the Lily Auction

AUCTION IS� FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF BOLD RAVEN X INDIGO VELVET.�

POD PARENT:

*MAYANS� DAWN� (Pierce, G.)� 980-C�� (Romeo Prince x Midnight In Paris) EV EM� 38�� 7.25� flower, 6 way branching, 35-40 buds. This is the biggest, badest, boldest dark full formed daylily we have introduced to date.� Every bloom from first to last will simply knock your socks off.� 980-C was selected as the best from a long cross as Romeo Prince is so pod fertile, and it looks exactly like the photo, day after day, from May until beyond September.� Some days I think MAYANS� DAWN is deep black purple with a red tint, other days it looks the opposite.� Basically it is a deep black cherry red/purple, with a wide white edge with dashes of yellow. It has heavy substance, with a flat face and very wide overlapped petals.� Easily fertile both ways.� Stunning!

POLLEN PARENT:

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INDIGO VELVET

�(Benz) tet30" M. Dor. (Ebony Velvet X Paint It Black)

�This shimmering 5" black daylily is my finest black so far. When I first bloomed NIGHT FLYER from just 5 seeds, I was amazed to realize the dominance of the color "black." But then again, nearly every black in commerce came from purple parents and every one of my best "blacks" were the fortuitous result of crossing for violet purple. �So I decided to use the pollen of PAINT IT BLACK on all the other dark purples and blacks due to its superior form, branching and color�and also its deep green throat. �When I bloomed all these crosses using PAINT IT BLACK with CARBON DATING, BLACK ACE, DARK EMPIRE, EBONY VELVET and IRON LORD, I was overwhelmed by just how heavy and sunfast these were. Although only a handful surpass their parents in plant habit and flower form, they are the "next generation" in "black." INDIGO VELVET resembles parent EBONY VELVET in basic form and plant structure, but the similarity stops there. INDIGO VELVET is about the same color as PAINT IT BLACK in the morning, but after a day in full sun, when ALL blacks have faded to purple or even brown, INDIGO VELVET is still nearly jet-black. Superb branching with 3-4 laterals and about 30 buds as well as instant rebloom make INDIGO VELVET an outstanding garden subject. A big blue green hard dormant which is fertile both ways. At the end of a hot day, INDIGO VELVET will not only be the best black in your garden, it will be the ONLY black. �SOLD OUT

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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.