AUCTION IS FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF KING COBRA X GASKINS SEEDLING A-117-2013.
POD PARENT:
KING COBRA
(Gossard, James) 2012 introduction
(Sharkys Revenge ) x (Sword Dancer )
Tetraploid 33" Mid Late season Dormant emo fr 10" 3-4 way branching 18-22 buds. Fertile both ways. Rebloomer
Flowers of King Cobra are garnet red with a darker red eyezone. Sepels are yellow and has a yellow green throat. It has teeth on both petals and sepals. Flowers are UFO cascade. As a hybridizing flower many of the kids will be bitones and bicolored . And best of all it is a Dormant.
We first saw the image of BLATT in Nicole's presentation at the Pensacola Daylily meeting in March of 2013. In May of 2013 we saw it in Nicole's garden and immediately went on the waiting list for it. After its first season here I have no regrets. I think it looks better in Illinois than it did in Florida. It bloomed two sets of scapes after being planted in April and I just cut out the third set.
POLLEN PARENT:
GASKINS SEEDLING A-117-2013 (GARDEN NAME 1305)
GASKINS SEEDLING A-117-2013 TET BASS GIBSON X GNASHING OF TEETH. BLOOM 7”, SCAPE 29” THREE WAY BRANCHING AS A 10 MONTH SEEDLING, WINNER WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THIS PLANT, FIVE FANS. LILY IS A BRIGHT SATURATED RED WITH GOLD TEETH. HAS BLOOMED ALL SUMMER. EVERY BLOOM LOOKS THE SAME WITH LOTS OF TEETH PERMISSION TO INTRODUCE. OUR WEATHER IS VERY HOT IN JULY AND AUGUST, WE WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO SHIP.
MARY HAS SOLD MANY GREAT TOOTHY SEEDLINGS OVER THE YEARS. WE OWN SEVERAL OF THEM. BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE 1305! 1305 WAS PLANTED HERE IN LATE AUGUST OF 2013 AND EASILY SURVIVED OUR BRUTAL ZONE 5 WINTER. BORN IN THE DEEP SOUTH, 1305 HAS A SUPERB NORTHERN PEDIGREE. WE THINK IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A SUPERIOR, GROW ANYWHERE, GENERATION OF TOOTHY EDGED DAYLILIES.
OUR SEEDS WERE PRODUCED IN OUR GARDEN. THEY WILL HAVE BEEN IN THE REFRIGERATOR FOR AT LEAST 3 WEEKS WHEN THIS AUCTION CLOSES. WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THERE ARE MANY POSITIVE REASONS FOR GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION, WE LIKE TO KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE PARENT IS HARDY HERE IN ZONE 5. THIS IS A POSITIVE THAT EVEN MANY OF OUR FRIENDS ON THE GULF COAST VALUE AFTER LAST WINTER. UNLESS OUR SEEDS HAVE TWO 2014 INTRODUCTIONS AS PARENTS, YOU KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE PARENT CAN HANDLE COLD WEATHER. SHIPPING WILL BE BY USPS FIRST CLASS MAIL. WE SHIP ON MONDAYS AND WEDNESDAYS. SEEDS ARE SHIPPED IN ZIP-LOCK BAGS ROLLED IN BUBBLE WRAP AND SENT IN A PADDED MAILER. WE CAN COMBINE UP TO 15 PACKETS IN OUR PADDED MAILERS FOR ONE SHIPPING FEE. WE WILL NOT SHIP YOUR SEEDS UNTIL YOU REQUEST US TO. SHIPPING FEES ARE $3 FOR UNITED STATES SHIPMENTS AND $6 FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS. WE MUST COLLECT 7.25% STATE SALES TAX FROM ILLINOIS RESIDENTS. BONUS SEEDS WILL BE INCLUDED IF PAYMENT IS RECEIVED WITHIN 10 DAYS OF AUCTIONS CLOSE.