Greetings!
WELCOME TO DAYLILY E-NEWS, a free electronic newsletter brought to you by the American Hemerocallis Society, also known as AHS. Daylily E-News is 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.
Our feature photographer for this issue is Susan Okrasinski from Kingsport, Tennessee. Susan is a member of the Tri-Cities Daylily Society. She has been a member of AHS for seven years, and has been taking photos of daylilies for five years. Last year she was awarded the Mildred Schlumpf photography award for "Daylilies in the Landscape."
We would like to welcome MaryAnn Pruden as the new AHS Publicity Press Release Chair. See her article below, "2009 Award Winners Revisited" for some beatiful daylilies that you will want to add to your garden.
Now is the time to enjoy a daylily show in your area! Peak bloom is fast approaching in many areas. Visit AHS Daylily Shows and Exhibitions to find the show nearest you. Admission to shows is free and open to the public.
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We hope you enjoy Daylily E-News!
Elizabeth Trotter E-News Editor
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Special thanks to Kathleen Lamb, AHS Publicity and Media Relations Chair
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New AHS Registrar Announced
Kevin P. Walek has been chosen as the new Registrar for the American Hemerocallis Society, effective immediately. Kevin, as a member of the International Society for Horticultural Science and Registrar for the American Hosta Society, brings to the position a great deal of expertise on the registration process.
He has a long history of service within the AHS including seven years on the Board of Directors, four of which he served as President of the Society.
Kevin replaces Gretchen Johnson who resigned from the position after 11 busy years during which over 24,000 daylily cultivars were added, the Registration CD was created, and the database went online on the AHS web site.
Every effort will be made to process the backlog of 2010 registration notifications to hybridizers caused by the position vacancy as quickly as possible. We ask for your continued patience as efforts are already underway in this regard. Even though Kevin Walek will be working on the backlog he has asked that you all take the time to look at the existing database at Daylily Database and send him your suggestions for edits, and any improvements you think can be made regarding the registration process.Much needed improvements to the entire registration software system are expected to begin soon in conjunction with the Registration and Technology Committees.
Contact information:
Kevin P. Walek, Registrar for the ICRA for the Genus Hemerocallis
9122 John Way
Fairfax Station, VA 22039-3042
703-798-5501 703-798-5501 (cell)
703-646-4904 703-646-4904 (home-office)
Email: Registrar
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AHS Announces Two New Photography Awards
In May 2010, the AHS Board of Directors established photography awards in two additional categories. These awards will be presented for the first time at the 2011 AHS Convention. Please note that as of 2010, the Board has discontinued the A.D. Roquemore Memorial Award for best photograph of a daylily clump.
AHS ARTISTIC GARDEN IMAGE AWARD
Although any submitted images in this category should include all or part of a daylily bloom, this category may include, but is not limited to: images of bloom segments or parts of a bloom, profile shots of a bloom or blooms, garden art, garden critters and images taken around the garden.
AHS MULTI-BLOOM IMAGE AWARD
Images of two blooms (minimum) up to an entire clump shot are allowed in this category. Flower color and form must be true to cultivar.
Submission deadline is December 1 each year. To see samples of photos suitable for these two new categories, see AHS Photo Awards Samplers. For complete details about the AHS Photography Contest, see AHS Photo Awards.
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Order your AHS Publications today!
Judging Daylilies filler (filler only) can be purchased from AHS Publication Sales for $16.00 postage included. The filler is sized for a standard 3-ring binder. Also The Cumulative Awards and Honors Booklet is NOW available for $10.00, postage included for shipment within the United States. International members billed slightly more to cover the cost of postage.
Each year the AHS publishes a membership brochure featuring beautiful new photos of the year's daylily award winners. Daylily clubs can order up to 100 brochures free of charge and pay only for shipping. Others can order 100 brochures for $12.00 (US funds; shipping within the USA included).
Other AHS publications are also available. The AHS Registration Checklists on CD-ROM has been updated with all the 2009 daylily registrations and pre-registrations. PC and Macintosh versions come on the same CD $27.00 (US funds; shipping within the USA included). Visit the AHS Publications webpage for more information or contact:
American Hemerocallis Society
c/o Jimmy Jordan
276 Caldwell Drive
Jackson TN 38301
731-422-2208
AHS Publications Manager
Make all checks payable to the American Hemerocallis Society. U.S. orders are postage paid. International orders are welcome, but please remit U.S. funds and include additional postage to cover shipping.
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Not yet a member of AHS? Join today and receive a valuable daylily voucher!
AHS membership includes the fabulous quarterly Daylily Journal-jam-packed with informative articles and colorful photos-plus a regional newsletter at no additional cost.
 If you join AHS as a new member before September 2010, 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 2010. 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 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.
Join AHS today and discover the exciting world of daylilies!
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Ask the Ombudsman
Donna Peck is the Ombudsman for the American Hemerocallis Society. An Ombudsman "is an independent, neutral party who is able to look at problems that come up in an unbiased fashion." The Ombudsman also answers questions about Society rules and procedures. In this series of columns, she will answer a question that may benefit not only the member who had the concern but others as well. If you have a problem, question or situation with which you need help, contact Donna at AHS Ombudsman.
QUESTION: I heard that one of the daylily clubs included a photography exhibit at their flower show. I am the chairman of our flower show for next year and would like to include photography. I've looked in the Judges' Manual under show rules and schedules and I don't see any information about including photography. Do you know what the other club did that I can also do? RESPONSE: One of the clubs you are referring to might be my club, The Albuquerque Daylily Society. And I think other clubs are now including photography also. We have had numerous requests about this issue, so I'm glad to be able to answer it. We started the photography division about four years ago when our chairman, Connie Elmore, included this for our members who enjoyed taking photographs of daylilies. She believed that the visitors who came to the show also would be interested. It has proven a great success. We started with about six photographs the first year to twenty-nine last year. And for a small club like ours, we were very pleased. We have a professional photographer judge the photographs. After the judging last year, the judge held a half-hour seminar evaluating the photographs and answering questions. Our members and visitors learned a great deal which will help them with their entries next year. The photography awards are called "local awards." If you look in the rules about the Show Schedule in the Judges' Manual, there is a section called "Local Awards and Rules." Even though the club can give local awards for the best photographs, they are not AHS awards. In our show schedule, printed for our members, we titled it "Daylily Photographs, Division V." Under that Division V the rules are: A Daylily or Daylily related photograph. Any 5"x7" or 8"x10" black and white or color print. The print must be matted. The outside dimensions of the mat must be 11"x14." Exhibitors are limited to two photographs in each class. Photographs are to be displayed on easels. [Our club supplies black plastic easels.] Class A. Single Flower Class B. Clump of Growing Daylilies Next year we will include Class C, which will be titled Landscape. This information must be in the club's show schedule that you submit for approval to the Exhibition Judge Chairman, Gisela Meckstroth, at flowershows@daylilies.org.
If you add this local award to your flower show, I'm sure your members will enjoy it.
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AHS ~ In the News
from MaryAnn Pruden
I am very excited to be back working as AHS Publicity Press Release Subcommittee Chair. For those of you that don't know me, my husband, three children and I live in Hummelstown, PA (just five minutes from Hershey Park). I've been an AHS member since 2002. Some of you may remember that I was involved with writing press releases a few years back. This time around, we will be concentrating on distributing daylily articles and press releases via Daylily E-News, the AHS website, and through the Regional Newsletters. These venues will allow us to use our resources more effectively and get important information out to our members much more quickly.
If you have any suggestions for future articles I would love to hear them! I'm hoping to do several each year in addition to the Awards And Honors announcements. You can contact me at pressreleases@daylilies.org.
PRESS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Julie Covington-Awards and Honors Chair The American Hemerocallis Society 540-977-1704 awards@daylilies.org
AHS PRESENTS AWARDS FOR THE BEST DAYLILIES OF 2009
VALDOSTA, Ga, May 29, 2010 - With over 600 members present during The American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) National Convention Awards Banquet on May 29, AHS presented medallions and certificates for the daylilies that won top honors in 2009.
The Stout Silver Medal: 'Skinwalker' (Roberts, 1997)
Hemerocallis 'Skinwalker' received AHS' highest honor, the Stout Silver Medal. The late Ned Roberts hybridized this stunning 8.5" lavender spider, which has a petal-length-to-width ratio of 5.20:1. H. 'Skinwalker' previously won the Harris Olson Spider Award in 2004 and was runner-up for the Stout Silver Medal in both 2007 and 2008.
photo of H. 'Skinwalker' by MaryAnn Pruden
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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.
The Lenington All-American Award: 'TRAHLYTA' (Childs, 1982)
This annual award goes to a daylily that is a stellar performer throughout most regions of the country. Gardeners can count on this tried and true winner for excellent performance in most growing areas. The AHS Board of Directors votes for the winner of the Lenington All-American Award.
photo of H. 'Trahlyta' by Susan Okrasinski |
The late Frank Childs hybridized 'Trahlyta'. This daylily has a very distinctive 6.5" bloom of grayed violet with a dark purple eye and green throat.
Special Awards
The following AHS Special Awards went to the most outstanding cultivars that met the requirements as stated. Certified AHS Garden Judges vote by ballot to determine the winners.
The Extra Large Diameter Award:
(Bloom larger than 7")
'Persian Ruby' (Trimmer, 1998)
photo of H. 'Persian Ruby' by Duane Hurlbert |
Early Season Bloom Award:
(Registered as Early or Extra-Early)
'Dragon King' (Kirchhoff-D., 1992)
photo of H. 'Dragon King' by Ed Travis |
The Donn Fischer Memorial Award:
(Miniature flowering daylily with bloom under 3")
'Micro Dots' (Trimmer-J., 2003)
photo of H. 'Micro Dots' by Susan Okrasinski |
The Annie T. Giles Award:
(Small flower: larger than 3" & less than 4.5")
'Lil' Red Wagon' (Kinnebrew-J., 2003)
photo of H. 'Lil' Red Wagon' by Susan Okrasinski |
The Don C. Stevens Award:
(Boldly eyed or banded daylilies)
'Jane Trimmer' (Trimmer, 2002)
photo of H. 'Jane Trimmer' by Becky Shuler |
Ida Munson Award:
(Double flowered daylily)
'Dorothy and Toto' (Herrington-K., 2003)
photo of H. 'Dorothy and Toto' by Brenda Macy |
Eugene S. Foster Award:
(Best late blooming daylily)
'Mascara Snake' (Bachman, 2002)
photo of H. 'Mascara Snake' by Lea Ann Williams | The Harris Olson Spider Award:
(Petal width to length ratio > 4.0:1)
'Bali Watercolor' (Stamile, 2002)
photo of H. 'Bali Watercolor' by Kathy Rinke |
The R. W. Munson, Jr. Award:
(Distinctly patterned daylily)
'Spacecoast Sea Shells' (Kinnebrew-J., 2003)
photo of H. 'Spacecoast Sea Shells' by Ann Bell |
The Lambert/Webster Award:
(Best unusual form daylily)
'Heavenly Angel Ice' (Gossard, 2004)
photo of H. 'Heavenly Angel Ice' by Susan Okrasinski |
Looking for more information about these and other award-winning daylilies? Check out the AHS website at AHS Awards & Honors.
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Hemerocallis 'Barbara Watts' (Kirchhoff 2008). Click photo for larger image.
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Hemerocallis 'Secret Crush' (Selman 2009)
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SPELLING LESSON
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How to spell
"daylily"
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The word "daylily" is properly spelled as one word. Many of today's spellcheckers and media style books incorrectly use the old-fashioned spelling "day lily" instead. The single word has been the preferred spelling for decades.
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| Locate an AHS group near you! |
The American Hemerocallis Society is all about daylilies and people.
AHS is organized into 15 Regions including USA, Canada, and International designations. Each offers a variety of regional and local club daylily activities.
When people join AHS, they also become a member of the AHS Region in which they live. AHS Regions do not charge additional dues. Each AHS region publishes its own newsletter and mails it to all regional members at no extra charge. Members often participate in events outside their own region.
To learn about daylily activities and events near you, visit the webpage:
AHS Regional Activities
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OR...
add your presentation to the Library!
By Nikki Schmith
AHS Media Librarian
AHS Region 2, Michigan
One benefit of your American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) membership is access to rental programs from the AHS Media Library for club presentations, public education events, and personal use.
Over the last decade or two, AHS collected and organized presentations on traditional slide media and made them available for rental to AHS members. Many members took advantage of this easy way to offer entertaining and educational programs to their clubs.
In recent years, we saw a decline in the rental of these traditional 35mm slide programs. In the interest of supporting our educational mission and providing more people access to these programs, a conversion to digital media began.
Today, rental programs are available on CD in Microsoft (MS) PowerPoint format. Each program has a $10 rental fee (unless indicated otherwise); return postage and insurance are not included.
For a listing of programs currently available, go to: AHS Media Library
There are several great choices, but with an organization our size, we should have more: more to provide to outside, like-minded organizations to spread the news about daylilies; more to provide to local clubs to continue the excitement about daylilies; and finally, more to document where we've been, because we are headed into the future so fast.
With the exception of the classic Sarah Sikes presentation, "Gardening with Daylilies," all of the original 35mm slide programs have been archived and are not available for rental at this time. Some are being considered for digital conversion in the coming years, while others will reside in the AHS archive.
If you have developed any programs, please consider sending a copy to the AHS Media Librarian if you are willing to have it rented to members. You can allow such use without giving up your copyright to the images if that is a concern to you. A Deed of Gift form can be provided in that case, covering the use and disposition. No special formatting or programming is required. You could simply send in a CD of labeled images or a completely formatted and animated PowerPoint. You could send in a presentation you've done on hybridizing, dividing, planting or designing with daylilies. You could send in a presentation on conducting a daylily exhibition. The possibilities are endless!
If you are interested in the library in any way, such as donating, renting, and volunteering to help, or if you have questions, please contact the Media Librarian, Nikki Schmith at AHS Media Librarian, or call 248.739.9006.
We look forward to a deluge of presentations!
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Hemerocallis
'Mountain Bluebird'
(Selman 2008). Click photo for larger image.
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Why Join AHS? | 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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 Hemerocallis 'Foxhaven Enigma' (Bowman 1998). Click photo for
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What is a Daylily?
| 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).
Due to the distinctive characteristics of Hemerocallis, taxonomists have removed daylilies from the family Liliaceae and placed them in their own family Hemerocallidaceae.
Daylilies form a crown, with fibrous roots below and foliage and flowering scapes above. The daylily crown is the essential growth center of the plant. Neither true daylily root structures nor daylily foliage will grow without a piece of the crown.
Some daylilies form rhizomes -- special underground structures with scales and internodes -- that can produce new plants. The species or "wild" types often have this trait. Many modern hybrids do not form rhizomes, although there are some that do.
For more daylily terms, see the AHS Daylily Dictionary.
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Daylily Registrations
The AHS Registrar 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
Questions?
Contact:
Kevin P. Walek
9122 John Way
Fairfax Station, VA 22039-3042
703-798-5501(cell)
703-646-4904 (home-office)
OR Send email to:
Registrar
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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 online, go to:
AHS Publications
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