Some plant nurseries and big box stores have been known to sell daylilies with 'garden' names or no names at all, with perhaps only their color printed on the sales tag. Does it matter if you buy unnamed or unregistered daylilies, or should you only buy those registered with the American Daylily Society?
There are three schools of thought on this topic:
As you can probably tell from my blogs, I fall into the #2 category. Where do you stand on this topic?
Daylily pictured: Bill Tonn
There are three schools of thought on this topic:
- Who cares? If the plant is pretty and it gives me pleasure, I could care less if it has a name. Furthermore, I don't display name tags by my daylilies.
- I only plant registered, named daylilies in my garden. Unregistered daylilies are not eligible for any American Daylily Society (ADS) awards or can't be mentioned in the ADS Journal. I appreciate knowing who hybridized my plant, if it has won any awards, and its parentage. I like having all the available statistics about my plants. Before I buy any daylily I research it thoroughly in the ADS Daylily Database. And I love name tags!
- Both option #1 and #2 work for me.
As you can probably tell from my blogs, I fall into the #2 category. Where do you stand on this topic?
Daylily pictured: Bill Tonn
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