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Re: Hemerocallis germination.

>>Rosie in southern Seymour, Indiana wrote
>>Has anyone had any experience with hemerocallis seed?  Since most
>>require exposure to cold to germinate....
>
>It isn't the case that Hemerocallis seed requires cold to germinate.I
>received ten batches of seed from Hemerocallis hybrids as soon as they
>ripened last August and sowed them at once at 70f.Germination occurred in 7
>days and I got 100% germination from most batches.
>Prof.Deno found that Hemerocallis hybrids germinated under all conditions
>but different hybrids gave different results.Some dry-stored seed did do
>better at 40f but in all the tests seed sown at 70f, whether fresh or
>dry-stored for 6 months gave between 50% and 91% germination.
>I had previously sown  small samples of dry-stored  H.thunbergii and
>H.longituba seed at 40f and got the following results:-
>H.thunbergii... 2 out of 3 seeds germinated in 6 weeks at 40f.
>H.longituba.....1 out of 5 seeds germinated in two days at 70f after a shift
>from 3 months at 40f.
>Unfortunately I did not have sufficient seed to try these two at 70f.
>Jane 
>(Ireland)


Hi,

My name is Millie and I live in Virginia between the Rappahannock River and
Potomac River.

I truly enjoy growing any kind of Hemerocallis I can find.  Planted several
varieties of asiatic lillies in the Fall of 1995 and they bloomed  the
Summer of '96 for the first time.  Hope to get a more magnificant display
this year.  The Stargazer knocked my socks off.  I have quite a variety of
colors but don't know all the names-- (wild orange tiger lillies taken off a
friend's ditch bank, reds, pinks, whites, yellows, yellow-reds, Stella
D'Oro.   Also have a bunch of Candy Lillies which I separated for the first
time last spring.  Thought they'd delay blooming the first year but they
really gave me quite a display.

Questions:  

I'd like to relocate the asiatic hemerocallis that I planted in Fall of '96
as soon as I can to another location.  Should I wait til after their second
summer's blooming  or could I do it this spring before they bloom?

Also, I feel very guilty cutting down the stalks of my lillies after they're
spent and discarding those big seed pods shining up at me.  How could I
handle these for future planting.  Would I get a different plant than the
parent.   I've saved a bunch of the seed pods, let them dry out & stored
them in coffee cans in an unheated outbuilding but I've had no success with
hemerocallis seed germination in the past and don't relish trying to
germinate them when I don't know what I'm doing.  Divisions are so easy.
Could I start some of the seed in an outdoor bed, indoor flats???  What is
the best time to try.   Am I doing right by waiting until the flower is
spent to harvest the seed pods and lettting them dry.

Appreciate any info you can share.

Am seriously considering joining the hemerocallis society.  
Thanks loads,

Millie
Zone 7>
brooksmf@crosslink.net
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