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Nous sommes reconnu par l'American Hemerocallis Society comme jardin de démonstration
We are an A.H.S. Display Garden
News (June 25, 2010)
À la demande de plusieurs d’entre vous, le jardin sera ouvert aux visiteurs dès le 4 juillet cette année.
Vous pourrez y voir les cultivars hâtifs (ainsi que les herbes indésirables que le jardinier n’aura pas eu le temps d’enlever ☺.)
Si la température nocturne se maintient au-dessus de 15 °C, nous devrions avoir plus de 25 % du jardin en fleurs. L'apogée (‘peak’) de la floraison devrait être du 16 juillet au 25 juillet .
Il sera possible de vous procurer plusieurs cultivars qui doivent partir pour faire de la place aux 48 (la liste s’allonge) en commande pour le mois d’août / septembre. Notre liste est disponible sur demande.
N’oubliez pas de nous aviser de votre visite.
Merci et à bientôt.
Michel & Denyse.
Welcome
It is with great pleasure that we will accompany you in the wonderful world of the daylilies.
Our garden is located in Carignan in Montérégie (Québec, Canada) within Zone 5. Our land area is 70,000 sq ft including 40,000 sq ft of wood. The garden itself occupies 25,000 sq ft but is expanding each year.
The garden is made of English style flower beds mainly made of Daylilies, lilies, iris, peony, astibles, cimifugas, shrubs, medicinal plants and fine herbs. We also have a “nursery” and numerous places for our daylilies hybridizations.
Your hosts:
Michel Lévesque & Denyse Savard
A little bit of history
Our interest for daylilies began in 1990. However since 1998, it has become a passion. We have more than 500 registered cultivars stemming from the best hybridizers. All of our cultivars were chosen on the basis of their exceptional genetics.
Since 1996, we have a hybridization program to improve the hardiness of the cultivars which are, for the most part, developed in Florida. We have registered five daylilies that are performing very well under our climate. Our goal is quality before quantity. We are expecting to register three daylilies in 2011.
We have more than 1,000 sowings in observation which are left alone without any winter protection to see their potential under our climate. Of these 1,000 sowings, we will keep about 1% (10) that we will evaluate over a three years period. After these three years of “probation” we will register those who meet our criterions, which are: hardiness, number of buttons per butt and other qualitative criterions (color, form, size, etc.). From sowing to saleable, it will take about seven years.
In 2006, we have acquired a 20’x12’x8’ greenhouse to produce our flowers and fine herbs. It enabled me to experiment with many so called “exotic” flower crops and other oddities. I also keep a few daylilies to hybridize in the winter… it helps me to pass the time.
Should you need additional information or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Bonne visite.