A few more Florida daylilies.

     I really enjoyed my visit to Florida Memorial Day weekend.  Pictured above is Barracuda Bite, a Guy Pierce 2014 intro.  Here are a few more pictures below from the gardens I visited.

Pictured above is a John Kinnebrew toothy seedling out of Fantastic Fringe, with an added bonus of throat carving.

Pictured above is a very nice toothy gold seedling from John Kinnebrew.  The picture doesn't do it justice.  The green throat was very nice on this seedling.

                                              Blue Vibrations (Guy Pierce 2015)

                                           Green Springs (Dan Trimmer 2015)

                                           Ultramarine Flycatcher (Luddy Lambertson)

                                             Crimson Stories (Luddy Lambertson)

Lambertson seedling above.  Hope you enjoyed these pictures as much as I did taking them.

Florida Visit 2015!

     I've been going down to Florida every other year to see daylily nurseries since 2001.  My Dad lives near Orlando, so it has always been a blessing to have him in close proximity to some of the best daylily nurseries in the world.  This year I visited 5 nurseries over Memorial Day Weekend.  If I didn't get to your place, I apologize, I had to split time with my family.  Here are some incredible seedling pictures from each visit.  At the very top of the page is a very unusual seedling from Jamie Gossard out of Tet. Pixie Pinwheel Party, shot at John Kinnebrew's place.  The seedling right below it was from Luddy Lambertson. What a pattern!  A sepal accidentally broke off when he took the bloom off.  Here are the rest of some special daylilies below:

Pictured above is Tattoo (Dan Hansen 2014).

Pictured above is a seedling from Dan Hansen.  He said it was the best in the garden that day.  What an incredible blue eye, complete with pattern!

Pictured above is another Dan Hansen patterned seedling.

              Bridge of Sighs (Dan Hansen 2016 intro.)

Pictured above is a toothy seedling from Guy Pierce.

Pictured above is a toothy patterned seedling from Guy Pierce.

Pictured above is a nice patterned seedling from Dan Trimmer.  Hope you enjoyed the picture show.  Some scapes are starting to pop up here in Ohio.  Can't wait for this season to start!

More pictures from the summer of 2014.

     You would have thought I would have had more time to post these pictures this past winter, but I was busy with my job and never got to doing them until now.  As we are all getting ready or already ready for another bloom season, I think these pictures help me remember some of the highlights from the last season which I will look forward to seeing again this summer. The beautiful pink with the gold edge at the top is Elegant Universe (Pat Stamile). I hope you enjoy these pictures!

 Pictured above is Bubba on Tour (Hugh Buntyn).

Pictured above is Pins and Needles (John Rice).  A favorite of mine.

Pictured above is Mister Butters (Judy Davisson).

Pictured above is Pistachio Eyes (Pat Stamile).

Pictured above is Kennesaw Mountain Hayride. (Bill Waldrop)

Pictured above is Blue Breasted Bee Eater (Luddy Lambertson).

Pictured above is Soli Deo Gloria (Karol Emmerich).

Pictured above is Jaws and Claws (Luddy Lambertson).

Pictured above is Wowee Cherokee (Dale Hensley)   

Hope you enjoyed these pictures and I look forward to another daylily season coming up soon.
 

Crintonic Gardens....The daylilies of Curt Hanson. Photos from the summer of 2014

     Every year I try to get out to see my friend Curt Hanson about 3 or 4 times.  I learn a lot from Curt and enjoy how he approaches daylily hybridizing.  Here are some pictures I took from the 2014 season. 

Pictured above is a Curt Hanson sculpted seedling.  Probably my favorite sculpted seedling of Curts.

Pictured above is his daylily Sigourney.  Steve Moldovan was quoted as saying, "what have you done Hanson?" when he first saw this daylily in the seedling field.  LOL!

Pictured above is a red sculpted Curt Hanson seedling.

Pictured above is Curt's daylily Desperate Housewife.  It is a great early season daylily.

Pictured above is Curt's daylily Penthouse Playgirl.  Incredible branching on this one as you can see.

Pictured above is Curt's daylily The Future of Desire.  Also very nicely branched.

Pictured abovc is Curt's daylily Building the Colossus.  Did I say this one was nicely branched as well?  Beginning to see a pattern here?

Pictured above is Curt's daylily Back to Nature.  Hope you enjoyed the pictures folks.  Getting closer to daylily season every day.  Happy gardening my friends.
 

Some other interesting seedlings from last year.

     As the next daylily season quickly approaches, my thoughts turn to some of the seedlings from last year that showed some promise.  The seedling pictured above is from the cross Dale Hensley(Smith) X Roses and Gold (Stamile P.)  I was expecting more a red from this cross, but pleased with the result I got.  Some other seedlings I photographed from last year are below.

Seedling above is from the cross Intaglio (Maryott) X Keys to the Kingdom(Hansen)

Seedling above is from the cross Dale Hensley (Smith) X Born to Run (Stamile P.)

Seedling above is from the cross Jack MacRitchie (Lewis) X Bellagio (Lewis)

Seedling above is from the cross Steve Moldovan (Moldovan) X Violet Becomes You (Stamile P.)

Seedling above is from the cross Calamity Jane (Trimmer D.) X Carolina Dale. That is all for this week.  Hope to post a few more pics in the coming weeks. 

My favorite seedling from 2014.

      I don't think I've posted a lot of pictures of my favorite seedling from last summer.  I think this daylily tried to bloom in the summer of 2013, but the fan just wasn't mature enough.  Last summer it finally showed itself off for the first time.  It is planted in one of the worst spots, so I'm hoping to transplant it to a better location.  I figure if it looks this good in a lousy spot, hopefully it will get even better in a new spot.  (Fingers crossed.) This daylily was one of my friends, Wayne Listkowski's favorite seedlings of mine.  The cross is Desire of Nations (Emmerich) X Cottage Pattern (Ross). 

 I would like to add that I have gotten a lot of great seedlings from Karol Emmerich's Desire of Nations.  It is an awesome parent and one I would highly recommend getting.  Hope you enjoyed the pics.

Moldovan Gardens power point presentation "A pattern to success."

     My good friend Mike Holmes recently posted an old Moldovan Gardens power point presentation called, "A pattern to success" on Facebook.  I asked Mike if it would be alright if I posted some of these pictures on my blog, and he said of course.  I love how these slides show when using ones own lines you can create some really amazing results.  I am only going to show the progression up through Steve's introduction Piece of Sky.  I am currently using Piece of Sky, but I haven't bloomed any seedlings from it. I enjoy using Piece of Sky, because I like to think about all the years of Steve's hybridizing that went into that flower, and what an honor it is to be able to use it today.  Here is the presentation below:

                                          VERTICAL HORIZON (Steve Moldovan) X

                                           DIGITAL IMAGERY (Tony Slanec) =

                                           PIECE OF SKY (STEVE MOLDOVAN)
                                   S436-00: (Vertical Horizon X Digital Imagery)

This is my picture of Piece of Sky taken last year in my garden.  I will be exciting to see what I get from Piece of Sky in the future.  Hope you enjoyed this slide presentation.  Special thanks for Mike Holmes for sharing this with me.  Spring is here.  Looking forward to the beginning of another season.  Happy gardening to you all.