Statement Regarding Royalties, Trademarks and Selling Lee’s Introductions

A note regarding the Goldenrod Gardens ‘Lee’s’ introductions…

After quite a bit of consideration....

I am not asking for royalties. I will not ask for royalties on any dahlia I have introduced in the past or will for this upcoming sales season. In the future, if I decide to trademark any introductions, they will be specific new introductions and will not retrograde to any past introductions. 

Although I cannot and do not want to police any growers' decisions about how they choose to handle Lee's varieties being propagated and sold, I kindly ask the following: 

-grow for a full season- to flowering stage to confirm the variety before selling (why wouldn't you?)

-keep the entire name of the variety in tact

-do not sell them out of the USA

-maintain strong sanitation measures throughout the process of growing, harvesting the flowers, taking cuttings and processing the tubers

-don't undercut me on pricing. Brand new introductions are priced accordingly but I generally lower the price each consecutive year in the following three years.

-take your own photos!

-Resellers of Lee’s hybrids that do send voluntary royalties earn the honor of being placed on my ‘preferred resellers of Lee’s hy’ website page. The page lists preferred resellers with the name of their farm and a link to their website. Access to the page is displayed on the bottom navigation menu.