I really like the first one. How big is it? Judy

I like your cross of Redefined Design X Blue Eyed Bandit. Are these all first year seedlings? I know the last one has to be more than a year old which by the way, seems to be a blooming machine.
I always like to see just that pencil edge color on daylilies that are cream/whitish color. Gives it that extra boost :-).

Julia

Judy - The Karelia X Palace Garden Beauty seedling is 5.5 inches. It takes it until about 10:30 to fully open. I photographed it at 8 a.m., and it did finally open flat.

Julia - The first six are first-year seedlings. The purple one has been around for four years.

Debra

Like the last purple seedling and especially love the very first one. So pretty.

Debra, you have some pretty ones, and I really like Comanche Magic X Never Been Kissed because of the gorgeous color.
kay

I like the last one the best, but I love clump shots, so you may have given it an unfair advantage.

I REALLY love the colors (but not the form) of the one you had the same comment about. If it were me, I'd try the same cross again and/or make some babies with this one. With it going from the green to yellow in the throat, then blending from a peachy color to a rosier pink before it finally has that thin border, plus the whitish midrib, and it's a bitone, there is just so much pretty color stuff going on there. At least those are the colors that show up on my monitor. I was intrigued enough by it I had to go look up what the parents look like.

And I still like the simplicity of the white one that I believe is the same one I commented on in another thread?

So much fun seeing everyone's seedlings. The first one and the last one are my favorites. The last one looks like it increases very well.
Val

Like all of your seedlings but my absolute favorite is the first one I love that violet blue eye and edge it's very striking.
Linda

Thanks for all the positive feedback.

Casey - I would love to cross Comanche Magic X Never Been Kissed with some larger, ruffly tets. Unfortunately it's been too hot for seed to set. Rarely do tets set seed when temperature are above 90, and we've been in the mid-90s for a couple of weeks. I'm hoping that seedling will improve with some rain and some maturity. There is the possibility that the watermark will become more defined and the edge will ruffle more. Seedlings often have improvements from one year to the next. All the attributes you mentioned make the seedling a good parent. You are right on target about the colors. Also, the near white daylily is the one you commented on before.

Debra

I vote for the clump!!! Love that color!!! They are all really lovely, but this year I'm a purple fan.

Nancy

I really like the 1st one & Redefined Design X Blue Eyed Bandit. Every one is a winner in my book, I wish my seedlings would turn out so nice! The Evening Enchantment seedling is great too. None of the seedlings I've gotten from Evening Enchantment have looked at all good.

Thanks for the info Debra. I knew seed does not set as well in hot weather, but from what you are describing, it sounds like it is much closer to impossible than I had imagined.

I wonder if there are any cultivars that are happier about making babies in hot weather, and if a hybridizer that lives in a hot climate could select for that. Then again, who would want to spend lots of time spreading pollen in the garden when it is that hot?

Casey

I especially like the first seedling, particularly with that delicate purple edge. Very nice!

NIiiiiccceeeee....makes me even more excited to see what I get out of mine!

I like the second one and Redefined Design X Blue Eyed Bandit the best. BRavo!

Dani

Nice work Debra. I especially like the first and last ones. They'd probably look great planted next to each other.
Ed

Debra, they are all pretty but Refined Design X Blue Eyed Bandit gets my vote. I even like the faded color. It has a nice eye ( halo ). I also like the Pal Gar beau seedling to0. Ellie

If the first one looks as good as the last one in a few years, it's definitely a winner. Don't you hate waiting for these pretty faces to clump up? I get so impatient! My husband tells me ... they haven't changed from the last time you checked them 30 minutes ago. And I tell him...30 minutes is like 30 years in daylily time, Mr. Wiseguy.
Kathy

Ellie, Dani and those of you who liked Redefined Design X Blue Eyed Bandit: I didn't get up early enough to get a good photo of the second bloom on this one. But there were some exciting new developments. In addition to the ends of the petals pinching, the two side sepals were quilling, AND in the sun the flower is diamond dusted! Not much change in color though. The halo was a little better defined today with a bit more blue lavender showing. I have three other seedlings from this cross, and one of those will bloom in the next week or so. But this one, an evergreen, has the largest fans, and the scape has a W top branch with two lateral branches. Not all the buds have developed on the laterals, but I can count 14 total so far. That's the best bud count I've ever gotten on a one-year-old seedling. Bud counts tend to get better as the plant matures, so I have high hopes for this one.

Ed - Wouldn't you know it. The two you like are on opposite sides of the yard. But I agree they probably would look good planted together.

Casey - Dips will set seed in high temps, but tets are very, very reluctant. That's why most hybridizers in hot climates have greenhouses to get bloom earlier and dab pollen while it's cooler. Breeders that will set seed in hot temps are very much valued by hybridizers. Luddy Lambertson told me he used Awesome Artist so much as a parent because it WOULD set seed when temps were in the 90s.

Debra