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Hello!
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.
The AHS Photography Awards have been announced! The winning photos are in this issue.
Our featured photographer this issue is Bill Jarvis. Bill started growing daylilies in the mid-1980s and caught the hybridizing bug almost immediately. He grows about 120 named cultivars on his city lot in Houston, Texas. Most of his growing space is filled with two seedling beds, each holding around 1,000 seedlings. To date, he has introduced 19 daylilies, which can be seen on his website, www.ofts.com/bill/daylily.html.
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We hope you enjoy Daylily E-News!
Elizabeth Trotter
E-News Editor
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 Thoughts from the AHS President
AHS has a new President-elect who will be taking the reins for the Society in January, and I am most pleased to announce that Julie Covington from Roanoke, Virginia, AHS Region 3 was selected. Julie is currently serving as Vice President and Awards and Honors Chair. Each President is elected to serve a two-year term. In the fall of the first year of the President's term, the Board of Directors elect a nominating committee to pick the candidate for the next President, and the election is held the following summer at the Society's board meeting at the annual summer convention. This year the meeting was held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in May, and that is when the election for our 2012 President was held.
We also selected a new Treasurer for the Society to follow in the footsteps of Bob Brooks, who has worked tirelessly for the good of the Society for many years. Bob isn't leaving entirely as he agreed to serve as the Endowments Chair of the Society for the rest of this year. In the past, Bob has served on the Board of the Society and is the recipient of the highest medal for service to the Society, the Helen Field Fischer Gold Medal. Thanks Bob for all you have done and continue to do for us.
Kyle Billadeau of Chaska, Minnesota took over the role of Treasurer this month. Welcome, Kyle, we're looking forward to a seamless transfer of the financial reins.
The National Convention in Baton Rouge was outstanding. We were treated to great food, great gardens, great fun, and even Cajun Dancing complete with dance lessons.
We had a preview of the new book in the works, Landscaping with Daylilies, with over 600 fabulous photos from over 90 top-notch photographers. We're hoping to publish it early next year, so stay tuned for more information on presale orders.
Membership in the AHS comes with lots of benefits, not the least of which is attending meetings, meeting like-minded individuals, and receiving a terrific Daylily Journal published four times a year. If you have been thinking about joining, how about a trial membership which will get you the last two issues of the great Daylily Journal for 2011, and probably a copy of the regional newsletter published in your geographic area, as well as full access to our members-only Portal located at www.daylilynetwork.org - all this for only $15. Check out the notice about this Trial Membership in this edition of Daylily E-News.
If you belong to a daylily club, the AHS is giving recognition to those clubs who achieve greater than 65% AHS membership in their club. You just need to contact Joe Goudeau at membershipchair@daylilies.org and provide him with your membership roster to be recognized in The Daylily Journal, on the website at www.daylilies.org, and on the Membership Portal.
Hope you are all enjoying your summer and your gardens. Sorry so many are struggling with extreme weather or weather-related conditions. We perennial gardeners are an optimistic sort - we always look forward to the next growing season if the current problems are fierce.
Best wishes,
Mary Collier Fisher
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 AHS Display Gardens
Display Garden renewal forms will be mailed by September 1, and must be returned by October 1. If your garden was just approved this year, you will not be required to renew. For more information, contact Mary Lou Lundblade, Display Garden Chair, at displaygardens@daylilies.org.
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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 your regional newsletter at no additional cost.
 If you join AHS as a new member before September 2011, 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 2011. 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 phytosanitary 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 has been the Ombudsman for the American Hemerocallis Society for the past three years. 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. Donna has been writing Ombudsman columns for regional newsletters and the Daylily E-News, and now the columns are available on the AHS website. 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.
ASK THE OMBUDSMAN - What is the difference between an Exhibition Judge and a Garden Judge?
Donna receives many questions from AHS members each week. Some questions are about subjects that are very complex and some about subjects which she thinks all members should be familiar with. But when this question about judging came through her email, she realized that anyone who doesn't judge probably doesn't know the facts about exhibition judges and garden judges. So she sent the question to Joann Stewart, the Chair of Exhibition Judges Records. Joann sent back an excellent answer which Donna wanted all members to get a chance to read. Thanks to Joann for the excellent response.
QUESTION: What is the difference between an "exhibition" judge and a "garden" judge?
RESPONSE: An exhibition judge is trained to assess the degree of perfection attained by an exhibit of a cut scape in a flower show. Therefore, an exhibition judge may also be called a daylily flower show judge.
Training consists of two classes. In the first class, the various characteristics of daylilies are discussed, as well as a recommendation of how many points to deduct from a total of 100 possible points. Live plants are used where possible, but a power point presentation may be used during the non-blooming season.
The second class gives students a "hands on" session in which attendees point score three cut scapes of registered daylily cultivars and three scapes of seedlings. Their scores are compared to a composite score agreed upon by three senior judges, who have seen and scored the daylilies before the class begins.
Once a student has taken both classes, s/he becomes a junior judge and is eligible to judge on a panel with senior judges. Judging at least once, along with other responsibilities, is part of the requirements to become a senior judge. Judges should know as many daylily cultivars as possible, should grow daylilies, and should also enter daylilies in shows themselves.
A garden judge should more correctly be called an awards and honors judge. They are the judges responsible for assessing the garden merit of both registered cultivars and seedlings. Garden judges also take two classes for training and have the responsibility of visiting hybridizers' gardens and other gardens, assessing cultivars in each, and voting on a ballot once a year. From these ballots, the national awards and honors list is drawn up, and awards are given to both plants and hybridizers at the national convention each year.
Both types of judges have fun doing their jobs! It's a great way to meet other people in your region or in other regions, and a dandy way to add to your wish list because you see such lovely flowers in shows, and most shows also have a plant sale occurring at the same time.
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 AHS Photography Awards
The AHS Photography Awards were announced at the 2011 National Convention, held May 25-28, 2011, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Four new awards were presented in 2011, including two new Youth Photography Awards, the Artistic Garden Image Award, and the Multi-Bloom Image Award. The deadline for the 2012 Contest will be November 1, 2012. For an update on the rules for this year's contest, please see the announcements page on the AHS website at this link: http://www.daylilies.org/announcements.html.
2011 Artistic Garden Image Award:
Holly Wilson, Region 15
'Simply Pretty' (Sellers, 1978)
2011 AHS Multi-Bloom Award
Debra Zimmerman, Region 10
'Ruby Lipstick' (Benz-J., 2006)
2011 Mildred Schlumpf Award (Landscape)
Bobbie Brooks, Region 4
Brooks Garden
2011 Mildred Schlumpf Award (Single Bloom)
Chris Petersen, Region 4
'Julie Newmar' (Morss, 2000)
2011 Youth Award (Beginner Division)
Lauren Ham (Age 8), Region 14
Suburban Gardens, Mississippi
2011 Youth Award (Intermediate Division)
Hope Brown (Age 14), Region 14
'Angel Rodgers' (Wilson-T., 1996)
Other winners include:
2011 Sarah Sikes Slide Sequence Award: Earl Watts, Region 14, "It's Show Time!"
2011 Lazarus Memorial Award: Kathleen Nordstrom, Region 1, "Daylily Art Show" for the Central North Dakota Daylily Society
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For more information, visit the AHS website at: Photography Awards
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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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AHS Daylily E-News Committee: Elizabeth Trotter (KY), Editor, E-News; Sue Bergeron (ON, Canada); Mary Collier Fisher (MA); David Kirchhoff (KY); Lynn Stoll (IA); Maureen Strong (ON, Canada).
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Hemerocallis 'Cimarron Rose' (Salter, 2005). Click photo for larger image.
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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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. Most AHS regions publish their own newsletter and mail 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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(Grace-Smith, 2005). 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.
Enjoy a members-only social networking site with forums, blogs, calendars, and more.
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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(Stamile, 2006). Click photo for larger image.
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Hemerocallis 'Spring Reverie' (Jarvis
2010). 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 retain their green foliage throughout the year in a mild climate.
Daylilies may be hardy or tender, depending on genetics, so gardeners should choose cultivars based on their local 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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International Seed Bank
International daylily enthusiasts are welcome to request seeds from the AHS International Seed Bank. The aim of this
outreach program is to spread the interest in growing and enjoying daylilies around the world.
For more information, please contact Maureen Strong at
Seed Bank.
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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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