LilyFest 2008
LilyFest 2008
Saturday September 6, 2008
Our fourth annual International Waterlily Collection Celebration was held on Saturday September 6th, 2008 at Civic League Park in San Angelo, Texas from 9 a.m. until noon.
LilyFest was hosted by San Angelo’s Park & Recreation Service Area, the Council of Garden Clubs, the Tom Green County Master Gardeners, Keep San Angelo Beautiful, and supporters of the International Waterlily Collection. The event celebrates San Angelo’s unique, important, and beautiful asset – the International Waterlily Collection (an IWGS Certified Nymphaea Collection).
LilyFest activities included a tour of the Collection by Ken Landon.
Water gardening and landscape experts were on hand to answer questions, plus vendors catering to horticulture and backyard water gardening had tables set up with materials. There were a number of vendors selling pictures, giving out educational material and generally aiding all in having a good time.
The following is a list of Hardy waterlilies that were grown and displayed for the 2008 season…
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alba occidentalis
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Elisee
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Norma Gedye
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Andreana
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Escarboucle
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Ozark Queen
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Arc-en-ciel
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Fabiola
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Paul Hariot
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Arethusa
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Fabiola
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Peter Slocum
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Atropurpurea
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Flammea
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Phoebus
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Attraction
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Gloriosa
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Pink Sensation
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Aurora
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Hermine
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Robinsoni
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Carnea
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James Brydon
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Rosy Morn
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Charles de Meurville
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Joanne Pring
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Seignoureti
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Chrometella
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King of the Yellows
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Sulphurea Okeechobee
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Chrysantha
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Laydekeri Fulgens
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Sultan
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Colorado
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Little Sue
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Sunburst
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Comanche
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Lucida (Elizabeth)
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Sunny Pink
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Darwin
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Mangkala Ubol
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Texas Dawn
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Denver
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Mayla
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Yellow Queen
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Doll House
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Moon Dance
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All three Victoria’s were on display…Victoria amazonica, Victoria cruziana and the Victoria ‘Longwood Hybrid’
Many Australians were on display including the following…Nymphaea ‘Blue Cloud’, Nymphaea ‘Silver Sky’, Nymphaea gigantea
There were more than 100 tropicals on display as well. The following list is just a sampling of plants that could not be seen elsewhere. Nymphaea ‘Mayor J. W. Lown’, Nymphaea ‘Mel Bel’, Nymphaea ‘Mindy Lynn’, Nymphaea ‘Lindsey Woods’, Nymphaea ‘Ineta Ruth’ as well as numerous other star lilies
