Mountain View Daylily Nursery

Mountain View Daylily Gardens
At Mountain View Daylily Gardens, located in Queensland, Australia, I grow over 1000 different daylily cultivars. As you will see on my website I grow recently imported varieties and many old favourites.

Blooming & booming in Queensland
I became hooked on daylilies back in 1976 when I was teaching in a little country town in Queensland and now I am a full time daylily nurseryman & a small time hybridiser. I import the best new cultivars from the USA & before long I have these exciting new plants to sell. Our mild Maleny climate & high rainfall, together with my organic growing methods, means that my plants are vigorous, and pest & disease free. When my customers grow my daylilies, they are amazed at their rapid growth & hardiness.

Organic methods, healthy plants
I grow my daylilies organically. I believe in the principle of creating a healthy soil which is full of beneficial microbes so that my plants are in excellent health. I apply foliar sprays every three months. This is made up of seaweed, fish, molasses, & liquid worm castings. The daylilies respond so well to the organic fertilisers & liquid foliar fertilisers that they multiply very quickly. I have no need to spray for pests & I do not have any plants die from so-called “crown rot” (something that is prevalent when growing daylilies using chemical fertilisers.

I ceased hybridising many years ago and concentrated on managing an online nursery.
My In Excess and Sweet Jeunesse are very fragrant & very popular. Maleny Debutante will remain my favourite daylily for many years to come. In Maleny, it is a prolific rebloomer & often has over 40 buds on scapes with 5 way branching. I consider it even more beautiful when grown in Florida at David Kirchhoff’s, & at Clarence Crochet’s nursery in Louisiana.
In Excess and Sweet Jeunesse also have wonderful branching and a high bud count.
My latest introduction Booroobin Magic (BOO-ROO-BIN) was truly a “magic” creation. I did not expect such wide maroon edges on a first generation cross of Witch's Wink & Admiral's Braid. Now I have a parent that is producing some stunning seedlings when crossed with cultivars such as Jeff Salter’s Awesome Blossom & Moonlit Masquerade.

Wholesale Orders
Some cultivars have multiplied so well in recent years, I am able to supply large wholesale quantities of many different colours to nurseries & landscaping projects.