AUCTION IS  FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF IMPERIOUS REX X MAYANS DAWN.  
 

POD PARENT:

IMPERIOUS REX (Benz) tet 30" M. Dor (Crushed Cranberry Lace X Paint It Black) IMPERIOUS REX raises the bar in the color PURPLE.  This 6" gorgeous, fully saturated deep purple has color to rival that of the Siberian Iris. Crystal clear purple color is smooth and even with no trace of distracting veins, halos or midribs…just pure saturated color enhanced by a vivid green throat and a fine black-purple filigree and a wire edge in white. When I saw the substance and ruffling on CRUSHED CRANBERRY LACE I quickly crossed it to my best self-colored purples. This was our most exciting purple crop ever, and the sibs from CRUSHED CRANBERRY LACE X PAINT IT BLACK came in every shade from burgundy to the most intense black purples, many with extreme ruffling, and excellent branching was the norm. IMPERIOUS REX and its best siblings surpass the color found in every deep purple I've seen. Blooms on IMPERIOUS REX are very heavy and sunfast, and look fresh and undamaged after a day in 90° sun.  Plant habit is impeccable with deep blue-green dormant foliage, arrow straight scapes with 3-4 perfectly spaced lateral branches, a terminal cluster and a bud-count of 25. Easily fertile both ways and I am using IMPERIOUS REX heavily and will continue to due so.......SOLD OUT

POLLEN PARENT:

 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.