Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Van Valkenburgh Daylily Garden
Photographed by Larry Gertner, June 19, 2019
1. Van Valkenburgh Daylily Garden Marker
The Van Valkenburgh Daylily Garden features a collection of approximately 800 cultivars of daylilies in a spectacular array of colors, sizes, shapes and flower forms. The display garden continues to evolve every year as the latest introductions are added, while interpretative labels identify each plant cultivar and its hybridizer. Although the scientific name for Daylily, Hemerocallis, means “beauty for a day”, the garden is a riot throughout our hot Alabama summer with the peak season being in June.
Garden founder Rosa Belle Van Valkenburgh has been a steadfast champion of the Huntsville Botanical Garden from its inception and this garden is named in her honor. Through her efforts, our daylily garden is named in her honor. Through her efforts our daylily garden has been recognized by the American Hemerocallis Society as an official Garden Display Garden, and through her relationships with hybridizers we are able to introduce new selections each year.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Horticulture & Forestry.
Location. 34° 42.431′ N, 86° 37.934′ W. Marker is in Huntsville, Alabama, in Madison County. It can be reached from Bob Wallace Avenue Southwest. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Huntsville Botanical Garden, Huntsville AL 35805, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Regionally, this marker is in North Alabama. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Jesup Wagon (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ala. Red-Bellied Turtle (approx. 0.2 miles away); The Columns (approx. Ό mile away); Pathfinder (approx. 1.2 miles away); Shuttle Training Aircraft (approx. 1.2 miles away); External Tank (approx. 1.2 miles away); Main Engines (approx. 1.2 miles away); Seasoned Global Traveler (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.
Photographed by Larry Gertner, June 19, 2019
2. Van Valkenburgh Daylily Garden
Photographed by Larry Gertner, June 19, 2019
3. Van Valkenburgh Daylily Garden
Credits. This page was last revised on May 24, 2020. It was originally submitted on May 24, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. This page has been viewed 374 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 24, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.
