An Interesting Cross

Hello Daylily Friends,



I was very, very fortunate this past spring to have received a wonderful seedling that has been used extensively by hybridizers in Florida for several years. The seedling is Matthew Kaskel's "Best Edge." I used this seedling on most of my best plants, but one cross was said to be especially good. The cross was to take pollen from Best Edge and use the pollen on Stamile's JADE GLOW.

I previously tried to put pollen on JADE GLOW, but I was unsuccessful. I became convinced that JADE GLOW was not a good parent. Nevertheless, this spring I went ahead and again tried to use JADE GLOW; I put pollen from Best Edge on JADE GLOW. Then, suprisingly, the pollen took. I was ultimately able to harvest seeds and I eventually made nine plants.

The plants were planted on August 9, 2009, in 3" peat pots. Then, two months later, on October 9, 2008, I put the 3" peat pots into one gallon pots. The plants grew in the one gallon pots until today. Today, December 27, 2008, I put the one gallon pots into 2-gallon pots. I treated the 2-gallon pots with Marathon and I applied new fertilizer.

I have posted above a picture of the nine 2-gallon pots that are now growing toward maturity. I hope for a beautiful new plant out of the nine seedlings. Check back on this "Corner" in April or early May, 2009, and I will show the new seedlings.

Bill