AUCTION IS  FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF LARRYS TWILIGHT BITE X GASKINS 1305.

POD PARENT:

Larry's Twilight Bite        

(Gossard, James)  2013 introduction

Seedling # Sun2

 

((Sun bear x Julie Newmar) x  (Sword Dancer )) x (Rosy Spiketail)

Tetraploid 31" Mid Late season  Dormant emo fr 8-9" 3-4 way branching  18-22 buds. Fertile both ways. Strong Rebloomer

 

Flowers of Larry's Twilight Bite are cranberry purple with a darker wine red eye zone. Sepals and petals are edged in claws, fangs, teeth, and tentacles. The color of the teeth can vary depending upon position. They can be gold, green, and white. Has a yellow green throat. And it is a dormant. Has a lot of eyed daylilies in its background. Great parent for hybridizing for patterned eyes and teeth which are also patterned. When I lined it out in September it was still sending up rebloom scapes. A super garden and hybridizing daylily. It starts blooming mid late season and can go all the way until frost.........$200 single fans to allow more people to get it. Will sell out fast.

 

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.