Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society plans garden tours of seven sites
DAYLILIES IN ALL their glory are on display this month through the courtesy of the gardeners who tend them. Tours make it easier for growers and enthusiasts to share the fascination.
“Open gardens enable the public to see daylilies at peak bloom, in large and small spaces, and visitors can see other plants that grow well with daylilies,” said. Nancy Chain of FigLily Acres, who is the president of the Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society.
The Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society has named seven gardens for the 2007 Daylily Garden Tours May 26-28. Four of the seven are American Hemerocallis Society Display Gardens. The daylily showplaces are throughout the Pine Belt, stretching from the Hattiesburg area to Sumrall and Monticello.
The gardens on the tour are:
# Suburban Daylilies, Earl and Barbara Watts, 60 Serene Meadows Dr., Hattiesburg, (601) 268-3884.
# Wally and Evelyn Wesley, 32 Lake Serene Blvd., Hattiesburg, (601) 264-8237.
# River Road Daylilies, Randy and Schanta Preuss, 2263 Old Highway 27 N. Monticello, (601) 587-0148.
# River Road Daylilies, Ted and Sandra Preuss, 2143 Old Highway 27 N., Monticello, (601) 587-7676.
# FigLily Acers, Edd and Nancy Chain, 47 Nobles Road, Sumrall, (601) 268-3611.
# Tibbetts Garden, John Tibbetts, 73 Highpointe Drive, Hattiesburg, (601) 261-0331.
# The Burkett Garden, Mary Lois Burkett, 801 N. 30th Ave., Hattiesburg, (601) 264-7440.
Directions to gardens are at www.hattiesburgdaylily.com or www.visithattie.com. You can pick up a copy at the Hattiesburg Visitors Center or call the number listed with the garden.
The garden tours precede the 12th Annual Daylily Show June 16. The daylily show is held at Lake Terrace Convention Center and is the largest daylily show in the nation, with more than700 entries expected for judging. Categories for judging include bloom and use of the flower in an arrangement.
The show will be open to the public from 1-5 p.m. June 16. A plant sale will begin at 10 a.m. the same day. The show is free, and groups and tours are welcome.
Show information is available at www.hattiesburgdaylily.com.
source : www.hattiesburgamerican.com
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