I tend to buy seeds, but I do have a few pods of GABRIEL DES NUANCES X KING GEORGE that I want to experiment with for big, tall, eyed flowers with a full form.

I've had to purchase most of my seeds this year. But, one of my crosses I can't wait to see bloom is

Meet Joe Black x Nature's Poetry
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I have 9 babies of this cross. They are about 3 inches tall right now.

Andrea

I've gotten a number of seeds from pods this year, and they will all be a total surprise to me, as all my labels came off, so I have no idea what crossed with what. I'm just not too sure when to start the seeds indoors, but as I plod along, I'll figure it out, :)

Alberta

So far I have 21 seeds from Victorian Lace X Unknown (Gentleman's Lady, Belle Cook or Last Snowflake). I collected 5 seeds from No More Tears X Gentleman's Lady but I gave them away. I have pods left on Tower of Babel, Cloud Forest and one of my seedlings(Victorian Lace X Within the Veil). All of the pollen parents are unknown.

Edward

I harvested lots and lots of pods. I usually have about 3,000 seeds, but this year it's probably more like 2,000-2,400. I didn't make nearly as many spur of the moment crosses this year. I never have enough time or space to plant more than 150-200 seeds, so I sell some of my extras on the Lily Auction. (And I pray that I win the lottery or get an unexpected inheritance so I can buy some land and plant the rest.) Among the crosses I'll probably plant are:

Cosmic Odyssey X Jitterbug Blues
Symphony of Praise X Walking in Beauty
Chartered Course X American Doll
Asian Fairy Bluebird X Violet Victory
Ada May Musick X Violet Tranquility
Cretaceous Crunch X Blazing Saddles
Back Scratcher X Cretaceous Crunch
Charlie X Forestlake Ragamuffin
SETI X Sweet Chilf Of Mine
Eyes A Blue X Slipped My Disco
Magnificent Hummingbird X Blue Eyed Bandit
Moonlight Sail X World Traveler
Lee Pickles X Ruby Lipstick
Zipporah X Last Snowflake

Debra

Made some crosses and will likely plant the following:

Victorian Lace x JT Davis
Wonder of It All x Quartz Rainbow
Candied Popcorn Perfection x JT Davis
Face Paint x Extravagant
April la Quinta x Mary Alice
Dixie Highway x Granny Smith
Oktoberfest x Atomic Glow
Palace Garden Beauty x Hurricane Swirls
Sculpted Treasure x Eloquent Cay
Gilded Shadows x Mary Alice
Violet Becomes You x Wonder of It All
Malaysian Marketplace x April la Quinta

Did purchase some seeds from the LA to obtain Fringy and Talladega seeds.

Bj

Bj,

Victorian Lace X JT Davis sounds like a great cross to me. If you decide not to plant it I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE to have the seeds.

Edward

Edward,

I think so, too. I won't be working on it till January.
Yes, you'll get it if I don't plant; or, if I decide to plant, I'll send the extras.

Bj

What a great thread.

I have:

Shores of Time x self (if anyone has seeds from any "newer" stamile daylilys I have extras to trade).

Forsythe wrinkles and Crinkles
Blissful Beauty (my fave plant this year)
Big Kiss
Chicago Apache
Chicago Rosie
Indian Chief
Highland Pinched Fingers (wow, love this bloom!!) - have lots to trade also.

these are the pod parents, pollen unknown.

Bj, I appreciate that. This is a cross I have been trying to make for a couple years. For some reason, this year JT Davis decided not to bloom.

Edward

Edward: Have you tried posting on either the AHS email Robin Bulletin Board or the Daylilies For Northern Climate forum for JT Davis pollen?
I've tried bidding a couple of times for JT Davis and always lost so I think I will just find it from a reliable grower next spring. Sorry to hear yours didn't bloom. Do you think its a unreliable daylily?

Julia

I think that JT Davis is slow to establish in my Zone 5b garden. I have three fans but only one is bloom size. I have had it three years and it did not bloom the first, bloomed the second and did not bloom the third. I planted out seedlings this spring from Fairest of Them X JT Davis. Even if JT Davis proves to be unreliable in my garden it is an excellent parent and I will use it when I can.

Edward

This is a great thread!

I have loads of seeds where I know the pod parent but not the pollen parent.
I'm most excited by the following:

Evening Enchantment x Startling Creation
Forbidden Desires x Startling Creation
Victorian poet x Startling Creation
Initial Public Offering x Startling Creation
Night Embers x Startling Creation
Fooled me x Startling Creation
Don Diego x Startling Creation
Smith Brothers x Startling Creation

Victorian Poet x Parrot Jungle
Forbidden Desires x Parrot Jungle
Carlee Longman x Parrot Jungle

Bela Lugosi x Daring Dilemma
Bigcabin Neon Beacon x Daring Dilemma
Victorian Poet x Daring Dilemma

Ruth Gordon x woman at the Well(thanks for the pollen Nina)

Too many others to remember.I went pollen dabbing crazy. Nina was uber generous and sent me gobs of pollen. I used a bunch and the rest is in the deep freeze with some I collected awaiting next year(WHAAA HaaaHaaa!)

I'm super limited on space and I have to wait till spring thaw to sow directly. I have way too many cats(18) to start seeds indoors. They would think it's a salad bar!
On the good side of that mother nature culls a number for me. I have about 30 seedlings from this year that are 6-8" high and many have multiple fans already!

Kim

I have some seeds sprouting. I planted my Victorian Lace crosses and none of them germinated. I received some seeds as a gift and they are doing well. i have a cross of Cynthia Louise Valente X Isle of Wight with three green tips showing through the potting soil and one green tip in the Butter Cream X ? row. I have seeds from the lily auction that have not yet been planted. They are Yellow Monkey X White Magician and Mabou X Heartbeat of Heaven. I will start soaking those seeds this weekend.

Oh geesh... I have a whole bunch harvested from last fall. I already have a HUGE pot ghetto, with no bed ready to plant. BUT... I don't think I can help myself! I have to start some of my seeds!!

**For sure planting:

Toothy Grin x Red Friday (bought)
Unvanquished x Lucid Moment
Ballerina Beautiful x Blue Hippo
Velvet Eyes x Blue Hippo
G.W. Painted Pony x Bluegrass Music
G.W. Painted Pony x Heaven's Declaring
(Seedling)Popping Pink Pizzaz x Blue Hippo
Unvanquished x Bluegrass Music
South Seas seedling x Magnificent Magpie (gift)
Inquire Within Seedling x English Lavender (bought)
Caribbean Twilight Time x G.W. Painted Pony
Vino Brillante x Lucid Moment
Pink Flirt x Emma Tomlinson McHugh
Popcorn Pete x Awesome Artist
Garden Greeting x Heaven's Declaring
Hi Ho Silver x Bluegrass Music
Crystal Sea x Topgun Kathy Arthur

**I guess I have to plant these, they are sprouting in the bag:

West Coast Blues x Clown's Cabaret
Velvet Eyes x Mildred Mitchell
How Sweet It Is x Create Your Dream
Neusa Gergmann x Barn Owl
Palladian Pink x Blue Hippo (these are super long rooted already!)
Seedling 002 x Heavens Declaring (has leaves sprouting in the bag!)
Spacecoast Surprise Purple x Clowns Cabaret
Create Your Dream x Heaven's Declaring
West Coast Blues x Blue Hippo

OH MAN! I am in trouble... where to put all of these??? And that is only perhaps 10% of what I have. Hmm... maybe time to sell seeds! :o)