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Ultra Modern Daylilies
"Robert" wrote in message news:SGkLc.113795$WX.60069@attbi_s51... "Bobby Baxter" wrote in message .com... http://franksmithdaylilies.com Moments ago we updated the Frank Smith Daylilies web site with his fall 2004 introductions. If you are interested in seeing some of the most sought after daylilies on this planet then you should take look. These are some remarkable beauties and many will be sold out within the next 48 hours and the $200 prices do not deter the diehard daylily fanatics. I don't like them, they look like diseased mutants~ There were some that I would be happy to own, but not at that price. I can't see planting daylilies as specimen plants. I like them in large clumps that can be viewed at a distance. If you only have a couple plants, they bloom for three days and then are gone. Large clumps give a nice display for two or three weeks. |
Ultra Modern Daylilies
paghat wrote:
I felt the same way about the Grant Mitchell daffodil catalog. I mean, is there even a slightly lowered chance of getting some variety that tips over if you pay a fortune for one bulb? Not bloody likely. Are these pricy bulbs REALLY two-hundred times more beautiful than affordable daffodils? If they were we'd go blind at the very sight of 'em. If I was rich instead of poor would I not think twice about the price? I'd hope if I was in a money-blowing mood I'd think more about the needy (I mean, for the price of one bulb for my selfish self, I could buy a couple dozen really nice big perennials to give to destitute gardeners). Personally, I like to get a lot for my money. My friends aren't impressed by expensive varieties, and people driving by can't tell from the street, so what would be the purpose? But I probably have some stuff in my beds that at one time would have been outlandishly expensive. It's the same as the DVD player I own. I paid a couple hundred for it, but at one time, people paid a couple thousands for a DVD player, even though there weren't many DVD's to play in it. Their money helped pay the R&D costs of the new product, eventually allowing DVD players to almost become a commodity, and thus subject to price competition. The people paying $200 a bulb are paying for the time spent developing them. As time goes on, the price will go down as new customers are needed. Eventually the R&D costs will be paid for, and the price will drop sharply. And someday we may be buying these bulbs by the bagful, and not put a significant dent in our wallets. So we can look at this as a tree, and say that we, ourselves, would never dream of paying that kind of money, or we can look at the forest, and understand that it's not such an outlandish thing for single bulbs to cost that much. (BTW... It's a good thing so many of us are shocked by these prices, and would never dream of paying them. It's important to have a few people in the world who will, but if there are too many of them, the price will never come down.) -- Warren H. ========== Disclaimer: My views reflect those of myself, and not my employer, my friends, nor (as she often tells me) my wife. Any resemblance to the views of anybody living or dead is coincidental. No animals were hurt in the writing of this response -- unless you count my dog who desperately wants to go outside now. Blatant Plug: Books for the Pacific Northwest gardener: http://www.holzemville.com/mall/nwgardener/index.html |
Ultra Modern Daylilies
(Cat) in
: In article , Bobby Baxter wrote: Moments ago we updated the Frank Smith Daylilies web site with his fall 2004 introductions. If you are interested in seeing some of the most sought after daylilies on this planet then you should take look. These are some remarkable beauties and many will be sold out within the next 48 hours and the $200 prices do not deter the diehard daylily fanatics. Leaving aside the question of whether advertising in this group is a good thing, I have to say that these daylilies look... well - rather like dustcovers ; Perhaps I'm old fashioned in the flowers that I like, but I really can't work up any enthusiasm over the fussy ruffles that really obscure what should be a beautifully shaped flower. agree, they look like ruffley props from an old monty python skit. tho these two have interesting color pattern http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...unday_sandals- 350.jpg&imgrefurl=http://franksmithdaylilies.com/cultivars/sunday_sandals.htm&h=334&w=350&sz=48&tbnid=6pvdMog nhm YJ:&tbnh=110&tbnw=115&start=3&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsite:franksmithdaylilies.com%26hl%3De n%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUT F-8%26safe%3Doff http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...ridey_greeson- 350.jpg&imgrefurl=http://franksmithdaylilies.com/galleries/future_intros.htm&h=259&w=350&sz=35&tbnid=8b_OSEeW AA0J: &tbnh=85&tbnw=114&start=7&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsite:franksmithdaylilies.com%26hl%3De n%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF- 8%26safe%3Doff the imgs appear to be very manipukated or overly edited? More generally, it seems that many of the recent cultivars are aiming more for shock value than attractiveness - or features like repeat blooms and scent - which is a crying shame. agree. i do like some of the spiders which can be semi-shocking and freaky, yet still pretty cheers! |
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Frogleg in :
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 02:39:26 GMT, (Cat) wrote: Leaving aside the question of whether advertising in this group is a good thing, I have to say that these daylilies look... well - rather like dustcovers ; ?? The flowers don't look like book jackets to me at all. Did you mean dustmop? :-) With some 50,000 hemerocallis cultivars, there's bound to be considerable straying from the original(?) orange ditch-lily. thought you were joking but http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...q=ditch%2Dlily I thought they were rather interesting. Not $200 interesting, but if someone planted one in my yard, I wouldn't dig it up. :-) if someone did same in my front yard, i wouldn't dig it up unless i suspected a disease/pest introuction, but daylillies dry out quickly unless one is willing to give them lawn (tall fescue) level of irrigation |
Ultra Modern Daylilies
Frogleg in :
On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 02:39:26 GMT, (Cat) wrote: Leaving aside the question of whether advertising in this group is a good thing, I have to say that these daylilies look... well - rather like dustcovers ; ?? The flowers don't look like book jackets to me at all. Did you mean dustmop? :-) With some 50,000 hemerocallis cultivars, there's bound to be considerable straying from the original(?) orange ditch-lily. thought you were joking but http://www.google.com/search?sourcei...q=ditch%2Dlily I thought they were rather interesting. Not $200 interesting, but if someone planted one in my yard, I wouldn't dig it up. :-) if someone did same in my front yard, i wouldn't dig it up unless i suspected a disease/pest introuction, but daylillies dry out quickly unless one is willing to give them lawn (tall fescue) level of irrigation |
Ultra Modern Daylilies
(Cat) in
: In article , Frogleg wrote: On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 02:39:26 GMT, (Cat) wrote: Leaving aside the question of whether advertising in this group is a good thing, I have to say that these daylilies look... well - rather like dustcovers ; ?? The flowers don't look like book jackets to me at all. Did you mean dustmop? :-) Heh ; No - I'm thinking of the wretchedly ruffled victorian mostrosities that they used to put on -everything- to "keep the dust off" ; http://images.google.com/images?q=an...ff&sa=N&tab=wi With some 50,000 hemerocallis cultivars, there's bound to be considerable straying from the original(?) orange ditch-lily. I thought they were rather interesting. Not $200 interesting, but if someone planted one in my yard, I wouldn't dig it up. :-) Heh. If I'm going to spend $200, I think I'd buy peonies ; http://www.pivoinescapano.com/ site suffers from javascript disese cheers! |
Ultra Modern Daylilies
(Cat) in
: In article , Frogleg wrote: On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 02:39:26 GMT, (Cat) wrote: Leaving aside the question of whether advertising in this group is a good thing, I have to say that these daylilies look... well - rather like dustcovers ; ?? The flowers don't look like book jackets to me at all. Did you mean dustmop? :-) Heh ; No - I'm thinking of the wretchedly ruffled victorian mostrosities that they used to put on -everything- to "keep the dust off" ; http://images.google.com/images?q=an...ff&sa=N&tab=wi With some 50,000 hemerocallis cultivars, there's bound to be considerable straying from the original(?) orange ditch-lily. I thought they were rather interesting. Not $200 interesting, but if someone planted one in my yard, I wouldn't dig it up. :-) Heh. If I'm going to spend $200, I think I'd buy peonies ; http://www.pivoinescapano.com/ site suffers from javascript disese cheers! |
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