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American Hemerocallis Society Region 4, Inc.
in the Great Northeast
Winter 2016 Vol. 9, Issue 2
2016 AHS
Stout Medal
Winner
Hemerocallis
‘Rose F. Kennedy’
(Doorakian, G.
2007)
AHS Award
winners from
Region 4 !
Photo contest
results
Connecticut • Maine • Massachusetts • New Brunswick• Newfoundland
& Labrador • New Hampshire • New York • Nova Scotia • Ontario
• Prince Edward Island • Québec• Rhode Island • Vermont
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 1
2016 AHS Region 4 Award Winners
Honorable Mention Honorable Mention
H. ‘Igor F. Palacios, M.D.’ (Doorakian, G. 2012) H. ‘Wigglesworth’ (Schwarz, B. 2005)
President’s Cup Regional Awards:
‘Toy Trumpets’
(Sobek, B. 1984)
Stanley Saxton
Seedling Award-TIE
Best clump seen at the AHS
National Convention as voted on Top: Seedling #5 Nesmith Clump Award
by attendees. Photo taken in the Hybridized by Peggy Corbeil
KY garden of David Kirchhoff and Above: Seedling #9 ‘Enchanted Princess’ (Culver, B. 2005)
Mort Morss. Hybridized by Rich Howard in the NH garden of Cameron, Nancy
photo: Adele Keohan photos: Marlene Harmon and Lew Stern. photo: Adele Keohan
2 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016
Newsletter Award winners from Region 4
Best Article About Hybridizing:
Charlie Zettek, Rochester, NY , “Region 4
Hybridizers and their Quest for the Perfect
Little Daylily”, Spring 2015
Charlie Zettek purchased his first daylily from Gilbert Wild in 1985.
After building a collection of national award winners, he turned his
attention from purchasing flowers of other growers to developing his
own hybrids. He is particularly interested in developing little early
and big late daylilies with high bud counts and excellent foliage and
form. In 2008 and 2015 his little hybrids won the Region 4 Stanley
Saxton Award for best seedling at the summer regional meeting.
Charlie has been a national daylily judge for the past sixteen years,
and the Zettek garden is a national display garden.
Best Article Demonstrating a Specific
Aspect of Garden Design:
Pat Sayers, Huntington, NY
“Featured Region 4 Garden - Pat Sayers”,
Spring 2015
Pat Sayers is a retired interior designer, so it’s no surprise that she
approached her garden design from this direction, having created
10 rooms of formal plantings that she’s allowed to become a little
wild and overgrown. For her, gardening and hybridizing are a
passion, something to be enjoyed, and shared with her gardening
friends.
Best Youth Article:
Jane Fish, St Thomas, Ontario, “Planting
the Seed”, Fall/Winter 2015
I hold professional training in elementary, secondary, and
adult education (Specialist in English), and have taught the full
spectrum. Plants and beautiful gardens to grow them in are one
of my passions. Sharing my ever-evolving collection (10-years
as a AHS Display Garden) and watching each crop of seedlings
flourish add to my pleasures.
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 3
American Hemerocallis Society Officers
National President Executive Secretary Editor, The Daylily AHS Region 4
Nikki Schmith Pat Mercer Journal Director
424 Pheasant Court PO Box 10 Meg McKenzie Ryan Melodye Campbell
Worden, IL 62097 Dexter, GA 31019 1936 Wensley Avenue 21 Ambleside Drive
schmiths71@gmail.com secretary@daylilies.org El Centro, CA 92243 Fairport, NY 14450
journal@daylilies.com melodyec@gmail.com
Region 4 Officers and Liaisons
Regional President (RP) Region 4 Webmaster American Hemerocallis Society
Pat Wessling-Briggs Kelly Noel Membership Rates
320 Mendall Road 19 Orville Kemp St
Acushnet, MA 02743 Ottawa, ON K1T 3W8 Individual (1 year) $25.00
508-995-0362 khnoel@rogers.com Individual (3 years) $70.00
patwessling@mac.com
Dual Membership (1 year)* $30.00
Region 4 Garden Judge Liaison Dual Membership (3 years)* $83.00
Regional Publicity Director (RPD) Gary Jones Life Membership $500.00
Dave Mussar 40 Woodstock Meadows Dual life Membership $750.00
4083 Watson Road South, Woodstock, CT 06281
Puslinch, Ontario Youth $10.00
860-928-0198
Canada N0B 2J0 garyjones0198@charter.net
519-822-9783 * Dual membership means two persons living in the same
david.mussar@sympatico.ca household.
Region 4 Exhibition Judge Liaison
Elliot Turkiew
Regional Secretary Dues are to be paid by January 1 of each year.
11 Edward Street
Marlene Harmon Make checks payable to the AHS and mail to
Bethpage, NY 11714
49 Ledge Road AHS Secretary, Pat Mercer
elliottrq@hotmail.com
Hudson, NH 03051 P.O. Box 10
harmonhill25@comcast.net Dexter, GA 31019
Region 4 Scientific Liaison
Sue Bergeron or pay online at
Regional Treasurer RR3 Almonte Ontario http://www.daylilies.org/AHSmemb.html
Dan Pessoni K0A 1A0 Canada
P.O. Box 1083 daylilyss@yahoo.ca
East Orleans, MA 02643 The AHS Region 4 Newsletter is presented herein as a ser-
508-255-9348 AHS Endowment Fund Liaison-open
vice to Region 4 Members and is not necessarily endorsed
danthelilyman@aol.com Youth Liaison by the AHS or by the editor. Rights to material published
Elliot Turkiew
Regional Editor in this newsletter remain with the author; to reprint or
11 Edward Street
Adele Keohan
Bethpage, NY 11714
otherwise reproduce material published in this newsletter,
304 Lowell St
elliottrq@hotmail.com please obtain permission from the author.
Wakefield, MA 01880-1761
781-245-7551 The American Hemerocallis Society, Inc. is a non-profit
akgabriel22@comcast.net organization. Said corporation is organized exclusively for
educational and scientific purposes, and especially to pro-
mote, encourage and foster the development and improve-
Editorial Policy ment of the genus Hemerocallis and public interest there-
The editorial focus of this publication centers on the genus Hemero- in. The purposes are expressly limited so that AHS qualifies
callis, AHS and Region 4 events, Region 4 members and hybridizers.
Submissions are encouraged. The editor reserves the right to edit for as an exempt organization under section 501 (c)(3) of the
space, grammar, clarity and content. Internal revenue Code of 1954 or the corresponding provi-
Submission Guidelines sion of any future U.S. Internal Revenue Law.
Please submit:
• High resolution photographs
• Reports on Region 4 club news and events On the cover:
• Articles on daylilies
• Garden write ups 2016 AHS Stout Medal Winner
• Non-commercial profiles on Region 4 hybridizers
Submit material via email. Please send text as a file attachment in Hemerocallis ‘Rose F. Kennedy’
Word. Send photographs as separate attachments. Obtain copyright/ (Doorakian, G. 2007)
consent form from editor, sign and return.
If you have inquiries regarding submissions, articles, photos or correc- Photo by Nick Chase
tions, please email the Region 4 Newsletter Editor at akgabriel22@
comcast.net or call 781-245-7551.
4 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016
Daylilies in the Great Northeast
Winter 2016 Vol. 9, Issue 2
Connecticut • Maine • Massachusetts • New Brunswick • Newfoundland & Labrador •
New Hampshire • New York • Nova Scotia • Ontario • Prince Edward Island • Québec • Rhode Island • Vermont
Table of Contents
2016 Region 4 Award Winners ...............................................................2-3 The Garden Despite the Daylilies by David Jewell..................................32-33
Contact info: Region 4 Officers and Liaisons.............................................4-5 Hem-Ticipation by Cheryl M.Taylor ..........................................................34
Reports from the Region 4 Officers..........................................................6-7 It’s September...what’s blooming in your garden? by Melodye Campbell.35-37
AHS Fall Board Meeting News.....................................................................8 Mission Possible: A Terrifically Successful Daylily Sale by Adele Keohan...38-46
2016 Region 4 Hybridizer Award ...............................................................9 Region 4 Club News.. .........................................................................47-52
21st Annual Can-Am Daylily Classic-Agenda and Registration................10-11 AHS General Fund-Donors from Region 4..................................................53
AHS Facebook Auction..............................................................................12 Region 4 Local Organizations...................................................................54
2016 Popularity Poll results.....................................................................13 Welcome New Region 4 Members ...........................................................55
2016 Region 4 Daylily Exhibition reports..............................................14-19
2016 Region 4 Meeting: Gardens.........................................................20-23
2016 Region 4 Photo Contest results...................................................24-31
Submissions Deadline for Spring Issue:
! 2016 Advertising Rates
NEW Color Ads February 15
Full page......................................$200 Thanks to all who sent submissions for this issue
Half Page.....................................$100 of Daylilies In The Great Northeast as well as those who
Quarter Page...............................$50 offered advice and support!
The above rates are for inside pages. A special thanks to the following people for their
Make checks payable to AHS Region 4 and send it along invaluable help and assistance:
Melodye Campbell David Jewell
with your advertising request to the Region 4 Editor,
Pat Wessling-Briggs Mary Collier Fisher
Adele Keohan.
Out-of -Region Subscription rates Thank you!
Photographers: Chris Petersen, Melodye Campbell, Bob
$5 in USA O. Stanton
$7.00 outside of US
Photo Contest Judges: Carol Brashear, Ed Cunningham,
Make checks payable to AHS Region 4 Linda Keohan
and mail to Region 4 treasurer:
Proofreaders: Kelly Noel, Dave Mussar
Dan Pessoni, P.O. Box 1083, East Orleans, MA 02643
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 5
AHS Region 4 Officer Reports
Director’s Report - Melodye bers) or Gold (90% AHS members) will Regional President’s Message -
Campbell be entered into a raffle to win $500 Pat Wessling-Briggs
towards their club’s spring 2017 plant
News from the AHS Boardroom . . . Hello all and happy fall!
order. The winning club will be drawn
It has been an easy fall so far, but now
I know that it will be autumn by at the Fall Board meeting. Last year,
I find it getting cold here in Acushnet;
the time you read this, but right now LIDS won the $500 gift certificate!
the heat is coming on all the time and
I’m happy to be inside, working on
the wood burning stove is being stoked
the computer in the air conditioning! Other news:
more often. Winter is upon us and
I don’t have to tell you how hot and • The AHS is excited to an- the gardens are put to bed but the
dry the summer of 2016 was. The nounce the upcoming publication business of Region 4 must go on. There
good news is that with a little care and of two new books: The Open Form have been some questions about the
attention, the daylilies came through Daylily: Spiders, Unusual Forms, and clubs giving a share of the proceeds of
like champs. The July Region 4 meet- Other “Exotics,” edited by Oliver their sales to the Region to assist in the
ing in Nashua, NH, hosted by the Billingslea, and My Grandparents’ support of the Region as the Region
New England Daylily Society was so Daylilies, a children’s book, written supported clubs in their start up. I would
much fun. There was lots of camara- and illustrated by Patrick Larsen, Ar- hope that anyone with questions would
derie, lots of gorgeous daylilies and kansas. They should be ready in time please contact me. I am readily available
a great time was had by all. One of for holiday gift-giving. and my phone number and address will
the highlights for me was presenting
be printed below should anyone have
Bob Sobek with the President’s Cup • New Display Garden signs will the old contact info. I would like to
Award, an award that was voted on by be available later in the fall. communicate with every club president
attendees at the National Convention
over the next three months at length to
in Louisville. Bob won it for a spec- • The AHS Board approved a resolve any confusion in this matter. The
tacular clump of Hemerocallis ‘Toy new newsletter award: Best Article Region is here to help us and it needs
Trumpets.’ What an honor for him and about Daylilies in a non-daylily publi- our support to continue to publish the
for all of us in Region 4. Once again, I cation. An article by an AHS member bulletin that we receive. Publication
want to thank Marlene Harmon, the that is printed in any non-daylily publi- is a very expensive proposition. The
tour garden owners and all the NEDS cation is eligible. A copy of the printed publication is paid for by the Regional
volunteers who made the 2016 Region article or a reasonable facsimile must that is run every year and by individual
4 meeting happen. be submitted to the Regional Officers club sale donations.
The AHS Board of Directors met at Chair by December 31 of the year We are also looking for a club to step
the National Convention in Louisville, prior to being judged. If you have any up to the plate to do a regional next year
KY. We are fortunate that, again this questions about the guidelines for this and in 2018. I have approached two or
year, due to the generosity of an AHS award, don’t hesitate to contact me. three clubs and they have weighed their
Board member, the AHS has a won-
options and have not been able to put it
derful opportunity to receive Match- • The AHS Fall Board meet- together. Any club that would consider
ing Funds at a 1:1 ratio for all dona- ing will be on October 29, in Myrtle hosting the regional would get a great
tions up to $15,000. At this summer’s Beach, SC, the location of the 2018 reward of meeting so many people from
Region 4 summer meeting I asked you National Convention. At that time other clubs, having a great deal of fun
all to consider supporting this Match- the 2016 cultivar awards will be an- with the auction and the boutique and
ing Funds campaign, and guess what? nounced. making a lot of money for their club and
We raised $509 which means $1018 • Registration information the Region. Please, put on your thinking
for the General Fund. Thank you to all for the 2017 National Convention in caps, get original, think of a way to run it
who contributed. Norfolk, VA is up on the AHS website, your way if you need to do it differently.
Club presidents, if your club has http://www.ahs2017convention.org/ We are also hoping to establish a
a high number of AHS members, I index.html. Dates are June 21-24, fall hybridizers meeting for the region.
encourage you to participate in the 2017. I have been working with Carol and
AHS Member Recognition Program. Have a wonderful fall and winter. If Anthony Haj at Lasting Dreams Daylilies,
To participate, just e-mail your club you have any questions, just ask and lasting dreams@verizon.net. We
rosters to the AHS membership chair
I’ll do my best to find the answers. have been trying to take a page out
(membership@daylilies.org). All clubs
of the Region 2 book of the Shirley
that participate in the program with a
Mel Farmer Meeting, that is so successful
status of Platinum (100% AHS mem-
in supporting new and existing
6 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016
AHS Region 4 Officer Reports
hybridizers. If you are at all interested award winners. plan their daylily sales strategies for next
in doing anything with this meeting I would also like to recognize and year. Three quarters of the way through
please contact them as they are actively congratulate the New England Daylily the layout of this issue, I remembered
working on it. We have picked the exact Society and its members for hosting a that I did not have to limit space and
center of the Region 4 population to fabulous regional tour this past summer. that photos could be larger. Please let
locate the meeting and have found that The gardens were beautiful and there me know what you would like to see in
spot to be in and around Barrington, were lots of great buys in the auction. future online issues. I would be grateful
Vermont. It should be a great asset to But the best part of a regional meeting is for your input.
our new and upcoming hybridizers and a seeing old friends, making new ones and At the 2016 AHS National Convention
self supporting one at that. talking daylilies of course! If you get a in Kentucky I was thrilled when the
Thank you all for your support and chance to attend a regional you will not winner of the President’s Cup was
have a wonderful Holiday, Christmas, regret it. announced: Bob Sobek’s Hemerocallis
and New Year! The next opportunity for us to get ‘Toy Trumpets’ (1984). In my opinion,
All the best! together as a Region will be at the Can- the clump of H. ‘Toy Trumpets’ seen in
Pat Am Classic the weekend of May 5th the garden of David Kirchhoff and Mort
and 6th 2017 in Mississauga Ontario. Morss with its masses of small yellow
Pat Wessling-Briggs We will be featuring at least a couple blooms was the most perfect clump I
320 Mendall Road
Acushnet, MA 02743 of our own speakers in Pat Sayers and had seen during the garden tours.
508-995-0362 Claudia Conway who will be making Usually, the winning photo in one
patwessling@mac.com their first appearances at the Can-Am of the photo contest categories graces
Classic. There will be fabulous plants the cover of the Fall/Winter issue of
Regional Publicity Director’s available and the opportunity to share the Region 4 Newsletter, but for this
Message- Dave Mussar your excitement about the upcoming issue the cover was given to the 2016
season with other addicts. Hope to see Stout Medal winner, Hemerocallis
The big news in Region 4 is that
you there! ‘Rose F. Kennedy’ (2007) hybridized by
George Doorakian’s Hemerocallis
Regards, George Doorakian of Massachusetts.
‘Rose F. Kennedy’ was voted the Stout
Dave Congratulations, George! Please
Silver Medal winner for 2016 by the
see Mary Collier Fisher’s write up of
AHS Garden Judges! It is the first
Editor’s Message - Adele Keohan George’s achievements as a hybridizer in
Stout winner from Region 4 since Phil
this issue.
Reilly’s H. ‘Fooled Me’ won in 2005. What an exciting summer and fall! Congratulations to all AHS Award
Congratulations to George for achieving The New England Daylily Society hosted winners from AHS Region 4! A special
the pinnacle of the awards pyramid, a successful regional meeting thanks to thank you to the three AHS Newsletter
a rare accomplishment for a northern the organizational skills and leadership Award winners [see page 3] for
breeder! of co-chair Marlene Harmon and the submitting their articles for publication.
Speaking of awards for Region 4, Bob volunteers in our club who stepped up Thanks to all of the Region 4 members
Schwarz’s ‘Wigglesworth’ and George to give help and support. If you have not who submitted articles, club reports and
Doorakian’s ‘Igor F. Palacios, MD.’ both attended a regional meeting yet, I urge photos for this issue. The submissions
were voted Honorable Mention for you to consider attending one in the deadline for the spring 2017 issue is
2016. This is the first step on the awards future. February 15.
pyramid and in 3 years they will be This issue of the Region 4 Newsletter Please send all
automatically on the awards ballot for is a “Winter” issue as it is going out later club reports
an Award of Merit. Keep your eyes out in the year than I had planned, but it to me by that
for these outstanding cultivars, better is full of interesting features, Region 4 date.
yet, grow them in your gardens to see Award winners, and my effort to describe I wish you
why they caught the eye of the Garden a visit I made to Wisconsin solely to learn all a happy,
Judges. Also exciting was that Bob first hand how the Wisconsin Daylily healthy and
Sobek’s ‘Toy Trumpets’ was voted as the Society’s very successful August Daylily bloomingly
President’s Cup winner for 2016 for the Sale is run. I feel that it is worth sharing this wonderful
best clump in a tour garden at the AHS experience with Region 4 members on the 2017.
National Convention this past summer! chance that some of the elements of the
It was a massive, well blooming clump Wisconsin Daylily Society sale may prove --Adele
that was not to be missed at Daylily helpful to clubs in our region as they H. ‘Toy Trumpets’ (Sobek, B. 1984)
World. Again congratulations to all the Photo: Tim Fehr
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 7
AHS Fall Board Meeting News Submitted by Melodye Campbell, AHS Region 4 Director On October 29th, the AHS Fall Board of Directors meeting was held at Myrtle Beach, the location of the 2018 National Convention. I encourage you to watch President Nikki Schmith’s recap of the meeting on youtube, https://youtube/gzM7z2D5f-Q. Here are just a few highlights: • Following the recommendation of the new ICNCP code, an electronic checklist will be produced in lieu of hard copy. This will generate a cost savings to the AHS of $1500. Printing of the Annual Supplement will also be discontinued, generating another cost savings. Both will be made available as pdfs online. • As of October 29th, our registrar, Elizabeth Trotter processed registration 2500 for 2016. Wow! • An action item was passed that will clarify and give guidance regarding invocations at the National Con- vention. You can learn more about this action item by watching Nikki’s recap on youtube. • The Ogeechee Daylily Society and the Savannah Hemerocallis Society submitted an application to host the 2020 National Convention. It was unanimously approved. • The prototype for the new Display Garden sign was approved. The final price and postage is still to be determined. Stay tuned. • Exciting news about an AHS online Facebook auction in the winter of 2017. A challenge was issued to all the directors to think of items like timeshares, experiences with hybridizers, experiences at botanical gar- dens, super special daylily collectibles or collections. I encourage you all to get involved. Do you have contacts at a botanical garden for a special tour, perhaps? Or a timeshare? Special garden art? All funds will support the General Fund for 2017. Marcia Zech, Jacob Braun and Nikki Schmith will head up this first auction. There is a December 1st deadline for submitting your items or experiences. Questions can be directed to president@ daylilies.org. • Regarding the Popularity Poll, sadly only 18% of AHS members voted. Region 2 President, Sandy Holmes, is heading a committee to assess the Pop poll program and make recommendations. • There is exciting news about Technology for 2017! The search functionality of the online daylily da- tabase will be greatly improved. The search will become a smart search much like Google. You will be able to search by color and cultivar awards will be included in the search results of database. The garden judge voting experience will be upgraded. There are many, many more changes in the works so I encourage you to take a look at the entire list on Nikki’s youtube recap. 2017 is going to be exciting, that’s for sure! 8 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016
The 2016 Region 4 Hybridizer Award goes to...
George Doorakian for ‘Green Icon’!
George A. Doorakian,
Hybridizer of 2016
Stout Medal Winner,
‘Rose F. Kennedy,’
(RFK)
Submitted by Mary
Collier Fisher, Nor’East
Daylilies
George is both a daylily
and a rose hybridizer and has
achieved much in both areas.
His love of gardening began his own one-
many years ago as a youth who grew plants in his family’s of-a-kind
garden. He began in roses 50 years ago where he be- daylilies. I
came a Master Rosarian and Consulting Rosarian with the was able to
American Rose Society (ARS). He was one of the few home share in the
hybridizers of roses in those days, but due to the com- purchase of some of these commercial plants, and in turn
plicated nature of hybridizing and bringing rose seeds to my own daylily gardens in Walpole, MA, expanded in size.
maturity, he never registered or marketed his very hardy One of his early successes was the introduction that
rose seedlings. Today, he still showcases some of his own has made a real impact on bringing bright green throats
rose seedlings in his garden. In 2015, he won the coveted into daylilies, Hemerocallis ‘Malachite Prism’. Indeed, H.
ARS Silver Honor Medal and the ARS Bronze Medal as well ‘Malachite Prism’ and the converted tetraploid version is
as the New England Rose Society Lifetime Achievement in the ancestry of many daylilies in commerce today. Since
Award for outstanding accomplishments in all aspects of I am privileged to sell those of George’s daylilies that are
rose culture. He has also been a major contributor to rose introduced into commerce, I have been a frequent visitor
exhibitions and in the ‘70s received three awards from the to George and Paula’s garden and clearly remember seeing
Massachusetts Horticultural Society. He received three the very beautiful ‘Rose F. Kennedy’ (Emerald Starburst
medals of horticultural achievement, the Gold, Silver and x Doorakian Seedling) with its large green throat, on its
Bronze Medals for outstanding achievements in the rose maiden bloom, clearly marked as a keeper with much
world, which included a display of 500 potted rose bush- promise and merit. Much in demand, ‘Rose F. Kennedy’,
es, grown by George from bare root rose plants in April was widely sold throughout the USA and Canada.Due to
to bloom at a June Rose show of the same year. He also health restrictions, George has greatly reduced the num-
received the Gold Medal Certificate from the ARS for this ber of plants in his gardens at this point in time, but he still
display. enjoys teaching others about the hybridizing of daylilies,
In 1991, after greatly reducing the number of rose culti- roses and Cornus kousa dogwoods, and continues to
vars in his Bedford, MA gardens, George turned to grow- hybridize and evaluate a small number of seedlings each
ing and hybridizing daylilies. I met George and his wife, year. He always acknowledges those who have helped him
Paula, at a New England Daylily Society meeting in 1992 and came before him in the world of hybridizing. These
and learned of George’s plan to hybridize unique modern efforts have led him to reach his goals of achieving distinc-
daylilies by developing a program crossing the best of the tiveness and uniqueness in his seedlings.
older daylilies with the best of the newest daylilies. He
researched unusual traits in daylilies and sought out his
The Doorakian daylily cultivars can be viewed at this web-
new hybrids to act as bridge plants (seedlings not having
ALL the attributes for introduction), eventually developing site: www.noreastdaylilies.com/
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 9
21st ANNUAL CAN-AM DAYLILY CLASSIC
May 5th - 6th, 2017
Featuring:
CLAUDIA CONWAY – Canterbury, New Hampshire
WILLIAM MARCHANT – Douglasville, Georgia
MARGO REED – North Garden, Virginia
PAT SAYERS – Huntington, New York
And others TBA
FRIDAY 7:00 p.m. - Region 4 Business Meeting
8:00 p.m. - Speaker Presentations
SATURDAY 8:00 a.m. - Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 a.m. - Full day’s program of speakers
- includes lunch plus Plant Sale, Live Auction,
Silent Auction, Chinese Auction and lots of fun!
6:00 p.m. - Evening banquet–dine with the speakers (optional)
Registration - $100 postmarked before April 1st
After April 1st - $110; Youth - $50
(all prices in Canadian dollars)
Registrars: Gabriele and Ross Dettweiler, 5003 Fountain St. N.,
Breslau, Ontario N0B 1M0
Phone 519-648-2408 or e-mail: dettweiler@sympatico.ca
Toronto Airport West Hotel, 5444 Dixie Road, (1 block south of the 401),
Mississauga, Ontario. L4W 2L2
Phone 905-624-1144.
For further details or to register on-line please visit:
http://www.ontariodaylily.on.ca
10 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016REGISTRATION FORM
An AHS Region 4 Event
21st ANNUAL CAN-AM DAYLILY CLASSIC
Please make your cheque payable to Ontario Daylily Society and mail it along with this
form to:
Gabriele and Ross Dettweiler, 5003 Fountain St. N., Breslau, Ontario
N0B 1M0
Name_________________________________________________________________
Street_______________________________________City_______________________
Prov./State_______________________Postal Code/Zip_________________________
Phone_____________________________E-mail______________________________
Additional registrants and
their addresses:_________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
Early Bird registration (before April 1/17) _____ x [$100 Cdn] = $______
(# of people)
Registration (postmarked after April 1/17) _____ x [$110 Cdn] = $______
(# of people)
Youth registration _____ x [$50 Cdn] = $______
(# of people)
Saturday Evening Banquet – (at Hotel) _____ x [$45 Cdn] = $______
(# of people)
Saturday Banquet entrée choice - - - - - Chicken ( ) Beef ( ) Fish ( )
CHEQUE TOTAL $_______
Please check here if you would like your contact information (address, phone number and email address) to show
on the meeting roster list. ______
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 11AHS AUCTION!
AHS Long Range Planning Chair, Marcia Zech
Sunday, January 15th through
Sunday, January 22nd!
The AHS Facebook Auction, benefiting the AHS General Fund, will occur January 15th
through January 22nd. Please spread the word among members in your region and your
local clubs. This will be fun for everyone. Some examples of the type of items up for auc-
tion are... a hand-made quilt that Sara and Bob Martin of Florida donated in June, a piece
of garden art, stained glass, a young child’s gardening set, a piece of silver jewelry, etc.
Here’s how to bid:
1. Go to Facebook.com and set up an account if you do not already have one. All you need
to do is enter your e-mail address, enter a password and you are in!
2. Search for “ahsdaylilies” There is a search Facebook bar at the top of the screen. Click
or tap it, type “ahsdaylilies” and it will show the page called
American Hemerocallis Society:Daylilies.
3. “Like the page by clicking or tapping the “Like” button.
This will be the home of the auction, and we will post
auction details to the page starting on January 1st.
It starts Sunday, January 15th and runs through Sunday, January 22nd.
Mark your calendars and get ready to bid! There will be many great items offered!
AHS FACEBOOK AUCTION!
12 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016Region 4 - 2016 Popularity Poll
submitted by Dave Mussar
For the third consecutive year Bryan Culver’s
Hemerocallis ‘Sun Panda’ has topped the Region 4 The top 10 most popular cultivars in
popularity poll as voted upon by our members. It Region 4 based on their beauty and
narrowly edged out George Doorakian’s H. ‘Rose F. performance in our gardens are as
Kennedy’ for top place but I’m sure that winning the
follows:
Stout Silver Medal is so much more than a consolation
prize!
This year we had 87 members vote in the poll, Rank Cultivar Votes
down from 100 in 2015. The vast majority voted on-
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line through the AHS website with only a few mail-in
ballots received. Of course, the more members who 2 Rose F. Kennedy 23
vote, the stronger and more representative the results
will be. Did you vote in 2016? 3 Elsie Stelter 18
For the past several years all cultivars that received
3 or more votes the prior year are listed on the pop 4 All American Chief 17
poll ballot the following year. Members may vote
for up to 10 cultivars from either the ballot including 5 Ruby Spider 17
up to 5 cultivars that may receive write-in votes. For
2016 there were 95 cultivars listed on the ballot and
6 Webster’s Pink Wonder 17
a total of 254 cultivars, including all write-in cultivars 7 White Eyes Pink Dragon 17
received votes. There were 149 cultivars that received
single votes and another 23 that received only 2 votes 8 Neon Flamingo 16
so the base ballot for 2017 will comprise 82 cultivars
based upon the historical process. 9 Primal Scream 16
I am part of a committee being led by Sandy
Holmes on behalf of the AHS that is examining 10 Barbara White 14
how the popularity poll is conducted and utilized,
both nationally and by the regions. If you have any
thoughts or opinions regarding the poll, please let me
know.
Hemerocallis ‘Sun Panda’ (Culver, B. 2009 ) Hemerocallis ‘Rose F. Kennedy’ (Doorakian, G. 2007)
photo: Bryan Culver photo: Claudia Conway
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 132016 Daylily Exhibition Reports
A Symphony of Daylilies all sections were represented.
Luanne Madden, the Judges Chair, recruited three judges
2016 Long Island Daylily Society Flower Show from other Region 4 AHS Daylily Societies. Dan Pessoni and
Mary Collier Fisher came from Massachusetts and Kate Reid
by Joan Lundin and Joan Turano came from Rhode Island. Our local judges from LIDS were:
“Gardening is the slowest of the performing arts.” Luanne Madden, Pamela Milliken, Christine Petersen, Dr. Robert
Stanton, Douglas Raimondi, Toni Raimondi, Gene Moglia, Laura
~ garden historian Mac Griswold Chaloupecky and Barbara Bruce. We deeply appreciate the
time and work of the judges, especially those who traveled
a long distance to help us with our endeavor. The twelve
Design Division entries were judged by Marion Romeo, Norma
Henricksen and Gail Berti.
We were very grateful for the dedication and perseverance
of those LIDS members who worked tirelessly to achieve a
stellar performance. LIDS members worked tirelessly to help us
present another show that promised to transport the public to A
Symphony of Daylilies.
The 2016 show winners
were:
Gardening is an art and it is music to the daylily connoisseur. Best in Show (right):
Daylilies are music to our eyes and the LIDS Flower Show brings Hemerocallis ‘King
the symphony to fruition. In the midst of winter, as we sipped a Kahuna’, Hybridizer
cup of tea and shared our thoughts about our sixth year working – Crochet, 1994,
together on the LIDS Flower Show, we had several ideas for photo Chris Petersen.
themes. Sometimes a theme comes to us quite readily; it’s the
Exhibitor– Turkiew
titles for the Design Categories that stretch our imaginations.
We must, after all, think of our fellow LIDS members, our friends Family (below, Elliot,
and colleagues, members of the Long Island Daylily Society, aka David and Rachel
LIDS, who will be working with the categories we agree upon. Turkiew with show
LIDS members presented their musically inspired selections to chairs Joan Lundin
us and to the public at our July 10, 2016 Flower Show. We are and Joan Turano, and
Joan Lundin, Chairperson and Joan Turano, Co-Chairperson, club president Chris
LIDS members responsible for organizing and presenting an Petersen. Photo: Bob
accredited AHS Daylily Show as part of the Long Island Daylily Stanton)
Society’s goal of educating public visitors about the beauty
and merits of growing daylilies. Once again, our show was
held at Planting Fields Arboretum, a former Gold Coast estate
in Oyster Bay, NY. The arboretum is comprised of 409 acres of
greenhouses, rolling lawns, formal gardens, woodland paths,
and outstanding plant collections. While visiting our flower
show, members of the public are invited to stroll through the
arboretum’s resplendent grounds.
Our theme this year was, A Symphony of Daylilies. Titles
for the Design Categories were: “Drumroll, Please”; “String
Quartet”, and “Cymbals Crash.”
Once again our show was a triumphant accomplishment.
Our members supported our organization by signing up to work
on a variety of committees prior to show time. The flowers
this year were especially eye catching, even though we had a
harsh spring, consisting of warm weather in March that caused Best Extra Large Flower:
the daylilies to begin an early rehearsal for the season to
come. April was plagued with deep frost causing the daylilies H. ‘Ruffled Apricot’,
to experience an abrupt pause in their beat and, for others, a Hybridizer – Baker-S.H.,
finale. We constantly wondered what bloom time would bring 1972 Exhibitor – Irene
in 2016. To our delight it was grandioso. Members brought in Bossert (on right with
approximately 250 entries, nicely groomed and ready to be Joan Lundin. Photo: Bob
judged. Large and small, on-scape and off, spiders and doubles, Stanton)
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Best Large Flower (below): Most Creative Design (attendee’s choice) winner- Joan
‘Desperado Love’, Hybridizer – Stamile 1994, Exhibitor – Lundin (below, photo Chris Petersen)
Bob Byrnes. Photo: Chris Petersen
Best Small Flower:
‘Little Red Bantam’
Hybridizer – Smith-
F.R.,2009, Exhibitor –
Turkiew Family
Best Double, Multiform
Double, or Polymerous:
‘King Kahuna’, Hybridizer
– Crochet, 1994, Exhibitor –
Turkiew Family
Best Unusual Form:
‘White Chocolate’,
Hybridizer – Reed, 2009,
Exhibitor– Turkiew Family
Sweepstakes: Rachel,
David and Elliot Turkiew
At left, Luncheon
Co-chairs- Carolyn
Huggins and Pat
Klosowicz
Photo: Chris Petersen
At right, Sandy
Rose with her Table
Arrangement entitled
“String Quartet”
Photo: Chris Petersen
AHS Tri-Color Award (Above): Class A – Mass Design
entitled “Drum Roll, Please”– Pat Sayers holds her award.
Photo: Bob Stanton
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Above, off scape blooms after judging. Photo: Chris
Petersen
Left, masses of scapes and ribbons at the Long Island
Daylily Society Flower Show. Photo: Pat Sayers
Below, left and right, views of the many scapes entered
in the show. Photo: Joan Lundin
16 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016Exhibition Reports
Patriot Daylily Society Top to bottom:
Design Awards. Patsy
Daylily Exhibition at Tower Hill Cunningham, Tricolor
Award- Best of “One
Botanic Garden, July 16, 2016. Nation” class; Jacqui
Nye, Best of “Liberty
for All” class; Mary
Collier Fisher, Best
of “National Parks”
class.
photos this page:
Ed and Patsy
Cunningham
Above: Best in Show,
Hemerocallis ‘Pan-
dora’s Box’ (Talbott,
1980), Exhibitor- Enid
Reddick
Left and bottom:
Best Extra Large,
H. ‘Winter Springs’
(Stamile, 2001) Exhibitor-
Susan Stowe
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Top left, Best Large: H. ‘Greywoods Road to Mecca’
(Wilkinson, 2004), Exhibitor- Lori-Ann Jones
Above, Best Unusual Form, ‘Whip City Harry Bishop’
(Jones, L., 2014), Exhibitor- Lori-Ann Jones
Left and below, two views of the Design Class Exhibits.
Photos: Adele Keohan
18 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016In Memoriam
Henry Lefkovits
Henry Curt Lefkovits, a gentle man whose flowering legacy endures
in gardens all over town, passed away peacefully at home May 7,
2016. Henry was born Sept. 28, 1927, in Vienna, Austria, to Paula and
Alexander Lefkovits. He and his parents escaped the Nazis and fled
to Bolivia in 1938. After completing high school and business school
in Bolivia, Henry came to this country and earned a B.A. and M.A. in
physics from the University of Texas and a Ph.D. in mathematics from
Rice University.
Henry worked for many years in technical and managerial positions
with Shell Oil Company and Shell Research and Development Compa-
ny before becoming director of the Database Technology Center for
General Electric in 1967. Subsequently the division was sold to Honey- Hemerocallis ‘Pinhill Purple Surprise’
well. He left Honeywell to start his own consulting company, dedicated
(Lefkovits, 1996)
to providing innovative solutions to a variety of data management
problems. The company, which eventually became AOG Systems
Corporation, closed its doors in 1994. Henry worked with the National Bureau of Standards to develop the American
National Standard for Information Resource Data Systems. At the same time, he worked with the International Standards
Organization to adopt the same standard. He was the author of several books on data dictionary systems.
Henry met his wife, Sandra, in Texas. They married in 1967 and moved to Connecticut that year and then to Harvard in
1971 with the Honeywell transfer. Doing research on the towns around Boston, they were impressed with the description
of Harvard’s beautiful hills and apple orchards. After a first visit, a house on more than five acres became their home.
In later years, that land was a source of great pride and enjoyment. In retirement, Henry planted gardens and got in-
terested in growing and hybridizing daylilies, eventually creating 18 registered hybrids and establishing Pin Hill Gardens.
The results of his efforts were viewed in the garden in 1999 on a regional tour for the American Hemerocallis Society. He
served eight years as treasurer of the society’s Region 4 as well as the local New England Daylily Society. For more than a
decade, the gardens were open to the public when the daylilies were blooming. Many Harvard residents came away with
some of Henry’s prized seedlings, which took root all over town.
When he wasn’t in the garden, Henry was an active volunteer in town. He served on the Finance Committee for seven
years, helping to put together the annual town meeting report in his home office. He was committee vice chairman in
1995 and chairman in 1996. Henry took great pleasure and interest in representing Harvard on the Montachusett Region-
al Vocational Technical School Committee, a position he held
for nearly a decade.
Henry had an artistic side as well. He loved color and
form. He was part of the Houston art scene, and his pen-
and-ink drawings were shown in a prominent gallery during
the 15-plus years that he lived there. His love of color can be
seen in his daylilies.
The couple traveled widely, frequently visiting Henry’s
father, who moved back to Vienna after the Russian occu-
pation ended. In Austria, Henry indulged his lifelong passion
for classical music, attending concerts or operas nearly every
night.
Henry is survived by Sandra, his wife of 48 years. Dona-
tions in his memory may be made to the Harvard Ambulance
Service, 40 Ayer Road, Harvard, MA 01451.
Hemerocallis ‘Pinhill Tall Goddess’
(Lefkovits, 2006)
photos: Marlene Harmon
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2016 Regional- Gardens
Janet McOsker, Pepperell, Massachusetts
A garden filled
with whimsical
sights. Top right,
center right and
lower left pho-
tos: A. Keohan
All other photos
this page: Greg
Haggett
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 212016 Regional- Gardens Jean Doherty Pepperell, Massachusetts Above and right, a serene pond, hosta and shade provided a calm setting for lunch during the regional garden tours. Photo below: Greg Haggett Other photos, this page: A. Keohan 22 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016
2016 Regional- Gardens
Harmon Hill Farm
Carl and Marlene Harmon Hudson, New Hampshire
Thousands of
daylilies in bloom
at Harmon Hill
Farm.
Left, Hemerocallis
‘Banana Smoothie’
(George, 2006).
Bottom left, H.
‘Corde Pareille’
(Sobek, B. 2014)
photos: Greg
Haggett
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 232016 Region 4 Photo Contest
All original photo entry images, separated by category, were sent to each of the three photo contest judges. Each photo was identi-
fied only with a number. Each of the judges was asked to select a first, second and third place pick for each category. First, second
and third place picks were awarded three, two and one points, respectively. My thanks to all AHS Region 4 members who took the
time to submit photos to this contest. On these three pages are the winning photos, runners up and comments from the judges.
Single/Multiple Bloom Category: First place
#11- Hemerocallis ‘Love Fest’ (Stevens, D. 1982) photo by Jerry Gantar
“Dramatically striking, well focused, well lit, background brings it out very well.” -- Ed Cunningham
“This shot in the single/multiple bloom category jumped off the screen at first sight. The crisp focus and perfectly
centered subject made this shot a pleasing entry and a real winning photograph.” --Carol Brashear
“Lovely contrast and composition.” --Linda Keohan
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Right, Single/Multiple Bloom
Category, second place:
#17- Seedling - ((Forestlake Laura
Lee Harding X Spacecoast Starburst)
X Pearl Harbor)) X Unknown, 2015,
photo by Don Longton
“Entry #17 was a bright splash of color that
could easily be the cover shot of summer.
Pleasingly framed by the lush green foliage, the
composition was spot on.” --Carol Brashear
“Good focus, very nice, shed window & sea
of buds in background & leaves make a good
counterpoint.” --Ed Cunningham
“Stunning close up, beautiful detail.” --Linda
Keohan
Below right, Single/Multiple Bloom
Category-third place:
#13- H. ‘Classic Caper’ (Stevens, D.
1982) photo by Jerry Gantar
“Dramatically striking,
well focused, well lit,
background brings it
out very well.”
--Ed Cunningham
“This perfect single
bloom against the near-
ly black background
beckoned the observer
to look more deeply
into the throat. But alas,
we can only guess at
what mystery lies with-
in. Beautiful focus!”
--Carol Brashear
“Nice composition
and contrast between
light bloom and dark
background.” --Linda
Keohan
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Winner, Artistic
Close-up Category:
C-4 ‘Classic Caper’
with raindrops
(Stevens, D. 1982)
photo by Jerry Gantar
“Love in the mist. The
perfectly captured moment
in time of this entry won it
many votes and earned it the
top spot in the artistic cate-
gory.” --Carol Brashear
“Very nice. Should have
been entered in Category 1
???” --Ed Cunningham
“Good close up detail and
composition.”
--Linda Keohan
Artistic Close-up Category,
second place TIE:
C-5 Conway seedling w/
frog
photo by Claudia Conway
“Very, very nice. There is more
“action” / “story” to interpret
here: is the flower carnivo-
rous?”–-Ed Cunningham
“Who doesn’t love a tree frog
shot? This little guy reminds me
of the shy teenager wanting to
ask the beauty in the frilly dress
to dance but is too shy to make
the move. And so he looks on.
Great shot.” --Carol Brashear
“Love the focus on the toad/frog
nice closeup detail.”
--Linda Keohan
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Category, second place
TIE:
C-2 ‘Carmine Elizabeth’
bud. (Seawright, 2010)
photo by Jerry Gantar
“This unusual shot kept calling
attention to itself in the many
entries of artistic shots. Was
it the color of a flame? Was
it the droplets suspended in
time? Was it the angle of the
bud about to open in spectac-
ular fashion like a rocket into
space or a sparkler on the 4th
of July? It’s still a mystery and a
lovely artistic capture.” --Carol
Brashear
“Nice subject and background.” -–Ed Cunningham
“Very different. Nice diagonal composition.” --Linda Keohan
Below, Artistic Close-up Category, third place: TIE
C-14 ‘Whip City Lisa Diana’ and bug ( Jones, L. 2011) photo Greg Haggett
“Very interesting. Good
color, focus, and star-
tling how the grass in the
background curls along
with the curl of the left
petal, making a wave-like
motif.”-–Ed Cunningham
“Loving the colors that
happened in this shot!
The photographer fo-
cused this perfectly and
the color saturation of the
petals couldn’t be better
to show off the green crit-
ter.” --Carol Brashear
“Another great nature
close up.” --Linda Keohan
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Winner, Landscape Category:
L- 6 “Running Fox Farm”
photo by Claudia Conway
“What a party! This winning landscape is a real feel good entry. It has structure and weight, it has vibrant color
and grabbing the attention down front…daylilies! Perfect.” --Carol Brashear
“Outstanding ! Great composition, great variety of blooms and colors, great depth of field. It has an interesting
near-3D effect, with the orange lilies in the foreground, the purple blooms in the mid-ground, and the further
globe of Easter lilies overhanging them all. The flowers so predominate that the (monotone) house does not
distract. There is so much “going on” in this photo that the daylily foliage in the bottom right quadrant is neutral
filler rather than distracting”. --Ed Cunningham
“Nice foreground to background compostion.”--Linda Keohan
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Artistic Close-up Category,
third place: TIE
C-6 ‘Corde Pareille’ (Sobek, 2014)
photo by Marlene Harmon
“Quite nice.” --Ed Cunningham
“Look into my eyes pretty much sums up the
allure of this shot. The more you examine
the elements within, the more this shot is
appreciated.” --Carol Brashear
“Nice depiction of center of flower.”
--Linda Keohan
Landscape Category, second place:
L- 2 “Daylily World”, garden of David
Kirchhoff and Mort Morss featuring
‘Toy Trumpets’ (Sobek, B. 1984) photo by Marlene Harmon
“This entry softly conveyed the peace of a last resting place. The light capture in this shot is very special.”--Carol
Brashear
“Very nice. Cemetery scene framed by trees, centered “bouquet” of day lilies; grave stones ( that are somehow
back-lit) brighten the picture.”--Ed Cunningham
“Nice atmosphere of flowers and landscape.” --Linda Keohan
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Landscape Category, third place TIE:
L- 3 “Lasting Dreams Daylilies”, garden
of Anthony and Carol Haj
photo by Carol Haj
“This shot brings a beautiful collection of daylilies
in prime time into perfect focus. A daylily land-
scape to envy.”--Carol Brashear
“A very nice, colorful blooming garden, with
interest from bench & plow (alluding to a balance
of work and rest). More of a “garden” shot than a
“landscape,” but, there is a distant horizon with
trees and a smoke stack.” --Ed Cunningham
“Great use of color.” --Linda Keohan
At right, Landscape Category, third place: TIE
L- 10 “Garden 17 with seedlings and birdbath”
photo by Don Longton
“When I hold my lap-top at the right angle, I love this
photo. Otherwise it is either too light or too dark. But, at
just the right angle, it really pops. The trees darken to a
unobtrusive background, and the white bird-bath grabs
my attention, and then the blooms in the middle of the
photo stand out more, and seem to ephemerally hover
around it.” --Ed Cunningham
“Nice focus, showcases flowers in front.” --Linda Keohan
At left, Landscape Category, third place: TIE
L- 8 “Christmas in August”
photo by Kathleen Richardson
“Very different interesting idea.” --Linda Keohan
“I love the concept. The tree itself is beautiful, but the landscape is
not.” -–Ed Cunningham
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30 Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 20162016 Region 4 Photo Contest Judges and Prizes
Thank you to all who entered the photo contest. A special thanks to the photo contest judges:
Ed Cunningham, Pawtucket, RI
Ed Cunningham has been a life-long gardener. He began as a toddler, growing tomatoes with
his mother. In his teens, he started growing sweet corn, and other vegetables. In his early
20’s, he got his first SLR, and has primarily shot nature/landscape photos since, along with
some candids. Ed moved on to Indian corn and Hybrid wine grapes in his 30’s and early 40’s.
Later on in his 40’s, Ed and his wife became rose enthusiasts, at one time growing over 250
varieties. They joined the American Rose Society, became Consulting Rosarians, and later
Exhibition judges. Subsequently, Ed participated as a judge in the annual ARS Photography
contest for 3 years.
Around 10 years or so ago, Ed’s wife began operating in the world of roses as an “Agent
Provocateur” for the notorious Hemerocallis Cartel, which led to the hemerocallis addiction
of numerous unsuspecting rosarians, and to Ed’s participation as a judge this year.
Carol Brashear
I am the Northeast Region Director of the American Hosta Society and know many of the
daylily members we have in common. I am an avid photographer of hostas and have been
enjoying gardens through the lens of a camera for nearly 25 years. Many of my photos in
the early years were used to start the hosta photo library on the internet in the late 9O’s.
Since then I have contributed my photos to hosta publications, websites, catalogs and even
for plant labels. I continue to share photos on the hostalibrary.org and I tell friends I gar-
den so that I can take photographs. [Photo, right: a luna moth on Hosta ‘Luna Moth’(Mey-
er)].
It was again my pleasure to be a part of your Region’s photo contest. It was a splendid
collection of fine photography! Congratulations to all.
Linda Keohan
Linda is an artist and art teacher with a BA in painting from the Massachusetts College of Arts and a
Masters in Art Education from Notre Dame College, NH. Her paintings are available through www.
etsy.com. [Right: “Flower”, acrylic painting on birch]
Thank you to hybridizers George Doorakian, Curt Turner, and Darlyn Wilkinson
who have donated these photo contest prize plants!
Prize for “Single/Multiple Bloom” Prize for “Close-up” winner: Prize for “Landscape” winner:
winner: ‘Greywoods Gingham Maids’ ‘Greywoods Dun Rovin’
‘Igor F. Palacios, M.D.’ (Turner-Wilkinson, 2014 ) (Wilkinson, D. 2014)
(Doorakian, G. 2012) Diploid , 24” tall, 2.75” bloom, EM Tetraploid, 27” tall, 6.12” bloom, ML
Diploid, 29” tall, 3.5” bloom, EM
Daylilies In The Great Northeast Winter 2016 31The Garden Despite the Daylilies
by David Jewell, Lindsay, Ontario
There is that saying that you can’t see the forest for
the trees. During the hot summer months I think that
we need to change that saying. Many of us get caught
up in our passion of daylilies and run wildly in the morn-
ing out to either our seedling beds or to our gardens
to experience what is in bloom that day. The way the
flower opens, that beautiful solid color, the polychrome
glow or that pattern that we see for the first time.
When we go on the regional tours or even the national
we are all caught up in daylily frenzy seeing plants grow-
ing in friends or new friends gardens or their captivating
seedlings that are years from introduction.
So what if that all changed and we didn’t see the
daylilies and the seedlings? What if we stripped away all
that color and glory? The way I look at it, sometimes we
can’t see the garden for the daylilies to modify a phrase.
I will reluctantly admit that I too am a creature of habit
and tend to look at the flowers and miss everything else
at times. This winter I had a second chance to see the
garden despite the daylilies. Well in fact there were no and Bob graciously offered to host me. A weekend
daylilies so this is what makes it interesting. with Bob Faulkner is nothing to thumb your nose at so I
I don’t know about you but the first and second time quickly agreed.
I visited the garden of Bob Faulkner the flowers were When I arrived at Bob’s home it held a new magic for
in bloom and I casually noticed some other things but me that quite possibly many have missed in their visits
not to the extent that I should have. The bold dancing to his home and that is what I would like to share with
patterns and the look of his diploid lines were nothing you. It seems like there is some mystical quality to his
like I had seen before. Winter 2015 I was invited to the garden, though somewhat eclectic it was amazing to
Columbus Area Daylily Society to present my program see the bones. The front sign that is somewhat shroud-
ed in greenery stands clearly out front of his home. As
you pass through to the front of his home there are
those interesting things that make you giggle or smile,
from a weird little creature guarding his wood pile (left)
to a brick fresco that was inserted into his lifelong home
(below). Bob doesn’t have a garden that you look down
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