Hi all. Just my opinion, and it is worth what was paid for it, Lol.
I agree with Doris 100%. I have spent some time with Phil and Mary in the garden. Mary enjoys talking about her kids, grand kids, and family in general. A lot of family history is imparted while walking the rows of the garden. Mr Phil is a wealth of farming knowledge, and not just daylily. Mrs. Mary once told me that when her and Mr. Phil first moved to the house across the street from the garden, that she felt like she might try her hand at hybridizing daylilies. Some members of her family had been doing so since the 1940's. So Mr Phil cleared a small area of the wooded lot, and off she went. By this time she had befriended Bill Munson and with a little guidance, she realized she had a few DL "that looked pretty darn good". She registered a few and began selling them to friends. Well along comes the Auction and look what happened. IMHO, Mary was doing something she loved, made a few breakthroughs in the faces of daylilies, and supply and demand took over. She was at the right place at the right time. The DL auction is the perfect medium for maximizing a small gardeners potential and if people are willing to pay exorbitant prices for a product, be it pink elephants or unregistered daylilies, so be it.
It is nice to see good things happen to good people.
Thanks Bob
