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We just finished our seventh year as an open garden (our sixth as an AHS Display Garden) and we’re already looking forward to next year’s bloom season. We would like to thank everyone who has encouraged us and supported our efforts. After the wacky weather this year, we would be tempted to give up had it not been for your encouragement. Hope springs eternal!
Unless you’ve been in total isolation, you are aware that 2007 was the worst year in over fifty years for gardeners in most parts of the country. We had an unusually warm February and March during which time plants started growing way ahead of schedule. Then came Easter weekend in April when temperatures plummeted to the teens and low 20s—and night time lows remained there for well over a week. Daylilies are tough, but they needed time to rebound. Before plants recovered from the freeze, the drought began and August temperatures were in triple digits most of the month. By September 2007, here in southeast Tennessee we were sixteen inches below the norm for rainfall. Who knows what the coming months will bring. We are hoping we’ll have a wet winter, the weather will be back to normal in 2008 and we’ll see daylilies bloom and perform to their maximum potential.
We’re a small community nursery with the personal touch. Our customers deserve nothing less. All plants are freshly dug by Steve, our nephew (Kevin) or me. We intend for our website to be primarily an educational tool for the novice gardener just getting started in their love of the daylily. The Photo Gallery contains thousands of images of various daylilies ranging from the older classics to the newer introductions of nationally known hybridizers. Please note that we do not presently stock every single cultivar represented in the Photo Gallery. See the Price List link to match pictures with available stock. Just click on the cultivar name in the Price List for a picture to appear. We attempt to enlarge our Photo Gallery every year because someone is always looking for an image of a particular daylily and we’re glad to share. Although many of the pictures are not professional in quality, we hope that in thumbing through the images you will be able to see how hybridizing has evolved from the simple self of years ago to the intriguing patterned eyes, ornate edges and ruffles of today. The daylily of the new millennium is more than just a pretty face.
Because we are a small community nursery, many of the cultivars in our Price List are new and extremely limited. Orders are filled on a first come/first served basis. You may wish to order early (i.e. during the winter months for spring delivery) for the best selection.
We hope you enjoy navigating through this site and that you are inspired to visit our garden often during bloom season. We can promise you that no two bloom days are the same—each visit is a new experience! We don’t have growling guard dogs or vicious animals. We do have a cat named Brother Harold (affectionately named after our Pastor) who loves to ride the golf cart and supervise our weeding. We have a few rabbits and deer that (so far) have not been very destructive. The only noise is from the songbirds (including Purple Martins), fish jumping in the koi pond, the wind chimes and the passing trains on the far side of the property.
Steve and Karen Newman
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