1736 Eagle Drive
Hixson, TN 37343
Phone: 423.842.4630
Email: LeePickles@epbfi.com
Hixson, TN 37343
Phone: 423.842.4630
Email: LeePickles@epbfi.com
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About Us . . .
| Jean's 24" brown trout caught on the Bow River, Calgary, Alberta, Ca |
| Lee's brown trout caught on the Green River, Dutch John, Utah |
| Lee and Jean. Picture taken in March 2010, in a wild mustard field, Alexander Valley, CA |
Lee and Jean were both educators. Jean taught fourth grade most of
her career, retiring in 1999. Lee started out as a classroom teacher and
moved on to administration, ending his career as an administrator in the
Dean's Office at the University Tennessee College of Medicine. He
retired in 1998.
Jean is a Master Gardener and is quite active in their projects. She is
also a rug hooker. Lee is President of The Tennessee Valley Daylily
Society and travels extensively giving presentations to daylily clubs and
symposia.
We are a small daylily nursery primarily selling our own introductions.
After some health problems the last few years it became impossible for
us to try and keep an inventory of cultivars from other hybridizers,
therefore, the downsizing. We occasionally have a few newer cultivars
from other hybridizers for sale that we are no longer using in our
hybridizing program.
We introduced our first cultivars in 1996 after beginning a hybridizing
program in 1986. We started hybridizing while living in a townhouse with
very little yard, renting some land a few blocks away to grow our
hybridizing efforts.
In 1993 we purchased property with two acres of land and a 1960s style
house that had not been renovated for thirty-three years post
construction. After a major renovation, we moved in mid October of
1993.
One of the first things we did at our new property was to erect a
greenhouse to further our hybridizing and seedling growing efforts. We
now do all of our hybridizing in the greenhouse during March through
April, when it is in full of daylily bloom. Completing our hybridizing inside
allows us more time outside when bloom begins to evaluate our
seedlings and possible future introductions. If you are in the area during
greenhouse bloom time, please call and visit . . . it is truly spectacular.
Our outside bloom season is from about the third weekend of May to
mid July with seedlings blooming earlier. We are located in north
Chattanooga, TN, in an unincorporated area known as Hixson, TN.
When traveling through Chattanooga on either Interstates 24 or 75, we
are only about 20 minutes from where these two interstates join.
We will continue with our hybridizing program because that is what we
enjoy most. We normally plant from 3,000 to 5,000 seedlings each year,
with an anticipated 90% bloom the second growing season.
We have been avid fly fishers until the last couple of years. We have
fished in some of the most beautiful places on this earth, including:
British Columbia, Wyoming, and Montana. We have fond memories of
these trips.
We have a 7-year-old labrador retriever named Sara Lee, who was my
65th birthday present. We also have a small mixed breed rescued dog
named Spikey.
Please come see us.
her career, retiring in 1999. Lee started out as a classroom teacher and
moved on to administration, ending his career as an administrator in the
Dean's Office at the University Tennessee College of Medicine. He
retired in 1998.
Jean is a Master Gardener and is quite active in their projects. She is
also a rug hooker. Lee is President of The Tennessee Valley Daylily
Society and travels extensively giving presentations to daylily clubs and
symposia.
We are a small daylily nursery primarily selling our own introductions.
After some health problems the last few years it became impossible for
us to try and keep an inventory of cultivars from other hybridizers,
therefore, the downsizing. We occasionally have a few newer cultivars
from other hybridizers for sale that we are no longer using in our
hybridizing program.
We introduced our first cultivars in 1996 after beginning a hybridizing
program in 1986. We started hybridizing while living in a townhouse with
very little yard, renting some land a few blocks away to grow our
hybridizing efforts.
In 1993 we purchased property with two acres of land and a 1960s style
house that had not been renovated for thirty-three years post
construction. After a major renovation, we moved in mid October of
1993.
One of the first things we did at our new property was to erect a
greenhouse to further our hybridizing and seedling growing efforts. We
now do all of our hybridizing in the greenhouse during March through
April, when it is in full of daylily bloom. Completing our hybridizing inside
allows us more time outside when bloom begins to evaluate our
seedlings and possible future introductions. If you are in the area during
greenhouse bloom time, please call and visit . . . it is truly spectacular.
Our outside bloom season is from about the third weekend of May to
mid July with seedlings blooming earlier. We are located in north
Chattanooga, TN, in an unincorporated area known as Hixson, TN.
When traveling through Chattanooga on either Interstates 24 or 75, we
are only about 20 minutes from where these two interstates join.
We will continue with our hybridizing program because that is what we
enjoy most. We normally plant from 3,000 to 5,000 seedlings each year,
with an anticipated 90% bloom the second growing season.
We have been avid fly fishers until the last couple of years. We have
fished in some of the most beautiful places on this earth, including:
British Columbia, Wyoming, and Montana. We have fond memories of
these trips.
We have a 7-year-old labrador retriever named Sara Lee, who was my
65th birthday present. We also have a small mixed breed rescued dog
named Spikey.
Please come see us.
| Sara and Spikey getting instructions from Jean for their morning walk. |
| The wine country of Napa Valley is one of our favorite places to visit. |
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