Bella Sera is one of my favorite daylilies to breed with. It may be touchy to grow in the Northlands, but here in USDA Zone 7a-b, it does fine. My best seedling is from it---and is a hard dormant. The cross is: Bella Sera x Jerry Nettles. Jerry is about as Evergreen and tender as it gets. It barely grows here---only blooms about 1 in 3 years. The front half of Bella's cross has a lot of Evr in it---but the back half is heavy with hard Dormants. That dormancy comes back in the second generation. Bella also gives great, ruffled, full form to the flowers. It will always be in my garden. The first two pics will be of Bella Sera. The next ones will be of seedlings from the cross of (Bella Sera x Jerry Nettles).
