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AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter Region 2 Summer Meeting Tour Gardens Once Upon A Millennium–Chicago 2000 Welcome by Pat Bell The members of the Chicagoland Daylily Society are looking forward to hosting the AHS Region 2 Meeting in Chicago during the first July of this new millennium. We are sure you will enjoy visiting the seven area gardens we have selected for your bus tour. These gardens have great collections of newer daylily cultivars as well as some of the older “must have" favorites. Some of these gardens are landscaped home gardens and some are also commercial gardens. Along with these beautiful gardens you will have an opportunity to learn from our banquet speaker, hybridizer Robert Ellison of Rockford, IL. We feel that, as our logo says, Once Upon a Millennium, Chicago 2000 has more than you dreamed for daylily growers. Last, but not least, you can enjoy the companionship of regional and out-of-region daylily friends. Note: Except as noted, all photo credits for the Region 2 Summer Meeting tour gardens go to Rosemary Balazs of Chicagoland . The Fields 2000 Display Garden Greg Neuman and Diane Hucek 1850 Caton Farm Road, near Weber Joliet, Illinois Greg Neuman and Diane Hucek, owners of The Fields on Caton Farm Road, have carved out a 5-acre garden from their 200 acre working nursery. This commercial garden hosts approximately 350 varieties of daylilies, and it is designated an official AHS Display Garden. Large, flowering beds are set in and among exquisite landscaping features. They include a gazebo, a large pergola, lakes and fountains. Brick pathways through several areas of the garden increase accessibility, and golf carts are also available for visitors. During the peak bloom season and flower show (approximately June 20 to August 2), The Fields display cut daylilies beautifully in glass vases in their showroom. Other periods of interest are the spring daffodil show followed by Siberian iris and peony displays. The Fields’ garden is open Mondays through Saturdays from 10 am to 4 pm during the peak bloom. The Fields welcome visitors, and they can easily accommodate large groups of daylily enthusiasts. Coburg Planting Fields Phillip Brockington and Howard H. Reeve, Jr. 573 East 600 North Valparaiso, Indiana 46383-9727 The Fields on Caton Farm (Photo by Beverly Smutnik) Coburg Planting Fields is a commercial nursery, national display garden, and home of Phil Brockington and Howard Reeve. Situated on a ten-acre, landscaped site outside Valparaiso, Indiana, the garden has been developing over 25 years. Howard and Phil grow approximately one thousand daylily cultivars and a sizable collection of hostas along with other perennials, trees, and shrubs. Many of the daylilies are in gardens, but most are in four fields totaling more than an acre. Page 38 Spring/Summer 2000
AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter Coburg Planting Fields (continued) Region 2 Summer Meeting Tour Gardens (continued) Of special interest is the display garden housing about 150 spiders, variants, and exotics which Howard uses for hybridizing. For the Region 2 Summer Meeting, a collection of Curt Hanson’s newer daylilies has been incorporated into the landscape. Other features of interest are a field of daylily species, a small pond with a waterfall and frog collection, some sculptures, and a setting with old farm buildings. With luck, a G-gauge model railroad will be running through one of the gardens during our tour. Phil Brockington and Howard Reeve The Sevetson Daylily Garden Diane and Bill Sevetson 5217 Lawn Ave, Western Springs, IL 60558 Diane and Bill have lived and gardened in Western Springs for some thirty-four years. They both grew up in nearby communities and also share a major interest in flowers. Before they caught the daylily bug, they had as many as 125 varieties of perennials in their garden. Bill joined the Suburban Men’s Garden Club in 1977 and was their president in 1981. Their interest in daylilies began in about 1987, and they joined the Chicagoland DS and the AHS in 1988. Bill served as president of Chicagoland for three years from 1992 through 1994. They have a typical suburban lot, which provides space for over 600 daylily varieties. They like all types of daylilies, especially largeflowered ones and doubles, to which Diane has taken a particular interest. Diane and Bill do not hybridize Diane and Bill in their Sevetson Daylily Garden because of space limitations for seedlings. They simply enjoy collecting. The Sevetson Garden has been an AHS Display Garden since 1997. During the last few years, Bill has upgraded their collection considerably. Although their collection represents cultivars from many hybridizers, their largest collections are those of Pat Stamile, Curt Hanson, Oliver Billingslea, and Doc Branch. Dr. Branch believes they have the biggest collection of his cultivars in the country, including all of his “Smuggler” series registrations to date. They have guest plants from Bob Ellison, Leo Sharp, Ottis Houston, Oliver Billingslea, and Don Albers. Bill Potter and Bill Vaughn have also provided guest plants of other hybridizers. The Pat and Chuck Bell Garden Pat and Chuck Bell 39 W 582 Deer Run Drive, St. Charles, IL 60175 The two-acre country garden of Chuck and Pat Bell incorporates a wide variety of perennials for both sun and shade. Daylilies are a prominent feature in the sunny borders, but perennials, ornamental grasses and shrubs are used to create interesting views throughout the year. Pat, an avid plant collector, has designed and planted areas to incorporate different textures and colors to enhance the viewing of their 400-plus daylilies. In the shady part of the garden, numerous varieties of hosta, ferns, and other shade-loving perennials are featured. Spring/Summer 2000 Page 39
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