美国 Browns Ferry 渡轮花园 – 家庭式萱草（daylily）育种与销售苗圃

Browns Ferry Gardens 是位于美国南卡罗来纳州乔治敦（Georgetown, South Carolina）的一家家庭式萱草（daylily）育种与销售苗圃，1987 年由 Charles Douglas 与母亲 Thelma Douglas 在布朗斯渡轮路（Browns Ferry Road）的家族农场创立。苗圃在 2026 年迎来第 39 个经营年份，现由 Charles Douglas、Heidi Douglas 夫妇与第三代合作育种人 Gene Tanner 共同经营，以 AHS（American Hemerocallis Society）认证的展示花园身份接待来自各州与加拿大的萱草俱乐部访客与演讲听众。

站点品牌与家族经营

站点始终以”Browns Ferry Gardens — The Daylilies of Charles & Heidi Douglas and Gene Tanner”为统一品牌标识，三位育种人分别专注于四倍体（tetraploid）、Heidi 系列的中小型花朵与 Gene Tanner 的 ruffled 二倍体（diploid）选育方向。农场占地超过 1 英亩，sales area 每年盆栽数千株萱草，seedling beds 常年向访客开放，鼓励游园者记录他们认为可能成为未来 introduction 的实生苗。苗圃被 AHS 列为大型展示花园（Large Garden）并曾担任过 AHS 区域与全国大会的 tour garden，访客需通过预约或开放周末到访；站点的 2026 年最新品种介绍页、last chance 退市品种专页与 retired intros 大型目录共同构成品种体系的三个主要部分。

销售与访客开放

苗圃订单最低 100 美元起，可通过邮购、电话、网站或电子邮件下单，4 月中至 9 月中期间以美国邮政 Priority Mail 发货并保证 12 个月品种纯度。访客可在 5 月底与 6 月初的两个周末（五月的最后一个周五周六以及 6 月第一个周末）无需预约到访，其余时间需提前电话预约，Charles 与 Heidi 会在傍晚回复电话与邮件。苗圃位于乔治敦以南、Myrtle Beach 以北 50 英里、Charleston 以北 70 英里的 51 号公路（Browns Ferry Road）沿线，访客接待处（sales office）配有空调、沙发与干净洗手间，前廊摇椅可俯瞰数千株萱草，游客可以边选购边听取品种介绍。

俱乐部团购与订单服务

苗圃专门为 daylily club 提供俱乐部团购项目，俱乐部以支票支付、订单满 500 美元即可获赠价值两倍以上的植株，可用于拍卖、桌售或 member adopt-a-plant 项目。Charles 与 Heidi 经常受邀赴各地萱草俱乐部演讲，会同时介绍自家与 Gene Tanner 的育种方向；苗圃支持 MasterCard、Visa、Discover、American Express、PayPal、支票与汇票支付。国际订单方面，由于欧盟对南卡存在的 Xyrella 细菌实行禁运，苗圃已停止向欧盟国家发货；通过 PayPal Shopping Cart 在站内即可结账并自动计算运费，1-5 株 15 美元，6-10 株 20 美元，11-20 株 27 美元，21-30 株 36 美元，31-50 株 48 美元，50 株以上需另行联系安排。

育种方向与 AHS 获奖

Browns Ferry Gardens 的核心育种目标为耐寒性（hardiness）、多分枝性（branching）、高花苞数（budcount）与长花期 rebloom，主要通过使用 northern dormant 亲本实现，’Strawberry Patch’ 与 ‘Carolina Sun Fun’ 于 2004 年成为首批获得 AHS Honorable Mention 的 Douglas 品种。其后 ‘Bold Secret’、’Pick of the Litter’、’Loose as a Goose’、’Cape Romain Harbor’、’Cotton Candy Carnival’、’My Lips Are Sealed’、’Black Mingo’ 陆续在 2007-2009 年获奖；2011 年 ‘A Gathering of Angels’、’Browns Ferry Peaches and Cream’ 与献给其母的 ‘Thelma Douglas’ 同时获奖。2018 年起 ‘Breathing in Snowflakes’（H. Douglas 2016）先后获得 AHS Award of Merit、Lambert/Webster Award 与 Stout Silver Medal，并赢得 AHS President’s Cup 与 Ned Roberts Award；同年的 ‘Papa Goose’（H. Douglas 2015）获得 AHS Lenington All-American Award，’Heidi Douglas’ 凭系列品种获 Bertrand Farr Silver Medal，奠定该苗圃在 AHS 体系中的标杆地位。

官网: https://www.brownsferrygardens.com/

Overview

Browns Ferry Gardens is a family-run daylily hybridizing and retail nursery located on Browns Ferry Road in Georgetown, South Carolina, founded in 1987 by Charles Douglas and his mother Thelma Douglas on a former tobacco plantation that has been transformed into a destination for daylily enthusiasts. Now in its thirty-ninth year of operation, the nursery is co-run by Charles Douglas, Heidi Douglas (a Cincinnati-born hybridizer and Charles’s wife) and a third-generation contributor, Gene Tanner, who is best known for his ruffled diploid lines. The property functions as an American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) Large Display Garden and has previously served as both an AHS Regional and National tour garden.

Site Identity and Family Heritage

The website consistently brands itself as “Browns Ferry Gardens — The Daylilies of Charles & Heidi Douglas and Gene Tanner”, with each hybridizer pursuing a distinct line: Charles focuses on tetraploid northern-dormant lines selected for branching, budcount, and rebloom; Heidi develops the smaller-flowered H. Douglas introductions; and Gene Tanner contributes a series of ruffled diploid cultivars. The site publishes three main catalogs — a 2026 Newest Introductions page that lists Charles, Heidi, and Gene introductions side by side; a Last Chance page for cultivars about to be retired; and a large Retired Introductions archive. Site visitors are encouraged to wander the seedling beds and flag favorites that may become future introductions, reflecting a hands-on, family-scale breeding philosophy that has produced dozens of AHS-recognized cultivars since 2004.

Sales and Visiting Hours

Mail order is available year-round with a 100-dollar minimum, dispatched via U.S. Priority Mail between mid-April and mid-September with a 12-month guarantee on plant survival and trueness-to-name. The garden is open without appointment on two weekends in late May and early June each year (the last Friday and Saturday of May, plus the first Friday and Saturday of June, from 9 AM to 3 PM); all other visits require an advance phone call to schedule with Charles or Heidi, who return calls and emails in the evenings. The nursery sits on Highway 51 (Browns Ferry Road), fifteen miles inland from Georgetown, seventy miles north of Charleston, and fifty miles south of Myrtle Beach. The on-site sales office is air-conditioned with couches and a clean restroom, and rocking chairs on the front porch look out over thousands of potted daylilies.

Club Program and Order Services

A dedicated daylily club purchasing program offers clubs that place a 500-dollar order (paid by club check) at least double the value in plants, suitable for table sales, auctions, or member adopt-a-plant events; Charles and Heidi are also available as guest speakers for club meetings, presenting both their own and Gene Tanner’s programs. Payment methods include MasterCard, Visa, Discover, American Express, PayPal, personal check, and money order. International shipping has been suspended due to a European Union ban on plant material from regions where the Xyrella bacteria is present, which includes South Carolina. The in-site PayPal Shopping Cart automatically calculates shipping at 15 dollars for 1-5 plants, 20 dollars for 6-10, 27 dollars for 11-20, 36 dollars for 21-30, and 48 dollars for 31-50, with custom quotes available for larger club orders.

Hybridizing Goals and AHS Awards

The core breeding priorities at Browns Ferry Gardens are hardiness, branching, high budcount, and a long bloom season with reliable rebloom, achieved primarily through the use of northern-dormant parent material. The first Douglas introductions to receive an AHS Honorable Mention were ‘Strawberry Patch’ and ‘Carolina Sun Fun’ in 2004, followed by ‘Bold Secret’ and ‘Pick of the Litter’ in 2007, then ‘Loose as a Goose’, ‘Cape Romain Harbor’ and ‘Cotton Candy Carnival’ in 2008, and ‘My Lips Are Sealed’ alongside the near-white black-eyed ‘Black Mingo’ in 2009. The breakthrough AHS Award of Merit cycle began in 2011 with ‘A Gathering of Angels’, ‘Browns Ferry Peaches and Cream’, and ‘Thelma Douglas’ (named for Charles’s mother). The garden’s signature cultivar, ‘Breathing in Snowflakes’ (H. Douglas 2016), earned the AHS Award of Merit, the Lambert/Webster Award, the Stout Silver Medal, the AHS President’s Cup, and the Ned Roberts Award; ‘Papa Goose’ (H. Douglas 2015) won the AHS Lenington All-American Award, and Heidi Douglas received the Bertrand Farr Silver Medal for excellence in hybridizing, cementing Browns Ferry Gardens as one of the most decorated AHS tour gardens in the southeastern United States.

Official Site: https://www.brownsferrygardens.com/