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An award-winning Horticulturist and project consultant, my education in Ornamental Horticulture, Business Management and Leadership plus 3 decades in the trenches of the Horticulture industry offer a unique perspective into a many-faceted world that even seasoned gardeners find puzzling. My work in the industry has involved B2B young plant and proprietary genetics brokerage, landscape services consulting and project management, wholesale and retail sales management, procurement, business process consulting, information technology - plus authorship of high-impact features for B2B trade and home gardening periodicals. Book Previews at: http://www.GardenOpus.net

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09/07/2026

🌱💛💚 When the midsummer replanting goes well! ( ) 'Zephyr' - sown 1st week of August - shows its beautiful coloration even when the pistillate (female) flowers are still in bud. My third year growing this cultivar - productive and delicious! Though it might be a squeaker to try to sow & other Summer now - with 5 weeks remaining here in Chicago land to our average first killing frost - dropping seeds into a planter that can be moved into a garage if frost threatens could still potentially work - after all, nothing ventured nothing lost! - .

08/09/2026

🌱 The buds carry the show! Hardy Hibiscus Summerific® 'French Vanilla' (Hans Hansen/ Walters Gardens, 2021) has incredible carrying power in the garden - not only because of the non-traditional & distinctive vanilla cream to white flower color, but THE BUDS - they stand alone in the Hardy Hibiscus world. A beautiful soft lemon yellow that can be seen across the garden, especially in the waning sunrays of evening.😎 Photos from a Meditation and Bridge Garden I designed at an executive client site.

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07/22/2026

🌱AM I THIS, OR AM I THAT? ( - , ) 'Safari® Dawn' is a beauty but quite different from plants I purchased by the same name in 2022 (pic 4). Curious, Proven Winners - did you replace the prior genetic? If yes please tell us more! -

07/12/2026

🌱💕 This greets the day in a sweet shade of candy pink. Have a herd of these beginning to open now - kept the bronze seedlings & green ones went to a client site - to pair up with an awesome rusty wagon wheel and some glass and metal art. Though the seeds were collected from ' ® Bronze Peach' F1 and all are in the pink and salmon range - being F2 seedlings each may show subtle differences in flower color. After I transplanted from the sowing tray to Solo cups they hung just a little too long - and had a touch of the Goldfish Syndrome - they stopped sizing up. But once in the ground - boom! 🚀 - .😎

07/10/2026

🌱YES SHE DOES! ( ) ' ' (Apps-Blew, 2006) is a near-continuous rebloomer, beginning with preferential rebloom - sometimes a brief rest, then stalks & buds later cycle through Autumn. Pics 1 & 2 taken in the PM, pic 3 in the AM.

UPDATE & NOTE: Please see my response to a great question from a member on the American Hemerocallis Society page (🙋‍♂️Hi AHS - this is my FB business page) - posting here for everyone's reference:

🌱Though I'm not a seller, it is commercially available - not sure your location but you can check local independent garden centers or Google for online suppliers. It is in its last year of a 20 year patent - U.S. Plant Patent number is PP18538 - and only sellers who receive plants propagated under license from the originator can currently sell it at retail or online. If someone is selling bootlegs without a patent tag be wary as this is both illegal and they may be selling you mislabeled stock.

06/28/2026

🌱💜 Impressed with this gorgeous lilac blue-eyed lavender ( ) seedling, unregistered, from Kay M. Cline of Rolling Oaks Daylilies. 🙏Thanks Kay for your personal guidance and helping steer my selections to align with breeding goals. Still a bit early in the season here in Chicagoland - waiting for some suitable parents to open up - so I can start making some upgraded crosses.😎 Please note - I turned down the color saturation on Android as the initial photos made the flower look louder than it is - truly a subtle beauty.

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06/17/2026

🌱🔥SMOKE & FIRE. Shimmering, smoldering colors of officinalis 'Zeolights' aka 'Triangle Flashback' (Frank Morton/Wild Garden Seed, ca. 2008) are hard to describe, they change with light & bloom stage.🌞 A reliable favorite borne on vigorous, healthy plants and a nice variation from the typical orange or yellow.

Calendulas are often grown for the kitchen garden as well, petals add flavor & color to soups, rice, grains & baked goods as "poor man's saffron" - and both petals and extracts are often used in soaps & cosmetics.😎
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06/05/2026

🌱🤎💛Overflowing with love for ( ) x 'Yarai' (Hiroshi Shimizu by Carol Warner, 2011; 🥇Randolph Perry Medal 2021). Petite flowers in a delicious honey brown, striated mulberry - & those SIGNALS! Just stunning! Beautiful fresh green foliage & compact but graceful plant habit!

Pseudatas are interspecific crosses of the (invasive in North America) European Yellow Flag - L. pseudacorus, with traditional Japanese Iris - L. ensata. Early entries into this class had genetically influenced mismatch quirks such as yellowish foliage and inconsistent growth habits. This is a next generation hybrid of a Pseudata backcrossed to an L. ensata, and it is a star performer! These plants are not considered invasive and it is WORK to get them to set viable seed. - .

05/10/2026

🌱FUTURE FAVA BEANS:
Vicia faba 'Vroma' (Johnny's Seeds, 2014). Nice to know I can be away for a week & these just keep moving along - the coolish moist weather certainly helped. The thick, dense plants & concentrated flower set are impressive - and flowers are exceptionally beautiful! These flowers are also notably larger than those of older, taller cultivars like 'Windsor'.

05/08/2026

🌱❤️💛 For as I prepare to leave Savannah, Georgia after a conference, (Woodland ) brightens a cloudy day at . A beloved from the Southeast to Midwest US, it's also a favorite in cultivation. - - as in 🐭☠️👻 DON'T EAT, CHEW, SMOKE, DRINK OR OTHERWISE TEMPT FATE. Or - if your goal is to win a Darwin Award - FA&FO!😅

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