Posts & Introductions; new Bulbs Images list started.
J.E. Shields (Mon, 08 Jul 2002 07:52:56 PDT)

Hi everyone,

First, my thanks to Mary Sue for setting up this list. I am very grateful
to have it available.

I have set up a list on Yahoo Groups for bulb images. It is open to anyone
who grows and enjoys bulbs. To join, either send me a private e-mail
asking to be added to the Bulbs Images list, or send a blank e-mail
to: <Bulbs_Images-subscribe@yahoogroups.com> Let me know if you have
any problems signing on.

I will introduce myself, although I believe I already know many of you. I
am interested in all sorts of flower bulbs, both hardy (in USDA zone 5) and
tender. We also grow about 10,000 daylily plants, most being seedlings in
our breeding programs. This is prime daylily season in Indiana, so we are
mostly very busy right now.

I am trying to develop a breeding and selection program to find
freeze-resistant varieties or hybrids of many "tender" bulbs. Genera of
interest include Crinum, Nerine, Haemanthus, Gladiolus,Dierama, Moraea, and
probably some other things that have slipped my mind at the moment. I grow
a few Clivia, and have started breeding those too.

We garden (operate the daylily nursery) on 5 acres (2 hectares) of what was
once good farmland. I also have two home greenhouses ca. 11 ft by 24 ft
(glass glazing, metal frame). They are unbearably hot in summer (now) so
the plants are moved outdoors for the summer every year.

I have a momentary surplus of Crinum seeds, so I have set up a page in my
web site to sell these. Go to URL =
http://www.shieldsgardens.com/Seeds/ to see what I currently have
available. The list will change from day to day.

Jim Shields
in central Indiana (USA)

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Jim Shields USDA Zone 5 Shields Gardens, Ltd.
P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA Tel. +1-317-896-3925