Mark your calendar for an enjoyable weekend of Daylily Addiction. From wonderful auction plants to good company, this is a fun weekend. Our Friday night speakers will be Region 11 hybridizers Bobby Scott and Eric Tankesley-Clarke. If you follow Bobby on Facebook, you will be familiar with the wonderful new introductions coming out of Topguns. Eric is revitalizing the Adam Grove program with new introductions from Bob’s final crosses. Saturday will feature the husband and wife hybridizing program of Michael Grossman and Kathleen Nordstrom from Northern Lights Daylilies in Zone 4, Minnesota. They each plant about 5,000 seeds a year and register about ten new introductions yearly. After the presentations of their hybridizing programs everyone is invited to take part in the Hybridizer’s round table. This casual discussion is time to ask those questions…even if you do not hybridize. Saturday night the BIG auction will begin after the catered dinner. Michael Bouman and his team always assemble a great selection of plants to buy. Bring your credit card (checks accepted) and be ready to bid. The weekend also features a photo contest run by Laura Hood. Information for entering is in an article in the Mokanok. Cash prizes are awarded to the winning photos. You must be registered to win. Connie Snow will again supervise the Bag and Silent auctions. Items will be available by raffle ticket or silent bid on Friday night and Saturday. The silent auction ends before dinner on Saturday. Sunday morning features the Region 11 hybridizer’s presentations of their latest seedlings and introductions. There will be a short meeting for Region 11 announcements and the bag auction drawing. Please contact me at legwh85@mokancomm.net if you need any other information.
