MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL OF OUR LILY AUCTION FRIENDS!
WE PREFER NOT TO SHIP AFTER 12/16 TO AVOID THE POSTAL OVERLOAD AT THE HOLIDAY. WE CANNOT SHIP BETWEEN 12/22 AND 1/3/16. NORMAL SHIPMENTS WILL RESUME ON 1/4/16.
AUCTION IS FOR FIVE SEEDS OF THE CROSS OF BLUE SWALLOWTAIL X FOSSIL.
POD PARENT:
Blue Swallowtail
(Gossard, James) 2014 introduction
(Isle of Dreams x Isle of Dreams) x (tetra Crystal Blue Persuasion)
Tetraploid 27" Midseason Dormant emo fr 5.5" 3-4 way branching 15-18 buds. Fertile both ways. Rebloomer
Flowers of Blue swallowtail are creamy white with multi banded eye zone of blue, violet, purple and maroon with a very green throat. Blue Swallowtail is an extremely rare dormant from this cross. Maybe one in a million . It is a very easy pod parent full sun and pollen is just as good. Should grow well in all zones. A super hybridizing and garden plant.
POLLEN PARENT:
EVERGREEN, 36" SCAPES, MID SEASON, RE-BLOOMS, 7" FLOWERS, 4 WAY BRANCHING, 20 BUD COUNT, FERTILE BOTH WAYS!
Narrow pale cream, complex eye of violet veins, blue, lavender and cerise, with cerise edge yellow green throat. Combining radial lines and stacked circumferential rings in the eye zone creates patterns like a FOSSIL.
TATISANA'S DAY X (ROBIN LEE X CAT SCRATCH FEVER)
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 2015 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 ROLLEDIN 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. WHILE WE DO ACCEPT PAYPAL, WE STRONGLY PREFER CHECKS AND MONEY ORDERS.