| DAVID METZGER HAS BEEN AWARDED A LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN RADS FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE GROUP. DAVID IS WIDELY RESPECTED AS A “PLANTSMAN EXTRAORDINAIRE”. BESIDES GROWING DAYLILIES, DAVID HAS EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF HOSTA, STAGHORN FERNS, DAHLIA, AND AROIDS JUST TO NAME A FEW MAJOR GROUPS. HE HAS WENT ON EXPEDITIONS TO SOUTH AMERICA TO COLLECT SOME OF THE RARER SPECIES THAT HE IS INTERESTED IN. HIS HOME AND GARDEN HAS BEEN THE SITE OF NUMEROUS RADS PICNICS
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| DAVID RECEIVES HIS LIFE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE FROM PAULETTE MILLER |
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| DAVID’S LIFE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE |
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| THIS METZGER SEEDLING WON THE 2006 HYBRIDIZER AWARD |
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| RVP LEN LEHMAN PRESENTS THE AWARD TO DAVID |
DAYLILIES HYBRIDIZED BY DAVID METZGER
Clark Earl Metzger (Metzger, 2006)
height 45″, bloom 8.5″, season EM, Dormant, Diploid, 18 buds, 3 branches, Golden orange with mahogany eye above golden green throat. (Cleopatra × Tigereye Spider)
Metzger’s Purple Storm (Metzger-Reed, 2014)
height 42″, bloom 6.5″, season M, Dormant, Diploid, uF Crispate, Ruffled black purple with faint darker band and lime green throat blending to yellow
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| DAVID PICKING WINNING NUMBERS FOR THE PLANT SWAP AT HIS HOME |
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| DAVID GROOMING A SCAPE FOR THE FLOWER SHOW |
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| RICHARD DITTMAN LOOKS ON AS DAVID REMOVES A BLEMISH |
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| DAVID METZGER RELAXING AT THE 2004 RADS CHRISTMAS PARTY |
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| DAVID AND CURT HANSON AT LADYBUG BEAUTIFUL GARDENS |
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| DAVID RECENTLY CELEBRATED HIS 80TH BIRTHDAY AT A RADS MEETING |