Just about everything you need to know is at the link Seedfork posted
Just a few that may not really be clarified
Here is how to measure a spider
http://www.daylilies.org/ahs_d...
Color is the description of the bloom and you can describe anyway you wish. Some use the Royal Horticultural Society colour chart (expensive to buy) and others just use basic color descriptions. For example someone may describe their bloom as Merlot in color while someone else would call the same bloom a deep burgundy purple; it all depends on you. I read a description on time (I can't remember cultivar) but I have never in my life heard of the name of the color.
If I read your question correctly about what year should be listed.....the year is not something you give it, it goes by when it is registered. If you register it this year, 2014, and it is registered before October 31st then it will have a registration year of 2014 but if it is after October 31st then it will have a registration year of 2015. But when you introduce it is another matter. You can register it 10 years (just an example) before you ever introduce it or never introduce it. And introducing it just means you either sold it, listed it on a website, or gave some of it away.
