beckygardener said:
So my questioning is to help me determine what would make a daylily worthy of registration. Since most of my family/friends would most notice the blooms and not so much the growth habit ... that is why I ask about the number of years for the blooming of a daylily before considering the possibility of naming and registering any.
If it's just for family/friends then you may not need to wait as long to register it. I would at least wait until the end of the second season (if it bloomed first year) to make sure it stays the way you want it to look. Even if your family/friends will only be looking mainly at the blooms you would still want to make sure it had some good plant habits. It could be the most gorgeous bloom in the world but if it only has a few buds then it would be a clump of foliage for the rest of the season so you want to make sure it has a good amount of buds (whatever the number you feel is good) and possible rebloom.
