Naylor Creek Day on the forum!

10 years ago

Congratulation to the other Naylor Creek Auction winners!!
LOTS OF GREAT LOOKING PLANTS!

I got four today
The Line up....from left to right:
Paradise Backstage...reverse sport of' On Stage
Inspire Greatness....sport of Brave Attempt
Heat Wave...sport of Bright Lights
Paradise Sunshine....reverse sport of Guacamole

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mbug_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Inspire Greatness....A percentage of each sale of this beauty is donated to the Special Olympics.....I hope everyone adds it to their wish list!
don_in_colorado
10 years ago
Very nice order. Those all look like nice hosta. How does that reverse-Guacamole variegation look on 'Paradise Sunshine'...subtle but still lovely, like 'Guacamole'? Hard for my sun-blasted eyes to tell from the pic.

Good work!
Don B.
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Naylor Creek is my #1 resource for hostas, I think they are awesome. Ken's right, they are super friendly (still!) and will be glad to let you know where you are in the process. I do everything via website ordering, so not sure how they handle snail mail, but they have been known to mail out confirmations via snail mail, so I would bet that is why you haven't received it yet. Receiving, processing the order and mailing out a confirmation would make you just now expecting the confirmation to arrive and that is if there's no delay in processing because it was a check. I would just give them a call if you are concerned at all, but know that you are in good hands with them! They handle my crazy orders perfectly and that takes talent b/c I am always sending them additions and they are very gracious when I drive them nuts adding hostas to an existing order instead of just ordering them all at once. Always fast to process and sends back a personal note now and again. Couldn't be happier with how they do their business. I think they have my credit card on speed dial, lol, cause of my tendency to "add" here and there. Gotta love the convenience that they offer me (or is that enabling?!)
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Vicky you have very nice list picked out. Here is what I have used from your list. Atom Smasher:-very fertile but thin substance-would cross with a thicker substance hosta- have gotten very good pod set Skylight: nice pod set, most seedlings had round leaves like the parent, got a nice yellow seedling of the mix- will need to cross with a different leaf shape to change leaf-nice powder blue has been passed on to a few streaked seedlings when used as a pollen parent Hacksaw-very fertile, much the same as Atom Smasher As for a streaked hosta, a few of the less expensive would be Christmas Tree Gala and Blue Lighting to name a ocuple. There are a few more on the market which are less expensive but the substance is very thin. Bill Silvers has CTG on his web page for sale. He will probably also be at the AHS convention in Iowa, so you woldnt have to pay shipping if you will be at the convention. He may even have more streaked hostas. These hostas may not bloom the first year. In my opinion if I was to start over there would not be any streaked named hostas I would buy. Have had more luck using the seedlings I grew from getting seeds from other hybridizers on the auctions. First Look Auction is coming up soon. Good luck in your hybridizing program, There is not really a right or wrong where to go here. I started out growing Open Pollenated seeds and had no goal in mind, not sure I still do, mostly just have fun doing crosses and growing OP seeds and see what surprises come up in my seed cups! Any questions please ask! Here is a link that might be useful: Streaked Hostas by Bill Silvers
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if you need more time... BTW.. absolve hubby.. he had other things on his mind ... like YOU .. rather than the hosta.. crikey .... have him fill a wheelbarrow with some moist soil.. or even better potting media.... and you could hold them in total shade .. for a month ... especially if your wheelbarrow has rusted holes.. like mine.. and would drain rain water .. in the alternative.. dig one hole... maybe 2 by two feet... and stick them all in there.. and let ma nature HOLD THEM OVER ... until you can get it done right ... focus on YOU .. not the hosta.. blimey ... hope your recovery is as fast as can be ... ken ps: plant ann kulpa as GE... lots of white there... too much shade.. and she will disappear in a few years ... pps: i like the way you blame others.. for your purchases ... lol ... been there.. done that ...
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cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
10 years ago
The Boyz told me mine would ship this coming week and I will post my pics, too, when they arrive. I have absolutely no self-control which keeps us all happy!

I like yours mbug. Great choices.

Cynthia
mbug_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks Don
Cynthia...Thanks....looking forward to seeing yours
jamie81
10 years ago
Just curious. Where do you hear of all these auctions. Are they just listed on the hosta library?
flower_frenzy
10 years ago
Wow, mbug! You too? You got some nice ones. I bought 'Heat Wave' earlier this year. It's coloring and leaf pattern are really nice.
mbug_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Jamie....Hosta Library ....click on Hosta Library Auction...still some up for bid

f-f....I'm looking forward to seeing Heat Wave mature
idiothe
10 years ago
Nice plants! Paradise Backstage is a very good grower... tends to be a little taller than On Stage for me. It is an oddity... one might expect that when On Stage, which is a reverse sport of montana Aureomarginata, gets a green centered sport, that it will look like (or be) mA. PB is distinctly different.

On interesting thing I've noticed is that mA is one of the first up in the spring, and OS is one of the last. One might guess that both green-centered plants will have similar emergence... early in this case... but PB shares OS tendency to emerge late.

as to Heat Wave... it is very attractive. And you are right, mbug, to practice looking forward to its maturing... I've had a couple for years and I'm still waiting for them to mature! What else can one expect from tokudama heritage? Lovely and sloooowwwww....

Paradise Sunshine is a relatively fast grower and flowers well, like the rest of the family. Nice plant. I don't see a reverse Guacamole when I look at it, though... more like a green centered, light margined fragrant hosta in the family with the green being darker than the center of the scion, Fragrant Bouquet... and lighter than Fragrant King.
mbug_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Jim
Thanks again for the great information. Always appreciated.
beverlymnz4
10 years ago
That Inspire Greatness is a special one. I'll keep my eye out for it. Nice selection. Thanks for sharing

Beverly
mbug_gw
Original Author
10 years ago
Thanks Beverly....here is a link for a better look

Here is a link that might be useful: Inspire Greatness

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