The 9th Annual Hybridizers' Roundup took place at 1 PM on October 12th at the Cedar County Extension Office in Tipton. It was preceded at 11 AM by a 2020 Regional organizational meeting and at noon by our potluck lunch and social hour. After the Roundup, a short business meeting was led by President Nancy Rash. Thirty-six members attended the meeting including new member Lyn Hafner (Iowa City). It was great to see Loren and Myrna Hass back amongst us again. Seven CVIDS hybridizers showed us their latest seedlings and introductions. Their presentations can be viewed by clicking on the names below. Many thanks to the hybridizers for sharing their creations with us! The business meeting minutes, which require ratification at the November Banquet, can be accessed here.

Jonathan's note of explanation: In my talk (which may take a little time to load), you'll see photos of the house that Susie and I are buying in Fort Collins, CO. If all goes well, closing will be on October 30th. We will greatly miss our CVIDS friends but are very excited (and nervous!) about the new step in our life that we are about to take. As is typical of Colorado homes, we will not have a large garden nor will we have the quarter-acre plot that Joe and Mary-Jo Duffy have kindly lent us for the past decade. So, from the approx. 1,300 daylilies that we have in Iowa, we shall have to dramatically downsize! I estimate that we shall have room in our Colorado garden for only 35 lilies at the most. Clearly, I shall take my 10 introductions but how can I select the other 25 lilies? My talk introduces its viewers to six different groups of lilies from which I must make my final choices. In Spring 2020, there will be many lilies looking for new homes. If you might be interested to have some at no cost, please contact me and let me know how many you'd like. Thank you!