Website: harbourbreezes.ca

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Longtime Expo exhibitor, Allan Banks of Harbour Breezes Daylilies is located in Salmon River Bridge, on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore about ten kilometers east of Musquodoboit Harbour at 10099 Hwy #7 (approx. 45 minutes east of metro Halifax). The gardens are on a south-facing hillside with beautiful views overlooking the eastern arm at the head of Jeddore Harbour. The steep hillside protects the gardens from northern winds, and its south-facing (climate zone 6a/5b) position is also moderated by the proximity to the ocean.

The gardens begin growth early in the spring but slow during the summer due to fog, cloud cover and cool overnight temperatures. Due to a lack of snow cover and harsh freeze-thaw cycles, we believe the varieties of daylilies that they sell are very hardy.

Owner Allan Banks grows more than 850 varieties of daylilies on his 4-plus acre garden and add new ones every year. He’s also a daylily hybridizer, with a few hundred seedlings and more than 60 of his own registrations from 2011 until now. He grows a wide cross-section of daylily cultivars, encompassing singles, doubles, spiders and unusual forms.  Hybridizers represented within the cultivars are mainly from areas with similar climates, and uses no chemical fertilizers to grow our daylilies. 

As any daylily enthusiast will assure you, you can’t have just one! Visit Allan at our spring Expo and catch a little daylily fever for yourself.