Rejects

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When considering if I should register a daylily, there are many factors that come into play. The first is, does anyone really need another red one. There are so many that are the same as a lot of others that that is a good reason to give them a pass.
The main reason is bud count. A tetraploid frequently has a lower bud count than a diploid, so the two are judged by different minimums. 20-30 flowers on a scape is not unusual for a dip, but would be very good for a tet.
Some of those I have, but have rejected are:
Emozione x (Angel Fairy Tern x Judge Nancy). I wish this one had just a few more buds, but it has an average of 9.

Clark Gable x Orange Ruffles has been in my garden for 10 years, but has never been able to have more than 5 flowers per scape. Those years there are several scapes, it looks great – which is why I keep it around.

I have crossed the sibling of ‘Star of Portugal’ with ‘El Aventura’. Unfortunately, it is also on the low end of buds. But it is a terrific looking flower:

This is one that I will be giving a couple of more years to develop. I really like the applique throat on it.
A fairly plain one in the crowd, again with a low bud count, is Marseilles Watercolor x Full of Treasure.

So far, the previous seedlings are all TETs, but there is one DIP that I wish had a much higher bud count. Wee Wizard x Christmas in Oz:

These daylilies present the worst problem – not real high quality traits, but really good looking flowers; and they take up space. I can’t keep everything I create, but these are some that I don’t really want to get rid of.

• 15 May, 2020
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