Thursday, December 31, 2015
Welcome!
I began breeding daylilies in 1972, just three years after I began crossing bearded irises. I had no goals at the outset. I made lots of crosses in a wide range of color and shape classes; probably 1/3 of my crossing was tet at the outset. Because I basically came to prefer dips and also because I had more initial success with them, the tet breeding dwindled, actually disappearing totally for a while from 1985-1988, to come back somewhat in recent years.
In 1990 I reviewed my breeding to see where I had actually gone up to that point and decided that my crosses could be placed in four subdivisions:
* early and rebloom (lumped together because crosses in rebloom lines will often give good earlies which fail to rebloom)
* mid-season, color-clarification
* species and near-species lines
* lates
Reviewing recently in more detail where that has taken me over the last decade, I'd say I have about six main sub areas:
* rebloom lines in colors other than yellows
* mid-season pink diploids
* early red dips
* trumpets in colors other than yellows
* greenish-yellows dips and tets, in any season
* lates and very lates in all colors, both dips and tets
Tuesday, December 29, 2015
Where to purchase Bob's Introductions
Bob Sobek introduces all his hybrids through:
Harmon Hill Farm (Carl & Marlene Harmon) 49 Ledge Rd., Hudson, NH 03051 Ph. (603) 880-6228
Many other members of the New England Daylily Society (NEDS) sell some of Bob's daylilies at their own nurseries:
Tranquil Lake (Philip Boucher and Warren Leach) 45 River St., Rehoboth, MA 02769 Ph. (508) 252-4002
Greywood Farm (Darlyn Springer Wilkinson) 85 River Rd., Topsfield, MA 01983 Ph. (978) 887-7620 Fax (978) 887-7625
Partridge Hill Gardens (Ellen Laprise) 23 Partridge Hill Road, Dudley, MA 01571 Ph. (508) 943-1885
Crossview Gardens (Leila and Harold Cross) 1801 Lower Elmore Mountain Road Morrisville, VT 05661 Ph. (802) 888-2409
Greene Acre Sales (Steve Greene) 36 Elaine Rd., Sudbury, MA 01776 Ph. (508) 433-8222
Harmon Hill Farm (Carl & Marlene Harmon) 49 Ledge Rd., Hudson, NH 03051 Ph. (603) 880-6228
Many other members of the New England Daylily Society (NEDS) sell some of Bob's daylilies at their own nurseries:
Tranquil Lake (Philip Boucher and Warren Leach) 45 River St., Rehoboth, MA 02769 Ph. (508) 252-4002
Greywood Farm (Darlyn Springer Wilkinson) 85 River Rd., Topsfield, MA 01983 Ph. (978) 887-7620 Fax (978) 887-7625
Partridge Hill Gardens (Ellen Laprise) 23 Partridge Hill Road, Dudley, MA 01571 Ph. (508) 943-1885
Crossview Gardens (Leila and Harold Cross) 1801 Lower Elmore Mountain Road Morrisville, VT 05661 Ph. (802) 888-2409
Greene Acre Sales (Steve Greene) 36 Elaine Rd., Sudbury, MA 01776 Ph. (508) 433-8222
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