This post disappeared and just now reappeared. I was thinking that I hadn't had any trouble with Houzz recently. I guess it showed me.

Nancy

The Houzz hobbits are playing games with our posts, it seems. Glad it was resurrected because there are lots of pretties here. Shirley Koch is right up my alley!! GORGEOUS. I see you're posting one year old seedlings and wanted to ask what percentage of your seedlings bloom the first year, roughly? And when you say one-year, by that do you mean they are started inside the prior year over the winter? I ask this because I just got started with seeds. I started roughly 260 seedlings in Feb. and March and they got planted in the garden in late May/early June. They are doing terrific and growing well. I am wondering if I could expect some blooms next summer. Also, I have 5 seedlings of Ink and Pink x Exotic Starfish....so I was happy to see your photo of Ink and Pink. Seeds were bought off the LA but this year I'm making my own (limited) crosses. Not much space so I have to be selective.

I start my seeds starting in February. If we get them into the ground by June, we get close to 100% bloom the next year. Our rate of bloom is not that high this year because we didn't get them into the ground until September last year.

So a first year seedling is one that is a little over a year old when it blooms. I would think you have a good chance of getting good bloom next season. I don't know how your earlier autumn will affect that, but in my opinion, daylily seedlings are eager to bloom their first year. They are always the first to put up scapes around here. We have even had them bloom the year they were planted, starting about 5 to 6 months old. Here is a Heavenly Bengal Tiger seedling blooming at between 5-6 months old.

I wondered how I missed this post. Shirley Koch is another Canadian, I see. I like the colors on the Latin Serenade seedling, but I wonder about size, substance, bud count. A Splash of Wine has a very nice etched eyezone. Bob Marley is a winner. You have added some pizzazz to Wide Wide World. All the names are a challenge, especially in this heat.

Bob Marley certainly is a standout! Can’t miss seeing it in the garden! Shirley Koch is such a pretty color! Seedlings all look good but the Pineapple Bites seedling would make me smile too!

Thank you Nancy for your expertise. I was hoping you would say what you said...! I am so eager to see the seedlings bloom next year, or at least a good percentage of them. Some on the FB page who are in a cold zone like myself are saying 2 - 3 years and I don't want to believe them....haha. I am sure there are some crosses that will be more stubborn but I feel like my seedlings are given such good culture and are pampered (since I don't have the thousands some have to tend to) that they will cooperate. I am amazed at how fast they grow! Some are so big already that I keep looking for scapes and thought maybe I was crazy to be looking. But your photo above convinces me that I'm not. What a thrill that would be if one decided to bloom this year! I like that seedling, btw.