'Pacific Fleet' is the cultivar name, Gonzer. That's the one I went gaga over too, Mike! That one's been kind of a Holy Grail plant for me and I have never found it anywhere. It is a cv. of Blue Navy Blues, and I have seen plants labeled BNB (with no cultivar name), in fact I bought one years ago hoping it would turn into the one in the picture. Nope, not even close! Very disappointing. He does say something about it being "a combination of genetics and growing conditions", so maybe it only looked like that under his conditions, although I'm not sure I buy the part about "absorbtion of minerals in the water supply". Maaaaybe........ I also don't get why he thinks 'Great Oz' is so superior to all his other hybrids. It looks like a fairly nice marmorated plant, but I'm not seeing "superclone". I have not seen that cultivar listed anywhere either, although plants labeled Emerald City seem to be fairly common. Again, the cultivar name of what's being sold as EC has somehow been lost, so it's hard to know which cultivar it is. He did say he was going to destroy all the other cvs. though, so maybe it IS 'Great Oz', but I've never been all that impressed with the ones I've seen. All of this just illustrates why cultivar names are so important. If you order a plant based on just the grex name or the names of the 2 parents, it's like buying a pig in a poke. You might think you're getting the pick of the litter, only to end up with the mutt!

I've placed an order with them from reading this article. I ordered oxblood lilies, red spider lily, and some jonquils. I'm all for supporting Texas companies. Too many of them are way north, and their stuff struggles to survive down here in Texas.

I have several former winners in my collection (many are well-used favorites like "The Splendid Grain" by Rebecca Wood and "CookWise" by Shirley O. Corriher, and am looking forward to what is included in the list this year. Thanks for the link. -Grainlady

This was really interesting. I'm going to share this with a friend. Thanks, Henry Carol