Really hard is...

[tsubasahome]

...having all these imaginary daylily crosses in your head, and realizing you can't do them because they're not blooming at the same time, LOL.

I wanted to try crossing Siloam Double Classic and Luxury Lace for the lulz but Siloam Double Classic is much further along than Luxury Lace...I can't see Luxury Lace blooming for at least another two weeks.

So my only potential mates for Siloam Double Classic are Rosey Returns, Siloam Virginia Henson, and Little Heavenly Angel. Doing a cross with Rosey Returns sounds intriguing but might turn out ugly. Using Siloam Virginia Henson seems like incest. And Little Heavenly Angel already bears a resemblance to Siloam Double Classic, so there is probably no point to the cross.

Maybe I should try it with Rosey Returns after all. In the end, I'll have about two years before I find out whether or not the offspring is oogly.

I have a bazillion daylily babies all over the yard. Many of them are offspring of Gentle Shepherd or Entrapment. I hope they are pretty and not too plain. I guess plain is okay as long as they're pretty?

I wish I had fancier daylilies...

Comments

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Is there a technical method of chilling or freezing the pollen and successfully using it later?
Such methods are quite common in plant breeding.

[tsubasahome.livejournal.com]

I heard of people freeze-drying it, but I don't have that kind of technology. ^^;;;

[nagasvoice.livejournal.com]

Well, some of the daylily websites and sellers may have some info on that. I know there used to be some state daylily breeding programs? And people did this long before we had freeze-drying, probably just regular freezing.