I played bumblebee with my daylilies in 2006 and 2007, collected seeds and planted them. And neglected them. (But not entirely.) Some grew anyway.
I call them the strong ones.
First there was Offspring that bloomed in a forgotten corner of the garden in 2008.
My First Seedling
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Then there was another one, early on this year.
My Second Seedling
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Now, the best one of all.
My Newest Seedling
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It has the coloring of Moonlit Masquerade (or possibly Snowy Eyes) with a size and shape reminiscent of El Desperado. I did not keep track of parentage with my seedling experiments. I prefer surprises. Especially nice surprises. Aha! That will be my name for it: Nice Surprise.
Possible Parentage
For comparison, here is a look at other daylilies in my garden that might have contributed parentage.
Moonlit Masquerade
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Snowy Eyes
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El Desperado
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1 comment:
Clever girl! Someday I might try that.
Actually the second one looks even more like Summerwine.
That 3rd seedling is gorgeous. I love all 3 of the possible parentage lilies, but especially Snowy Eyes.
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