Yes, you can get interesting blooms, but lets put it this way.. I have about 1k seedlings, I have exactly one worthy of introduction, a few thats close, and hundreds that are either not better then the parents , or are redundant.

Ive spent 600 dollars in one year on crosses, and its just a crapshoot.. However, some of the best crosses, came from some that were not just 2012 cover daylilies, its hard not to purchase those, but over time, you start looking for certain other charastics, bud count, vigor, growth zone, dormants vs sev, vs eve, emo's ect.. I am now using some of those best plants as my base stock, in a few years I will be culling hundreds of my seedlings and taking my base stock and going foward again.

BTW, dont trust everything you see on there, I can tell you right now, the only two poeple I would buy from is Ladylovingdove, becuase she actually owns those plants shes posting and RICH from ctdaylily.. he is by far one of the best and honest sellers on the LA auction, with high germination, he knows how to cull seeds, and he just doesnt offer the "newest" he uses repeats, becuase those are the ones , he knows does well. (the later you get into the season, the more people I know I can trust gets on)

This is my one daylily I would feel confident to release, it has hieght , vigor, colour and performance, its a large face, with the biggest measuring 8.5, but generally never gets below 7 inches. A sib to it, is even more vigorous, probably one of the most vigorous plants Ive ever seen here. I have alot of interesting fun crosses, but alas, its really not easy, hence the cost of the big boys, they do thousands of crosses, to get down to a dozen or so a year (some do 20k crosses!)

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I have all sorts of fancy looking stuff, chicken fat, double edges, pie crusting ect, but the more of these you get, the harder it is to get something great out of it.

silverkelt

Yes, I have gotten some very promising seedlings from seeds purchased at the Lily Auction. Most of those vendors from whom I've purchased seeds have been very reliable. But then, I don't expect to get 100% keepers out of a cross. I am delighted if I get just one. In fact, I got really lucky with seeds I got from one vendor (Mary Hamilton - Scooter30 at the Lily Auction). There hasn't been one seedling from that purchased group of crosses that I wouldn't want to keep.

Xylophone Jazz is a beautiful daylily and very high up on my Wish List. It would be growing in my garden right now if I just had more room.

Nancy

I am a seller now offering seeds from H. Xylophone Jazz on the Lilyauction and I DO own the plant. My photography skills are amateurish at best, and my camera is a cheap point and shoot, so my photos do not always flatter the flower. I use my photos as much as I can, but I use the hybridizer's photo on my listings until I can get an acceptable photo of my own. Here is my own not-so-flattering photo of H. Xylophone Jazz:
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Im sorry Judy, I meant no disrespect, just warning orginal poster, there are a # of poeple there who sell "great" looking crosses that will never germinate, or are not true to thier orginal sell (yellows out of two lamberstons for example) there was one person who was extremely terrible about her crosses a few years ago, she always had "every" major hybriders newest crosses every year. It just wasnt the truth.

I didnt mean to slight you at all, I just have a tendacy to stay with those folks who Ive purchased and trusted in the past.

Mary is great! she always has some neat crosses (she loves the blue/purple eyes, and always seems to have a few new lamberstons as well)

Some others I like Ahead, jbenz , farmerbell, boxcar (not the greatest germination, but he always gives like 30 seeds, so you still get a great # of seedlings) and ruby.

Judy,

I think that's an excellent photo of XYLOPHONE JAZZ! The colors look more "realistic" than the hybridizer photo, and the pattern is unmistakably correct.

Nate

Judy, thanks for the photo.....I like seeing the more "realistic" photos of lilies as that is how they will look in my garden. I dab pollen just for my own enjoyment - and look forward to seeing my creations bloom in a year or so.....and really enjoy seeing seedling photos from others.

Silverkelt - That seedling is awesome! The size and the deep, rich color make it a winner.

Alameda - I've bought several crosses on the Lily Auction, but hardly ever get them planted because I have so many seeds of my own that I'm excited about. So far, I only have two seedlings with toothy genetics that came from bought crosses. They have yet to bloom. I only have 30 seedlings total in the ground, and two of them will likely be introduced. Both of those have older parents. Three others are definite possibilities. So, sometimes you can beat the odds. By the way, out of 5 seeds, I seldom have more than one or two plants that survive to maturity. You have to keep that in mind when you're in the middle of one of those bidding wars. None of seedlings that came from Ruby's expensive crosses ever survived. Mother Nature can be a cruel mistress.

Debra