Typically, I don't care for eyed daylilies, but So Many Stars really caught my eye at a local hybridizers garden and I couldn't help myself, I had to have it. It's just a really pretty flower, there's something about it.
It's petals are a little thinner than I usually like, but that, too, I have made an exception for. I find that, in certain conditions, the petals have a somewhat unique and very beautiful opalescent look, which I attribute to the thin nature of the petals.
SMS is one of the taller daylilies in my garden and, although the scapes aren't particularly thick, it holds it's own with no problem, never drooping.
For hybridizing, So Many Stars isn't a superb pod parent; thus far, it really doesn't like setting pods--I pollinated every bloom on it over a period of three years, so I can speak definitively on that!--but it seems to be a slightly better pollen parent, with what little I used it's pollen. (Not being a fan of eyed daylilies, I rarely used it's pollen, so my data with it as a pollen parent isn't the best.)
So Many Stars doesn't bloom over a long season in my garden, but when it does, it is beautiful. So far, So Many Stars has been a worthwhile daylily in my garden, no plans to just it any time soon. I would recommend it to others.
