We have been dealing with plant breeding for many years. We focus on perennials - Hosta and Hemerocallis. Plant breeding requires a lot of work. It is difficult because of the required evidence and timing. It is necessary to have further information and deeper knowledge in this area. Breeding of plants especially requires patience and time. It takes years for a new cultivar to go through all the tests to confirm its characteristics, the quality of growth and the attractiveness of the habitus. The first results of our work are beginning to appear. Our registered cultivars all prosper well in domestic, central European conditions. They are fully frost-resistant and acclimated. We have many other plants in the planting areas, which we are still testing and verifying their quality, in order to register them in the future. Why is there “Buffalo” in the names of our cultivars? We wanted to connect our cultivars, so we decided to use one word in each hosta name - our surname. The surname Zúbrik can be translated as "small buffalo". Maybe it has a historic story ... We chose the English equivalent of this word because we don't want to do business only in Slovakia and we would like to offer our cultivars to all of Europe. Our aim is to have easily remembered names of our cultivars and for them to spread the good name of Slovak plant producers.

Daylilies

We introduced our first three cultivars of daylilies around the year 2010 – Buffalo Blood, Buffalo Steak, and Buffalo Valley. They made a favourable impression on gardeners. Shown in the picture is the cultivar Hemerocallis Buffalo Steak. A meat red colour, yellow throat and wavy edges are specific signs of this cultivar. It has rich blooms of 14 cm. 

Hostas

In 2014, we registered the first hosta cultivar under the name “Buffalo”. Are you asking why Buffalo? Our family name (Zúbrik) means “small buffalo” in Slovak. This term is not very frequent anymore, as there are just a few buffalos left living in the wild nature of Slovakia. These are found especially along the border with Poland, and in one other strict nature conservation area. Because we wanted our hosta names to be in English, it seemed a good idea to use this name. The middle and older generations have grown up with stories from the Wild West from the pen of William F. Cody, known as Buffalo Bill (1846-1917). A controversial person – some loved and some hated him. In spite of this we decided to name our first hosta cultivar “Buffalo Bill” – the choice was easy because this name reminds us of the time we were very young… In 2016 we applied for registration of two additional cultivars, and hosta Buffalo Bill got two “brothers” - hosta Buffalo Amber Waves (golden yellow, good growing sport of hosta Silver Threads and Golden Needles), and hosta Buffalo Black Soup (a very pretty, streaked sport of hosta Lakeside Little Tuft, dark green and very fertile). We believe that you will also enjoy these hosta cultivars.

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