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Seedfork said:So I searched the forum and found this:
The thread "Purple leaves" in Daylilies forum
It has a few comments about the purple stems further down. But I have yet to see any comments on those being better quality plants. I will keep looking.
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sooby

Some daylilies show anthocyanin pigment giving a pinkish look to the leaf bases, Hemerocallis citrina is well known for this as mentioned in the other thread. I have never heard it said that it indicated better quality plants and can't think of any reason why it would. Perhaps the person who suggested this has a superior parent that just happens to have this trait and passes its superiority along as well as the pink socks giving an impression there's a connection?