Category: Daylilies

Here’s a look at this year’s crop of two-year-olds blooming for the first time.  Further evaluation will be needed to see if any are good enough to be keepers, but so far they are making some strong cases! My attempts to create a great pink for Renee have yielded another Read More

Without a doubt there were many seedlings this year that looked outstanding.   However, many of them were not finished products ready for introduction.  They had some flaws that need to be cleaned-up, or need some development to better show the traits I am looking for.  There were a couple though Read More

My primary hybridizing focus has been on appliques.  I’d especially like to get applique throats onto new petal colors like “true” red and hot pink.  And develop some other new looks for an applique daylily.  To get truly unique breaks along those lines I fully anticipated it to take multiple Read More

I’ve got a few more 2018 seedlings blooming right now which I’m posting here.  Several more haven’t bloomed yet so I hope to be able to post more soon!

Some more 2018 seedlings showing their faces to the world for the very first time!

Here are some my of my 2018 seedling crop!

These seedlings are the result of me dabbing pollen two years ago.  Last year, their first year of growing after being planted from seed, they just were not able to get big and mature enough to bloom.  This is typical when hybridizing daylilies in Michigan without a greenhouse. Anticipation certainly Read More

This promising seedling boasts wonderfully-ruffled petals and a gorgeous blending of oranges, reds and yellows.  Even a dash of pink makes an appearance on the midribs.   To top off the fantastic color scheme a bubbly, dark-orange edge manifests on the extremity of the petals.  This seedling is so attractive it Read More