New ideas pop in my head

15 years ago

This all started because I already have that order in for daylilies in the spring from Phil Korth and because I was looking at the Lily auction listings for no other reason than looking. Was no intending to buy. But ideas pop into my head.

These thoughts, masquerading as great ideas, pop into

my head. They seem to come from nowhere and just grow until I decide I will

do something about them. That's how my garden

projects come to be. However, this last batch of ideas that I just got are

not my usual new ideas for projects but new ideas for daylilies.

Now this fall I have already bought some new plants for spring shipment. I

already have over 300 daylilies here so that means I will just have more

lovelies in my garden. A big major spring purchase is from Phil Korth whose

work I just love and who hybridizes the most incredible daylilies for

northern gardens. One plant I am picking up is TEARS FOR GUS a stunning

purple with white edge that I love the picture of. Now Phil said TEARS FOR

GUS is an outstanding parent and passes on the white edge to many seedlings.

What do I already have growing here in my garden but WESTBOURNE SILVER

LININGS, a deep purple stunner with a white edge that was on my personal

favorite top ten flower list this year. It just popped in my head from out

of nowhere that these two should be crossed to explore purple with white

edges.

Now that was not enough for my brain. The next idea I get is about another

Korth intro I am getting this spring, his 2009 intro ROCKS CRY OUT. Just a

very unusual daylily. Very ruffled bi-tone. I haven't quite gotten it out

of my head since Phil's

newsletter came with the spring intros. Then I was looking at stuff on the

Lily Auction like I sometimes do and afew days ago there is a listing for

BASS GIBSON. I look at the picture of BASS GIBSON and it just immediately

pops into my head that this is the cross for ROCKS CRY OUT. Mind you, I know

nothing about any of this, it just popped into my head. So what do I do? I

buy BASS GIBSON on the LA of course.

So, next year I will try to make these two crosses and hope for the best. I

mean, its not like I know what I am doing. My very scientific approach (not)

as to why these are great crosses is because it just stuck in my head that

they are a great idea. I swore I was never going to hybridize. Just like

earlier this year I swore I was not going to buy any more daylilies until

next year. Oh well, its not as if I am going to have lots of seeds. Maybe

only a pod each. Or two. Or three. Maybe I will forget the whole idea come

spring.

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gonegardening
15 years ago
*laughing* Never say never!

Welcome to the world of backyard hybridizers! It's a lot of fun. As much as you enjoy seeing new daylilies open, just wait until your seedlings bloom!

There's all of winter ahead to plan and dream of crosses you can make. If you get impatient, you can always pick up some interesting crosses on the LA and start them in winter like a lot of us.
rarejem
15 years ago
Rita,

I can almost guarantee that you will not "forget the whole idea" spring (grin!!). With the beauties that you already have in your garden, and the potential of not only stunning, but hardy crosses, it is amazing to me that you haven't already given in and tried at least one or two.

And like Gonegardening said above, Never say Never! I wasn't going to buy any daylilies this fall, then started to look for plants for Dad's memorial garden and I am 75 or so daylilies richer.

Have fun!

Julie
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jean_ar
15 years ago
Dear Rita,I think your ideas are great,and I just bet you get some gorgeous seedlings fr om them crosses, too.You MIGHT just get some seedlings that is even prettier then the parents. I LOVE purple blooms and the Bi Tones, too.Well,I felt good enough today to stay outside all afternoon planting daylilies,transferring them from pots to the gardens.Several of those double fans has now got 3 and 4 fans,so they done good in the pots and I am having such fun getting them planted,and daydreaming about them as I go,wondering what the blooms will look like come spring in my gardens.

Jean
Edward_Kimball
15 years ago
Hi Rita,

There is nothing more exciting than seeing your new baby bloom for the first time. With all of your wonderful new additions you should be able to make some beautiful babies. The trick will be to only make as many as will fit, with still leaving room for next year. It takes alot of patience as you will not see many bllom for at least two years. I am farther north but at year three I still only had about 25% bloom. That is why you plant some new ones each year. When things start blooming you have something new every year.

Edward
Timberlea, NS
newyorkrita
Original Author
15 years ago
Well, those ideas have not left yet but its a very long winter. The thing is that I just don't see myself as a daylily hybridizer. All that record keeping is deffinately not for me.

My approach should be very simple and keep all crosses the same. So if I try to set pods on BASS GIBSON I will not need those hybrisizing tags, any pods set will always be from my one cross of ROCKS CRY OUT. To make sure no bee pollinated pods get in there I plan to snip off any flowers (after bloom) that I did not pollinate myself.

No record keeping needed. Well, hardly any.

Here is the picture of BASS GIBSON off the Lily Auction-

Bass Gibson

And here is one of Phil Korths pictures of ROCKS CRY OUT-

ROCKS CRY OUT a 2009 Phil Korth intro.
rarejem
15 years ago
Rita,

That indeed should be a very interesting cross!

I used the crossing method that you described this year...one pollen parent per pod parent, and it was quite a bit easier to keep track of what I was doing. One simple list, and only one container needed to dry and store each set of seeds. It also made me give a lot more thought ahead of time to the crosses that I intended to try.

The bad problem with it being a long winter is that it is easy to go through your pics and come up with all kinds of interesting ideas to try the following year.

The positive side is that there is nothing quite like the joy of seeing something that you created bloom for the first time.

Will be very curious to see if you decide to follow through!

Julie
newyorkrita
Original Author
15 years ago
Edward- I never thought ahead to future years, my only idea so far has been to make those two crosses. I can see why hybidizers in the north get the short end of the stick. Three years is a long time to wait for bloom and then they don't even all bloom. I am NOT starting seeds indoors under lights so seed will have to be started outdoors somehow. Again, I had not thought that far ahead.

I am sure I will be asking questions about setting pods and seed ripening come bloom time. In fact I already have been wondering WHY are seeds stored in the refridgerator after drying? I mean when you buy seeds of most things you get them in those paper packets were they have been dried and then are stored until you need them. Mostly they are good for years. Why would daylilies be any different?

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