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

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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. 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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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. ¼ mile away); Pathfinder (approx. 1.2 miles away); External Tank (approx. 1.2 miles away); Main Engines (approx. 1.2 miles away); T-38 Talon (approx. 1.2 miles away); Pathfinder Orbiter (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Huntsville.

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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 202 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 24, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.