they are not as good as their parents and other times they far exceed their parents! It's always a surprise to see! Y'all have got some real winners!
I used to keep markers on the seedling I've grown, but over the years, my daylily long term survival rate has been pretty low. Most of my daylilies rarely live past 3 years. I get blooms and maybe an increase of a fan or two, but by year 3, they are gone. I live in a very hot climate and deal with root knot nematodes. It has gotten so disappointing that I don't even try to keep track of the crosses much any more. I have been very close to just giving up entirely on growing daylilies, but I just haven't been able to say a permanent farewell.....
So I find myself buying seeds from folks here and from the Lily Auction so that I can continue to grow daylilies relatively cheap (via seeds). I just can't bring myself to spend a lot of money anymore on named cultivars that only last a short time.
Some of my currently surviving seedlings have started blooming. I don't even know how old these daylilies are. I think these have surpassed the 3 year mark because they are still in the areas I originally planted them in from about 3-4 years ago. Unfortunately, I didn't keep track of their parentage like I used to. So forgive me for posting these current seedling bloom photos without info of what cross they came from.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters, compared to what lies within us. Garden Rooms and Becky's Budget Garden
