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of Castle Daylily Introductions
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.
NOTE:
As of January 1, 2005, we will no longer be shipping
daylilies. We will sell plants here at our garden during
bloom season.
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.
View
Page I of Bird
Thumbnails
(4 pages of thumbnails)
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Page I of Flower
Thumbnails
(2 pages of thumbnails)
View
Butterfly Thumbnails
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Miscellaneous Thumbnails
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Landscape Thumbnails
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