AUCTION IS FOR 5 SEEDS FROM THE CROSS OF NANCY THOMAS X ENDLESS BEAUTY.

POD PARENT HYBRIDIZER'S DESCRIPTION:

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!........... $250.00

POLLEN PARENT HYBRIDIZER'S DESCRIPTION:

*ENDLESS BEAUTY (Pierce G.) 4037 (Cutting Loose x Tet Rose F. Kennedy) SEV, EE, 32” high, 7.5” flower, 6 way branching, 35-40 buds, fragrant.

This warm rose-pink beauty with a 40% green center is thickly ruffled with a bright lemon/chartreuse edge. Every flower opens perfectly and blooms are flat, she also has that wonderful TRFK substance! ENDLESS BEAUTY is just that, literally glowing here for some 6 months. Easily Fertile both ways.

THERE ARE SOME 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 2018 INTRODUCTIONS AS PARENTS, YOU KNOW THAT AT LEAST ONE PARENT CAN HANDLE COLD WEATHER.

WE WILL SHIP WORLD-WIDE TO COUNTRIES WITH NO RESTRICTIONS ON SEED. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE BUYER TO KNOW THEIR COUNTRY'S IMPORTATION REQUIREMENTS. WE SHIP TO COUNTRIES OTHER SELLERS REFUSE TO. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SHIPPED TO EVERY CONTINENT.

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. SHIPPING FEES ARE $3 FOR UNITED STATES SHIPMENTS, $9 FOR CANADIAN SHIPMENTS AND $13 FOR ALL OTHER INTERNATIONAL SHIPMENTS.

WE ARE HAPPY TO HOLD YOUR "PAID-FOR" SEEDS AS LONG AS NECESSARY TO MINIMIZE YOUR SHIPPING COSTS.

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