It has been 6 years since we visited the garden of Joan and George Rasmussen and we are delighted to be invited back. As charter members of Tri-State the Rasmussens also have the distinction of being the very first garden on tour for the Society in June of 1994. George's interest in hostas dates back to 1973, and though he has a sizeable hosta collection, and is credited with introducing H.'Island Charm'and several other hosta cultivars to the market, it is his hybridizing of daylilies that has won him national acclaim. His daylily 'Adorable Tiger' won the President's Cup at the 2006 National Daylily Convention, an Award of Merit in 2007, and the Don C. Stevens Award in 2008. It has been nominated for the 2009 Stout Silver Medal, the highest medal awarded to a single cultivar annually in the world of daylilies. (For more information on George and Joan see the feature article that appeared in the current issue of the quarterly Daylily Journal). Hopefully, we will still be able to see the daylilies blooming in this beautiful garden, but though they might be past their peak, the hostas will still look terrific!
