14Oct, 2024

Daylily Expert Speaks at Fall Meeting

by Geoff Ellis

The keynote speaker for the UAGC Fall Meeting and Symposium was Paul Genho, owner of the Monte Vista daylily farm in Payson, Utah. After a long career as an agricultural expert, Mr. Genho retired to pursue his childhood passion of breeding daylilies. He explained that the common “ditch lily,” Hemerocallis fulva, is a triploid or […]

10Jun, 2024

Beauty Abounds at Rose Show

by Geoff Ellis

The Utah Rose Society held its annual Rose Show on Saturday, June 8 at the Garden Center in Sugar House Park. In spite of the challenges that the weather in Utah has given us this spring, including a snowstorm, a hailstorm, and a heatwave, rose aficionados from across the Wasatch Front contributed a bountiful array […]