Saturday, December 21, 2024

Save the Date: March 28-29 2025 Pollen Dabbers featuring Curt Hanson and Michael Berrigan

Save the Date: Phil Fass and the Central Iowa Daylily Society (CIDS) invite all American Daylily Society (ADS) Region One members plus our daylily friends from neighboring Regions 2 and 11 (and beyond) to attend the annual Pollen Dabbers gathering on March 28-29 at Marshalltown Community College in Marshalltown, Iowa.

Featured daylily speaker is the renowned Curt Hanson of Crintonic Gardens in Gates Mills, Ohio. Click Crintonic Gardens to access Curt's website. Click About Crintonic Gardens to learn more about Curt's garden and his daylily hybridizing program.

'Crintonic Pancho Villa' (Curt Hanson, 2022) pic courtesy of Mary Baker

But wait--there's more! Featured daffodil speaker is Michael Berrigan from Oakdale, Minnesota. Michael hybridizes and imports narcissus and has done so for over 30 years. His extensive travels include trips to Great Britain and the Netherlands where he visits daffodil gardens and participates in shows and meetings. 
Daffodils blooming in Mary Baker's Omaha, Nebraska back yard

Registration form is not yet ready, but will soon be available on the ADS Region One website. Click ADS Region One for access to the form and information about hotel accommodations.

The wealth of knowledge from these two experienced, educational, and entertaining speakers is tremendous. Pollen Dabbers 2025 is a wonderful opportunity to see and hear them in person while enjoying fun and fellowship with treasured daylily friends. Don't let the only thing missing be you!

Saturday, October 19, 2024

ADS Region One 2024 Cultivar Awards

The American Daylily Society announced the 2024 cultivar award winners during the fall 2024 Board of Directors meeting on October 19, 2024. Two Region One daylilies won awards, one hybridized by Kathleen Nordstrom of Northern Lights Daylilies in West Concord, Minnesota and the other hybridized by Karol Emmerich of Springwood Gardens in Jordan, Minnesota.

Congratulations, Kathleen and Karol!

Annie T. Giles Award

Kathleen Nordstrom’s beautiful QUASAR CUTIE (2018, dip) won the Annie T. Giles Award in 2024 for the most outstanding small flower with greatest width of 3 inches or more, but less than 4.5 inches. QUASAR CUTIE previously won an Honorable Mention (HM) in 2023.

'Quasar Cutie' (Kathleen Nordstrom, 2018)pic courtesy of Steve Horan
For additional pictures and complete description of QUASAR CUTIE, click HERE. To view Kathleen Nordstrom and Mike Grossmann’s Northern Lights Daylilies website, click HERE.

Honorable Mention (HM)

Karol Emmerich’s gorgeous RULER OF NATIONS (2021, tet) won an HM in 2024. 

'Ruler of Nations' (Karol Emmerich, 2021)—pic courtesy of Karol Emmerich
For additional pictures and complete description of RULER OF NATIONS, click HERE. To view Karol Emmerich's Springwood Gardens website, click HERE.

Congratulations from everyone in ADS Region One, Kathleen and Karol!