New England Daylily Society (NEDS) Meeting
Saturday, October 19, 2024
@ New Location - Boylston Town House, 
599 Main Street, Boylston, MA

The New England Daylily Society has changed the meeting place for their regular meetings.  Going forward, NEDS Meetings will be held at the Boylston Town House, 599 Main Street, Boylston, MA.  Click here for a link to Google Maps location.

We hope you'll join us for a great meeting in our new meeting space where our featured speaker will be Micheal F. Anders, Ph.D. of Findlay, OH.  Mike taught public school and college for 45 years and “officially” retired from the University of Findlay in 2016, but still continues to work part-time at UF.  He has been gardening “seriously” for about 25 years and grows approximately 2600 different daylilies on a half-acre urban lot.  Mike was instrumental in organizing Findlay's Flag City Daylily Tour that was awarded the first "Daylily Ambassador" citation by AHS in 2018. He is actively involved with AHS Region 2 and is a member of the Ohio, Black Swamp, Fort Wayne, and Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Societies, and he just had his first article published in "The Daylily Journal" this past summer.  Mike and his wife, Denise, have two adult children, as well as their 4-legged child, a miniature dachshund named Axel.

Mike's presentation is titled "Spreading the Pollen Around: 'Lavender Parade' (Fay-Moldovan, 1960)".  His presentation shows the history of the 1960 diploid introduction, 'Lavender Parade', and how it went on to become the "mother plant" of some 40% of all tetraploid cultivars.  For almost a half-century, renowned daylily hybridizer Steve Moldovan used this cultivar and its progeny extensively in his breeding program, particularly for his purple introductions, and many of today's award-winning tetraploids can trace their lineage directly back to 'Lavender Parade'.  Part 1 will present the history of 'Lavender Parade' and show the hybridizing lines of many of its award-winning progeny. Part 2 will focus specifically on Moldovan's use of 'Lavender Parade' in his hybridizing program, again showing numerous "family lines" of his awarding-winning introductions.

Mike will be bringing "paper" plants for the auction.  The plants will be sent to the winners in the spring. The list includes a few of Mike's intros, as well as several rare Moldovan intros that were introduced after his death. Click here to see the list of plants. 

We hope to see you at the Boylston Town House on Saturday, October 19th!

Meeting Agenda
10:00 - 10:30 – Arrival and Setup and Board Meeting 
10:30 - 12:00 -  Speaker Mike Anders - Part 1 as described above
12:00 - 1:00 - Potluck luncheon - Please bring a dish to share 
1:00 -  Drawing for door prize plants and short Business Meeting
1:15 -  Mike Anders - Part 2 as described above
3:00 - 3:30 - Clean up

Dates of upcoming meetings:

November 9, 2024 - NEDS Meeting - Speaker TBD
January 11, 2025 - NEDS Meeting - NEDS Photo Contest
March 8, 2025 - NEDS Meeting - Speaker TBD
April 12, 2025 - NEDS Meeting - Speaker TBD
May 2025 - May Sale - Date and location TBD
July 26, 2025 - NEDS Exhibition @ New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill