OK, I can help with this one -- As long as you have 2 or more trees that are genetically different, seed-grown or grafted ones of different varieties, as opposed to suckers taken from the same mother plant, you have the right genetic combination to make fruit. However, the issue might be proper cross-pollination. I picked up this tip from a gardening magazine some years back, and it really works. Paw Paw flowers are brown/purple for a reason -- they are carrion mimics that produce the scent of rotting flesh, although it is subtle, and are pollinated by various species of carrion-loving flies. In the magazine, there was a profile of a paw paw breeder from Jackson, Michigan. He went out every spring and gathered roadkill -- racoons, possoms, etc. -- and also enlisted the help of a couple of friends to catch big carp in the local river. He hung a carcass in each tree. He had like 200 trees, so I don't envy his downwind neighbors. Now, I know it sounds nasty, and it is, but it sure does make a dramatic difference in pollination. Now, being sort of weak in the stomach, I couldn't see myself hanging dead animals in my paw paw trees, and I'm sure the neighbors wouldn't approve, and someone would probably call the cops on me. So, my solution -- I use the bait powder from Ortho disposable flytraps -- I mix it with an equal volume of water and pour it into a foam or plastic cup that I tape with duct tape to a vertical trunk of the tree about 4 feet off the ground. Pour the mix in there about 4 or 5 days before the first blossoms open, because it gets progressively more smelly as it ages. By the time the blooms open, it will be rank smelling and attract a lot of flies. Some will actually fall in and drown, but that's ok, because it just makes it smell all the worse and attracts even more flies. When I did this, the blossom set increased dramatically, about quadrupled. A lot more fruit set and ripened. Too late for this year, but try it next and see if that doesn't make the difference. Finally, one other thing -- I have one tree that is a couple of hundred feet away from the other two -- that distance does cut down a lot on the transfer of pollen, and it sets far fewer. So, if your trees are far away, you can use my other method, which is to cut several longer branches of buds and flowers from a pollinator tree and put them under the tree which needs cross pollination in a bucket of water with some cut flower preservative in it -- they'll last about 4 to 6 days this way and will do the job.

here are a few details since a pandora's box of speculation is all over the map. started the process of finding contractors at the end of april with the idea of a fall/winter build. house is 1 story, 30x40, on piers, 2 bdr, 2 bth. so my 'lavish' lifestyle will be housed basically in a trailer in the sky. ( to pigeon hole the style, would be mid-century-ish). i would wait 2-3 weeks, between phone calls, mainly because of the amount of rain pouring down from the sky and i was well aware of weather delays and the havoc that creates for building. my wonderful septic guy Carl was a peach. returned my calls, let me know of delays, showed up when he said he would, did a fantastic job & i am for ever in his debt. the flip side of carl tho? evidently he was a spoiler for my expectations in contractors. i was my own GC for my yankee house and also for an elderly neighbor's home. and most of all. i do not hate the south. southern's are the most kind, polite, gentle, most friendly people i have ever met..... always a wave hello, always a smile. they just hate to use the phone? if at any time anyone would have said- 'job is to small, not worth my time, your plans suck, you are crazy, don't ever call me again, kicked my dog or called my children ugly.' i would say thanks and move on to find someone else. not a problem. the reply's to my feeble attempt at a rant, and humor have been enjoyable. if i lived under your skin, i take it as a kind of a zen thing, accept my apology for inadvertently pushing a button, but i probably saved someone else. to those who sympathized and offered help, advice and patience, i thank you. and the wise sage who wrote rude behavior would be turning a job down, and it is not rude to never return phone calls- you gave me a light-bulb moment. i now know how to start the conversation. so...... let's all lighten up, just saying.

THANK YOU all for commenting and making it worth all the time & trouble I went through!! Liberty Banner seems to be a favorite here and rightly so. I ordered all my Weitz daylilies directly from the hybridizer before she stopped selling. I have quite a few of hers and Liberty Banner is my favorite. Her website picture and the few photos of it online show it more crimson so I can't say what color it will be for you, Debra. In my garden it is deep purple, as my photo shows. But everything wants to be purple here....! Laura, I will have to post photos on the database when the season is over and I have more time. Thanks for the suggestion. Mantis, Kitty Bannerman is beautiful WHEN she opens properly. I have to be honest and say it gets hung up a lot of the times after a cool night. It's not my favorite Weitz cultivar for that reason. I try to stay away from those with frilly edges but thought since it was a northern hybridized daylily it would do better. Harmon Hill does have a few of the Weitz cultivars but I actually have more of them. My favorite Weitz daylilies in addition to LB are Spirit of the Dove, Happy is the Heart and A Walk in the Clouds and Carl doesn't sell those. Those are just wonderful performing daylilies, healthy and hardy, great bloomers and vigor. Victoria Grace is a good daylily for me, but not exceptional. My favorite thing about it is it's color is so vibrant and holds up well. Bahama Butterscotch is a blooming machine and multiplies faster than rabbits. I keep having to divide up the clump. Yes, blooms are on the smaller side but it always looks like a bouquet with so many open at once. And it's super hardy. Nat, I threatened Night Beacon last summer that it only had one more year to shape up or it would ship out. And the little bugger listened! It has more blooms than ever (but still not a great bud count, but acceptable finally) and every bloom has been perfect. Next year it could be a dud again and might have to go. Thank you ALL again for your great comments!

@Indecisiveness, no, because our last house burned down in a wildfire and we are currently in a furnished rental. I have taken extensive measurements of the space and used planyourroom.com to make sure the furniture will fit. @mcbmd3 That's exactly what I'm looking for - thank you! I googled around and I was using the wrong terminology in my initial searches. Turned out I needed a "white glove receiving and delivery company." For anyone else who is looking for this kind of service.