Cross Border
Daylilies
2012
Dear Daylily Enthusiast,
Welcome to our 2012 WebPages
we hope that you find that special Daylily to add to your collection or
that might further enhance your breeding goals.
We are continuing to upgrade our nursery, we have
planted all of our 2012 introductions in high quality soil this year,
in fact we put an entire 10 yard truck full of premium topsoil and pine
bark in one large bed and planted all of our introductions directly in
this soil so that we may ship huge plants in the spring of 2012. This
flower bed is direct sunlight so that the plants receive the maximum
amount of light needed for photosynthesis to occur. All of our
daylilies are being fed 6-6-6 slow release fertilizer which is applied
bi-monthly so that they may put out maximum root growth.
We have recently added an injector system to our
irrigation system in order to feed the entire nursery on a regular
cycle with 20-20-20 and minors. We hope to install a drip irrigation
system to run parallel with our over head system in order to maximize
our fertilizer program with less impact on the environment and waste.
This year we had a pleasant surprise in that rust
could not be found in our garden in September despite the fact the
plants had not been sprayed with Cabrio since May. We will of course
start our spray program back up in early February well before shipping season so
that we are shipping rust free plants.
Everything is "going full steam ahead" at Cross Border
Daylilies and we look forward to visitors this coming peak bloom season
in May. The phone number is 352-450-3654.
Recently the hybridizers and Daylily Growers of
Florida have teamed up together to organize refreshments and garden
parties for when our visitors come down at peak bloom time. Please
visit the co-ordinated WebPage Daylily Mecca by clicking here.
If you are planning to visit please call ahead of
time, if we don’t answer that means we are out in the garden
hybridizing but will return your call if you leave a message promptly
when we come in the house.
John Peat
Cross Border Daylilies
See the map under the link "Directions to garden" to find us.