Hemerocallis 'Pearl Anniversary'
© Robert Grant-Downton
Award winners
The Society's awards for the year were announced at the recent Annual General Meeting.
The Eric Smith Rosebowl was awarded to John Baker and June Colley for publicising the Society through their garden and the Bulletin, the Dick Kitchingman Salver was awarded to Pollie Maasz for her display in the Plant Heritage Marquee at the Hampton Court Palace Show and the Peter Fernyhough Award for best show display was given to Mickfield Hostas.
The Newbold Vases for hybridising were awarded to Richard and Mary Ford, for Hosta 'Tea at Betty's' and Robert Grant-Downton for Hemerocallis 'Pearl Anniversary'.
Hosta 'Pinani Splash'
© Jeff Pinder
Our hostas and daylilies
This month sees the first photo galleries of hostas registered by members of the Society. Starting us off are hostas registered by Richard and Mary Ford and Jeff Pinder.
The cultivars in these galleries were bred in Europe and can be expected to perform well in our climate.
Next month we will feature more daylilies.
Hemerocallis 'Jerry Hyatt'
© Robert Grant-Downton
Plant Profile
In this month's Plant Profile, Robert Grant-Downton discusses Hemerocallis 'Jerry Hyatt'.
Robert writes:
Jerry Hyatt (Hanson 2004) is one of the most fashionable new daylilies, bred by Ohio grower Curt Hanson. The offspring from a tetraploid version of the famous and very popular ‘Trahlyta’, it is fast becoming one of the most widely grown and highly acclaimed modern daylilies.
As this series develops, earlier entries are being added to the archive
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