Hallson Gardens

Thanks for sharing these with us, Dirk!!
You've been busy.

I was really getting into my seed cleaning the last day I worked on them.
Almost sorry to not have anymore to clean.

Not having been there [nor wanting to be] I'd say his battle scenes are probably as accurate as any you'll find.
No sugar coating of 'history' at all. I'm a big fan of both of the Ragnars!! And Uhtred of course.

Interesting. Seems to be the way with many of the newer plants that aren't totally tetraploid but somewhere in between.

I was just reading somewhere the other day that the most recent printing of Schmid's book was done with mostly black & white pics.
I found one of the originals earlier this year. About twice the amount you paid for yours.

Don't forget the French addition to English, Pia. :wink: I've been reading a series of fictional historical books called The Saxon Tales so I have a much better understanding of you darned Danes invading England now. :wink: [Bernard Cornwall is the author - "The Last Kingdom" is the 1st book in the ...

I've been using an old 'melamine' plate to clean seeds on. If the seed kernel looked underdeveloped/iffy, I would drop it on the plate from several inches above it. If there was a definite sound when it dropped, I kept it. Otherwise it went to the opposite side of the plate & then into the garbage b...

That looks like a very good improvement of 'Chinese Sunrise', Dirk! Good Luck with it.

Thanks, Dirk - I love the leaf shape it has. And it looks like it's always had that look.

I enjoyed all of your pics, Dirk!!

I like 'Andorian' a lot!! Can you tell me what the parentage is?

It's great to be excited. :D I've been cleaning seed. Told myself that I'd wait to plant any until the hybridizing experiment in the atrium is over. So now that the last 2 plants I brought in from the garden have finished blooming, what do I tell myself?? :wink: Good luck with your seeds, Dash!! :D

That looks great, Art!! Full bloom too. I hope you enjoyed your birthday. :bd: I know Chris has shown pics of Wily Willy in his display garden. I saw one in bloom this fall at The Flower Factory in WI. It looks to be related to Tardiflora. Leaves and flowers are very similar. An Ed Elslager registra...

I'm glad your talk went so well, Pia!!

You can be my 'shipping agent' then, Pia.

I liked the line-up for the most part too.
But I'd much rather have Dave Wanninger as the last main speaker.
On any topic.

If I were going to add the non-shippable inventory, I'd have it in a separate section that clearly states that the items will NOT be shipped, cannot be combined with other plants that are being shipped, and must be purchased in-person at the nursery. But you'll still get the usual people who can't r...

I see that Dinner Jacket isn't listed with a U.S. price yet so we'll have to wait a while on doing a side by side comparison with some of the other TOC lookalikes.

A beautiful day to enjoy the garden in Zone 6 today.

Looking very nice still. Nothing here that good now. No frost here yet, but some hostas are yellowing after temps in the 30's for several nights.

Interesting theory, Chris. There's always that sense of mystery with hostas that other plants just don't seem to have.
Maybe it's because they're kinda shady...