Edgar William Brown, III, was
born September 26, 1918, in Orange County, Texas, the son of Edgar
William Brown, Jr. and Gladys Mae (Slade) Brown.
Edgar was a wealthy, distinctive, individual who could buy the best, and chose to breed the best. Along with his wife, Betty, who was also a top breeder of daylilies, he enjoyed his hobby to the fullest. He spent over thirty years breeding daylilies, choosing tetraploids with wide floral parts as a major goal. He registered 110 daylilies. Hemerocallis 'Fabulous Prize', H. 'Shockwave', 'Firepower', and 'Supersonic Prize' are but a few of his award winning daylilies.
Edgar began breeding tetraploid daylilies in the early 1960's, using his own conversions and those of other well-known hybridizers. He began his tetraploid work at the time when Fay, Griesbach, Reckamp, and other tetraploid pioneers were doing some of their early hybridizing. He worked mostly to create flowers with wide segments, and later worked to refine colors, ruffling, and patterns; once wide segments had been established in his line.
The Brown garden, named "Bestelda," was located in Pinehurst, Texas, near Orange, and featured daylilies, roses, and hibiscus.
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