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 GUARDING GNOMES X THE FANTASTIC BARBARA WATTS.
POD PARENT:
*GUARDING GNOMES (Dan Hansen, FALL 2012) $30C
EVERGREEN, 36" SCAPES, EARLY EARLY SEASON, RE-BLOOMS, 5.25" FLOWERS, 5 WAY BRANCHING, 25 BUD COUNT, FERTILE BOTH WAYS!
Coming from the Latin word gēnomos which literally means "earth-dweller", gnomes are thought to live underground and guard precious treasures there. Folklore has it that the sun's rays will turn gnomes into stone and so the gnomes avoid this by spending the daytime as toads. Gnomes also have fabled powers which allow them to do many things, such as find injured or dying animals for which they feel they are responsible for, because of their love for nature and animals, all the creatures of the forest are friends of the gnome. In flower form, almond petaloids keep parallel the subterranean colors of the earth and a green yellow throat allows the GUARDING GNOMES to see everything going on in the garden with it's mystical eye of cerise, lavender, white, and blue.
(FRANKENFLOWER X unknown)
POLLEN PARENT:
TFBW SURVIVED OUR ZONE 5 WINTER WITH EASE.
THE FANTASTIC BARBARA WATTS
Ev. M. Re. 30”scapes. 6” flowers. A pale cream flower with an intense patterned eye of lavender rose that is present on both petals and sepals. The flower also carries a large rose purple edge that sometimes has hints of cream and teeth. Fertile.
WE WERE FORTUNATE TO SEE SALTERS' PROGRAM TWICE LAST WINTER. THEIR TFBW SEEDLINGS ARE SPECIAL.
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 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. WHILE WE DO ACCEPT PAYPAL, WE STRONGLY PREFER CHECKS AND MONEY ORDERS.