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Todays Blog: Buying and selling daylily seed on the daylily Lily Auction

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Mike

Back in the late 1990′s I purchased a few seeds from Fran Harding. I was guided to her from Shirley Farmer. Jamie Gossard , Shirley and I all bought seed from her out of FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN. Each of us bloomed … Continue reading →

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Black Horns, By Mike Holmes on daylily teeth blog

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Mike

I spoke with John Benz today and we talked about the demand for his BLACK HORNS. John sold the “collection only” daylily on Mike Longo’s Lily Auction at a closing price of $780.00. He was very pleased that BLACK HORNS … Continue reading →

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Teeth on Unusual Forms by Sandy Holmes on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Mike

Several years ago I came home from Jamie Gossard’s garden and exclaimed to Sandy “Man alive, Jamie sure has some neat teeth UF seedlings.” Sandy snarled at me for not paying closer attention to her daylilies and shot back “what … Continue reading →

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BLACK HORNS by John Benz on the daylily teeth blog

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Mike

Hi all, It’s been a while since I’ve made my last blog post.  After speaking with my good friend John Benz this afternoon, he encouraged me to get back at blogging ASAP. We talked for a while and there was … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown, Part 3 on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Mike

Super Redhawk, John Benz, 2011 Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown picking up from Part 2, “Putting this all together, this may be an excellent clue as to how to generate new colours in such structures. By crossing in toothy lines to those … Continue reading →

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Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown, Part 2 on the Daylily Teeth Blog

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Mike

Dr. Robert Grant-Downtown picking up from Part 1 post. “What, then, are silver/gold/green borders and teeth? In my opinion, this kind of structural edge is not a proliferation of cells which have adopted the identity of the eyezone. Instead, I … Continue reading →

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