RADS Newsletter, October 2008 Richmond Area Daylily Society

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RADS Newsletter, October 2008
Richmond Area Daylily Society
President’s Message
I hope to see many of you at the Fall Banquet. We are in
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for a real treat with Dan Trimmer as our guest speaker. Now is the time to prepare our
garden beds for the winter. Don’t let your guard down yet – enjoy the cooler weather and work those
beds.
Happy gardening everyone!
Paulette Miller
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Let’s Talk Daylilies!
By Sheila P. Weisensale
At our August 30 meeting, we held our first “Let’s Talk Daylilies” segment and
discussed the topic—favorite prolific bloomers. “Let’s Talk Daylilies” is a new agenda item we have
added to our business meetings that gives us a venue to discuss daylilies and tap on daylily expertise at a
local level. Interested members talk about the designated topic for approx. 1-2 minutes which allows
approx. 10 members to participate in a particular discussion.
Our first session was a great success—thirteen members participated! If you didn’t participate in this
first segment, we hope that you will participate in our next segment! Membership participation is
absolutely critical to the success and longevity of this segment.
Following are the daylilies that fellow RADS members shared as their “favorite prolific bloomers”:
Aerial
Monkey See, Monkey Do Small World Disco Duck
Autumn Minaret
Nectarine
Smuggler’s Gold
Baby Darling
Nichole Jordan
Stella Ruffled Fingers
Dances with Giraffes Pirate’s Promise
Stellar Double Rose
David Went
Point of View
Ultimate Perfection
Droopy Drawers
Potentate
Unconditional Love
Gold Dust
Pumpkin Prince
Vega
Larry Allen Miller
Robins Tuition
Victorian Lace
Mary Light Fine
Sandford Rose Crown
Web Browser
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Miss Annie Bell
Siloam Merle Kent
If you would like to try to grow some of these daylilies in your own garden, think about swapping and
sharing these favorite daylilies with RADS members!
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The topic for our next business meeting is—drum roll please—favorite late
bloomers. Between now and our 11/9 meeting, please think about the daylily
varieties you grow in your garden and jot down up to 5 of your favorite late
bloomers. We look forward to you sharing your list with us on 11/9!
If you have any ideas for daylily topics for future meetings, please email
your ideas to me at bloomage@verizon.net. Also, if you have any questions
or suggestions regarding this new segment, please don’t hesitate to contact me.
A sincere thanks to all those members that participated in our very first “Let’s Talk Daylilies” segment!
QUIZ: Can you identify the 10 numbered daylilies pictured in this newsletter?
HINT: Dragons
(Answers on bottom of page 3.)
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RADS 2008
President
Paulette Miller
(804)520-0807
Psm229@aol.com
Remaining Activities for 2008:
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Oct 11: Annual Dinner with
Dan Trimmer as
Speaker. Cost is $30
and payment is due one week
before the dinner.
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Vice President
(Vacant)
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Treasurer
Paul Compton
(804)452-0239
bayberry@ctg.at
Nov 9: 1pm Thanksgiving
Meeting at the Wagner
Building. This is a business
meeting with the election of officers for 2009.
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Dec TBD
Secretary
Judy Durant
(804)746-7226
igdurant@verizon.net
Newsletter Editor
Belinda Sheppard
(434)374-4910
belinda23955@yahoo.com
Membership Chairman
Don Merkle
(434) 392-8335
merkleda@longwood.edu
Membership Applications
can be sent to:
711 First Avenue
Farmville, VA 23901
Annual Dues:
$5.00 single,
$8.00 family
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RADS Web Site
http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepo9m6
RADS Newsletter October 2008
Future Speakers Planned:
October 2009: Linda Agin
October 2010: Pat and Grace Stamile
Daylily Dictionary:
Did You Know?
Monocotyledons, Monocots are one
of the two major groups of flowering
plants (angiosperms). The
monocotyledons are so named
because sprouting seeds have only a
single primary leaf or cotyledon.
Other common features of the
monocots are leaves with parallel
veins and flowers with three petals or
multiples of three. Examples of
monocotyledons are the true grains
(rice, corn, wheat), the pasture
grasses, and the bamboos. The palms,
orchids, and lily families are also
examples of monocotyledons.
Daylilies are monocots.
Monocot
Dicot
Newsletter Articles
Please forward all newsletter articles
or ideas for inclusion in the
December newsletter to
Belinda Sheppard by 11/21/08.
Newsletter via Email
Thanks to the many who opted to
receive the newsletter via email. This
is a huge savings in money and time.
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Fall Festival Lilyhemmer 2008
Get ready for the fabulous fourteenth daylily fall festival. The location is
Camp Hill, near Harrisburg, PA. Official events are scheduled non to noon,
October 18 & 19, 2008. Many attendees arrive early on Friday and enjoy
the informal preview activities Friday evening and Saturday morning.
Region 3 hybridizers will be presenting a slide show and can include 5
seedling slides (check with Michael Miller).
Lilyhemmer Registration
Registration fee is $79 person. Youth registration is $45.
After October 10, 2008, registration is $85. Make checks payable to
Lilyhemmer, AHS Region 3. Return registration to Jan and Greg Thompson,
PO Box 116, Dagsboro, DE 19939. Contact: gathompson71@verizon.net
1st time attendees at Lilyhemmer are welcomed with
a beautiful daylily plant values at $35.00+
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Get lucky with us in October, 2008 as we celebrate
our fourteenth year of daylily fun
Print out and mail the registration form below.
This event is limited to the 1st 175 registrants.
REGISTRATION FORM for LILYHEMMER, OCTOBER 18-19 2008
Print name as it should appear on name tag _________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________________________
City____________________________________________________ State________________
Zip______________________ Phone ____________________________________________
E-Mail ______________________________________________________________________
Additional names:
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
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Answers to Quiz: 1 Dragon Dreams; 2 Summer Dragon, 3 Fire Breathing Dragon,
4, Magic Dragon,5 White Eyes Pink Dragon, 6 Dragon King, 7 Dragon Heart,
8 Water Dragon, 9 Emperors Dragon, 10 Dragons Eye
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RADS New Members.
Welcome to our newest members!
Craig McInners, Robyn Gerena, John Clickener, and Linda Simon
Fall Banquet – Dan Trimmer
(6 pm at the Omni)
During the Fall Banquet, these are the plants that Dan Trimmer
will be donating for an auction following his talk.
You don’t want to miss this!
Tropical Hot Flash
2009 Introduction
2008 Introductions:
Santa Catalina
EM Re Evr T 25” H
5 1/2” Bloom
Value: $125
Cosmic Traveler
EM Re Evr T 25” H
5 1/4” Bloom
Value: $150
Across the Galaxy
M Re Evr T 32” H
6 1/4” Bloom
Value: $200
Fashion Police
M Re T 34” H
6.25” Bloom
Value: $150
Santa’s Little Helper
EM Re Evr T 29” H
4 5/8” Bloom
Value: $100
Spanish Fiesta
EM Re Evr T 31” H
6 1/2” Bloom
Value: $200
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