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Jan 18, 2017 10:57 AM CST
Name: Betsy
Texas (Zone 9a)
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cybersix said:Congratulations Larry! That photo is stunning!
Congartulations to other winners too!

I agree
Just added it to my ever increasing daylily want list!
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Jan 18, 2017 10:59 AM CST
Name: Debra
Nashville, TN (Zone 7a)
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Congratulations Larry! Great photography! Let us know what new daylilies you get with your award money. And ... keeping sharing your photos with us here.
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Jan 19, 2017 1:36 AM CST
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Name: Larry Rettig
South Amana, IA (Zone 5a)
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Sabrina, thanks for your kind words, all the way from Italy! I tip my hat to you.
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Jan 19, 2017 1:44 AM CST
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Name: Larry Rettig
South Amana, IA (Zone 5a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Foliage Fan Cottage Gardener Tip Photographer Composter
Organic Gardener Charter ATP Member Garden Photography Houseplants Hybridizer Cat Lover
Thanks for the compliment, Debra!

I bought 'Timeless Beauty' (Jamie Gossard, 2016) from James Hall. With the postage it came out exactly to the $100 prize money:

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Gardener was the label imprinted on me when the souls were handed out and so be it. --Margaret Roach (Thank you, Sharon!) Notes from the Garden: Articles of interest on all aspects of gardening
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Jan 20, 2017 2:10 PM CST
Name: Ginny G
Central Iowa (Zone 5a)
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Wow Larry -I'm drooling over that one Drooling Drooling Drooling Drooling Drooling Drooling
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Jan 24, 2017 4:01 PM CST
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Name: Larry Rettig
South Amana, IA (Zone 5a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Foliage Fan Cottage Gardener Tip Photographer Composter
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I'm fast becoming a fan of patterned daylilies where there are color breaks in the eye that form additional whitish patterns. I'm a stickler for consistency in patterns like this. Most have variation, sometimes a lot of variation, where sometimes the pattern disappears completely. Often growers and hybridizers won't tell about or show photos of this. They put forth the most dramatic pattern, letting the buyer beware.

All of this is to say that 'Timeless Beauty,' according to Jamie Gossard, has a stable pattern and grows well in both the North and the South. Since this is a very recent release, the jury is still out on this claim. But since this purchase didn't come out of my pocket, I was willing to take a chance. Smiling
Gardener was the label imprinted on me when the souls were handed out and so be it. --Margaret Roach (Thank you, Sharon!) Notes from the Garden: Articles of interest on all aspects of gardening
Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens: Come on in and take the tour! Check out the photos!
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Jan 25, 2017 10:22 AM CST
Name: Stan
Florida Panhandle (Defuniak Sp (Zone 8b)
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I agree with you Larry, I added a few last year and have purchased seed of patterned parents all to add the genetics in my garden.

Looks like a great choice you've made. Crossing Fingers! it performs as well as you hope.
Stan
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Jan 25, 2017 8:03 PM CST
Name: Dnd
SE Michigan (Zone 6a)
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Congrats, Larry! Enjoy your patterned daylily! Those aren't cheap; I'd say that was a nice win for you!
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Jan 26, 2017 12:18 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Larry Rettig
South Amana, IA (Zone 5a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Foliage Fan Cottage Gardener Tip Photographer Composter
Organic Gardener Charter ATP Member Garden Photography Houseplants Hybridizer Cat Lover
Many thanks, Stan and Dnd! I tip my hat to you.
Gardener was the label imprinted on me when the souls were handed out and so be it. --Margaret Roach (Thank you, Sharon!) Notes from the Garden: Articles of interest on all aspects of gardening
Cottage-in-the-Meadow Gardens: Come on in and take the tour! Check out the photos!

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