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Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6 Summer 2017 Page 1 Volume 17, Number 2 - Summer 2017
Daylilies of the Southwest
Newsletter of AHS Region 6 - Texas and New Mexico
H. ‘Highland Lord’ Munson-R.W., 1983
Photo by Nancy Freshour
Page 2 Summer 2017 Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6
AHS REGION 6 NEWSLETTER
Summer 2017
Volume 17, Number 2
Editors
Larry & Debbie Pike
Contributors
Beverly Winkelman
Tim Closs
Maureen Valenza
Robert Valenza
Peggy Cathey
Eddie Raye Andrews
Larry & Debbie Pike
Ray Houston
Region 6 Club Reporters
Special Thanks
Paula Payne & Calista Stewart,
Proofreaders
Front Cover Photographs
H. ‘Highland Lord’ Munson-RW 1983
Photograph by Nancy Freshour
The AHS Region 6 Newsletter is pre-
sented herein as a service to members
and is not necessarily endorsed by the
AHS or by the Editor. Rights to mate-
rial published in this newsletter re-
main with the author; to reprint or
otherwise reproduce material, please
obtain permission from the author.
Please send all inquiries regarding
articles, photographs, or corrections
to the Editor of the AHS Region 6
Newsletter:
Larry & Debbie Pike
1500 Rancho Chico Ct
Angleton, TX 77515
(979)236-1478
Table of Contents 2
AHS and Region 6 Information 3
Region 6 Officer Reports 4
Director Report 4
President Report 5
Exhibition Judge Report 6
Membership Report 7
Garden Judge Liaison Report, Publicity Director Report 8
Secretary Report 9
Youth Liaison Report 12
Archivist/Historian & Website 12
Newsletter Editor 13
Awards & Honors Liaison Report 14
Article– Doorakian Donation by Tim Closs 15
2017 Popularity Poll Ballot 16
2017 Region 6 Meeting with the Austin Daylily Society 17
Youth Activity Page 26
AHS Region 6 Daylily Clubs Information 27
Region 6 Clubs News 28
Youth Activity Page Answers 43
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editor’s Corner:
Articles, Reports, and Hybridizer Information:
Special thanks to the Austin Daylily Society for the articles and photographs
of their gardens.
Up-Coming Events:
AHS 2018 National Convention June 6-10 2018 Myrtle Beach, SC
Beach Convention Center. Go to the AHS Home page and click on
Conventions/Meetings for details
Region 6 2018 Regional Meeting May 17-19th Check the Region 6
website under Activities and then under Calendar for details as they be-
come available. Hosted by the Brazosport Daylily Society
Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6 Summer 2017 Page 3
American
Hemerocallis Society
EXECUTIVE SECRETARY Pat Mercer P.O. Box 10
Dexter, GA 31019 (478) 875-4110
EDITOR, THE DAYLILY JOURNAL Meg McKenzie Ryan
1936 Wenley El Centro, CA 92243
(760) 235-8243
The American Hemerocallis Society, Inc., is a nonprofit organization. Said corporation is organized exclusively for educational and scientific pur-poses, and especially to promote, encourage, and foster the develop-ment and improvement of the genus Hemerocallis and public interest therein. The purpose is expressly limited so that AHS qualifies as an exempt organization under Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding provision of any future U. S. Internal Revenue Law.
REGIONAL PRESIDENT
Tim Closs
1371 Carlo Drive
Princeton, TX 75407-2549
(972) 734-2858
EXHIBITION JUDGES LIAISON Beverly Winkelman
17103 Herridge Road
Pearland, TX 77584-7557
(832)567-4706
REGIONAL DIRECTOR Beverly Winkelman 17103 Herridge Rd. Pearland, TX 77584
(832)567-4706 [email protected]
m
GARDEN JUDGES LIAISON
Eddie Raye Andrews
P. O. Box 167
Waller, TX 77484
(936) 931-3846
TREASURER & W. E. MONROE
ENDOWMENT FUND LIAISON
Malcolm Avaritt
4121 Stonewood Circle
Midlothian, TX 76065
(972) 723-0920
ARCHIVIST/HISTORIAN, WEBMASTER, AHS
TECHNOLOGY/GROUP LEADER, AHS
ARCHIVES & HISTORY COMMITTEE MEMBER
Ray Houston
413 Forest Oaks Lane
Lake Jackson, TX 77566-5971
(979) 297-5814
REGIONAL PUBLICITY DIRECTOR
Maureen Valenza
24959 Stratton Meadows Dr.
Porter, TX 77365
(281) 354-0867
MEMBERSHIP CHAIR
Peggy Cathey
1115 HCR 1414
Covington, TX 76636-4587
(254) 854-2558
YOUTH LIAISON
Dan & Peggy Cathey
1115 HCR 1414
Covington, TX 76636-4587
(254) 854-2558
RUST LIAISON
Mark Carpenter
10056 Highway 7 West
Center, TX 75935
(936) 572-1962
REGION 6 SECRETARY
Robert Valenza
24959 Stratton Meadows Dr.
Porter, TX 77365
(281) 354-0867
AWARDS & HONORS CHAIRS
NEWSLETTER EDITORS
Larry & Debbie Pike
1500 Rancho Chico Court
Angleton, TX 77515
(979) 236-1478
American Hemerocallis Society Region 6 Texas and New Mexico http://www.ahsregion6.org
AHS Membership: Newsletter Copy Deadlines:
Individual dues $25/year or $70/3 years Spring February 15
Payable by January 1. Summer July 1
Family Memberships $30/year or $83/3 years Fall/Winter October 1
Life Membership $500
Dual Life membership $750
Youth Membership $10 per year Subscription Rates:
AHS Members
Send all dues and address changes to: ($8 Donation Requested)
Pat Mercer AHS Non-Members $8.00
P. O. Box 10 Region 6 Out-of-Region Subscriber $15.00
Dexter, GA 31019 For 2017 Payment Due by 12/31/2016
Please send all Region 6 Newsletter payments to the Treasurer:
Malcolm Avaritt, 4121 Stonewood Circle, Midlothian, TX 76065
PRESIDENT
Nikki Schmith
424 Pheasant Ct.
Worden IL 62097
248-739-9006
REGION 6 BOARD MEMBER Beverly Winkelman
17103 Herridge Rd.
Pearland, TX 77584
(832)567-4706
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Region 6 Director Report Summer 2017 Newsletter By Beverly Winkelman
Let me begin by thanking the Austin Daylily Society for hosting the Region 6 Meeting. Everything was very
well organized thanks to the Region 6 Meeting Chair, Suzanne Adair. The gardens of Bruce and Jerre
Threatte, Suzanne and Gary Adair, Jeff Breitenstein & Skottie O’Mahony, Tom Ellison, Janice and Don
Heiskell, Mike Peppers, and Velia Sanchez-Ruiz were outstanding for our tours. You could definitely tell that
a lot of work had been done to make the gardens so beautiful. Thank you to all of the hybridizers – The Lily
Farm (over $750 of daylilies) and Wynn’s Daylily Gardens ($275 of daylilies) that contributed to the plant sale
and the auction. Thank you Everett and Chris Crainer for the bus plants! Nine new introduction cultivars
just for the Regional Meeting. The Region 6 Meeting is going to be hosted by Brazosport Daylily Society
next year May 17-19. Mark this date on your calendars and plan to attend!
At our Region Meeting, Debbie Pike was voted in as the Region 6 President for 2018. She will be replacing
Tim Closs. I want to thank Tim for all of the hard work and time he has given as President of Region 6.
I would like to congratulate Mark Carpenter and Larry Pike for their 2016 Regional Newsletter Awards. Mark
received his for the Best Article About Daylily Culture, “RUST Liaison” and Larry for his on “Super/Photo App”.
Region 6 does have a superior newsletter with Larry Pike as the Editor. Thank you Larry for all the hard work
and time that you put in the newsletter and a “BIG” Thank You for agreeing to continue as our editor.
At the National Convention in Norfolk, Judie Branson was voted in as the new AHS President for 2018-2019.
Nikki Schmith, our current AHS President, will be assuming the position of Vice President of AHS. The
convention next year will be held in Myrtle Beach, SC, June 6-9, 2018. Make your hotel reservations now for
the Sheraton Myrtle Beach Convention Center (888-627-8203). This year the host hotel sold out quickly and
rooms had to be secured at nearby hotels. Further details can be found on Facebook 2018 AHS Convention.
Join the page and you will receive continuous convention updates.
The new Judges Handbook is now available on the AHS website for download to print or save on your
iBook's. A printed version can also be ordered online from AHS Publications.
AHS is planning on selling the books published by AHS on Amazon. It is in all in the works. It will be a cost
savings to AHS and a way for you to get your books quicker.
The database for searching out cultivars and new introductions is being updated daily thanks to the
hard work of our AHS Registrar, Elizabeth Trotter, and the help of Nikki Schmith.
Unfortunately, we did not have a 2016 Service Award winner to be given out at the National Convention.
Please, if you have anyone you feel deserving of this award, send your recommendations to Melodye
Campbell ([email protected]) by September 1 and copy me in on your recommendation.
Popularity Poll votes need to also be in by September 1. Last year Region 6 had 29% of our AHS
members voting. Your vote is very important for our flower shows. It will determine the top five daylilies
in our Region that can be entered into the Popularity Poll section of the flower show.
Voting Requirements:
All AHS members are eligible to vote and should participate.
Vote for up to, but no more than ten (10) cultivars. Note: a valid ballot may consist of only one vote.
For Dual Memberships, the second member should use another copy of the ballot unless their Regional
Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6 Summer 2017 Page 5
ballot provides a second column for votes.
Price need not be considered. (This means that you can vote for expensive plants if you want to, but
you are also encouraged to vote for inexpensive older varieties if they are your personal favorites.) Select your favorite registered, well established cultivars (no seedlings) which you have observed in
your garden or immediate area.
Mail your choices to our Regional tabulator (Maureen Valenza, 24959 Stratton Meadows Drive, Porter, TX
77365) or email to ([email protected] ) or vote directly on the AHS website under Popularity Poll/
Select your Region and vote online. A form is included in this publication of the newsletter. Whichever
submission method you choose, please submit your ballot only once.
Wishing everyone a beautiful summer with enough rain to make our daylilies grow and be spectacular!
AHS Region 6 President Report
Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Tim Closs
Dear Members,
It is hard to believe that we are over six weeks removed from our outstanding Regional Meeting in Austin. I
cannot thank the Austin Daylily Society enough for such an excellent showcase of their hard work, and their
love and dedication to our favorite flower. All of the tour gardens were in immaculate condition, the weather
was beautiful, the auction was a success and necessary Regional business was accomplished. Kudos to Bruce
& Jerre Threatte, Suzanne & Gary Adair, Jeff Breitenstein & Skottie O’Mahoney, Pat & Tom Ellison, Janice &
Don Heiskell, Mike Peppers, and Velia Ruiz for making their gardens and homes the cornerstones of two
days of great tours. While I love seeing well-grown daylilies, I find myself “borrowing” garden design ideas
from all tour gardens and was stunned by your ingenuity and dedication. A personal thank you to Suzanne
Adair, for being the guiding force and meeting Chairperson. I know the work, stress, and responsibility that
that designation carries. Also, thanks to Bert Marcom for assisting with the auction and working as an
auctioneer, along with all of the Austin members who helped set up the plants for the auction. You are all
lifesavers! Region 6 alumnus, Rich Rosen, was a great guest speaker, and I know we all walked away with a
plant wish list and a desire to increase our cultivars with greater bud counts! To everyone who worked
behind the scenes to make the Region 6 Meeting a success, thank you! In addition to the Regional Meeting,
the Austin club now has THREE new American Hemerocallis Society Display Gardens with the gardens of
Mike Peppers, Tanglewild Garden of Jeff Breitenstein & Skottie O’Mahoney, and the Zilker Botanical Garden!!
We also gained 3 new Garden Judges with Janice & Don Heiskell, Agata LaRue, and Don and Peggy Cathey
have applied to become Garden Judge Instructors. Thank you for your service to Region 6.
Speaking of service, several critical items were addressed in Austin. At the Friday night business meeting,
Debbie Pike was elected as the new Region 6 President, beginning in January 2018. If you know Debbie, you
know her passion for gardening, daylilies, and attention to detail will insure that Region 6 is in great hands. I
appreciate Debbie stepping up to fulfill this critical position. In other Executive Committee news, Larry Pike
has agreed to continue as Newsletter editor. To help in this vital role, the Committee has enlisted other
members to help the Newsletter Editor and Publicity Chair. Debbie Pike is looking at each Executive
Committee position to clearly define responsibilities and goals as we move into the future.
Remember, Garden Judges have until September 1 to cast their votes for cultivars that have been
presented for potential AHS honors, including the Stout Silver Medal. Region 6 Popularity Poll votes have
the same deadline.
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During the Region 6 Meeting held on May 26, 2017, it was voted to move daylilies from the Popularity Poll
voting list to the Popularity Poll Hall of Fame after being in the top 5 of the Region 6 Popularity Polls for 3
years. These daylily names will no longer appear in the list used for Region 6 Popularity Poll voting. Our
esteemed webmaster, Ray Houston, has the list of Hall of fame cultivars posted on the Regional website and
a direct link to the AHS website to vote for your Popularity Poll favorites.
One more September 1 deadline is the submission of Regional Service Award nomination letters to the AHS
Awards & Honors Chair. For those not familiar with this award, the following is from the AHS website:
“In 1974, the AHS Board established this award for outstanding service to AHS at the Regional level.
An equivalent award, the International Service Award, may be awarded to an international member. Currently
serving board members are not eligible. However, Serving Regional Presidents are now eligible to be nomi-
nated for these awards. (Board Motion 917, dated 10/29/2005.) Also, a person must either be living or must
have been deceased for a period of 24 months at the time of nomination for the Regional Service Award.
(Board motion 1025, dated 10/31/2009.) Only one AHS Regional Service Award may be awarded per Region
per year. A dual award for two members of the same family counts as one award. An AHS member will only
be eligible to win a Regional Service Award once. Nominations may come from any member of the
nominee's Region. The AHS International Membership Chairman may also submit international nominations.
Nominations must be sent to the AHS Awards & Honors Chair by September 1st by mail or email, and must
contain a summary of the nominee's worthiness for this award. The AHS Board votes by secret ballot at the
annual fall board meeting, and the award is presented at the following AHS National Convention.”
At the fall AHS board meeting, the Regional Director may be asked questions about the candidates. To help
support all of the worthy Region 6 candidates, the Executive committee requests that, as a professional
courtesy, that you forward a copy of your nomination letter to our Regional Director, in addition to the
required nomination letter to the AHS Awards & Honors Chair, Melodye Campbell.
Exhibition Judges Liaison Report Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Beverly Winkelman
As the bloom season comes to an end, I am proud to say that Region 6 has held 5 accredited
daylily shows as of the end of June.
I would like to thank the Austin Daylily Society for hosting the Region 6 Meeting this year. For
those of you that did not attend, you missed some really beautiful gardens hosted by Bruce and Jerre
Threatte, Suzanne and Gary Adair, Jeff Breitenstein & Skottie O’Mahony, Tom and Pat Ellison, Janice and Don
Heiskell, Mike Peppers, and Velia Sanchez-Ruiz. A lot of work was put into these gardens and they were
outstanding.
At the Meeting we were able to hold Clinic III with 5 attending. Unfortunately, I did not have an Instructor to
hold Clinic I at the Meeting. Nell Shimek has offered to teach the Clinic I in the Alvin/Pearland/Houston
area. If you are interested in attending a Clinic I or III, please let me know by sending an email to me at
[email protected]. I am going to try to get them set up for the same day at a local location.
Please consider being a Judge. It is getting more and more difficult to acquire judges for our shows.
The new Judges Handbook is online to be downloaded for printer or to your iBook's or it can be ordered
Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6 Summer 2017 Page 7
from Publications on the AHS website. All Judges are required to read and use this current handbook to
judge ALL shows. There is also a video and PowerPoint Presentation on the AHS website that will go over all
the new changes that have been adopted. You must be familiar with all the changes.
Have a great summer!
Membership Report
Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Peggy Cathey
Many of our Region 6 clubs take the summer off, but I was hoping I could get your help. One of my duties as
Membership Chair is to obtain a club roster from each of the 15 Region 6 clubs to determine the percent of
AHS members registered in each club. It would help if each AHS member was identified with an asterisk (*)
next to their name. The information I receive is compiled, checked against the AHS membership list, then sent
to the AHS Membership Chair, Beverly Winkelman. Clubs with at least 50% or better AHS membership will be
recognized in The Daylily Journal. In 2016, 24 clubs across the nation were recognized in the AHS Club
Membership Award Program. Eleven (11) of those were from Region 6! There are 5 levels of the Award
program: Pewter-50%, Bronze-65%, Silver-75%, Gold-90% and for clubs with 100% AHS membership, the top
award is the Platinum level. All clubs with at least 90% AHS membership are entered automatically into a
drawing for a $500 gift certificate at an AHS Voucher Program participating nursery. The drawing is held at
the AHS Fall Board Meeting, so encourage your members to become AHS members now if they are not
already, so your club will have a chance in the drawing.
You may send your club roster by attachment to me at [email protected], or send it by mail
to:
Peggy Cathey
AHS Region 6 Membership Chair
1115 HCR 1414
Covington, TX 76636
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Garden Judges Liaison Report Summer 2017 Newsletter By Eddie Raye Andrews
Well, the gardens have bloomed and now some have reblooms. Had a great time at the Austin Regional.
Great Garden Judges Workshops I & II were held where we had new applicants, plus those wanting to audit
the class to learn more about judging daylilies. All in all, we had three individuals who have completed both
sessions. Their tests have been submitted along with their applications for Garden Judges.
Remember to print your 2017 Awards & Honors Ballot, vote and then submit by the September 1st deadline.
Other exciting news were the applications of Dan & Peggy Cathey to become instructors for Garden
Judges Workshops. They were there in Austin helping with both Workshops. Wahoo!!
Region 6 Publicity Director Report
Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Maureen Valenza
We have some great news to share with the members. There are 3 new gardens listed as Region 6 AHS
Display Gardens:
Mike Peppers at 6902 Poncha Pass, Austin, TX
Jeff Breitenstein and Skottie O’Mahony at 12229 Tanglewild Drive, Austin, TX
Sandy Roberts and Loris Garrett at 509 Huckleberry Drive, Lake Jackson, TX
The Austin Daylily Society did a fabulous job hosting the 2017 Regional Meeting. If you have never been to a
Regional don’t miss next year!! It will be hosted by Brazosport and 2019 will be in Albuquerque so plan
ahead. We had wonderful weather, fabulous gardens and great food and laughs. Leave your daily stress
behind and come join the fun!!!
I would like to thank all the 2017 garden hosts for their hospitality and great garden ideas. We found each
garden to have something very special to share with each of us. It was total eye candy for me!!! Gardens
are not just about the daylilies but are arrangements bringing in an array of horticultural elements crafted by
talented folks that express their love of gardening. I wouldn’t mind entertaining in these environments –
what great parties!!!
Don’t forget to have your ballots in for the Pularity Poll due September 1. I hope that members will vote
this year since we had 29% return last year which was pretty poor. That trend is not heading in the right
direction when you consider we have over 420+ members??? The total participation for AHS on the national
basis was 19% in 2016.
Purpose of the Popularity Poll is a service to its members, hybridizers, and the general public. Each year
the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) conducts a Popularity Poll among its Regions for AHS members to
determine their favorite daylilies. This poll provides important information to all concerned regarding which
flowers are performing well and which are best liked by the membership. These Popularity Polls are important
for our hybridizers since they see what flowers are getting attention and also for non-members who make daylily selections for purchase.
Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6 Summer 2017 Page 9
As I mentioned in the Spring 2017 newsletter, Sandy Holmes, the AHS National Chair, had requested input
from all Regional Publicity Directors due to the lack of participation across multiple regions on Popularity Poll
results. She has done a great job vetting through a flurry of emails and summarizing Regional inputs.
The Popularity Poll is a great resource for the tried and true cultivars, which have survived our climatic
variations within Texas and New Mexico. Sharing the Popularity Poll results on our Region 6 website with the
general public and media will help build the AHS brand. Please read the Secretary's report for the changes
in the Popularity Poll for 2018 for Region 6.
The Popularity Poll Ballot was in the spring newsletter and is in this edition, but is also available on the “AHS
website” under the quick link (left hand) side. Members are to scroll down to “Popularity Poll” and select
“Region 6” and the Poll selection will appear for them to select their 10 favorite daylilies. AHS Members only
are to complete the form available online at: http://www.ahsregion6.org/popularity_polls.htm or on the
AHS website. This ballot of 95-100 daylilies is based on the results for 2016 on the most voted cultivars who
scored up to 4+ votes.
Whether you choose to mail your ballots to me your Regional Tabulator at: Maureen Valenza, 24959 Stratton
Meadows Drive, Porter, TX 77365 or email your selection to me at: [email protected] or scan the ballot
and send the scanned version makes no difference as long as you cast your vote.
Voting Requirements are listed on the Popularity Poll site.
Last year, we had 29% AHS members participate. Please don’t forget to vote this year. Your club can have a
chance to win $300 that can be used by the club at its discretion. We will tabulate the clubs with the most
votes and draw on the club that has 95% or greater AHS members who vote in the Popularity Poll this year
will be eligible to participate in this drawing. Therefore, don’t forget to add all the clubs that you belong to
so that they get the credit to win.
Region 6 Secretary Report
Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Robert Valenza
AHS Region 6 Regional Officer Meeting Minutes
Date of Meeting: May 26, 2017
Location: Round Rock - Austin, Texas
Event: Region 6 2017 Regional Meeting (sponsored by Austin Daylily Society)
Call to Order - Tim Closs facilitated the meeting and introduced the agenda for the meeting.
Nomination Committee – Nominating Committee from 2016 led by Loris Garrett endorsed Debbie Pike as
the 2018 Region 6 President. Attendees voted and motion passed.
R. Valenza (Secretary) - Minutes from Executive Meeting for 2016 were not read due to time constraints and
approved as published in the Winter 2016 newsletter.
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Financial Report (M. Avaritt - absent) – Report to be published in the upcoming Newsletter. Board
budgeted same funding limits of $ 9,000 for funding the Region 6 Newsletter. Region 6 Total for May 2017 is
$ 34,062.45. Auction proceeds were $ 6,654 from May 27, 2017 Auction.
Finance Committee to be added to support the Treasurer in accessing budget expenditures. Consideration
for adding budgets for Judges attending Regional flower shows at remote locations be reimbursed by Region
6. Continue to look at Newsletter costs which is the highest cost for the Region. Regional Meeting club
baskets will continue due to their proceeds offsetting newsletter expenses.
Committee Reports:
Director’s Report (B. Winkelman) – Reviewed current AHS membership statistics at the national level with
numbers decreasing by approximately 2000 members.
Recognition Program for 2017 - Platinum and gold membership levels clubs will have their name drawn at Fall
Board Meeting. Award for 2017 is $ 500 for a club to purchase plants from sponsoring nursery in the voucher
program. Beverley urged members to send in their club rosters to her for review and inclusion into the
recognition program.
Regional Publicity Director’s Report (M. Valenza) - 2016 results were negative compared to the last 3-year
trend with 29% of Region 6 membership voting in poll.
M. Valenza presented proposal based on recommendations from AHS regarding Regional Popularity Polls:
After a daylily, has won the Populairy Poll, the daylily will be escalated to a new category called Region 6
“Hall of Fame” and will be removed from the Popularity Poll ballot. If possible, the list is to include all
Popularity Poll winners dating back to 1961, but further back if the Region has the records. The Hall of Fame
will be on the Region 6 website for all to view. The AHS will continue to display the David Hall Memorial
Award Winners on their website. Whenever possible the former winner's name should begin with Daylily so
that it will appear on
Beverly Winkelman Region 6 Director
Tim Closs (Facilitating) Region 6 President
Maureen Valenza Region 6 Regional Publicity Director
Larry and Debbie Pike Newsletter Editor
Peggy Cathey Membership Chair
Beverly Winkelman Exhibition Judges Liaison
Eddie Raye Andrews Garden Judges Liaison
Larry and Debbie Pike Awards and Honors Chairs
Dan and Peggy Cathey Youth Liaisons
Officers absent:
Archivist/Historian & Webmaster
Technology /Group Leader
Ray Houston
Malcolm Avaritt Treasurer & W.E. Monroe Endowment Fund
Robert Valenza Secretary – notes taken by M. Valenza/M. Connolly
Mark Carpenter Rust Liaison
Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6 Summer 2017 Page 11
search engines and provide more access to the general public. Examples: Daylily Hall of Fame – Region 6.
M. Valenza presented the AHS proposal to the attendees and consensus was achieved as follows:
1. The name for elevating Popularity Poll winners be called the “Hall of Fame” motion by Eddie Raye
Andrews and seconded by Tim Closs.
2. Hall of Fame will start in 2018. Motion by Nancy Freshour and seconded by David Freshour.
3. Following daylilies to be moved to the “prestigious” Hall of Fame in 2018 are H. ‘Little Orange Tex’, H.
‘How Beautiful Heaven Must Be’, H. ‘Red Volunteer’, H. ‘Witches Wink’, H. ‘Beautiful Edgings, H.
‘Sweet Patootie’, H. ‘Just for Joanne’, and H. ‘Orange Velvet’.
4. A five (5) year review cycle for daylilies that have been in the top five (5) ranking for Region 6 Popularity
Poll winners on a consecutive basis.
5. Regional Clubs are free to include a category in their annual flower shows for the “Hall of Fame” winners
and provide a club award for this category.
Newsletter Editor Report (L. Pike) – Larry Pike asked that each club send in their reports in a timely manner
and that all reports be included as an attachment to the email and if possible, formatted in Microsoft Word.
This will save much time in translating the reports into the newsletter software. Most of the newsletters will
be in black and white with the exception of the seedling pictures. Some changes in how we gather the
information for the Newsletter are coming and should streamline our process. Articles are also needed for
the newsletters and can be sent to [email protected].
Awards and Honors (Larry/Debbie Pike) – Need seedlings for Albuquerque and Brazosport Regional
Meetings. Good discussion on developing seedling bed guidelines for future garden hosts to use as a best
practice. Larry Pike converted birdhouses to use for the ballot boxes which are clearly identified and easy to
spot in a garden. Photos can be sent from the Award bed participants that can be used in the event that the
flower is not blooming on the day of the tour. The pictures will give the attendees an idea of the flower and
the attendees can use the photograph to vote on their favorite flower.
Youth Liaisons (Dan/Peggy Cathey) - working with clubs to increase interest in Daylilies with young people.
Currently, no youth members are in Region 6.
New Business:
Exhibition and Garden Judges: Discussion regarding the need to have more judges for the Region
since some Judges are retiring. Judges serve the Region with flower shows and for nominating
national hybridizer awards for AHS. Both functions serve a valuable purpose for the Region. The
Board would prefer to have Judges be funded by the Region where it makes sense and will look to the
future to communicate this to those members who are financially challenged to be supported by the
Region in a form of a stipend. Members are encouraged to contact Beverly Winkelman and Eddie
Raye Andrews and advise them if they have members that would like to have these clinics.
Exhibition Judges – changes for 2017 by AHS that Judges must exhibit in a flower show at least once
during a 4 year period might create a reduction of Judges in the Region. Many club locations are
remote and many Judges are judging multiple shows which creates a real conflict to exhibit in a flower show. This change will be challenged by our Region 6 Liaison and others to avoid losing more
Judges in the Region.
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Open Business:
Upcoming Regional Meetings –
Nancy and David Freshour provided attendees with an overview of the Brazosport Region 6 Meeting
for May 17-19, 2018.
Amy Howard announced that Albuquerque Daylily Society will be hosting the 2019 eeting for June 27-30, 2019.
Meeting was adjourned.
Youth Liaison Report
Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Peggy & Dan Cathey
For our AHS Region 6 Youth Program to be a success, we as adults need to get
involved. Too many of our young members are not being mentored by a caring adult
so that they may learn and appreciate our favorite flower, the daylily. If you see a young
person who is interested in daylilies at a show or sale, sign them up for your club’s
youth program but don’t stop there. Encourage them to learn more about daylilies.
Teach them not only how to grow daylilies and how fun it can be to learn to hybridize
daylilies and create new cultivars. Teach them what to look for in selecting daylilies in
the garden that will make great additions to their gardens and bloom over a long
period of time. Help get them interested and involved with your local club and its
activities. Encourage them to invite their friends, brothers and sisters to attend
meetings. Our future depends on nurturing our young people to be involved in all
parts of the American Hemerocallis Society. It only takes a small seed to grow a
beautiful plant!
Archivist/Historian/
Webmaster Report
Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Ray Houston
If you wish to know what is happening in Region 6, or you are seeking historical information about the Re-
gion, visit the Region 6 website http://www.ahsregion6.org/ There is a large volume of information on the
website, and current and historical information is continually added to the website.
If you are seeking information from past or current Region 6 newsletters and don’t know where to look,
please contact me at [email protected] or call (979) 297-5814. I am able to perform electronic searches of
the newsletter archives in a matter of minutes. I have the majority of the Region 6 newsletters 1961-present in the hard
copy and electronic archives. Full color current and two previous year’s electronic versions of the Region 6 newsletters -
Daylilies of the Southwest - are also available on the website. The complete set of Region 6 digital newsletters, 1961-
Present, is available for download from the Region 6 website.
http://www.ahsregion6.org/newsletters_online.htm
Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of AHS Region 6 Summer 2017 Page 13
Additions to the Region 6 Website:
2017 Flower Show Results
Brazosport Daylily Society, North Texas Daylily Society-Daylily Growers of Dallas, and Houston Area Daylily
Society-Houston Hemerocallis Society
http://www.ahsregion6.org/flower_show_results-2017.htm
2017 Spring Newsletter Daylilies of the Southwest
http://www.ahsregion6.org/newsletters_online.htm
New Region 6 Display Gardens
Benvenuti Garden - Loris Garrett & Sandy Roberts, Lake Jackson, TX
Garden of Mike Peppers, Austin, TX
Jeff Breitenstein and Skottie O’Mahoney, Austin, TX
http://www.ahsregion6.org/display_gardens.htm
Region 6 Popularity Poll Hall of Fame
During the Austin Region 6 Meeting held in Round Rock, Texas, May 26, 2017, it was voted to move daylilies from
the Popularity Poll voting list to the Region 6 Popularity Poll Hall of Fame after being in the top 5 of the Region 6
Popularity Polls for 3 years. In the future, these daylily names will no longer appear in the list used for Region 6
Popularity Poll voting.
A web page has been created for these Region 6 Hall of Fame daylilies and the first 8 daylily names fitting that cri-
teria have been posted on this web page.
Hemerocallis ‘Beautiful Edgings’
H. ‘How Beautiful Heaven Must Be’
H. ‘Just For Joanne’
H. ‘Little Orange Tex’
H. ‘Orange Velvet’
H. ‘Red Volunteer’
H. ‘Sweet Patootie’
H. ‘Witches Wink’
http://www.ahsregion6.org/popularity_poll_hall_of_fame.htm
Tribute to Luke Senior, Jr., 1932-2017
http://www.ahsregion6.org/senior_luke.htm
Newsletter Editor Report
Summer 2017 Newsletter
By Larry & Debbie Pike
Happy Summer! First of all, it was really great to see many of you at the Austin Regional Meeting. The hosts and the
gardens were wonderful. Thank you to Austin for a great job hosting the Meeting. As a guest, it seemed as if everything
went perfectly. As a past host, I know people were working hard in the background to make sure attendees were well
taken care of. Great job Austin!
Now, for those of you that do not know, the Region 6 Board always meets on Thursday evening of the Region 6 Meeting.
The minutes of these meetings are published in this issue of the newsletter. One of the topics discussed in this meeting
was that the Newsletter Editor, Larry Pike, had announced that he was going to have to step down as the Editor because
of time constraints and personal issues. That led the Board to discussions concerning filling that role as well as other
roles within Region 6. As you all know, I (Debbie Pike) was voted in as the Region 6 President for 2018-19….thank you all
for that, by the way. Since I had considered that possibility, I had started studying all Region 6 roles and responsibilities.
We have missed a few things, for no other reason other than most of us still work every day. The Region Publicity
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Director role is a HUGE and important role. The main purpose of this role is “to act as chief informational officer for the
Region and to publicize AHS and the daylily Popularity Poll. So, in the future, parts of this role will be done by two
people. Maureen Valenza and Jeff Breitenstein will be Co-Region 6 Publicity Directors. Maureen and Jeff will work
together to ensure all of these tasks of this role are covered. For now, Maureen will cover AHS Popularity Poll, as well as
other communications with AHS and Jeff has agreed to work with Larry, (yes Larry agreed to stay on as the Newsletter
Editor) to gather newsletter information, club reports, articles, and the Region officer reports. Everyone needs to thank
Jeff for volunteering to do this part of the role. It will help Larry greatly!! Jeff you are awesome!! Please join me in
giving Larry Pike, a huge thank you for all of your hard work on the Newsletter and congratulations on his AHS award for
his article. Mark Carpenter also won an AHS award for his article on Rust in the same Spring issue of the Region 6
Newsletter
Awards and Honors Liaison Report Summer 2017 Newsletter By Larry & Debbie Pike
What a great Regional Meeting we had in Austin. The gardens were beautiful, the people were friendly, the weather was
great, and many new friendships were formed along with old friends getting a chance to visit again. I would like to tip
my hat to each of you that allowed your gardens to be on the tour. I know how much work that is and each garden was
unique and beautiful in its own way.
A special thanks to Jeff Breitenstein and Skottie O’Mahony for hosting the two Awards Beds for the Regional Meeting.
The winner of the Annie T. Giles Award for the outstanding seedling from a hybridizer in the host club was Skottie
O’Mahony. We had 12 entries in the Annie T. Giles bed. The winner of the Edna Lankart Award for a seedling from a
hybridizer outside of the host club was Doug McKemie. We had 22 entries in the Edna Lankart bed.
Doug McKemie Seedling Skottie O’Mahony Seedling
As many of you know, the bloom season was very early this year and many times when we hold our Regional Meeting
the seedlings in the Award Beds are not blooming on that particular day. This was true this year and fortunately Jeff
Breitenstein took pictures of all of the seedlings that did bloom. I spoke to AHS Awards and Honors Chair Melodye
Campbell and got her approval to have our members vote on the pictures. I was told that this is a problem in nearly
every Region and some have gone to having the hybridizers submit pictures of their seedling entries and then the entire
membership can view them and vote even if they are unable to attend the Region Meeting.
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Doorakian Donation - by Tim Closs
Earlier this month, Region 6 was the recipient of a wonderful donation of daylilies from Mary Collier Fisher and George &
Paula Doorakian. If you have ever seen any Doorakian daylilies, you know their magnificence. Mary Collier Fisher has
been the source of Doorakian introductions for many years and is an American Hemerocallis Society past President.
Mary, George and Paula have decided to downsize their operation due to health issues. In addition to the Doorakian
cultivars, they shipped two cultivars from Karol Emmerich. In conversations with Debbie Pike and Malcolm Avaritt, it was
decided that placing these cultivars in our Region 6 AHS Display Gardens would be an excellent way to “share the
wealth” and to showcase the plants in different settings and climate conditions. The plants have been received by
Malcolm, potted up, and will be held until this fall to help minimize summer transplant shock. In addition, we are placing
donated plants in 2018 and 2019 Region 6 Meeting tour gardens, as guest plants. Letters are being sent to the tour
gardens detailing procedures for returning the guest plants. Traditionally, the garden owners keep a double fan and
return the guest plant. We suggest using any increase to help your local club auction, or ideally, donating any increase
to the Regional auction, since this was a donation to Region 6. The following cultivars were donated:
H. ‘Emerald Starburst‘ H. ‘Entwined in the Vine‘ H. ‘Green Icon’
H. ‘Igor F. Palacios, M.D.’ H. ‘Inscribed On My Heart’ H. ‘Mary L. Lievens’
H. ‘Senator Edward M. Kennedy’ H. ‘Telltale Heart’ H. ‘Wellesley College’
Please consider writing a thank you letter to Mary, George and Paula at the following address:
Mary Collier Fisher P.O. Box 215, Nutting Lake, MA 01864
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Region 6 American Hemerocallis Society – 2017 Popularity Poll Ballot
(Open to all AHS Members - Vote Now to Select the Recommended Daylilies for 2017)
Voting Requirements:
All AHS members are eligible to vote and should participate.
Vote for up to, but no more than ten (10) cultivars. Note: a valid ballot may consist of only one vote.
For Dual Memberships, the second member should use another ballot. Each member votes!!!!
Price need not be considered. Vote for new or oldies - it’s your personal favorite that counts.
Select your favorite registered, well established cultivars (no seedlings) which you have observed in your garden or garden visits.
Mail or email your choices to your Regional Tabulator, Maureen Valenza, 24959 Stratton Meadows Drive, Porter, TX 77365, or email to valen-
[email protected], or vote directly on the AHS website under Popularity Poll/Select your Region and vote on line. Whichever submission method
you choose, please submit your ballot only once.
Vote for up to 10 of your favorite daylilies. Postmark deadline is SEPTEMBER 1st, 2017.
H. ‘Affair D’Amour’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Gentle Sue’ H. ‘Patsy Carpenter’
H. ‘All About Eve’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Miss Bea’ H. ‘Peacock Maiden’
H. ‘Aly Marie’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Sunburst’ H. ‘Pearl Harbor’
H. ‘American Freedom’ H. ‘Halloween Masquerade’ H. ‘Primal Scream’
H. ‘Barbara Mitchell’ H. ‘Highland Lord’ H. ‘Red Chile Rendezvous’
H. ‘Beautiful Edgings ‘ H. ‘Hillbilly Heart‘ H. ‘Red Volunteer’
H. ‘Bela Lugosi’ H. ‘Hold Your Horses’ H. ‘Renegade Lady’
H. ‘Berried in Texas’ H. ‘How Beautiful Heaven Must Be’ H. ‘Rosie Meyer’
H. ‘Betty Warren Woods’ H. ‘Ida’s Magic’ H. ‘Ruby Spider’
H. ‘Big Doc’ H. ‘ Jason Salter’ H. ‘Russian Easter’
H. ‘Bill Norris’ H. ‘Joan Senior’ H. ‘Ruby Spider’
H. ‘Bitsy’ H. ‘Julie Newmar’ H. ‘Scarlet Orbit’
H. ‘Black Ambrosia’ H. ‘Just for Joanne’ H. ‘Sergeant Major’
H. ‘Blue Ribbon Roundup’ H. ‘King Kahuna’ H. ‘Sherry Lane Carr’
H. ‘Born In Texas’ H. ‘Lacy Marionette’ H. ‘Siloam Double Classic’
H. ‘Bright Eyed’ H. ‘Lady Neva’ H. ‘Skinwalker’
H. ‘Canadian Border Patrol’ H. ‘Lake Jackson Beauty’ H. ‘Spacecoast Tiny Perfection’
H. ‘Color Me Happy’ H. ‘Lavender Blue Baby’ H. ‘Strawberry Candy’
H. ‘Cosmic Kaleidoscope’ H. ‘Lemon Go Lightly’ H. ‘Sweet Patootie’
H. ‘Cosmic Sensation’ H. ‘Lime Painted Lady’ H. ‘Texan to the Bones’
H. ‘Dizzy Miss Lizzie’ H. ‘Little Orange Tex’ H. ‘Thin Man’
H. ‘Dorothy and Toto’ H. ‘Lone Star Back Forty’ H. ‘Thomas Tew’
H. ‘Double Cranberry Ruffles’ H. ‘Lone Star Wagon Wheel’ H. ‘Velvet Rose’
H. ‘Double Down’ H. ‘Lulu’s Magic’ H. ‘Victorian Lace’
H. ‘Dutch Yellow Truffle’ H. ‘Madelyn D’Ann Payne’ H. ‘Walking Stick’
H. ‘Ed Brown’ H. ‘Midnight Magic’ H. ‘Wild Horses’
H. ‘Elizabeth Salter’ H. ‘Mildred’s Endless Support’ H. ‘Wisest of Wizards’
H. ‘Ernie’s Cajun Wit’ H. ‘Ming Porcelain’ H. ‘Wind Beneath My Sails’
H. ‘Florence Denny’ H. ‘Mint Octopus’ H. ‘Witches Wink’
H. ‘Fooled Me’ H. ‘Miss Scarlet’ Write-ins:
H. ‘Free Wheelin’ H. ‘Mississippi Momento’ ¨
H. ‘Geneva Rocking Robin’ H. ‘Nacogdoches Pansy’ ¨
H. ‘God Save the Queen’ H. ‘Octopus Hugs’ ¨
H. ‘Grey Witch’ H. ‘Orange Velvet‘ ¨
H. ‘Guadalajara’ H. ‘Paper Butterfly’ ¨
H. ‘Gulf Coast Aunt Evelyn’ H. ‘Patricia Snider Memorial’ ¨
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Seventh Heaven 2017 AHS Region 6 Meeting Recap
Webster’s dictionary defines ‘seventh heaven’ as “a state of extreme joy” – which perfectly sums up how the Austin
Daylily Society felt about the honor of hosting the 2017 Regional Meeting. This year’s Regional was held May 25- 27th at the Williamson Conference Center in Round Rock, just north of beautiful Austin, TX. Heartfelt thanks to
everyone who attended, our guest speaker, Rich Rosen, the committee and volunteers from the Austin club –
especially Suzanne Adair who served as Chair for the Regional Meeting – for a memorable, busy, and very fun three
days!
Of course, before all the fun began there was a lot of hard work, especially for owners of the gardens on tour.
Here’s a brief glimpse behind the scenes of four of the gardens that were visited by attendees of the Regional.
The Maiden Voyage of the Daylily Boat – The Ellison Garden
We like to say that the first
two hours each day in the gar-
den are pure fun, and the next
hour or two can be a bit of
work. When we got the nod to
be on the tour we figured we
would invest twenty hours a
week for the next 52 weeks to
make as good a showing as
possible, and that’s what we
did. The main event was to
double our daylily cultivars
from 40 to 80, including a
few of Everett Crainer’s introductions like H. ‘Gulf Coast Cowboy Up’ to go along with our new H. ‘'Wild Horses’.
So, fall 2016 was a frenzy of purchasing and planting. Our favorite newbies from the effort include H. ‘Double Bour-
bon, H. ‘Marse Connell’, H. ‘Wild Horses’, and H. ‘My Heart Belongs to Daddy’,
Fall 2016 also included a taping of the garden on our local Central Texas Gardener
PBS program (google Pat and Tom Ellison garden). The program aired in May with
a focus on daylilies. Another major project was to finish beds and pathways so that
the garden completely encircles the house. Now we truly live in the middle of the
garden! One additional garden sculpture was completed for the occasion, called
the Truth Tower, and we finished the “ribbon rigging” of the pond boat that we got
for Christmas, so our “Daylily Boat” was ready for commissioning on tour day with a
single scape of H. ‘Wild Horses’ being its cargo. Of course the last week before the
tour involved trips to the nursery to get things like begonias to fill in some holes
and more Boston ferns to create the lush green foliage effect befitting all big
events. It certainly was worth the effort, not only because we now get to enjoy the
garden looking better than ever, but also because of the fun of hearing great
stories about daylily gardening told by our garden guests. – Tom & Pat Ellison
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Carrying on Traditions and Giant Daylilies – The Peppers Garden
It was such an honor and a pleasure to host
my Region 6 friends on a tour of my garden.
After many years of daylily growing in the
Houston area, it's been a great experience to
design and plant a whole new garden here in
Austin. I scraped every inch of my new yard
down to the soil just 18 months ago and
started from scratch. The new design includes
about 225 cultivars, with about half of them
2013 or newer. The addition of a Koi pond has
been fun, too, and the fish and the flowers
seem to complement each other. I'm glad
everyone enjoyed seeing and posing with my
new, giant metal daylily sculptures! I became
acquainted with the Louisville artist when I was at last year's AHS National Convention and commissioned her to
recreate three of my favorite cultivars. One of those is Leon and Paula Payne's H. ‘Halloween Masquerade'. It was an
honor to have both of them here on the tour. They were my original daylily
mentors starting back in 1999. A number of years later, they retired their
AHS Display Garden. The same year I achieved that designation in Houston.
They graciously gave me the display sign they had for many years. After a
few-year hiatus during my move, I once again gained that designation this
year and the sign is back up again! That's just one example of what our
amazing daylily community is all about. Sharing, caring, and growing with
wonderful friends and acquaintances. There are no strangers once we step
into each other’s daylily worlds. Thank you to everyone who came to Austin
for our meeting. It was a pleasure to host you and you are welcome back
any time! – Mike Peppers
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The Nutsedge War and Refreshing a Collection – The Zilker Garden
The Austin Daylily Society plants and maintains a
display garden at the front entrance of the Zilker
Botanical Gardens. Almost 18 months ago, the
Austin club began work on preparing the beds for
the Regional Meeting. Nutsedge had badly infected
the historic and species section of the beds. The club
decided to lift all of the daylilies and solarize the bed
to kill the nuts (Zilker is 100% organic, so no herbi-
cides could be used). 60 plants were potted and ho-
teled at vari-
ous club
members’
homes, and
the bed was
covered in
thick black plastic so the summer sun would kill these invasive weeds. Last fall,
the bed was uncovered and sifted. Cottonseed burr compost was added to all
of the beds and a major replanting effort kicked off. Skottie O’Mahony created
new garden plan and coordinated the purchase of additional cultivars to
complete the collection and replace a few plants that didn’t survive. Janice and
Don Heiskell coordinated the effort to create and re-tag all of the cultivars.
Over the course of several “work weekends” the club completed the refresh/
replanting. The Zilker daylily beds are now home to 230 cultivars and are
pending designation as an AHS National Display Garden.
Day One – Garden Judge’s Workshop
On the first day of the Regional, the Garden Judge’s Workshop was held in the garden of Bruce and Jerre Threatte.
Here’s what Austin club member Agata LaRue had to say about the Workshop. “I want to do a short shout out to our
Garden Judges instructor, Eddie Raye Andrews. I attended the Workshop absolutely by chance, not having an idea
what it is about. The first part was in the Threatte garden (thanks Jerre and Bruce!). I was in the car with the Heiskells
and a lovely couple from Lufkin. The prerequisite was that we all loved daylilies, but Eddie Raye helped me to sort out
the awards and the ‘whole plant’ approach in a decisive but very kind way, as Texas Ladies do.”
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Rebuilding a Garden from 2500 Miles Away – The Tanglewild Garden
Skottie and I moved from Seattle to Austin in 2011 and brought over 1000 cultivars with us in the back of a U-Haul
truck. Since the move, many of the plants in our collection actually lived in 2-gallon pots. The Regional gave us a goal to
change all that – we added multiple new planting areas and built five raised, hybridizing beds. By the end of last winter,
all of the cultivars were in the ground. However, the Texas sun had taken a toll on our plant tags; many were faded and
almost unreadable. Over several late nights, 840 cultivars were looked up on the AHS database and cataloged,then output to tape labels and applied to
new metal tags. Just days before
the Regional, everything was ready
and a promise Jeff made to
Skottie was kept – we were able
to apply for designation as an
AHS National Display and National Historic
Display Garden, pending final
approvals. Wewere thrilled to
welcome everyone to our garden
as well as to host the Edna Lankart
and Annie T Giles beds. Thanks for
bringing your enthusiasm and
sharing your knowledge and
love of daylilies with us!
– Jeff Breitenstein
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Day Two – Garden Tours, Shopping and Regional Awards
On Friday, attendees visited gardens on the north side of Austin, including the gardens of: Gary and Suzanne Adair,
Bruce and Jerre Threatte, Skottie O’Mahony and Jeff Breitenstein, and Pat and Tom Ellison. After the tours finished for
the day, many visited the boutique, while others made their pick from an incredible selection of bus/gift plants. Everett
and Chris Crainer provided 9 introductions this year, all of which were named and registered specifically for this event,
including:
H. ‘Gulf Coast Austin Beats’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Austin Blue Moon’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Austin City Limits’
H. Gulf Coast Austin Harmonies’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Austin Longhorn’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Austin Moon Tower’
H. ‘Gulf Coast Austin Violet Crown’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Austin Weird’ H. ‘Gulf Coast Mount Bonnell’
We cannot thank Everett and Chris enough for their generosity and for such beautiful new cultivars. We’re sure these
will be treasured additions to the gardens of all who attended.
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Over dinner, the Regional business meeting was conducted and the winners of the awards for hybridizers were
announced. Doug McKemie won the Edna Lankart Award for Seedling 15-19-6 SPr, and Skottie O’Mahony won the
Annie T Giles Award for his cross of H. ‘Cleopatra’ x H. ‘Double Talk’.
Generosity and Variety at the Boutique
When our club chose to host the Regional Meeting we knew our non-profit 501c3 was not current and getting
donations from local businesses would be difficult, so our committee decided to ask club members to donate the gifts
from our Christmas gift exchange to the raffle. We also invited two porcelain artists, one cut paper card artist and a
member of our local organic club to participate in the boutique.
We also knew we needed daylilies to auction but had little money in our budget, so we had to get creative. Mark
Carpenter from the Lily Farm was scheduled to speak at our March meeting and he brought plants for a club auction.
Mark agreed to use the club’s proceeds from the auction to provide us with daylilies for the silent auction at the
regional. A week later Mark sent us a list of 32 daylilies with a market value of almost double what we anticipated, with
many different price points so everyone could bid on them. Our Region is fortunate to have such a great daylily farm
with a generous owner. When we got the spring Journal from National we found a few cultivars on the Popularity Polls
we wanted, and ordered them from Wynn's Daylily Gardens in Jasper, Florida. I asked them if they could send one of
their introductions for our Regional Meeting and got a phone call back saying they wanted to sell in our area so they
would send us their five introductions they had in stock. Again, I am amazed at the generosity of our daylily growers.
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The silent auction included 37 daylilies and 4 specialty items. Skottie O'Mahony donated two pillows and a framed
white daylily print, and William Chris Winery donated four wine glasses and we donated two bottles of wine. The
boutique brought in $1928 overall, with $100 as the highest bid – for H. ‘X Ray’, a DeVito 2013 registration. Bert &
Louise Marcom won the two pillows and Tim Closs outbid everyone for the framed prints, the two bottles of wine and
four wine glasses. He stood like a hawk making sure no one outbid him. The raffle was also successful. We sold 606
tickets for a total of $505. The staghorn fern had the most tickets at 175, with the next one being the wind chimes and
frog stake at 99 tickets.
We also had four baskets from the following clubs: Albuquerque, Austin, Lone Star, and Dallas. We sold 147 five-
dollar raffle tickets for the baskets and Lone Star received 53 tickets worth $265. The winners of the club baskets
were: Ellen Singleton for the Albuquerque Basket, Nancy Freshour for the Austin Basket, Beverly Winkelman for the
Lone Star Basket, and Jim Bartlett for the Dallas Basket.
We hope everyone had a good time and we look forward to the 2018 Regional Meeting. – Janice Heiskell
Day Two – Garden Tours and our Guest Speaker
On Saturday, we visited gardens in the central and south side of Austin, including the gardens of: Mike Peppers, Velia
Sanchez-Ruiz, and Don and Janice Heiskell – plus, a visit to the Zilker Botanical Garden which is home to the Austin
Daylily Society’s display bed. After the tours finished, attendees returned to the hotel for the Regional Auction. Tim
Closs and Bert Marcom were our very entertaining auctioneers. Proceeds from the auction are detailed elsewhere in
this newsletter, but here’s two “pro tips” – first, don’t sit in the front row. Tim Closs “punked” Larry Pike into bidding
against himself. Second, do not bid against Eddie Raye Andrews, ever. After dinner, 2017 Regional Chair Suzanne
Adair welcomed our guest speaker Rich Rosen. Suzanne and Rich are long-time friends.
Rich Rosen – A Study of Daylilies
I met Rich at a daylily club meeting in 1994 or 1995. I think he had taken up daylilies after getting tired of trying to
keep roses alive and happy in central Texas. Well the Rose Society’s loss was daylily's gain.
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Not only did Rich become a leader in our club, he also participated and held office at the Regional and National levels.
Rich loves daylilies and he is a great daylily promoter. Rich lived in my
neighborhood and shortly after I joined, he showed up with a couple of daylilies
for me to add to my then very small collection. At least once a year, Rich would
do a slide show program sharing pictures of daylilies as well as any gardens he
and Anna Marie had visited during the year. Rich Chaired our daylily shows and
mentored me when I volunteered to be Show Chair. Rich also talked me into
having my garden on tour when Austin hosted the Regional in 2000. The only
thing Rich did NOT do was design, he left that to Bill Ater.
We were sad when Rich announced that he and Anna Marie were moving. It
was easy to understand though, drought and rust had taken its toll, and
many of us were discouraged, and, well, hot. Moving someplace cooler
sounded good to me. I must say that Rich left our club strong and
committed through his years of leadership and mentoring.
So, when Austin decided to host the 2017 Regional, we thought it was a
fantastic opportunity to bring Rich and Anna Marie to Austin to renew and
refresh friendships. Rich’s presentation, “Daylilies of Merit” at the Saturday
night banquet was vintage Rich: great photographs, exciting daylilies, and ideas and guidance for adding to our
collections. Rich has always sought out those daylilies that perform well in the garden. He takes careful notes of bud
count, fans, vigor and color of the daylilies he photographs. His presentation highlighted those daylilies that meet
Rich’s standards of “Daylilies of Merit.” Rich produced a handout for this presentation, a treasure that we all came to
expect when he did his presentations for our club. These are great reference items and I keep them to study whenever
I am purchasing daylilies. Thank you Rich for coming and sharing this Regional Meeting with us. – Suzanne Adair
Thanks again to the attendees and volunteers who made the 2017 AHS Region 6 Annual Meeting a success! See you in
Brazosport in 2018!
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More pictures from the 2017 Regional Meeting in Austin
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Youth Activity Page
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Albuquerque Daylily Society President - Amy Howard 3312 Ronda De Lechusas NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120 (505) 250-2318, [email protected] Meetings: Mar-Aug, Oct, 3rd Saturday9:30 a.m. Members' Homes Website: www.albuquerquedaylilysociety.org/
Houston Hemerocallis Society President - Hershal Theilen 5047 Oak Shadows, Houston, TX 77091-4529 (713) 681-2644, [email protected] Meetings: Jan-Apr, Sep-Oct 4th Thursday7:30 p.m. Houston Metropolitan Multi-Services Center1475 West Gray Website: http://www.ofts.com/hhs
Austin Daylily Society President - Janice Heiskell 1300 Hollister Drive, Austin, TX 78739 (512) 965-0458, [email protected] Meetings: Feb-May, Aug-Nov, 1st Thursday7:00 p.m. Austin Area Garden Center Website: http://www.austindaylily.org/
Johnson County Iris & Daylily Society President - Vicki Howard 3912 CR 1205, Cleburne, TX 76031 (817) 933-1057, [email protected]: Monthly, 2nd Saturday10:00 a.m. United Coop Services Community Rm, Cleburne, TX Website: http://johnsoncountyirisanddaylilysociety.org/Club Email: [email protected]
Brazosport Daylily Society President - David Freshour 53 Lavender Ct, Lake Jackson, TX 77566 (979) 285-9664, [email protected] Meetings: Monthly, 2nd Sunday, 2:30 p.m. Lake Jackson Civic Center Website: https://www.facebook.com/brazosportdaylilysociety
Lone Star Daylily Society President - Larry Pike 1500 Rancho Chico Court Angleton, TX 77515 (979) 236-1478, [email protected]: Monthly, 3rd Sunday2:00 p.m. Alvin Senior Citizen’s Building Website: http://www.lonestardaylilysociety.org/
Cypress Creek Daylily Club President - Clifford Lee 315 East Helms, Houston, TX 77037 (281) 448-4153, [email protected] Meetings: Jan-Apr, Sept-Oct, 4th Sunday2:00 p.m. Mercer Arboretum
Lufkin Hemerocallis Society President - Conni Estes 505 Hickory Hollow, Lufkin, TX 75904 (936) 875-3202, [email protected] Meetings: Every Other Month, 2nd Tuesday2- 4:00 p.m. First Christian Church Parlor
Daylily Growers of Dallas President - Michael Reed 3425 Apple Valley Dr. Farmers Branch, TX 75234-3872 (972) 484-5449, [email protected] Meetings: Jan-May, Sept-Nov, 3rd Saturday10:00 a.m. North Haven Gardens, Dallas
Nacogdoches Daylily Society President: Regina Moehring 625 CR 213, Nacogdoches, TX 75965 (936) 560-9236, [email protected]: Mar-May, Oct-Dec, 2nd Tuesday6:30 p.m. Members' Homes & Area Restaurants
East Texas Daylily Society President - Joey Dziema 4741 FM 2339, Murchison, TX 75778 903-469-3647, [email protected] Meetings: Jan-May, Oct-Nov, 2nd Sunday2:00 p.m. Tyler Municipal Rose Garden Center
North Texas Daylily Society-Fort Worth President - Linda Long 116 Encino Springs Lane, Weatherford, TX 76088-3805 (817) 341-1297, [email protected] Meetings: Monthly, 3rd Thursday7:30 p.m. Fort Worth Botanic Center Website: http://www.northtexasdaylilysociety.org/
Golden Spread Daylily Society President - Doug Smith 726 Lefors, Pampa, TX 79065-4824 (806) 665-3410, No Email Email Contact: Joan Avampato [email protected] Meetings: Feb-Oct, 4th Sunday2:00 p.m. Amarillo Botanical Gardens
San Antonio Daylily Society President - Lauren Curtis 12618 La Bahia, San Antonio, TX 78233 (210) 656-6556, [email protected] Meetings: Monthly, 3rd Sunday2:00 p.m. San Antonio Botanical Garden, Education Building
Houston Area Daylily Society President: Clifford Lee 315 E. Helms, Houston, TX 77037 (281) 448-4153, [email protected] Meetings: Jan-May, Sep-Dec, 4th Thursday10:00 a.m. Bayland Community Center, 6400 Bissonnet
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A Albuquerque Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
Donna Peck, Club Reporter
.I have only good news from our Albuquerque Daylily Society! Our year has been going great, and
as I write this (June 10th
), our daylilies are just beginning to bloom. Many of the Region 6
Hybridizers had sent us some seedlings and guest plants last fall so we would be able to have nice
clumps for the 2019 Region 6 Meeting which we are hosting.
Sad to say, some did not survive because they were sent a bit late last fall. But many did and I have
some scapes on the ones in my garden which I anticipate seeing. I’ll be taking many pictures as they
bloom and will send them to their “owners.” Hopefully we will obtain more so we can have a nice
showing of Region 6 hybridizers in our gardens. So, any hybridizers reading this, be sure to send
more daylilies to me so we can add them to the tour gardens.
Our April meeting program was on Cooking with
Lilies and Chilies!! Jane Butel and Donna Peck
explained the advantages of using daylilies and
chilies in cooking and prepared three delicious
dishes using both. Donna prepared a chili/lili
bread and Jane made the most delicious chili/lili
enchilada dish and quesadillas.
Barbara Shapiro was in charge of our May
meeting when she helped teach us Which
Daylilies Could Extend our Growing
Season. She explained what daylilies we
should plant for early blooming, and which ones to have in the late
summer so we could enjoy blooming all year long. And her explanation of
“bud builders” was also interesting.
This was the month of many garden tours. A number of our members
helped with the various tours in Albuquerque, Corrales and Placitas. It was
too early for any of our gardens to be on tour. But Donna Peck dug up
some clumps from her garden as a fund raiser for the Placitas Library and
for the 2019 Regional. She actually sold out before noon but gave out
member information and flyers for our Flower Show and Sale later in the
summer.
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At our June meeting Debi Harrington will give a hands-on Design Workshop. Everyone will
come with what they have in their garden, and each person will make their own design with
Debi’s help and criticism. Hopefully this will help us have more designs for our Flower Show on
July 9th
. This is an area which we are lacking in our flower show.
We also will have a Hands-on Hybridizing meeting in July. Bill Maryott, from California, will be
on hand to explain hybridizing. The members will go out in Donna and Dick’s garden and each
hybridize a daylily. We will put a tag on the seed pod they hybridized, and when the seeds are
ready, Donna will deliver them to their “parents” for planting. Won’t it be fun to see if any of
these will be in contention of a Stout Winner one day??
We have a good group of Judges scheduled for our July 9th
flower show. We have our alum
member Barbara Chang, who now lives in Indiana, Pat and Curtis Montgomery, members from
Region 7 and 6, Daniel Lowe from Arizona, and our own Linda Kellerup. Our special Judge
this year will be Nikki Schmith, the AHS President from Illinois. We are excited to have her
come to New Mexico for the first time.
Our club President, Amy Howard, had a wonderful time in Austin at the Regional Meeting. We
are all encouraged to start saving our pennies and time so we can attend the Region 6 Meeting
next year. This year was just a busy family month for most of us. We hope to see you all next
year in Lake Jackson.
Austin Daylily Society See Page 17
.BBrazosport Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
By Jimmie Bennett, Secretary
Our March meeting greeted Barbara Burkhardt, Master Gardener and Master Naturalist, who
gave a presentation titled Hummingbirds Jewel of the Garden. The presentation gave some in-
teresting facts about Hummingbirds on where they are found, how they eat, how they fly and
their colors. She also gave information on their migration habits, Hummingbirds found in Texas
and documented Hummingbirds in the Brazosport area. She ended the presentation on what
plants in the garden attract Hummingbirds.
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In April we heard a presentation on the history Chandor Gardens in Weatherford, Texas, by Elizabeth
Lawrence. The gardens were created by English artist David Chandor, a portrait artist who did the
official portraits of Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
Chandor Gardens captures both the ornate design of Chinese architecture and the elegance of a
formal English garden. Also in April we had two successful plant sales. The first being the Lake
Jackson Food truck festival and the second was the San Jacinto Festival in West Columbia.
Even with the early blooming of daylilies in our area, we had a very successful flower show in May.
Nancy and David Freshour are now Junior Judges after passing the Exhibition Judges I & II classes at
the National Convention in Norfolk, VA.
C Cypress Creek Daylily Club
2017 Summer Newsletter
By Jeannie Mallick, Reporter
A Texas Master Bee Keeper, Phyllis Martin gave our February program. She is with the Montgomery
County Bee Association http://montgomerycountybeekeepers.com/. The most important thing she
described is the current crisis of declining bee populations. Humanity relies on bees to pollinate the
majority of plants that provide our food. There has been a steady decline in the number of bee hives or
colonies in the United States since 1945, when the USDA first began taking a census of bee colonies.
Modern agricultural methods such as monoculture planting and the advent of artificial fertilizers that
have replaced nitrogen-enriching companion plants (called cover crops) such as alfalfa, deprive bees of a
Section Winner Exhibitor
Extra Large H. ‘Jumbo Shrimp’ Everett & Chris Crainer
Large H. ‘Spacecoast Gold Bonanza’ Joanne Berry
Small H. ‘One Eye Willie’ Sandy Roberts & Loris Garrett
Miniature H. ‘Lil’ Black Buds’ Sandy Roberts & Loris Garrett
Double/Multiform/Polymerous H. ‘Truffle Glamour’ Everett & Chris Crainer
Spider H. ‘Licorice Twist’ Everett & Chris Crainer
Unusual Form H. ‘Gamma Galaxy’ Sandy Roberts & Loris Garrett
Popularity Poll H. ‘Dorothy & Toto’ Sandy Roberts & Loris Garrett
Seedling EC-12 Everett Crainer
Best-in-Show H. ‘Lil’ Black Buds’ Sandy Roberts & Loris Garrett
Sweepstakes Sandy Roberts & Loris Garrett
Photography Nancy Hackney
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steady reliable food source. The development of pesticides and herbicides that pervade the entire
life cycle of crops is impacting the health and survival of our bees. Honey bees are highly social. A
healthy hive may contain from 40,000-80,000 honey bees and is referred to as a “superorganism”.
Honey bees cannot survive alone but only as a group with special tasks, such as the queen, foragers,
scouts, drones, and nurse bees. You can support your local bees by gardening organically and
planting bee-friendly flowering plants, or even creating a winter bee feeder. Winter is a lean feeding
time for bees, but you can fill a coffee can with a protein and carbohydrate pollen substitute (Like
“Bee-Pro”) and the bees will come to feed!
Dianne Norman, a Master Gardener who works at Wabash Garden & Feed spoke in March on
growing spring veggies organically. She advocates creating an ideal growing medium in a raised
bed near your house in a spot that gets at least 6 hours of sun. Optimum pH for garden soil is 6.5-
6.8, or just slightly acidic. You can get your soil tested at the Texas Plant and Soil Lab http://
texasplantandsoillab.com/ Add humate to your soil to help break up the clay and release micro
nutrients. Since chloramine (chlorine combined with ammonia) is now used to treat water supplied
from surface sources in the greater Houston area, you may wish to counteract its effects by adding
humic acid to the water, just enough to tint the water. See EPA web site: https://www.epa.gov/
dwreginfo/chloramines-drinking-water
Great spring fruits and vegetables to plant in March for the Houston area include Malabar spinach,
bush and pole beans, cantaloupe, corn, cucumbers (space master bush type), lettuce, melons,
peppers, tomatoes (Better Bush, New Big Dwarf) , tomatillos, squash (black zucchini), and onions.
Our April gathering included a visit from Jerrie Glidden, Pastel & Acrylic Artist. She loves to capture
the stunning beauty of nature with her art, and demonstrated that in just 1 hour that she could paint
a bright red daylily from a photo. It seemed to come alive as her brush flew around the canvas as
she expertly dashed and blended colors here and there. Acrylic is her preferred medium these days
she says, as it dries quickly. You can hang a painted canvas on the wall the minute you are finished!
It was a privilege to see an artist at work and Jerrie generously gave each member present a packet
of note cards with envelopes, each featuring one of her beautiful designs. Wearing a red shirt
brought luck to Vernna Gibson, as she won the painting of the red daylily as a door prize!
You can see more of Jerrie’s work online at http://www.jerrieglidden.com/
We welcomed new member Fran Matchett to the Cypress Creek Daylily Club in April.
May is peak blooming time for daylilies and we celebrated with a field trip to Nathan Hanath’s
organic Magnolia Hill Farm, at 5059 Hwy 290, Brenham, Texas. It was a thrill to see so many of
Nathan’s more than 800 named daylily cultivars in bloom!
We were blessed to have mostly sunny weather and a cool breeze as we strolled among acre after
acre of beautiful blooming daylilies, all neatly labeled and available for sale. Nathan has bred many
of the daylilies himself, but sells fans from other growers, as well. The prices ranged from about
$6.00-$15.00 per fan, but some cost $30 or more. You can learn more about Nathan’s farm and his
experiences growing everything naturally at a blog site: http://masterofhort.com/tag/magnolia-hill-
farm/
While there, we visited his farm store and stocked up on fresh grown produce of every kind. Is there
anything that tastes better than a tomato allowed to ripen on the vine? Magnolia Hill Farm sells
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thousands of pounds of tomatoes each year. Nathan’s mother, Mae Dell Hanath, puts up a wide
variety of canned goods. Blackberry and strawberry jams & jellies, pickles, sauerkraut, okra, and so
much more are all available for sale in the store.
Fran Matchett brought her husband Clarence. They stocked up on quite a few daylily fans!
Several guests and fellow daylily enthusiasts from the HADS club joined us for our trip. We were
glad to welcome Diane & Joseph Johnson, Diane’s mother Josie Muske, and Susan Hersch.
It was a great experience for all of us and if you are planning a daytrip to Brenham don’t miss paying
a visit to Magnolia Hill Farm.
D Daylily Growers of Dallas
2017 Summer Newsletter
By Kathy Harris, Club Reporter
The Daylily Growers of Dallas are on summer break, now. We did have a very nice spring season with good
meetings, a good sale and a very good show. Our April meeting was “Inviting Birds to Your Garden” program
by Janet Smith of the Dallas County Master Gardener’s Speakers Board. Her program was very good and all
attending enjoyed it.
We had our Spring Daylily Sale on April 29th at North Haven Gardens. That is always a good way to make a
little money and interact with the public.
For our May meeting, we took a trip (locally) to the Farmers Branch Daylily Garden for a picnic and to enjoy
the blooms instead of sitting inside for a regular meeting. The garden is particularly lovely this time of year.
We teamed up with the North Texas Daylily Society on June 3rd for the flower show at the Fort Worth Botanic
Gardens. We did this last year, as well, and it was very successful. This year, we had lots of rain and some
got hail the day and night before the show. It continued to rain on and off all during the show, but
everyone’s spirits were high and we still had 154 scapes entered. Tim Closs was the big winner, including
Best in Show with H. ‘Nona’s Garnet’. Tim also won Sweepstakes.
Other results were:
Best Extra Large Flower: H. ’Tiffany Gold’ exhibited by Malcolm Avaritt
Best Large Flower: H.’ Banishing the Dark’ exhibited by Pat Weller
Best Small Flower: H. ‘Gadsden Firefly’ exhibited by Tim Closs
Best Miniature Flower: H.’ Tiny Miss’ exhibited by Tim Closs
Best Double, Polymerous and Multiform Flower: H. 'Dublin Elaine' exhibited by Ken & Linda Long
Best Spider Flower: H. ‘Nona’s Garnet’ exhibited by Tim Closs
Popularity Poll Winner was H. ‘Little Orange’ Tex exhibited by Tim Closs
Best Seeding was an Unusual Form Flower by Pat Weller
Best Photo was by Kristi Kolpanen.
We will resume meeting in September, after the long hot summer.
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E East Texas Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
By Bill Pace, Club Reporter
Eustis, Florida hybridizer Nicole DeVito was the featured speaker at our February meeting. She spoke about
her hybridizing strategies and showed images of many of her newer creations. This presentation was
followed by an auction of IOU’s for twenty-four of her newer introductions. The auction action proved quite
competitive and a couple of cultivars nearly reached their list price.
Our program for March consisted of Henderson County Master Gardener Shannon Greene speaking about
herbs and their various medicinal, scent and culinary uses. Some, she indicated, were good companions to
daylilies. Others (e.g. fennel) seem to negatively impact the health of some nearby plants.
The club’s annual sale was held on March 24 & 25 from a booth at Tyler’s “Artisans & Flower Market”.
Despite having to close up after only two hours on day one (due to imminent storms) we achieved our
overall sales target. Thanks to our hardworking volunteers, we made enough to fully fund our horticulture
scholarship with Stephen F. Austin University.
Andie Rathbone, a Smith County Master Gardener, was our April speaker – on butterflies. Her PowerPoint
covered the number of species in Texas (1750) as well as identifying the best host plants for caterpillars and
mature butterflies. She also provided information on the effects of pesticides and GMO crops on both
butterflies and bees.
Since the club decided back in February to hold an unaccredited flower show in late May, that month’s
program included both a presentation on show rules/practices and a live grooming demo. The actual show
was held at Blue Moon Gardens in Chandler, TX, on May 20. We had around 75 horticulture-on-scape entries
and another fifteen of photos. Sandy Perkins’ scape of H. ‘Black Eyed Gypsy’ garnered the most “people’s
choice” votes. Pat Weller’s seedling WACC 5 was the runner-up.
Our next meeting will be in October.
Reporter – Bill Pace
Photos provided for optional use:
2017 Sale – shoppers look for bargains
2017 Show – 27 vases of scapes
2017 Show – “peoples’ choice” winner H. ‘Black Eyed Gypsy’
2017 Feb. – Nicole DeVito w ETDS VP Nancy East
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G Golden Spread Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
Joan Avampato, Club Reporter
We sold daylilies at the annual Garden Fest Plant Sale held at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens on Saturday,
April 29. It was a rainy two days for the day of and the day before the sale. It was decided to move the sale
to the large lecture room indoors. We set up our tables on Friday afternoon and set out the plants early on
Saturday morning. The daylilies had been dug, cleaned, and prepared for selling. All the daylilies were
labeled with name, color and mature height, so people could get the varieties best suited for their gardens.
All of them are grown in the area and would be good for and survive in local gardens. We had a good booth
location and attracted many customers for the daylilies but the overall attendance was less than last year
because of the weather and sales were about half of what we did last year.
We thank our members Doug Smith, Howard Raef, Terry McCanna and Joan Avampato, who turned out to
dig, clean, prepare and label the daylilies for the sale. Then, came on sale day to set up, sell them and last
but not least, clean up and put all the equipment back in the storage boxes. Walking around to visit other
vendors was a bonus to a good day.
We thank Chuck Bufford, who is not even a member for helping us dig the daylilies.
We thank everyone, members and friends, for all their hard work that made a successful day. This was our
first sale without Don Glenn, our knowledgeable daylily grower, who died last October.
Many daylilies are in full bloom right now at the end of June and we are meeting on Saturday, June 24, to list
our favorites as requested by the AHS. We also wanted to photograph daylilies so there would be a file of
daylily photos with names. Unfortunately, the night before there was a thunderstorm with hail over the area
and many flowers were damaged and not good candidates for photos. We did get some photos but the list is
short.
All of our members are AHS members but GSDS is not recognized as such by the AHS because we are less
than 20 members.
H Houston Area Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
Mary Gage, Reporter
Thanks to our Jo Crisp and Darla Oakes we had exciting programs for all of our spring meetings. In February
we learned so much about gardening tools from Master Gardener, Louis Mickler. More than just sharpening,
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he spoke about choosing quality tools and how to care for them to get many years of use.
March was really special because Jo Crisp was back in Houston for a few days and in the absence of
President Clifford Lee, she Chaired the meeting. Master Gardener Jean Fefer presented a most interesting
program on “Herbs, Growing and Using”.
April was a busy meeting with Flower Show planning. This year was our turn to take charge of and fund the
show we jointly sponsor with Houston Hemerocallis Society. We took time also for John Ferguson of Nature’s
Way Resources to tell about mulches, soils, fungi, bacteria, etc. He said that using compost tea, organic
fertilizer and trace elements would help minimize daylily rust.
Our May program was by Darla Harris, owner of Fern Plantation in Magnolia, who brought many very different
types of ferns to show. Even though we are daylily people, we were in awe of the beauty of the “bloomless”
ferns and many of us purchased them.
May 13 was Flower Show Day for HADS & HHS at Gethsemane Lutheran Church along with HADS Plant Sale.
Show winners were:
Large H.’ Olympic Showcase’……..Clifford Lee
Small H.’ Lone Star Purple Circle’…Mildred & Paul Eskine
Miniature H.’ Jason Salter’……………...Mildred & Paul Eskine
Double/Poly/Multi.. H.’ Orange Delicious’………..Mildred & Paul Eskine
Unusual Form H.’ Green Pinwheel’…………Anna Rosa Glidden
Popularity Poll H.’ Beautiful Edgings’……….Clifford Lee
Seedling Seedling……………………...Mildred & Paul Eskine
Design Tricolor “Wishful Abandon”……….….Nell Shimek
Best-in-Show H.’ Olympic Showcase’….…..Clifford Lee
Sweepstakes Mildred & Paul Eskine
From the line-up of winners, one might surmise that our members could have been a bit disgruntled at having
Mildred and Paul Eskine come and “steal” the show, but believe me that definitely was NOT the case. We were
overjoyed at having our friends “rescue” our pitifully sparse show tables, since most of our members were
pretty well bloomed out. Thank you, Mildred and Paul. You made our day!
Although we have no regularly scheduled meetings in June we did have a “Hot Dog Social Get-together”
which turned out to be bittersweet. Sweet because we had no business or planned program, just good food
and time for fellowship. We always have good food but usually wish we had more time just for visiting. The
“bitter” was that Darla Oakes found it necessary to resign from the club. She never was and never would be a
“member in name only” but always an eager participant in every way. We are not quite sure how we can do
without her but she knows we will welcome her visits any time. .
Regretfully only two members, Mary and Eddie Gage, attended the Region 6 Meeting in Austin.
Unfortunately, they had to return home Saturday morning due to Eddie’s mishap resulting in a knot on his
shin. He is doing okay now.
Our President Clifford Lee continues his slow recovery from hip replacements complicated by chemical
leakages from the metal components. Yet, even in his pain, he attends most of our meetings and we
appreciate his loyalty to the club.
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Houston Hemerocallis Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
Bill Jarvis, Reporter
The Houston Hemerocallis Society will be holding future meetings at the Cherie Flores Garden Pavilion
located in McGovern Centennial Gardens here in Houston. This new facility replaced the old Houston Garden
Center where our club met for years.
Our March meeting was held on the 23rd and was well attended. We were most pleased to add a couple of
new members to our roles at the meeting. The March program was a slide show of seedling pictures taken in
the Jarvis garden in 2016 set to music.
At our April meeting we had a discussion on creating entries for the Design Division of the upcoming
flower show and proper grooming for entries in the horticulture division. We also installed our new officers
for the upcoming year. The officers for 2017-18 are:
President – Hershal Theilen
1st Vice President – (open)
2nd Vice President – Bill Jarvis
Treasurer – Lucia Hansen
Recording Secretary – Chris Liles
The program for the April meeting was our annual plant swap. This is a chance for members to share some of
the unusual plants we have in our gardens.
On April 29th we held our annual plant sale. We sell only container grown daylilies as planting bare root at
this time of year is very stressful to the plants. For the past couple of years we’ve been having the sale at the
location where we maintain our sale plants. This greatly simplifies the process. This year’s sale was a success
and we even signed up a new member during the sale.
The 2017 HHS/HADS flower show was held at the Gethsemane Lutheran Church on May 13th. The Houston
Area Daylily Society was in charge of the show this year with our club assisting (we alternate who’s in charge).
The date was a couple of weeks after peak bloom but we still had a lot of great daylilies to show the public.
This year our top winners were:
Best In Show (and best large flower) – H. ‘Olympic Showcase’ exhibited by Clifford Lee
Best Small flower – H. ‘Lone Star Purple Circle’ exhibited by Mildred & Paul Eskine
Best Mini – H. ‘Jason Salter’ exhibited by Mildred & Paul Eskine
Best double/multiform/poly – H. ‘Orange Delicious’ exhibited by Mildred & Paul Eskine
Best unusual form – H. ‘Green Pinwheel’ exhibited by Anna Rosa Glidden
Popularity Poll – H. ‘Beautiful Edgings’ exhibited by Clifford Lee
Best Seedling – exhibited by Mildred & Paul Eskine
Sweepstakes – Mildred & Paul Eskine
Tricolor Award – Nell Shimek
Pictures of these winners can be found on the HHS website ‘Flower Show’ page. http://www.ofts.com/hhs/
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J Johnson County Iris & Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
By Peggy Cathey, Club Reporter
What a crazy bloom season we have had this year. Daylilies started blooming in February and haven’t
stopped. This has been one of the best daylily bloom seasons I have seen in a long time. Because of the
early start, we had to move our Daylily Show up a month and decided to make it a Daylily Display or
“Learning” Mock Show. Twelve members entered daylilies in our show with 42 entries total. We began with
instructions on grooming and it really paid off in the condition of the scapes entered. We then had four
members volunteer to act as Judges under the guidance of Dan and Peggy Cathey, who are accredited Daylily
Exhibition Judges. Our “judges” carefully examined each scape, commenting on the good qualities as well as
the faults and assigned a point score to each. Section winners were then selected from the top scoring daylily
from each section. To select the Best-In-Show, the Judges each completed the AHS Best-In-Show Ballot.
Their final score was entered into the AHS Best-In-Show Tabulation Program. If your club doesn’t use this
program, you are missing out on a great tool for tabulating all the Judges’ scores. Once all the numbers were
entered, there was a tie, even though the program used 2 tie breakers. The Tabulation Chair then had to
count how many flowers had already bloomed on the 2 which were tied. These numbers were then put into
the program and a winner was finally selected. The winning daylily was on its first bloom. The winner was H.
‘One Hot Mama’, Wilkerson (2010), an extra-large Unusual Form, entered by Dan & Peggy Cathey.
New officers were elected during the June meeting. Officers for the 2017-18 club year will be:
Vicki Howard-President; Kathy Wade-1st VP, Programs; Anita Goodale-2nd VP, Membership; Karen Singletary-
3rd VP; Vickie Rigby-Secretary; and Dan Cathey-Treasurer.
Dan and Peggy Cathey attended the Region 6 Meeting in Round Rock and had a great time and saw beautiful
daylilies in 8 wonderful gardens. Thanks to the Austin Daylily Society for hosting the Regional Meeting. We
were happy to have two friends and fellow daylily lovers, Ken Anderson and Preston Floyd, join us for the
Meeting and garden tours. Ken also audited the Garden Judges Workshops. He commented that he is
looking at the plants in a whole new way since taking the class. There is more to it than just a “pretty face”.
Ken and Preston both plan to become AHS members.
Dan and Peggy assisted Eddie Raye Andrews with both Garden Judges Workshops. Once approved by AHS
at the Fall Board Meeting, they will become AHS Garden Judges Instructors. They also plan to attend the
Region 11 Spring Meeting in Oklahoma City and assist with the AHS Exhibition Judges Clinic II, with hopes of
completing their training to become Exhibition Judges Instructors.
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L Lone Star Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
Debbie Pike, Club Reporter
February 2016, we discussed future speakers. Carolyn Livanec is working on getting us an interesting speaker
for the September Meeting. Calista reported for Debbie Pike. The Pike’s were ill. Calista gave an update on
plans for our February and March fundraisers. Calista went over the details on the Texas Home and Garden
at NRG. Calista then went over the different plants that Debbie has been taking care of for the club. We had
fabulous pictures of the Raffle Plants, NRG Sale Plants, Bingo Plants, Angleton Market Day Plants, and March
Auction Plants. The daylilies are looking wonderful. Beki Spearman discussed plans for the May Flower
Show. We have all the Chairs assigned. We are waiting for AHS to update the official papers on the AHS
website. This would be the application for the show and the other required paperwork. We are moving along
and will start asking for workers for the show and plant sale. Beverly Winkelman went over some AHS
information and mentioned that the AHS has a new person in charge of updating the AHS Membership
Portal. She also mentioned that the Judges Handbook should be online and can be ordered from
publications. The AHS is working on trying to get new membership and following up with past members that
did not renew. The AHS is also working on updates to the AHS voucher program for new members or
members that are single year and move to three year renewals. Melvin Winkelman announced that we have
38 members in attendance. Calista mentioned that she has been working on advertising for our upcoming
functions, including the NRG Sale, the Flower Show and Plant Sale, and the Angleton Market Days. Calista
asked that the club consider putting an advertisement in a southern Brazoria County paper for the Angleton
Market Days and another advertisement in a northern Brazoria County paper for the May Flower Show and
Plant Sales. She understands that the ads would cost approximately $150 each. Secretary Paul Eskine
stepped away from the chair to make a motion to add to the approved budget up to $300 dollars to be used
for advertisements for both the Angleton Market Days and the May Flower Show and Plant Sale. That would
be $150 each. A second was made by Francis Spearman. Paul mentioned that another item under advertising
is that we have secured a free advertisement in the Lazy Gardener newsletter, by Brenda Smith, for the Flower
Show and Plant Sale this May in her garden calendar. This is a weekly newsletter and our May Flower Show
and Sale will be listed each week. Tim Bell, with Bell's Daylily Garden, gave a fantastic program. We want to
thank Tim for the entertaining and very informative program. Tim Bell followed the program with a large
auction of Bell daylily plants. These plants were great big fans and multiple fans. He had several fans of each
type. We had about 25 different names to auction and several fans of each name. We thank Tim for bringing
these great daylilies.
In the month of March our business meeting included discussions on the February Fundraiser. It was great
and we surpassed our goal for funds raised. We briefly discussed the fundraiser for March. We will be
working at the Angleton Fairgrounds for Market Days. Calista discussed advertising for fundraisers and the
up-coming May Flower Show. Beki Spearman, the Flower Show Chair was on vacation so her husband gave
an update on the progress she is making. He said all Committees are filled and they will be asking people to
work with the Committees. He went on to say that the April Meeting will include detailed Flower Show
training and encourages everyone to try to attend the meeting. Beverly reminded everyone to get
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signed up for the Regional Meeting in Austin and the National Convention June 21–24th in Norfolk, Virginia.
Sign up for the Regional Meeting is poor and all were encouraged to get signed up. Sign up for the
National has been much better and the first hotel is now sold out. There is another hotel across the street
that is offering the same rate for rooms. The problem is that there is only so much room on buses. She
encouraged all to sign up soon. We had 29 people in attendance. The meeting ended with a Raffle. The
program: A daylily auction. A very special thank you for our March hosts: Ken and Katy Breeden, Larry
Bartz, Sharon Shafer, Larry and Debbie Pike, Calista Stewart.
Our April Meeting is always dedicated to training everyone on the roles of the Flower Show. This year
special attention was paid to our new members to try to get them excited about showing their flowers. Beki
Spearman presented the plans for the Flower Show then everyone broke into groups to be trained on their
portions of the Flower Show. We had great turnout at the Angleton Market Days sale. It was our best
fundraiser effort so far. We sold everything we took to the sale. Again everyone was asked to get signed up
for the Regional Meeting in Austin. Today we had 32 members in attendance. The meeting ended with a
Raffle. Special thanks to the hosts: Larry and Debbie Pike, Calista Stewart, Ken and Katy Breeden, Larry Bartz,
Francis and Beki Spearman.
May is the annual Flower Show. We had 150 people to visit our show to see 202 scapes beautifully displayed.
Judges were very complimentary about the quality of the flowers in our show. Lone Star Daylily Society
would like to thank all of the Judges for helping to make our show a success.
Flower Show winners:
Extra Large: H. ‘Lemon Madeline’ Morss 2001 – Nancy Freshour
Large: H. ‘Black Rain’ Glidden 1995 – Loris Garrett and Sandy Roberts
Small: H. ‘Lone Star Purple Circle’ Payne-L.H. 2013 – Leon and Paula Payne
Miniature: H. ‘Little Snowman’ Stamile 2007 – Leon and Paula Payne
Double: H. ‘Micro Wave’ Trimmer-J., 2005 – Loris Garrett and Sandy Roberts
Spider: H. ‘Marked By Lydia’ Temple, 1994 – Leon and Paula Payne
Unusual Form: H. ‘Lone Star Wagon Wheel’ Payne-L.H., 2004 – Leon and Paula Payne
Youth: N/A
Popularity Poll: H. ‘Sweet Patootie’ Wagner 1976 – Everett and Chris Crainer
Seedling: Leon and Paula Payne Seedling – Leon and Paula Payne
Best-In-Show: H. ‘Micro Wave’ – Loris Garrett and Sandy Roberts
Sweepstakes: Leon and Paula Payne
Tricolor: Class C – Leotard’s The Flying Trapeze, Harvey Shimek
Photography – Multiple bloom of H. ‘Gulf Coast Angel Eye’ Crainer 2016 – Calista Stewart
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A very special thank you goes to Beki Spearman, Flower Show Chair and Sharon Shafer, Flower Show Co-Chair
for all of their hard work. It was a beautiful Flower Show!
Lufkin Hemerocallis Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
By Tracey Stewart, Reporter
Summer is almost here, but here it seems like we've barely even had a springtime. In fact, the weather for this
year to date has been really strange. We barely had a winter, followed by one of the coolest spring times I
can remember. The daylilies were and are certainly confused, as well. They have been anywhere from two to
four weeks early in their bloom season.
In her garden, this reporter noted that even H. ’Rosie Meyer’ and H. ‘Stella de Oro’, albeit early bloomers
anyway, were a good month ahead of schedule. So it only stands to reason that the late season bloomers are
almost finished blooming, too. In fact, member Mark Carpenter, hybridizer and owner of The Lily Farm,
says: "We opened April 15th, the earliest in our 32 year history! We closed June 3, also the earliest in our
history!!" Amazing!
In spite of the odd behavior of the daylilies, club activities continued. We were unable to hold our annual
Daylily Sale due to so many various conflicts. However, it will commence next spring! Therefore, on April
25th, members toured the Jasper (Texas) Butterfly Gardens and Outdoor Learning Center. Member Marilyn
Detrow says, "We toured around a large water garden with several of the Master Gardeners who answered
our many questions about the plants. We visited a butterfly garden at an adjacent city-owned lot. They have
a large netted butterfly structure but it was a little too early for any butterflies. Next we shopped in their
greenhouse from plants they propagated and grew themselves. There were some daylilies in their garden
which were nicely situated among the other plants." Member Pat Levens says:
"Because we were rained out the year before, when we planned the trip, the 15 of us that made the trip were
very much looking forward and excited to see the Gardens that we had heard so much about. We were
welcomed by a group of Master Gardeners and a man that was the head of the Landscape Task Force of
Jasper. He talked about how there had been several improvements to the building and grounds that we
would be touring that day. It was all beautiful and we were told that much of the funding that went into all
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of the hard work done there was donated by estates, the city organizations that supported this project to
bring in tourists, and the organizations and clubs like the Master Gardeners and Landscape Task Force group.
After that, a Mr. and Mrs. Pickle and volunteers toured us around the magnificent grounds that were well-
maintained and landscaped for people and butterflies. We were told by the docents that Jasper County was
lucky to be in the middle of one of the flyways for Monarch butterflies, so we got to enjoy several butterflies
flying around the gardens, but not the magnificent travelers as they head out on their adventures in the
spring and return home in the fall season. Monarchs begin the immense journey across North America and
fly to the warmer central Mexico. Like migratory birds, Monarchs have evolved the ability to fly long
distances, escaping the winter cold and the absence of food. We were very disappointed that we did not get
to see the Monarchs there, however, we got to see many of the plants that Monarchs ate at the grounds such
as Purple Coneflower, Porter Weed, Salvia, Begonia, Verbenas, Zinnia ,Sun Flowers, Phlox, Lantana, Bee Balm,
Desert Milkweed, and many more that we use as companion plans with the daylilies that we grow in our
gardens. However, to our delight, many of these plants and others were on sale in the Botanical Garden Gift
Shop!! Naturally, we loaded our cars up!! Also there were places to sit and rest while some were being
waited on and cold water was available for us on this marvelously hot day. After we said our goodbyes and
thank yous, we were ready to go eat at Elijah's, a restaurant that specializes in wonderful home cooking. After
that, we made our journey to Tracey Stewart's Flower Branch Gardens Daylily Farm in Colmesneil, Texas. By
the time we left Tracey's, our cars were so full we couldn't see out the back windows. What a wonderful and
glorious day we had!"
May 9th the club met at members' Donna and Chic Chicoine's residence, where to our delight, they allowed
each member to choose and dig up select daylily cultivars from their gardens. It was a BYOS party!
(Bring Your Own Shovel!) Oh, the dirt was flying and we had a grand time! Donna and Chic were, as
always, the most affable and welcoming hosts.
Then, over the Memorial Day weekend, members Pat and Leon Levens and Marilyn and Tom Detrow attended
the Region 6 meeting in Austin. Pat told me: "The trip to Austin was very good. We went to nine different
yards that mainly used daylilies with companion plants in them." Marilyn, Pat, and Donna Chicoine will be
presenting a PowerPoint presentation for next year on the trip and pictures we took of the homes and
gardens. We want to thank the Austin Daylily Society for their hard work and dedication in making the
Region 6 Meeting, accommodations, Speaker (Rich Rosen), and Garden Tours a great success. The
attendance was somewhat down, but that gave those on the buses with bus captains, Mike Peppers and
Jennifer Renner, the time to give us special extra tours of the city of Austin with fun history and highlights just
that more entertaining. We hope more of us will attend next year with the Brazosport Daylily Society in 2018.
Our Club is pleased to announce the addition of three new members: Scotty Morgan, Tom Detrow and
Janet Avery-Sublett. We welcome them with open smiles and hope that they enjoy the camaraderie of the
club as much as the rest of us do. But on a somber note, we are saddened by the loss of two of our
delightful members: Thelma Herrick and Maggie Koon. Our club has sent memorial donations to the AHS
on their behalf. They will be greatly missed.
Y'all enjoy the summer and see you next fall!
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North Texas Daylily Society
2017 Summer Newsletter
By Susan Austin, Secretary and Club Reporter
NTDS gathered in February to hear Mike Shoup speaking about Old Garden Roses and companion plants,
including daylilies. In the 1980’s, when the economy was in a recession (which translates to slow nursery
sales), Mr. Shoup transitioned from growing traditional landscaping plants to propagating native plants such
as salvias and penstemons, to which the larger nurseries were not paying attention. By switching from large
tea roses to wild roses that were thriving with little or no care, he’d found the ideal function for a new
nursery and created the Antique Rose Emporium. The nursery also has made a goal of collecting and
documenting all the wild roses grown in Texas. He brought his lovely book for sale.
The topic for the March meeting was “The Lure of Water Gardening”. Kevin Fuess is the Membership Chair of
North Texas Water Garden Society Pond. Currently he is the store manager for Koi Organization International,
a teaching organization for the betterment of Koi husbandry. He has six water gardens in his backyard, one
dedicated to Koi and the remaining for propagation of aquatic plants, primarily water lilies. A few members of
NTDS visited Kevin’s gardens later in the year. They were amazing.
The April meeting featured our speaker for April, Steve Huddleston, senior horticulturist at the Fort Worth
Botanic Gardens. His topic was companion plants for daylilies.
The meeting in May was spent in preparation for the co-hosted accredited show June 3rd. Members of
Daylily Growers of Dallas and NTDS worked together for the show. Rain diminished the number of flower
entries, but there were still 153 entries for judging. Education for the public and fellowship for members
made for a truly successful day.
NTDS takes July off, but plans to gather on the usual meeting day at Joe T. Garcia’s in Fort Worth’s
stockyards area and have Mexican food together. Enjoy the summer!
Facebook fans: Check out https://www.facebook.com/northtexasdaylilysociety and “like” us.
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2017 Summer Newsletter Germaine Tuff, Reporter
Our club met the last Sunday of May before the San Antonio Festival of Flowers, which is where we have our
Daylily Show. The good thing for our club and all San Antonio were the rains that came in May. There were
not many at first but I thought our members would have a hard time selecting flowers for the show because
of the rain that came late in May.
Everything turned a nice green and we are expecting more blooms in the midsummer and maybe in the
fall. We are excited about the prospect of getting reblooms. Will that happen?
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