Hi Kylie,
Welcome home!
Dare I say you could Wintersow the Daylily seeds. Let mother Nature do the work for you.Maybe try a few and see which fare better.

Theresa

Winter sowing would be the best for me.. Never thought about it..LOL You soooo Smart!!! I couldn't watch the video but I have done some WS before... Thanks for the tip!!!
BTW the Crossandra you sent is still blooming it's head off.. Thanks so Much it is Beautiful!!!

WS would be perfect if you aren't going to be around to water or watch your seeds.I'm so glad your Crossandra is still going strong! My Crossandra stopped blooming,but the Iochroma I air rooted bloomed! How's yours doing?The one you sent me with the buds, they all shriveled up and fell off.So did the foliage,it is growing from the bottom now.Have you noticed Iochromas do this playing dead & then coming back to life thing? LOL

Theresa

Be patient,

I have several that have done that... The one you sent did right after it arrived.. I cut it back and it has now put on new foliage and is really taking off.. I will be sure to send one back to you.. I found a "Sunset" at a great price at Daves.. If I get it I will try to get you a start of that also...

Chena if the daylily seeds are something special I would suggest that you put them in the fridge for at least a month. Then barely cover them, and keep them under a grow light are something like that. They will be up in only a couple of days after that. Then they should be just about the right size to plant this spring. Either way you decide to grow them you have to watch out for the fungas nats. They will eat the roots off just like they do the brugs.

I just planted over 100 daylily seeds tonight and I have about 1,000 more to go. Some I harvested from some of my daylilies and others I bought off the Lily Auction.

I should have a bucket load of seeds this summer off my daylilies. Get back with me at that time if you would like some of them. They are all named daylilies, Not just NOIDS.

Good luck with your daylily seeds.
Marian

Yes I do what Marian does. Place in fridge. Than I was taught by a member here to place in strofoam cup and place water and a little hydrogen peroixe in the cup. Place the cup and all under lights. When you see roots coming out of the seed pot them up....In case no roots come up place seed in wet paper towel and a baggie and back in the fridge. Check daily for roots in the bag. This method last year I got almost 90% germination on the seeds. Marian you will be busy bee. I love the lily auction too. I havent bought any but it is fun to watch and learn. Did you see those 6 seeds yesterday go for 50 something dollars I almost fell out of my chair...LOL

Kylie, looks like you are venturing out into other types of plants. And, there are lots of people here to enable you into that new venture full speed ahead, LOL! BTW, glad you are back home!

I do all those things too Rosepedal but there are a couple of steps that you can leave out with about the same results.

Yelp that Lily Auction is something else when it comes to the price of some of the seeds. Actually alot of the seeds cost more than the plants....go figure. It is the way to get some of the newer daylilies that otherwise you might not be able to get for a couple of years.

Let me know Rosepedal if you want to do some daylily or seed swaps this summer.

Happy Gardening, Marian

Thanks Marian I will keep that in mind...Starting some more today. It takes so long to get blooms up my way with such a short growing season but well worth the wait. Too bad the bloom only lasts a day with such beutiful flowers..

Found this on the WS forum for daylilies:

My method for germinating daylily seeds is to take them out of the frig in the spring about two weeks before the ground is ready to work. I put each cross in a qt. sized zip lock with a handful of moist peat moss. I place the shoebox full of baggies outdoors in the shade for two weeks so they can re-hydrate and become accustomed to cold nights. Then after two weeks most are sprouted -- I direct sow them all outdoors in prepared beds.

They outperform any daylilies started indoors in pots since there is no transplant shock.

Thanks for all of the info... Come on Spring!!!

72 Days, 20 Hours, 28 Minutes until Spring

LOL Kylie that is funny.....

That sounds like a long time, lol.

How long do they take from seed to bloom?

Linda

Linda,

I grow a lot of daylilies. I have 1200 different varieties and hybridize with them. In my zone they take 2 to 3 years to bloom.

I refridgerate them all winter and in April, I directly plant them into the ground. I do not soak them as I have way too many seeds to soak. ha ha.

Good luck!

~Tj~

Hi TJ!!!! So happy to see you....!!!

wow TJ I need to see if I find something to trade with you :-) Any EE bulbs ?lol

How long did it take you to get that many? Got your own daylilies named? How long have you been doing this? I heard this is so much fun and easy*ier* to hybridize lilies. True?

Lucy

Hi! TJ, maybe we can trade some seeds?
Do you have a business to sale them!
How long have you been collecting, I
started last year,I only have a 100
kinds but I'm working on it! Dorothy
and I went to a daylilly farm this
past summer, it was awesome! We are
gonna go back, its only about 45 miles
from my house! I am getting ant-c come
on spring lol! How about some pictures :)
Susan

Yeah TJ have you a Biz.. to sell them.. It is alright to say so if yes....or just e me a link.. I am very excited about this..... I do need to get up off my BA and go clean some beds tho.. LOL

Does anyone have Wild Horses they can spare one of. I just love that one and nobody here wants to share that one. LOL Brandy

Brandy I wish I had it for you. For all you daylily lovers. I love homestead farms. The prices you cannot beat and has a large selection. Ships big plants and gives bonuses...I love them......

You gals are funny. I always worry that I don't have anything that anyone would want to trade from me since I am so far north. ha ha.

No, I don't have a business. I'm just a very obsessed gardener. he he. I've been collecting daylilies for about 15 years now. They are fairly easy to hybridize with. It seems that since so many are hybridizing these really fancy looking daylilies and they are moving so far away from the common hardy ones that the newer ones are not quite as hardy anymore. But it is still fun.

Susan, what place did you visit in GA? I attend all the daylily conventions and travel quite a distance to visit different gardens. I may know the people ha ha ha.

Lucy, I would definitely be interested in trading some of my daylilies for EE bulbs. It will have to be towards the end of April Lucy as we are pretty slow to thaw out up here. ha ha. I don't have my own named variety yet. I'm too picky. I have some good doers...but I don't like the color. Then I have some GREAT colors and they don't grow well. Maybe this year.

Brandy, I so wish I had Wild Horses for you. I would definitely send you some. Try Marietta Gardens, John Shooter is the owner and what a trip to have met him. ha ha. He is a southern gentleman with a VERY strong southern accent that pokes fun and enjoys life. I see that they have Wild Horses.

I need to take some time to update my trade lists so that if I have something others want we can set up trades. I've been chicken to do much of this but you all seem to really have fun with it making me a little excited to do a bit of trading too. ha ha

~Tj~

TJ that would be SO GREAT! Time does not matter or? That is excactly what I need to find out in the next few days.
I have a dumb question: What is the difference between lilies and daylilies? Bought both at lowes. But I bought one plant at lowes last year when they had them. I wish I would remember when I got it. Now I just need to figure out if they are all hardy here. When I should plant them and when is it to late to plant them?

Daylilies I got:
Siloam Ury Winniford
Dwarf Rebloomer MiniStella
Crimson Pirate
Breathless Beauty
Rose Passion

Then some Lily Asiatic = OKlahoma City
Oriental Lily = Stargazer

Going to try Bleeding heart, Astilbe and Callas this year also.

Hope that fat squirl does not like all these lol

Lucy

Hi! TJ, we went to Milhous Daylily Garden
it's in Claxton,Ga. home of the world
famous Claxton Fruitcake! Beautiful
garden on a slope with a big lake! Loved
it!
Susan

oh almost forgot we have Joyner's Daylily Garden
here in Savannah! If you ever come to that one
Dorothy and I could meet you somewhere! Huuuuum!

I'm trying to catch up on all the posts I've missed. ha ha. Sorry I'm so slow in responding.

Lucy,

The difference between a lily and a daylily:

The lily is from the genus Lilium and family Liliaceae. It grows from a bulb similar to a tulip bulb. The flower buds form on top of a tall stalk of small narrow leaves that resembles feathers. The one similarity between the lily and the daylily is its trumpet shaped flowers.

The daylily is a true perennial from the genus Hemerocallis and family Hemerocallidaceae. It does not grow from a bulb. The roots are similar to rhizomes and form clumps. The leaves are liken to large grass blades grow from the crown of the root mass. Flower buds form on stems called "scapes" which shoot up within the fountain of leaves. The mature daylily clump produces many scapes, each with a cluster of buds that open one by one into bloom.

I have:
Siloam Ury Winniford
Dwarf Rebloomer MiniStella
But have not heard of the others you have.

I also have as many of the Lilies that hare hardy here. I love them. Some of them smell so beautiful they give fragrance to my entire garden. Too bad daylilies don't have fragrance like that.

Since I'm so far from your zone I'm hesitant to give advise on when to plant them, but I do know that the daylilies will be hardy. I don't have either of the lilies, but I they should be hardy for you.

Susan,

I've never been to Milhous Daylily Garden but would LOVE to see the Joiner's gardens. I've ordered from them on several occasions Jan seems to be a very nice lady. They have THE MOST beautiful hose in hose doubles I've EVER seen. I have to be careful which daylilies I get from them as they are not all hardy way up here.

You and Dorothy are very lucky ladies to live close to them. If I ever get to the Joiner's I will definitely try to get together with you. :)

~Tj~

Tj I would love to see some your creations...Do you keep a photo file??
Kylie