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  • 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, June 12, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – The World of Peonies

    There has been tremendous development in the genus Paeonia in the last decade that has caused a resurgent interest in this wonderful garden plant. Along with an in-depth look at tree and herbaceous peonies,  learn about the new intersectional group which crosses tree and herbaceous peonies. Consider some of the more delicate woodland peonies that serve as parent plants to many common garden peony varieties. This talk on Saturday, June 12, from 10 – noon at the Berkshire Botanical Garden, 5 West Stockbridge Road, West Stockbridge, will focus on siting, planting, and successfully cultivating these lovely and historical garden plants. Plant sale will follow the talk.  You may register on line ($18 BBG members, $24 non members) at www.berkshirebotanical.org, or by calling 413-298-3926.

    Kasha Furman is owner of Cricket Hill Garden, a specialty grower of peonies, located in Thomaston, Connecticut. They specialize in tree and herbaceous peonies. Their plants are healthy, well grown, 4 year specimens and they offer over 75 varieties. Their display gardens are open on weekends in May and June.  The photo below was taken at Cricket Hill by Christine Boyka Kluge.

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