About Us
My garden was located in a small town, north of Guelph , Ontario.
I am a certified landscape / horticulturist and work in the landscape Industry.
I originally collected perennials then specialized In Iris , but soon became bored with Iris because of the short bloom season. I then discovered daylilies and became addicted to them because of their diversity. I bought my first daylilies at White Rose and a few other local garden centers. About a year or two later I decided to put in a small order at Bramley Gardens. Then I joined the Ontario Daylily Society and visited some of the member’s gardens. It wasn’t until I visited Gary Carlson’s garden that my addiction bloomed , so I guess that I can give Gary credit for getting me Interested in Daylilies. At first I thought that I would collect any daylilies that I could get my hands on , but I soon realized that I could not collect everything because I was running out of space. So I thought that I would collect spiders and UFO’s and haven’t turned back since then.
I'm an amateur hybridizer and dabble pollen ocasionally. I usually save 800 seeds for myself. My main focus is mini spiders and double spiders. I have some seedlings that should bloom summer of 2011.
I have around 400 daylilies and try to maintain that number by selling a few daylilies each year.
My garden can be visited on weekends. Please e-mail me for directions.
Enjoy , Joe Hawkins
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