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Re: [SG] changing daylily color

HI BOBBIE,

MY GRANDPA WOULD BE PLEASED, TOO. I HAVE ONE SPOT FOR FULVA, WHICH I
CONSIDER BEAUTIFUL EVEN IF IT DOESN'T SUIT MOST GROWERS TODAY. I'D LIKE TO
FIND A DOUBLE ONE; I HAD ONE BUT IT DIED SEVERAL YEARS AGO.

John G. Adney
Marion, Iowa (zones 4-5)
johnadney@email.msn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: MS ROBERTA M BROOKS <ZDST49A@PRODIGY.COM>
To: shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU <shadegardens@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU>
Date: Monday, August 03, 1998 5:29 PM
Subject: Re: [SG] changing daylily color


>Hmm,   Friends,
>
>Not sure I understand, Clyde about the comment, but if you were
>suggesting crossing the H fulva with another daylily- it is believed
>to be sterile....or almost so.  It was the beginning of the hybrids,
>but poor ole Dr Stout did thousands of crosses to get some seeds....
>
>
>Better luck with the newer hybrids.
>
>Also friends please note - that the old fulva and other species like
>Kwanso- the double one or the variegated one, are spreaders and not
>clumpers.  one should not plant other hybrid daylilies too close
>since the runners go underground over 2 ft.  And would even come up
>into other plants...
>
>
>although I grow a lot of daylilies - I still have my stances of fulva
>and kwanso daylilies.  Gramma would be pleased!
>
>Bobbie in MA, zone 6.5
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