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Greetings!
WELCOME TO DAYLILY E-NEWS, an electronic newsletter for all who share an interest in daylilies, including members of the American Hemerocallis Society and other horticultural organizations, educators, garden writers, news media, and others who love to garden.
Daylily E-News will offer information, announcements, and the latest news about daylilies and the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS). It's easy to subscribe--just click the "Join Our Mailing List" button in the column at right. You may also subscribe via a link at the AHS website, or you may send an email to daylilyenews@daylilies.org and ask to be added to the Daylily E-News email list.
For much more about daylilies, visit the AHS website (see QUICK LINKS) and let the Home Page be your guide. A comprehensive Site Map is available for the site.
To look up a daylily registration, use the QUICK LINK to the On-Line Daylily Database. The link will take you to a searchable database of all daylilies that have been officially registered through AHS, which is the registering body for all Hemerocallis worldwide. The database is periodically updated with the newest registrations. The AHS Registrar is also in the process of adding photos to make the database even more useful.
Another QUICK LINK will take you to Charlotte's Daylily Diary, where you will find access to daylily images, hybridizer websites, and a slide show of the Garden of the Week. You are sure to enjoy a visit to her information-packed site.
You may unsubscribe from Daylily E-News at any time by clicking on SafeUnsubscribe, which you will find in each issue.
We hope you enjoy Daylily E-News!
Kathleen Lamb
AHS Publicity Chair
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Join AHS in 2008 and receive a voucher for FREE daylilies
If you join AHS as a new member before September 2008, you will receive a voucher worth $25 or more to use with a participating daylily vendor.
This popular program debuted in 2007, and vendors have agreed to continue for 2008. Current AHS members who upgrade their membership to a higher level will also qualify for a voucher.
Vendors may require a minimum purchase,
and some vendors may offer a voucher of higher value than others. Members must pay shipping (and phyto certificates where applicable). A minimum purchase may apply.
A member may receive a voucher one time only. Upon receipt of your membership application, the AHS Executive Secretary will send you a voucher along with a list of participating vendors.
See details at AHS Voucher Program or use the Quick Link.
Join AHS today-by mail or through the Internet-and discover the exciting world of daylilies!
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NEW Special Chair heads AHS Photography
and Video Awards
Curtis Montgomery is the new AHS Special Chair for Photography and Video Awards. On behalf of AHS, Curtis invites all AHS members to submit their best daylily images for the annual AHS Photography and Video Award competition.
The deadline for photography and video submissions is April 1, 2008, as determined by the postmark on the mailing container.
You must be a member of AHS to participate. In general you may submit as many slides as desired, but only ten digital images per award category. Categories include landscapes, individual blooms, daylily clumps, sequences of 2-20 images, and videos. For complete rules, see the Judging Daylilies handbook (available through AHS), or go to the AHS webpage AHS Photography and Video Awards.
Due to the popularity of digital photography and the declining interest in slides, AHS is phasing out slide media and will probably move to a digital-only contest in 2009. Plan accordingly for your upcoming bloom season photography.
Send all entries for AHS Photography and Video Awards to:
Curtis Montgomery, Special Chair
AHS Service & Other Individual Awards
1711 Phantom Ave.
San Jose CA 95125
408-371-8572
montg@pacbell.net
Please note: Due to production time, the correct information for submitting photos and videos may not appear in The Daylily Journal until the Spring 2008 issue (release date March 10, 2008).
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Volunteer Opportunity
AHS seeks Ad Manager
AHS is looking for a person to volunteer to fill a new staff position as Advertising Manager for the American Hemerocallis Society.
The position has the major responsibility for soliciting advertising copy of appropriate nature for the various venues of the AHS. Examples are advertisements for The Daylily Journal, soliciting nurseries for inclusion in the AHS Source List to be listed both in The Daylily Journal and on the AHS Website, and images for the Photo Gallery in The Daylily Journal. The position also is responsible for soliciting nurseries to participate in the AHS Voucher Program for membership and for distributing AHS Award winners along with the AHS logo to selected commercial nurseries to urge their use in the nurseries' catalogs and websites to advertise these winners.
For more information, go to AHS Ad Manager
Contact: Mary Collier Fisher mfisher@rics.bwh.harvard.edu, or call: 508-668-7399
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Recent AHS appointments
Photographic Media Librarian
Nikki
Schmith recently accepted appointment as AHS Photographic Media
Librarian. This newly created position resulted from the restructuring
of AHS committees. Nikki's PowerPoint expertise will be invaluable in
working with AHS committees to develop new daylily presentations that
will be made available to the AHS membership.
Garden Judges Special Chair
Joanne
Larson recently accepted appointment as Garden Judges Special Chair.
Former Special Chair Melissa Begnaud resigned due to personal
circumstances. AHS extends a sincere thank you to Melissa for her
service to AHS.
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The Daylily Journal has a new Executive Editor
Meg McKenzie is the new Executive Editor for The Daylily Journal, the official quarterly magazine published by AHS. Meg's debut issue will be the Summer 2008 Journal.
To submit articles, advertising, and photographs for upcoming issues of The Daylily Journal, please contact:
Meg McKenzie
1936 Wensley Ave
El Centro, CA 92243
760-235-8243 (voice); 760-337-2139 (fax)
MegMcKenzieDaylilies@yahoo.com.
AHS
is grateful to Carolyn McLain for her dedication and service to AHS as
Interim Editor during the past year as well as for the assistance she
gave her late husband Allen while he was Editor. Carolyn will continue
as Special Publications Editor.
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For details, follow the links or find more information at AHS Events
AHS Region 10 Mid-Winter Symposium (MWS)
2008 MWS
February 1-3, 2008
Nashville, Tennessee
 Meeting
2008 Region 11 Winter Meeting
February 15-17, 2008
Kansas City, Missouri
AHS Region 2 Winter Symposium
2008 Region 2 Winter Symposium
February 22-24, 2008
Cleveland, Ohio
12th Annual Can-Am Daylily Classic
2008 Can-Am Classic
April 18-20, 2008
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
2008 AHS National Convention-Houston
2008 AHS National Convention
May 14-17, 2008
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Hemerocallis 'Lavender Blue Baby' wins dual daylily honors
Austin, TX - October 29, 2007. 
Daylily garden judges throughout North America have voted and awarded the American Hemerocallis Society's highest honor, the Stout Silver Medal, to 'Lavender Blue Baby' for the year 2007. (Photo by Julie Covington, Roanoke VA. Used with permission.)
AHS established the Stout Silver Medal in 1950 and named the award in honor of Arlow Burdette Stout for his more than fifty years of dedication to and advancement of the daylily.
Hundreds of AHS garden judges throughout the United States and Canada cast votes to select one superior daylily to win this annual award. In determining this award, garden judges evaluate the complete plant (including performance, vigor, and distinction) as well as beauty.
'Lavender Blue Baby' also received the Don C. Stevens Award, which is awarded annually to the best eyed or banded daylily.
Jack Carpenter of Center, Texas, introduced 'Lavender Blue Baby' in 1996. It is registered as a 5.5" lavender blue flower with a lavender blue eyezone and a green throat.
The daylily 'Bela Lugosi' captured this year's vote for the Lenington All-American Award.
The AHS Board of Directors determines the winner of this award, which goes to a daylily that has been registered for at least ten years and performs outstandingly throughout most regions of the country.
Gardeners may count on this tried and true winner for excellent garden performance.
'Bela Lugosi', registered in 1995, is a mid-season bloomer with 6" deep purple flowers. The hybridizer is Curt Hanson of Gates Mills, Ohio. (Photo by Andrea Weaver, Wichita KS. Used with permission.)
The following daylilies won 2007 AHS awards in additional categories:
 'Her Best Bloomers' won the Annie T. Giles Award for best small flowering daylily. 'Her Best Bloomers' is a 4" fuchsia red flower with a red eye. Don Herr of Lancaster, Pennsylvania is the hybridizer. (Photo by Julie Covington, Roanoke VA. Used with permission.)
 'Iddy Biddy Gal' won the Donn Fischer Memorial Award for best miniature flowering daylily (under 3"). 'Iddy Biddy Gal' is a 2.5" coral pink blend flower with a lighter edge. The hybridizer is Grace Stamile of Enterprise, Florida. (Photo by Francois Verhaert, Belgium. Used with permission.)
 'Jerry Pate Williams' won the Early Season Bloom Award. 'Jerry Pate Williams' is a 5.5" double flower with intense melon coloring with a pink overlay. The hybridizer is David Kirchhoff of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky. (Photo by Julie Covington, Roanoke VA. Used with permission.)
 'Yabba Dabba Doo' was the winner of the Eugene S. Foster Award for best late blooming daylily. 'Yabba Dabba Doo' is a 10" medium purple spider with a large chartreuse throat. The hybridizer is the late Ra Hansen formerly of Geneva, Florida. (Photo by Julie Covington, Roanoke VA. Used with permission.)
 Darla Anita' won the Extra Large Diameter Award. 'Darla Anita' is a 7" lavender blend with a gold edge. The hybridizer is John Kinnebrew, Jr. of Scottsmoor, Florida. (Photo by Julie Covington, Roanoke VA. Used with permission.)
 'Long Tall Sally' was the winner of the Harris Olson Spider Award. 'Long Tall Sally' is a 14" red spider daylily with a yellow throat. The hybridizer is Dan Trimmer of Enterprise, Florida. (Photo by Rich Rosen, Austin TX. Used with permission.)
 'Night Embers' won the Ida Munson Award for the best double flowered daylily. 'Night Embers' is a bing cherry red double flower with a white edge. Patrick Stamile of Enterprise, Florida, is the hybridizer. (Photo by Tim Fehr. Eau Claire WI. Used with permission.)
 'North Wind Dancer' won the Lambert/Webster Award for the best unusual form daylily. 'North Wind Dancer' is a 7.5" pink lavender with a yellow green throat. The hybridizer is gary Schaben of Monticello, Minnesota. (Photo by MaryAnn Pruden, Roanoke VA. Used with permission.)
 'Web Of Intrigue' won the R. W. Munson, Jr., Award for the best distinctly patterned daylily. 'Web Of Intrigue' is pale orange with an etched pattern of lavender and purple. Patrick Stamile of Enterprise, Florida, is the hybridizer. (Photo by Julie Covington, Roanoke VA. Used with permission.)
You can find additional information about these and other award winning daylilies-- plus much more--on the AHS website at www.daylilies.org.
The American Hemerocallis Society, Inc. is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, and especially to promote, encourage, and foster the development and improvement of the genus Hemerocallis and public interest therein. The AHS is a non-profit organization. There are over 180 local daylily clubs located throughout the U.S. and Canada.
CONTACT: Richard H. Rosen, Awards and Honors Chair
rrosen3@austin.rr.com, 10903 Catthorn Cove, Austin, TX 78759
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The American Hemerocallis Society, Inc., is a non-profit corporation organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, and especially to promote, encourage, and foster the development and improvement of the genus Hemerocallis and public interest therein.
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Why join AHS?
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Learn about daylilies.
Receive the quarterly publication, The Daylily Journal.
Receive a regional newsletter 2-3 times per year.
Meet daylily growers and hybridizers.
Vote for favorite daylilies in the Popularity Poll.
Participate in daylily exhibitions.
Become an AHS Exhibition Judge.
Become an AHS Garden Judge.
Have an AHS Daylily Display Garden and/or AHS Historic Daylily Display Garden.
Attend daylily symposiums, garden tours, meetings, conventions, and more.
Participate in on-line discussion groups.
Join special interest snail-mail groups.
Become a better gardener.
Form friendships for life!
AHS members belong to one of 15 U.S./Canadian regions. Those outside the U.S. and Canada may join as International members. Over 180 local clubs form the backbone of every region, and you may find that one of them is near you. If not, meet with local gardeners and form a daylily club of your own!
It's easy to become a member. Just use this link: Join AHS
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What is a daylily?
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A daylily is an herbaceous perennial that will return year after year in a suitable climate. Some are evergreen
and will remain above ground throughout the year in a mild climate.
Daylilies may be hardy or tender, depending on genetics, so gardeners should choose cultivars based on their growing conditions.
Daylilies belong to the genus Hemerocallis, from the Greek meaning
"beauty for a day." A typical daylily bloom lasts for one day, but an
established clump will produce many flowering scapes with plentiful
buds that will produce a fresh flush of blooms over many days.
Daylilies do not form bulbs (as do members of the genus Lilium,
otherwise known as "true" lilies). Daylilies form a crown, with fibrous
roots below and foliage and flowering scapes above. The daylily crown
is essential to the plant. Daylily roots and foliage will not grow
without a piece of the crown.
For more daylily terms, see the AHS Daylily Dictionary.
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Daylily Registrations
Grethen Baxter is the AHS Registrar. She handles all registrations of new daylily cultivars for AHS, which is the registering body for all Hemerocallis worldwide under rules for the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP).
Registrations may be made on line or by mail. For more information, see:
Daylily Cultivar Registration
Gretchen's current mailing address is:
Gretchen Baxter
AHS Registrar
P.O. Box 9887
Greensboro NC 27429
Questions?
Send email to:
registrar@daylilies.org.
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Order AHS daylily books, CDs, and more
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As an educational service, AHS publishes The Daylily Journal and a number of other items, available at or near cost. To order on line, go to:
AHS Publications
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