gb, Are you grafting onto loquat seedlings or quince? Had a chance to sample my first loquats, while visiting my son in Tallahassee, back first of last month. I got the bug. Not winter-hardy here - though my BIL's mother, at Wetumpka AL has one in her yard that bears annually - and she's probably at about the northernmost level where they'll fruit (from what I've been told). But, from reading, it's evidently compatible with quince, which will dwarf it, and supposedly, foster earlier fruiting. I've planted some seeds from the fruits I ate, but certainly considering sticking some quince cuttings and trying my hand at grafting/budding onto them and trying 'em as an indoor plant during the winter.

The only one on your list that I grow is Sherry Lane Carr. Got a mild case of rust in my garden this year, but nothing too serious. From experience I can tell you it's not one of the daylilies that likes too much shade. An eastern exposure is fine, but it really needs more then 6 hours of sunlight to bloom its best. A pretty, steady, reliable daylily that I think is a good choice. As to shade tolerant daylilies, that term always makes me nervous. Daylilies really are not shade plants, but since you defined it as 6 hours of sunlight, from personal experience, here are a few that do well in my garden under those conditions: Velvet Shadows, Green Mystique, Bittersweet Destiny (if you don't have rust in your area), Rose Masterpiece, Sour Puss, Mr. Lucky. The link below is a list of older daylillies that are reputed to be more shade tolerant.....Maryl Here is a link that might be useful: Shade tolerant daylilies

Hi, Sweet Pea. The GardenWeb site has a wonderfully useful database of plants, containing members' photos and comments. If you go to the link below, you'll discover that there are 6552 lilies in the database!! Click on the link, and scroll down until you see: --Search the HortiPlex Database: --Please enter a common name or a botanical name: In the space, type "lilium" and then whatever type or variety of lily you want to search. For example, if you type "lilium muscadet", it will take you to listings with that name. An icon of a camera means that there is at least one photo with the listing, and a "smiley face" means there are comments. Just click on "More info". The search also works for species lilies. You won't find all the lilies you're looking for (it all depends if someone has shared a photo), but it's a start! Happy researching!

For any of you who may grow 'Hermosa' on 'Fortuniana' rootstock: It is unique, in my experience, in that it forms an imperfect graft union. The plant grows beautifully for 3-4 years, then one day, completely without warning, in a wind storm, it snaps off cleanly at the union and rolls away like a decorative tumbleweed, leaving a stump of 'Fortuniana' behind. Because of that, we always try to keep a back-up plant in the greenhouses, as an emergency replacement. Of course on its own roots it would not do that. But I put it on 'Fortuniana' since it makes such a nice plant for those few years. I know of no other rose that has that weird habit.