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| Photo of Bee's Dr. Stout (Downie) in the back part of the garden. |
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| Crintonic Gardens 2020. |
Over the past 23 years I have been fortunate to live 15 minutes away from Crintonic Gardens, owned by Curt Hanson. Curt has been hybridizing since 1983 and is currently 71 years old, and still manages to introduce outstanding collections of daylilies year after year. Whenever I think I'm getting too old to do this work, I go over and see Curt outworking men half his age. I love photographing Curt's daylilies and his introductions just keep getting better and better. Here are some photographs I have taken over the past 2 years and some of Curt's pictures of his 22 intros:
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| Crintonic Gardens 2021 |
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| Crintonic Gardens 2021 |
NOW HERE ARE SOME OF CURT'S 2022 INTRODUCTIONS:
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| Fluffy Tufts (Curt Hanson 2022) |
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| Precambrian Explosion (Curt Hanson 2022) Photo by Curt. |
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| Everbodys Gone Surfin (Curt Hanson 2022) Photo by Curt |
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| Poncho Villa (Curt Hanson 2022) Photo by Curt |
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| Peppermint Rainbow (Curt Hanson 2022) Photo by Curt |
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| The Pink Bush (Curt Hanson 2022) Photo by Curt |
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| The Pink Bush (Curt Hanson 2022) picture of scape by Paul K. Lewis. Notice the fertility! |
AND NOW SOME OF CURT HANSON'S RECENT SEEDLINGS: (THESE ARE STILL BEING EVALUATED AND SOME MAY OR MAY NOT BE INTRODUCED.)
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling |
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| Curt Hanson seedling. This daylily seedling is the closest I've seen to a brown daylily in color. |
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| Curt Hanson seedling. Photo by Curt. |
NOW HERE ARE SOME OF CURT HANSON'S PREVIOUS INTRODUCTIONS:
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| Sea World (Curt Hanson) |
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| Drawn to the Flames (Curt Hanson) |
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| Crintonic Perfect Kiss (Curt Hanson) |
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| Penthouse Playgirl (Curt Hanson) Quite possibly one the best scapes in the garden. |
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| Levitating Ananuki (Curt Hanson) |
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| Last House on the Left (Curt Hanson) |
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| Dirty Bastard (Curt Hanson) One of the darkest daylilies in commerce. |
AND NOW SOME PICTURES OF CURT AND HIS LOVELY GARDEN:
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| Curt Hanson 2021 on top of his compost pile. |
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| Curt has one of the biggest compost piles I've ever seen. He roto tills all the culls back into the soil the following year. Enriching the soil with nutrients and recycling the old plants. |
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| Curt Hanson seedling field. A thing of perfection and beauty. |
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| Seedling field peak bloom, 2021 |
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| Ollalie Ping, a brilliant gold in the corner of the garden. |
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| Hey Joe. Curt's dog. |
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| Curt has a lovely pond fully stocked with fish and great for taking a relaxing dip in summer to cool off after working in the garden all day. |
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| Mango Crush (Curt Hanson) September 2020. This daylily is one of the last in bloom. Curt has a wonderful late season and you should visit in August as well if you get a chance. Lots of great daylilies to see then as well. |
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| Curt has a small doll collection and they show up at various places in the garden. It shows that one can't be serious all the time and demonstrates Curt's quirky sense of humor. |
It is so easy to take good photographs at Crintonic Gardens. Probably part of the reason I love visiting several times a year. To view more of Curt Hanson's daylilies, log on to www.crintonic.com, or Google Crintonic Gardens and Curt's website should come up. Curt welcomes visitors but appreciates an email in advance. You can email Curt at Crintonic@gmail.com. Peak bloom at Crintonic Gardens is usually the 2nd to 3rd week in July and I would encourage you to make some plans to see Curt's garden during bloom season. It's amazing. All photos above belong to either Curt or myself and use without prior consent is prohibited. Well, Spring has sprung and we are getting closer to another season in the garden. I think my next post should be on daylily garden photos before wrapping up another blog season. Thanks for stopping in.
