We have been admiring these seedlings all summer, such great potential. Color posts sounds like fun, maybe narrow the categories a bit????

Sherry

What parent do you think contributes to the fast increase?

I really like the edges and forms on these. Right up my alley. Full figured gals with ruffly edges...........Mid November or maybe the third week in should work for me for the color list. My daylillies don't start the trek to their winter homes until usually a week after Halloween. It's a process that requires a bit of time......The color list is very interesting and I do like doing/seeing it. If the variance categories (Edge no eye/vs Eye no edge or some such) are simple I can usually fit a few of mine in...........Maryl

Mantis - S. Samantha is a faster multiplier than Pink Extraordinaire, but neither increases as fast as these two seedlings.

Sherry and Maryl - I think I'm only going to do color categories this time - no forms or variance categories. So put your eyed, edged and forms like UFs and doubles in with the colors.

Debra

These seedlings are lovely. And a bonus with the increase! What edges they have!!

Debra, both of those seedlings are wonderful! It's so good that they increase well too.

I'm up for color posts. Except for cleanup of the garden (which for us is a monumental task), we are done moving daylilies for the season. Bob got up most of the landscape fabric yesterday, tilled the areas, and now we need to sow winter rye there.

I predicted we wouldn't get many seeds this year, but, boy, was I wrong. We harvested over 3000 seeds this year. That's not our highest number, but I have really cut down on the number of pollinations we do. Of course, we have started working with dips and they are so much more fertile than the tets.

Nancy

Kate - Thanks for your comments! While I don't know which parent is responsible for the fast increase, I do know S. Samantha babies tend to have those ornate ruffled edges. Here are a couple more of her kids:

#1 from the same cross as above - The edge is not quite as ornate as the other two, and it's gone from 1 fan to 3.

Coco's Curiosity X S. Samantha - This one is a good multiplier too.

Debra

Nancy - Glad to see you ended up getting more seeds than you anticipated. I got far fewer than usual, but still more than I have room to ever plant.

Debra

I think you could differentiate between Selfs vs Eyed if you wanted to, but it's whatever is easier for you...................Maryl

Both of those are real beauties, Debra.

kay

Thank you, Kay! I love the looks of the Pink Extraordinaire seedlings. I just hope they will develop better stats in the future. Those two started out with 11-12 buds in a dought year, so I hope they will do better in a year with more rain.

Debra

They probably will increase nicely with rain. Trimmer says that rain is the best fertilizer for daylilies, and I tend to believe him. Watering helps, but there is nothing like rain for them.

kay

Debra you do have a gift of picking crosses and have them produce some nice babies. I'm always late these days reading the forums. Doesn't seem like enough hours in the day. I'm looking forward to getting some downtime.

Julia

The plants know the difference between real rain and watering. Nitrates are washed down from the atmosphere in rainfall, and the acidic rainwater also helps to release micronutrients in the soil.