HOMEPLACE GARDENS
Ken & Cindy Dye
5532 Bud Wilson Road, Gastonia, NC 28056
704.867.0851 | Hpgardens@aol.com
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Welcome
to our official Homeplace Gardens web site. We are
an
established AHS Display garden featuring 3 acres of
landscaped gardens and showcasing thousands of daylilies
including our own introductions. We are a family
run
operation and were proud to have hosted the 2003 American
Hemerocallis Society National Convention. We welcome
visitors during our peak bloom season in June but
prefer
you call ahead to make sure we do not miss you. We
are State inspected. The following are our 2006-2005
daylily recommendations.
2008
Spring Homeplace Gardens Introductions
SLIM SHADY
(Ken Dye 08) This extra large tet is from SWALLOWTAIL KITE × VICTORIAN DAYS and has been of interst to many visitors especially those breeding for big or unusual forms. It is quite fertile and the seedlings show various throat patterns. It is not a UF but behaves like a huge flat open in your face flower just like its namesake. The silver eyezones it breeds are very nice, too. It is a constant 7" x 28". The semi evergreen to dormant foliage is wide and full. It sports 3 top branches and there is much green in the throat most of the day. It has a double edge but it is not prominent. The silver shadings add to the cool shady appearance. $50.00
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SPEAKING OF SPECKLED
(C. Dye 08) This diploid from LAVENDER BLUE BABY × WILLARD GARDNER MEMORIAL stayed around while I decided what in the world to do with it. It has the cool blue shadings of LBB but with a consistent speckling across the flower surface. This forms stipes, splotches, dots, spots, and so forth on every flower every time. So with the recent interest in stiping I thought this might be another tool in that categoy for breeding color breaks. It is 4" x 28" with 4 branches and 18 or so buds and thus a nice performer in the mid late category. It defifes descriptions so I will let the picture speak for itself. $50.00 |
2007
Spring Homeplace Gardens Introductions
LILAC U CARE
(C. Dye) This super performing diploid combines all the right genetics of FORSYTHE FLAMING SNOW, SUSAN WEBER, and SEAL OF APPROVAL. It is a kid of the very sought after LINDA GLUCK but with attributes of its own. While LG was a pink and white variety, LILAC U CARE is a fantastic 6 ¾" lavender with a large white watermark which extends way out onto the flower surface. It is the total package. Great foliage, good height at 30 inches, good bud count around 20, wide open spaced branches, good form, and is dormant. I was chatised by friends who felt that I set my price on LINKDA GLUCK too low. I am from the old school where diploids were not as monetarily valuable as tetraploids but that all seems to be changing. So I will again irritate some folks (while thrilling others) as I set the price for this wonderful offering at $75.00.
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I TOLD YOU SO
(K. Dye) This is Ken's first venture into daylily breeding. He has always been an off the cuff pollen dabber but in the last few years has begun to reap the benefits of some "out there" crosses. He likes to take chances. I know you are wondering about the name. It is a light hearted jab at his wife of 31 years (me). When Ken began to experiment with using the older Childs's cultivars that were way ahead of their time in a search for blue, I often lamented (kin word) about his spending so much time in reverse. And then htis 9" Unusual Form diploid with a hint of lavender blue bloomed and stole the show. What a knockout! It has it all. At 28" tall, it sports 3 to 4 way branching and a wide green eyezone that holds most of the day. It is a cross of my PROMOTED TO GLORY × FELLOW. It is not as dormant as PTG but is still close to dormant here. My own PTG also had BLUE VENTURE in it from the Childs line. Its bluish tint was impossible for an amateur photography like myself to capture. This was not a digital image. $75.00 |
LILAC U CARE (Dye-C., 2007)
2006
Spring Homeplace Gardens Introductions
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DYLAN
DYE*
(C.
Dye 04) This is a sib the first daylily I have
named for a family member. It
is named for our younger son. I have been involved
with daylilies his entire life and he has been
a reluctant but steady worker all these years.
DYLAN DYE is a cross of BORDER MUSIC × HOMEPLACE
ANGEL FACE. It performs as an evergreen although
its grandparent ANTIQUE FRINGE lends some dormancy
genes. A dependable rebloomer and vigorous grower,
DD can show a couple of color variations all
of the which are quite beautiful. At 25" tall
with a bloom size of 4½", DD has 3
branches and a respectable 15 to 20 buds per
scape. It
is a tet lavender to cream (depending on the
heat) with a stippled blue lavender eyezone and
edge above a green throat. As wonderful as all
that is, the large protruding gold "teeth" make
it quite distinctive and as if that were not
enough
-- it is extremely pod fertile! The cream colored
photo is DYLAN DYE on hot mornings and the more
lavender one is DD on a 60 degree morning. Oh
did I fail to mention it is an early morning
opener?
The first 10 buyers will get double fans. For
spring de livery.... $75.00
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HOMEPLACE SHOWTIME*
(C.
Dye 04) At 6" this daylily easily surpassed
both parents in size. It is
a sibling to last year's SKULLDEGGERY which was
more gold. HS is a cross of CALICO JACK × DESPERADO
LOVE and reblooms 3 times here in clump strength.
This tet bright yellow stands 28" tall with
4-way branching and 20 buds per scape. It is
semi-evergreen
with a dark maroon eye and a thin edge with a
large green throat. It is still blooming as I
write this on September 20. This daylily grows
very well here in zone 7
First 10 buyers
will receive double fans. For spring de livery...
$30.00
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LINDA GLUCK
(C.
Dye 04) This flower is named for a lovely and
hard working Piedmont Club
member. Linda and her husband Bill have served
our club in various duties and this "Best
Seedling"
winner of our show in 2002 honors Linda's good
name. It is a cross of FORSTYTHE FLAMING SNOW
× SEAL OF APPROVAL and brings honor to
both parents -- each very beautiful. LINDA GLUCK
is an X-large
flower standing a proud 7½" and at
times hitting more than 8". It is a dormant
rebloomer with 2 or 3 branches and 12 to 15 buds.
At 35"
tall this lady takes her place among all the
beauty queens of the garden. She can be described
as a pale pink with a very large watermark or
pale cream with a darker pink edge. Either way
I am grateful to have been the first person to
enjoy the regal beauty this girl projects. This
diploid is destined to be converted and added
to the edged with no eye lines of tets. It has
already given me several incredible lavender
edge futures.
$75.00
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2005
Homeplace Gardens Fall Releases
ALL
CREATION SINGS
(Reg.
2004 C. Dye) HOMEPLACE HONOR X HOMEPLACE CHERRY
FACE. This name was taken from one of my favorite
hymns and this gorgeous flower certainly "sings."
It is a 5 inch cherry pink base color with a
cherry eyezone leading down to an orange throat
and a green heart. But its unique double chicken
fat edge hits all the high notes! The edge intensifies
with heat and this tet stands at 25 inches tall
with 4 branches and a whopping 25 buds per scape.
It is a dependable rebloomer and is dormant.
This is a great addition to the gene pool as
it has NONE of the "hang up" problems
of most plants with an edge this incredible.
$60.00
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JIM
ANDREWS
(R.
2004 C. Dye) CHEROKEE PASS X ALL FIRED UP x
FORSYTHE POLYNESIAN SUNSET) This flower is NOT
a polytepalous flower but I could not resist
showing this bloom because a better single representation
will be featured in the Fall Daylily Journal.
It is however one of the brightest eyecatching
flowers this year! It is named for a friend
in Region 15 who has served many duties as club
officer, show chairman, garden judge, and exhibition
judge. It is a dormant, reblooming, 5 inch beauty
that has 3 branches and 15 buds. It is 31 inches
tall, tet, and has a peach yellow base color
with a large red eyezone and a ruffled red edge
above a green throat. Good foliage and vigorous.
$50.00 double fans SOLD OUT
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2005
Spring Homeplace Gardens Introductions
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HOMEPLACE SUNBURST
(Dye 04)... 27" ht, hose in hose bright yellow double 100%, 2 branches with 12 buds, sev, em, rebloomer, fragrant, 6" flower, diploid... $50 SOLD OUT
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WILLARD GARDNER MEMORIAL
(Dye 03)... Named for a charter member of the AHS and the Piedmont Daylily Club who loved and enjoyed daylilies until her death at age 94. This is a diploid, 32" tall, midseason, dormant, rebloomer, 4 3/4" flower, very fragrant, with 4 beautiful branches and 18 buds. The color is base lavender with lots of white on the sepals, a cream watermark, and a green throat. It looks like a bi-color because of the lavender edging. A personal favorite of Cindy's... $75 SOLD OUT
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HOMEPLACE BULL'S EYE*
(C. Dye 03) This is a cross of ALL FIRED UP X (CHEROKEE PASS x FORSYTHE POLYNESIAN SUNSET). It is 26" tall, with 3 short branches, 15 buds, sev, rebloomer, em, 5" flower, and combines the best of the parents with a more intense color saturation on the edges and eyezone. The color is a tangerine gold blend with a green throat and a bold red eye. The edge is red outlined in some gold. BULL'S EYE blooms just above the foliage. It is fertile both ways. Order early. It has a waiting list... $50.00
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CHOCOHOLIC*
(C. Dye 03) This is a color you either love or hate! I love it. It is a cross of SPACECOAST STARBURST X HOMEPLACE BLACKOUT. It is 24" tall, has 3 branches, 15 buds, reblooms, and has a fragrant 5" chocolate red flower with a black eyezone. it is semi-evergreen, tet, has a gold throat and a green heart. There is some white outlining the edge and it is fertile. When it is in full sun, it does some strange things color wise and after rain, it gets even stranger. Very interesting.. $50 SOLD OUT
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REDNECK WOMAN*
(C. Dye 04) What a lady! She is a tough cookie but can still turn heads. This TET is 35" tall, reblooms, has 2 branches, is vigorous, dormant, an lovely. The 5" yellow flower has a red eye and edge. Average bud count is around 12 but it sends up many scapes. it was very popular with the Convention crowd last year. The form is well presented every time just as the picture shows... $50 SOLD OUT
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HOMEPLACE VISIONARY*
(C. Dye 04) This sev tet has SPACECOAST STARBURST in its parentage and ANTIQUE FRINGE in the grand parentage. It is 26" tall, has 4 branches, and 18 buds. It has a 6" slightly recurved mauve lavender flower with a patterned violet eye. The double edge is violet and gold. The throat has some pleating and is gold leading down into a green heart. HV needs to be seen to be appreciated. I am excited to see what patterns I can get in its kids. Catch the vision!... $75 SOLD OUT
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SKULLDUGGERY*
(C. Dye 04) In this political world we live in, it seems all too common, and in this election year it seems fitting to remind oneself that things are not always as they seem! This flower on the other hand is just as the picture presents it. It is a cross of CALICO JACK X DESPERADO LOVE but is larger than both. It is 30" tall, has 3 branches, evergreen foliage, and a 6 1/2" flower of yellow with a big maroon eye. With 16 buds, it has my vote!... $50
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GRAND POOHBAH OF THE HILLS*
(C. Dye 04) This flower is named for a friend in the mountains of North Carolina who enjoys debates and daylilies! It is 23" tall, sev, tet, has 15 buds, and is 100% unusual form. The flower is a 7" quilled crispate of near white with a violet blue eyezone and edge. Form is quite consistent, and although it is top budded, it is a budbuilder -- so it blooms for a long period of time. The green throat is a bonus... $50 SOLD OUT
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