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Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of ADS Region 6 Summer 2018 Page 1

Daylilies

of the Southwest

Newsletter of ADS Region 6 - Texas and New Mexico

Chris and Everett Crainer’s Daylily Farm

Photo by Larry Bartz

Page 2 Summer Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of ADS Region 6

ADS REGION 6 NEWSLETTER

Summer 2018

Volume 18, Number 2

Editor

Larry Pike

Contributors

David Freshour, Debbie Pike,

Maureen Valenza, Jeff

Breitenstein, Robert Valenza,

Mike Peppers, Jennifer Renner,

Judith Coghlan, Peggy Cathey,

Dan Cathey, Amy Howard, Larry

Pike, Ray Houston, Mark

Carpenter, Region 6 Club

Reporters, Richard Peck, Nancy

Freshour

Special Thanks

Paula Payne, Calista Stewart, Carolyn

Livanec, & Peggy Cathey

Proofreaders

Front Cover Photograph

Chris and Everett Crainer’s Daylily

Farm

Photograph by Larry Bartz

The ADS Region 6 Newsletter is pre-

sented herein as a service to members

and is not necessarily endorsed by the

ADS 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 ADS Region 6

Newsletter:

Larry & Debbie Pike

1500 Rancho Chico Ct

Angleton, TX 77515

(979)236-1478

[email protected]

Table of Contents 2

ADS and Region 6 Information 3

Region 6 Officer Reports 4

Director Report 4

President Report 5

Exhibition Judge Report, Membership Report, Treasurer’s Report 6

Treasurer’s Report 7

Garden Judge Liaison Report, Publicity Director Report 8

Secretary Report 9

Youth Liaison Report 11

Archivist/Historian & Website 12

Newsletter Editor Report 12

Awards & Honors Liaison Report 13

Article– Long-Lasting Daylily Plant Markers by Nancy Freshour 14

Article - New Region 6 ADS Daylily Display Garden by Dan & Peggy Cathey 17

Youth Activity Page 18

Article - Helen Reynolds Tribute by Ray Houston 19

Article - 2018 Region 6 Service Award Winner Donna Peck by Richard Peck 20

Article - Nutgrass by Mark Carpenter 21

ADS Region 6 Daylily Clubs Information 23

Region 6 Clubs News 24

2018 Region 6 Meeting Tour Gardens of the Brazosport Daylily Society 34

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Editor’s Corner:

Articles, Reports, and Hybridizer Information:

Special thanks to Nancy Freshour, Richard Peck, Ray Houston, Dan &

Peggy Cathey, and Mark Carpenter for their articles.

Up-Coming Events:

ADS 2019 National Convention July 10-13 2019 Middleton, WI

53562. Go to the ADS Home page and click on Events Calendar at the

bottom of the page

Region 6 2019 Meeting, June 27-30, 2019 Check the Region 6 website

under Activities and then under Calendar for details as they become

available. Hosted by the Albuquerque Daylily Society


ADS 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:

ADS Members

Send all dues and address changes to: ($8 Donation Requested)

Beverly Winkelman ADS Non-Members $8.00

17103 Herridge Road Out-of-Region Subscriber $12.00

Pearland, TX 77584-7557 For 2019 Payment Due by 12/31/2018

[email protected]

Please send all Region 6 Newsletter payments to the Treasurer:

Mike Peppers, 6902 Poncha Pass Austin, TX 78749

American

PRESIDENT

Judie Branson

2301 Woodland Avenue,

Springdale, AR 72762

(479) 841-6173

Region 6 ADS Board Member

David Freshour

53 Lavender Ct.

Lake Jackson, TX 77566

(979) 285-9664

[email protected]

Membership Manager

Beverly Winkelman

17103 Herridge Road

Pearland, TX 77584-7557

(832) 567-4706

[email protected]

EDITOR, THE DAYLILY JOURNAL

Meg McKenzie Ryan

1936 Wenley

El Centro, CA 92243

(760) 235-8243

The American Daylily Society, Inc., is a nonprofit organization. Said corporation is organized exclusively for educational and scientific purposes, and especially to promote, encourage, and foster the de-velopment and improvement of the ge-nus Hemerocallis and public interest therein, The purpose are expressly lim-ited so that ADS 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.

American Daylily Society Region 6

Texas and New Mexico http://www.ahsregion6.com

Regional Director

David Freshour

53 Lavender Ct.

Lake Jackson, TX 77566

(979) 285-9664 [email protected]

Regional President

Debbie Pike

712 Rancho Chico Court

Angleton, TX 77515


Regional Publicity Director

Maureen Valenza

24959 Stratton Meadows Dr.

Porter, TX 77365


Co-Regional Publicity Director

Jeff Breitenstein

12229 Tanglewild Dr.

Austin, TX 78758


Regional Secretary

Robert Valenza

24959 Stratton Meadows Dr.

Porter, TX 77365


Treasurer

Mike Peppers

6902 Poncha Pass

Austin, TX 78749


Newsletter Editor

Larry Pike


Angleton, TX 77515

(979) 236-1478

[email protected]

Membership Chair

Peggy Cathey

1115 HCR 1414

Covington, TX 76636-4587

(254) 854-2558

[email protected]

Youth Liaisons

Dan & Peggy Cathey

1115 HCR 1414

Covington, TX 76636-4587


Awards & Honors Chairs

Larry & Debbie Pike


Angleton, TX 77515


Exhibition Judges Co-Liaison

Jennifer Renner

1934 Texoma Drive

Round Rock, TX 78664

(979) 571-0079

[email protected]

Exhibition Judges Co-Liaison

Judith Coghlan

11202 Barbarosa Drive

Dallas, TX.,75228

(214) 208-9693

[email protected]

Archivist/Historian, Webmaster

ADS Technology/Group Leader

ADS Archives & History Committee Member

Ray Houston

413 Forest Oaks Lane

Lake Jackson, TX 77566-5971


Garden Judges Liaison

Amy Howard

3312 Ronda De Lechusas NW

Albuquerque, NM 87120

(505) 250-2318

[email protected]

Horticulture Liaison

Mark Carpenter

10056 Highway 7 West

Center, TX 75935

(936) 572-1962

[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


















Region 6 Director Report Summer 2018 Newsletter

By David Freshour

Starting off, I would like to thank the Brazosport Daylily Society for hosting the Region 6 Meeting this past May. This took a lot of effort and cooperation by all members. Special thanks goes to our tour garden hosts Jimmie and Pat Bennet, Dr. H. T. and Jessie Lu, Sandy Roberts and Loris Garrett, Everett and Chris Crainer, Gladys Hansel-man and Nancy and David Freshour for allowing people to tour their beautiful gardens. Also, immense apprecia-tion goes to Everett and Chris Crainer for hybridizing and propagating all Registration and Bus plants for the at-tendees; four new introductions were created for the Regional Meeting. Next year’s Regional Meeting will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, June 27-30, 2019. Mark your calendar and plan to attend!

At the ADS National Convention in Myrtle Beach, SC, in June, we had some of our Region 6 members win awards. First, hearty congratulations to Donna Peck for winning the Region 6 Service Award for all her contribu-tions to the Region. This is a very prestigious award and can only be received once in one’s lifetime. Also, our Re-gional Newsletter won a couple of Newsletter Awards. I would like to congratulate Ray Houston for winning the Best Article about Daylily Personalities: “My Daylily Legacy – People”, and Steve Guynes and Ray Houston for winning the Best Article Featuring Historical Aspects for their article “Arthur Binion Amerson, Jr.”.

During the ADS Board meeting in June, the following items were voted on: Approved: The number of votes required to win an Honorable Mention Award is reduced from 20 to 15. Approved: (a) Addition of the definition to the Dictionary of Daylily Terms: “Color-changer: A daylily flower

in which a significant area changes to a completely different color during the day (such as from red to yel-low) without visible wilting or loss of substance. The term does not include flowers that merely become a lighter shade of the original color. Environmental factors such as light source may influence the degree of color change.”

(b) For Registration: Add the above definition to the registration instructions under COLOR/DESCRIPTION along with the requirement that the registrant describe the before and after colors. Rec-ommend that the registrant submit a single composite picture detailing the before and after colors. (Registration is NOT responsible for creating composite pictures.)

(c) For Judges’ Education: Update Daylily Exhibitions manual and the related PowerPoint lectures to reflect the recognition of the new term and establish standards for judging based upon its definition.

For Exhibition Judges who need the Refresher course, it was announced that in October, ADS will be conducting an online course using WebEX. More details will follow.

ADS membership numbers were also discussed at the Board meeting. As you can see from the following graph, ADS is still shrinking in size. As of the June meeting, Region 6 had 401 members with 28 new members; this ranks us 6 out of 15 Regions. The overall loss of membership is putting a strain on ADS finances, since member-ship is the main source of income. The other two main sources are donations and the Facebook Auction. Some ways ADS is pursuing new memberships is a cross-membership recruitment initiative with the American Horticultural Society, offering reduced membership fees. In addition, some ideas suggested at the Board meeting were contacting local garden clubs, or raising club dues to include ADS membership. If you have any good ideas in recruiting new members (and also retaining members), please let me know. The next ADS Board meeting will be the end of October 2018.


The ADS National Convention next year will be held in Madison, Wisconsin, July 10–13, 2019 at the Marriott Madison West. Reg-istration opens on July 1, 2018 and hotel reservations can be made beginning August 1. Look on the ADS website for more information.

Hope everyone has a wonderful summer and your daylilies do well.

ADS Region 6 President Report

Summer 2018 Newsletter

By Debbie Pike

Happy Summer to all. Thank you all for attending the Region 6 Meeting in Lake Jackson. It was great to see

you all. Thank you to Brazosport for hosting the Meeting and what a presentation from the Albuquerque Club!!

I think you all will agree that this is really something to look forward to for the 2019 Region 6 Meeting. Please get

signed up early.

Larry and I attended the National Convention in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Look for communications

that will be sent out soon from the ADS. These communications will discuss new ideas to increase membership

and some fundraising ideas to benefit ADS. Region 6 was well represented at this Convention. Thank you to all

that were able to attend. Two of our members received ADS Awards. The 2018 Region 6 Service Award went

to Donna Peck, and Ray Houston received an award for an article he submitted to the Spring Newsletter.

For those of you that were able to attend the 2018 Region 6 Meeting, you were able to meet the new

Board and Officers. All of them walked away from the Meeting with action items and some of them are already

completed. For instance, Dan and Peggy Cathey recently visited the garden of Joey Dziema to evaluate it to be-

come a new Display Garden in Region 6. The name of his garden is Glenda Mae’s Daylily Garden in Murchison,

TX. In addition to becoming a Display Garden, it is also a sale garden. Dan and Peggy were impressed with this

garden. As other items are completed, by the Board and Officers, you will become aware of how enthusiastic

they are about their roles.

I am still in search of someone to head the Nomination Committee to find a Region 6 President for 2020.

This nominee will be announced at the 2019 Region 6 Meeting and take office in January of 2020. The term is 2

years. If you are interested in becoming the next Region 6 President, the qualifications are in the Region 6

Officers Handbook located on the ADS Website. I will be happy to discuss the role and answer any questions

you may have, just give me a call. Meanwhile, I am looking forward to serving you through 2019!

Great health and beautiful blooms to you all!!


Exhibition Judges Liaison Report


By Jennifer Renner and Judith (Kyser) Coghlan

Jennifer and Judith, your Region 6 Exhibition Judges Liaisons, are working with Beverly Winkelman to familiarize ourselves with this new role. We are both very excited to learn more and ensure we provide the best support we can to our Judges! Between the two of us we have more than 30 years of Exhibition Judges experience. In future articles, we will include all updates pertaining to Exhibition Judges and judging. We will continue to work on holding Judges Clinics outside of the Region 6 Meeting. If you have a group that may be interested in this training, please contact either of us and we will work to set this up. We NEED MORE JUDGES and we are actively working to make this happen.

If you are interested in judging, have questions about your judgeship or just want to say hello, please reach out to us: Jennifer Renner - [email protected], (979) 571-0079 Judith (Kyser) Coghlan - [email protected], (214) 208-9693

Membership Report


By Peggy Cathey

ADS Region 6 Membership currently stands at 413 members, with 32 new members so far in 2018. Please help me welcome Sage Austin, Cheryl Cave, Frankie Choate, Evelyn Christy, Madeline and Margaret Davis, Tom Detrow, Lynn Dry, Mary Ann Duncan, Moorilee Edwards, Elizabeth Gluck, Charles Graves, Kristin Homsi, Cal-vin and Eugenia James, Diane Kay Johnson, Cincy Wynn Jordy, Alyssa Kolski, Christie Liles, Frances and Clar-ence Matchett, Howard Reef, Juanita Robinson, Richard Savoie, Gary Stewart, Charles Suggs, Donna Timmons, Karen Ulack, Sue Walker, Sarah Ward, Cecil J. Wells and Pamela Wilson. We have 15 Daylily Clubs in our Region and 11 of those clubs are ADS member clubs.

How is your club doing on ADS memberships? When your club reaches 50% of members holding an ADS mem-bership, send your club roster to [email protected]. Please submit your club roster by October 1. If your club has 90% or better ADS membership status, your club will qualify for the drawing of a $500 daylily ven-dor voucher. We have 3 clubs in Region 6 who have already reached this status: Cypress Creek Daylily Club, Brazosport Daylily Society, and Austin Daylily Society.

Do you have members who are not sure about what ADS is all about? Let them know they can try a Trial Mem-bership. It’s only $15 for the remainder of the year. They will receive the Fall and Winter Daylily Journals, have access to the ADS Members-Only online portal where a host of information is available, develop everlasting friendships with other daylily lovers and much more!

Treasurer’s Report


By Mike Peppers

My name is Mike Peppers and I am honored to serve as the ADS Region 6 Treasurer. For those who don’t know

me, I am the Chief Audit Executive for the University of Texas System and am a Certified Public Accountant and

a Certified Internal Auditor. Like all of you, I am also a major daylily fanatic. I have been an ADS member and

Lone Star Daylily Society member since shortly after I moved from Tampa, Florida to League City, Texas in 1999.





I joined the Austin Daylily Society when I moved to Austin, Texas, in 2013. I have had an ADS Display

Garden in both locations and was on tour for the 2017 Region 6 Meeting hosted by the Austin Daylily Society.

My suburban garden has about 250 cultivars and a Koi pond.

In the Spring 2018 Region 6 Newsletter, former Treasurer Malcolm Avaritt reported 2017 income of $10,230.65,

expenses of $15,202.95, and a 12/31/17 bank balance of $30,479.25. Upon receiving access to the bank account

and records, I examined the 2017 activity (all of which appeared reasonable and consistent with prior years) and

confirmed the bank balances.

The following represents year-to-date activity, resulting in a 7/18/18 bank balance of $32,235.72.

As an auditor by profession, my goals this year include ensuring that all our financial procedures are sound, docu-

mented, and approved by the Board. I also want to return to the practice of establishing an annual budget that is

also reviewed and approved by the Board. Our Region 6 President is the primary individual on the bank accounts

(as required by Texas banking laws) and all statements go to her monthly. Her review of our bank activity will

provide independent, transparent oversight of my transactions on the account as Treasurer.

I am very sorry that work commitments out of the country prevented me from being with many of you at the

Region 6 Meeting in Brazosport. I’m already looking forward to making it up in Albuquerque. Until then, I look

forward to serving all of you in the administration of our financial operations. If you have any questions, please

contact me. Should your travels bring you through Austin, please come by and join me for a stroll through the

garden!

Bank Balance 12/31/17 $30,613.50

Outstanding checks 134.25

Reported 12/31/17 Balance 30,479.25

YTD Receipts:

Auction Sales 5,117.90

Auction Contributions 600.00

Newsletter contributions 265.00

Honoraria 100.00

Postage Reimb ADS 416.30

Interest 3.51

6,502.71

YTD Disbursements:

Web Hosting 139.25

Spring Newsletter 2,184.97

Auction Expenses 2,286.10

Checks/bank fee 72.07

Square Reader 63.85

4,746.24

Bank Balance 7/18/18 $32,235.72


Garden Judges Liaison Report Summer 2018 Newsletter

By Amy Howard

Greetings from somewhat-less-hot Albuquerque! I am wishing you all cool thoughts. I had a wonderful time

visiting Lake Jackson for the Regional Meeting in May and enjoyed seeing and meeting everyone there. I hope to

see you in Albuquerque in 2019!

As of January 1, 2018, Region 6 had 34 current Garden Judges, and 5 Garden Judges Instructors, not including 2

Judges/Instructors that have concurrent memberships in Region 7. We could always use more Garden Judges and

Instructors, but this is wonderful progress and I thank all who have dedicated their time to the Region and to

ADS. The current list can be found on the ADS Member Portal under Garden Judges Home Page - 2018 Certified

ADS Garden Judges-Region 6.

At the Board Meeting in Lake Jackson, we discussed strategies to reduce the cost of hosting Clinics. I will be

working with Exhibition Judges Liaisons Jennifer Renner and Judith Coghlan over the winter to estimate travel

costs for instructors of future Clinics, among other ideas. Albuquerque’s contract with the hotel provides a free

classroom for the Regional Meeting next year, but we will need to provide Clinics for those who would like to

take them or need to renew that cannot make it to New Mexico. Please let me know if you are in this category for

next year so we can begin the planning process. My email is [email protected]. Remember, that if you are

within three years of your renewal requirement, you are eligible to take the Garden Judges Workshop II class at

your convenience. Hoping you can join us in Albuquerque at the end of next June!

Region 6 Co-Publicity Director Report


By Maureen Valenza

We had another wonderful Regional Meeting sponsored by the Brazosport Daylily Society in May. I wished I had

felt better for the Meeting and was able to see the gardens but running 102 temperature that week took the wind

out of my sails. However, I will keep up my vitamin C regiment for the next Meeting, which will be in

Albuquerque in 2019, so plan ahead. New Mexico is the Land of Enchantment and should not be missed. Plan

to stay a few extra days and take day trips to Santa Fe.

I would like to thank all the 2018 garden hosts for their hospitality and hard work for our members. Nancy and

David Freshour did a great job chairing this Meeting and a special thank you to all the Brazosport committee

members and volunteers that made this event very special.

At this point in our growing season with all Regional club flower shows behind us, our ADS members’ lookback at

which flowers do well for our Region and are real winners. Therefore, I would be remiss as your Publicity

Director to not remind you to have your ballots in for the Popularity Poll due September 1. I hope that more

members will vote this year since we had a slight improvement last year with 30%. We have well over 400+

members for the Region and we need better participation to make this Poll useful. The Poll has been expanded

to give you “ten write-ins” if you don’t like the daylily names on the list. So no excuse!

Purpose of the Popularity Poll is a service to its members, hybridizers, and the general public. Each year

the now termed “American Daylily Society (ADS)” conducts a Popularity Poll among its Regions for ADS

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 gardeners who make

daylily selections for purchase.


I think our Popularity Poll is a great resource of the tried and true cultivars, which have survived our climatic

variations within Texas and New Mexico. I think of all the Regions we have the most challenging growing

environments to raise daylilies. By sharing the Popularity Poll results on our Region 6 website with the general

public and media will help encourage new members to plant the right cultivar.

The Popularity Poll Ballot was in the spring edition but is also available on the “ADS 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. ADS Members only are to complete the form available online

at: http://www.ahsregion6.com/popularity_polls.htm or on the ADS website. This ballot is based on the

results from 2017 on the most voted cultivars that 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 your cast your vote.

Voting Requirements are listed on the Popularity Poll site.

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 ADS

members who vote on 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.

I am requesting that each club in the Region send me their club membership list and indicate an asterisk next to

each ADS member who is active in ADS. This will be very helpful for me to decide which clubs will participate

in this drawing. Thanks for your help as always.

Region 6 Secretary Report


By Robert Valenza

ADS Region 6 Regional Secretary Report

ADS Region 6 Regional Officer Meeting Minutes

Date of Meeting: May 18-19, 2018

Location: Brazosport – Lake Jackson, Texas

Event: Region 6 2018 Regional Meeting (sponsored by Brazosport Daylily Society)

Attendees:

Executive Committee Members:

David Freshour Region 6 Director

Debbie Pike (Facilitating) Region 6 President

Maureen Valenza Region 6 Regional Publicity Director

Robert Valenza Secretary

Larry Pike Newsletter Editor

Peggy Cathey Membership Chairman

Beverly Winkelman Exhibition Judges Liaison

Amy Howard Garden Judges Liaison

Larry and Debbie Pike Awards and Honors Chairmen

Dan and Peggy Cathey Youth Liaisons

Archivist/Historian & Webmaster Technology /Group Leader Ray Houston

Mike Peppers Treasurer & W.E. Monroe Endowment Fund

Mark Carpenter Horticultural Liaison



Call to Order – Debbie Pike facilitated the meeting and introduced the agenda for the meeting.

Before the reports started we had a lengthy discussion concerning the lack of sanctioned Flower Shows. Dan and Peggy Cathey said that

Nikki Schmitt told them, during a presentation, that there were only 37 sanctioned Flower Shows in 2017 for all of ADS. She asked that

Regions work to increase flower show participation. Great discussion and all agreed to encourage increase in Flower Show participation.

There were a few ideas discussed. One example, paying club or ADS dues for a year of all who enter 5 scapes in the Flower Show.

David Freshour will discuss this tomorrow night.

Secretary Report (R. Valenza, absent for illness) - Minutes from Executive Meeting for 2017 were not read due to time constraints

and approved as published in the Winter 2017 newsletter.

Financial Report (M. Peppers – Absent out of town for business) – 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 expenditures through May 2018 is

$15.202.95. See Mike’s report.

Suggestion for Budget: Add funding to budget for Judges attending Regional flower shows at remote locations be reimbursed by

Region 6 and travel for Judges Clinics held outside of Region 6 Meetings. Continue to look at Newsletter costs which is the highest

cost for the Region. Regional Meeting club baskets will continue due to its proceeds offsetting newsletter expenses.

Committee Reports:

Director’s Report (D. Freshour) – David discussed the lack of information from ADS. He has not been to a meeting and is still in the

handoff stage of his transition. David discussed what his club does to impact participation in their Flower Show and will talk about it at

the Region 6 Meeting Saturday night. He also discussed the attendance reward for his club which includes paying ADS dues for all mem-

bers with 100% attendance for the year. He will also discuss this Saturday night. Reviewed current ADS membership statistics at the

national level with numbers decreasing by approximately 151 members.

Recognition Program for 2018 - Platinum and gold membership levels clubs will have their name drawn at Fall Board Meeting. Award

for 2018 is $ 500 for a club to purchase plants from sponsoring nursery in the voucher program.

Regional Publicity Director’s Report (M. Valenza) - 2017 results showed a slight improvement of 1.7 % with 30.7% of Region 6

membership voting in poll.

New Hall of Fame added to Region 6 Website. After a daylily, has won the Popularity Poll in the top 5 for e years, 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 ADS 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 search engines and provide more access to the

general public. Examples: Daylily Hall of Fame – Region 6.

M. Valenza presented the ADS updates as follows:

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3.

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Hall of Fame started this year.

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’.

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.

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.

Regional Publicity Director’s Report (Jeff Breitenstein) – Jeff talked about the great response to his requests for reports and articles

from all clubs except for one. He knows they are small and is working with them to increase their contributions to the Newsletter.

Newsletter Editor Report (L. Pike) – Larry Pike thanked Jeff Breitenstein for the great job he is doing collecting all the reports and

information for the Newsletter. He has made the Editor job much easier. Larry talked about the need to have more articles submitted to

the Newsletter. All articles are welcome. They can be articles about ideas that make your club successful, humorous stories about daylily

adventures, gardening tips or shortcuts or memorable daylily people or trips. All items for the Newsletter will be sent to Jeff Breitenstein.

Awards and Honors (Larry/Debbie Pike) – Need seedlings for Albuquerque Regional Meetings. Good discussion on develop-

ing seedling bed guidelines for future garden hosts to use as a best practice. Larry and Debbie will be looking for someone to take over

the Awards and Honors role at the end of 2019. We had a lengthy discussion about voting on seedlings from pictures. Many believe that

this is not good because it does not allow you to see the true quality of the plant. Larry also talked about needing more information for


the Newsletter from Garden Judges about the award-winning daylilies and hybridizers.

Youth Liaisons (Dan/Peggy Cathey) - Working with clubs to increase interest in Daylilies with young people. Currently, 5 youths are

in Region 6. We briefly discussed an idea about a Daylily video game. We talked to Jeff and Skotie about the possibility of introducing

this idea to some of their friends. More information will come later.

Garden Judge Liaison (Amy Howard) The Garden judge training was great this weekend. There are 29 Garden Judges and 5 instruc-

tors. Amy will work with the new Exhibition Judges to develop a budget request for travel to judge and conduct training.

Exhibition Judge Liaison (Beverly Winkelman) Beverly is working to hand the role over to Jenny Renner and Judith Couglan. The

Exhibition Judges training had one attendee. Both Judges Liaison’s discussed the stipulations for completing Judges training online.

Currently only Exhibition Judges training is online. This is being developed for Garden Judges. Beverly also discussed the New ADS

Website that is currently being updated and is scheduled to be complete before the National Convention in June.

New Business:

Exhibition and Garden Judges Clinics: 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 ADS. Both functions

serve a valuable purpose for the Region. The Board would prefer 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. Amy Howard will work with the new Exhibition Judges Liaisons Jennifer Renner and Judith Coghlan to

determine expenses of holding Judge’s Clinics outside of the Region 6 Meetings.

Nomination Committee – Nominating Committee for 2019.

Region 6 Publicity – We discussed the need for a Region 6 Facebook page. Jeff volunteered to set this up. The purpose is to gain

interest in daylilies through Social Media.

Open Business:

Upcoming Regional Meetings –

Amy Howard announced that Albuquerque Daylily Society will be hosting the 2019 Meeting for June 27-30, 2019. Amy and her

group have a great presentation about the upcoming Region 6 Meeting.

There is no Region 6 Meeting “on the books” for 2020.

Documenting Role for Handoff - We discussed the need to document what we are doing to meet the intent of our roles to make a

better hand off when it is time to change roles.

New Budget - 2018 Budget needs to be developed. Mike and Debbie will get this done based on suggestions submitted at this

meeting.

Role Replacements - Ray Houston said we need to consider looking for someone to “replace” him as the Region 6 Archivist/

Historian Webmaster/Technology Group Leader (like someone could replace Ray!!)

Role Replacements - We need someone to volunteer to lead a nomination committee to find a Region President for 2020.

Meeting was adjourned.

Submitted,

Debbie Pike for

Robert Valenza

Region 6 Secretary

Youth Liaison Report


By Peggy & Dan Cathey

The American Daylily Society sponsors a Youth Photography contest each year. The contest was established in 2010 and was first

awarded in 2011, this award is broken into two divisions by the age of the photographer.

Youth members may submit entries in the appropriate age divisions.

Beginner Division – open to ADS Youth members who are at least five years old and under thirteen years of age by the November 1 contest deadline.


Intermediate Division – open to ADS Youth members who are at least thirteen years old and under eighteen years of age by the November 1 contest deadline.

Each entrant may submit entries in the following categories: Single bloom, multi-bloom, landscape or artistic garden images.

An ADS Copyright Consent Form must also be submitted with entries. The form may be downloaded in pdf format from the ADS web-site: http://oldsite.daylilies.org/AHS-Copyright-Photography-Consent-Form.pdf

Archivist/Historian/

Webmaster Report


By Ray Houston

If you wish to know what is happening in Region 6, or you are seeking historical information about the Region, please visit the website - http://www.ahsregion6.com/ There is a large volume of information on the website. Current and historical information is continually added.

Additions to the Region 6 Website:

2018 ADS Award for “Best Article About Daylily Personalities” - Ray Houston "My Daylily Legacy - People", Daylilies of the Southwest, Vol. 17, No. 1, Spring 2017 http://www.ahsregion6.com/awards_newsletter_other.htm

2018 ADS Award for “Best Article Featuring Historical Aspects” - Steve Guynes & Ray Houston "Arthur Binion Amerson, Jr.", Daylilies of the Southwest, Vol. 17, No. 23, Fall/Winter 2017 http://www.ahsregion6.com/awards_newsletter_other.htm

2018 ADS Region 6 Service Award Winner - Donna Peck http://www.ahsregion6.com/service_award_2018.htm

2018 Region 6 Flower Show Results http://www.ahsregion6.com/flower_show_results-2018.htm

2018 Spring Newsletter Daylilies of the Southwest http://www.ahsregion6.com/newsletters_online.htm

Tribute to Kermit Muske, 1925-2018 http://www.ahsregion6.com/muske_kermit.htm

Tribute to Mable Nelson, 1928-2018 http://www.ahsregion6.com/nelson_mable.htm

Newsletter Editor Report


By Larry Pike

I am sure all of you are finding ways to endure another sweltering summer. Since our last newsletter, much has happened. We had our

Region 6 Meeting in Lake Jackson and the National ADS Convention was held in Myrtle Beach. Declining membership seemed to be the

topic of conversation at Nationals, with many creative efforts being mounted to turn this negative trend around. Ideas are coming from

all directions on how to continue to provide services at a high level with less funding until the levels of membership begin to increase.

Some Regions are deciding to provide electronic versions of the newsletter exclusively while others are printing one or two editions and

having one electronic edition. Some Regions just have two newsletters per year. The cost to produce three editions of printed

newsletters for Region 6 for 2017 was $8,904.10. This cost in 2017 was for 1655 printed copies (Spring 548 copies, Summer 557 copies,

and Fall 560) which makes our cost, that includes mailing costs of $5.38 per copy. We sent out 488 copies in the Spring of 2018. The

funding of our newsletter comes from the Auction at our Region Meeting, subscriptions paid for from out of Region members, clubs

paying for non-ADS members, and clubs donating money for their ADS members. ADS contributes money for mailing of two editions

per year.

http://oldsite.daylilies.org/AHS-Copyright-Photography-Consent-Form.pdf

http://www.ahsregion6.com/

http://www.ahsregion6.com/awards_newsletter_other.htm

http://www.ahsregion6.com/awards_newsletter_other.htm

http://www.ahsregion6.com/service_award_2018.htm

http://www.ahsregion6.com/flower_show_results-2018.htm

http://www.ahsregion6.org/newsletters_online.htm

http://www.ahsregion6.com/muske_kermit.htm

http://www.ahsregion6.com/nelson_mable.htm


I expect to submit a proposal to the Region 6 Board of Directors on a plan to continue to provide newsletters within our means.

I am requesting articles or ideas for articles from everyone. Your stories are what makes our newsletter what it is today.

Awards and Honors Liaison Report Summer 2018 Newsletter By Larry & Debbie Pike

I want to thank Chris and Everret Crainer for hosting the Region 6 Awards beds at their garden. The Annie T. Giles Award is presented

for the Best Seedling from a Hybridizer from the Host Club. The 2018 winner of the Annie T. Giles award was Chris Crainer. The

Edna Lankart Award is presented for the Best Seedling from a Hybridizer not from the Host Club. Larry Bartz was the 2018 winner of

the Edna Lankart Award. We had 1 entry for the Edna Lankart Award and 13 entries for the Annie T. Giles Award.

Please continue to send seedlings to the Albuquerque Club for the 2019 Region 6 Meeting. Remember that seedlings need more time to

acclimate to the New Mexico altitude and weather.

Contact President - Amy Howard

3312 Ronda De Lechusas NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120

(505) 250-2318, [email protected]

2018 Annie T. Giles Award Winner

Chris Crainer

2018 Edna Lankart Award Winner

Larry Bartz



Article—Long-Lasting Daylily Plant Markers By Nancy Freshour

During our recent Region 6 Meeting in May, I was asked by visitors to our garden about our labels for our

daylilies. To share information with a larger audience, I decided to write this article. Hopefully it will be

published in time for those doing fall planting/transplanting in their daylily gardens.

The first question was about labels fading. Years ago I had this problem; Dr. Nina Imperial told me then that

Brother® label maker labels didn’t fade. I purchased a Brother® P-Touch model PT-1880 and switched to making

our labels with it. I used the 3/4” wide TZ-Style tape cartridges, black print on white tape, to maximize visibility

with this model, and to enable two-line printing. The labels come out of the machine with a laminated plastic front

surface, with peel-off strips on the back to expose the sticky back surface. The plastic laminate labels are weather-

proof and UV resistant, so the labels last and do not fade. After more than 10 years, I can say that I have not had

any faded, non-legible labels, nor any labels that peeled off the label stakes. Some of the oldest labels have a bit of

crazing of the laminated surface, but they had been in the hot Texas sun & weather for years. So, I can attest to the

fact that these labels do work, and LAST!

Although the Brother® P-Touch model PT-1880 has been discontinued (the label cartridges are still available),

some may still be available on-line and there are newer models that are comparable for between $25 and $40. This

may seem expensive for making labels for your daylilies, but think of when you lose labels due to fading, etc. Then,

the value becomes apparent. TZ-Style label cartridges are available at office supply stores, some big box stores,

and on-line. This style label is needed for outdoor use.

Although I still use my PT-1880 for various purposes, last year we upgraded to a Brother® P-Touch model PT-

D600 for re-labeling our over 400 daylilies for the Region 6 Meeting garden tours this year. We were able to pur-

chase it on sale (without the case) for about $60 at Office Depot, at the time. We had seen the price fluctuate a lot

(even on Amazon) and it had been as high as about $120 on other sites. So, it pays to watch for sales!

The advantages of the Brother® P-Touch model PT-D600 are that it can accommodate 1-inch high labels, for

better visibility of the two lines. In addition to printing single labels, it also can print (and automatically cut) labels

consecutively from a prepared computer file list, set up for that purpose, thus speeding up the process immensely.

This was perfect for our purposes. We used white print on black labels for this re-labeling job, in order to create a

less stark view of our garden with the black labels, compared to the white labels. We found that we could get

about 97 labels from each cartridge. We used Brother® label cartridges. However, I recently bought some third

party label cartridges that are compatible. They were quite a bit cheaper, however, I was told (by Jeff Breitenstein)

that they work just as well. As long as they use the same plastic laminated technology, I believe they will.

Cheaper options to reduce fading can be use of weatherproof address-style labels and adding a clear protective la-

bel on top to help block UV rays from fading the label. These can be printed using a laser printer, or writing on

them directly. I haven’t tried this option. However, the white & clear cover labels are available from

www.kincaidplantmarkers.com, currently at $5.50 per pack. The pack includes both a white & a clear sheet; 30 la-

bels to a sheet. In addition, Markal® Pro-Line HP paint pens can be used and are also offered by Kincaid at $5.50

each, and are claimed to work better than regular “marking pens, china marking pencils and grease pens, etc.” I

haven’t tried to source either of these options elsewhere.

So, this answers some of the questions about how to have legible, non-fading daylily labels.

The next topic is the label stakes. In the past (and currently in our potted plants), we have used the wire stakes

with aluminum tags wrapped around the wire. These work relatively well. However, the aluminum tags have a ten-

dency to slide off the wire and the wire can rust easily in our climate. For the Region 6 Meeting, we decided to up-

grade our label stakes.


A number of our Brazosport Daylily Society members already used the Kincaid plant markers. Samples of these

markers were received by registrants who attended the 2009 ADS National Convention. They are made in the

USA with 100% stainless steel (s.s.) construction (both for the post and label plate), with a galvanized steel post

option also available. (Everett Crainer told us he uses the galvanized post option.) Stainless steel posts come in 10

gauge (Ga.) and 13 Ga. options, with the galvanized option in 13 Ga. only. The posts come in various heights, as

well. The plant markers have a “Captive Plate Design” for the removable s.s. tag plates. There are two styles of tag

plate orientation options: post in the back with plate angled to the front, and post in the front with plate angled to

the back. Therefore, there are quite a number of combinations from which to choose for your purposes. The plant

markers are sold in bundles of 25 (posts & plates). However, there is now an introductory bundle that contains 1

each, of Kincaid’s 6 different styles, at the 10-inch height, to help one decide what might be his/her preference

before placing a larger order. This bundle is currently listed at $8.00 with free shipping. There are other bundles,

containing different heights, available for each of the 6 post types.

For our purposes, we chose the heftier 13 gauge (versus 10 gauge), 20-inch height, non-galvanized post option,

with the plate angled to the front (A-Style 20”). We were told to get the tallest length post by Everett Crainer,

since it would be the most versatile and could be read behind higher plants in front. This worked well, since they

can be pushed into the ground at any height in-between. Even with the local clay base beneath our raised flower

beds, we had less than a handful of markers, out of the more than 400, which we had trouble pushing down as far

as we would like, easily. You may want to get the introductory bundle to try under your soil conditions, before de-

ciding what height to get.

The label plates might seem a bit tricky to put on the posts, at first, since the assembly is not exactly intuitively ob-

vious. However, once the included instructions are followed, it goes very smoothly. The plates must be put on the

posts before insertion of the posts into the ground.

In addition, Kincaid offers rewards to Clubs and Club members when they purchase Kincaid Gardens 100% s.s.

plant markers. Back in 2014, Everett Crainer set up a “Grow Your Rewards” program for the Brazosport Daylily

Society through Kincaid. Members receive a Reward Discount at checkout on each 25-marker bundle purchased

when the Reward Code, assigned to the Club, is used. And the Club receives a semi-annual rebate check per bun-

dle purchased by Club members. Clubs can find out more information on this program by going to:

www.kincaidplantmarkers.com/resellers-rewards/grow-your-reward/.

An alternative plant marker option follows: This year, at ADS National Convention in June, registered attendees

received two samples of plant markers from MCG BioMarkers. They are made in the USA with 80% recycled plas-

tic and 20% biomass. They come in 3 sizes: 9”, 13” and 24” high. More information on these markers can be ob-

tained by going to the web site: www.mcgbiomarkers.com. The Daylily Walk at Brookgreen Gardens in SC, during

the ADS National Garden Tours, featured these markers.

Those Region 6 members who visited our garden during our Regional Meeting in May were able to see the final

results of our re-labeling efforts.

http://www.mcgbiomarkers.com


EXAMPLE PLANT MARKERS

Left: Previous style wire & aluminum plant marker with

3/4-inch Brother® TZ-Style black on white label.

Middle: Replacement stainless steel Kincaid® plant mark-

er with 1-inch Brother® TZ-Style white on black label.

Right: Sample composite plant marker from MCG Bi-

oMarker®.

EXAMPLE KINCAID®PLANT TAG ORIENTATION

OPTIONS

Left: Post in the front with plate angled to the back.

Right: Post in the back with plate angled to the front.


Region 6 Has a New ADS Daylily Display Garden

by Dan & Peggy Cathey

We recently had the opportunity to visit a lovely commercial daylily garden in East Texas to do an evaluation for an ADS Display Garden at the request of our Regional President, Debbie Pike. The Glenda Mae Daylily Farm had ap-plied to become an American Daylily Society Display Garden last fall and was waiting to be evaluated. Since we are both Garden Judges and always lookingfor gardens to visit we were happy to go. Peggy contacted the owners ahead of time and found out when peak bloom would be and to set up a meet-ing. The garden has a Murchison address, but it is actually closer to Edom, being just 4 miles west at 4741 FM 2339. We arrived early, to beat the heat, and to see the garden and daylilies at their best. We were greeted by gar-

den owner Joey Dziema. Joey and his wife Glenda started growing daylilies in 2005 and, just like the rest of us, quickly became addicted. Joey started designing the gardens 10 years ago and you can tell it has been a labor of love. Joey gave us the “lay of the land” showing us the retail area where he sells potted daylilies as well as companion plants before turning us loose to wander the approximate three-acre area. Just past a pleasing pond with a cascading waterfall, were the display gardens. In addition to the named cultivar gardens, he keeps two beds of seedlings which he offers

to dig from for anyone who just wants pretty daylilies and doesn’t care about the names. The main garden area has been carved out of the East Texas Piney Woods and is surrounded on all sides by towering pines. Flowering Crape Myrtles and other accent plants were scattered through the gardens. We walked the garden for about an hour noting that the rows of daylilies in the display beds were marked with the plants properly identified including the name of both the cultivar and the hybridizer showing clearly. All the classes of daylilies were represented, and the plants were healthy and the blooms beautiful. A shaded picnic table and an ice chest full of water, which is availa-ble for any visitor to have a picnic, made a nice rest stop as we meandered through the garden. Joey has made sev-eral large metal sculptures which highlight different plants, such as a huge metal chalice which has a purple wisteria flowing out of the top. His sculptures are scattered throughout the garden adding interest as you explore the gar-dens searching for your favorite daylilies. We enjoyed our trip very much and were impressed with how neat and tidy the garden was. When we arrived back home, we e-mailed the completed the evaluation form to Melodye Campbell, ADS Display Garden Chair. The next day, we were happy to see on Glenda Mae’s Facebook page that they had been ap-proved. Congratulations Joey and Glenda. Joey Dziema is the current president of the East Texas Daylily Society. If you would like to learn more about Glenda Mae’s Daylily Farm, check out their website at http://glendamaesdaylilyfarm.com In addition to this newest addition, the following are Daylily Display Gardens currently listed on the ADS website for Region 6: Benvenuti Gardens, Lake Jackson, TX – Loris Garrett & Sandy Roberts Long’s Daylily Garden, Weatherford, TX – Kenneth & Linda Long Garden of Mike Peppers, Austin, TX – Mike Peppers Farmers Branch Public Display Garden, Farmers Branch, TX – Mike & Mary Ellen Reed Bluecorn Daylily Gardens, Albuquerque, NM, Alan & Rozanne Tuffnell For information on how you may qualify as an American Daylily Society Daylily Display Garden, please go to the

ADS website: https://daylilies.org/daylilies/display-gardens/

http://glendamaesdaylilyfarm.com

https://daylilies.org/daylilies/display-gardens/


Youth Activity Page


Helen Elizabeth (Schultz) Reynolds

January 13, 1934 - March 24, 2018 by Ray Houston with assistance from Helen

Helen Elizabeth Schultz was born in Donna, Hidalgo County, Texas, January

13, 1934, the daughter of Lewis E. Schultz & Elizabeth (Muffett) Schultz. Helen

was raised on a citrus fruit farm in the Rio Grande Valley. Helen and Harold

Harris Reynolds married on March 18, 1961, in McAllen, Hidalgo County,

Texas.

Harold was born September 15, 1922, the son of Rev. C. D. Reynolds and Cledie Mae (Harris) Reyn-

olds. Harold served in the U. S. Army Air Force during World War II and received the Distin-

guished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf Clusters. He was employed with Sun

Oil Company for 37 years. He died May 6, 2005, at his home in Dallas, Texas.

Helen worked many years as comptroller for an oil company. At one time the company was the

eighth largest pipeline operating in Texas.

In 1966, Harold and Helen joined the Dallas Rose Society (DRS), dug up most of the back yard plus

the alley, and began the hobby of growing roses. Helen held the office of DRS President and just

about every other office in the club. She served as Area Chair for North Texas and was the South

Central District Consulting Rosarian Chair for the American Rose Society.

After one really bad winter Harold and Helen shoveled most of the back yard and did not replant all

the roses, so she had plenty of bare dirt and nothing to put in it. Her mother gave her some daylilies,

including Hemerocallis 'Autumn Red' (Nesmith, 1941) and H. 'Sweet Sixteen' (Claar, 1951). The day-

lilies did just fine.

In 1984, Helen joined the American Daylily Society and Daylily Growers of Dallas (DGD). After a

few months she realized that the group didn't have a monthly newsletter. Helen had access to a

copy machine and all the paper needed, so the Society allowed her to become the first Editor. She

continued as Editor until she became DGD President in 1990. Since joining, she has held most all

elected offices and chaired most of the DGD committees.

Helen served Region 6 as 1994-96 Secretary, 1994-97 Treasurer, 1999 Investment Chair, and 1998-99

Bertie Ferris Endowment Committee Chair.

As an American Daylily Society Senior Exhibition Judge, Helen served on the American Daylily So-

ciety Exhibition Committee for six years in the 1980s and 1990s.

In 2009, Helen was the recipient of the American Daylily Society Region 6 Service Award.

In 2011, Jack and Mark Carpenter registered the daylily H. 'Helen Reynolds' to honor Helen.


2018 REGION SIX SERVICE AWARD WINNER DONNA PECK

Donna arrived in Albuquerque New Mexico in 2000 when her husband, Richard, became president of the

University of New Mexico. They met Ned and Betty Roberts who suggested they should raise Daylilies. Ned

and Betty recruited the Albuquerque Daylily Society to plant daylilies in various areas of the lawn. Ned also

planted many of his hybridized daylilies with the understanding when they bloomed, and were “worthy”

Donna would call him to come look at them. She was thus the first to see Ned’s Hemerocallis 'Desert Icicle', H. 'Skinwalker', and H. Lobo Lucy', among others in the garden. There was a small spider, which Ned

thought unworthy of registration. Donna kept it and hybridized it with H. 'Nutmeg Elf' and other small

daylilies to create a miniature red spider which recently reached the head table at the Albuquerque Flower

Show. She’s now working to multiply and register it because local members have asked to buy it. Shortly

after arriving in Albuquerque the Pecks joined ADS and became active locally. Donna served as President

of ADS, Secretary, and has been Co-Vice President in charge of programs in recent years. She was 2008-12 Region 6 ADS Director and was the first Ombudsman for ADS inviting from the ADS membership questions

that she and her committee could try to answer. Many such Q & A conversations appeared in her column,

“Ask the Ombudsman” in various Regional newsletters. In 1994, the Pecks' garden was on tour for the

Regional Meeting held in Albuquerque. She had the Awards Beds in their garden, and her favorite (which

didn’t bloom the day of voting) was named H. 'Donna Peck' by Betty Roberts. She served as Wditor of the

Region 6 Newsletter for two years and is a Garden Judge, an Exhibition Judge and also an Exhibition Judges

Instructor. She had been Judges Chair for the Albuquerque’s flower show each year. For her own club’s

flower show, her house is always open to hosting the Judges with a potluck the night before the show. At

the last Regional held by her club, 2011, she was co-chair and her garden was the location of Bill Maryott’s

presentation, "Judging/Looking at daylilies”. She has also been instrumental in building up her local club by

doing things out of the box. Her local club had an informational forum titled “What you always wanted to

know about Daylilies but were afraid to Ask” and had to close the doors with 125 people in attendance,

which resulted in gaining many new members. She also organizes a daylily sale that benefits the Placitas

Library when the Placitas Garden Tour is held annually. As co-chair of the up and coming 2019 Region 6

Meeting, she is working on a session with another member, Jane Butel, (popular Southwest chef and

Cookbook editor) titled “Cooking with Lilies and Chilis."

Donna has been energetic and active in Daylilies, with no signs of slowing down any time soon.

-Richard Peck, August 2018


Article—NUTGRASS: The Down & Dirty on the Worst Weed of the South!!

By Mark Carpenter

My article for this issue is, to be frank, an unpleasant one! That bright, shiny foliage weed known as nutgrass is

our topic today. I decided to write about this relentless weed after spending the last week battling it. But in truth,

I’ve spent the last 5 years battling it, and for the most part, it’s been a losing battle. But through those losses there

has been substantial learning, and I hope to share some of that with you today.

WIKIHOW defines nutgrass as follows: “Nut grass, also called nutsedge, is a horrifically resilient weed that

plagues many a lawn. It has strong roots and nodules that are often referred to as "nuts" (hence the name). The

most thorough way to rid your lawn of nut grass is by removing the plant, root and all, by hand. You can also try

chemical herbicides, however, or you can coat the grass in sugar as an organic alternative”. Please note the de-

scriptors….”horrifically resilient”! LOL! ACCURATE to the 10th degree!!

Here is my history at the Lily Farm with this plague. I have tried pulling it out by hand, spraying it chemically,

burning it, tilling it over and over, among other actions. Here is what I have found in terms of what really works.

Tilling it under over and over. Brilliant idea here. The more you till it, the more it reproduces. You see, every

time you cut the wire leading to the nut (located 8 to 18” under the soil) the nutgrass goes into defense mode

and will immediately produce MULTIPLE new nutgrass segments. So if you cut one wire, you get 3 new ones

in return. Cut 300, you get 900. Not a pretty picture. Analysis of this technique: NEVER EVER DO IT!

Spraying it with chemicals. I can’t tell you how many people claim to have the product that takes care of nut-

grass, and I’ve tried just about all of them. The result is usually the same: You WILL KILL the above ground

nutgrass that you can see, but you will NOT kill the nut that reproduces more nutgrass in the future. Chemi-

cals used include: Image (this will kill your daylilies if it comes in contact); Manage (same as Image); Sedge-

hammer (many claim this one works and you can spray over the top of daylilies). This one kills the existing

nutgrass you can see, but the nuts will reproduce the next season. And you CANNOT spray over the top of

daylilies, especially newly transplanted ones or seedlings, as it can kill both; Roundup; will kill the existing but

the nuts will usually produce more nutsedge the following year. Roundup can stunt and sometimes kill existing

daylilies…so you can’t spray it over the top either. Analysis of this technique: It works short term, but won’t

work long term.

Remove by hand: If you simply pull it up, every single time you do this you will break off the “wire” connect-

ing the nut to the nutgrass, which in turn will produce multiple new segments of nutgrass. Basically this tech-

nique is the same as tilling it! Not a good idea. Analysis: You are getting warm (:>}).

Remove by digging under it with a shovel and pulling the nut out. This will get you under it, but the shovel

itself will often hit the connecting wire of the nutgrass, cutting it and forcing it to produce multiple new

shoots. Analysis: You are getting warmer!

Remove by digging under it using a pitchfork. BINGO! This is the ONLY technique that we have found to

work for MULTIPLE years. The pitchfork has a much greater chance of missing the connecting wire, and

allows you to get under the nut and wires so you can pull the entire thing out of the ground. You will still oc-

casionally cut some nuts, but not nearly as often as a shovel. Analysis: This takes the longest amount of time,

involved physical work, but is the ONLY way we have found that works at about 90% of the time!

Below are pictures taken today at the farm as we work on eradicating this horrendous weed from our daylily beds.

I hope this information will help you overcome the devil’s weed!


"After posting this article on Facebook, I received some important information regarding a chemical that actually

HAS worked for folks in killing BOTH the above ground nut and the below ground nut, and that product is called

MSMA. However, I do not recommend spraying MSMA over the top of your daylilies without risk of killing the

plants or stunting their growth for a season. I was also told that sprays need to be applied in spring/early summer

for the best chance of control. But with that said, I did have multiple people tell me that MSMA DID kill off the

nutgrass. So there is another option out there!

This shows the nuts and the wires that come out of each nut, all re-

sulting in multiple new nutsedge. This one strand contained 5 sepa-

rate nutsedge. Notice the multiple roots coming out of the nut in

the middle of the pic.

Each root will form its own nut, and then multiply into many more

nutsedge.

Nutsedge above ground. You can see the white colored “wire” at-

tachment to it. It is a filament that if peeled off, will show a true tiny

but strong “wire” that will connect to other nutsedge underground.

Here is an entire “clump” of nutsedge dug up with a

pitchfork from ONE LOCATION! There are over 30

pieces of nutsedge, and you can see multiple dark black

nuts, each of which will send out wires and multiple

new pieces of nutsedge. Any time the nut thinks its

under attack, it will send out new roots to form new

nutsedge. Incredible how resilient this beast is!

The pitchfork allows you to get UNDER the nutsedge wire

and lift it up, so you can pull out the connected nutsedge

WITH THE NUT AND THE WIRE without cutting it. I

have found this is BY FAR the best way to get rid of

nutsedge. But beware, as any nut that you cut off or that

falls off while you are sifting through it will again form new

nutsedge!


ADS Region 6 Daylily Clubs

Albuquerque Daylily Society President - Amy Howard 3312 Ronda De Lechusas NW, Albuquerque, NM 87120 (505) 250-2318, [email protected]

Houston Hemerocallis Society President - Hershal Theilen 5047 Oak Shadows, Houston, TX 77091-4529 (713) 681-2644, [email protected]

Austin Daylily Society President - Skottie O'Mahony 12229 Tanglewild Dr., Austin, Texas, 78758 (206) 713-9435, [email protected]

Johnson County Iris & Daylily Society President - Vicki Howard 3912 CR 1205, Cleburne, TX 76031 (817) 933-1057, [email protected] Club Email: [email protected]

Brazosport Daylily Society President - Eddie Raye Andrews P. O. Box 167, Waller, TX 77484 (936) 931-3846, [email protected]

Lone Star Daylily Society President - Paul Eskine 3516 E. Orange St Pearland, TX 77581 (281) 485-4567, [email protected]

Cypress Creek Daylily Club

President - Clifford Lee 315 East Helms, Houston, TX 77037 (281) 448-4153, [email protected]

Lufkin Hemerocallis Society President - Wanda Wesch 275 Austin Lane, Pollock, TX 75969 (936) 366-9232, No Email Club Email Contact: Tracey Stewart

Daylily Growers of Dallas President - Michael Reed 3425 Apple Valley Dr. Farmers Branch, TX 75234-3872 (972) 484-5449, [email protected]

Nacogdoches Daylily Society President: Regina Moehring 625 CR 213, Nacogdoches, TX 75965 (936) 560-9236, [email protected]

East Texas Daylily Society President - Joey Dziema 120VZ CR 4712, Murchison, TX 75778 903-469-3647, [email protected]

North Texas Daylily Society-Fort Worth President - Tucker Reed 717 Hurst View Rd., Hurst, TX 76053 (682) 553-7050, [email protected]

Golden Spread Daylily Society President - Doug Smith 726 Lefors, Pampa, TX 79065-4824 Email Contact: Joan Avampato [email protected]

San Antonio Daylily Society President - Sue Camplen 218 Winchester Drive, Bergheim, TX 78004 (830) 446-6175, [email protected]

Houston Area Daylily Society

President: Clifford Lee 315 E. Helms, Houston, TX 77037 (281) 448-4153, [email protected]

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AAlbuquerque Daylily Society

2018 Summer Newsletter

Donna Peck, Club Reporter

ADS members are excited to enter our monsoon season, with (fingers crossed) plenty of rain to help our daylilies into next year! We are

below average on the year for rainfall so far, so hoping we make up for it in the coming months.

We had our annual Daylily Show on June 24th, which was close to peak bloom for many of us this year. With help from a grooming pro-

gram at our meeting earlier in the month, the judges had an especially hard time combing through all the entries for deductions! We had a

special treat in that Beverly Winkleman spent some time out here to help judge horticulture at the show; we hope she enjoyed being here

as much as we did having her! This year, we had 146 horticultural entries, 40 photo, and 14 design entries.

Results as follows:

Best Extra Large Flower: H. ‘Lemon Go Lightly’ (Trimmer, J.) by Donna Bleck.

Best Large Flower: H. ‘Mark’s Choice’ (DeVito) by Donna Bleck.

Best Small Flower: H. ‘Raspberry Winter’ (Trimmer, D.) by Rozanne Tuffnell.

Best Mini: H. ‘Mayor Of Munchkinland’ (Herrington) by Donna Peck

Best Double/Multiform/Polymerous: H. ‘Isabel Maraffi’ (Trimmer, D.) by Rozanne Tuffnell

Best Spider: H. ‘Skinwalker’ (Roberts, N.) by Donna Bleck

Best Unusual Form: H. ‘Ned’s Choice’ (Lovett) by Debi Harrington

Best Popularity Poll entry: H. ‘Free Wheelin’’ (Stamile) by Rozanne Tuffnell

Best Seedling: DP2016A by Donna Peck

Best Photo: Stephen Christy

Best In Show: H. ‘Ned’s Choice’ (Lovett) by Debi Harrington

Horticulture Sweepstakes: Donna Bleck

Design Sweepstakes: Debi Harrington

Congrats to all of our winners and we appreciate all the help from members to put on the show and sale. It takes a village! To round out

our season, we have scheduled monthly programs through October, with talks about pollinators, daylily history and hybridizers, and our

annual Elite Sale, where members can purchase selections of the latest and greatest to add to their gardens. This year, we are featuring

daylilies from Dan and Jane Trimmer! We are also participating in one more sale to the public in late September, and are providing a pro-

gram about daylilies for another local gardening club. We are quite busy with planning the 2019 Regional meeting with lots of fun activi-

ties and are making excellent progress. Be sure to check the Region 6 website for more information as it arrives!

Austin Daylily Society


Jeff Breitenstein, Club Reporter

Congratulations to our friends in the Brazosport Daylily Society for a marvelous regional meeting - we had a wonderful time!!

The Austin Daylily Society held their ADS-accredited show and sale on May 26th. Once again, the Garden Center of Austin's Zilker Bo-

tanical Garden was the center of the action and our theme was "Dancing With Stars". The show opened to the public at 1pm and we

welcomed approximately 500 daylily fans throughout the day. Congratulations to the winners and sincere thanks to all of the volunteers

who make this annual show such a favorite of Austin gardener. Plus, a huge thanks to our show co-chairs: Beth Collier & Suzanne Adair!

Here's who won


Horticulture Division

Best in Show: H. ‘Mambo Maid’ - Section 3: Small Flower, exhibited by Jennifer Renner

Best in Section: H. ‘Yellow Satellite’ - Section 1: Extra-large Flower, exhibited by Jennifer Renner

H. ‘Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis’ - Section 2: Large Flower, exhibited by Mike Peppers

H. ‘Texas Cherry’ - Section 4: Miniature Flower, exhibited by Janice Heiskell

H. ‘Gulf Coast Ronnie's Memorial’ - Section 5: Double Flower, exhibited by Jerre Threatte

H. ‘Calico Spider’ - Section 6: Spider Flower, exhibited by Jennifer Renner

H. ‘Christmas in Oz’ - Section 7: Unusual Form Flower, exhibited by Bert Marcom

H. ‘Little Orange Tex’ - Section 9: Popularity Poll, exhibited by Janice Heiskell

“Hathaway seedling" - Section 10: Seedlings, exhibited by David Hathaway

Display Division

Class A: "Texas Swing"- first place was awarded to Suzanne Adair

Class B: "Tango" - first place was awarded to Velia Sanchez Ruiz

Class C: "Waltz" - first place and the Tri-Color Award were awarded to Beth Zimpleman

The club held its annual June picnic at the lovely home of Jeannie Ferrier, where we enjoyed viewing her extensive ponds! We take a

break during the hot months of June and July and will reconvene in August with an evening with Scott Elliott from Maneki Neko

Gardens in Ellabell, Georgia. Scott is the Chair of the American Daylily Society Scientific Studies Committee, the Chair of the ADS

Judges' Education Committee, the editor of Daylily Exhibitions the author of the new Double Daylilies: Twice the Fun and more

than a dozen articles in the Daylily Journal on daylily care and culture.

For more information on the Austin Daylily Society, please visit our website: www.austindaylily.org or ‘like’ us on Facebook:

www.facebook.com/AustinDaylilySociety

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By Jimmie Bennett, Secretary

What an honor it has been to host the 2018 Region 6 ADS Meeting! Thank you for coming, fellow daylily friends. It was a thrill to see guests arriving and the convention unfolding. We hope everyone had a wonderful time and happy memories!

How can we ever thank enough our fabulous Convention Committee: Co-Chairmen, David and Nancy Freshour; Eddie Raye An-drews, Chris Crainer, and Gary Gantt. Committee, thanks a million and take a bow –you did an amazing job! Their task was the big picture, the fine details, the opportunities, and the encouragement that, yes, we as a club can do this! The Committee successfully engaged us. Everyone took on assignments, everyone donated, everyone worked together! Our super heroes were Everett and Chris Crainer who were amazingly generous and provided hundreds of daylilies! And what is a convention without daylilies! The Convention was a great experience for Brazosport Daylily Society!

Our Garden Hosts also rose to the occasion – in a big way! We all know how much it takes to keep the garden beautiful. Many things come to mind such as hard work, commitment, persistence, and imagination. Our hosts all excelled! They did a spectacular job! Many thanks to Pat and Jimmie Bennett, Everett and Chris Crainer, David and Nancy Freshour, Loris Garrett and Sandy Rob-erts, Gladys Hanselman, H. T. and Jessie Lu.

BDS is in summertime mode without June or July meetings. We will meet again in August for Daylily Bingo.


CCypress Creek Daylily Club


By Jeannie Mallick, Reporter

Daylily foliage may look much the same from plant to plant but among the more than 80,000 registered cultivars, the blooms

are so diverse in appearance that some look like completely different species.

Daylily “fans” were treated to a February program on how to describe daylilies, by Cypress Creek Daylily Club member, Jean-

nie Mallick. Jeannie relied on books, the www.daylilies.org web site and experienced daylily growers like Anna Rosa Glidden

and Mary Gage, to create a slide program featuring most of the official terms used to describe daylily blooms. The American

Daylily (Daylily) Society has a very complete dictionary one may consult for basic definitions. However, the latest cultivars

often defy description! The explosion in the number of daylilies that display previously unimaginable color combinations,

patterns, edges, exotic shapes and sculpting has begun to strain the category “Unusual Form”.

Photos become vital to accurately capturing the beauty and detail of the modern daylily hybrid. Kudos to those updating our

ADS database to include pictures where missing. Catalogue and online photos have considerable allure, but soil composition,

sun exposure, moisture and the type and timing of fertilizer applications may impact how a daylily blooms in your garden.

What you see in pictures is not necessarily what you grow!

“Raised by Wolves” Trimmer, 2017

In 1934, Arlow Burdette Stout, the father of the modern

daylily hybrid, produced the first true dark red daylily

named H. ‘’Theron’ that was the result of twenty five

years of cross breeding using orange and yellow daylilies.

I wonder what he would think if he could see the 2017

lavender and purple bitone introduction by Trimmer, H. ‘

Raised by Wolves’ ?!

March 24th was our annual CCDC Plant Sale, participating as part of

the Klein United Methodist Church Easter Festival called

“Eggstravaganza”. Event chair Amelia Cardona did a magnificent job

organizing and Paul Cardona acted as our cashier, taking in proceeds

for our most successful plant sale in 5 years! Anna Rosa Glidden pro-

vided the majority of the bare root daylily fans, but all our members

contributed plants or helped with sales. Thank you all who worked

and all who shopped!

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Our March meeting program was a treat. Hibiscus expert Marti Graves and her husband Greg shared their knowledge gained

over 30 years growing and hybridizing Hibiscus. We found out there is a lot of common ground between cultivating hibiscus

and daylilies- pun intended. One amazing growing tip we learned, Marti adds cedar shavings to her potting soil to discourage

ants from making a home in her potted hibiscus. Ants will carry aphids to the top of a hibiscus plant and drink the nectar

that forms when the aphids pierce the tender bud tissues with their mouth parts. What rascals.

In April we decided to do something a tad different, inviting a speaker from the Friends of Texas Wildlife to give a presenta-

tion on their efforts to support and rehabilitate injured or orphaned wildlife. This wonderful group of animal rehabilitators

volunteer countless hours to help animals that are found too young or hurt to survive on their own. They care for hundreds

of baby animals each year but are particularly busy in the spring. Volunteer Stacy Ensell described how to handle wildlife

one may find in the yard or garden. She brought a couple of little friends along too! Lucy and One-Eyed Jack, are two beauti-

ful screech owls that could not be released due to injuries and are now animal ambassadors for FTWL. For information on

what to do if you find an orphaned or injured animal on your property, go to http://www.ftwl.org/

May is peak daylily blooming time and field trip month for the CCDC. We had two outings so far this year, one joining the

HADS club to visit the Fern Plantation in Magnolia and the second to Everett Crainer’s daylily garden in Brazoria. We enjoyed

seeing Darla Harris’ amazing 13,000 square foot fern-packed greenhouse. Darla gave us a great talk on how to grow hardy

outdoor ferns here in our Houston climate, but also which ferns were tropical and too delicate to survive out in the weather.

We had fun shopping among her 150 fern varieties for lovely new additions to our shade gardens.

We made an excursion on Mother’s Day to Everett & Chris Crainer’s open garden. Everett gave us a personal guided tour

and amazed us with the gorgeous seedlings he has hybridized- some blooming beautifully in their first season! We can’t wait

for him to register a gorgeous vibrant diploid daylily he will name “Gulf Coast 3 Brothers”. It was only one of the many Gulf

Coast daylilies he has raised that really knocked our socks off, they were so colorful and healthy. We enjoyed shopping for

new cultivars and sipping icy cold water Chris gave us as we sat on the patio in the deep shade of a live oak draped with

spanish moss. We had so much fun we resolved to return next year.

Congratulations and many thanks to the Houston Hemerocallis and Houston Area Daylily Societies for sponsoring a great

flower show and plant sale on May 12th. Many CCDC members entered scapes and floral designs. Two of our members were

awarded rosettes. President Clifford Lee entered 30 scapes and took home “Best in Section 2” with large regular flower H. ‘

Ebony Jewel’ Stamile 1997 and Mary Gage won “Best in Section 3” with small regular flower H. ‘ Gulf Coast Sunrise’ Crainer,

2013, and 2 purple ribbons. First time flower show entrants Fran Matchett and Jeannie Mallick were thrilled to receive their

first ribbons- Fran won a purple and a blue ribbon in Section 7 with H. ‘I Luv Lucy’ Wilkerson 2008 and 4 more ribbons.

Jeannie received a blue ribbon for H. ‘Altered State’, Carr 1997. Mary Gage, Anna Rosa Glidden and Graciela Lopez entered

the design competition on the Texas themed categories of “Texas Two Step”, “Along the Gulf Coast”, and “Palo Duro Canyon”.

Their arrangements were a delight to see and a lot of thought went into honoring the themes. It is the design competition

that celebrates the love of daylilies through the artistic creative process. Well done ladies!

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By Kathy Harris, Club Reporter

The Daylily Growers of Dallas are currently on summer break from meetings until September when we will celebrate our 60th anniversary. We plan a really big celebration for this milestone. Our club was established back in 1958 and although we no longer have charter members, our love of daylilies continues through the ensuing generations of gardeners.

We had our flower show on May 26th at North Haven Gardens here in Dallas. The big winner was Malcolm Avaritt with best in show with H. ‘Lone Star Big John’. He also won sweepstakes with 22 blue ribbons. Other results are as follows:

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Extra Large H. ‘Wispy Rays’ Malcolm Avaritt

Large H. ‘Our Friend Olin’ Malcolm Avaritt

Small H. ‘Roses with Peaches’ Malcolm Avaritt

Miniature H. ‘Irish Elf’ Tim Closs

Double, Multiform

and Polymerous H. ‘Tim Herrington’ Pat Weller

Spider H. ‘Marse Connell’ Bonnie Nichols

UFO H. ‘Lone Star Big John’ Malcolm Avaritt

Popularity Poll H. ‘Free Wheelin’ Bonnie Nichols

Seedling WJSCP16 Pat Weller

For the prizes we decided to award the winners gift certificates for plants rather than crystal. Everyone seemed very happy with the gift certificates and we will probably continue with this policy.

On June 9th some members carpooled to The Lily Farm.

On a very sad note, our beloved long time member of Daylily Growers of Dallas, Region 6 and ADS Helen Reynolds passed away on March 24, 2018. She had been a member of all three since 1984. She will be missed.

E East Texas Daylily Society


By Pat Weller, Club Reporter

ETDS met on March 11th at the Rose Garden in Tyler. The meeting was very informative as we held an open forum to discuss

our favorite flower, the daylily. Members were asked to share what was happening in their gardens as well as best practices.

We talked about pesticides, herbicides, weed problems, rust, germinating seeds and other miscellaneous gardening issues.

We held our annual spring daylily sale on March 30th & 31th at the Goodman museum. All daylilies were donated by club

members.

In April, Doug McKemie who is a club member and local hybridizer, gave a program entitled “What is New Under the Sun”.

Doug talked about how he built a new greenhouse, discussed his hybridizing program, and showed us pictures of some of his

seedlings. At the end of his program, Doug and Sandy Perkins auctioned some registered daylilies from their garden.

Bees were the subject of our May program. Brothers Peter and Jacob Cole are high school students that belong to the East

Texas Beekeepers Association. They talked about the importance of bees and brought a beekeeper suit as well as other bee-

keeper equipment to give us a visual presentation of the mechanics of beekeeping.

June was hotter than normal here, but it did not stop us from visiting The Lily Farm on June 2nd. Several members carpooled

to the farm. Mark Carpenter was a great host as we toured his gardens and selected a few daylilies to take home with us.

Mark now has a lot of different garden plants and garden ornaments/art for sale on his farm. We ended the trip with a late

lunch in Nacogdoches, TX in an air-conditioned restaurant.


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Golden Spread Daylily Society


Joan Avampato, Club Reporter

We sold daylilies at the annual Garden Fest Plant Sale held at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens on Saturday, April 28. The plants were set out early on Saturday morning. The daylilies had been dug and cleaned and prepared for selling. All the day-lilies 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 just OK.

We thank our members Doug Smith, 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.

All of our members are ADS members but GSDS is not recognized as such by the ADS or now the ADS because we are less than 20 members.

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Houston Area Daylily Society


Mary Gage, Reporter

We were delighted to have Jean Fefer as guest speaker for our February meeting. She spoke and showed slides on ”Container

Gardening of Flowers and Vegetables”. She began with the pros and cons of various types of pots—plastic, ceramic, wood, etc.

-- then soils, amendments and fertilizers. She spoke on different varieties of vegetables and plants and finally how to handle

problems one might encounter with container grown plants.

Jesse Gomez was guest speaker for our March meeting. He spoke on soils, and gardening . We were especially fascinated by

his talk on the Red Bird or Cardinal and the notion that exists across many cultures and beliefs that cardinals are messengers

between our Earthly world and the Spirit world..

Cheryl Lenert was with us in April with a detailed presentation on Begonias. She instructed us on making leaf cuttings and

many members took leaves home to grow their own.

Our May 12 Flower Show, “Celebrate Daylilies—Texas Style”, held jointly with Houston Hemerocallis Society, at Gethsemane

Lutheran Church was again a success with members of both clubs taking home rosettes and ribbons. Complete Show report

with list of winners will be in Bill Jarvis’s report from Houston Hemerocallis Society.

The regular May 10, 2018 meeting of the Houston Area Daylily Society at Bayland Park Community Center was cancelled and

instead we had a field trip to the Fern Plantation at Magnolia. Darla Harris, owner of the Fern Plantation, was guest speaker

at our May 2017 meeting that everyone enjoyed so much we knew the trip would be great and we could buy more ferns

there. Darla Oakes gathered information as to directions and time for us to car-pool or go individually to the location near

Magnolia, specifically called Stagecoach, past paved roads and really country, (Out in the Boondocks, per Anna Rosa). After

everyone had a chance to meander through the large fern garden, we gathered for a program by Darla Harris with detailed

information about the many, many varieties of ferns. Jo Crisp was with us, having returned to Houston for a short visit. Also


a few members from other clubs joined and a good time was had by all.

Sadly, we must report that long time and much loved member, Kermit Muske, passed away on February 12, 2018 at his home

in La Grange. He and his wife, Josie, had moved there along with daughter and son-in-law, Diane and Gary Johnson in 2016.

Let us hope and pray to be blessed with adequate rain this summer but spared anything like we had with Hurricane Harvey

last year.

Houston Hemerocallis Society


Bill Jarvis, Reporter

March arrived bringing with it the excitement of the upcoming bloom season. We held our March meeting on the 22nd at the McGovern Centennial Gardens. Our program was a slide presentation of blooms taken during the 2017 season at Longmire Daylily Gardens in Conroe, Texas.

Our April meeting had a very busy schedule. First, we installed our new officers for the upcoming year. The officers for 2018-2019 are:

President – Hershal Theilen

1st Vice President – Bill Jarvis

2nd Vice President – Katharine Breaux

Treasurer – Open

Recording Secretary – Loni Dennis

Then we had our annual plant swap. The swap is a chance for members to share some of the unusual plants we have in our gardens. This year there was an abundance of plants brought in to be shared.

Lastly, we had our first annual ‘Daylily Bingo’ games. I say first annual because it was a huge hit with everyone saying we must do it again next year. The club provided daylilies as prizes and we played until all the daylilies were given away with most members winning more than one plant.

The 2018 combined HHS/HADS flower show was held at the Gethsemany Lutheran Church on May 12th. The Houston Heme-rocallis Society was in charge of the show this year with the Houston Area Daylily Society assisting (we alternate who’s in charge). This year our top winners were:

Best In Show (and best mini) – H. ‘Cast a Spell’ exhibited by Everett & Chris Crainer

Best Large flower – H. ‘Ebony Jewel’ exhibited by Clifford Lee

Best Small flower – H. ‘Gulf Coast Sunrise’ exhibited by Mary & Eddie Gage

Best double/multiform/poly – H. ‘Gulf Coast Ronnie’s Memorial’ exhibited by Everett & Chris Crainer

Best Spider – H. ‘Medicine Feather’ exhibited by Everett & Chris Crainer

Best unusual form – H. ‘Lime Peel’ exhibited by Hershal Theilen

Popularity Poll – H. ‘Little Orange Tex’ exhibited by Hershal Theilen

Best Seedling – exhibited by Everett & Chris Crainer

Sweepstakes – Hershal Theilen

Tricolor Award – Nel Shimek

We also held a daylily sale outside the flower show. We were pleased to completely sell out this year.

Pictures of the flower show winners can be found on the HHS website ‘Flower Show’ page. http://www.ofts.com/hhs/

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Johnson County Iris & Daylily Society


By Peggy Cathey, Club Reporter

Our May meeting was all about the Region 6 Popularity Poll. We had a PowerPoint program with information about the Pop-

ularity Poll and why it is important to vote. Ballots were passed out and members were encouraged to cast their votes for

their favorites. The ballots were collected and the votes have been submitted to our Regional Tabulator, Maurine Valenza.

Dan and I were happy to host an “In Garden” Daylily Judges Workshop II on June 9 th in our garden. Coming bright and early

for the class for credit were Bonnie Nichols, taking a “refresher” for her 5 year Garden Judge’s renewal, Anita Goodale and

Karen Singletary, completing part 2 of their training to become Garden Judges, and Mary Keeth who audited the class. During

the class, several daylilies were evaluated for their value as garden plants. Points were accumulated for foliage, increase,

number of scapes, branches and buds as well as the beauty and colorfastness of the flowers. Some of Dan’s seedlings were

also evaluated and with encouragement from those taking the class, he has decided to register 3 of his seedlings. The paper-

work for the most popular of these has already been submitted to ADS for approval. He has named it Peggy Cathey’s Fairy

Flight, a tall, bright yellow, extra-large, unusual form.

Following the class, several club members and guests arrived for a brief business meet-

ing to elect officers for the 2018-2019 club year, and to tour the gardens. More Populari-

ty Poll ballots were also collected. New officers are:

President – Vicki Howard

1st VP, Programs – Mary Keeth

2nd VP, Membership – Anita Goodale

3rd VP, Show Chair – Karen Singletary

Secretary – Ricky Howard

Treasurer – Dan Cathey

Continuing to serve as Hospitality Chair and Sale Chair – Gailmae Suite

Newsletter Editor & Webmaster – Peggy Cathey

Youth Chair – Diana Medrano

Raffle Committee – All youth members

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Lone Star Daylily Society


Debbie Pike, Club Reporter

In February, we had guest speakers Dan and Jane Trimmer. During our business meeting, we discussed future speakers for the year. Carolyn Livanec, our 1st VP, reminded all that the March Program would be a presentation by Nikki Schmith, past ADS President. Paul Eskine, our President, on the absence of Debbie Pike, our 2nd VP, discussed the upcoming fundraiser at the Texas Home and Garden Show. Paul read Debbie’s report that the daylilies were looking wonderful. Paul continued to discuss the plants for the sale and the need for LSDS to obtain more plants for future sales. Beki Spearman discussed plans and training for the May Flower Show. The training will be conducted in April. We have all the chairs assigned. Helen Boram, Sunshine Chairman, sent cards to Loris Garrett and Paula Payne. We had 33 members in attendance. The meeting ended with a Raffle. The program was a wonderful presentation by Dan and Jane Trimmer, the history of their daylily adventures and their current hybridizing program. The presentation was followed by an auction of Trimmer plants. The meeting ended with a wonderful pot luck meal. In the month of March, we had guest speaker Nikki Schmith. Nikki is the past ADS president. Our business meeting included discussions on the February Fundraiser. It was a great success. We sold many daylilies to the public that attended the Texas Home and Garden Show in Houston. We discussed the next fundraiser for March. We will be working at the Angleton Fair-grounds for Market Days. Debbie passed the signup sheets around for all to volunteer to work the event. Beki Spearman gave an update on the Flower Show plans and training. She reminded everyone that the training would be held at the April


meeting. We had 29 people in attendance. The meeting ended with a Raffle. The program was a presentation by Nikki called the Collective Experience. It was all about starting to collect daylilies from the beginner to the experienced collector and end-ed on the experience of bringing plants to a flower show. It also showed all the help and sourcing material available on join-ing the ADS. It was very informative. A special thank you for our March hosts providing refreshments: Paul and Mildred Eskine, Beki and Francis Spearman, Bill and Bobbie Ware. 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. Our society has on-scape, off-scape, photog-raphy and design sections. Beki Spearman presented the plans for the Flower Show. We had great turnout at the Angleton Market Days sale. It was our best fundraiser effort so far. Everyone was asked to get signed up for the Regional Meeting in Lake Jackson. It was decided that Lone Star would pay $75 toward the Registration Fee for the Region 6 Meeting. Today we had 32 members in attendance. The meeting ended with a Raffle. Special thanks to the hosts for providing refreshments: Harvey and Nell Shimek, Marie Hodges, Saeng Sannanikone, Jackie Strohback, Larry Bartz, and Elizabeth Allbright. May is the annual Flower Show. We had 120 people to visit our show to see 182 scapes beautifully displayed. We also had an assortment of off-scape blooms, photography entries and our design entries. Judges were very complimentary about the quality of the flowers and especially the grooming of the scapes. We want to thank our 9 horti-culture judges, our 3 photo judges, and our 3 design judges. Without them, we could not have an accredited flower show. Flower Show winners: Extra Large: H. ‘True Gertrude Demarest’ Spalding, W. ‘ 1986 – Nell Shimek Large: H. ‘Thomas Tew’ Stamile 2008 – Everett and Chris Crainer Small: H. ‘Hat’s Off To Sue’ Herrington, T. 2008 – Leon and Paula Payne Miniature: H. ‘Jammin’s Pinky Toes’ Singletary, B. 2016 – Leon and Paula Payne Double: H. ‘Dutch Yellow Truffle’ Kirchhoff, D. 2003 – Leon and Paula Payne Spider: H. ‘Marked By Lydia’ Temple, 1994 – Everett and Chris Crainer Unusual Form: H. ‘Ned’s Bettina’ Roberts, N. 2006 – Loris Garrett and Sandy Roberts Youth: N/A Popularity Poll: H. ‘Free Wheelin’’ Stamile 2004 – Paul and Mildred Eskine Seedling: Leon and Paula Payne Seedling – Leon and Paula Payne Best In Show: ‘H. Hat’s Off To Sue’ Herrington. T. 2008 – Leon and Paula Payne Sweepstakes Rosette: Leon and Paula Payne Tricolor: Class C – “Lily and Prince Charming” - Maureen Valenza Best Photography – Larry Bartz Best Off-Scape Bloom – Paul Eskine

Lufkin Daylily Society


By Tracey Stewart, Reporter Is it hot enough for ya? Our club is on summer sabbatical at this time, following a busy spring schedule. First of all, our Club has decided to follow the example as set forth by the American Daylily Society, to change our name to include the word "daylily" rather than "Hemerocallis." Henceforth, we are now known as the Lufkin Daylily Society. We also have two new members that we've added to our roster: Mrs. Betty Grable and Mr. Barry Walker. We welcome them with open arms. Our Annual Daylily Sale was held Saturday, April 21, 2018, at the Angelina County Farmer's Market. Business was brisk and we were blessed to have customers throughout the day. Hardly any daylilies were left over! We were quite pleased with the overall turnout. Our final meeting of the spring was held at Marlow and AdaLee Shubert's Daylily Gardens in Huntington, TX. There we shopped for more daylilies and some even got vegetables from the Shubert's abundant garden. Following the shopping spree, we had lunch at a nearby restaurant, hating to end the fellowship before breaking for the summer. Our meetings will resume in September. Y'all take care and stay cool. See you this fall!

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North Texas Daylily Society


By Susan Austin, Secretary and Club Reporter On June 2, 2018, NTDS hosted “A Stroll Down Daylily Lane” Daylily Exhibition. The total number of exhibits in the “double

show” was 258. Best in show for the accredited category was Little Orange Tex brought by Tim Closs. The unaccredited cate-

gory exhibits were voted on by the public. Over 200 people visited the show and many of the guests were impressed with the

ability to participate in the voting for the winner of the unaccredited show There was much participation on both sides of the

show including exhibits by new members!

The club does not have a regular meeting in June or July and in the past there has been a picnic gathering in June. This year

the “picnic” was at the Swiss Pastry Shop in Fort Worth. About 25 folks joined together for the great tasting food and black

forest cake dessert.

The August meeting will be on the 16th, with Margo Reed and Jim Murphy from Woodhenge Gardens in Virginia as the speak-

ers. At the September 20th meeting, we will go over procedures for the upcoming sale, which is September 29th at the Fort

Worth Botanic Gardens.

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San Antonio Daylily Society

2018 Summer Newsletter Germaine Tuff, Reporter

SADS started out the new year of 2018 with some amazing programs for our members. We learned all about native plants and pollinators from our member, Dr. Don Tuff. Discussed the history of daylilies with the program titled “Daylilies a History, Part 1” from Ray Elizondo and the promise of a Part 2 to this history. Members learned all about the species plants and their introduction to the USA. Another program covered daylily terminology so that we could be conversant about the blooms we would be showing at our show, May 26.

May 19, 2018 was the celebration of 50 years of SADS. Amazing that folks have continued to join and love daylilies for 50 years. SADS’ annual show and sale was held at San Antonio’s Festival of Flowers, May 26, 2018 at the new location of the Austin Hwy. Events Center. It was a move filled with concerns of the unknown but worked out beautifully. Very nice exhibit hall and our show looked gorgeous. We had 125 blooms entered in our 5 categories and 26 photos entered in our 1 photog-raphy category. Ballots were prepared and the public voted for their favorite in each of these categories. 230 ballots were voted containing 1,230 votes. Our plant sale was held the same day and we sold 210 double fans. The new facility and the new arrangement of the tables was a huge success and we look forward to 2019 at this location. Festival of Flowers has been held on the Saturday of Memorial Day for over 20 years so if you haven’t seen it, think about attending. Lots and lots of gar-dening items for sale.

First place winners were:

Category Daylily Exhibitor

Large/ExLarge H. ‘Scaramouche’ Pat Schultze

Small/Mini H. ‘Malachite Prism’ Ray Elizondo

Doubles H. ‘Apricot Cream Truffle’ Pat Schultze

Spider/Unusual Form H. ‘Purple Starfish’ Pat Schultze

Unknown (lost names) Unknown name Germaine Tuff

Photograph Unknown name Joan Pasquali

Members gathered the first of June for the annual picnic at Pat Schultze’s home and got to see some of her amazing blooms. Hamburgers and sausages were the main course with delectable sides and desserts brought by members. It was a very en-joyable time of socializing after the hard work of the first few months of 2018. We’ll take a short break from meetings and plan to meet September 16 at the San Antonio Botanical Gardens’ Sunday House.

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American Daylily Society

Region 6

Larry Pike, Newsletter Editor

1500 Rancho Chico Ct.

Angleton, Texas 77515

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. Postage Paid

Angleton, TX 77515

Permit #678

Albuquerque’s kick-off presentation for the 2019 Region 6 Meeting to be held in

Albuquerque , NM on June 27-30, 2019. Come see the “Sandia Sunset Celebration”

Details can be found on our website http://www.ahsregion6.com/

Documents

Daylilies - AHS Region 6Daylilies of the Southwest—Newsletter of ADS Region 6 Summer 2018 Page 1 Daylilies of the Southwest Newsletter of ADS Region 6 - Texas and New Mexico David