Arkansas State Daylily Society 2009 Tour

The Arkansas State Daylily Society is pleased to announce its 2009 daylily tour. Gardeners from across the state are welcome to register and tour four gardens in central Arkansas on Saturday, June 6, 2009.

Hundreds of classic and newly introduced daylilies will be on display while nestled in perennial borders among unique companion plants.

On display will be the gardens of Sharon and Michael Aureli and Marianne and Tom Flammang in Mayflower, Pat and Patricia Larsen in Conway, and Jim and Kathy Elliot of Wooster.

The Society also welcomes Herbie Phelps, who will open the tour Friday evening (6: PM, June 5th) at the Hilton Garden Inn in Conway, Arkansas.

Phelps is the owner of Wonderland of Daylilies in Magnolia, Kentucky and is considered one of the country’s leading, new hybridizers. He will present a slide show on his award-winning hybridizing program and provide helpful tips on raising daylilies. Arkansas gardeners and daylily enthusiasts alike will find Phelps’s program entertaining and especially useful given the similarity between his growing climate and ours.

The cost for registration is $25.00 per adult and covers supper on Friday night, a continental breakfast, and lunch on Saturday.

Reservation checks should be made out to the Arkansas Daylily Society and sent by May 30th to Carey Roberts, 2008 W 8th St, Russellville, Arkansas 72801. Late registration will cost $30.00 and can be paid Friday evening at the hotel site or at 7:30 AM, Saturday morning at the first tour garden l (8 River Road East, Mayflower). Gift plants will be provided as well, and a small auction of Phelps introductions is planned.

For more information, please contact Carey Roberts by email or telephone (479-964-5115). Maps and directions for the tour locations will be provided upon registration.