What is a tissue culture daylily?
Tissue culturing is a method used to mass produce plants. Plants are developed by taking cells from a mother plant and growing them in a test tube. It is a faster and inexpensive way of growing a large number of plants in a shorter period of time. There has been concern about tissue cloning such as variants and possibility of features of the species such as reblooming, disappearing. It is impossible to tell a tissue cultured plant from a division or seed grown plant. The biggest difference is the price. A newly hybridized daylily may cost over $100.00 from the grower where As that same daylily in a tissue culture may be $20.00 Many of the problems associated with daylilies such as poor flower colour or lack of picotee can be caused by environmental conditions. Temperature and light are key to optimal flowering. Unfortunately human error is often the source of the problem. Through the chain of hands that pass the plant from the grower to the purchaser, there are many opportunities to mi
