Cross Border
Daylilies
2017
Dear Daylily Enthusiast,
We are back!!!!
It's been a difficult time
operating a Daylily Nursery form 1,229 miles (1,977km) away, all I did
when going to Florida was pull 6 foot tall weeds three times a year.
This left little to no bloom a couple of years and stunted the increase
of cultivars hugely. The only good thing about having such a diverse
culture of weeds was that we didn't see any rust in the garden for
approximately 4 years. Add to that my father had a massive stroke
and heart attack at the exact same time while my siblings and friends
were in the room at the hospital watching. He survived despite the
doctors wanting to remove his feeding tube, he chose to live but spent
the next two years in hospital, followed by an 8 month stint in an 'old
age home' where four types of cancer caused his eventual death. I
,being in Toronto ,and my siblings outside of Toronto visited him
everyday in the hospital when I wasn't driving to Florida. But I
digress.
In October of 2014, Tony &
Susie Thompson moved permanently to Florida and Gail and George Sutche
from Indiana (also Daylily people) are wintering at Cross Border
Daylilies. So the property is being maintained properly with Tony and
Susie working with Reyna to keep the weeds out of the garden, the
plants fertilized, the irrigation system in working order and of course
mow the property that isn't under Daylilies. Gail and George are
busy on the property when they aren't touring around, fixing up the
interior and exterior of the Duct Tape Mansion and building fences and
clearing under the massive stands of trees we use for shade and
relaxing under.
The past two years both Tony &
I have hybridized about 2,500 seedling each. Tony and Susie planted
them in trays after their 3 weeks stratisfication, then from the trays
into the ground in early October after preparing the beds with help
from Reyna. So if you are planning a visit to Cross Border Daylilies
and Precious Petals Daylilies we will have 10,000 brand new seedlings
blooming and futures and selected daylilies for you to enjoy.
We welcome visitors to the garden
but REALLY prefer if you arrive before noon while in Florida. If you
plan to visit please call 256-652-6977, this is Tony's number and
should be a local call to Americans. If he doesn't answer I can be
reached at 647-921-8146 this is a local for me but being a Canadian
number be long distance for you (unless you have a Canadian number).
John Peat
Cross Border Daylilies
See the map under the link "Directions to garden" to
find us.