美国 Grace Gardens 优雅萱草花园 – 美国萱草协会官方认证展示花园

Grace Gardens 是位于美国纽约州 Yates County Penn Yan 镇附近、Seneca 湖南端的一家家族经营萱草（Hemerocallis）专类展示花园。1994 年，Tom Rood 夫妇将家族原有的一片葡萄园改建为家庭萱草园，并以 Tom 母亲 Grace Rood（1957 年开始种植萱草）的名字命名。经过 30 余年持续扩充，花园现拥有 2000 余个注册萱草品种，包括多个 ADS 奖项获奖者，以及 Tom 与已故妻子 Kathy 共同培育的 150 余个自育杂交品种，是美国萱草协会（AHS/ADS）官方认证的展示花园。花园对公众免费开放，每年 6 月底至 8 月初为常规开放期，7 月中下旬为盛花期。游客亦可通过 USPS 邮寄方式购买单株或双分蘖苗，订单以 5 月 15 日至 10 月 15 日为周期。

创立背景与命名

Grace Gardens 的命名源于 Tom Rood 的母亲 Grace Rood。Grace Rood 自 1957 年起在自家宅院种植萱草，1972 年将包括 400 余品种的私藏转入儿子的居所。1994 年，Tom 与 Kathy 在 Seneca 湖西岸、纽约上州 Finger Lakes 葡萄酒产区中心的平缓东坡上，开垦约 5 英亩的葡萄园旧址，建立今天的 Grace Gardens。200 余英亩的葡萄园环绕四周，加上 Seneca 湖”香蕉带”小气候，冬季严寒被水体调节，使花园成为纽约上州少数能稳定种植反季节杂交萱草的展示园。Kathleen Rood（Kathy）于 2020 年辞世，她的骨灰撒于园内”2 East”花圃中，花园由 Tom 继续维护，并有数位门诺派志愿者协助除草。

品种规模与专类特色

Grace Gardens 以杂交萱草（Hemerocallis hybrida）为唯一专类，截至 2026 年初，花园保有 2000 余个注册萱草品种，包括多个 ADS 奖项获奖者。馆藏重点之一是 Pauline Henry 系列”SILOAM”萱草，是全球规模最大的 Siloam 系列品种汇集地之一。Tom 与 Kathy 自 1990 年代起专注”晚花”杂交方向，旨在将盛花期后延至 7 月下旬至 8 月初，弥补 Finger Lakes 地区 8 月花期空档；累计推出自育品种逾 150 个，分 Tom（56 个前作 + 2017/2019/2020/2023 多批新作）与 Kathy（50 个前作 + 2017/2019/2020/2023 多批新作）两支线。品种按四倍体、晚花型、香型、蜘蛛花型、重瓣型、特殊花型、常绿/半常绿/休眠等园艺学特性分类陈列，所有挂牌植株均附品种名。

公众开放与 ADS 展示花园

Grace Gardens 是美国萱草协会（AHS/ADS）官方认证的展示花园，对公众免费开放，无门票。常规开放时间为 6 月底至 8 月初的周四至周六 10:00–16:00 与周日 13:00–16:00；远道来访者建议提前致电确认当值人员。盛花期为 7 月中旬，Tom 自育的晚花系列主要在 7 月第三周后开放。园内设多处坐凳、遮荫与野餐桌，最近的公共卫生间位于 Fox Run 葡萄园。花园距雪城、罗切斯特、伊萨卡及 Elmira-Corning 各约一小时车程，沿 14 号公路北起 Geneva、南至 Watkins Glen 一线分布着 10 余家酒庄与数家精酿啤酒厂/蒸馏厂，可作为配套访问路线。自 2026 年起，花园不再举办年度开放日活动，但仍欢迎常规开放时段来访。

邮购订购与配送

Grace Gardens 通过美国邮政 Priority Mail 向全美 50 州发货，订单周期为每年 5 月 15 日至 10 月 15 日；2026 年起不再接受加拿大与欧洲订单。运费为首 4 株 17 美元、其后每株 0.75 美元，单笔订单满 150 美元免运费（限美国境内），纽约州地址需另附 8% 销售税。所有品种以双分蘖（double fan）出货，售罄时改为两株单分蘖；少数已售罄品种可于 8 月末至 9 月补货。所有标价以美元计，品种真实性、抵达时健康状况均有保证。Grace Gardens 是纽约州农业部注册并检查的无锈病（rust-free）持证苗圃。

官网: https://gracegardens.com/

Overview

Grace Gardens is a family-operated daylily (Hemerocallis) display garden located on the western shore of Seneca Lake in Yates County, New York, between the village of Penn Yan and the city of Geneva. Established in 1994 by Tom Rood and his late wife Kathy, the five-acre garden is named in memory of Tom’s mother Grace Rood, who began growing daylilies at the family home in 1957. Over thirty years, the garden has assembled more than 2,000 registered daylily cultivars, including ADS award winners and 150-plus Tom and Kathy introductions, and is recognized as an official American Daylily Society (ADS) Display Garden. Visitors are welcome free of charge during the late-June through early-August public season, with mid-July marking peak bloom. Mail orders of field-grown double fans ship via USPS Priority Mail from May 15 through October 15.

Founding History and Naming

Grace Gardens takes its name from Tom Rood’s mother Grace Rood, who began hybridizing daylilies at the family property in 1957 and in 1972 transferred her personal collection of more than 400 cultivars to Tom and Kathy’s home. In 1994, the couple cleared a portion of an adjacent vineyard on the gentle east-sloping terrain of the Finger Lakes region and laid out the present garden, expanding the original stock with over 2,000 modern cultivars. The site sits within the so-called Banana Belt microclimate of Seneca Lake, whose 35-mile-long, 600-foot-deep water mass moderates upstate New York winters and extends the growing season enough to support late-blooming hybridizing work. Kathy Rood passed away in 2020, and her ashes rest in Bed 2 East of the display garden. The garden is maintained by Tom with the help of Mennonite volunteer weeders.

Collection Scope and Hybridizing Program

The garden is dedicated exclusively to hybrid daylilies (Hemerocallis hybrida). Its current holdings exceed 2,000 registered cultivars, including several ADS award winners and one of the largest public assemblages of Pauline Henry’s “SILOAM” series daylilies. Tom and Kathy began hybridizing in the 1990s with the deliberate aim of pushing bloom later than the regional mid-July peak, producing late-blooming cultivars that extend the Finger Lakes daylily season into late July and early August. The program has yielded more than 150 introductions to date, divided between Tom’s line (56 prior releases plus 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2023 introductions) and Kathy’s line (50 prior releases plus 2017, 2019, 2020, and 2023 introductions). Cultivars are organized by horticultural traits—tetraploid, spider, double, unusual form, fragrant, evergreen, semi-evergreen, and dormant—and every registered plant is labeled.

Public Visiting and ADS Display Garden Status

Grace Gardens is an officially recognized American Daylily Society Display Garden and is open to visitors free of charge. Public hours run from late June through early August, Thursdays through Saturdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; visitors traveling from a distance are encouraged to call ahead to confirm staff presence. Peak bloom falls in mid-July, with Tom’s late-blooming introductions reaching their peak slightly later, around the third week of July. The garden provides multiple benches, shade structures, and a picnic table, and restrooms are available nearby at Fox Run Vineyards. The site lies roughly an hour’s drive from Syracuse, Rochester, Ithaca, and Elmira-Corning, and is surrounded by more than ten Finger Lakes wineries within two miles. As of 2026 the annual open house has been discontinued, but walk-in visitors remain welcome during scheduled hours.

Mail Orders and Shipping

Mail orders are accepted from May 15 through October 15 and ship via USPS Priority Mail within the United States only; Canadian and European orders are no longer accepted as of 2026. Shipping is charged at $17 for the first four plants plus $0.75 for each additional plant, with free shipping on U.S. orders over $150; New York State addresses must add 8 percent sales tax. Prices are listed in U.S. dollars and quoted per double fan, with two single fans supplied when the double fan is sold out. A small number of sold-out cultivars may become available for late-August through September delivery. Grace Gardens is a rust-free nursery registered and inspected by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Cultivars are guaranteed true to name and to arrive in good condition.

Official Site: https://gracegardens.com/