More pretty one this time. My favorite is Valentine Sweetheart, but I really like the color of the other seedling too. And Pretty DEsirable is a beauty.
kay

Thanks, Kay! Valentine Sweetheart has a lot of presence.

Really nice pictures! I think Valentine Sweetheart is really nice...beautiful color, great edge, and a bitone, too. Thanks for the post. Bob

Valentine Sweetheart is belle of the ball. Cool-Hand Luke I've seen pictured as pink and as lavender. Pretty Desirable appears to be well budded.

Debra, such wonderful blooms. It's unanimous, we all love your seedlings!

Sherry

Brad, Bob, Sherry, and Mantis - Thanks for the seedling comments!

Mantis - Cool Hand Luke is a blend of pink and lavender. The color varies based on temperature, time of day, and how much water the plant has. My photo was taken in the evening, so the color has faded a bit. It has never been as deeply colored here as in Curt Hanson's photo, or as tall as it is registered. Pretty Desirable is always well budded and well branched. While a wonderful garden plant, it's worthless to me from a hybridizing stance. It has never set a pod, and the pollen is very weak.

Debra

I think they are ALL gorgeous blooms, especially Cool-Hand Luke. that one s a beauty, to me.

Thanks Jean! Cool Hand Luke is always a nice one that has lots of buds.

Again, Pretty Desirable is my pick. Are your pollen issues due to weather woes? I see it only has, so far, one registered kid on the AHS database.

Julia - Pretty Desirable has never set a pod in the three years I've had it. That daylily won't set seed for me even during a cool stretch of weather. Of course cool here is in the 80s. I looked at the parentage of the kid on ATP, and it appears PD did set a pod for Gossard at some point. I suspect it happened in a greenhouse when temperatures were in the 60s or 70s. That's not realistic here.

Debra

I see that Gossard is zone 5 so perhaps his ability to get fertility stats is based on his temps? I definitely think Pretty Desirable wants to live here in my garden. If you decide to divide or remove it from your garden, let me know. :)

Julia - I have very large clumps of Pretty Desirable and Integrated Logistics, and both need to be divided. I tried to email or message you about them, but Houzz doesn't provide a way to do that. I'd love to do a fall trade. You have two, or three, or four that I've been lusting after for a couple of years.

Debra

Debra: You have to allow messages in your settings. Go to your Profile, Advanced Settings and scroll to the bottom of the page and change "someone messages me" from Never to Everytime from the drop down list. I have that turned on for me. Once you have it set up to allow messages, you can send email via Houzz. You can message me by clicking on my name and you will see Messages under the cover photo. Hope this helps.

Really beautiful...love cool hand luke

Julia: Jamie Gossard is in Central Ohio where the last few summers have been hot and dry. We are really zone 6a. He does a lot of greenhouse hybridizing however.

Are you going to come to the regional too in a couple weeks?

EoYS is always a favorite for me <3

~Anika

No, the regional is right in between my Indianapolis trips.

Update on Pretty Desirable. I said earlier this week, it had never set a pod for me. I stand corrected. It does have a pod from a cross with Sweet Child of Miine. Now we will see if it can keep the pod until harvest.

Debra