New Organization Promotes Worldwide Performance Trials International Plant Selections, Inc. is a newly formed organization committed to bringing new plant material from hybridizers worldwide to the gardening public. Through the various functions of the operations IPS will be able to assist in funding plants of the future. At the same time, IPS aims to raise […]

DAYLILIES: WHAT IS THEIR MARKET POTENTIAL? “If there’s one question that I’m continually asked,” says Angelo Cerchione, “it’s ‘What’s the market potential of the daylily?’ ” After serving the commercial realm for the last ten years as Executive Director of the All-American Daylily Selection Council (AADSC), he has some critical insights. “In the latest Ohio […]

AADSC Endorses ‘BLACK EYED STELLA’ (PP#7909) AS FIRST ALL-AMERICAN DAYLILY! Stellar New Daylily Sets Performance Record “How do you better the best?” That was the daunting question facing hybridizer Jack Roberson as he sought to improve upon ‘Stella de Oro,’ the most highly publicized daylily in history. Three thousand hybrid crosses later, Roberson found his […]

“AZTEC YELLOW”® — Patented Daylily Debut In response to the gardening public’s demand, Dr. Jack Roberson, hybridizer and grower of new hybrid daylilies, has developed ‘Aztec Yellow’® daylily (PPAF). “I have seen perhaps a half-million seedlings” says Roberson, “and this one meets the performance demands to be patented.” The position of ‘Aztec Yellow’® as first […]

Jack Roberson — A New Breed of Breeder Creating even a single new variety of garden flower requires a herculean effort. Countless blooms must be cross-pollinated. Thousands upon thousands of hybrid seedlings must be raised and evaluated. Then come years of testing to determine which, if any, of the long-nurtured plants have that special something […]