H. 'Proof Positive'
in the Beautiful Connecticut River Valley
East Thetford, Vermont
Located at the home of
Neal and Charmaine Rich in East Thetford, Vermont, this AHS Display
Garden was designed to showcase an constantly growing Daylily
collection. Holdn' Heaven is a unique place combining Formal, Cottage
and Garden Room styles with a touch of the unconventional and whimsical.
Hybridizing here at Hold'N Heaven focus' on the embossed, ribbed and pleated forms of sculpting and northern hardy pattern eyes. Seeds are started in a spare room during February with seedlings going outside in April. The seedlings then are "on their own", there are no house plants here. The 2008 bloom season showed the advances in the sculpted lines that I was hoping for. Pink, coral, rose, red and purples all showing sculpting with 3 - 4 way branching on 1st year seedlings. Our pattern eye line was extremely exciting as well, with many of the different types of patterns showing on well branched, dormant plants.
The new 2009 introduction's include 'Thrillseeker', a pattern eye dormant, 'Mandarin Firecracker' with it's distinctive orange-pink throat and 'Rootin' Tootin' Raspberry' with superb plant habits. Other additions to the website this year include seedling links from our 2009 introductions 'Thrillseeker,' 'Mandarin Firecracker' and 2008 introductions 'Proof Positive' and 'Promise To Behave.' The futures page has been updated with new seedling photos. Pricelists, both Tet and Dip include many cultivars priced at $5.00 so I can try to regain control of the clumps in the display garden. If you have any questions or just want to chat about daylilies give me a call or email.
The garden contains over 400 registered cultivars in mixed plantings with shrubs and perennials. The hybridizing beds contain another 100 registered cultivars and 4000 seedlings.
Hybridizing began in 2001 with Charmaine's interest in producing sculpted daylilies in colors other than yellow. A fascination with the few pattern eyes available at that time led to a pattern eye line as well. Other traits she looks for are Cold Morning Openers (CMO), Early Morning Openers (EMO), Bud counts, Branching and an easy care plant habit that looks good throughout the growing season.
All daylilies represented are Hemerocallis species.
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