the Lily Auction

AUCTION IS FOR FIVE SEEDS OF THE CROSS OF WHITE FANG X GASKINS 1305.

POD PARENT:

WHITE FANG (Benz) tet 24" M. Dor. (Startle X Angel�s Smile) A 4.5"-5" deep blue-red with snow-white shark's teeth often extending over 1�2" in length. After we selected the wonderful SHIRLEY FARMER from about a dozen siblings, we made nearly 150 more seeds from the very difficult cross of (STARTLE X ANGEL'S SMILE). When these bloomed, WHITE FANG stood out like a beacon�there was nothing else remotely like it. Everything came together in this beauty, color, form, plant habit, and even re-bloom. Plants are medium in size, blue-green and vigorous. Scapes are fairly short at about 25", and carry 30 buds on 3-4 beautifully spaced lateral branches and a terminal bud cluster. WHITE FANG puts on quite a show in clump strength, often displaying 3-4 open blooms per scape, for that "best-in-show" trophy. Big white shark's teeth on a true red are as rare as when I first bloomed this daylily, and I still have seen nothing else like it�except for its own seedlings. The best of these surpass WHITE FANG for color and even the size of the white teeth. We now have rounder, larger, smoother reds with 3�4" white and gold teeth and roses and reds of narrow cascading form over 7" in size with edging and color like WHITE FANG. FALL ONLY $300.00

WHITE FANG IS IN THE PEDIGREE OF SO MANY OF BENZ'S AND GOSSARD'S TEETHY INTRODUCTIONS.

POLLEN PARENT:

GASKINS SEEDLING A-117-2013 (GARDEN NAME 1305)

GASKINS SEEDLING A-117-2013 TET BASS GIBSON X GNASHING OF TEETH. BLOOM 7�, SCAPE 29� THREE WAY BRANCHING AS A 10 MONTH SEEDLING, WINNER WILL RECEIVE ALL OF THIS PLANT, FIVE FANS. LILY IS A BRIGHT SATURATED RED WITH GOLD TEETH. HAS BLOOMED ALL SUMMER. EVERY BLOOM LOOKS THE SAME WITH LOTS OF TEETH PERMISSION TO INTRODUCE. OUR WEATHER IS VERY HOT IN JULY AND AUGUST, WE WOULD LIKE TO WAIT UNTIL SEPTEMBER TO SHIP.

MARY HAS SOLD MANY TOOTHY SEEDLINGS OVER THE YEARS. WE OWN MANY OF THEM. BUT THERE IS ONLY ONE 1305! 1305 WAS PLANTED HERE IN LATE AUGUST OF 2013 AND EASILY SURVIVED OUR BRUTAL ZONE 5 WINTER. BORN IN THE DEEP SOUTH, 1305 HAS A SUPERB NORTHERN PEDIGREE. WE THINK IT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO CREATE A SUPERIOR, GROW ANYWHERE, GENERATION OF TOOTHY EDGED DAYLILIES.

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.