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2011 Daylily
Season
We
no longer ship daylilies. Our
daylilies are beginning to bloom and should be in full bloom
by the end of May or first week in June. We will be digging
again this year while they are in bloom. If you are
interested in seeing them or purchasing, please call ahead
of time for an appointment, to make sure we will be here--
903-785-0206.
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Welcome to the
Pine Branch Daylily Garden, home of Castle Daylily
Introductions. The photograph above shows part of our
daylily gardens. My purpose in adding this page to our web
site is to acquaint everyone with the perfect perennial--the
daylily. Those of us who raise daylilies often forget that
there are actually people in the world who are not familiar
with daylilies, or maybe the only ones ever seen are the
older "roadside" varieties that still linger in gardens of
older homesites throughout the country.
The older "orange"
daylilies that existed on our place for many years before we
acquired it were the start of our daylily gardens as they
exist today. These tough plants withstood mowing for many
years, and kept returning year after year. We realized that
any flower with that much "staying power" deserved another
chance. Today, we grow mainly the introductions of Aileen,
plus thousands of her seedlings. We also maintain a large
display area that also contains hundreds of introductions
from other hybridizers.
Don't let
the word hemerocallis scare you, as it is the
botanical name for the daylily genus, derived from two Greek
words meaning "beauty" and "day," since each flower lasts
only one day. The daylily is a member of the lily family,
but it is not a lily. "Daylily" is spelled as one word to
indicate that it is not a type of lily. (This one-word
spelling of our favorite perennial was first published in
1923 in Standarized Plant Names, a recommendation of
the American Joint Committee on Horticultural Nomenclature.
For some unfortunate reason, Webster's Dictionary and
other references have still not yet adoped the preferred
spelling; therefore, "day lily" is still found in newspaper
articles throughout the country.)
Even though each
bloom lasts for only one day, there are many buds on each
daylily scape, so that an average clump will provide weeks
of bloom. Many of the present-day registrations
rebloom,
especially in the warmer states, which extends the blooming
season. Planting
and growing daylilies
in your garden will be a gratifying experience.
Please look
through my Previous
Introductions
('95-'98) and Previous
Introductions
('99-'00) pages, 2001
Introductions
page, and my 2003
Introductions
page, and enjoy the photographs of my own
introductions.
We are known for
our large plants, and if you already enjoy gardening, we
will be glad to help you enlarge your existing garden or
help you embark on an exciting and rewarding time in your
life.
If you have
questions, you may contact
me . I
will answer your questions as soon as possible. During
daylily season, I may be a little slow, but I will reply.
Thanks for visiting our web site!
- Aileen and
Bobby Castlebury
- 664 Farm Road
1510
- Brookston, TX
75421-2732
- 903-785-0206
casdaylily@neto.com
The links
below represent Bobby's Wildlife and Nature Photography.
Each thumbnail
on each page will enlarge into a close representation of
each image.
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Page I of Bird
Thumbnails
(4 pages of thumbnails)
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Page I of Flower
Thumbnails
(2 pages of thumbnails)
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Butterfly Thumbnails
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Miscellaneous Thumbnails
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Landscape Thumbnails
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