Annual Houston Daylily Yard Sale

Hi everyone! Every year on the Saturday before Mother's Day, a daylily hybridizer in Houston has a yard sale to sell off his excess divisions. For the past three years a group of us DGers have been meeting there and buying his lovely plants (those of us who got there on time, anyway... but that's another story), and then going out for breakfast and nursery hopping.

This year he's doing things a little differently... Usually he divides his plants in the fall and then pots up the ones he's going to sell and takes care of them all winter so they are nice and happy on Mother's Day Saturday for the sale. This year, apparently he was busy, so this is what his website says (http://www.ofts.com/bill/yardsale.html):

Yes I wanna go... but no I can't. I will follow your day green with envy! * ) pod

Marylyn--you will never let me live that down will you?! ;)

I was actually teasing Vossner, not you this time, Debbie! LOLOL

I hope they post a list of what they're going to sell soon. I need to know how much money I have to come up with.:)

sounds like fun to me I know how to get to the woodlands...maybe if my daughter isn't working that day I can talk her into going along as she used to work at Baker Hughes there until she transfered up here to Tyler and became a field engineer...will have to check closer to the day.

Sounds like fun! I'm interested, but need to wait a little before committing - out of state family is supposed to be here around that time.

Hey Mary! Can you make it to the RU? Can't have a RU without you!

Marylyn, have you seen anything in the paper about the sale? I'm excited about the possible goodies that might be available.

I haven't seen anything yet. I keep watching the website to see if they have posted the list of sale flowers, but it hasn't happened yet.

You might also check out a thread on the daylily forum about a coop next month. And also Lalambchop is going to cosponser (I think) a sale with Dan Hansen. I bought some last year from his Bargain Basement list and they were really nice. It's all on that thread.

The plant lists are up!!! Yayyy! http://www.ofts.com/hhs/plantsales.html He says that most of them will be between $5-10, with a few higher. :-)

Oooooo! Marylyn, thanks, thanks, thanks. I can't wait. Will they be in pots or bare root? My guess is in pots. Wow. This is exciting!

The website doesn't say, but I'm expecting them to be in pots.

I'm late but I'm here! I'm definately planning on attending. I don't know how much of the extra activiities I'll be able to attend (hubby only good with kids so long LOL) but I will definately be there!

I'm leaving my bunnies (2 daughters, ages 4 & 6) with my husband, too. :-)

My little guy will have just turned 2 at that time, LOL his nick name around here is "Bad Potato" Bringing him is just not an option! My 14, oops I mean, 15 year old might come though, trying to get her into the garden and off the computer...but look at me, not much of a role model am I?

Yeah, me neither. LOL

Wow, an event in my neighborhood! I'll have to check out the garden because I love gardens and because I'm a nosy neighbor! I must admit, however, that I've never been able to grow daylilies. Yes, I can tell you are all shaking your heads with disgust, but it's true. I'm a daylily failure. They look fabulous though. I'm sure that I'll be tempted to try again. You must stop me for the sake of the poor daylily should that happen!

I hope you can come, Elphaba! Even if you don't buy any daylilies (and we can assign someone to slap your hand if you try to reach for your purse if you like), it would be fun to meet you.

Does anyone/everyone want to go out to breakfast and do some nursery hopping afterwards? The Heights is nearby, so we could go to Buchanan's, Joshua's, Another Place in Time, all of the above, just go drool on Randy's driveway, etc etc... Or we could hop in our cars and head someplace else. What sounds good?

Here are nurseries within 25 miles of the yard sale: http://davesgarden.com/products/go/advanced.php?zip_distance=25&zip=77018&state=xx&country=XX&type=&search_text=&sorter=distance&submit=Search

My parents may be visiting that week, so I can't commit to more until I know their plans, but it sure sounds like fun. I checked the link, and I've never been to the Backyard Gardener! I can't believe I missed that one. Thanks for the info.

Marylyn_TX
Met you at Randy's last year. This sounds like fun and will post on calendar but can't commit quite yet. And, yes, Randy's garden was like entering a candy store.
Carol

Just bumping this up. I'll start a new thread next week, after the College Station RU is done, and we can start making plans. Only a month to go!

I would love to go to this, but I am waiting to see when my final is scheduled. I've already got an exam the Monday after the CSRU, and so of course I won't be studying then...lol. But for the final I definitely will need to be studying the weekend before. I will let you know when I find out. I am betting our final is before the 10th and so hopefully I'll be able to make it.

:) Kim

That weekend could really be a lot of fun if we all show up.

I'm planning on being there. I don't know how long I can stay though, it's looking like that's going to be the day for my daughter's Bday party. LOL so my house wil be invaded by a dozen teenagers that evening and I need to get home and tie everything down!

I think it'll be fun, too! ^_^

I"ll second that one - sounds like fun just to see his garden - and to see everyone again.