AUCTION IS  FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF JANET AND BILL X BORN TO BE WILD.

POD PARENT:

JANET AND BILL

TET (Ivan Attitude X Happy Happy) Sev. 26" scapes, 5 3/4" flowers, 3 way branching with 22 buds.Wow! I am very proud to be introducing this flower. On the day of its first bloom I was so in awe I knew immediately who I would name this flower after, my grandmother. Thankfully, she was able to see it in person last year! When she saw it blooming, she immediately told me, "I want you to name it after your grandfather too, and I would like for the name to be Janet and Bill." I asked her why and she said, "Because that's the way I want it." So here it is, JANET AND BILL. Round consistent flowers of heavy substance have eyes and thick over-flowing edges of dusty blue violet which are all outlined in yellow and white. Small arching plant habit is so perfectly proportioned that it lets every flower bloom well above the plant. Fertile both ways. Awesome.

JANET AND BILL GOES DORMANT HERE.  VIGOROUS, BEAUTIFUL FLOWER AND A GREAT INCREASER TOO.

POLLEN PARENT:

*BORN TO BE WILD (Pierce, G.) 8163-A (((Calling All Angles x Sue Brown) x Mountain Wildflower) x Fringy) SEV EM 32”  6.25” flower, 6 way branching, 35-40 buds. The perfect name for literally a perfect modern daylily, and “Oh My Heavens” a great parent!!!  In 2008, I wanted to put a green edge all around the edges of Floyd Cove’s richly colored eyed daylilies.  Of course I got the stuffed shirt lecture… and as you can see by this cross I put the lovely Fringy on our edged and eyed hems.

From six seed came four keepers, two dormant and two SEV.  All were extremely pod fertile and began throwing winning offspring.  I was going to introduce one of the dormant sibs but it looked too similar to BTBW to be released.  Anyway, BORN TO BE WILD has all the modern criteria that are essential to be released as a Floyd Cove daylily.  Low arching foliage, scape height and buds, color clarity, health, and a unique look, BTBW got it’s great fertility from the pod parent, and will accept any pollen you give her easily.  This trait has been passed down to her future offspring, and they are dreamy.  The base color of BORN TO BE WILD is a clean near white with a plum purple eye and a matching purple picottee, the picottee is then completely edged in chartreuse.  There is also a bright green throat.  Very easily fertile.   Limited.

OUR SEEDS WERE PRODUCED IN OUR GARDEN.  THEY WILL HAVE VEIN 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.