Daylily, Iris and Rose Collection Gardens

Give your senses a treat! Plan to stay a while and wander amongst a rainbow of colors in our Daylily, Iris, and Rose Collections! With future expansion, beautiful collections of conifers, hostas, a peonies will also be introduced.

The Daylily Collection

The daylily, which is often referred to by its genus name of Hemerocallis, has become one of the most popular herbaceous perennials to have in the garden. There are several reasons for its popularity. Along with their beauty, gardeners love that they are easy to grow and maintain.

The collection began with a gift of 250 Hemerocallis cultivars from the Leon and Mary Delmez estate in the fall of 1996.

To view the Daylily collection, please click on the following link

KSU Gardens Daylily Collection.pdf

The Iris Collection

Here, in the KSU Gardens, our Iris collection has hundreds of different varieties, mostly tall bearded, but there are also some of the Dwarf and Siberian varieties. The family of Leon and Mary Delmez donated 174 different types of Irises that gave the collection a great start. Many recent donations have come from local members of the Flint Hills Iris Society and are enabling the collection to grow.

Each year the Flint Hills Iris Society, along with the KSU Gardens, host an Iris sale generally the last Saturday in July. Proceeds from these sales benefit the Iris collection in finding their permanent home located in the Conservatory Garden: Phase II of the gardens.

To view the Iris Collection and to download our Iris Screensaver feature some of our favorite Iris, click on the following links.

KSU Gardens Iris Collection.pdf
Iris_Sale_2006.pdf
IRIS Screensaver_Setup.exe

The Rose Collection

In 1989, the Westervelt family donated the services of their company (Blueville Nursery) to install walkways for a garden area tucked back in a secluded location east of the Conservatory. The construction of this garden was the first in the new KSU Gardens. Due to the sponsorship of Albert H. and Clare (Russell) Ottaway '28 in 1991, this secluded garden was developed into the new Rose Garden. Today, as part of it's educational purpose, examples of different types of roses can be observed in a beautiful collection of over 300 rose plants.