New England Daylily Society is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the promotion of the daylily flower and to further the public education thereof. They will sponsor a public plant sale and auction on Saturday, August 27, from 11 – 3 at the Wakefield-Lynnfield Masonic Lodge, 372 Salem Street in Wakefield. The event is fee. Bargain tables with $5.00 daylilies will be open at 11:00 AM. Other perennial plants, including hosta and herbaceous peonies, will also be available during the sale. The live auction will commence at 12:00 P.M. (noon). There will be many hard-to-find hybrids and many helpful people to assist with information about the characteristics of particular hybrids. Many bargains to be had! For more information, call 508-291-1835, or log on to www.nedaylily.org.  Below is daylily ‘Alva Reese’ from Blue Ridge Daylilies.