Cross Border
Daylilies
2009
We have moved! Recently we purchased 3.28
acres of land in Orange Lake, Florida just 10 minutes south of Le Petit
Jardin. The land has been farmed since 1923 and the soil is fertile, well as
fertile as one could expect in Florida - yes actually of real dirt
mixed in the sand. We are extremely excited about the new acquisition as
we plan to expand the business by carrying many of the hybrids from
other hybridizers as well as increasing our seed production to a consistent
10,000 per year. The year of the move we produced 8,000 seed, but only 2,880 of
those survived being left on their own in trays in Orlando, Florida.
Although un-attended for several weeks, while preparations for the new
land were being secured, the 2,880 seedlings are now happily growing in
one gallon 'cheater' pots awaiting their trip up north to Orange
Lake.
Cross Border Daylilies is owned and operated
by John P. Peat. The garden name comes from the fact that all of our daylilies
are hybridized in north Florida, USA, yet the office and northern test
gardens are located across the border in Toronto, Ontario Canada, the owner's
primary residence. The owner is not new to the daylilies, by any
stretch of the imagination. He has been hybridizing daylilies for eight
years, at Le Petit Jardin, the garden of a friend Ted Petit. The
owner started under the direction of Ted in the beginning. However, he
was a very quick study and was soon on his way to creating and developing
his own hybrids based on his own style and interests. Starting off
with a small crop of 3,000 seedlings per year in 1993, his crop has now
grown to between 7,000 and 10,000 seedlings per year.
The gardens will be open this spring, 2009, for
visitors to come and see what is happening and view the seedlings,
selected daylilies for possible introduction, other hybridizers introductions and of course the current
and previous introductions of Cross Border Daylilies.
See the map under the link "Directions to garden" to find us.
John P. Peat
November 2009