I hope I don't jinx myself by telling what I won on the LA today......
I have not really gone on the LA much since March (my last seed win), but something kept nagging me to check it today. I already blew my gardening budget this year, so I have been trying to curb any additional spending. But felt that I needed to go there just to look. Not to buy, but to see what seed crosses sellers are offering.
Within a few seconds of entering the site and clicking on "Daylily Seeds", I saw it. The seed auction of my dreams!!! It was ending in less than 5 minutes. I think I sat there in shock wasting an entire minute, before I snapped out of it and decided I needed to make a bid right away. As luck would have it, I won. And I won paying less than I ever expected to win an auction for such a terrific seed cross. And not far behind it was another auction with one of the same parents that I love. I bid on that one too because I have some lovely seedlings of the other parent in that cross. As it turned out, the other bidder had a higher maximum bid, so I spent just a little more than I typically max out at for bidding. But it is soooo worth it! So a total of 10 seeds between the two seed crosses and I spent within a reasonable (actually cheap) amount. It's all about timing and shear luck, IMHO.
Now to make the deal even sweeter .... the seller is a hybridizer here.
So I knew who I was buying the seeds from.
Now to wait patiently and eventually ... in relief .... to get those seeds in my hands. I often feel like I am holding my breath when they are shipped until they arrive. Things do happen .... as we all know, so I hope I am not jinxing this!
My auction wins are coming from Dot (ladylovingdove) and the seeds that are my "dream" crosses are:
Stenciled Infusion x Dragonfly Dawn (Yeehaw!!! My absolute most desired dream cross!)
and
God Save the Queen x Stenciled Infusion (Another fabulous cross!)
Stenciled Infusion x Dragonfly Dawn is the cross that I have always thought would create some wonderful seedlings that I would love to grow.
So my fingers are crossed that I get those seeds safely in my hands and that they germinate and do really well for me!
I have a feeling that the blooms on both of these 2 crosses will produce something really pretty that will do well here in my zone and climate.
All I can wonder about .... was it "fate" that I checked the LA today? I certainly can not explain it. I just don't go on the LA site hardly ever since this past Spring. And even then, I rarely bid or when I do I rarely win. Those seeds had MY name on them!
