Welcome. My name is Terri Jones, and I present here my daylily introductions. I am excited to be sharing these wonderful plants with you!
I have been growing daylilies from seeds since 1996. This is an addictive hobby, as some of you know. Because daylily genetics are so complicated, you often don't know what's going to turn up in the seedling patch. Every day during bloom season, the walk through the seedlings reveals something new. Since I don't create the seeds in my garden, my introductions are selections of seeds from all over the country. But, because they're raised in central Florida, they are ideally suited to a subtropical climate. While the parents are often quite hardy, where these plants are selected should be taken into account if you live in a much colder climate than mine. A few of my seedlings and introductions are being tested in Kansas. As of fall 2006, I have no hardiness reports to offer yet.
Since daylily rust came to the US, sellers are encouraged to state its presence in their gardens and I have no problem with that - except remembering that it is scary to others. I have lived with rust, a foliar fungal disease, for years now. If you do not want to introduce rust into your rust-free garden, then you should merely look at the pretty photos. Before shipping, I will clean the plants, dip them in a chlorine bleach solution, and let them dry before packing. Rust can resist this, but not much else. All indications so far are that a cold winter kills the spores.
