AUCTION IS FOR FIVE SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF NANCY THOMAS X PRINCESS PEYTON.
POD PARENT:
NANCY THOMAS
(Benz) tet 30" M. Dor. (Chance Encounter X Oh Great One)
NANCY THOMAS is an incredible flower and certainly our finest pink introduction to date. We are pleased to name this beauty in honor of Sarah's seventh and eighth grade lit teacher, Miss Nancy Thomas. Nancy played a large part in making Sarah's transition to a new school a happy one. This spectacular 6" rose pink boasts deep lavish ruffling and a seldom seen combination of glamour and elegance. An early morning opener, and always perfect day-in and day-out, even when nights dip into the 40s. Proving itself the "parent-of-parents," NANCY THOMAS has elevated my breeding program to a new level of refinement, and is producing the "next generation" of seedlings in all colors, from pink and rose, through lavender, purple and red. My largest, most ruffled red is from NANCY THOMAS, as well as my best purple. These seedlings were used in 90% of all my red and purple crosses last summer and there are more to come. Foliage is huge, arching, and in perfect balance to the strong scapes and big ruffled blooms. Not just a pretty face, NANCY THOMAS forms one of the largest and most beautiful clumps in my entire garden-especially impressive for a blue green hard dormant. Combining more superlative qualities than any other pink I grow, I believe NANCY THOMAS will redefine what we consider "state-of-the-art" in pink and rose tetraploids for years to come. 30" tall scapes with 2 laterals, a bud-count of 25, progressive bloom habit, and predictable rebloom, provide for a long and protracted bloom season. An easy pod-parent, and extremely valuable to every hybridizer seeking to increase ruffling, gold edges, and heavy substance as well as early opening in all colors. Also, and I can't overstate the importance of this, NANCY THOMAS is a dominant hard dormant, throwing mostly dormant seedlings even when crossed to tender evergreens! No amount of carefully calculated crossing could have produced this astounding beauty. Only by blind luck and the grace of God could everything come together so perfectly. A highpoint in my 30 years of pink tetraploid breeding, and a flower of which I could scarcely conceive when I started hybridizing. A great daylily named for a great lady. Thank you Nancy!........... $300.00
POLLEN PARENT:
*PRINCESS PEYTON (Pierce G.) 1241-B Sdlg (Across the Border x Tet Emerald Starburst) x Sdlg (Cutting Loose x Barefoot Bay) Tet SEV EM Re 30”, 6.5” flower, 7 way branching, 40-45 buds, Fragrant.
My first and only pure lavender introduction from Tetra Emerald Starburst. A hybridizers must for big edges, watermarks, and green. Often blooms better than the photo, quick to increase with a Great Scape! Has proved an outstanding parent. Good Diamond Dusting. Easily fertile both ways.
WE WILL SHIP WORLD-WIDE TO COUNTRIES WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON SEED. WE SHIP TO COUNTRIES OTHER SELLERS REFUSE TO. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SHIPPED TO EVERY CONTINENT.
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.