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Tag: New England Daylily Society

  • Saturday, May 12, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – New England Daylily Society Plant Sale and Auction

    The New England Daylily Society will host its annual Plant Sale and Auction on Saturday, May 12, at the Wakefield-Lynnfield Masonic Building, 372 Salem Street in Wakefield.  There will be a “members only” sale from 9 – 10, followed by the public sale from 10 – 1:30, and a live auction beginning at 2 pm.  Attendance door prizes will be drawn just prior to the auction, and there is ample parking to the rear of the building.  You will find many rarities , hard to locate hybrids of many different colors, and people able to assist with information about the characteristics of particular hybrids.  Great bargains will be available, as well.  The New England Daylily Society is a non-profit educational organization dedicated to the promotion of the daylily flower and to further public education about daylilies.  For additional information on this and other NEDS events, visit www.nedaylily.org.

  • Saturday, August 27, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm – N.E. Daylily Society Public Plant Sale and Auction

    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.

  • Saturday, July 23, 12:00 noon – 4:00 pm – Daylily Exhibition

    Tower Hill Botanic Garden in Boylston, Massachusetts will host a Daylily Exhibition on Saturday, July 23 from 12 – 4.  This American Hemerocallis Society Accredited Show is sponsored by the New England Daylily Society.  From noon to one o’clock, enjoy a powerpoint presentation entitled Extending the Northern Daylily Bloom Season.  Learn how to extend the bloom season using Early, Late, Northern Rebloomers, and Bud Builder daylilies.  With careful selection, daylilies will be in bloom June to frost.  The presenter will distribute an article More is Beautiful, Extending the Northern Bloom Season, Parts I and II, to the audience.  There will be free raffles from 1 – 1:30, an American Hemerocallis Society Membership table with discounts and bonus gifts for joining, an exhibition, and of course, a sale.  Free with admission to Tower Hill.  For more information log on to www.towerhillbg.org.

  • Saturday, July 10, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. – Judged Daylily Exhibition at Tower Hill

    Visit Tower Hill Botanic Garden, 11 French Drive in Boylston on Saturday, July 10, and view the New England Daylily Society’s judged exhibition.  Log on to www.towerhillbg.org for directions, or visit www.nedaylily.org for more information.  Admission is free with Botanic Garden entry.   There will be daylily plants available for purchase.

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  • Sunday, July 26, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Judged Daylily Exhibition at Tower Hill

    Sunday, July 26, 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Judged Daylily Exhibition at Tower Hill

    Visit Tower Hill Botanic Garden and view the New England Daylily Society’s judged exhibition.  Log on to www.towerhillbg.org for directions, or visit www.nedaylily.org for more information.  The schedule is as follows:

    11:00 – 11:40 “Got Sun? Go Daylilies!” presented by Sandra Schaider. See their beauty and endless variety, learn about their easy care and propagation, the fun of cross pollinating and growing from seed… all in a series of extraordinary photographs.
    11:45 – 12:20 “Local Treasures” presented by Mike Huben, hybridizer
    12:25 – 12:50 “Propagation by Division” shown by Denise Pavlovich
    12:55 Raffle drawing for free plants and membership to the daylily society
    1:00 – 5:00 “Judged Exhibition” features New England’s prize daylilies.

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