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[...] Jack Carpenter fulfilled one of his long time dreams and became the proud new owner of The Lily Farm in Center, Texas.  Young Mark and his family spent his childhood moving from place to place [...]

[...] program in mind, she uses only the best (in her opinion) eye patterns, color clarity and plant habit she can get her hands on.  “After many mistakes, I have learned Great x Great does not always [...]

[...] potential bridge plants in Polstons opinion. He can be swayed by a pretty face, but takes plant habit into consideration.  As Van Sellers said “Gaudy sells.”  Each year brings new surprises and [...]

[...] make wonderful gifts for the neighbors!  Third and fourth year seedlings are culled for plant habit (foliage, buds and branching), vigor, and overall presentation in a clump.   Fifth year [...]

[...] in Canada who also enjoy them.  We midwesterners love our Carpenters.  Uniqueness, plant habit, clarity in color, great substance and great form are the qualities that just might get a [...]

[...] it comes to running the garden, Don is chief weeder and garden slave in addition to his hybridizing program.  Nancy has her own program and takes care the secretarial aspects including; photography, [...]

[...] and some purchased from the lilyauction.  “I will have 2 intros for 2011.  My hybridizing program is small and it takes several years to increase a daylily that is good enough to [...]

[...] Polston, Doug Sterling, Dave Jackson Q. What has more teeth than a dentist’s dream? A. The hybridizing program of Joel Thomas Polston. The 38 acre farm that is Pleasant Valley Gardens, located just [...]

[...] . The paper is thicker. I am finally deep enough that almost on any given day I can use fresh pollen to hybridize with.  There are some flowers I want to use that aren’t blooming that day, [...]

[...] from the pollen parents are picked the evening before and stored in the cooler so they have fresh pollen to use.  Although they do store some pollen in the freezer to use very early in the season.  [...]

[...] been growing daylilies and hybridizing, she’s tried a variety of methods for storing pollen.  Fresh pollen dried in the house under air conditioning is the best, but Judy also uses frozen pollen, [...]

[...] at bloom time, sometimes the surprises are better than the expectations.  She tries to use fresh pollen, but as always sometimes has to rely on frozen pollen.  Pollen is collected and stored in the [...]

[...] program and the other is on ‘Conversion Techniques For Dummies’. Nancy’s is on her breeding program and is called ‘Double My Pleasure, Double My Fun’. The garden is open to visitors, [...]

[...] last summer.  “I hope to downsize to about 500 very good daylilies I will use in my breeding program.  I will no longer be selling older cultivars $10 or under.  It is hard to let some [...]

[...] time, all my plans from the previous day might go out the window.”  Keeping her breeding program in mind, she uses only the best (in her opinion) eye patterns, color clarity and [...]

[...] Made (2010) Springwood Gardens is open at any time of day by appointment, during bloom season.  The website can be found here  http://springwoodgardens.com/welcome.html Karol's blog [...]

[...] hardy daylilies with great plant habit.” Bob Faulkner (2007) The garden is open during the bloom season, usually between June 20 and August 7th, but be sure to call ahead.  To view the Pleasant [...]

[...] , the doubles in one area and my singles in another. This makes evaluation much easier during bloom season, plus we use a lot of select seedlings in our breeding programs. It seems each year we use [...]

[...] before being culled since space isn’t an issue in the Dye garden. Seedlings to be used as bridge plants must exhibit at least one of the traits currently being bred for. As of right now She’s [...]

[...] in some other way -- super branching, unusual eyes, unique colors -- they may be used as bridge plants. I also love hose in hose forms and edges and teeth. I love edges and teeth on doubles. Since [...]

[...] see what will work the best.”  Occasionally, plants with low bud counts will be used as bridge plants if they’ve got amazing habit or if it has a killer face with colors or pattens that are [...]

[...] of his biggest influences and inspirations.  Another would be Dave Jackson who sold him his first daylilies.  Some of his goals include, “be a successful hybridizer, introduce quality and distinct [...]

[...] mother. You Quack Me Up (D. Eller 2004) On Mothers Day in 1996, Don brought home their first daylilies from a local flea market for $1.00 per fan.  These few daylilies were the spark of a [...]

[...] ) that bring joy to people and put a smile on their faces.”  Karol didn’t sell her first daylilies until 2003, although she started hybridizing several years previous.  “It’s like [...]

[...] for Homeplace Gardens can be found here http://daylily.net/gardens/homeplace/index.htm Seedling Seedling Seedling [...]