Jeez, you guys, you post that photo BUT YOU DON'T TELL US WHAT YOU GOT! Or what you saw! Come on now, let's hear it.

BTW, your photo reminds me of what my car would look like on my return trips from Woodside Nursery. Happily, the car had a sunroof, so I'd open it, and let the scapes wave out the top. I'd cram my purse in the space between my seat and the door, as there literally was no where else for it (seeing as how the passenger seat was full of plants). I looked like a traveling tropical forest. One year, I spaced out for some reason and, instead of continuing on I95, found myself in Philly. Saw some cops in a car, pulled over to ask them quickest way back to the interstate. When they saw the car, they burst out laughing.

Anyway, not to steal your thunder. So....What'd you get? Who'd you visit? Fav plants? Enquiring minds and all that!

I'll tell ya what we brought back now during my lunch time and post a few photos sometime later tonight of a few seedlings we saw. We saw alot of seedlings that were nice, but not many that were different enough to make us want to buy as intros though.

What we brought home for us is below:

No More Tears, Tim Kordner, Visual Intrigue, Teal Flight, Guilded By Grace, Screen Pattern, Finding Blue, Eight Miles High, Mal, Tholian Web, Kokopelli, Riders Of The Storm, Metallic Butterfly, Which Way, Mysterious Eyes, Art Gallery Surrealism, and Art Gallery Iridescence. Plus a few Japanese Maple Seedlings.

Cheers

TIM KORNDER! I've wanted that one -- badly. Of the ones you got, the only ones that I have here are NO MORE TEARS and maybe (a big maybe) KOKOPELLI, assuming any part of the crown is still viable after this winter.

Did not realize Japanese maples were available in Florida. A good source, local for me but one that you can buy from via mail order, is RareFind Nursery. I am contemplating a pilgrimage this week. They offer a stupendous collection of rhodies, azaleas, and Japanese maples. I don't recall where you are exactly, but if you're ever in the Philly area, you should drive the extra miles to visit them. Well worth it is a complete understatement.

lynxe,

I think Tanya called every seller on the net and managed to find a 2 fan plant. Even Karol Emmerich told her good luck finding one available!

The Maples came from South Carolina. Our friends there have had them so long that these are "volunteers" from their seed.

We went to the Trimmer's, Floyd Cove that Guy now owns, Lambertson's, Dixon's in Georgia and Jordan's in South Carolina...where we ran out of room.

Photos from our trip for the curious. Believe it or not most of our photos are of the viewing gardens with the beds dressed up instead of blooms. Now we only take photos of blooms that really tickle our fancy.

Here are the interesting to us seedlings we saw. You need to realize that maybe at the most 1/4 of Floyd Cove, 1/3 of Trimmer's and 1/10 of Lambertsons's seedlings were in bloom.
we sure wish we could talk Mom into coming home 2 weeks later.

The first 2 are Floyd Cove Seedlings. The first has ridge of petal rising up along the midrib. We're suckers for Pastel colors; hence us liking the 2nd one.

The next 2 are Lambertson Seedlings. The first seems like it's going to be a poly and have such an interesting pattern. Of the 5 blooms open that day all were poly's. The Dip is just 1 of the 3 we thought were different. Love the veining and pattern.

The DIP

Bruce and Tanya

"I think Tanya called every seller on the net and managed to find a 2 fan plant."

And here I thought I was persistant when there was something out there I wanted!

I like both Stamiles, and I like the first Lambertson....I am totally ga-ga over that dip! I hope they introduce it, cause I want it! The first Lambertson -- looks almost like a very pale yellow halo (?) watermark (?) thinger going on. That's my favorite part of the flower.

Wonderful sight. A sight for sore eyes. It reminds me of my first years of acquisitions. We bought a minivan to "haul around the grandkids", but once the seats are out/folded and you line the back with hard 3' x 2' plastic containers your ready for a trip to daylily land (barely left enough room for suitcases. The wife always overpacks). And just like you, we would bring back several other plants/trees from our daylily sources.

How is Memory? Haven't seen her in 2 or 3 years.

Tom

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Know what you are talking about!!! Just got back from Florida. Mom just about had to ride back on roof.She could not see out of the right side of back seat.Stopped at floyd cove and she said maybe one more we can get in car,but how do you choose only one.http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa188/dreamzdavid/?action=view&current=100_0206.jpg

Looks like so much fun. Congrat's on your new finds. I really like the look of the dip too and love the water mark & matching edge on the first Floyd Cove sdlg.

Lynxe, RareFind Nursery sounds like a direct comp. for Whitney Gardens in WA State. Love going to that place in May. The owner in 92+yo woman who is the daughter of the founder. Of course she doesn't work anymore but the family continues to hybridize the most amazing rhodies/azal. and carries fantastic Japanese maples. They have rhodies there that are like 25' tall- huge tree like things. Incredible to see in full bloom. Sure do miss growing those.

Looks like ya'll had a great trip home....love those first 2 seedlings. Thanks for sharing your trip and your photos.
Jan