Region 12 Newsletter

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Region 12 Newsletter
Region 12 Newsletter
Fall 2006
Serving Region 12: The State of Florida
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Region 12 Officers
and Committee Chairs
American Hemerocallis
Society Officers
AHS President
Kevin Walek
9122 John Way
Fairfax Station, VA 22039
Giboshiman@aol.com
Executive Secretary
Pat Mercer
P.O. Box 10
Dexter, GA 31019
gmercer@nlamerica.com
Editor, The Daylily Journal
Allen McLain
P. O. Box 717
Belzoni, MS 39038
dljournal@earthlink.net
Region 12 Director
David Kirchhoff
P.O. Box 1612
Sanford, FL 32771-1612
(407) 322-4034
hybridizer@aol.com
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Regional Vice President
Joe Agosta
7444 Creekridge Circle
Tallahassee, FL 32309-7463
(850) 668-1368
j.agosta@mindspring.com
W. E. Monroe Endowment
Fund Liaison
Ottis Houston
2147 SW State Rd. 47
Lake City, FL 32025-9180
comahoust@aol.com
Regional Publicity Director/Newsletter Editor
Virginia Gregory
3801 Pelican Lane
Orlando, FL 32803-3030
(407) 896-9232
cvgregory@mpinet.net
Way and Means
Elaine Alito
6171 47th Ave. N.
Kenneth City, FL 33709
ealito1@tampabay.rr.com
Treasurer
Opal Howell
926 Rosemary Terrace
Tallahassee, FL 32303
(850) 386-1076
opal@nettally.com
Secretary
Linda Sample
3603 Lightner Drive
Tampa, FL 33629
(813) 831-8294
glsample@ij.net
Exhibition Judges Liaison
Floyd Sewell
4540 Southside Blvd, Suite 1102
Jacksonville, FL 32216-5495
floyd@floydsewell.com
Garden Judges Liaison
Dan Hansen
1852 E. S.R. 46
Geneva, FL 32732
ladybugdl@mindspring.com
Youth Liaison
Dan and Loye Stateler
P. O. Box 27
Loughman, FL 33858
danstateler@juno.com
Awards and Honors Liaison
Bill Norris
115 Larkwood Drive
Sanford, FL 32771-3640
grmapapa@cfl.rr.com
New Membership Liaison
Joe Agosta (acting)
7444 Creekridge Circle
Tallahassee, FL 32309-7463
j.agosta@mindspring.com
Historian
Kay Smith
232 Gulf Blvd.
Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785
kayasmith@earthlink.net
Scientific Liaison
Patrick Stamile
1050 Enterprise-Osteen Road
Enterprise, Florida 32725-9355
PStamile@aol.com
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Region 12 Newsletter
In This Issue...
RVP’s Message ....................................................... 4
Bill Munson Hybridizer’s Award .............................. 4
RPD/Editor’s Message ............................................ 5
Exhibition Judges Liaison: Clinic III
Refresher Offered ................................................ 5
Director’s Message ................................................. 6
Thank You to Auction Donors .................................. 6
Fall Regional Invitation ............................................. 7
Eddy Scott’s Countryside Daylilies .......................... 8
Helen Field Fischer Gold Medal: Wayne Johnson . 10
Region 12 Service Award: Jean Norris ................... 11
Play in the Dirt ....................................................... 12
Welcome New Members ....................................... 12
Apply to be an AHS Historic Daylily
Display Garden ................................................... 13
Minutes of the Spring Regional Meeting ................ 14
Region 12 2005 Budget Proposal ........................... 15
Club Reports ..................................................... 16-22
Bay Area Daylily Society ................................... 16
Central Florida Daylily Society ........................... 17
North Florida Daylily Society ............................. 18
Pensacola Daylily Club ....................................... 19
Sunbelt Daylily Chapter ...................................... 20
Suwannee Valley Daylily Society ....................... 21
Tallahassee Daylily Society ................................ 22
Club Presidents ...................................................... 23
Region 12 would like to thank
Linda Sample and Sandy Soderberg
for creating the daylily quilt, which
raised $1595 for the region!
Call for Auction Plants
Region 12 needs your participation in our Fall Auction to be held Saturday, October 14,
2006 in Tallahassee, hosted by the Tallahassee Daylily Society. The spring and fall
auctions are the only fundraisers for Region 12 and we need everyone’s participation.
This will be my final auction as your Ways and Means Chair for the past 4 years. It’s
been fun and I am hoping to make my final auction a huge success and I need your help!
A PowerPoint presentation will be shown of the auction plants and a printed list will be
available for handout.
Deadline for donations is October 7, 2006. Thanks for your generosity!
Elaine Alito, Ways and Means Chair
6171 – 47th Avenue North
Kenneth City, FL 33709
Email: ealito1@tampabay.rr.com
Phone: Weekdays 800-940-6000 (8:30 am – 5:30 pm)
Evenings 727-544-9207
Fall 2006
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RVP’s Message
Joe Agosta, Tallahassee, FL
Another season is behind
us, but the memories of the
gardens and of the visits
with old and new daylily
friends remain. The spring
regional so graciously
hosted by the Bay Area
Daylily Society was the first
spring regional for that area
of our state. Although the
dry weather was horrendous the gardens shone with the beauty that only the
love of very dedicated gardeners could produce. The
BADS folks may be our newest club, but they are
already pros at organizing well-run events. Thanks
BADS.
Long after our gardens peaked this spring the AHS
national convention was held on Long Island, New York
in mid July. For those Floridians that attended it was a
chance to relive the spring bloom peak. All of the
gardens on tour were truly exquisite. Region 12
hybridizers were well represented in all the gardens.
The garden culture was excellent with some hybridizers
remarking that they had never seen some of their
cultivars growing so well. In addition to the usual many
awards gathered by our talented hybridizers and
reported previously, we were honored to have the
Helen Field Fischer award for service to the Society
presented to Wayne Johnson of Winter Park and the
Region 12 Service Award presented to Jean Norris of
Sanford. Both of these folks have spent many years in
service to Region 12 and AHS. Next time you see
them personally thank them for their service.
My term as your RVP is rapidly coming to an end. My
thanks to the officers and committee chairs for doing a
great job and making my job a lot easier. I thank you
again for the opportunity to serve, and I know that your
election of Elaine Alito as your new RVP will keep
Region 12 moving forward. Please accord her the
same great level of support you have given me.
I have one more effort to initiate before moving aside.
At the spring regional it was mentioned to me that we,
as AHS members, do a good job of promoting daylilies
amongst ourselves, but do not do near as well when
promoting daylilies to the general public. Obviously we
are not emphasizing enough one of the stated purposes
of the Society to “promote, encourage, and foster the
development of the genus Hemerocallis and public
interest therein.” To that end I am collecting a list of
Region 12 members who would participate in a daylily
speaker’s bureau. The bureau would serve to connect
groups looking for gardening speakers with a nearby
daylily speaker. Material for a presentation will be
created as part of this effort. If you are able to join
this effort please let me know.
Our fall meeting will be held in Tallahassee in October.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Best wishes for continued gardening success.
Joe Agosta
Bill Munson Hybridizer’s Award
NOTICE TO ALL REGION 12 HYBRIDIZERS
This coming spring, the Munson Bed will be displayed
at Frank Smith’s garden, as he has graciously accepted
hosting of the Spring Regional meeting in 2007. For
those who are going to enter plants, please send them
to the following address:
Garden Host: Frank Smith
2815 W. Ponkan Rd.
Apopka, FL 32712
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Phone: 407-886-4134
All Florida hybridizers are encouraged to send up to
five unregistered or registered but not introduced
daylilies for the competition. Please contact the garden
host prior to delivery of any plants for this purpose and
plan to send early so they have time to clump up before
the Regional Meeting Saturday May 19, 2007.
Region 12 Newsletter
RPD/Editor’s Message
Virginia Gregory, Orlando, FL
Can it really be time
to be looking back
on another bloom
season? Each year
seems to fly past
faster than the last.
On the other hand
we are just getting
ready to start
another club season
with all the anticipation of hearing and seeing guest
speakers, buying and trading daylilies, and encouraging
new members to join in our obsession.
I encourage all of you to find ways to bring daylilies to
the attention of the general public and to help increase
membership. Some outlets may be obvious such as
volunterring to speak to a garden club or working with
your local newspaper to write an article about daylilies.
But other avenues may take a little more digging. For
at least one year the North Florida Daylily Society had
a billboard along a major highway advertising their
show. The cost - nothing. Some research found that a
company was willing to advertise community events for
free in a very visual way. I’m sure the incoming RPD
will appreciate any suggestions and assistance you can
offer in this area.
Well, its hard to believe that this is my eighth and final
newsletter as Editor. I could not have done it without all
of the wonderful people who volunteered to write
articles, supply photographs, send club reports, submit
business/committee reports, and provide all the other
pieces of information that come together in the newsletter. My heartfelt thanks goes out to each and every
one of you! I hope you will afford the same outpouring
of knowledge and information to the next Editor.
Warmest regards,
Virginia
Exhibition Judges Liaison: Clinic III Refresher Offered
Floyd Sewell, Jacksonville, FL
The Exhibition Judges Clinic III Refresher will be
offered at the Fall Regional Meeting in Tallahassee on
October 24, 2006 from 10:00 – 11:30 am.
We are going to present this as an open forum to all,
not just judges (if you are a judge it is a $5.00 fee).
The presentation will cover:
Chapters CI – 8
Exhibition Judges Requirements, Ethics, Standards &
Rules
Chapters C3 – 1-16
√ Judging Daylilies in Exhibitions
Fall 2006
√ Point scoring Registered and Seeding Cultivars
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on scape
How to judge Best in Section, Best in Show,
plus
AHS Achievement Medal, Ophelia Taylor and
the Bule Medal Awards
Questions are more than welcome. Learn what others
are looking at so you too can take home the ribbons of
champions. Sign up, bring your green handbook with
updated inserts and be ready for a whole lot of fun
learning. Contact me at floyd@floydsewell.com .
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Director’s Message
David Kirchhoff, Sanford, FL
The season began with a
marvelous regional meeting conducted by the Bay
Area Daylily Society.
Every garden, every
cultivar, the busses, the
meals, the meetings and
attendees were groomed,
grown, scheduled, prepared, conducted and
behaved beyond compare.
Those gardens in the Bay
Area displayed cultivars
grown to perfection from hybridizers throughout the
country. Before May had become June, indelible daylily
memories were made which will last a lifetime, to share
and to treasure. Local area shows and events garnered
rave reviews.
I attended the most recent meeting of the American
Hemerocallis Society Board of Directors on July 13,
2006, at the Melville Marriott Hotel in Huntington, NY.
The Long Island Daylily Society hosted the meeting, in
conjunction with the spectacular AHS National Convention. Wow, what an event! Complete minutes of the
meeting can be found in The Daylily Journal.
One crowning aspect came at the end of the convention. On July 14, Region 12’s indefatigable Jean Norris
became the 15th Floridian to be awarded the AHS
Service Award. Congratulations, Jean, and thanks for
forty years of dedicated service to the AHS and Region
12.
On July 15, for the annual AHS Awards Banquet, AHS
Awards & Honors Chairman Rich Rosen assembled a
Power Point presentation of all the award-winning
daylilies. Image after image of beautiful daylilies
flashed on the screen as he announced the winners.
The final award at the annual banquet is the American
Hemerocallis Society’s gold medal for outstanding and
distinguished service by a member. This year, the
winner of the Helen Field Fischer Gold Medal is Region
12’s own Wayne Johnson, from Winter Park. Congratulations, Wayne, and thanks for nearly forty years of
service!
Region 12’s quota of Garden Judges to members is 3%
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less than the goal of 15%, so there is room for more.
Proudly, ours’ is the highest ratio of judges to membership in the AHS. Garden and Exhibition Judges are vital
to our success. We urge folks to become involved in
judging. It is educational, interesting and a way to meet
other daylily friends.
Our membership committee under John Holland, with
Dr Bob Stassen has completed a survey completed
from 1,012 members, with full analysis underway. The
AHS is making a huge effort exceed members’ expectations. A number of new ideas are near fruition. We
urge every member to concentrate on bringing a new
member into the society each year.
I am impressed with the dedication and hard work
accomplished on all levels of the AHS. The board
members work well together, and everyone is determined that our society remain vital and continue to
grow. We appreciate members’ input, and love hearing
from you.
Cheers!
David
Thank you to the
following people for
donating plants to benefit Region 12 at the
Spring 2006 Regional Meeting auction:
¾ Gunda Abajian
¾ Joe Agosta
¾ Dan Hansen
¾ John Kinnebrew
¾ David Kirchhoff
¾ Ludlow Lamberston
¾ Mort Morss
¾ Jerome & Reba Ridaught
¾ Phil Riley
¾ Jeff & Elizabeth Salter
¾ Eddy Scott
¾ Frank Smith
¾ Pat & Grace Stamile
¾ Dan Trimmer
Region 12 Newsletter
AHS Region 12 Fall Meeting
Hosted by
Tallahassee Daylily Society
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Saturday, October 14, 2006
8:00-12:00 p.m.
Registration
Silent Auction (proceeds to defray cost of regional meeting)
9:00-11:30 a.m.
Clinics
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Buffet Luncheon
1:30-3:00 p.m.
Region 12 Business Meeting – Joe Agosta, RVP, presiding
Followed by a presentation by our guest speaker, John Kinnebrew, Jr.
3:00-4:00 p.m.
Plant Auction (proceeds for Region 12)
Location:
Holiday Inn in Tallahassee (no special rates available)
2714 N. Monroe St., Tallahassee, FL 32303
(850) 536-2000
From I-10 take exit 199, US 27
Go north – toward Havana, NOT Tallahassee
Turn left at the first break in the road (Graves Rd.)
Registration Fee:
Adults: $35.00 (including lunch)
Youth: $10.00 (including lunch)
Please make checks payable to “Tallahassee Daylily Society”
and send to the Registrar:
Linda Henderson, Registrar
5314 Tallapoosa Rd.
Tallahassee, FL 32303-7920
RSVP by September 29, 2006
Region 12 Fall Conference Chairs:
Sharon Agosta, Kim Green, Linda Henderson
Hotels next door to Holiday Inn: (no special rates available)
Quality Inn
Comfort Inn
3090 North Monroe St.
2727 Graves Rd.
(850) 562-2378
(850) 562-7200
(Any questions – call Sharon Agosta (850) 668-1368)
Fall 2006
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Eddy Scott’s Countryside Daylilies
Luane Mikell, Cross City, FL
Welcome to Eddy Scott’s Countryside Daylilies where
the look of daylilies is constantly changing.
It all really started back in the late 1800s when Cindy’s
great grand daddy, John Hance O’steen, homesteaded
the property now know as Countryside Daylilies. Mr.
O’steen was the South’s youngest Confederate soldier—he joined at the tender age of 7—and became a
mail carrier. Mr. O’steen was then mustered out at the
age of 9. The family’s antique syrup kettle, cane
grinder and split rail fence, still have their place on the
old homestead.
In 1995, Eddy and Ottis Houston went into business together as Countryside Daylilies. Mr. Houston did the garden sales for visitors and Eddy did the catalog sales due
to his busy work schedule. Together they were on tour
for the 1997 National Convention and several Region 12
tours. Three years ago they decided go separate ways
but continue to share the business name. Ottis has played
a big part in helping Eddy get his start in his love for
daylilies and they continue to be friends.
This year, Eddy opened his garden to visitors during
weekends in May and the 1st weekend in June. With
blue and white peacocks, 2 Koi ponds and a spectacular view of his garden area, Eddy, Cindy, Amber and
Nicole were there to greet visitors with friendly smiles.
While Eddy is a fairly well-known, up and coming,
“younger” Florida hybridizer, many outside of Florida
still do not know of him or know of his creations. He
focuses a lot on far crosses versus near crosses. Eddy
strives to create the unusual in the forms of UFs and
crispates while focusing on eyes and edges.
Amber, Eddy, Cindy and Nicole Scott
Married to Cindy in 1983, the Scott’s have twin collegeage daughters, Amber and Nicole. In junior high they
both became Exhibition and Garden Judges and they
helped out a lot over the years in the daily operation of
the business. They have earned several State and
National Awards in the areas of Floriculture and
Nursery Operations through the Future Farmers of
America (FFA). Currently sophomores at Santa Fe
Community College, they are not involved in daylilies
nearly as much, but do help out if really needed.
Eddy is a Manager in the Design section of the Florida
Department of Transportation in Lake City. In 1994,
Donald Norris who worked there too invited Eddy to a
Daylily meeting at the Columbia County Library in downtown Lake City. It was the December meeting and Eddy,
Cindy, Amber and Nicole brought home around 50 gift
plants and planted them in their vegetable garden. With
the first blooms that spring Eddy was hooked on hems.
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With changing goals to concentrate more on hybridizing,
Eddy recently reduced his garden from 1,300 cultivars to
around 700. He now focuses on his seedling crop with
22,000 seedlings last year. His aim is to choose only the
very best for further evaluation and introduction.
‘Red Eye Gravy’
H. Red Eye Gravy
This is one of my personal favorites. With a bold red eye
on cream petals and a thick
bold red edge, its fragrance is
delightful while looking down
into its green throat.
H. Cracks in Concrete
This is another fine example
of Eddy’s work with heavy
sculpting and heavy substance
on yellow with light pink highlighted petals. With high bud
count and strong scapes, CC
‘Cracks in Concrete’
earned a purple ribbon at the
2006 Central Florida Daylily Exhibition.
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Eddy Scott’s Countryside Daylilies,
H. Tropical Disturbance is a fine example of a crispate
UFO with a big dark maroon eye and green throat. It is
also very fragrant.
continued
continues his work toward illusive blue daylily.
Eddy and Cindy are very active in the Bell FFA Alumni,
every year they have a big feed, with square dancing, a
cake decorating contest and a cake auction that raises
several thousand dollars. They also sponsor a daylily
fundraiser and plant sale. Half of all the monies collected go to the FFA chapter for scholarships. This is
something y’all have to check out.
‘Tropical Distrubance’
Eddy is still striving for the “unreachable” blue daylily
like many others, but many of his creations, such as H.
Cindy’s Tie Dye, are stunning!
‘Squidward’
Back in September of 2005, Eddy gave a talk to the
kids at Bell Elementary. He took some slides and
showed them as part of the presentation. Well, let me
tell you, those kids came up with eight new names for
his intros. Above is one that Eddy plans to introduce in
the near future, and it will be called H. Squidward.
What will kids think of next? Notice the “tentacles.”
‘Cindy’s Tie Dye’
As time goes by, his dog Beauty, will continue to
“oversee” the work being done and continue to greet
visitors, young and old alike, to Countryside Daylilies.
Cindy’s Tie Dye is a cream UF crispate cascade
spatulate with an etched purple lavender eye and heavy
purple lavender edge with very green throat, fragrant.
Cindy’s Tie Dye has prolific blooming habits and often
provides a large bouquet of multiple flowers open at
once. It received a 2004 Junior Citation award.
Another one of Eddy’s favorites is H. Blue In The
Face with its bubbly purple edge, lavender purple eye
and pink/lavender blooms is simply divine.
Currently, Eddy introduces between 15-20 cultivars
each year depending on how many he has to offer. One
of his goals is to increase eyes and edges at the same
time. While he has no favorite color or shape, Eddy
Fall 2006
Visit Eddy and Cindy and see some beautiful creations
on their website: www.countrysidedaylilies.com .
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Helen Field Fischer Gold Medal: Wayne Johnson
This year’s winner has an incredibly long and extensive
list of service to the AHS at all levels of the organization, and regularly provides support to regions beyond
their own:
¾ joined the AHS in 1968
¾ served as local Exhibition Show Co-Chair in
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1970
served as local Exhibition Show Chair during
19 years.
served as AHS National Convention Show
Chair in 1974 and again in 1991
served on the AHS National Convention
Executive Committee during 1974 and 1984
has been a local Judges Chair for 24 years
served as local club Mail Auction Chair for two
years
served as an RPD for four years
served as a regional newsletter Editor for four
years
served as an RVP for one year
served as a regional Secretary for one year
served as a regional Garden Judges Liaison for
two years
served as a local club President for 10 years,
as Vice President for six years, and as Secretary for two years
chaired 4 regional meetings
served as an AHS Regional Director for eight
years, and during this time served as AHS
Garden Judges Chair and AHS Science Chair
set up the AHS Board of Directors criteria for
Garden Judges Workshops held during AHS
National Conventions and AHS regional
meetings
¾ has attended 26 AHS National Conventions
¾ has visited AHS Display Gardens in 36 states
¾ has taught AHS Garden Judges Workshops in
Florida, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia
¾ has served as an AHS Exhibition Judge for 30
years
¾ is an AHS Exhibition Judges Instructor, and he
has served in this capacity during clinics in
Florida, Georgia, Oklahoma, Missouri, South
Carolina, and Minnesota
¾ has exhibited flowers during AHS Exhibition
Shows in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina
as well as judged AHS Exhibition Shows in
Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, and Illinois
¾ served as AHS National Convention Exhibition
Clinic Chair in 2003
¾ has attended 16 AHS summer tours and
meetings in 6 regions outside the home region
¾ has served as featured speaker for AHS
summer tours and meetings in Oklahoma,
Georgia, and Florida
¾ is a hybridizer who specializes in doubles and
has registered 15 cultivars with the AHS
¾ won the AHS Regional Service Award in 1989
¾ has generously shared daylilies with his community as well as other communities
¾ is the jokester of the group but his enthusiasm
is for the daylily and daylily people that he
loves being around. Not for his perceived
position in the organization.
In short, the humility, depth of service, compassion for
daylily friends, and willingness to go the extra mile for
our organization and its members makes Wayne
Johnson the perfect choice for this year’s HFF.
Established in 1950, the Helen Field Fischer Gold Medal is the Society’s highest honor
and is the official recognition for distinguished and meritorious service rendered the
AHS by a member on the national level. It is named for the founder of the American
Hemerocallis Society. In general this award should honor only one person annually, but
two awards have been given on occasion. A dual award to two members of the same
family will count as one.
Nominations may be submitted by any AHS member to the AHS Awards & Honors
Chairman by mail or email. Nominations are due by September 1st for the upcoming
year. The AHS Board votes by secret ballot at the annual fall board meeting, and the
award is presented at the following AHS National Convention.
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Region 12 Newsletter
Region 12 Service Award : Jean Norris
Jean Norris joined AHS in 1960 and is presently a life
member
¾ Joined Central Florida Hemerocallis Society
and participated in their first show
¾ Became an AHS Exhibitions judge in 1964
¾ Became AHS Awards and Honors judge (has
since been renamed Garden Judge) in 1968
¾ Served on AHS Region 12 steering committee
for 1974 National convention
¾ Served one term as recording secretary for
AHS Region 12
¾ Charter member of Sunbelt Daylily Chapter
organized in 1979
¾ Served as secretary of Sunbelt Daylily Chapter
- two terms
¾ Served as treasurer of Sunbelt Daylily Chapter
- two terms
¾ Served as president of Sunbelt Daylily Chapter
- two terms
¾ Chaired several Daylily shows and served as
chairman of many show committees
¾ Has written several articles for AHS Region 12
newsletter
¾ Wrote “In The Beginning” column for AHS
Region 12 newsletter (Edith Butler RVP)
¾ Served on steering committee and her garden
was a tour garden for the 1984 AHS National
convention
instructed in many exhibitions Judges clinics
¾ Has been AHS Region 12 exhibitions judges
liaison for 12 years
¾ Has exhibited in many daylily shows since 1960
and has given many programs on daylilies for
garden clubs and has helped in the organization
of three new daylily clubs
¾ Served as AHS Region 12 RPD 1991-1992
¾ Served as AHS Region 12 RVP 1993-1994
¾ Served on steering committee for 1994 AHS
National convention
¾ Served as AHS Region 12 director 1996-2001
(2 terms)
¾ Served as AHS Exhibitions Chairman 19962001 and served on the AHS board of directors
as a member of the executive committee
¾ As AHS Exhibitions Chairman in 1996, required that the AHS best-in-show ballot be
mandatory in determining best-in-show in all
AHS Accredited shows
¾ Created the generic sample schedule to aid
local show committees in writing their show
schedules
¾ Chaired the committee to revise the “Judging
Daylilies” handbook in 1997 and again in 2001
¾ Revised the “Exhibiting and Judging Daylilies”
chapter in the new DAYLILY HANDBOOK
FOR 2002
¾ She is an exhibitions judges instructor and has
In 1974, the AHS Board established this award for outstanding service to AHS at the
regional level. Currently serving board members are not eligible. Only one AHS Regional Service Award may be awarded per region per year. A dual award for two
members of the same family counts as one award.
Nominations may come from any member of the nominee’s region. Nominations must
be sent to the AHS Awards & Honors Chairman by September 1st by mail or email,
and must contain a summary of the nominee’s worthiness for this award. The AHS
Board votes by secret ballot at the annual fall board meeting, and the award is presented at the following AHS National Convention.
Fall 2006
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Play in the Dirt
Floyd Sewell, Jacksonville, FL
This January and February, while it was cool, we pulled
up every plant and put in new soil amendments. Three
changes were needed to last summer’s soil formula; a)
substitute magnesium
instead of manganese
sulfate, which is more for
keeping the yellow out of
palm trees, b) Use Farland
Professional Formula 3B
mix 2.8 cu ft (purchased
from BWI – North Apoka 1407-884-0242), which has
Canadian sphagnum fertilizer (45%) processed pine
bark, perlite and vermiculite (this eliminates tossing out
bags of each), c) double shredded pine bark to 100 lbs
per 100 sq ft. to give our sandy soil more texture. The
garden really took off this spring.
Last summer, yes in the July heat, I loaded up my 4
gallon back pack with my favorite liquid solutions. I
had forgotten that each gallon weighs 8.3 lbs, so in
attempting to step up on a wall in our back yard, I fell
into my neighbor’s yard instead, looking like some
Franz Kafka insect flaying away on its back. So, last
fall I had installed a Dosatron non-electric D8R 40
GRM proportional chemical and fertilizer injector.
Now, when the sprinkler system comes on, 6 gallons of
solution goes out each and every time. Contact
Dosatron, Clearwater 1-800-523-8499
(www.dosatronUSA.com) and they will work with your
sprinkler company for installation.
I came across an
article by Dr. John T.
Dickman, of Columbus, OH in the July
2006 American Rose
Society magazine.
“There is a new
series of bio-organic
fungicides produced
by AgraQuest of
Rhapsody, Serenade and Sonata”. Check out the
website. . . Sonata “ with outstanding control of
powdery mildew, downy mildew and RUST. . . “ Not
sure you can purchase directly from them, but they had
a list of distributors.
Any questions, email me at floyd@floydsewell.com.
Welcome New Members
Dalton Brewer
P.O. Box 27
Loughman, FL 33858
Billie & George Howell
901 Hillside Terrace
Brandon, FL 33511
Justin Roch
P.O. Box 691807
Orlando, FL 32869
Bradley and Aundria Cooley
P.O. Box 11
Lamont, FL 32336
Jordan Farms
3817 CR 249
Live oak, FL 32060
Martin Rogers
9600 Bobwhite Terrace
Pensacola, FL 32514
Earl Cox
1627 6th St. West
Palmetto, FL 34221
Teresa B. Leifur
1110 E. Gadsden St.
Pensacola, FL 32501
Bettina Tuttle
6755 Hwy. 99
Molino, FL 32577
Jane B. Flowers
5625 Talquin Ave.
Pensacola, 32526
Ashley Maacks
323 Shetland Ct.
Pensacola, FL 32506
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Region 12 Newsletter
Apply to be an AHS Historic Daylily Display Garden
Ken Cobb, AHS Historian via Kay Smith, Indian Rocks Beach, FL
After a unanimous
vote by the AHS Board
of Directors during
their summer 2006
meeting, daylily display
garden owners (or representatives/liaisons if
the garden is public) can
now apply for their gar‘Sunset’ (1931)
dens to become AHS
Historic Daylily Display Gardens. Historic daylilies are
defined as all daylily species plus daylily cultivars registered with the AHS on or before 1970. Gardens must
contain a representative collection of historic daylilies.
Every ten years (2010, 2020, etc.) thereafter the cutoff
date for registered cultivars will be advanced by ten years.
For example, on 1/1/2010, the registration cutoff will advance from on or before 1970 to on or before 1980.
Daylilies must be properly
labeled according to cultivar
name, hybridizer, and year
of registration (or species
name). Historic daylilies
may be displayed in a separate bed (chronologically, by
hybridizer, or as desired);
historic daylilies may also be
intermingled among modern
‘Pink Charm’ 1940
daylilies and companion plants as long as they are properly labeled. As a guideline, it is recommended that gardens grow a minimum of 50-100 daylilies comprising historic cultivars or a combination of species and historic
cultivars to qualify. In this way, small private gardens
will be encouraged to apply for
AHS Historic Daylily Display
Garden status, encouraging
owners of small private gardens
to participate (and thereby help
preserve the historic daylily
gene pool).
AHS Historic Daylily Display
Gardens should contain an
owner-provided sign containing
the words “AHS Historic Day‘Laughing Clown’ (1958) lily Display Garden.”
Fall 2006
Daylily display garden
owners (or representatives/liaisons if the garden is public) must be
AHS members in good
standing and must continue to maintain/renew
their AHS membership
in good standing. The
‘Tinker Bell’ 1954
garden owner or liaison would fill out the AHS Historic Daylily Display Garden application form and submit it following the process
in place for conventional AHS Display Gardens. The
initial application form as well as renewal application form
will be available soon on the AHS web site under AHS
Historic Daylily Display Gardens.
The RVP or RVP’s
representative must
visit gardens applying
for AHS Historic Daylily Display Garden
status, and then recommend whether or
not the garden meets
the criteria for ap‘Double Talk’ 1966
proval. Once the garden is initially approved as an AHS Historic Daylily Display Garden, the owner/liaison would then annually apply
for renewal.
Garden owners/liaisons can apply for their
gardens to become
conventional AHS Display Gardens, AHS
Historic Daylily Display Gardens, or both.
Existing guidelines for
AHS Display Gardens
‘Green Tarantula’ 1970
would extend to apply
for AHS Historic Daylily Display Gardens. The initial application requires two slides/photos in hard copy (i.e., not
electronic and not CD) form. Computer printed photos
are acceptable.
Rules for AHS Display Gardens would apply and extend
to AHS Historic Daylily Display Gardens.
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Minutes of the Region 12
Spring Business Meeting
Linda Sample, Tampa, FL
The meeting was called to order by RVP Joe Agosta on
May 13, 2006 at the Clearwater Holiday Inn Select at
7:00 p.m. The Bay Area Daylily Society was thanked
for their efforts in hosting their first spring meeting in
grand fashion.
AHS officers present were introduced as follows:
Region 8 Director Ottis Houston, Region 12 Director
David Kirchhoff, and past Region 12 Director and RVP
Jean Norris. Current Region 12 officers were introduced and members from CFDS, NFDS, Sunbelt,
Tallahassee, Suwannee Valley, and BADS were
recognized along with visitors from Alabama and
Kentucky. Also introduced was RPD, Region 10 Gary
Bunch.
There being no additions or corrections to the minutes
of the Fall 2005 meeting, they were accepted as
published in the newsletter.
The treasurer’s report was presented by Opal Howell
who stated our current balance at $24,294.89. This
includes our checking account, youth fund, and CD.
Her report will be filed for review.
A membership status report for our region was reviewed by RVP Agosta with the sad knowledge of a
loss of close to 100 Region 12 AHS members in the last
3 years. As of March 2006 our current membership is
363. Discussions are ongoing regarding ways to
promote daylilies to the public in addition to our yearly
exhibitions during the season. Public forums and talks
at city or county venues and presentations at other local
garden clubs during the rest of the year are two
suggestions mentioned. Also, the few clubs not yet on
line were heartily encouraged to complete their website
for public knowledge and the good of the region.
Regional meeting host clubs were announced:
Fall 2006 – Tallahassee, Oct 13 – 14
Spring 2007 – Sunbelt
Fall 2007 – Jacksonville
Spring 2008 – to be announced
Remarks from Regional Dir. David Kirchhoff began
with thanks to BADS for a great meeting and support-
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ing our RVP’s call for diligent work on recruiting new
AHS members. He acknowledged the money available
in our youth fund and encouraged us to recruit new
members in the 20 – 30 year old age range.
RPD Virginia Gregory began her remarks with encouragement to complete and post our Popularity Poll votes
before the Sept 1 deadline. She reminded us to realize
that it is a wonderful tool for new members to have
greater success in their gardens with locally happy
daylilies. She then credited the many contributors to
the newsletter as being responsible for helping our
newsletter to be more informative and enjoyable.
There was no Unfinished Business.
New Business: Copies of the 2006 Budget were
circulated for review. After a short discussion a motion
to accept the budget as presented was made by Marie
Phillippi and seconded by Wilhelmina Hopper. It was
approved by voice vote.
Nominating Committee chair Virginia Gregory along
with committee members Fern Johnson and Henry
Matutino announced their choice of Elaine Alito as our
next RVP. There being no other nominations, a motion
was made by Ottis Houston and seconded by David
Kirchhoff. to close the nominations. The motion
passed. The motion to accept the nomination of Elaine
Alito as Region 12 RVP by acclimation was made by
Virginia Gregory and seconded by Henry Matutino
passed and the group welcomed their new RVP.
Elaine Alito thanked the members for their vote of
confidence and Joe Agosta for his valuable service to
the region. She stressed the importance of attracting
and keeping new members in our region and individual
clubs, and supported our decision to continue the color
version of our newsletter on the website and use our
funds for other things more worthy of investment.
Members were encouraged to contact her for any
comments or questions.
Jean Norris suggested that we explore the possibility of
funding rust research by a worthy college student. Jay
Charba was asked to look into this possibility and report
to us at the Fall Meeting.
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Minutes of the Region 12
Spring Business Meeting (continued)
RVP Agosta then suspended the order of business and
Elaine Alito introduced Lynn Purse from Pittsburg
Penn. who presented and informative and delightful
presentation on Garden Design and Companion Plants
using Daylilies.
The third annual Bill Munson Hybridizer Award was
then announced.
Winner – #36 John Kinnebrew
1st runner up – #1 Ottis Houston
2nd runner up – #35 John Kinnebrew
3rd runner up – #17 Joe Agosta
4th runner up – #15 Mary Ann Houston
A check for $100 will be awarded to the winner. Ottis
Houston was thanked for his efforts in organizing and
encouraging this award. Thanks were also extended to
Mark Headley and Dwain Miller for their efforts in
growing such a great group of 36 seedlings for us to
enjoy.
Dwain then presented the Bill Munson Hybridizer Bed
sign to Richard Page, president of the Sunbelt club who
will host next years’ spring regional.
After the program amid much anticipation the winning
name was drawn for the daylily quilt designed and
assembled by Sandy Soderberg and Linda Sample.
Opportunity tickets for the quilt were sold to benefit
Region 12 and Linda Sample announced that a check
would be presented to the regional treasurer for
$1,595.00. The winning ticket was purchased by
Elizabeth Salter!
There being no further business the meeting was
adjourned.
AHS Region 12 Calendar Year 2006 Budget Proposal
Note: The budget below was approved by the membership at the Spring
Regional Meeting of 5/13/2006.
Approved
Proposed
Budget
Actual
Budget
2005
2005
2006
Expenditures
Newsletter & RPD Expenses
$3,000.00
$2,270.26
$3,000.00
Director’s Travel – National
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
Director’s Travel – Board Mtg.
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
RVP Travel – National
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
RVP Expenses Misc.
$50.00
$13.36
$75.00
Web Site
$600.00
$425.00
$750.00
Awards
$480.00
$424.24
$300.00
Youth Award
$500.00
$0.00
$500.00
AHS Insurance
$120.00
$103.50
$125.00
W.E. Monroe Endowment Fund
$500.00
$500.00
$500.00
Contingency
$300.00
$76.84
$300.00
Total
$7,050.00
$4,313.20
$7,050.00
Fall 2006
Receipts
Interest on Accounts
Plant Sales
Plant Sales – Youth Fund
Club Donations
AHS Mailing Allowance
Misc.
Total
$150.00
$5,200.00
$500.00
$600.00
$450.00
$150.00
$7,050.00
$127.12
$9,527.00
$0.00
$0.00
$397.45
$64.00
$10,115.57
$150.00
$5,200.00
$500.00
$600.00
$450.00
$150.00
$7,050.00
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Bay Area Daylily Society
The Bay Area Daylily Society had a fun year planning
and hosting the past Spring Regional. Thank you to all
the members of AHS who attended and praised our
hospitality! It was the first Spring Regional we had
hosted, and the first that many of our members attended.
We hope to have many of our members going to the
next Spring Regional now that they know how fun it
can be!
We had our annual picnic at Jeff and Linda Johnson’s
Daylily and Bamboo Farm, where new officers Dennis
Hoffman, Vice President and Secretary Carol Robinson
were voted to join President Kay Smith and Treasurer
Linda Sample.
A planning meeting/social will be held at Kay’s Indian
Rocks Beach house on August 27th to plan for the
year. Regular meeting will start in September, meeting
on the 3rd Sunday of each month. Thank you to Roger
Hopper, who keeps our website, www.bads.us, updated
with time and location of all of our meetings. Any one
wishing to visit us, may also email me at
kayasmith@earthlink.net for directions.
— Kay Smith
Spring Regional Memories
Friday Night Social at Kay
Smith’s Garden
Munson Bed at Xcaliber Farms
Guest Speaker Lynn Purse
Enjoying the Tour Gardens
Seedling #36 - Munson Winner
Linda & Gray Sample’s Garden
Dennis & Ellen Hoffman’s Garden
Dwain Miller & Mark Headley’s
Garden
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Jeff & Linda Johnson’s Garden
Doug & JoAnn Good’s Garden
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Region 12 Club Reports
Central Florida Daylily Society
The Central Florida Daylily Society held its Forty
Second annual show and sale at the Harry P. Leu
Gardens in Orlando, FL on May 20, 2006.
CFDS
Memorial
H. ‘Two to Tango’
exhibited by CJ Gregory
CFDS Fav.
Color
H. ‘Dr. Julius Charba’
exhibited by Jay Charba
Best in Show
Seedling
exhibited by Marjorie Kinnebrew
Sweepstakes
Wayne & Fern Johnson
Off-Scape Winners:
On-Scape Entries
Off-Scape Entries
On-Scape Winners:
Extra Large
Flower
H. ‘Enduring Love’
exhibited by CJ Gregory
Large Flower
H. ‘Gwen Denny’
exhibited by Marjorie Kinnebrew
Small Flower
H. ‘Christmas Wishes’
exhibited by CJ Gregory
Mini Flower
H. ‘My Gal Sal’
exhibited by Wayne & Fern Johnson
Extra Large
Flower
H. ‘Fred Ham’
exhibited by Wayne & Fern Johnson
Double Flower H. ‘Tropical Delight’
exhibited by Wayne & Fern Johnson
Large Flower
H. ‘Spacecoast Technical Knockout’
exhibited by Marjorie Kinnebrew
Spider
Small Flower
H. ‘Magic Mandolin’
exhibited by Wayne & Fern Johnson
Unusual Form H. ‘Desert Icicle’
exhibited by CJ Gregory
Mini Flower
H. ‘After the Fall’
exhibited by Arlene Wierschem
H. ‘Lines of Splendor’
exhibited by Jo Ann Little
Double Flower H. ‘Little Enchantress’
exhibited by Wayne & Fern Johnson
Spider
H. ‘Wind Beneath My Sails’
exhibited by Jo Ann Little
Seedling
exhibited by Marjorie Kinnebrew
Achievement
Medal
‘Dr. Julius Charba’
exhibited by Marjorie Kinnebrew
R.W. Munson H. ‘Eye of the Hurricane’
Award
exhibited by Marjorie Kinnebrew
Awards Table
Fall 2006
‘Magic Mandolin’
The Show was a wonderful display of 93 scapes and
101 offscape blooms.
— Henry Matutino
Achievement Medal Winner
Judges
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North Florida Daylily Society
Youth
The North Florida Daylily Show was held on the 20th of
May, at the Mandarin Garden Club. We gained two
new members. Total scapes competing 254, with
$2,300.00 made on plant sales and 350 people attending
the show.
Popularity Poll H. ‘Mary Ethel Anderson’
exhibited by Bob and Gail Reese
Awards from the show:
Best in Show
H. ‘Mary Ethel Anderson’
exhibited by Bob and Gail Reese
Wilbur Causey
Seedling
Not awarded
exhibited by Hugh Buntyn
R.W. Munson Not awarded
Award
Extra Large
H. ‘Boundless Beauty’
exhibited by Wilbur Causey
Sweepstakes
Large Flower
H. ‘Piping Pink’
exhibited by Wilbur Causey
Small Flower
H. ‘Dragon Heart’
exhibited by Wilbur Causey
Wilbur Causey is an 81 Year Old who joined the club
after the first of the year. Its very clear he came to
win!!!
Mini Flower
H. ‘Paris Lace’
exhibited by Bob and Gail Reese
Double Flower H. ‘Magician’s Apprentice’
exhibited by Wilbur Causey
Spider
H. ‘Crazy Crane’
exhibited by Wilbur Causey
Unusual Form H. ‘Wind Frills’
exhibited by Wilbur Causey
New officers were elected on June 11, 2006:
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice President
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
Ray Wensell
Donald Schnepel
Evelyn Olschner
Pat Shomer
Fran Nealon
Dale O’bar
— Ray Wensell
‘Mary Ethel Anderson’
‘Wind Frills’
‘Crazy Crane’
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Pensacola Hemerocallis Society
Winners were as follows:
The Pensacola Daylily Club presented the fifty-third
annual daylily show on Sunday, May 29th in University
Mall. We only had 83 scapes exhibited due to an early
bloom season, the show being a week later than usual,
and on large exhibitor not exhibiting because the show
was on Sunday. Only four of us, Carl Brady, James
Hall, Greene Hawks and Tom Dickson exhibited more
than four scapes. Sadly, no one from Mobile exhibited
since their show was on May 28th.
Extra Large
H. ‘Aaron’s Dinner Plate’
exhibited by James Hall
Large Flower
H. ‘Junzi’
exhibited by James Hall
Small Flower
H. ‘Spacecoast Perfect Angel’
exhibited by James Hall
James Hall not
only won sweepstakes, he would
have also won if
only his purple
ribbons had been
counted. Most of
the blooms in
contention for
‘Penny Pinsley’
awards were
between two of those that James had entered.
Spider
Special thanks to Tom Dickson, who, by storing our
properties in his barn, saves the club approximately
$1,000.00 a year. He also loads/unloads the properties
at the barn and transports them to the show. “T”
Morris purchased the crystal awards, and Greene and
Marion Hawks placed the awards at the show. The
show was setup by Carl Brady, Gloria Harris, Greene
and Marion Hawks and Tom Dickson. Elizabeth
Braxton and Ashley Maacks assisted the above five in
breaking down the show. Gloria Harris handled Clerks,
Placement, Tabulation of Sweepstakes and was always
there when needed. Carl Brady, Tom Dickson, and
Mollie Klemas contributed plants for the highly successful plant sale conducted almost exclusively by
Mollie. Ashley Maacks sat at the Education/Membership table most of the day, and signed-up five new club
members and two new AHS members, including
herself. It is estimated that over four hundred people
looked at our daylily exhibits.
Judges were: Nell Keown, Mobile, AL; Clyde Manning, Lillian, AL; Bill Robinson, Biloxi, MS; Elaine
Smelley, Moss Point, MS; Viola Steadham, Pensacola,
FL; Jack and Michele Templeton, Lawrenceville, GA;
Linda Touchstone, Laurel, MS; Shelia Watson,
Moselle, MS.
Fall 2006
Double Flower H. ‘Penny Pinsley’
exhibited by James Hall
H. ‘Magic of Oz’
exhibited by James Hall
Unusual Form H. ‘Morning All Day’
exhibited by James Hall
Popularity Poll H. ‘King Kahuna’
exhibited by Carl Brady
Seedling
exhibited by Carl Brady
R.W. Munson H. ‘Fancy Face’
Award
exhibited by Greene Hawks
Jack Temple
Spider Awd.
H. ‘Magic of Oz’
exhibited by James Hall
Best in Show
H. ‘Penny Pinsley’
exhibited by James Hall
Sweepstakes
James Hall
The club now meets at the
Garden Center, 1850 North
9th Avenue, on the second
Monday of the month,
January through July. In
October the club holds a
plant auction, using the club
dollars awarded for participation and contribution as
well as real dollars, for club
plants and others donated.
Carl Brady seedling
Noteworthy events were the amendments of the Club’s
Constitution, establishment of a Daylily garden at the
Pensacola Junior College Milton campus; establishment
of a Daylily garden at the Master Gardeners Display
Garden at the County Extension Service; purchase a
PowerPoint Projector; election of Ashley Maacks as
club VP, and growth of the club from 12 to 27 members.
— Carl Brady
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Region 12 Club Reports
Sunbelt Daylily Chapter
We have sadly lost, one of our former members, Clem
Sabine, whose wife Marcelle and loving family will
sadly miss him. Jane Trimmer has sadly lost her
mother this spring. Pat Weber just recently lost her
husband too. Our condolences to all of you and your
families in this difficult time, may the smiles of those
you have loved be expressed on your faces as they
continue to warm your heart with fond memories.
Thanks to all who
participated in the
Twenty-Fifth annual
Sunbelt Daylily Show at
the Sanford Civic Center
on Sunday, May 21,
2006!
‘Storm Damage’
Here are the awards from our show:
Best in Show
H. ‘Storm Damage’
exhibited by Dan Hansen
Sweepstakes
Frank Smith
Off-scape:
Mini Flower
H. ‘Enchanted Circle’
exhibited by CJ Gregory
Double Flower
H. ‘Child Within’
exhibited by Wayne &
Fern Johnson
Spider
H. ‘Marked by Lydia’
exhibited by CJ Gregory
CJ Gregory and Dawn Page
helping a customer
Finally, the Sunbelt Group wishes to publicly proclaim
that they are forever indebted to Mr. David Kirchhoff
and Mr. Mort Morss as they will be leaving for Kentucky in September. Mere words can not express our
gratitude to them for their tremendous contribution to
the Sunbelt club. It has truly been an honor to have
On-scape:
Extra Large
H. ‘Feminine Frills’
exhibited by Richard Page
Large Flower
H. ‘Moment in the Sun’
exhibited by Frank Smith
Small Flower
Not awarded
Mini Flower
Not awarded
Double Flower H. ‘Florida Carnival’
exhibited by Dan Hansen
Spider
H. ‘Skinwalker’
exhibited by Jo Ann Little
Unusual Form H. ‘Storm Damage’
exhibited by Dan Hansen
Youth
Visitors admiring theentries
you in our organization. We wish you the very best!
— Richard Page
Not awarded
Popularity Poll Not awarded
Seedling
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exhibited by Frank Smith
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Suwannee Valley Daylily Society
The daylily show
was well received
by the public.
Many visitors
attended the show
held at the Lake
City Mall. Our
show chairman,
Gene Perry, got a
lot of experience
Ottis Houston and Jerome Ridaught while acting as
at the Awards Table
show chairman
for the first time.
He liked it so well; he has volunteered to serve again
next year. That’s the kind of members we need.
Thanks, Gene.
Awards Table
Popularity Poll H. ‘Jerry Nettles’
exhibited by Reba Ridaught
Seedling
exhibited by Mary Anne Houston
R.W. Munson H. ‘Mysterious Eyes’
Award
exhibited by Eddy Scott
Best in Show
H. ‘Jerry Nettles’
exhibited by Reba Ridaught
Sweepstakes
Reba Ridaught
Our June meeting resulted in the following officers
being elected for next year.
‘Let It Rip’
Show Winners:
Extra Large
H. ‘Clothed in Glory’
exhibited by Reba Ridaught
Large Flower
H. ‘Dr. Julius Charba’
exhibited by Reba Ridaught
Small Flower
H. ‘Breed Apart’
exhibited by Reba Ridaught
Mini Flower
H. ‘Dark Avenger’
exhibited by Bob Reese
Ottis Houston, President
Gene Perry, V. President
Nora Michaels, Secretary
Gabi Heim, Treasurer
We also had some volunteers to take on some special
jobs to make the club run smoother. We are looking
forward to another good year starting in September.
— Ottis Houston
Double Flower H. ‘Powder Puff Truffle’
exhibited by Ottis Houston
Spider
H. ‘Let It Rip’
exhibited by Eddy Scott
Unusual Form H. ‘Suburban Clainey’
exhibited by Ottis Houston
Youth
Fall 2006
Not awarded
‘Dr. Julius Charba’
‘Powder Puff Truffle’
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Region 12 Club Reports
Tallahassee Daylily Society
Tallahassee had another great flower show at the
Tallahassee Mall on
Sunday May 21,
2006 with 347
entries. Considering
the unusual weather
(cooler nights than
usual) we were
pleasantly surprised
to have such a great
Show Visitors
turnout.
Our judges included Floyd Sewell, Jacksonville, FL;
Linda Sample, Tampa, FL; Elaine Alito, Kenneth City,
FL; Earnest Yearwood, Milledgeville, GA; Joe Watson,
Milledgeville, GA; Barbara Kirby, Warner Robins, GA;
Marion Tyus,
Albany GA; Ottis
Houston, Lake
City, FL and Kay
Smith (Jr. Judge) ,
Indian Rocks
Beach, FL. The
weekend began on
Saturday night
with dinner at
Judges
Cracker Barrel for
the judges and club members.
Sharon Agosta served as Show Chair and Jill Mercer
as Co-chair. A plant wash was held the Friday before
the show at the home of Joe and Sharon Agosta with
the following club members participating: Hayes &
Kim Green, Opal
Howell, Emily
Jennings, Lynn &
Liz Lewis, Ned
Megargee, Jill
Mercer, Sylvia
Owens, Maryzell
Roberts, Dot Ryan
and Tricia Skinner.
There were so
‘Skinwalker’
many plants
donated, the plant wash lasted until midnight! Many
thanks to all who participated. The plant sale was a
great success.
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Show Winners:
Extra Large
H. ‘Giant on the Mountain’
exhibited by Emmett Moore
Large Flower
H. ‘Black Ambrosia’
exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
Small Flower
H. ‘Celtic Princess’
exhibited by Claudette Collins
Mini Flower
H. ‘Dark Avenger’
exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
Double Flower H. ‘Savannah Souvenir’
exhibited by James Fleming
Spider
H. ‘Skinwalker’
exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
Unusual Form H. ‘Desert Icicle’
exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
Youth
H. ‘Broadway Gypsy’
exhibited by Patrick Collins
Popularity Poll H. ‘Mary Ethel Anderson’
exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
Seedling
exhibited by Michael Drew Miller
Edith Butler/
H. ‘Reba My Love’
Dot Ryan Awd. exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
R. W. Munson H. ‘Neon Rainbow’
Award
exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
Best in Show
H. ‘Skinwalker’
exhibited by Emily Hawthorne
Sweepstakes
Emily Hawthorne
Tallahassee will host the Fall Region 12 Meeting
October 14, 2006. Information sheet and registration
form are included in this newsletter. Looking forward
to seeing you there!
— Sharon Agosta
‘Black Ambrosia’
‘Reba My Love’
Region 12 Newsletter
Daylily Clubs in Region 12
Bay Area Daylily Society
Pensacola Daylily Club
Kay Smith, President
232 Gulf Blvd.
Indian Rocks Beach, FL 33785
(727) 595-5991
Email: kayasmith@earthlink.net
Note: Meets at 1:30 p.m. on the third Sunday of
each month September-May at locations in
Pinellas or Hillsborough Co., to be announced.
Carl Brady, President
825 N. 77th Ave
Pensacola, FL 32508
(850) 453-6656
Email: opusg@cox.net
Note: Meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday
of each month January-July at the Garden Center,
1850 North 9th Avenue, Pensacola.
Central Florida Daylily Society
Sunbelt Daylily Chapter
Henry Matutino, President
4224 Settlers Court
St. Cloud, FL 34772
(407) 957-7010
Email: CAnGeLsB4U@aol.com
Note: Meets at 2:00 p.m. on the third Sunday of
each month September-April at the Garden
House at Leu Gardens, Orlando.
Richard Page, President
6350 Allmont Street
Cocoa, FL 32927
(321) 639-1345
Email: nrgpage@cfl.rr.com
Note: Meets at 2:00 p.m. on the first Sunday of
each month September-April at the Seminole
Agriculture Center, Sanford.
Choctawhatchee Hemerocallis Society
Suwannee Valley Daylily Society
Jean McCarthy, President
287 Crest Drive
Destin, FL 32550
(850) 650-8105
Email: jeanmac5@cox.net
Note: Meets at 2:00 p.m. on the fourth
Tuesday of each month January-June at the
Walton Cty Extension Service, DeFuniak Springs.
Ottis Houston, President
2147 SW State Rd. 47
Lake City, FL 32025-9180
(386) 752-4654
Email: comahoust@aol.com
Note: Meets at 2:00 p.m. on the third Sunday of
each month September-June at the Columbia
County Public Library, Lake City.
Daylily Society of the Palm Beaches
Tallahassee Daylily Society
Frances Hunter
201 Potter Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33405
(561) 585-1109
Note: Club is inactive now, wishes to be revived.
Contact Frances about membership.
North Florida Daylily Society
Ray Wensell
1900 St. George Court
Middleburg, FL 32068
(904) 215-9457
Email: rtcritter1@bellsouth.net
Note: Meets at 2:15 p.m. on the second Sunday
of each month September-June at the Orange
Park Library, Orange Park.
Fall 2006
Sharon Agosta, President
7444 Creekridge Circle
Tallahassee, FL 32309
(850) 668-1368
Email: sagosta@mindspring.com
Note: Meets at 2:00 p.m. on the fourth Sunday of
each month Sept.-April (except Dec.) at the Leon
County Cooperative Extension Center, Tallahassee.
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Encourage your fellow club members and
friends to become a member of AHS!
American Hemerocallis Society
Membership Rates:
Individual (1 yr.) ............... $18.00
Individual (3 yrs.) .............. $50.00
Family (1 yr.) .................... $22.00
Family (3 yrs.) .................. $60.00
Sustaining ......................... $65.00
Life ................................ $500.00
Dual Life ........................ $750.00
Youth ................................. $8.00
Dues are to be paid by January 1s t.
Make checks payable to the American Hemerocallis Society
Mail to: Pat Mercer
AHS Executive Secretary
P.O. Box 10
Dexter, GA 31019
Virginia Gregory, RPD
AHS Region 12
3801 Pelican Lane
Orlando, FL 32803-3030
First Class Postage
Applied