DAYLILY 2021 Bloom Tour and Hybridizing Tutorial // NEW DAYLILY BLOOMS // DAYLILY HYBRIDIZING

In this video, I will walk you through the steps of Daylily Hybridizing including a picture slideshow of the first few months of growth when starting from seed. I'll show you the daylilies that bloomed their first year in the ground as well as my absolute favorites that have been around forever. Stay tuned for some helpful tips on daylily seed collecting, how to know when the pod is ripe and mature, what to do with daylily seeds after harvest and finally, growing them! Learn some daylily abbreviations and terms as well. Enjoy the show!
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[@meemawstexasgarden]

A few years ago I found some plastic boxes with 50 small snap top vials in them. I purchased them on the lily auction site. Each vial has its own numbered slot. They are just the right size to slip the pollen anthers into. I store them in the fridge during bloom season. They have given me so much flexibility in making crosses.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Perfect!!

[@observer4497]

That was great! You are fast becoming a favorite channel to watch and I’m learning so much from you.. Your Garden’s are beautiful!

[@soniab4811]

I enjoy your energetic enthusiastic and informative videos. thank you for being “to the point” and a fast talker, I usually watch the slower talkers at 1.5 speed, one can tell when someone is talking slowly just to have a longer video length and that actually takes the focus off the subject and they don’t come off as enthusiastic as you do about your content. I watch Garden answer too, your vibe is unique.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks for the nice feedback! I appreciate it!

[@deanlollar8241]

I appreciate that too. Love information and seeing you with ....I learn better with visuals. You are fantastic. I love your enthusiasm 😜.

[@CA-rx9ze]

Thanks to this video I plan on attempting my own cross this year. Love seeing the gardens and all the help you have given.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Awesome!! Good luck! It’s so fun!

[@catherineengle4196]

Thanks for all the wonderful information. God bless

[@Holly_at_gypsyhollergardens]

I have never cared much for Lilly's ... However, my husband is becoming a collector , he is going to love this information . We discovered a lilly farm close by, and I will admit , I started to catch the "lilly bug" a bit.

[@VancouverIslandgirl]

Great information ,you grow beautiful day Lillie’s.thanks for sharing

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks Diane!

[@TrishRadil]

Your seedling is gorgeous! What a happy surprise

[@jeanniecollier6763]

Best vlog I have ever seen about daylilies

[@marialmartinez5955]

I love the way you enjoy explain about how we can created a new daylilys.🌻🌼🏵🌹🌸🍀

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks, Maria!

[@richardeidemiller6739]

I'm a student of Horticulture but I only went for a brief period of time with only 6 classes under my belt. I have gardened ( incuding a pond) for close to 30 years. This is some of the most helpful easy to understand information yet. I have many daylilies also and this is the first time I am seriously considering crossing them. I tried once and it took but lost the pod and didn't try again. Thank you from another plant/gardening addict zone 5 Wisconsin. Vicki

[@lindadeclue.2215]

This was a great video shelley. One that I will Tiffany watch again until I get this done. So many beautiful lilys.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks Linda! ❤️

[@dianasmith2876]

The daylight slide show was spectacular!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thank you! And that wasn’t even all of them! Plus there will be more next year! 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@itsmewende]

Nice how you put this one together. "Festivus"...someone must like Seinfeld...Happy Festivus.!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks!

[@burgyb8809]

I love your videos! What you do is amazing. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge and experience.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks so much!

[@Beveleee]

Great info, thank you !

[@mylane8904]

Thanks for all this information. I can't wait to give it a go!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Awesome! Good luck!

[@rebeccajarman5824]

Many thanks for sharing your experience with this. So helpful and super interesting! 🌷🤩🦋🥳💗

[@MK-wm6gu]

This was such an informative video! You are an amazing gardener, and your enthusiasm is contagious. Thank you for sharing the step-by-step information.

[@jscursions]

❤️❤️🙌🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 OMG Excellent video, Thank you so much for sharing this information, this couldn’t have come at a better time! Because I tried hybridizing a couple of Day Lilies varieties and I can see that I did it wrong! Next year 👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 I’ll be doing it right, and that’s exciting. Thx again

[@michelle4458]

Love your garden passion! Beautiful daylilly sideshow.

[@pamelacorsi]

I have loved and collected day-lilies for many years. You have inspired me to try to create my own! Thank you!

[@AClark-bq6oc]

You are SO knowledgeable and such a joy to watch; thanks for all the helpful info!😁😁👏🏻👏🏻

[@deanlollar8241]

Those were awesome. Beautiful! Your daylillies are absolutely gorgeous. My favorite flowers. Thank you for sharing this.

[@bronlynbennett3371]

Great inspiration and gorgeous pics!! Thank you 🌺

[@judyandrews1605]

How interesting!! I learned so much. Your garden is beautiful!

[@dgill0504]

Thank you for the explanation. Love your flower gardens.

[@amosnodie2467]

This was really great!!! Thank you for the step-by-step explanation! And the beautiful photos of your lillies! 🌺🌼🌺🌸🌹🌷 So glad you had a success with your hybrid the first year, and it's beautiful! So inspiring... will be looking to do this next year!

[@bhchhi7317]

Great video, I loved the slides it gave me some ideas for spring.

[@julievigneault282]

Thank you very much for this video. I'm doing my first step in hybridation of daylily. You have amazing variety!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Thanks!

[@elisangelabrito1442]

Thanks for this incredible video. Full of information !

[@Flower_hoarder]

🌿🌱🍃🌺BEAUTIFUL 🌺🍃🌱🌿

[@Jdadkins6198]

Those are gorgeous!!! Love, love the names too!! Ha weird science and pampered puss. You got to get into selling your hybrid varieties they are so unique. Plus ya love doing it! I’ve got three varieties at my old house we haven’t sold yet but my dad planted them for me, he’s gone now from lung cancer. They meant so much to me I was waiting for fall to dig them up and bring to new house. I love you shared how to do this bc I would love to hybrid them together to create a new one. One is a pretty frilly apricot can’t find that one anymore it was over 10 years ago. Then a deep grape purple raspberry center and a peach w burgundy purple in center. I could have fun mixing them! I enjoy you guys, so entertaining! Your both funny especially w pugs! Lol 😂 I go back all the time watching your tour videos for inspiration on flower bed. Probably my favorite out of all the KZbin videos out there. It’s beautiful wild but still organized thats what I love. 😊💜🌼❤️🌼🌺

[@loriwatts3449]

The daylily you bred is beautiful. I would definitely buy one or two.

[@donnaswells3939]

I'm going to try this...sounds like fun

[@kathyryan4153]

Great Info...Final Touch & Moonlit Masquarade are my favorites which I have....along with many more...Thanks for sharing this info with us...when you need more to hybridize, come and get some of mine.

[@jodiv2928]

I bought 5 peach color daylilies that were just little plugs from ebay.. I put them in the ground the first of september here and they are doing well but I am wondering about winter. I live in Michigan in 5b.. Since they are a bit little should I do something special like cover them with a bucket so they dont get to much snow on them or would that harm them

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Check what zone your daylilies are hardy to….As long as your daylilies are for your zone or lower, you don’t need to do much to them. There are some daylilies that I have that are borderline hardy (hardy to -10° and we get to -15° occasionally) so those I will add a layer of mulch on top of just to insulate and protect them as best I can. Don’t cover them with at all, leave them in the elements. They will go through natural freeze and thaw cycles and will be fine. You can add a layer of mulch if you feel they need something more but remember to remove it when the spring thaw happens or you can rot the crowns. 😊

[@jodiv2928]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs Thank you so very much, makes me feel better about them for this winter.. I do have mulch around them so Im just going to let them do there thing, and it seems they will be fine :).. Dont know the exact name of these, the ebayer had these in her garden for a long time and cant remember the exact name of them. But I saw the pictures and fell in love with them.. They are not very fancy just plain peach color..But Im a sucker for that color in my garden.. Love pairing it with things that are purple, and Im ringing them around a small fountain I made. So I cant look up hardiness, but it seems a lot of different varieties of dayliies do good here in Michigan so Im hopeful

[@Abcautocymru]

Oo im gonna give that a go, thank you for the video xx

[@shirlenehigbie5677]

So many beautiful Daylilies that it is hard to pick just one favorite ... however I thought that the " High land Lord " was awesome and then there was " Final Touch " and " Wilma Penland " just to name a few of my favorites ..... I used to have a lot of Daylilies but I got rid of all of them because when they were done blooming I was left with only green in my yard and that was not what I was going for .... so now I have color most of the year ..... Thanks for sharing .... Hugs

[@Notthelizard]

I don't have any day lilies but I certainly enjoyed watching this. Now I wonder if there are other different flowers on which I could try this. Besides day lilies are there other flowers you have tried to hybridize?

[@Redeleiser]

To cross a plant with selected pollen you need to hinder insects and wind to pollinate your plant with pollen you don’t want to cross with.

[@gailrasberry5882]

And that means getting out there before the bees! :)

[@rickieslider3925]

great video thanks

[@hd1ab1]

Which daylily gets marked with a tag? The one with the stamen or the pistil? I'm curious enough I might try next year. I don't really know any of my varieties, I've had them for years, but it could be interesting. Most of mine are solid colors but I'm thinking of hybridizing a white and a red, or a yellow and a red. Thanks for the explanation and congrats on your first success.

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Always mark the pod parent which has the flower with the pistol you dabbed pollen on. That flower will fall off and in its place will form the seed pod. 😊 Glad you’re going to try!! Good luck!

[@veronicaalta9462]

Great info, hey when are we going to video the humorous hubby?

[@richbishop7896]

Love watching your videos. Very interesting. Do you trim your daylily foliage back in the fall or spring.

[@dopaminey9946]

Never thought of a plant as hot and sexy, but, come too think of it, some of your lillies just might be that. Not a lilly fan but when at Lowe's I remembered your enthusiasm and almost bought a pretty one on sale. Maybe next year.

[@leiaflash5055]

What a unique tutorial! Thank you for your content :) Seems there's been more this growing season. Are we 'allowed' to use any daylily from any breeder or do we have to look for certain varieties?

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Yes! Any lily is game for hybridizing… ❤️😊

[@gailrasberry5882]

(A) Daylilies are not actually "lilies." Daylily is just the common name but they are NOT LILIES! (B) The only requirement to do cross-breeding is that they are the same "ploidy" (ploidy relates to the chromosomes, and daylilies have two basic types, diploid and tetraploid). If you do a cross and don't get a seed pod after multiple attempts, it's probably because one is diploid and one is tetraploid. If you know the registered name of the plant, you can look it up in the daylily society's database and find out which ploidy your plant is and you would need to find another plant of the same ploidy to have a successful cross. :) Good luck!

[@leiaflash5055]

@@gailrasberry5882 Wow Gail, thank you for this information! I knew daylilies were not actually lilies but I didn't know anything about having the same 'ploidy'! Again thanks for the clarification 😀

[@secretgardenpathways]

Love your garden, and your daylillies. How do you treat them when they get aphids?

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I have never had aphids on my daylilies. They usually stick to the milkweed or Heliopsis plants. If I see them I just squish what I can… or hose them off

[@secretgardenpathways]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs thank you for replying.

[@jcl5345]

With so many daylilies, don't they cross-pollinate on their own (with the help of insects) in the garden, throw out seeds and grow new plants with different characteristics? If not can you tell my why they don't naturally do so. Thank you. Great video!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Hi! They absolutely can hybridize with the help of insects! I choose which ones to cross based on looks I want to see passed down. So if I want more ruffles on the edge of a certain flower I would cross with a pollen parent that has more of that trait in hopes to get that desired look. That’s the only reason I try to hybridize intentionally.

[@gailrasberry5882]

Because each flower has both "male" and "female" parts, most natural pollination is the result of wind or insects and frequently is that flower's own pollen that fertilizes itself, especially if the pistil (the "female" part that sticks out by itself with no pollen) is SHORT. If it is a LONG pistil, the chances of self-pollination are reduced. This is why "Stella" (Stella D'Oro, the yellow landscaper's favorite) is always covered in seed pods after bloom! Deliberate hybridizing, or cross-breeding, is done by those wanting a more specific result than just "bee pods of chance."

[@jcl5345]

@@gailrasberry5882 Pollination other than self fertilization would need more then one daylily in the garden?

[@jcl5345]

@@gailrasberry5882 Or can the pollen come from afar, down the street from another plant?

[@Jables77]

How long for the seeds to dry out before the refrigerator? Do you always do about three weeks in fridge?

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

They have to dry for 1-3 days… it prevents them from molding in the fridge. Yes, three weeks or longer gets you the best germination rates. It helps them feel like they’ve gone through winter and wake up faster. They do best with cold stratification in the fridge or winter sown outdoors. 😊

[@rmhowell100]

❤❤❤

[@Thehomeandgardenguru]

Very interesting, and you daylilies are beautiful. I'm going to try this next year, but first I need to move mine. Are your lilies in morning or afternoon sun?

[@gailrasberry5882]

Daylilies do best in FULL sun, similar to roses. Planted in shade, your flower stalks (called a SCAPE) will lean towards the light and you will not get as many flowers.

[@Thehomeandgardenguru]

@@gailrasberry5882 thank you!

[@julsg123]

Love your content! This may be a silly question but you mentioned drying the seed and putting in the refrigerator and grow over the winter. Do you dry the pods completely and then put in the fridge and then grow over the winter? Thanks again!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Hi Julia! You crack open the pods, remove the seeds and leave them to air dry for a day or two (maybe three if they need it). Then put in ziplocks in the fridge for at least three weeks. You can then start them indoors over the winter which is what I do because I have growlights in our basement or you can remove them in the spring to start. They are also great candidates for winter sowing! 😊 Great question!

[@julsg123]

@@GuidingGreenThumbs thanks for taking the time to reply! Once I get my garden started in my new home I will give this a try!

[@gailrasberry5882]

@@julsg123 Drying the seeds out thoroughly is especially important if you use plastic ziplocs to refrigerate as they have the potential to mold if there is moisture. I use paper envelopes for each cross of seeds and then put the envelopes in a ziploc. :) Also, in northeast Arkansas z7, I have planted my seeds outdoors in late summer/early fall, allow them to sprout and grow some over the fall, and then they have a good chance of surviving winter and coming back up in spring as nature does it. ;) It saves you having to babysit them all winter and deal with gnats and other "indoor growing" issues. Good luck!

[@Raina430]

Where did you get that beautiful shirt I want one?

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

I’m working on merchandise, hope to have them available on my website soon!

[@lanipowell7287]

Pretty display but I couldn't hear the dialog. The volume was too low.

[@emmarose4234]

Pop quiz: Which of these eccentric celebrities has a daylily named after him/her? George Carlin Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Jack Kerouac Lucille Ball Donna Summer Walter Cronkite Carl Sagan Maria Callas George Orwell Betty Ford Leonard Bernstein Answer: All of them!

[@GuidingGreenThumbs]

Cool!

[@gailrasberry5882]

Daylilies are not "LILLIES" please stop calling them lillies! Also, seed pods can have anywhere from 1-100 seeds, not just 4-8! Your pod of 16 seeds is good, but I have harvested pods with OVER 100 seeds inside.

[@juliamason8393]

Please stop calling daylilies" Lilys". A Lily is lillium lillium Day lily is Hemerocallis