Botting Garden...#2 on our tour...

Here we are at the second garden of the 2009 AHS Region 3 Meeting hosted by the National Capital Daylily Club...the garden of Paul and Maxine Botting. The Bottings both hybridize with Maxine's special interest being diploid miniatures. The garden, as you will see, has quite a variety of daylilies, including seedlings.

Here's our first glimpse....the daylilies are safely enclosed behind these gates...


Let's get to checking out those daylilies!

ALL AMERICAN BABY...


JUST ANOTHER LOVE...


TUNE THE HARP...


The Bottings have other interests...


LITTLE RED DAZZLER...


SWEDISH GIRL..


SPIRIT WORLD...


I think I see a pond...


Yep...


SHY MAIDEN...


LEDGEWOOD'S CALICO BLUES...


a duo...


The Bottings use some of the Kincaid markers...really nice..


EVERY LITTLE THING...


SILOAM LOUISE WATTS...


The daylilies are laid out in a series of angled beds...this shot to give you an idea..


BROOKWOOD SWEETIE FACE...


BROOKWOOD HAWATHA...


LOUGHRY clump...


closer...


I'll just stick in some random shots of their garden, so that you can see that it is much more than just daylilies...


A very special daylily here...LAURA'S DOUBLE DELIGHT...a Botting introduction named after their granddaughter....we'll see more of this great daylily later...





SILOAM WENDY GLAWSON...


a clump view...


LAVENDER MINUTIA...


LUCKY PIERRE and REGENCY DANDY (we'll see them individually in a moment)...




LUCKY PIERRE...


closer...


REGENCY DANDY...putting on a spectacular show...




wow, huh...



This is a seedling 410-1 SHY x SLW...


as a clump...

one more look...




SILOAM MIDNIGHT...


SPACECOAST TINY PERFECTION...


ROSE CATHERINE...



Another lovely seedling...


Its label...


in a clump...


CARIBBEAN MISTY MARTIN...



BROOKWOOD APRICOT NECTAR...


closer...


Seedling...


its label...


Gussied Up


SANFORD TOAD HALL..



YELLOW EXPLOSION...


HAPPY HOOLIGAN...


ROCKET BOOSTER...


EYES ON THE PRIZE...




PEGGY JEFFCOAT...


BRIDGETON DOLL...


MY NICHE...


YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE..


Seedlings...future intros, perhaps...


SILOAM GREEN STRIPE...


again...


JAVANESE JEWEL...


CHESAPEAKE CRABLEGS...



COLLIER...


INNOCENT BLUSH, being shy...


Two views of CALCULATED AMBIGUITY...




After the angled beds in front, there are these series of rows...


ROSES IN SNOW...


as a clump...


Botting Seedling 559-2


Michael Miller's SMALL WORLD BRIAN...


another view...


for SMALL WORLD BRIAN...


Don Herr's HER BEST BLOOMERS...




OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING...


again...


more...


BOGIE AND BECALL...


ON LINE (three views..,)






three views of HUCKLEBERRY CANDY...






Let's revisit the fabulous LAURA'S DOUBLE DELIGHT as there is a great clump of it over here...




You can see it's up for the award also....I believe it was the winner!


CAJUN CHRISTMAS...


SPACECOAST GOLD BONANZA...


FORGOTTEN BLUES...


Don Herr's HER PURPLE EYELINER...


Look how it stands out in a clump...


STRAWBERRY ICING...


Two more seedlings...

Botting Seedling 554-3


PD-600-3


That can't be the whistle! There's so much I haven't seen! Like this row...


I do pause when I see the famous BUTTER CREAM....which I've never seen before...


worth a closer look...


One more look back...


Well, look here...I was in such a hurry to get to the daylilies that I didn't even see this rock garden before...



This was really fun and I'm filled with a new enthusiasm for miniature daylilies! Thanks so much to the Bottings for sharing their lovely garden with us.

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Next stop is the Bange garden....stay tuned.