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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.
In this issue, we feature the heartwarming story of a daylily that was hybridized for Waiting for a Cure foundation as a symbol of hope.
Our featured photographer this issue is Charles Dorsey. Charles was born in a suburb of Chicago. After the 2nd grade the family moved back to the family farm in Ohio about 35 miles north of Dayton. It wasn't long until his dad gave him a Kodak camera and two rolls of film. He says,"I burned through those rolls of film in about 10 minutes with pictures, mostly of my dog."
Since then Charles has taken many photos and videos of daylily gardens. He discovered daylilies about 5 years ago when he visited Richard Norris' garden in Glouster, Ohio and was quickly hooked. A couple of years ago, he started The Daylily Addict videos - a series of DVDs about daylily hybridizers. He says, "I started The Daylily Addict because I missed some of the greats in the daylily world. I thought how nice it would be if I could hear them talk about their hybridizing philosophy. So I started to interview hybridizers and show their gardens in an artistic way."
You can learn more about Charles' videos at www.TheDaylilyAddict.com.
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We hope you enjoy Daylily E-News!
Elizabeth Trotter
E-News Editor
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2012 AHS Photography and Video Awards Contest
Deadline is November 1, 2012!
AHS Members should send all entries to:
Andrea Weaver, Special Chair
6935 E 35 ST N
Wichita, KS 67226
(Ph) 316-683-5877
photographyawards@daylilies.org
for more information, go to
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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, 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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Received Your Fall Daylily Journal Yet?
The Fall 2011 Daylily Journal mailed September 8 chock full of interesting stories. Two important stories are historic in nature - an historic daylily display garden, and an interview with a hybridizer who recalls what the hybridizing world was like way back when. Our "Name Game" features Halloween-type daylily names with a big dollop of humor, thanks to the clever writing of our Registrar, Kevin Walek. Our AHS President, Mary Collier Fisher, writes her final letter to you, the membership, since she will be passing the baton to incoming President, Julie Covington, shortly. Our featured hybridizers are some of the biggest names in daylilies, so you are going to want to spend some time reading what they have to say! (We're keeping their names a secret until you receive your Journal!)
If you do not receive your Fall Journal by October 5, you should contact Jimmy Jordan, the AHS Publications Services Manager, at pubsales@daylilies.org. Oh, by the way, you will get a first glimpse of the new AHS coffee table book, Landscaping with Daylilies, edited by Oliver Billingslea, in the Fall issue! Jimmy is your contact for more information about that book.
Meg Ryan, EditorThe Daylily Journal 760-353-0623 |
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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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UNIQUE DAYLILY INSPIRES
WAITING FOR A CURE FOUNDATION
HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI - A dream that began two years ago has come to fruition, in a beautiful daylily named 'Suburban Ribbon of Hope'. The Waiting for a Cure Foundation will use the daylily as a symbol of hope for breast cancer patients.
According to Dawn Gillis, Founder and Director of Waiting for a Cure Foundation, she approached Mr. Earl Watts, a leading local daylily hybridizer, about two years ago about the possibility of creating a daylily to honor breast cancer survivors. Following a review of a number of new seedlings Watts was cultivating, one was selected - a purple flower with a little pink, which are the Foundation colors.
Gillis proposed the name 'Ribbon of Hope', and Watts agreed. This cultivar is registered with the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) as 'Suburban Ribbon of Hope', indicating the name of the Watts' daylily garden in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Suburban Daylilies, where 'Ribbon of Hope' was developed.
Once the flower was selected, according to Watts, it took two years to check the consistency of the flower and to multiply the cultivar to have the number of fans necessary to begin sales.
Technically the daylily, 'Suburban Ribbon of Hope', is a bitone, the petals light purple with a hint of pink and the sepals are lavender. The throat is yellow blending to green. The flower, which is 4 ½" in diameter, blooms from mid-May until July, on tall 32" scapes with as many as twenty buds per scape, and has four-way branching. 'Suburban Ribbon of Hope' makes a beautiful display as it billows in the spring breezes.
Mr. Watts and his wife Barbara have decided to donate the proceeds from the sale of each 'Suburban Ribbon of Hope' to Waiting for a Cure Foundation, to help local breast cancer patients who do not have insurance coverage.
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"Waiting for a Cure Foundation sincerely thanks Mr. and Mrs. Watts for making this dream a reality. The fact that the daylily will always be available is a bonus. Survivors who have received the first ones are most appreciative and have planted them in a conspicuous area of their garden for all to see and to remind them daily that they are survivors. Mr. and Mrs. Watts have assured us that the daylily will always be available and will not be retired," Gillis said. -written by Bud Kirkpatrick *************** |
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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 'Lovestruck Linda' (Davisson-J, 2011). 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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 Hemerocallis
(Herr-D, 2006). Click photo for larger image.
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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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Hemerocallis 'A Little Crabby' (Reed
2005). Click photo for
larger image.
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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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