http://www.tinkersgardens.com/default.asp Tinkers Gardens Forum en-us Copyright 2004-2009Tinkers Gardens Forum - All Rights Reserved. 1/7/2009 5:41:50 AM 20 http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12951thanks judy ann! appreciate it! chris http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12951I thought I had a photo of RAINBOW RADIANCE too, but I guess not. Didn't find it. Yes, I'm here. Just busy with visiting relatives, etc. Chris, I've got several photos of GIRLY GIRL, each showing a different face. Take your pick, Chris! This was one of the maiden seedling blooms, before it matured and the ruffles really took on the piecrust form. And here's the hot weather color of later blooms that comes with100 degree temps and drought. I don't often see it with extra petaloids. Woops, hope that photo isn't too big. Because it blooms such a long time in the garden, the longest of any of the cultivars I grow, it has varying personality through the season. You can see how it just continues to put on buds. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12951thank you so much, mary! thats a lovely photo! chris http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12951The only one I have is COURT MAGICIAN. You're welcome to use it, I don't care about any credit. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12951hi folks--i am going to be listing some auctions and there are a few holes in my photo list. does anyone have pics of the following that i could use? LATER ALLIGATOR GIRLY GIRL (Judy ann--are you there?) RAINBOW RADIANCE CAYENNE THE JURYS OUT TIARA TIME COURT MAGICIAN i would appreciate it ! thanks folks! chris http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Sounds lovely, Julie! Maybe Aunt Hazel can help you get a month in Florida so you can have a super duper Mecca tour, too! We spent the day with nephewshoping to find Bald Eagles across the lake, but after a good search with binoculars, we ended up flying kites instead. A balmy day in Oklahoma quickly deteriorated this evening while we were in a restaurant as this next storm approaches. I can just imagine how you felt going back to face Old Man Winter! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Judy, We spent a week on the Gulf Coast in the Fort Myers area. We went to Sanibel and Captiva nearly every day - went fishing, went to Ding Darling Wildlife Refuge several times, toured ( by boat/ car/ walking ) the Refuge and saw the most amazing birds and wildlife - this is the best time of year to see over 140 species of birds.Can't wait to see my pictures although they haven't even been downloaded from the camera yet. Although it was a little weird at first to see the palms with Christmas lights ( they put lights all the way up the trunks of the Royal Palms) and to see Christmas decorations while flowers are blooming, we could easily get used to it! The weather was absolutely perfect - upper 70's and 80's each day. What was really WRONG was to have to come home after wearing flip flops and shorts and fishing/ boatingin Tarpon Bay off Sanibel , walking in the sand on Captiva, picking grapefruits off the tree for breakfast, etc. and suddenly be thrust back into the middle of cold and winter. We are lucky to have family there and I have"Aunt Hazel" ( actually by marriage) working on finding us a place to rent for a month or so next winter. I could easily do with a month less of winter! We'll see how that works out. Best, Julie C~ http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Tell us about Florida, Julie! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948What a great idea Julie! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948My suggestion would be to give your brother a year's membership in the AHS, which comes with a $25 voucher for a daylily. Not only would your brother get four issues of the Daylily Journal with beautiful color pictures, but he would then get to look at websites and pick out a daylily that he likes from one of the vendors. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Ugh - too tired - just back home from Florida - I should have said "The Salters have REGISTERED all of their 2008 introductions. " Sorry! JC http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949 Officially ( although 2008 registrations are not yet listed on the AHS Data base) the Salters HAVE listed all of their 2008 introductions. This has been verified by Gretchen. Julie Covington http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12942I'm wondering if ASHLEY is the correct name or the full name. Reason being, I have searched and searched and find no ASHLEY, (other than here on Tink's DB). With a date of 1996 some one must have it. I do, however, find several "Ashley XXX" and "XXX Ashley" even "XXX Ashley XXX". (xxx being another name.) Fred http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949That would be my guess. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Hmmm, its not in the AHS database either. Could this be from one of those years they got behind in registering things? http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12944Okay Debra, I did my part! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Troubling; 'Scarlet Kisses' doesn't show up in the data bases! Sad; it is such a pretty flower. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12944Ed - Lots of pretty ones! It's great to see a photo of ADAMAS with good petal color. The ones in the database all make it look too brown. Please submit that one to the database, so people can see what it looks like with some heat. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Scarlet Kisses is a real cutie! And I love all the shots of the spideries. Royal Celebration never looked that good here last year. But I did have horrible trouble with both aphids and thrips last year. Thanks for sharing all your pics, Ed. It sure livens up the winter months to see these. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948Chris, Noticed you are in Coventry RI, there is a daylily nursery in Rehoboth MA called Tranquil Lake Nursery. Think they are less than 40 minutes from Coventry and kight make a nice field trip. You may want to Google them to see what they are growing. Also, if you Google "Pat a Kate" and go to their site you will see various daylilies grown by them in Pawtucket RI which is not too far from you. Seeing their collection may be of great help in choosing something for your gift. Think you are in growing Zone 6, there are a number of growers with the same zone; check out Charlotte's Daylily Diary where she has an extensive growers list. I live in Massachusetts and have a few favorite growers, 2 are southern Marietta Gardens and Aren't I Pretty Gardens. For northern grown, remember our "cheerleader" Miss Becky in Michigan. Good luck is finding the perfect wonderful gift. Keept Smilin' Marlene http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949ditto what becky said. ROYAL CELEBRATION is somewhere in the depths of my composter. chris http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949LOL Susan, Yes I did come home with a few! I've tried to forget exactly how many. But there were quitea few!!!! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12931What great advice, and ideas! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948i just realized you mentioned pink--a lady who i bet is dagmar's age was here this summer and she flipped over NORTHWIND DANCER. you can't ask for a prettier habit or a lovlier show that what you get from that one. price range is in your ballpark too. if you can get two instead of one, why not get that and FLUTTERBYE--thats an old early from the childs. non-daylily people are fascinated by its exotic appearance and you will have an early shorter flower and a tall late so she will get nice heavy bloom in pastel colors twice. chris http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12931donna--did you know you can overspray early in the season with 2-4 d? you need to do it early (before the scapes begin to form) but you can spray right over the top of daylilies and it doesn't bother them. melanie mason told me this trick, and i have done it here. it is a broadleaf weed killer, so you can't spray in a bed that has anything other than daylilies or grasses in it, but for your lineouts it will work. grass be gone will help with grass weeds too. this will cut down on the amount of handweeding you have to do. some things like wild onion just need to be dug out--there is no way around it. also--do you have a gardening friend or acquaintance that you could start out working only for plants? i have a girlfriend who does this--she has a lot of room she wants to fill with flowers, and i let her take any seedlings i am not keeping. i have also given her named cultivars when she asks for them--but she is really the most interested in seedlings. she deadheads for me--and when you open your garden to the public this will represent a big daily job. but if you could find someone like that--who would give you a couple hours in the mornings several days a week, you can get your feet wet with employing someone. even if they can just help you with the weeds for a couple weeks--it will be worth thepayback of some plants. if the person works out--when you can handle it financially you can begin to pay them for their time. be careful to let your business grow itself--lots of times when small businesses fail its not because they do badly--its because they do better than the people expect and the size quickly outstrips the owners ability to keep up with it. if you haven't bought tony avent's book "so you want to start a nursery" i would encourage you to do it. a lot of it is much more "large scale" than your nursery will probably be, but the insight and way of thinking about things is a very useful model. there is probably a cheap http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12875Thought I should update this with some results. We've had unseasonably cold temps this December. Also, unseasonably warm temps. There was no way I was going to risk them with temps in the low teens for days, so I brought them inside. But up until then, they were doing just fine under the blue tarp. The good news is that with the wild seesawing of temps, they are indoors and back out enough that they are still acclimated to spending warmer days andnights outside. As far as seedling results, they are all in the taller cups now. Yesterday I was attempting to divide out of one cup what seemed to be an additionalsprouted seed. It turned out to bea second fan!! Of course, I really messed it up. Now it has to re-root. It is Autumn Wood x Unk, but I'm going to bet on it being a fast increaser! James, I'm grateful for your reminder to use the emergency blanket to increase light. I had never done that before. With the frequent outings these seedlings are getting, they have had no shortage of sunlight yet. I have had a problem with baby flies. Keep hatching them even though I spray several times a day with weak dishsoap and mint oil. So today, Fertilome got the job! No flies tonight when I brought them in. (Should have left them outside under the tarp. It is so balmy.) http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12943Another National Convention tour! Thanks so much Ed. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949Me too Ed! I saw that eye pattern at Jack Carpenter's in a red dip, COSMIC DESIGN. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12947Ed, you are going to win some picture award with those beauties! I hope you are entering them! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12946Can you believe that color on LESLIE RENEE? What in the world are they feeding? I need some! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948Well there is a daylily named Dagmar. But nobody listed on the database has it. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12944Wow! Look at that BLUE RIBBON ROUNDUP! A bit difficult to tell, but with the magnifying glass, I could see some terrific scapes! It must be a fabulous increaser too. Maybe this is the one Chris needs to order for his new family member! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12931Oh yes. Been there, done that Donna. While I was caregiving, my MIL would look out the window at the garden with such concern. She could no longer talk, but I could see concern. It didn't worry me, but I think she knew I'd have a harder time recovering the garden than I ever thought! I'd never seen beforetall phlox go to seed and come up all over the garden! I think she knew that was happening! With all those folks waiting to come visit, I hope you have some real good herbicide successes! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948Her name is Dagmar. My brother is truly blessed to have such wonderful in-laws. They told us at the wedding the they knew he was the one for their daughter Alexandra. They love him like a son. I have not local sources. If anyone wants to PM me a good mail order source, I'll check them out. And what is with all the single fans for sale on the lily auction??? http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12950OMG, do they know how to grow daylilies or what?! Look at the perfect bouquet arrangement of that clump o' blooms on SPACECOAST SWEETNESS!! Holey mackerel! Your photo of SMALL TEMPEST is just perfect. I love how the stamins all point outward like a sunburst and you chose just the right place to catch those blooms with your camera. All the better for us all to enjoy your tour. Thanks once again for sharing this with us. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12943Ed it's been a wonderful tour and your photos are beautiful. PLEASE be sure and add them to the database here. They're just outstanding, particularly the clump shots. Thanks again for all your time and effort. I know sorting, sizing and posting this many photos is very time consuming. We all appreciate your effort. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949OOO more drool worthy stuff. That SCARLET KISSES is an amazingly bright pink! It reminds of HERR BEST BLOOMERS but with an eye too. Did you take some of that home with you Ed? For that matter, what did you find irresistable (I remember you saying that nobody dug and sold the day of but wondered if you did any buying the day after) Hearing all the details is almost like being there lol! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12947Gosh Ed... YOU BAD!!! I just e-mailed the Paynes because your photo MADE me have to order PATRICIA SNIDER MEMORIAL. Seriously, looking at your wonderful photo made me realize that I have never seen a photo of this one that wasn't spectacular (but yours is one of the most spectacular ) and how I have been meaning to try to find this one. This being said, I also have to tell you that I have about 25 daylilies over wintering in pots (and will need spring planting) which is something I have never done before. And I just broke my promise to myself not to order anything this winter... but who can resist such splendiferousness?? (certainly not me lol) http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12941Susan said it perfectly.Thanks Ed for such a wonderful picture tour - what a great Christmas gift to us all! You're the best!! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12946These photos are gorgeous Ed! LAVENDER CREAM CASCADES is the one knocking me out in this round. And the color on Leslie Renee, and the sweet ruffles on LINDA'S MAGIC... every one is perfect! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12945OO OO OO!!!! Thanks so much Ed!! I am definately moving my HM again this spring. Those are such beautiful clumps! Be still my heart for Gerda Brooker. She sure has a beauty named after her. What a neato eye zone. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12949I have never seen ROYAL CELEBRATION look so good. It must really appreciate some heat. SCARLET KISSES makes quite a statement. How fun Ed! Becky http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12944Gorgeous Ed! That BLUE RIBBON ROUNDUP looks like a real winner. What a huge eye - it reminds me a little bit of BLUE OASIS but it looks like a better bloomer. Just look at all those blooms! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12946Holey Moley Ed! What a clump of LINE DANCER! Wow weeeeee! I love the ENE JULIANNA LYNN. Very beautiful and feminine flower. Thanks for sharing! Becky http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12931 Judy Ann, Thanks for your compliments. I really didn't put the Oblique there to support Autumn Minaret, I had meant to add an annual vine for interest and never did! That area has six statues of children in it as well as the wrought iron detail. It is the area I call the geometric beds. I have an area called the barn beds and an area called the field bed. Those 3 areas ofbeds are out back and have 2 entrances from them into the woods beds. I have the main front yardbed and the main back yard bed that are large and then several other smaller beds that surround the ponds. We also have daylilies in the foundation beds around the house. We had the gardens in control until we moved my parents in and became their main caregivers. We got so far behind with the gardening work during that time that I don't know if we will ge caught back up or not! LOL. But we are going to try very hard. I have so many people wanting to come to the garden and I have put them off. I told them when I retired I would have a garden party! Many of my coworkers from Lincoln County School System are wanting to come and only one member of my daylily club has been here, she lives within 5 miles of me. No one from my other daylily club has been here either. Only Bob's family has been and return for daylilies every year! My extended family all are out of town and haven't been here yet. So I must get the place in shape, even the members of my master garden class are wanting to come and buy plants and/or see my table bed! Yep, gotta be ready for them! This is rural area... Donna http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12943You just added several flowers to my wish list. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948Before you go with a mail order source, is there a reasonably good daylily seller in your own area? You are looking for pretty and reliable, not cutting edge plants, and you know that locally grown ones are adapted to the climate. For that matter, you could invite her to go with you to choose a few. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948I would say that with $30.00 you coud do very well, BETTY WARREN WOOD, CAMEROONS, STRAWBERRY CANDY, MOONLIT MASQURADE, RED RIBBONS, and MISS JESSIE, can all had for about $5.00ea and would be a good mix of forms and colors. Ok so the postage is extra. But there will probably be bonus plants too. http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12950Thanks Ed! I am enjoying the tour! http://forums.tinkersgardens.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=12948I second that on Tim Bells clumps! I have a suggestion which is always good in these circumstances, WEDDING BAND.