AUCTION IS  FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF BARBARA BURKHART X BORN TO BE WILD.

POD PARENT:

Barbara Burkhart

Tet   ( Bull Frog Kisses X Keep on Keeping on)  6 ˝  EM, RE, SEV, 27" Scape, 4 way branching 28 Buds

While I know there are many other red eye and edged daylilies out there, this cultivar has no equal.

The 6 ˝" flowers have an excellent round shape. The self color is a beautiful strawberry pink.  But it is the eye and edge of deep velvety blood red that sets this flower apart.  The edge can exceed 3/4" and is very ruffled. As a parent its kids are unlike any others. Unfortunately I have very few to release and when Barbara Burkhart heard her namesake was being released, she snapped up 10 of them.  I onlyl have 30 left so order early.

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 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.