Looking through the posts and topics on this forum, I have noticed that most everyone grows only Registered and Named Daylilies. Do any gardeners here grow some volunteers or hybrids that are not named or registered that you are quite fond of? If so, I'd love to see some photos!
I must confess, due to a limited gardening budget, I grow un-named daylily hybrids. I originally received seeds from some generous folks around the country. They had named daylilies which they cross-pollinated and shared some of their seeds with me. I neglected to keep track of the crossed pollen/pod names once they germinated and grew. I was given a variety of seeds and the challenge of keeping them all labeled and organized became more than I could handle. Not all did well here in the heat and dry sand of Florida. But many did! So I carried it all a step further (with the purpose to get more daylilies) by cross-pollinating those by hand to create possibly some more interesting blooms.
One of my favorites that I created by cross-pollinating by hand during Spring of last year is one that I fondly named "Sunset over Sebastian". I live in Sebastian, FL and the colors reminded me of many a local summer sunset. It caught my eye with it's very first bloom this year and continued to bloom for a month. The color blends were so vivid and appealing to MY eye.
So I was really curious if anyone else here also creates hybrids? Perhaps just for the fun of it, like me! I'd love to hear about it and see any photos of your creations!
Sunset over Sebastian:
For a few more of my hybrid daylilies (all un-named), I posted a slideshow on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
