ABOUT OUR GARDEN

Welcome to our website featuring daylily favorites for central Florida. We are a small commercial garden that has grown from an original 5 plants in 1976 to currently over 400 cultivars. Daylilies are located at our home in Tampa which is also an AHS Display Garden and in Lake Panasoffkee, seventy miles north and close to I-75.

Our goal is to increase the enjoyment and horticultural knowledge of the daylily for all gardeners. There’s no morning more exciting than those during bloom season. It’s then that I rush through the paper before first light in order to see what palate of colors may be awaiting me outside! People who scoff at a flower which only blooms “for a day” haven’t yet experienced the extended beauty of
the 10 – 30+ blooms borne on a single scape of the more recently introduced cultivars. A “scape” is the vertical daylily “stem” that branches and yields buds and blooms. If you want to go by the numbers, just 5 plants with 2 fans each could yield 100 to 400 blooms. The over 50,000 different registered cultivars offer a never ending variety of size, color combinations, and form for the beginning and experienced gardener alike.

If you’ve only seen a few daylilies in person, please take advantage of the daylily shows in your area and your eyes and senses will be delighted! Besides the blooms, you will find daylilies for sale at great bargain prices and club members that are eager to share information about their favorite flower. There are 6 major shows in Florida during May of each year and show schedules are posted on the AHS website by Region (FL is Region 12). Go to www.daylilies.org for schedules and information. The site also offers lots of additional information. Our local club – the Bay Area Daylily Society’s website is www.bads.us. Our meetings are usually the 3rd Saturday of the month September through June. Meeting locations vary as do the programs but our members will be glad to talk with you anytime. For information specific to Florida and show dates around the state check our regional site which is www.ahsregion12.org.