the Lily Auction

AUCTION IS FOR FIVE SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF GNASHING OF TEETH X (GASKINS 1305 X BITES LIKE A THOUSAND TEETH)..

POD PARENT:

GNASHING OF TEETH IS A PARENT OF OUR "GASKINS 1305" AND A GRANDPARENT OF THE POLLEN PARENT.

GNASHING OF TEETH TET 35502 {[(Lifting Me Higher x Fortune's Dearest) x (Forbidden Desires x Tet. Lavender Blue Baby)] x [(Fortune's Dearest x Lifting Me Higher) x Doyle Pierce]}, 29" (24" in rough winters or until established in zone 4, and on rebloom), M (to late-mid), Ev, fr, reliable MN instant rebloom, 6-1/2" (up to 7"), 3-way branching (shape of a W) with 18 buds (2-way with 12 buds at Springwood in zone 4 in years 1 and 2 after planting, higher thereafter and with more snow cover), good opener. Grape cranberry with pale lavender eye and edge plus pale ivory to white; yellow to green throat. AMAZING parent for large, very sharky, introduction quality kids in all color ranges and forms (see MY UTMOST FOR HIS HIGHEST and future intro 22305, and there will be many others once they have met their testing periods). Slower increaser (one fan will only go to two the next year). Sharky even when temps are in the high 60's to mid-70's, but will lose almost all of them in the 50's. Tested outside for 3 years at Springwood without mulch but in a somewhat more protected area of the garden with a bit more snow cover than other areas. Not the best garden plant at Springwood due to frequent spotting from very heavy dew, but it doesn't pass that on to most of the kids. Tested at Linda Agin's in Alabama and evaluated as outstanding as both a garden plant and a parent. Flawless in greenhouse settings. Super rust resistance. (Beautiful foliage this fall, while surrounding plants were full of rust spots. Note that all plants at Springwood are outside for the winter to kill off the rust. Seen here for the first time this year, and by even stricter quarantining I hope to never see these golden measles again). I won't be able to ship GNASHING OF TEETH until late May/early June, since it emerges very, very late in the spring - it seems to know not to come out of the ground until after frost danger has passed - please don't worry and go digging around and looking for it. Also, the fans may look small and somewhat tentative as they first come up, but they will be large once the season gets going. Fertile both ways - easy pollen and average to above average pod fertility (hits 50-70% of the time).

POLLEN PARENT:

Vampire Cloak

(2016 Polston) 27" 5" 3-4 way branching 15+ buds, Dor, Tet. (Seedling x Seedling) Even darker in person this
outstanding sunfast deep rich color with loads of vampire teeth. One of my favorites not only for the teeth
but also the saturated color of dark burgundy with a nice green throat. Fertile both ways............$175 SF
SORRY SOLD OUT EXCEPT IN COLLECTIONS

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. 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. DUE TO THE RECENT POSTAL INCREASE, SHIPPING FEES ARE $3 FOR UNITED STATES SHIPMENTS, $9FOR CANADIAN SHIPMENTS AND $13 FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS.

WHILE WE DO ACCEPT PAYPAL, WE STRONGLY PREFER CHECKS AND MONEY ORDERS. WE GIVE BONUS SEEDS TO ALL INTERNATIONAL BUYERS, PAYING BY ANY MEANS WITHIN 10 DAYS OF THE AUCTION CLOSE. WE GIVE BONUS SEEDS TO U.S. CUSTOMERS WHO PAY BY CHECK OR MONEY ORDER WITHIN 10 DAYS OF AUCTION CLOSE.

WE ARE HAPPY TO HOLD YOUR "PAID-FOR" SEEDS AS LONG AS NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE YOUR SHIPPING COSTS. WE DO LIKE TO SHIP AS MANY AS POSSIBLE BEFORE CHRISTMAS SO WE DON'T HAVE TO TAKE THEM TO DAUPHIN ISLAND.

WE MUST COLLECT 7.25% STATE SALES TAX FROM ILLINOIS RESIDENTS EVEN WHEN WE ARE SELLING FROM ALABAMA.

WE WILL BE UNABLE TO SHIP BETWEEN 12/19 AND 1/04.