*****I know this is a little long, but please stick with me on this and read on, it could really help!*****
Okay, this is just a thought, but I'm trying so hard to research plants BEFORE I go to gardens because I have certain budding/branching goals, but most of the plants on ATP (and AHS) don't have that information listed. So then I think to myself that I'll just go to the garden and see for myself what the plant characteristics are like...but when I go to a garden to pick out the cultivars I want...
...I just see all of the beautiful flower faces smiling back at me!!!
...and I forget--or don't take the time--to look at the number of buds and branches!
Who's with me on this??? I can't be the only one that gets distracted by the flower and forgets to look at the foliage.
SO....
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I propose that we have a couple of Bud and Branch update days (or weeks, or months...) on ATP where we all go into our gardens and record the number of buds and branches (terminal Y counting as 1) our plants have and start updating the database. There is so much good information in this database, but not enough information on buds and branching on a lot of the flowers. It would also be nice if we could comment on scapes (strong scapes, thin scapes, etc..), foliage (dk green, bright green, variegated, thick leaves, thin leaves), and even foliage height (actual height, height compared to bloom height...).
I'm not 100% certain what the best method for doing this would be because there are SO MANY flowers and if we all propose updates to the actual database entry on the same day, our moderators are going to go CRAZY, LoL!
We would need another way to handle this. I'm open to suggestions, though. Starting a thread might work, but it will get long and a lot of threads get off-track with side-convos, which would make it even longer. Does anyone else have a suggestion as to how we could handle this? Maybe we could have a separate spot in the Daylily forums designated for "updates"? And maybe that could be separated alphabetically?
Essentially, I'd like everyone to comment on the budding/branching and foliage that they see on the established flowers they have owned for MORE than a year (which means I couldn't participate until next year, sadly,
...unless I record info at local gardens).
Thoughts???
