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Aug 13, 2023 4:01 PM CST
Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)
Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Region: North Carolina Peonies Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Just wanted to let you all know that Don Spoon died on Friday. We have lost another great hybridizer. And one of the few based in the Eastern US. I, and many others, was especially fond of his SDB's. He had some of the best green dwarfs in the business (Snow Peas, Granny Apple, Greenfingers to name a very few) and gave us beautiful turquoise (Tropical Shoals, the well loved Teagan). And popular TB's as well such as Plum Pretty Whiskers, and the gorgeous Winterberry. In all he hybridized and introduced hundreds of MDB's, SDB's, BB's, TB's and even a few JI's.

Spiderman:
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Tropical Shoals:
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Blue Hues:
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My favorite - Rainbow Rim:
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"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

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