Pages - AHS Region 2

American Hemerocallis Society 

Fall 2000/Winter 2001 

Region 2/Great Lakes 

Newsletter

AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter 

National President 

Kay Day 

7003 Woodridge Drive 

Flower Mound, TX 75028-5873 

Kay.Day@wwflightservices.com 

American Hemerocallis Society National Officer 

icers 

Executiv 

ecutive e Secretar 

ary 

Pat Mercer 

P.O. Box 10 

Dexter, GA 31019 

gmercer@nlamerica.com 

Editor or of The Daylily ylily Journal 

James R. Brennan 

37 Maple Avenue 

Bridgewater, MA 02324 

508-697-4802 

jrbjgb@rcn.com 

AHS Region 2 Director 

Martha Seaman 

8875 Fawn Meadow Lane 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45242 

(513) 791-5183 

elfcat@earthlink.net 

Regional Treasurer 

Gene Dewey 

2125 Fox Avenue 

Madison, Wisconsin 53711-1920 

(608) 255-0858 

gldewey@facstaff.wisc.edu 

Regional Honors s & Awards Chair 

Philipp Brockington 

573 E. 600 North 

Valparaiso, Indiana 46363 

(219) 462-4288 

Philipp.Brockington@valpo.edu 

The American 

Hemerocallis 

Society 

Membership Rates 

Individual (1 year) ................ $18.00 

Individual (3 years) .............. $50.00 

Family (1 year) ..................... $22.00 

Family (3 years) ................... $60.00 

Sustaining ........................... $65.00 

Life (from 10/1/2000) ...... $500.00 

Youth ..................................... $8.00 

Dues are to be paid by 

January 1 of each year 

ear. 

Make checks payable to the AHS. 

Mail to: Pat Mercer 

P.O. Box 10 

Dexter, GA 31019 

gmercer@nlamerica.com 

Page 2 Fall 2000/Winter 2001 

1999-2000 Region 2 Officer 

icers and Liaisons 

Regional Vice President 

Mary M. Milanowski 

452 Collindale N.W. 

Grand Rapids, Michigan 49504 

(616) 453-3769 

LilyGal@aol.com 

Regional Editor 

Gisela Meckstroth 

6488 Red Coach Lane 

Reynoldburg, Ohio 43068-1661 

(614) 864-0132 (Fax: same number) 

gisela-meckstroth@worldnet.att.net 

AHS Honors & Awar 

ards 

ds Region 

2 Liaisons 

Drs. Jerry and Caroline Benser 

2407 Vine Street 

LaCrosse, Wisconsin 54601-3864 

(608) 782-4417 

sonotenore@aol.com 

Regional Youth Liaison Co-chairs 

Cynthia Blanchard 

3256 S. Honeytown Road 

Apple Creek, Ohio 44606-9047 

(330) 698-3091 

and 

Carol Hauenstein 

15409 Barrs Road SW 

Dalton, Ohio 44618 

(330) 833-7004 

Regional Ways & Means 

Lea Ann and Don Williams 

12246 Spurgeon Road 

Lynnville, Indiana 47619-8065 

(812) 922-5288 

drw@dynasty.net 

Regional Archiv 

hives 

Joanne Larson 

49 Woodland Drive 

Barrington, Illinois 60010-1912 

(847) 381-1484 

Regional Publicity Director 

Ed Myers 

5157 Bixford Avenue 

Canal Winchester, Ohio 43110-8606 

(614) 836-5456 

EdVamyers@aol.com 

Regional Secretar 

ary 

Virginia Myers 

5157 Bixford Avenue 

Canal Winchester, OH 43110-8606 

(614) 836-5456 

EdVamyers@aol.com 

Regional Exhibition Judges Liaison 

Richard Ford 

Box 55 

Petersburg, Illinois 62675 

(217) 632-3791 

ford@fgi.net 

Regional Garden den Judges Liaison 

Phyllis Cantini 

3140 Elder Road North 

West Bloomfield, Michigan 48324-2416 

(248) 363-2352 

phylliscantini@cs.com 

Editorial Policy 

The American Hemerocallis Society 

Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter is 

published twice a year for the benefit 

of American Hemerocallis Society 

members residing in Region 2. As 

such, the editorial focus of the publication 

centers on: 

• Hemerocallis. 

• AHS and Region 2 events. 

• Region 2 members and hybridizers. 

Submissions are encouraged. The 

editor reserves the right to edit for 

space, grammar, and focus on the 

three criteria cited above.



Fall 2000/Winter 2001 

Table of Contents 

Page 

THE AMERICAN 

HEMEROCALLIS 

SOCIETY 

Note: 

Director’s Report ................................................................................. 2 

National Convention Calendar ........................................................... 2 

AHS Daylily Dictionary is On-line ..................................................... 2 

RVP’s Message .................................................................................... 3 

RPD’s Notes......................................................................................... 4 

Editor’s Message ................................................................................. 4 

AHS Region 2 Summer Meeting – Minutes ....................................... 5 

Report from Youth Liaisons ............................................................... 6 

Features 

•An Interview with Richard Ford .............................................. 8 

•Iconoclast’s Corner: Why Hybridizing Daylilies is Tricky..... 12 

Region 2 Summer Meeting 2001 Preview ........................................ 14 

Region 2 Winter Auction 2001 .....................................................15-17 

Region 2 Summer Meeting 2000 

•Recap of Tour Gardens ........................................................18-26 

Region 2 Symposium 2001– A Daylily Odyssey (Registration/Agenda) 27 

Region 2 Symposium 2000 (Recap of Presentations continued) .... 29 

This and That from AHS to Region 2 News ..................................... 31 

•New Region 2 Web Site ............................................................ 31 

•Future Region 2 Meetings/Englerth Award Information ....... 31 

•Region 2 Hybridizers Meeting ................................................. 31 

•Messages from Exhibition and Garden Judges Liaisons ....... 32 

•AHS Personal Awards and Honors Information .......................... 32 

•In Memory of Judith Vaughn .................................................. 33 

•Update about the Hybridizers Showcase Daylily Garden ...... 33 

•Englerth and Hite Awards Recipients ................................34-35 

•Region 2 AHS Awards Recipients ............................................ 36 

•Howard Hite Achievement Award Ballot ................................ 37 

•Region 2 Club News ............................................................38-42 

•Region 2 New Members ...................................................... 43-44 

Advertisements ....................................................................... 7, 13, 23 

The page numbers in this PDF/web-site version of this newsletter differ from those in the 

printed issue. PDF numbers all pages, including front-back covers and inside covers. To 

find the items as listed in the table of contents, add 2 to the page number; for example: 

advertisements can be found on pages 9, 15, and 25) 

Front Cover: 

Inside Pages: 

Three clumps of red daylilies in Larsons’ garden in 

Barrington, Illinois. (Photo by Gisela Meckstroth) 

Unless otherwise indicated, all photos/images are by 

Editor Gisela Meckstroth. 

Region 2/Great Lakes 

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Daylily Newsle 

wslett 

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er 

Deadlines 

Spring/Summer Issue: 

March 1 

Fall/Winter Issue: 

September 1 

Out-of Region 

Subscriptions 

$10.00 per year 

Make checks payable to 

AHS Region 2 and send 

to: 

AHS Region 2 Treasurer 

(see address on inside 

front cover) 

Display Adv 

dver 

ertising 

Rates for Inside Pages 

Full Page .................. $70.00 

Half Page .................. $45.00 

Quarter Page ............ $30.00 

Make checks payable to AHS 

Region 2 and send it with your 

request to the editor. 

(please note the deadlines above) 

Fall 2000/Winter 2001 Page 3


A Lett 

tter from our Director 

Martha Seaman 

Recently, some of us have returned 

from the 2000 AHS Convention 

in Philadelphia and the Region 

Two 2000 Annual Meeting in 

Chicago. Both of these were wonderful 

meetings – beautiful gardens, 

which would be difficult to see at 

other times – interesting speakers, 

fascinating workshops, and, best of 

by Martha Seaman 

all, the renewal of old friendships. 

You see many of the same people at 

these yearly meetings and, I suspect, 

it’s because once you’ve attended 

one, it becomes something 

you want to do again. Those of us 

who are in the habit of going to 

these annual events, eagerly look 

forward to them. 

I’m surprised that more AHS members 

don’t take advantage of these 

“If you haven’t tried one of 

these annual AHS meetings, 

you’re missing something very 

special!” 

Martha Seaman 

“mini vacations.” They are easy to 

fit into a busy schedule since they 

are mostly on weekends; they are 

relatively inexpensive, considering 

what you receive; and they give 

pleasure that lasts all year. 

If you haven’t tried one of these 

annual AHS meetings, you’re missing 

something very special! 

Jill Yost 2000 

Looking ahead at the 

National Convention Calendar 

AHS Daylily 

Dictionary is On-line 

by AHS Publications Committee Chair 

Melanie Mason 

AHS is proud to introduce a new 

chapter to its already wonderful 

web site, the new DAYLILY DICTIO- 

NARY. If you have access to the 

internet, do yourself a favor and pull 

up the AHS web site, 

http://www.daylilies.org. 

On the right side, you’ll find written 

in red, “New Feature: Daylily 

Dictionary.” Clicking on those 

words in red color opens the forward 

link to the dictionary.Then, click on 

the words “Go to Terms Page” in the 

black bar at the top. Here’s a list of 

all those odd-ball words that daylily 

fanatics exchange in elevators 

at conventions and in the back seat 

on the way to meetings that you 

may have been too shy to ask about. 

The Dictionary offers entries from “Alkaloid” 

to “Zygote,” and it works much 

like consulting an encyclopedia, showing 

drawings or images to illustrate the 

meaning of the selected term. Within 

the text pages, embedded links may 

lead the reader to other terms or associated 

articles. 

Perhaps you’d heard “tarnished 

plant bug” being bandied about as 

a possible cause of Spring Sickness; 

perhaps you’d heard someone discussing 

the veining of a particular 

flower, or perhaps you just wondered 

about the difference between 

(continued on page 30) 

2001 ........... New England Daylily Society, Boston, MA ............................ July 18-22 ............... 2001 

2002 ........... Southern Michigan Hemerocallis Society, Troy, MI ................. July 17-20 ............... 2002 

2003 ........... Mid-Carolina Daylily Society, Charlotte, NC .......................... June 18-21 .............. 2003 

2004 ........... The Greater St. Louis Hemerocallis Society, St. Louis, MO ............. June 30-July 3 .......... 2004 

2005 ........... Pensacola Hemerocallis Society, Pensacola, FL ....................... May 18-21 .............. 2005 

2006 ........... Long Island DS, Long Island, NY ........................................ July 13-16 ............... 2006 

Page 4 Fall 2000/Winter 2001

It is hard to believe that the year 

2000 is almost over – in terms of 

gardening. We were very thankful 

for the abundance of rain we received 

in our area in May, followed 

by an adequate rain in June. 

At one point it felt as though we 

would be as much as three weeks 

ahead of our normal peak bloom 

season, but things quieted down 

and, at best, we ended up about one 

week ahead of schedule. 

The most interesting weather related 

item was that we never hit 90 

degrees in West Michigan, not even 

in August when things can get very 

warm and humid leaving us all running 

to our air-conditioned homes 

and cars. 

As I reflect over the last four years 

of serving the AHS and the Region 

Two membership, I wish to express 

my deepest gratitude to all of you 

who donated plants for, and purchased 

plants at our auctions keeping 

our Region Two treasury in a 

healthy financial condition. Our 

goal of having adequate funding 

that would carry us into 2002, a 

time during which we would not 

have the usual meeting/auction for 

the purpose of raising funds to publish 

the newsletter, has been met. 

Then, there are those who gave 

their time and energy to carry out 

our AHS Region Two mandates: 

The annual summer meeting hosts 

(Ohio Daylily Society, Grand Valley 

Daylily Society, Metropolitan 

Daylily Society, and the Chicagoland 

Daylily Society), exhibition clinics 

(Lu and Orville Dickhaut and Richard 

Ford), and garden judges 

workshops (Phyllis Cantini). With 

the assistance from those volunteers, 

we were treated to great garden 

tours and an increase of 9 AHS 

members who gained exhibition 

judge status and some 40 Students 

in Training, of whom some will 

reach exhibition judge status in 

RVP Message 

by Mary Milanowski 

2001. Our region made a net gain 

of 28 garden judges with the possibility 

of 10 more new garden judge 

applicants by the December 1, 

2000, deadline. 

Our Region Two membership numbers 

grew from mailing the newsletter 

to 1,043 households in the 

spring of 1997 to 1,478 households 

as of September 2000. We also experienced 

a gain of 7 new clubs 

within the region. 

Our daylily ambassadors, Region 

Two AHS Display Gardens, increased 

by 20. 

All of this is a result of you, the 

volunteers, who gave of your time 

and effort. THANK YOU on behalf 

of everyone in the region. 

**** 

A special Thank You to those board 

members who have served countless 

hours keeping the region’s 

books (Gene Dewey 1997/2000), region 

records (Virginia Myers 1999/ 

2000), publishing a newsletter 

(Gisela Meckstroth 1999/2000), and 

our publicity director (Ed Myers 

1999/2000) who served double duty 

working on the 1997 and 1999 annual 

summer meetings in conjunction 

with his normal duties during 

his 1995/96 and 1999/2000 tenure 

on the board. 

In January 2001, the baton will be 

handed off to Greg McMullen who 

will bring with him new energy and 

ideas for serving AHS and Region 

Two. 

This year our board was pleased to 

have the support from the membership 

in funding the planned Region 

Two web site that Greg will be playing 

a major role in establishing. 

Your support for Region Two and 

Greg is essential to the continued 

growth of this region. (See page 31 

for more information about our Region 

Two Web Site.) 

**** 


RVP Mary Milanowski 

The nicest gift a “mom” received this 

summer was coming home from the 

national convention to a yard that 

had been deadheaded by her son 

who has no interest at all in daylilies. 

He reported that it took six 

hours and no golf that day. I hope 

that at the end of next summer I 

can say that my weeding and deadheading 

will be “up to snuff,” and 

that I will be able to enjoy seeing 

peak bloom in my own yard. 

Thanks to all of you for the wonderful 

memories, garden tours, and 

support you gave during the last 

four years! 

Mark your Calendars 

for Events in 2001: 

♦March 2, 3, 4 Region Two 

2001–A Daylily Odyssey, 

Cleveland, Ohio. 

♦June 29–July 1 Region Two 

Summer Meeting hosted by the 

Greater Cincinnati Daylily & 

Hosta Society, Cincinnati, 

Ohio. 

♦July 18–22 National Convention, 

Boston, Massachussetts 



RPD Notes 

Region 2 Popularity Poll oll in the Year ear 2000 

STRAWBERRY CANDY ............ 59 

MOONLIT MASQUERADE ........ 54 

JANICE BROWN .................... 54 

BARBARA MITCHELL ............. 45 

CUSTARD CANDY .................. 35 

ED BROWN .......................... 33 

RED VOLUNTEER .................. 32 

PAPER BUTTERFLY ............... 30 

ORANGE VELVET .................. 29 

BILL NORRIS ........................ 28 

ALWAYS AFTERNOON ............ 28 

MASK OF TIME ..................... 26 

WINEBERRY CANDY .............. 26 

DRAGON’S EYE ..................... 23 

ELIZABETH SALTER .............. 23 

FRANCIS JOINEER ................ 21 

ADMIRAL’S BRAID ................. 20 

SUSAN WEBER ..................... 19 

CANADIAN BORDER PATROL .. 19 

SPIRITUAL CORRIDOR ........... 18 

Ihope everyone in Region 2 

had a great summer and 

that your favorite daylilies 

bloomed well. 

It was a very fast summer for 

Virginia and me as the AHS 

National Convention and the 

Region Two Summer Meeting 

were both during peak bloom 

season, plus judging several 

daylily shows, which took all 

the weekends from the end of 

Ed Myers June through July. 

Any member who has not attended 

a regional meeting or a national convention, 

should try to do this at the first opportunity. The next 

regional will be held in Cincinnati, June 29, 30, and 

July 1, 2001. Not only will the gardens be at their best, 

but you will be able to meet and enjoy the company of 

many daylily enthusiasts from all over the country or 

should I say, from all over the world. 

As I step down from this office as your RPD, I hope 

you will support the new RPD by sending more information 

on club activities and most importantly, that 

you will encourage all of your AHS club members to do 

a better job of participating in the popularity Poll. This 

year, we received 213 ballots, which is up slightly from 

last year’s entries. 

The winners of the three daylilies in the Popularity-Poll 

drawing were: 

Charles Ray, Plainfield, IL ...................... COPPER ROYAL 

William Kelly, Chicago, IL ..................... STREET URCHIN 

Carole Reich, Westmont, IL .................. LADY ARABELLA 

Thanks to all of you who did participate 

in this important poll. 

WEDDING BAND ................... 18 

EL DESPERADO ................... 18 

SMOKY MOUNT. AUTUMN ..... 17 

NOSFERATU ......................... 16 

SMUGGLER’S GOLD ............... 16 

CHRIS SALTER ..................... 16 

DARING DILEMMA ................ 16 

JOYLENE NICHOLE ............... 15 

JEN MELON ......................... 15 

PIRATE’S PATCH ................... 15 

NEAL BERREY ...................... 14 

ROSE EMILY ........................ 14 

RASPBERRY CANDY ............... 14 

CONDILLA ............................ 14 

SHERRY LANE CARR ............. 12 

IDA’S MAGIC ........................ 12 

INDIAN GIVER ...................... 12 

VANILLA FLUFF .................... 12 

PRIMAL SCREAM ................... 12 

KILLER ................................ 12 

Editor’s Message 

It’s been a wonderful experience 

serving for two years as 

your editor. Thank you so 

much for contributing your 

time and your effort to bring 

the news to our members. 

Our spirit of volunteerism is 

the same one that makes our 

many local clubs successful. 

On every level of our daylily 

organization people with a 

shared interest contribute as 

much or as little of the talents 

Gisela Meckstroth which we, as individuals, possess. 

Jill Yost from Pataskala, 

Ohio, for example, contributed the seedpod drawings 

you see in this fall-winter newsletter. 

Staying in touch with article writers and daylily-event 

organizers, gave me an additional incentive to attend 

our annual events, and I found many opportunities to 

make new friends and to renew old friendships. 

A big thrill for me, tagged as a computer enthusiast by 

some friends in our local daylily circles, will be to see 

this newsletter and the three previous issues linked to 

our new Region 2 web site (see page 31 for more information). 

For all who have stumbled around the pothole-peppered 

hi-tech highway as long as I have, it will 

be a rewarding moment when we can click on the newsletter 

link and see color photos on the inside pages (and 

for you, who want a full-color copy, you will be able to 

print the pages to your own color printer). 

When I began as editor, I read all past issues of our 

newsletter. A few days ago, I reread them again. I am 

surprised by some changes related to the ways in which 

we communicate. I am sure that most of you grew up 

with a telephone in your homes. I did not, but since 

1953 I spent most working years in a field that involved 

using the up-to-date communication methods (teletype 

and internet/e-mail). As I reread the past issues, I noticed 

that the inside covers of the Spring-Summer 1998 

newsletter listed not one AHS or regional officer or committee 

member with an e-mail address, and not one of 

our–then–23 local clubs was listed with an e-mail contact. 

In this issue, all but one of our regional committee 

members have an e-mail-address (and the one who 

does not have one listed on the page, does have a privately 

listed one). Fourteen of our–now–27 local clubs 

list the e-mail address of a contact person, and most of 

the other clubs have at least one club member who 

has e-mail capability. The list of AHS Region 2 members 

who have an e-mail address is too long to print in 

our newsletter! Changes in the way we communicate 

are happening fast. As always, some changes are good, 

and some are not so good for most of us. 

Again, thank you for all your help. Next year, I hope 

to be able to serve in another capacity. 

Gisela 



Minutes of the 2000 AHS Region 2 Annual Meeting 

The July 22, 2000, annual meeting of AHS. Region Two, held at the Best Western Hotel, Burr Ridge, 

Illinois, was brought to order by RVP Mary Milanowsky. 

Regional Vice President Mary Milanowski welcomed all in attendance. Mary then introduced those present, 

including national and regional officers, liaisons, out-of-region guests, and youth members. A thank you 

was extended to Co-chairs Pat Bell and Charles Kirin and to the garden owners who so graciously opened 

their gardens to the 195 attendees. 

Region 2 Director Martha Seaman greeted the attendees and gave a brief report on the changes to the 

new AHS bylaws. The yearly dues will remain the same, Life Membership dues will increase to $500.00, 

$250.00 for the Dual Membership so that the membership will continue until the death of both members. 

A new award category has been approved beginning 2001, the R.W. Munson, Jr. Patterned Daylily Award. 

RVP Mary Milanowski then recognized the various clubs, their presidents, and members in attendance. 

! A motion was made, seconded, and approved to dispense with the reading of the Minutes of the 1999 

Region 2 Annual Summer business meeting since they appeared in print in the Fall 1999/Winter 2000 

edition of the Region 2 newsletter. 

! A motion was made, seconded and approved to dispense with the reading of the 1999 Treasurer’s 

report since it appeared in print in the Spring/Summer 2000 edition of the Region 2 newsletter. 

! Region 2 Treasurer Gene Dewey gave a brief update on the Region’s financial status as of June 30, 2000. 

! Ways & Means Co-chair Don Williams gave a report about the 2000 E-Mail Auction and requested 

donations by August 15 for inclusion of the cultivars in the Fall newsletter. 

! RVP Mary then reported on the future A.H.S. national conventions and the future Region 2 meetings. 

The meeting dates can be found in the 2000 Fall/Winter 2001 newsletter. 

! Garden Judges Liaison Phyllis Cantini reported that more Garden Judges are needed in Region 2. 

! Exhibition Judges Liaison Richard Ford reported that more Exhibition Judges are needed in Region 2. 

! Regional Publicity Director Ed Myers asked for items for the fall newsletter, and also reminded those 

present to send their Popularity Poll ballots to him by September 1, 2000. The Popularity Poll can be 

sent by e-mail to: edvamyers@aol.com 

! Newsletter Editor Gisela thanked all for their help in writing up the gardens and for contributing 

articles for the newsletter. 

Harold Steen reported for the RVP Nominating Committee: Greg McMullen has been elected as the new 

Region 2 Vice President for the years 2001-2002. 

AHS Region 2 Honor & Awards Liaison Jerry Benser from Wisconsin, reported several awards were given 

to Region 2 by the American Hemerocallis Society. Detailed information about these will be found in the 

2000 Fall/Winter 2001 newsletter. Jerry then presented the Englerth Award to Leo Sharp for his seedling 

#23-S-234-96. Phyllis Cantini, member of the Southern Michigan Hemerocallis Society presented the 

Howard Hite Award to John Benz. 

RPD Ed Myers gave a report on the projected cost of a Region 2 Web Site, then made a motion that Region 

2 develop a web site, and that the Region appropriate $450 for the first year and $300 a year thereafter to 

fund the web site. A steering committee is to be appointed to manage the site. The motion was seconded by 

Don Williams and the motion was passed by the attendees. 

RVP Mary asked for volunteers for the steering committee’s web site, to be established with a member 

from each of the five state areas. 

Jerry Williams from the Greater Cincinnati Daylily & Hosta Society invited everyone to attend the Region 

2 meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2001. Jerry then gave a quick slide show of the tour gardens. 

The meeting was adjourned and turned over to Co-chair Charles Kirin, who introduced the speaker Robert 

Ellison. 

Respectfully submitted by 

Virginia Myers, Region Two Secretary 



Repor 

eport t from our Region 2 Youth Liaisons 

by Cynthia Blanchard 

What a delightful time was had by all July 21-23 at 

the Region 2 Meeting in the Chicago area. Beautiful 

gardens, meticulous planning by the Chicagoland DS, 

and the pleasure of being with old and new friends 

helped make the meeting a tremendous success. 

Thanks to the many individuals involved in this immense 

undertaking. 

We were pleased to have three enthusiastic youth 

members present at the Region 2 Meeting. Attending 

were Davis Drumm from Charlotte, Michigan, Victoria 

Vinke from Frankfort, Illinois, and McKenzie Williams 

from Evansville, Indiana. 

Davis, a senior this fall at Maple Valley High School, 

gardens with his dad, David. They have around 200 

daylily varieties, and he indicated EL DESPERADO as 

one of his favorites. Living on a 40-acre property, they 

certainly have room to expand. Not only do Davis and 

his father collect and hybridize daylilies, they are also 

interested in unusual animal species. At the present 

time they raise finches, exotic pheasants, fish, and chinchillas, 

to mention just a few. 

Davis plans to attend Michigan State after graduation 

and major in a field relating to animals. 

Victoria Vinke is thirteen years old and will be in the 

eighth grade this year at Heritage Christian School. 

She has her own garden containing 30-40 daylily 

varieties.She mentioned DOMINIC, PUDGIE, and 

BROOKEWOOD OJO POCO as some of her favorites. 

Victoria has a penchant for miniature daylilies, and 

Grace Stamile’s popcorn doubles are at the top of her 

wish list. She is trying her hand at hybridizing. At the 

current time she has 30-40 pods maturing in her garden. 

When she is not gardening, Victoria enjoys playing 

volleyball with friends. 

It was great to see McKenzie Williams return for her 

second Region 2 Meeting. She was one of two youth 

members who attended the meeting in Columbus last 

year. McKenzie is eleven and will be a sixth grader at 

St. James Catholic School. She has her own garden 

containing around 30 different daylilies. DIAMONDS 

AND PEARLS is one of her favorite flowers, and she 

has assigned LOUNGE LIZARD to the #1 place on her 

wish list. 

This is McKenzie’s first year to try hybridizing, and 

she is excited to have some cultivars set pods. Her dad 

is her gardening partner. 

The youth members met on Friday afternoon before 

the banquet. They were delighted to receive two new 

From left to 

right: 

McKensie 

Williams, 

Victoria 

Vinke, 

Davis 

Drumm, 

and Youth 

Liason 

Cynthia 

Blanchard. 

plants each for their garden. Region 2 provided disposable 

cameras for them to use during the meeting, 

along with pads and pens to record details of the photos 

taken. They also received an album in which to display 

the developed photos. 

At the Friday meeting they traced a daylily and 

their names onto a dried and drilled birdhouse gourd. 

My husband, Ken Blanchard, and I grow these in our 

garden every year, and they make wonderful wren 

houses. 

After I arrived home, Ken and I burned the tracings 

into the gourds, and then stained and sealed them. 

Davis, Victoria, and McKenzie received their finished 

birdhouses in the mail about a week later. 

It is a pleasure to see young people excited about daylilies. 

Involving them in the Region 2 Summer Meeting 

is a wonderful way to encourage and stimulate their 

interest. Hopefully, we will see Davis, Victoria, and 

McKenzie again next year along with additional youth 

members. I have served as co-chair Youth Liaison for 

the past two years, and I have enjoyed working with 

the youth members during the meetings. I have also 

enoyed reporting to you through the Region 2 newsletter. 

Carol Hauenstein, my co-chair, will be taking 

over full responsibility for this position in 2001. 

Thanks for your support t these past two year 

ears! 



AHS Region 10 

The Eleventh Presentation of the 

Mid-Winter Symposium 

February 2-4, 2001 

- PROGRAM - 

THURSDAY, , FEBRUAR 

ARY 1, , 2001 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2001 

1:00 -4:00 Visit the Greenhouse at 

All rul8:30 a.m. 

The Species 

Chattanooga Daylily Gardens and 

Gus Guzinski - Michigan 

Workshop - Converting Daylilies - Each Hour 

9:30 Marketing Daylilies for Retail 

Dan Trimmer - Florida 

Jim Stauffer - Pennsylvania 

1:00 p.m. Hospitality - The Gallery Meeting Rooms 

10:00 Stretch Break 

6:30 Dinner as a Group - Not Included 

10:15 Breeding Rebloom Daylilies for 

Buffet at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo 

Northern Gardens 

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2001 

Darrel Apps - New Jersey 

9:00-11:30 Visit the Greenhouse at 

11:00 What the Future Holds - A Slide Program 

Chattanooga Daylily Gardens and 

Dr. Bob Carr - Florida 

Workshop - Converting Daylilies - Each Hour 

12:00 Adjourn 


9:30 a.m. Garden Judges Workshop - Part I 

SPECIAL AIR FARES ON DELTA AIR LINES 

9:30 a.m. Exhibition Judges Clinic - Part I 

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An Inter 

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view with Richard Ford 

by J. Gus Guzinski 

nior choir, sixteen musicals, eleven madrigal dinners. I 

used to direct beginner band, and I’ve recently become 

assistant marching band director. 

Gus: Have you registered ered any of your daylily seedlings 

Richard: 

Yes, I’ve registered four. Ever since I got into 

it–after the first year–I knew I wanted to hybridize for 

late blooming daylilies. So, I started to try to find lates– 

and there weren’t any. There were only mid-lates by 

(Brother Charles) Reckamp. I tried to get as many of 

those as I possibly could. After my second year, I joined 

AHS and called up Pat Stamile, who was heading the 

Round Robins. He put me in the Late Bloom Robin, 

which had just started at that time (today it is called 

the Season Extenders Robin). He was part of it. Don 

Marvin was part of that robin, and so was Bob Sobek. 

Don, Bob, and I are still in it. 

Region 2 Hybridizer and Region 2 Exhibition From there I started finding other plants. We started 

Judges Liaison Richard Ford 

hunting with another small group, that included Gene 

with Interviewer Gus Guzinski 

Foster, trying to find cultivars that bloomed late; that 

is, cultivars that always and dependably bloomed late. 

We started to keep FFO (first flower open) lists and 

found that there were certain cultivars that were al- 

Gus: Richard, how w did you ou become interest 

erested ed in dayways 

in the same order of bloom. This gave us mark- 

lilies 

ers to use for bloom seasons. From this search came 

Richard: 

One time, I was down at my mom’s in more cultivars to use in expanding the gene pool for 

Greenfield, Illinois, and she suggested that I visit her late daylilies. It is still very difficult to find late and 

cousin Nona (Ford0 and see her daylilies. I was looking 

around–they were beautiful things–and out of the 

very late daylilies that are dependably late. 

blue I said, “You know, I am hunting a creative outlet 

Gus: What is late e for you How w do you ou define ine mid-late 

and late 

e 

besides music. Everything I do is related to music. I 

need to do something else that is creative.” She said, 

Richard: 

Over the years we found that dates don’t mean 

“Well, why don’t you hybridize daylilies” She gave me much. What happens in Oregon or even in Indiana, is 

my first course in How to do it, and she presented me not going to occur on the same date in my garden. However, 

the sequence of plants’ blooming times is often 

with a collection of sixteen cultivars, most of which 

were up to date. She even gave me LAVENDER ILLU- the same. We found that it has gotten very complicated 

SION and the tetraploid version of LAVENDER ILLU- to find out why some cultivars are dependably late and 

SION. They were identical except one was a diploid why others vacillate.The mid-late marker is 

and one was a tetraploid. That’s who started me; she FRANDEAN; when it starts to bloom in your garden, 

gave me the daylily “bug.” 

that is the beginning of the mid-late blooming season 

for your garden. The late marker is AUTUMN SHAD- 

Gus: Were you, at least, gardening before then 

OWS. The very late marker is SANDRA ELIZABETH. If 

Richard: 

Yes, somewhat. When we moved into the house you have anything that starts blooming after SE, you 

in St. Petersburg,Illinois, there was nothing there. The definitely have something very late. 

redbud tree was about four feet tall and the hard maple 

Gus: In central Illinois, when does ver 

ery late actually start, 

t, 

a little taller. There were some awful sweet peas; I 

usually 

managed to get rid of those. The ones on the fence are 

Richard: 

Toward the last of July, somewhere in there. 

still there, but they don’t belong to me. Every thing 

It differs from year to year; that is why we use 

else expanded from that. I started a small island bed 

marker plants. 

around that small maple tree, and that once small bed 

is now a gigantic island. 

Gus: That’s peak season for me. 

Gus: You said music. What is your prof 

ofession 

Richard: 

Oh, yes. Latitude makes a big difference. However, 

if you look at the USDA maps, climate zones are 

Richard: 

I teach general music; but, I’ve taught Kindergarten 

through 6th grade, class piano, junior choir, se- 

in others. My zone is almost like Bob Sobek’s (who 

really compressed in some areas, and they spread out 

lives

An Inter 

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ord 

in Graniteville, MA) on the map, but his plants still do 

not behave the same as mine. Water, temperature, how 

much sun you have in the spring–all have a big effect 

on when things get started. A late, cool spring can be 

followed by a hot, sunny summer and, then, all the 

seasons get smashed together without an early season. 

Some of the mid-lates will decide to bloom early 

and some later; there are so many variables and so 

many combinations! 

Gus: Since you’re interest 

erested ed in lates and obviously grow 

more lates than most people, what percentage of the 

cultivar 

ars that you grow are actually late 

Richard: 

I have about 400 hundred cultivars of which 

only about 50 of them are late. I have more late seedlings 

than there are named late cultivars. 

Gus: In my y garden, when I used to keep FFO O records on 

all my y daylilies, I found that 85 to 90% of all daylily cultivar 

ars s started ed to bloom within a two o week period. I was 

as 

already trying to collect early blooming cultivar 

ars s then. 

Richard: 

Yes, there is a peak. When you first start recording 

in summer, you have a small list, and then it 

suddenly expands so fast that you have three pages of 

names in a day. Then, it very quickly drops down to 

the point when almost nothing is starting to bloom. 

Gus: What is Nona (Ford) up to these days 

ys 

Richard: 

Nona is doing pretty good. She is still hybridizing. 

She is really not interested in getting things out 

and winning awards, although she has won a couple 

already. She is still introducing a lot of things that are 

really wonderful. She has some unusual seedlings. She 

calls one of them “Weird” because it starts out in the 

morning sort of a red with green below it, but by the 

end of the day it has gone blotchy and mottled. It is 

bizarre. She probably won’t register it because of the 

problem of how to describe it. The color changes 

throughout the day. 

Gus: You have been involv 

olved in AHS itself, pretty much 

from your beginning in daylilies. 

Richard: 

Yes. I joined immediately after Nona got me 

started. 

Gus: How long before you joined a committee or became 

a judge or liaison 

Richard: 

It was couple of years until I went to my first 

regional meeting. It was in Indianapolis. I went to the 

ord (continued ) 

DO YOU KNOW ... 


garden judges and the exhibition judges clinics. In fact, 

I took my test at Marge Soules’ place. It was maybe 103 

degrees, and the scapes were outside. We had to hurry 

and judge them before they wilted. As a matter of fact, 

they were wilting right in front of us, and the instructors 

were urging us to hurry, because what the panel of 

judges had judged was not going to be what we were 

going to see. It was rather sad. I knew that if I was going 

to get into breeding daylilies, I was going to get into all 

parts of daylily activities. I really wanted to do it and I 

have done it. 

Gus: You were Youth Liaison for Region 2 

Richard: 

I was for a couple of years. That is rather tricky 

because you get maybe three kids coming to the regional 

meeting. Trying to get clubs involved just doesn’t 

happen. Nobody replies to you. You give them ideas, 

but you don’t get feedback. When the Dickhauts decided 

to drop being liaison for the exhibition judges, I 

took that position over. 

Gus: Why y don’t we e have e more exhibition judges 

Richard: 

I think it is related to why we don’t have more 

garden judges. People think it is more difficult than it 

really is. It’s not. The more you get into daylilies, the 

more you realize that you think, “I like this one because...” 

You are already starting to judge daylilies. 

Your likes and dislikes are developing. In garden judging, 

you have to look at everything whether you like it 

or not. Being an exhibition judge asks you to go a step 

further, to drop all kinds of prejudices and to focus on 

certain qualities, and to look for specific things while 

trying to focus your thoughts on trying to come out 

with the same results as all other exhibition judges. 

Most of the time when judges in a panel don’t agree, it 

is because prejudices come forward. 

Gus: An exhibition is judged more on horticulture, or 

scape maintenance, or what 

Richard: 

Exhibition judging is really a game for the 

people exhibiting. Judges are the middlemen between 

the club putting on the show and the public. If, for example, 

we–as judges–see a cultivar and mark it down 

because it is the wrong size, the public won’t know 

that and won’t understand that. Many times the club 

members themselves don’t understand that. We end 

up in the middle trying to explain that we look for cercontinued 

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Richard Ford and Betty Thomsen 

tain things. We judge the scapes against their registered 

standards. The game really begins when the 

people exhibiting suddenly realize what they have to 

do. Suddenly some people start winning all the awards, 

and the others get mad at them. They have figured out 

how to play the game; they have learned what a winning 

scape is. 

Gus: Do you ou often en get t ungroomed scapes from om people 

who simply don’t know w what is a showable scape 

Richard: 

Oh, yes. I once had a person exhibit a scape 

without any open flower on it, only buds. You could 

see that these buds would open the next day. The other 

exhibition judges and I could only smile. It was such a 

contorted idea of what to exhibit. 

Some people don’t realize that you have to clean the 

scape before exhibiting it. The idea is that you need to 

exhibit something as perfect as you possibly make it 

for the public showing. You are doing this for the public. 

As judges we come along and say “this is really 

done well by the exhibitor.” 

GREEN FLUTTER is one cultivar that you can bring 

right from the garden, and it will be perfect. If you can 

pick it when it first starts blooming, you don’t need to 

do anything to its scape. I won Best of Show with one. 

I had looked in The Daylily Journal to see which plants 

won most often, and that was my pick. 

Gus: Actually 

ctually, , an exhibition judge once asked me in a 

garden if a cultivar was correct. GRAPE VELVET VET had white 

edges on its petals. She had never er seen it blooming that 

way. . I told her it was a result of lack of wat 

ater 

er. . That is why 

I have difficulty iculty with the wording “true to cultivar 

ar.” 

Richard: 

That is also why exhibition judges have to get 

out just as much as garden judges. They must constantly 

see everything. What is a certain cultivar going 

to look like when it has been dry and hot during 


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ord 

ord (continued from page 9) 

the growing season What is it going to look like at 

the end of its bloom season There are some shows 

when the date ends up much later in the bloom season 

than expected. Exhibition judges have to take into consideration 

that the summer was hot and dry, and that 

most flowers are going to be at the end of their bloom 

cycle. When judging, you have to be aware of such 

things and take all that information into consideration. 

Gus: The point system would still give them credit 

Richard: 

You have to know to back off and take all criteria 

into consideration. You have to take everything that 

has come from outside in the gardens into consideration. 

That just takes a lot of experience of looking at things 

and watching what happens in gardens and then coming 

to the display table and saying, “Well, this is what 

will affect daylilies.” The color might be slightly off. Yet, 

you may be surprised that someone will bring in a exhibition 

scape that is perfect because this has to do with 

garden culture as well. If exhibitors grow them well in 

the garden, they will look good on the display table. 

Gus: What about those “miniatures” that keep blooming 

at three and a half inches 

Richard: 

This has always been a problem and always 

will be. Suppose something is registered as 3.5 inches, 

and it comes in at 4 inches and is displayed as a miniature. 

The only thing an exhibition judge can go by is 

what the hybridizer has said in the cultivar’s registration. 

You, as exhibition judge, have to assume that the 

hybridizers grew the cultivars as best as they could in 

the garden, and that the hybridizers know what the 

plants can do. When the cultivar gets into commerce, 

it should be pretty much the same bloom size in every 

location. As an exhibition judge, you should know how 

plants do in your region. Most times you judge in your 

region, and you know if it is going to vary or not. It 

gets really difficult when you judge a show in another 

region; plants sometimes grow differently down South 

than they do here. Colors are different; sizes are different; 

branching is different. 

Gus: If a flo 

lower is registered ered as 2-1/2 inches but always 

grows 3-1/2 inches, and you see it displayed that size as 

a miniature–which h it must be–does it still get t full points 

Richard: 

No. You really can’t give it the full amount of 

points. You have to go back to what its registration 

says and what the public is going to see. If you are 

going to give a purple ribbon to something that is big 

but that is exhibited in the miniature class, the public 

is going to get the wrong idea. It sometimes might not 

seem fair, but it is also up to the exhibitor to be knowledgeable 

as to what is appropriate to show. 

Gus: If someone brought in an 8-inch BARBARA 

MITCHELL, it would lose points 

Richard: 

Yes, that is correct. An 8-inch BARBARA

An Inter 

ervie 


ord 

Richard Ford during last year’s summer. 

MITCHELL blossom would indicate that the 

grower went beyond normal gardening practice, and that 

this grower had been trying too hard. If an 8-inch BAR- 

BARA MITCHELL was exhibited next to a normal size 

specimen in the same class, the normal one would still 

be rated higher because it was “true to cultivar.” That is 

what people know as BARBARA MITCHELL This assumes 

that all the other required qualities were present. 

I have seen a garden with artificially constructed soil, 

entirely artificial soil! Hostas in it were so large that 

they did not look like they were the correct plants. They 

were not “real.” 

Gus: I always ys wondered how w far “true to type” should be 

carried. 

Richard: 

Exhibition judges can’t know all flowers. When 

only one judge at a show says he/she knows a plant, you 

have to assume this is true. If not, the only information 

you have to go on is the registration. Judges have to hope 

that the hybridizer described it correctly. It is difficult to 

know if a flower is even correct when registration says 

“purple” and you see a brownish, red-purple flower. 

Gus: Any other comments on hybridizing 

Richard: 

I have been working for about fifteen years to 

create lates and very lates. It has been very slow, mainly 

because I am a teacher. I don’t do this full time. School 

ends right at June; well, daylilies have already started 

to bloom by then. I get way behind. I don’t have as good 

a seedling patch as I want. It takes a long time for seedlings 

to bloom. Evaluation is just as slow. I learned this 

years ago: Drop the anxiety, don’t worry about it. There 

are years in which I’ve taken all my seedlings and thrown 

them away and not thought anything of it because you 

can’t worry. If you don’t get a plant, you don’t get a plant. 

Next year you can do crosses again. Next time, you might 

have even better plants to work with. Stay relaxed. This 

ord (continued ) 


is supposed to be fun. 

Gus: Think twice, pollinate once 

Richard: 

It is very hard not to hybridize in all seasons. 

I still have a lot of early, early things that I have been 

working on for years. I have one continuous bloomer. 

It is hard to resist the urge to work during mid season 

on mid-season blooming things because that is where 

most people are breeding. 

Gus: That is where the most beautiful flo 

lower 

ers are. 

Richard: 

Yes, I can’t produce those beautiful flowers– 

and I don’t necessarily want to. It takes a lot of your 

time. 

Gus: So, are you wor 

orking for that mythical “pink Stella” 

and that mythical “red Stella” that I keep hearing about 

Richard: No. Well, yes. I have a peach one. It came from 

HOLLYWOOD DAILY x (MIDGET x LATE ADVANCE- 

MENT). 

Gus: Of course, se, that would bloom early. . (Laughter) 

er) 

Richard: 

LATE ADVANCEMENT is a late blooming pink. 

I used it on MIDGET and got a seedling that is not orange; 

it is peach. This seedling did not rebloom much, 

so I used it on HOLLYWOOD DAILY, and now I have a 

continuous bloomer and it’s not gold or yellow. I am 

using it with other colors hoping to double up on the 

genes which give continuous bloomers. 

Gus: Did you ou use STELLA DE ORO O as I and many y other 

thers 

did, trying for rebloom 

Richard: 

No. Others told me that it does not give rebloom 

to its seedlings. I used THREE SEASONS from Bob Sobek 

in the “Late Robin.” He actually does try for more rebloom 

than he does for late bloom. My seedlings out of THREE 

SEASONS are mostly nocturnals. I think that is perfect 

with early bloom because the flowers will open on cold 

mornings. 

Gus: I’ve e grown wn it for some time but never er used it. 

Richard: 

It’s produced some interesting things. Not 

overly so, but what cross produces a lot of good stuff 

Gus: Unless they’re all the same. Look, , I’ve produced two 

hundred identical, wonder 

onderful flo 

lower 

ers! 

Richard: 

From the same cross! 

Gus: From the same seed pod! 

Richard: 

I just go forward and enjoy what I find in the 

seedling patch. Rip out a bunch of old ones, throw them 

away, and plant some new ones. It’s fun. It really is. 

Evaluating has also become interesting over the years. 

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Daylilies are beautiful flowers. Seemingly simple 

things, the plants are but a few arching green leaves 

and a straight, tall stem with which they hold their 

rainbow chalices high. Everyone knows where beautiful 

daylilies come from: “Pretty begets Pretty,” as testified 

by the folklore of daylilies. Surely, creating new 

daylilies must be a heavenly pursuit for innocent souls. 

Well, “innocent souls” may be a bit of a misstatement. 

The fables of daylilydom always seem to include in the 

fine print: “She ruthlessly discarded every plant that 

did not excel”! Hybridizers are in fact heartless and 

cruel. 

Now don’t look at me; I never get rid of those old seedlings 

until my wife threatens to hire a farmer to plow 

the whole garden under. 

A skilled, professional daylily hybridizer will probably 

keep somewhere between one seedling out of every 300 

to 3000 plants. This assumes that she or he has a reliable 

breeding line established. The rest of us should 

probably throw away 30,000 of our seedlings for every 

plant we keep and name. 

The Devil Is in the Details 

Let’s begin with diploid daylilies. Each cell in every 

diploid plant contains 22 chromosomes, which can sort 

themselves into 11 pairs. That is what is meant by the 

notation 2n = 22, because n = 11, the number of pairs. 

Each grain of pollen and each egg cell gets only one 

chromosome from each pair, so the chromosome 

complement of a pollen grain or an egg cell is just 11 

chromosomes, barring mishap. 

When you look at two diploids, the chromosomes work 

out like this: 

Parent I 

Parent II 

Pair 1 a, b c, d 











(This is not to imply that, for instance, any chromosome 

of pair 2 is the same as any chromosome of pair 3.) 


Iconoclast’s Corner 

Why Hybridizing Daylilies is Tric 

ricky 

By Jim Shields, Indiana 

The pollen grains and the Egg cells of the Parents can 

be any of these: 

a b b b … a 

a a b b … b 

a a a b … a 

a a a a … a 

a a a a … a 

a a a a … a 

a a a a … a 

a a a a … a 

a a a a … a 

a a a a … a 

a a a a … a 

Well, you get the idea. There are 2 11 possible pollen 

grains for one diploid daylily flower, which amounts to 

2,048 ways of assorting 11 pairs of the diploid genome 

into half-pairs or “haploid” sets. This is just the pollen 

parent! The pod parent has the same number of options, 

2,048. These numbers are multiplicative when 

you cross egg X pollen, so if you multiply 2,048 X 2,048 

you get about 4 million combinations. Actually, there 

are exactly 4,194,304 possible unique pairings of pollen 

with egg cell. To exhaust all the possibilities of a 

random diploid cross, you will need to grow at least 

one of each of those 4 million variations. This is assuming 

there are no chromosomal rearrangements, 

which probably is not going to be true among 4 million 

seedlings from the same parents. Mother Nature is a 

wily old devil. 

We should digress here into tetraploids for just a second, 

to illustrate why diploids are so much simpler to 

work with when you are looking at the genetics. There 

are 2 22 or 4,194,304 possible sets of unique pollen grains 

for a tetraploid daylily. There are 4,194,304 X 4,194,304 

= 1.76 X 10 13 (one “helluva” large number!) possible 

unique pollen + egg combinations for a tetraploid cross. 

In many tetraploid crosses, that number will be reduced 

because of redundancy in the chromosomes, but 

that’s a story for another day. 

Maybe we ought to go out and repeat that cross of IDA’S 

MAGIC x ADMIRAL’S BRAID one more time! 

The Color of Purple 

So you want to breed a good purple daylily, do you 

Great! All you have to do is figure out where “purple” 

comes from, put that into the pot, and fire it up. 

I will give you a hint to start with: purple color comes


Iconoclast’s Corner (continued ) 

from pigments in the anthocyanin family, and every 

daylily knows how to make anthocyanins. Lest you be 

thought less clever than a daylily flower (especially a 

purple one) I will suggest how this works. 

You start with some normal, colorless metabolic starting 

material (X) and process it with a series of enzymes 

until you get to the color purple (D). 

X " A " B " C " D 

Each one of the arrows signifies one or more enzymes 

at work. Since a fundamental rule of molecular genetics 

is “One enzyme, one gene” we are looking at 

several genes playing in concert to produce purple pigment. 

For more details of pigment genetics, you can visit the 

web site of a family of South African Clivia breeders. 

The URL is http://users.iafrica.com/c/cl/clivia/ 

index.htm 

Purple the Hard Way 

If one of the intermediate enzymes is defective, you 

won’t get your purple even if all the other enzymes 

(read: “genes”) are present and in working order. If 

the step X " A is not working, probably because the 

gene for that enzyme is defective, then there will not 

be any purple color. 

X … A " B " C " D 

In ADMIRAL’S BRAID, the gene for one of those early 

enzymes in the path to purple is defective. 

If you cross ADMIRAL’S BRAID with another nonpurple 

daylily, say a pink, which has the following defective 

path to purple, 

X " A " B " C … D 

then in a certain percentage of the offspring, the 

defective step C … D in the one parent’s pollen and 

eggs will be compensated by the perfectly good C à 

D in ADMIRAL’S BRAID, and vice versa for the 

defective X … A by the good gene for X " A in the 

other parent. So you will have crossed a near-white 

parent with a pink parent and produced some purple 

daylilies. Congratulations! 

“These are my opinions. You probably have 

opinions of your own, but if not, you are welcome 

to borrow mine.” 

Jim Shields (jshields@indy.net) 

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Greater Cincinnati, Ohio 

June 29, 30, and July 1, 2001 

Watch for details in our Spring/Summer 2001 Region 2 Newsletter 

Your Host Club 

Greater er Cincinnati Daylily 

ylily-Hosta Society 

Highlights will be bus tours of six local gardens. 

AHS President Kay Day and Elizabeth and Jeff Salter will be guest speakers. 

Jerry Pate Williams 

Chairperson 

8497 Wetherfield Lane 

Cincinnati, OH 45236 

(513) 791-1311 

Dr. Jack Brueggemann 

Club President and Registrar 

401 Werner Drive 

Ft. Wright, KY 41011 

(859) 331-3907 

docdaylily@aol.com 



Winter Auction 2001 

Instructions 

! Dues paid for membership to the national society are not used to support the functions of the regions, 

such as the publication of newsletters. This auction helps to raise the funds to publish two required 

annual newsletters, and to support other regional expenses. 

Last year only four persons participated in the mail-in portion of the Region 2 Winter Auction; therefore, 

the auction this year will be solely an e-mail auction. Bidding will start live on Monday, February 

5, 2001, at 9 am CST. Bidding will be concluded at 9 pm CST on Sunday, February 25, 2001. 

Once the bidding is concluded, e-mail notices will be sent to the winners. We must receive checks 

within one week after notification is sent. If a check is not received within the allotted time, the plant 

will be offered to the next highest bidder. Make checks payable to AHS Region 2. 

! For those of you who do not have e-mail and are interested in participating in the auction: 

Once the auction has started, please call Lea Ann Williams at 812-922-5288 and give her your 

bids. She will post your bids, will notify you by phone each time you are outbid, and she will give 

you the opportunity to raise your bids. 

! Following are the cultivars that have been donated for bids in the E-mail 2001 Winter Auction. Some 

donors have established minimum bids on the plants they’ve donated. These minimum bids will be 

designated on the auction site. If there is no minimum bid listed, please make reasonable bids. These 

are double divisions unless noted SF (single fan). Some are collections and are designated as such. 

! For detailed bidding instructions go to: http://www.ahsregion2.org/auction.html 

! If you have questions or need explanations, call Don or Lea Ann Williams at 812-922-5288 or e-mail 

at drw@lakesidedaylilies.com 

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Bobby and Louise James, Cedarthorn Gardens, 1487 E Cedarthorn Dr, 

Shelbyville, IN 46176 Tel: 317 392 0264 lbjames@shelbynet.net 

#Camelot Collection 

BEHOLD GWENEVERE ................................................................. James L 1999 

CALL TO CAMELOT ........................................................................ James L 1998 

HAIL KING ARTHUR ....................................................................... James L 1999 

#Shelby Collection 

SHELBY GOLDEN GLORY ............................................................. James L 1999 

SHELBY PEEKABOO ...................................................................... James L 1998 

SHELBY PINK ECHOS .................................................................... James L 1999 

#LANCELOT ......................................................................................... James L 2000 

#SHELBY CHARMER .......................................................................... James L 2000 

Donald and Betty Hansen, Betty’s Country Garden, 4904 Leffler Road, 

Dodgeville, WI 53533 Tel: 608 935 3809 www.bettysdaylilies.com 

#ROUND MIDNIGHT ........................................................................... Mercer R 1992 

#Spidery Collection 

COPPERHEAD ................................................................................ Taylor G 1972 

KINDLY LIGHT ................................................................................. Bechtold 1949 

LADY NEVA ................................................................................. Alexander 1970 

MISS JESSIE ....................................................................................... Hardy 1956 

PARFAIT ............................................................................................... Childs 1950 

TWIGGY ......................................................................................... Dickerson 1990 

Leslie Fischer and Bill Potter, PO Box 847, Harvard, IL 60033 0847 Tel: 312 372 

2622 l-fischer@nwu.edu 

#BROOKWOOD MARIAN CAVANAUGH ................................................ Sharp 2000 

Gisela and Robert Meckstroth, 6488 Red Coach Lane, Reynoldsburg, OH 

43067 1661 Tel: 614 864 0132 gisela-meckstroth@worldnet.att.net 

#BILL NORRIS ................................................................................. Kirchhoff D 1993 

#IMPERIAL IMPRESSION (SF) ............................................................... Salter 1993 

#LEONARD BERNSTEIN (SF) ........................................................ Kirchhoff D 1991 

#TAKEN BY STORM ................................................................................ Salter 1993 

#TWILIGHT SECRETS (SF) .................................................................... Salter 1993 

Martha Seaman, 8875 Fawnmeadow Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45242 

Tel: 513 791 5183 elfcat@earthlink.net 

#MARY ETHEL ANDERSON ............................................................. Salter EH 1995 

#WISEST OF WIZARDS .......................................................................... Salter 1994 

Daylily World, PO Box 1612, Sanford, FL 32772 1612 

Tel: 407 322 4034 hybridizer@aol.com 

#ALL ABOUT EVE ............................................................................ Kirchhoff D 2000 

#BARBARA DITTMER ............................................................................. Morss 1994 

#CAMERA READY ........................................................................... Kirchhoff D 2000 

For E-mail bidding go to 

http://www.ahsregion2.org/auction.html 






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s–Year 

Frank Nyikos, Walnut Grove Nursery, 8348 E State Road 45, Unionville, IN 

47468 Tel: 812 331 8529 gardener@bluemarble.net 

#CHANCE ENCOUNTER ...................................................................... Stamile 1994 

#FESTIVE ART ....................................................................................... Stamile 1995 

#SEMINOLE WIND ................................................................................. Stamile 1993 

#VIOLET SHAKEDOWN ......................................................................... Nyikos 2000 

Pat and Dick Henley, 11800 Poplar Creek Road, Baltimore, OH 43105 

Tel: 740 862 2406 daylily@greenapple.com 

#TWIST AND SHOUT ................................................................................ Benz 1995 

Curt Hanson, Crintonic Gardens, 11757 County Line Rd, Gates Mills, OH 

44040 Tel: 440 423 3349 

#APOCALYPSE NOW ........................................................................ Hanson C 2000 

#KISSED OFF .................................................................................... Hanson C 2000 

#NEVER SAY NEVER ........................................................................ Hanson C 2000 

#RED SKELTONS .............................................................................. Hanson C 2000 

#SHADOW DREAM SONG ................................................................ Hanson C 2000 

#SLEEPY HOLLOW ........................................................................... Hanson C 2000 

Marge and Dale Finney, 201 Plum Lake Court, Sellersburg, IN 47172 

Tel: 812 246 3796 

#COYOTE MOON ............................................................................ Kirchhoff D 1994 

#DRAGON KING .............................................................................. Kirchhoff D 1993 

Mary and Joe Stone, Stoneridge Daylily Garden, 11120 Hyatt Martin Road, 

Greenville, IN 47124 Tel: 812 923 6224 stonerge@theremc.com 

#INDY SPIRIT WALK ...................................................................... Anderson D 1994 

#MOONLIT CARESS ............................................................................... Salter 1996 

Dan Hansen, Lady Bug Daylilies, 1852 E SR 46, Geneva, FL 32732 

Tel:407 349 0271 ladybug@magicnet.net 

#HAPPY APACHE (SF) ...................................................................... Hansen D 2001 

#POSSUM IN A SACK ....................................................................... Hansen D 1999 

#PRUDHOE ........................................................................................ Hansen D 1999 

#ROSY CELEBRATION ..................................................................... Hansen D 1999 

#WISE COUNSEL .............................................................................. Hansen D 1999 

Lea Ann and Don Williams, Lakeside Daylilies, 12246 Spurgeon Road, 

Lynnville, IN 47619 8065 Tel: 812 922 5288 drw@lakesidedaylilies.com 

#ADRIANE NANETTE .............................................................................. Milner 1994 

#FANCY FACE ................................................................................... Carpenter 1994 

#JACK OF SPADES .............................................................................. Biaglow 1999 

#JOY AND LAUGHTER ................................................................... Kirchhoff D 1995 

#KAMA SUTRA .................................................................................. Hanson C 1998 

#PINK INTRIGUE ............................................................................... Hansen D 1999 

#PRIMAL SCREAM (SF) .................................................................... Hanson C 1994 

Verna and John Habermel, The Daylily Gardens of Floyds Knobs, 3619 

Wagner Drive, Floyds Knobs, IN 47119 Tel: 812 923 7500 

habermel@theremc.com 

#BIG SNOW ............................................................................................ Stamile 1995 

#DENA MARIE (SF) ........................................................................ Carpenter J 1992 

#DENA MARIE’S SISTER (SF) ....................................................... Carpenter J 1997 

James Pelley, Top O’Hll Daylily Farm, 4450 Oxford Trenton Rd, Oxford, OH 

45056 Tel: 513 523 6172 tpohill@one.net 

#AFRICAN DIPLOMAT ................................................................................ Carr 1992 

#APRICOT JADE .................................................................................... Stamile 1996 

Great Lakes Daylilies and Dr Charles Branch, 3172 Peachridge NW, Grand 

Rapids, MI 49544 Tel: 616 784 5549 CNATTE@grcc.cc.mi.us 

#KARATEAKA ........................................................................................... Natte 1994 

#SHINOBI ................................................................................................. Natte 1994 

#SMUGGLER’S GOLDENEYE .............................................................. Branch 1995 

#SMUGGLER’S RAPTURE ................................................................... Branch 2000 

Joiner Gardens, 9630 Whitfield Ave, Savannah, GA 31406 

Tel: 912 355 5582 jjoiner2@juno.com 

#FANCY BUTTONS .............................................................................. Joiner J 2000 

#GEORGIA NUGGET ........................................................................... Joiner J 2000 

#GIFT FROM HEAVEN ......................................................................... Joiner E 2000 

Cynthia and Ken Blanchard, 3256 S Honeytown Rd, Apple Creek, OH 44606 

Tel: 330 698 3091 soed_blancha@tccsa.net 

#EARTH MUSIC ................................................................................. Hanson C 1992 

#MEPHISTOPHELES ......................................................................... Moldovan 1990 

Bruce Kovach, 5501 Red Oak Dr, Beaverton, MI 48612 

Tel: 517 689 3030 bkovach@dow.com 

#SAHARA SAND STORM .................................................................. Hansen D 1999 

#CAGE ................................................................................................ Hansen D 1999 

#SARAH SANDSTONE ...................................................................... Hansen D 1999 

Randy, Margaret and Amy Klipp, M R Daylilies, 34 Jordan Dr, Bourbonnais, IL 

60914 1108 Tel: 815 932 6650 MRlilies@aol.com 

#BANANA MAN ....................................................................................... Reinke 1995 

#MIGHTY CHESTNUT ............................................................................ Blaney 1994 

#SCARLET POLY-ANNA ........................................................................ Reinke 1996 

#SYDNEY EDDISON ................................................................................ Sikes 1994 

Virginia and Ed Myers, 5157 Bixford Ave, Canal Winchester, OH 43110 8606 

Tel: 614 836 5456 EDVAmyers@aol.com 

#SOLAR ALCHEMY ........................................................................... Hanson C 1992 

Song Sparrow Perennial Farm, 13101 E Rye Rd, Avalon, WI 53505 Tel: 800 553 

3715 sparrow@jvlnet.com 

#FRINGED CATAWBA ............................................................................. Klehm 2000 

#IVORY EDGES ....................................................................................... Klehm 2000 

#PASTEL PLATES ................................................................................... Klehm 2000 

#RUBY SPICE .......................................................................................... Klehm 2000 

Dan and Jackie Bachman, Valley of the Daylilies, 3507 Glengary Lane, 

Cincinnati, OH 45236 Tel: 513 984 0124 vallydan@fuse.net 

#ERIN PINK ............................................................................................ Stamile 1990 

#SOLOMON’S ROBES ........................................................................... Talbott 1991 

#SONG WITHOUT WORDS ............................................................ Kirchhoff D 1991 

Jennifer Jackson, Avalon Daylily Seed, 2734 Southington Road, Cleveland, 

OH 44120 avalonseed@hotmail.com 

#AMERICA’S MOST WANTED ................................................................... Carr 1997 

#DAVID KIRCHHOFF ............................................................................... Salter 1992 

#FORTUNE’S DEAREST ......................................................................... Morss 1994 

#RAINBOW EYES .................................................................................. Stamile 1994 

#SEA OF LOVE ....................................................................................... Kaskel 1996 

Fort Wayne Daylily Society Member: J Paul Downie, DDs, Bee’s Garden, 8207 

Seiler Road, Fort Wayne, IN 46806 Tel: 219 493 4601 bdownie151@aol.com 

#BEE’S BIG BEN (SF) ............................................................................ Downie 2000 

#BEE’S NORVILLE MORGAN (SF) ....................................................... Downie 2000 

#FLAMINGO FANTASY (SF) ..................................................................... Apps 2000 

#GOOSE BUMPS (SF) .............................................................................. Apps 1995 

Fort Wayne Daylily Society Member: Eleanor Feasby, 4314 Ryan Road, New 

Haven, IN 46806 Tel: 219-749-2969 

#FIRST BALL ....................................................................................... Houston 1996 

#SANTA FE SPARK ............................................................................... Scott E 1997 

Fort Wayne Daylily Society Member: Lana Higgins, 9730 Auburn Road, Fort 

Wayne, IN 46825 Tel: 219 489 4781 LANAOPAL@aol.com 

#CLAWS ................................................................................................... Zahler 1993 

#DAVID KIRCHHOFF (SF) ....................................................................... Salter 1992 

#ROUGE AND LACE (SF) ...................................................................... Kaskel 1997 

#SABINE BAUR (SF) ............................................................................... Salter 1997 








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Fort Wayne Daylily Society Member: Nick Hiss, 1475 S 500 E, Columbia City, 

IN 46725 Tel: 219 244 5223 

#BIT OF CLASS ............................................................................ Harris-Benz 1998 

#MAHOGANY MAGIC ............................................................................ Stamle 1994 

Fort Wayne Daylily Society Member: Dorothy Koons, 120 Baum Street, PO 

Box 199, Auburn, IN 46710 Tel: 219 897 3111 

#BILL NORRIS ............................................................................... Kirchhoff D 1993 

#REGAL BRAID ..................................................................................... Stamile 1994 

Fort Wayne Daylily Society Member: Mike Myers, 4640 S 275 W, Columbia 

City, IN 46725 Tel: 219 244 7493 

#UPPERMOST EDGE (SF) ..................................................................... Morss 1994 

Fort Wayne Daylily Society Member: Barbara Wolff, 10010 Notestine Road, 

Fort Wayne, IN 46835 Tel: 219 627 2929 

#BRYANT MILLIKAN MEMORIAL .................................................... Kercheval 1996 

Leo E Sharp Sr, Brookwood Gardens Inc, 303 Fir Street, Michigan City, IN 

46360 Tel: 219 879 1552 

#See the auction site for many new and future Brookwood introductions. 

John Rice, Thoroughbred Daylilies, 6615 Briar Hill Road, Paris, KY 40361 Tel: 

606 988 9253 thorhems@earthlink.net 

#See the auction site for donations from Thoroughbred Daylilies. 

Jerry and Lori Vandemeer, Dutchmill Gardens, 3047 West Albain Road, 

Monroe, MI 48161 dutchmillgardens@earthlink.net 

#See the auction site for donations from Dutchmill Gardens. 

Tom and Mary Milanowski, 452 Collindale NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504 

Tel: 616 453 3769 Lilygal@aol.com 

#ABBA ................................................................................................ Moldovan 1993 

Don Jerabek and Greg McMullen, Watson Park Daylilies, 8753 Westfield Blvd, 

Indianapolis, IN 46240 Tel: 317 815 0288 watpark@indy.net 

#See the auction site for donations from Watson Park Daylilies. 

For or E-mail bidding go to 


Thank You Don and Lea Ann Williams! 

Winter Auction 2001 

Revenue for those Region Two activities that have been approved by the Region Two membership during 

the annual business meeting is totally dependent upon you, the Region Two AHS members. 

Approximately 90 percent of the generated revenue from the various Region Two auctions support the 

publishing and mailing of this newsletter twice a year. In 1999, Don and Lea Ann Williams from Lynnville, 

Indiana, and the Southwestern Indiana Daylily Society injected new life into our annual mail-in auction 

introducing a new concept by placing the auction on-line as an e-mail auction. The results in the first year 

were tremendously successful. We hope you will all participate in this Winter Auction 2001. 

We sincerely appreciate all the time and effort Don and Lea Ann have given as the Region Two Ways and 

Means co-chairs. 

Mary Milanowski, Region Two Vice President 

For E-mail bidding go to http://www.ahsregion2.org/auction.html 



Region 2 Summer Meeting Tour Gardens 

Yes, it was a “Once Upon A Millennium–Chicago 2000” 

by RVP Mary Milanowski 

RegionTwoSummer Meeting host, the Chicagoland Daylily Society, sincerely hopes that all attendants enjoyed 

the before-and-after open gardens and the tour gardens during the great July weekend. We are grateful to 

those garden owners, and we value the cooperation they showed in preparing for this event. We especially 

appreciate the hospitality of The Fields and the breakfast they served to our guests, and we hope that everyone 

had an opportunity to view the elaborate daylily floral arrangements prepared by their staff. Our special thanks 

go to Pat Bell and Charlie Kirin, co-chairs of Once Upon a Millennium – Chicago 2000, to all Chicagoland DS 

members who donated bus plants for the Region 2 Summer Meeting, to Phil Brockington and Howard Reeve for 

lining out and growing the bus plants, and to Leo Sharp for donating the CHICAGOLAND MILLENNIUM (Leo 

Sharp 2000) gift plant for each “household” attending this meeting. 

For those of you who missed attending this year’s annual meeting, the following garden tour write-ups and 

photo gallery will summarize a picture-perfect event. 

The Fields 2000 Display Garden 

by Julie Gridley from Merrill, Wisconsin 

The second day of the summer regional meeting saw a 

change from touring private gardens to visiting commercial 

nurseries. The first of these was The Fields, 

near Joliet, IL. Owners Greg Neuman and his wife, 

Diane Hucek, treated us to a fabulous, boxed breakfast, 

which we were able to enjoy sitting on benches 

scattered among their display beds (or perched on the 

seats of the golf carts they provide for customers!). 

The Fields is a 200-acre nursery which has been selling 

daylilies wholesale for six years. Greg bought the 

farm in 1987 in order to start his own landscaping business. 

His interest in plants was originally sparked when his 

father opened a small nursery in his retirement years 

and enlisted Greg’s help. That business stayed in the 

family and grew, but eventually Greg decided to strike 

out on his own. While searching for a niche that would 

allow him to succeed without directly competing with 

the rest of his family, a trusted horticulture professor 

suggested he try daylilies. And you could truly say that 

the rest is history! 

Delicious boxed breakfast picnic at The Fields 

Viewing, feasting, and socializing at The Fields 



Region 2 Summer Meeting Tour Gardens (continued) 

The Fields Display y Garden (continued) 

The Fields is now the world’s largest grower of STELLA 

DE ORO, and it has satellite nurseries in Lexington, 

KY, and on the island of Sardinia near Italy. On their 

three farms, they grow just under one million STELLA 

DE ORO’s every year! They also sell about 80 varieties 

of daylilies to their wholesale customers. These are 

classic, reliable cultivars that make good landscaping 

plants, and before they are available for sale, they must 

have increased to at least 20,000 divisions. As you can 

imagine, there were rows of daylilies stretching as far 

as the eye can see! 

They also sell potted and bare-rooted daylilies to their 

retail customers. Their display beds have been an official 

AHS garden for the past two years, and about 300 

different varieties are grown there in huge clumps 

along with many other perennials. Greg’s display area 

began as a place to put those trees left over from his 

landscaping/nursery business. He wanted his customers 

to have the chance to see how the trees would look 

at maturity and how much room they would need. Greg 

continues to grow and sell 50 different varieties of trees, 

most of which he hand grafts himself, so each display 

bed was anchored by at least one beautiful, interesting 

tree. 

Greg and Diane are both landscape architects, and 

about ten percent of their business continues to be landscape 

design. But, their main job seems to be as daylily 

ambassadors to the Chicago area! From the middle 

of June to the beginning of August, the public is invited 

out to the farm for their annual “Flower Show”. 

During the show, people can view the daylilies blooming 

in the display beds and visit their retail building 

which features many large photographs of daylilies 

along with lovely arrangements of daylilies in vases. 

Greg’s garden center manager, Minnito, has developed 

this area into a very attractive spot which must surely 

whet the appetite of its visitors for our favorite flower. 

Greg and Diane have also been very generous in their 

assistance to the Chicagoland Daylily Society, allowing 

them the use of their facilities when they are preparing 

plants for their annual daylily show and sale. 

In fact, generosity seems to be the secret of success to 

the Fields’ business. We met a woman who was doing 

an internship in horticulture there, and she described 

Greg as a caring, generous employer who encourages 

entrepreneurship. His seasonal employees are given 

garden plots to care for and if they are interested, Greg 

helps them learn all aspects of the business and gets 

them started on their own. We are truly fortunate to 

have Greg and Diane, with their many talents and gifts, 

in the business of promoting daylilies! 

Flower arrangements and specimens 

at The Fields 

Breakfast picnic at The Fields 

(photo by RPD Ed Myers) 

Flower arrangments and photographs at The Fields 




The Sevetson Daylily Garden 

by Ed and Virginia Myers, Canal Winchester, Ohio 

As the tour bus pulled up to the home of Diane and 

Bill Sevetson on a residential street in Western Springs, 

Illinois, we were met by Bill and his big friendly smile. 

You could not help but notice the AHS Display Garden 

sign and the strip garden along the driveway. Even 

though the daylilies were in the final stage of bloom, 

they were doing their best to put on a beautiful show 

for us. 

As we entered the back yard garden, we were amazed 

at the amount of blooms this late in the season, much 

more than most gardens on the tour had left. This 

abundance of blooms had to be the results of Bill's 

selection of cultivars for the garden. 

There were daylilies from most of the well-known 

hybridizers, but the large collection of Dr. Branch's 

daylilies was stealing the show, especially the large 

blooms of SMUGGLER'S GOLD DOUBLOON. Bill told us 

he has all cultivars in the Smuggler's series by Dr. 

Branch, except SMUGGLER'S TEMPTATION. 

Also blooming this day, was a huge clump of JANICE 

BROWN in this well laid out garden, which had a nice 

Ash tree to furnish shade for the glassed in patio. A 

very friendly garden with expertly placed shrubbery, 

perennials, and ornamental grasses in the landscape. 

All this equaled an inviting garden to visit and enjoy. 

Diane and Bill have lived at this location for 28 years 

and have steadily added daylilies until they now have 

over 600 cultivars planted around their home. Their 

property is 187 feet deep and due to the excellent layout 

of the beds and the flowers, it does not seem crowded, 

just a very pretty color scheme. 

We also were treated to a delicious selection of snacks 

to satisfy our hunger and thirst. 

Thank you Bill and Diane for inviting Region 2 to your 

lovely home and garden. 

Lots of blossoms in Sevetsons’ back garden 

The wonderful 

Sevetson 

Garden in 

full bloom. 

Exhibition 

Judges 

Instructors 

Lu and 

Orville 

Dickhaut, 

from 

Carlinville, 

IL, enjoying 

the Sevetson 

garden. 


The Chuck and Pat Bell Garden 

By Theda Losasso from Ohio 

As we got off the bus, Pat and Chuck Bell greeted us 

and welcomed us to their lovely garden. 

We viewed many beds filled with 400-plus daylilies, 

many perennials, and many annuals. 

We especially liked the shade garden that meandered 

among the many old bur Oak trees. It was a very restful 

setting that showed off many varieties of hostas 

and ferns. Several different ground cover were also 

present in the shade garden and along the various 

walkways and paths. The garden also held many decorative 

art pieces which complimented the plants in their 

settings. None of us like snails to be near our hostas, 

but the shade garden had a cute concrete snail tucked 

away, and it seemed quite at home among the hostas 

and ferns. 

One area in the daylily garden was devoted to the Year 

2000 Region 2 Englerth Award candidates. Everyone 

viewed this area with special interest, and much discussion 

went on among the viewers of the candidates. 

Leo Sharp’s entry turned out to be the winner. 

Daylilies are very prominent in this garden. They were 

beautiful–so much color and so many cultivars to be 

viewed. The entire garden was very well maintained. 

Pat and Chuck began their love of gardening about 14 

years ago. They began by clearing the bramble around 

certain areas of their two-acre property. As Pat and 

Chuck are great believers in recycling, lawn clippings 



and whatever material that is removed from the beds, 

is chipped and later used for mulch. Chuck is also a 

firm believer in mushroom compost, and the great looking 

beds are proof it its worth. One area at the side of 

the house was landscaped last fall and is already well 

established. This fall more of the existing bramble will 

be pushed back to make way for another garden bed. 

The Bells will, however, maintain privacy between the 

homes in their neighborhood by planting shrubs as part 

of their landscaping plans. 

Pat and Chuck became acquainted with daylilies about 

ten years ago when Pat saw an article about a daylily 

sale in the Chicago Tribune. As the old saying goes, 

Article Writer Theda Losasso 

“The rest is history.” Pat was hooked. She does not have 

a favorite daylily since she believes that all of them 

can play an important part in the garden. When she 

continued on page 22 

Pat and 

Chuck 

Bell’s 

garden 

Region 2 Englerth Award Candidates’ Bed 




The Chuck k and Pat at Bell Garden (cont. from page 21 ) 

chooses a cultivar, she looks for distinctive flowers, particularly 

dark reds and purples, but also for eyed cultivars, 

so they can play off their colors against the perennials. 

Bells do have occasional problems with “critters” visiting 

the garden, but they have had some success in deterring 

deer by using Morganite while plants are still 

small. They also believe in relocating the various “critters.” 

The Bells do not plan to start hybridizing since they 

are content to be kept busy maintaining their garden. 

They want to devote their time to provide a garden to 

educate the public as much about daylilies and their 

companion perennials. They have had about 200 visitors 

from the National Garden Conservancy Organization 

this year, an organization whose members are 

devoted to conserving gardens in America. 

Pat’s advice for a beginning gardener, or someone wishing 

to revamp an existing garden, is to start with one 

area and then continue working with another, so the 

beginner is not overwhelmed with work. 

Pat also likes to buy one plant to see how it will grow 

in a certain area. If the plant thrives in that area, she 

will go back and purchase more of the same plants to 

make a grouping for which more than one plant is 

needed to emphasize a certain area. 

The Bell garden, indeed, projects a labor of 

love. 

The Larson Garden 

by Paul Meske, from Sun Prairie, Wisconsin 

I have this weird idea that all Chicago area gardens 

are on postage stamp size, lots in busy neighborhoods 

with noises invading your senses. With an idea like 

this in my head I was not prepared for the garden of 

Joanne and Gaylen Larson in Barrington, Illinois. 

The large front yard features several raised daylily beds 

for display, with a plaque announcing an official AHS 

display garden. All the cultivars are clearly labeled as 

should be for an official display garden. The fact that 

the plants were thriving in their location attests to the 

care given them. The surprise comes when going 

around the corner of the house entering the back yard. 

You find yourself looking down into a cozy scenic valley 

with a meandering creek. Lining the far bank is a 

display of multiple daylilies, originally planted there 

to reduce erosion. The lawn and garden cover 2.5 acres. 

Donna Vinke from Kankakee , Illinois, expressed it well 

A view across the creek in Larsons’ garden 

as “a park like setting with casual elegance.” 

Crossing over a forty foot bridge, you have the feeling 

that you are on a lush, isolated tropical island. Colorful 

flowers, tall stately oak trees pruned high accentuating 

their height, and the sound of birds and insects 

collectively add to the ambiance. It is the sort of place 

where a person can feel his tension and troubles leave, 

even if only for a little while. 

Joanne calls herself an “ex-farm girl who likes to grow 

things,” and she grows things very well, especially daylilies. 

She wants to have her garden serve an educational 

purpose, she takes great delight when people 

tell her, “I never knew that daylilies came in so many 

different colors!” 

Her collection includes many proven performers rather 

than the latest and greatest hybridizers plants. For 

example GRAPE ICE (Childs 1971) and PAPRIKA VELVET 

Daylilies on the creek bank in Larsons’ garden 



Region 2 Summer Meeting Tour our Gardens (cont.) 

The Larson Garden (continued ) 

(Hardy 1969) were giving a stunning display on this 

day. Of course Joanne showcases many examples from 

the James Marsh “Chicago” series of daylilies. 

The high point for me was the display of plants along 

the creek. Almost any sort of water element in a garden 

gives a feeling of peace to the site, and this was no 

exception. The gently flowing water became the background 

for the flowers growing along side the creek. 

Julie Gridley from Merrill, Wisconsin, noted that this 

added to “the intensity of the color”. (See front cover.) 

When asked how she selects what to plant, Joanne says 

that she starts at the bottom, quite different from most 

of us. She looks underneath the plant. Is it healthy 

and looks good Moving up she evaluates bud count 

and branching, finally looking at the flower. This has 

served her well for the over 600 daylily cultivars she 

has planted. 

There are no plans to expand the flower beds. However, 

after living at this location for 27 years, they are 

seeing the need to redo shrubbery. Joanne’s husband 

Gaylen told of the effort that went into the development 

of the yard, using bulldozers, cranes, and other 

heavy equipment to sculpt the land into its shape today. 

The oak trees must be extensively pruned, requiring 

annual maintenance. He told about the wood pile 

they made from the pruned wood 27 years ago. Though 

they burn the wood in their fireplace, some of the original 

wood still lies at the bottom of the pile. 

The hour or so that we had in the garden seemed to go 

by too quickly and inevitably the shrill whistle of the 

bus captain cut through the calm of the surprisingly 

cool day. It was evident that people did not want to 

leave as they reluctantly crossed the bridge to leave 

the quiet of a very special garden. 

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Gardens 

Designer # Daylilies 

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2515 Scottsville Road 

Starlight, IN 47106 

(812) 923-3735 

FAX: (812) 923-9993 

Web Site: http://www.starlightdaylilies.com 

" Bare rooted plants shipped anywhere in the USA 

" A wide rainbow of colorful blooms 

" Adapts to sun and partial shade 

" Easy to grow and low maintenance 

" Display garden shown by appointment only June, July, 

and August 

" Gift certificates available 

" Call or write for free brochure and price list 

The Editor Apologizes! 

The encapsulated Postscript 

file of the 

Cedarthorn Gardens advertisement 

did not distill 

to PDF 

A view from the bridge in Larsons’ garden 




The Rosemar 

osemary Balazs Garden 

by Harold Steen from Hartland, Wisconsin 

As our bus drove slowly down shady Oak Street in 

Hinsdale, the Rosemary Balazs garden was easily spotted. 

Daylilies flanked the walk to the house, and a fresh 

American flag moved in the gentle breeze. Rosemary’s 

AHS Display Garden design showed what can be done 

with a city-size lot to provide the right setting for showing 

daylilies at their best advantage. 

The front garden of over 150 cultivars is enhanced by 

the use of coreopsis, liatris, lamb’s ears, and mums as 

companion plants. Planters of flowers strategically 

placed between the drives and the house carry the front 

gardens along the house to the back. 

Gentle piano music served as a pleasant background 

of sound in the back yard garden. Large and lovely 

blooms of the old favorite REAL WIND (Wild 1977) welcomed 

visitors to this area. Raised beds surrounded 

the trees with astilbe, purple coneflowers, and campanula 

serving as daylily companions in these beds. 

The tree form of the ‘Rose of Sharon’ was strategically 

placed in several spots, as were white and purple 

clematis vines. All these companion plants created a 

lovely backdrop. 

Brick and grass pathways led to the back of this garden 

where water cascaded into a lovely small pond. 

Ground covers of euonymus and hostas filled those few 

shady areas where daylilies did not reside. Rosemary 

had placed palms, Japanese maple, summering house 

plants, and an oil painting of hers, featuring daylilies, 

around to keep visitors’ eyes from venturing outside 

the lovely garden. 

After experiencing all of these visual delights, it was 

time to relax and enjoy the refreshments so conveniently 

placed on the drive under the trees. One that 

was particularly appreciated was the corn chips with 

salsa. 

Rosemary’s garden exceeded visitors’ expectations as 

to what can be done to feature daylilies in a garden 

setting in a small area. 

Region 2 

visitors in the 

Rosemary 

Balazs 

garden 

What a grand experience! 

The Rosemary Balazs Back Yard 

The Rosemary Balazs Front Yard 




The Kirin Garden 

by Rosemarie Foltz from Canton, Ohio 

Millie and Charles Kirin’s home is a half timbered 

lovely place with a manicured front yard. They have 

a charming walkway inviting visitors to the back yard, 

which was as comfortable as an outdoor living room. 

The beds are mostly raised and edged, some with stone 

and some with landscape timbers. The beds were separated, 

for the most part, by hybridizer. There was a 

Henry bed, a Brookwood bed, an Anderson bed, a 

Marsh bed, and a bed with mainly doubles; then, there 

were several mixed beds. 

Charlie still has his “marvelous markers” to identify 

the plants. No bending over or straining your eyes to 

figure out what’s what in this garden! 

The Kirins are growing a wonderful seedling of Bob 

Bearce. The seedling is pink, ruffled, with many buds 

and branches, eliciting many comments. TOWHEE 

(Griesbach 1979) was a clear bright red. Stout’s AU- 

TUMN MINARET (1951!) had 30 gracefully branched 

tall scapes with a dainty, small, thin-petaled flower. 

SWEET BUTTER CREAM (Bearce 1990) and YELLOW 

EXPLOSION (Oakes 1989) put on quite a show. LUSTY 

LITTLE LULU (Bearce 1983) sure was just that. SPAR- 

KLING EYES (Love 1994) was sparkling at its best. 

BROOKWOOD YELLOW JADE (Sharp 1990) and 

BROOKWOOD IMPECCABLE (Sharp 1991) were especially 

fine looking specimens. ILLINI MAIDEN (Varner 

1981) was a clear orangey-red; very pretty. 

Charlie and 

Millie Kirin’s 

garden 

Photo by: 

Ed Myers 

The Kirins also had many mums with strikingly beautiful 

colors, beautiful impatiens, herbs, tomatoes, and 

the ever popular iboza. 

Thanks, Millie and Charles, for sharing with us, again, 

your fabulous garden. 

Charlie and Millie Kirin talking to 

RVP Mary Milanowski 

(Photo by Rosemarie Foltz, Canton, Ohio) 

The Kirins’ Garden with many raised beds 




The Coburg Planting Fields 

by Phillip Mallory from Culver, Indiana 

Pulling the car into the drive of The Coburg Planting 

Fields (Phil Brockington and Howard Reeve’s garden), 

I would have thought that I had the wrong address 

had it not been for the bus parked at roadside. The 

house and barn completely hide both the display garden 

and the extensive planting fields that are part and 

parcel of this final stop on our Region 2 garden tour. 

From the parking lot, I walked through a large, deeply 

shaded garden filled with hostas of every description 

on either side of the generous paths. It is through this 

cool and dark retreat that you first saw the large, 

brightly lit field that is planted row upon row with our 

favorite flower. It is a spectacular view. 

The paths between rows are of proportions sufficiently 

generous to accommodate a large number of visitors 

simultaneously, which–as it turned out–was quite fortunate. 

The busses had left the previous stop before I 

did, and they had made better time to boot; so, by the 

time I arrived in the garden, we were a big crowd, indeed. 

Tucked up behind the house, east of the pool and north 

of the waterfall, is a circular display garden which contains 

spiders and spider variants, including those that 

Howard uses in his spider-breeding program. 

I was particularly taken with STARMAN’S QUEST, a 

mauve flower with a gorgeous, purple eye that stopped 

more than a few lookers “dead in their tracks.” 

At the moment, Howard is not using this beauty for 

breeding because he is involved in his own crazy 

crosses (his words, not mine). He told me that he is 

putting IDA’S MAGIC on every tet spider he can bring 

to hand: TECHNY SPIDER, CARMINE MONARCH 

and HIGHLAND PINCHED FINGERS, for instance. 

It was, he said, the same kind of craziness that led to 

the cross FIRESTORM X COBURG FRIGHTWIG 

which produced his Region 2, 1998, Englerth Award 

winner GRANDMA KISSED ME. 

As I turned to the growing fields, the activity became 

Lots of Region 2 visitors looking and taking 

notes in the Coburg Planting Fields 

hectic, almost impressionistic. So many flowers, so 

little time. Down the row, hurry, hurry, hurry. Next 

row, hurry. We stopped, we stooped, we looked. We 

snapped, we wrote, we bought. This was a “shop op” of 

the first magnitude, and we were not to be denied. Bags 

filled, and smiles broadened. Whistles blew. Groans. 

“Too soon.” Scribbled a check for payment of goodies. 

Boarded buses. Engines roared. Silence. 

I picked up my own bag laden with new acquisitions 

and headed for the car. I drove my own car on our second 

day of tours on our way home to Indiana. As I 

flipped on the air conditioner and headed for home, I 

knew that this, my first Region 2 Summer Meeting, 

would certainly not be my last. 

Howard Reeve, Rosemarie Foltz, Phil Brockington, and 

others talking and resting, and at Coburg Planting Fields 

Note: All those great bus plants given to Region 2 

Summer Meeting visitors had been grown by Phil 

Brockington and Howard Reeve in the Coburg Planting 

Fields for the last two or more years. 



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Region 2 Symposium 2000 Recap Continued from Spring/Summer 2000 Issue 

From Wimberlyway y to Rollingw 

ollingwood 

ood 

By Karen Burgoyne from Texas. 

Elizabeth Salter 

Queen of the 

intricately eyed 

daylily cultivars. 

tables: ENCHANTER’S SPELL (E. Hudson 1982), LITTLE 

WITCHING HOUR (ENCHANTER’S SPELL x Sdlg.) (E. 

Slater 1988), and LITTLE PRINT (E. Salter 1992). This 

long cross prompted her Uncle Bill to say, ”You do realize, 

don’t you, that most people don’t produce that 

many seeds from an entire selection of seeds, much 

less from one cross.” Yet, from seedlings of that cross, 

Liz recognized a departure from what had been, and 

that–down the road–this was going to give her some 

great results. These results were the basis of her eyed 

and pattern daylilies that we have come to admire and 

adore today. 

The slides of Liz’s wondrous seedling patch startled 

and amazed us all. The various eye patterns and bold 

eyes are incredible. She mused that JASON SALTER, 

MARY ETHEL ANDERSON and JASON MARK all have 

had a great impact on her program and on the direction 

it is taking. Some showed eyes of different colors 

and graduations of color within the eyes She definitely 

is a proponent of the idea that “bigger is better,” adding 

that she has always admired eyed petunias, and 

Elizabeth Salter opened her program with back 

ground slides depicting scenes of Bill Munson’s 

fabled Wimberlyway, the land where tetraploid daylilies 

came into their own. 

As Bill Munson’s niece, Elizabeth remembers always 

being around our favorite petals, and she has memories 

of being at AHS National Conventions from age 6 

on. This brings pictures to my mind of a dark haired 

cutie running around with her eyes at the knee level, 

that is, of the bony knees of a variety of aging daylily 

devotees while she was getting a view of hems that 

would someday be her passion. Somehow I can’t help 

thinking that if I had had bony knees or “hems” to view, 

I, too, would want to concentrate on daylilies instead 

of orthopedic medicine today. The enthusiastic Elizabeth 

chose a path in daylily breeding that continues to 

break new ground in miniatures and eyed miniatures, 

diploids and tetraploids. 

Elizabeth, as she puts it herself, has “...been in touch 

with and around daylily people for a lot of years …” 

She also has been doing fantastic things to the miniatures 

for some time. She related how she started out 

with, what she calls, “little yellow critters” in the under 

2 to 2-1/2 inch range, and she emphasized that when 

she started, there wasn’t “ a whole lot to start with.” 

PYEWACKET (Elizabeth Hudson 1977), a cross of LITTLE 

IVY x FORGET ME NOT was the first of Liz’s eyed daylilies, 

but she recognized it as a new path in miniatures. 

From PYEWACKET, harbinger of things to come, 

resulted about 2500 seeds from which came these no- 

Phyllis Cantini, Liz Salter, Juli Hyatt, Curt 

Hanson, and Bob O’Neal chatting during the 

Symposium 2000. 

that she wants to create daylilies that look like them. 

One comment Liz made stood out, and that is evident 

in all the seedling slides she showed: The patterns and 

colors aren’t weather dependent; instead, they all were 

consistent. She also noted that the more “blue” and 

violet colors are in the eye of the flowers, the greener 

their throats appear. 

When Liz and Jeff were searching for a new place on 

which to hybridize “hems extraordinaire,” they were 

looking for land that would be easy to work. HAH! They 

showed a slide of the selected piece of land that was 

full of trees, tree stumps, and barren looking soil. Apparently, 

that didn’t stop them after all. A wonderful 

continued next page 


Region 2 Symposium 2000 Recap 

(continued) 

slide of today’s Rollingwood, and an interesting visitor 

(an Ostrich without a name), leaves one with the impression 

that Liz and Jeff can work miracles with anything 

that grows.This land hunt with its following 

transformation was also the point in time when Liz 

began her journey into tetraploids. 

The first introduction, and the backbone of her miniature 

tetraploid program, GUINIVER’S GIFT (E. Salter 

1989) came from [ADAH x (SABIE x (KNAVE x CHI- 

CAGO ROYAL) x (GRAND PRIZE x Sdlg.) x 

TEAHOUSE GEISHA) x STOLEN BASE) x TETRA MOON- 

LIGHT MIST] (The diploid MOONLIGHT MIST was registered 

by Elizabeth Hudson 1981). From there, Liz took 

the miniatures to new heights, again. She showed slides 

of daylilies that included edges and sculpted throats 

in blossoms of the 3- to 4-inch range. She proclaimed 

that clear reds and intense colors are coming in the 

mini tets. She showed us slides “to die for.“ 

Liz also told us that the transition into tet eye patterns 

has not been easy; yet, she is getting incredible 

patterns from WITCHES WINK (a tetraploid registered 

in 1993) and from the tet version of ELFIN ETCHING 


(ELFIN ETCHING was registered as a diploid in 1992). 

She said, “This is where the excitement comes from in 

the tet program.” After being wowed by the seedling 

slides, I’d have to agree.The complicated eye patterns 

and some of her patterned tet doubles had the crowd 

oohing and ahing and had some of us wishing we could 

hurry up and burn our own seedlings. 

The direction in which Liz’s dip and tet seedling programs 

are going, is awe inspiring; but that isn’t a surprise, 

because Liz Salter has one of the most interesting 

and wonderful daylily programs going, and the little 

lovelies show an excellent adaptability to all climate 

zones in the AHS. 

The little girl who ran around National Conventions 

has wowed us for some time already, and she shows 

signs of continuing to do that for a long time. I really 

liked her closing slide and her parting comment best, 

”People are always asking me what the best thing is 

that I ever produced” The last slide showed Jeff and 

their daughter together. 

I’d say y Liz has got t it right. 

John Rice: THOROUGHBRED OUGHBRED DAYLILIES 

By Karen Burgoyne from Texas. 

Before I start to tell you about John’ Rice’s wonderfilled 

program about his daylilies and the “Eden” in 

which he has chosen to grow them, I thought I should 

just tell you all how great it was to have been at this 

symposium. This little weekend, y’all put on, filled 

with just about any program, gave my heart all it could 

desire, and it was truly a class act. Y’all should be downright 

proud! Great Job, great people, and a real great 

time. Thanks! 

Now to the nitty-gritty: It’s been almost six months 

since I sat in a darkened room and watched slide after 

slide of John Rice’s delightsome wonders and had them 

fill my eyes and heart with new and distinctive hems. 

John brings a new direction to color combinations, particularly 

in the blending of shades, and in the shading 

of his new seedlings’ eyes and edges. John’s program 

and growing standards are exacting, and the results 

show an innate ability to pull those new things from 

our favorite flower, flowers that should excite us all 

for years to come. 

Here is a little background about John and his gardens: 

He bought some nice, level tobacco land in Kentucky. 

He built a wondrous greenhouse, about which 

he told us in the earlier Region 2 Symposium 2000 presentation 

(see pages 27-28 of our Spring/Summer 2000 

Region 2 Newsletter). 

John devotes three acres to his seedlings. He plants 

continued on page 30 

Curt Hanson, John Rice, David Kirchhoff, 

George Doorakian, Kevin Vaughn 

at March 2000 Region 2 Symposium 



Region 2 Symposium 2000 Recap 

(continued from page 29) 

John Rice talking about his 

Thoroughbred Daylilies 

his seedlings directly in the ground and usually–if he 

gets them in by early May–he will see bloom the following 

year. Sitting on a little scoot-about, John plants 

the seeds tightly, with about 1000 per 50 ft. row. 

John hybridizes primarily for large tetraploids, and he 

has a preference for blushes and colors that darken 

towards the edges. With that in mind, we enjoyed a 

sequence of slides showing past and new introductions 

and special seedlings from his program. John shared 

his thoughts about these daylilies with us, particularly 

his excitement for ANGEL’S BRAID (J. Rice 2000). 

He noted that ANGEL’S BRAID (ADMIRAL’S BRAID x 

ANGEL’S SMILE) was much easier to use than its parents 

and that this strong dormant cultivar was “throwing” 

a lot of exciting kids with patterns and the trait of 

roundness into the gene pool. He noted that WES KIRBY 

was one his better introductions and that JIM SPEN- 

CER was a strong early opener. 

This year’s introduction of YOU LOOK MARVELOUS is 

a branching wizard which has up to eight branches 

growing in the garden. He noted seeing nine branches 

on plants growing in the greenhouse. 

While he showed more slides of his introductions, I kept 

thinking about the different and incredible edges and 

colors he has created. 

Then, he showed us what is still to come. As John 

clicked through his seedling slides, I scribbled lots and 

lots of “to die for” comments all over my notes. 

Now, as I think back to the March 2000 presentation 

and see which of his creations I now have in my gardens, 

the “to die for” comment is a mild one. 

Especially notable were those ANGEL’S BRAID “kids” 

and several seedlings which had SALEM WITCH 

(Moldovan 1995) as one parent. John noted that SA- 

LEM WITCH, SHAKU ZULU (Moldovan 1992), and ARA- 

BIAN MAGIC (J. Salter 1992) had delighted him with 

the color range they produced in their “kids.” 

This is one up-and-coming hybridizer, one who has an 

eye for the new and distinctive features everyone of us 

is looking for. He is a wonderful gentleman with a wit 

and a focus that will take him far. 

Keep your our eyes es peeled for what’s coming from 

om 

Thoroughbred Gardens 

dens. . You ou won’t be disappointed. 

ed. 

AHS Daylily Dictonar 

onary (continued from page 2) 

a bitone and a bicolor. Not only are the descriptions 

here, but there are photographs to make it all crystal 

clear. In case you were always referring to a certain 

part of the bloom as the “watchamacallit,” you can go 

to the Daylily Image Map (on the bar at the top) and 

find Cheryl Postelwaite’s detailed drawing of a daylily 

with all the parts clearly labeled. A click on the 

“watchamacallit” (now positively identified as “stamen”) 

pulls up the definition of stamen and a great 

photo of them in living color. What could be easier 

The Dictionary isn’t meant to be a completed work; 

instead, it is a work in progress. Its creators, George 

Lawrence and Tim Fehr, are now working on the sec- 

ond flight of definitions to be added sometime this winter. 

George envisions detailed treatises on certain aspects 

of daylilies as well. 

As a sampler, click on Unusual Forms, Sculpted, or 

Edges. In the future, look for detailed discussions of 

doubles, polytepals, and seed starting, to name a few. 

Many many thanks go to George, Tim and all their 

contributors for all their hard work. This is definitely 

a labor of love for a flower. 

Melanie Mason, Director from Region 4 

Chairman, Publications Committee 

Jill Yost 2000 



This and That, from 

AHS to Regional 

Topics 

Region Two is on the Interne 

ernet 

Looking Ahead 

by Don Williams 

Our RegionTwo is heading into this new millennium in 

a proper way by putting together a web site for the region. 

The web site committee consists of Gisela Meckstroth 

(Ohio), Mary Milanowski (Michigan), Tim Fehr (Wisconsin), 

Rosmary Balazs (Illinois), and Don Williams (Indiana). 

We have also consulted with current and future 

officers Gene Dewey, Ed Myers, Virginia Myers, RVPelect 

Greg McMullen, and with Leslie Fischer (editor 

2001). 

We appreciate the efforts of Gisela Meckstroth and Ed 

Myers for their efforts in getting the project going. There 

were many others who were instrumental in getting the 

project from the planning stage to reality, and we thank 

all of you. 

As you read this, the web site should be up, and it will 

have lots of valuable information available to you. 

Greg had been thinking about the web site for some 

time, and he gave the group a good outline to start 

with. Tim Fehr, whom everyone knows for his good 

and extensive work on the AHS National site, provided 

us with some great looking logos. 

The committee has had a great time deciding the look 

and feel of the web site with everyone contributing 

ideas and feedback to it. It will continue to undergo 

many changes during the next few months, so look in 

on it frequently at http://www.ahsregion2.org 

It is a Region Two website, so if you have any suggestions 

on how to make it better, don’t hesitate to contact 

any one of the committee members or the current 

officers. There is a link on the web site where you can 

e-mail us your suggestions, and email addresses are 

listed for each of the regional officers, liaisons, and committee 

members. 

Don’t miss the link to the daylily e-mail auction site 

at: http://www.ahsregion2.org/auction.html 

Instructions are also given on page 17 of this issue. 

Editor’s Note 

We all owe Don Williams a great big Thank You for 

spending countless hours “constructing” the Region 

Two web site. 

AHS Region 2 Meetings 

2001: Greater Cincinnati Daylily and Hosta Society, 

Cincinnati, Ohio, June 29–July 1, 2001 

2002: Southern Michigan Hemerocallis Society 

2003: Madison County DS and the Southwestern 

Illinois Hemerocallis Society, June 27-29. 

Region 2 Englerth Award 

This hybridizing excellence award is open to Region 2 

hybridizers exclusively. All seedling and cultivars that 

have not been registered are eligible. Plants entered as 

candidates for this award are to be planted in one of the 

designated Region 2 Summer Meeting tour gardens and 

are to be marked with a code number only. 

To enter your seedling, ship enough fans of the plant so 

that it has a good chance of blooming on the day of the tour. 

Contacts and shipping info for Englerth Award 

candidate plants: 

2001 – Greater er Cincinnati 

Daylily and Hosta Society 

Betsy Detmer 

1562 New London Road 

Hamilton, OH 45013 

513-895-6509 

2002 – Southern Michigan Daylily Society 

Janice Seifert 

906 Heather Lake Drive 

Clarkston, MI 48348 

248-393-0844 

janseifert@usa.net 

2003 – Co-hosts: Madison County DS and 

the Southwest 

estern ern Illinois Hemerocallis Society 

Debbie Gray 

Meridian Gardens 

8209 Bivens Road 

Dorsey IL 62021 

618-377-1481 

meridian@spiff.net 

Shirley Farmer’s 

Midwest Hybridizers Meeting 

Saturday, , November 4, 2000, in Dayt 

yton. 

For Information, contact Shirley Farmer at: 

30 Schell Road, Wilmington, OH 45177 

•Tel: 937-382-7789 •Email: ShirFarmer@aol.com 

• See the web page Jim Shields created for it: 

http://garden.dmans.com/jshields/MidwestHybridizers/ 



This and That, from AHS to Regional Topics 

opics 

Garden Judges 

opics (continued) 

AHS and Regional 

Awards and Honors 

Way y to go Region 2! 

by Garden Judges Liaison Phyllis Cantini 

Lots of renewals were completed this summer at various 

workshops. The best news is that 20 more Region 2 

people took Garden Workshop II and are now eligible to 

apply to become garden judges. Please don’t forget to fill 

out and send in the application to our RVP by the deadline. 

A note to all our Region 2 clubs: Please consider holding 

Garden Judge Workshops for your members in 

2001. Schedule them in now, but observe the dates for 

our Region 2 Summer Meeting and the National Convention 

(see pages 3 and 4 for dates on which local 

clubs should not schedule the Garden Judges Workshops 

since they are offered at the regional and national 

events). Workshop I can be held indoors, using 

slides. Workshop II can be held next blooming season as 

part of your garden tours, general meetings, picnics, etc. 

A list of accredited Instructors is available. 

Please contact me: 

Phyllis Cantini, Region 2 Garden Judge Liaison 


West Bloomfield, MI 48324-2416 

Phone: 248-363-2352 

Email: Phylliscantini@cs.com 

Exhibition Judges 

Mildred Schlumpf Award 

ard 

The award, a silver tray is furnished by Region 

14, and is presented each year at the AHS 

national convention. The award is presented to 

the best entry of slides in a sequence of events 

that gives information relating to daylilies. 

Deadline for nomination is 4/1. 

Region 14-Slide Sequence Award 

ard 

The awards, two silver trays, are given each year 

at the national convention of the AHS for the individual 

who submits the winning landscape slide. 

The other will go to the person who enters the winning 

slide of an individual daylily bloom. Nomination 

deadline is 4/1. 

A.D. Roquemore Memorial Award 

The award is presented for the best slide of a cultivar 

clump showing the foliage, the scape(s), and 

the flower(s) to give a total picture. Nomination 

deadline is 4/1. 

Lazarus Memorial Award 

The award is given for the best video recording of 

a presentation relating to daylilies. Nomination 

deadline is 4/1 

Thank you to all of you who 

donated plants, to the 

Region 2 Winter 

Auction 2001. 

We e appreciate e your our support! 

t! 

by Exhibition Judges Liaison Richard Ford 

Another great regional meeting has come and gone, 

and the exhibition clinics were attended by those good 

souls who are ready to serve the regional and the national 

as exhibition judges. 

I would personally like to express thanks to Barb Kelly 

for her work in setting up the clinics, to Mary 

Milanowski for working out several details, to Pat and 

Dick Henley, to Lu and Orville Dickhaut, and to 

Rosemarie Foltz for their work as instructors, and to 

all those who served on the master panel. What a wonderful 

group of people to work with. Thank you all. 

We will see you all next year. 

Your AHS Dues and 

Your Region Two Newsle 

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tter 

A reminder about the relationship between AHS dues 

paid and your receipt of the Region 2 Newsletter: 

Your AHS dues must be paid by January 1 of each year 

so your name can appear on the mailing labels which 

your region receives from the AHS Executive Secretary 

Pat Mercer (see address in front inside-cover). 

Bulk mail newsletters are not forwarded to you by the 

postal service when your address changes! Therefore, 

please make sure to send your address change to Pat 

Mercer or your RVP as soon as you can. 



opics 

In Memory of Judith Vaughn 

by Joyce Wazniak of Carmel, Indiana 

On Sunday, April 25, 1999, a memorial service was 

held at the Community Congregational Church in the 

country outside Whiteland, Indiana, for Judith Vaught, 

long time IDIS member, who passed away on Friday, 

April 23. The countryside was clothed in its beautiful 

spring greens, and the redbuds added their soft rosy 

contrasts. It was a fitting backdrop for a celebration of 

a life that loved flowers, as Judy’s did. She was a member 

of IDIS for many years, serving as president for 

two years in the early 90s. She was also iris show chairman 

numerous times, and could always be depended 

upon to add her creative touch to the artistic design 

division. As recently as last year, she won the design 

sweepstakes award. Judy also grew and exhibited daylilies, 

and at last year’s show won Best Of Show. 

Judy’s contributions to the success of IDIS have been 

innumerable. She will be sorely missed by all her 

friends and family. 

Thank You 

ou 

Indiana Daylily – Iris Society 

ty 

for or your our donation to Region 2 

in memory y of 

Judith Vaughn 

Improving on Per 

erfection 

ection 

Update about the Hybridizers Showcase Daylily 

Garden in Holly, , Michigan 

by Phillis Cantini and Joan Kepf 



It got bigger. The planting area has nearly doubled in 

size with seven additional hybridizers’ collections added 

to an already prestigious and growing list (see list in 

the spring newsletter). 

New this summer, are cultivars from Castlebury, Crochet, 

Kinnebrew, Mason, Ned Roberts, Soules, and 

Webster. We filled in more of the Munson Memorial 

section with the missing years, and it is nearly complete 

from 1956 to the present. 

More of the area has been landscaped with trees, boulders, 

and paths to further enhance the whole setting 

for the daylilies. 

It got better. A 4 foot in diameter, 8 foot tall, working 

fountain was installed in a central position. More paths 

were laid to easily access, and view close up, each cultivar. 

Some hybridizers added to their own collections, 

thus making it necessary to reconfigure their individual 

spaces. 

It got more beautiful. Each special section, with each 

hybridizer’s representative cultivars, expanded into 

full-sized blooming clumps this summer. It will be even 

better in 2001 as more plants mature and bloom. It 

will be (if not already) one of the premier gardens in 

the country. It is unique in its concept, inspiring in its 

design, and beautiful in its versatility of plantings. And, 

it has hundreds of daylilies! 

Plan to tour the garden 2001 by appointment. Call or 

write 

•Joan Kepf, 6100 Carroll Lake Rd., Commerce Twp, 

MI 48382 (Tel: 248-363-9627) 

•Mary Coakley, 3344 Westwind St., Walled Lake, MI 

48390 (Tel: 248-363-3821) 

•Linda Boyd, 1180 Hillcrest St., White Lake, MI 48390 

(Tel: 248-360-2963 

You say you can’t improve on perfection The Hybridizers’ 

Garden is even bigger, better, and more beautiful 

than before. It is becoming a more perfect garden. 

Started a year ago, you saw it in the Spring 2000 newsletter 

in its early stages of development. This spring it 

really took off with ornamental trees as accessories, 

and with shrubs, grasses, annuals, and other perennials 

in full bloom. 

The Hybridizers Show Garden, Holly, Michigan 

Photo: John Kepf 




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John Benz Wins the 2000 Hite Awar 

ard 


Phyllis Cantini presenting the 

2000 Howard Hite Award to John Benz 

The Howard Hite Achievment Award for Hybridizing 

Excellence was awarded to John Benz during 

the 2000 Region 2 Summer Meeting awards ceremonies. 

The History of the Award: 

At the 1989 Region 2 Summer Meeting, this new award 

was announced and sponsored by the Southern Michigan 

Iris and Hemerocallis Society. It is in the form of 

a free-form, sand-etched glass plate with an engraved 

image of Howard Hite’s INDONESIA on it. 

It is meant to honor years of effort on the part of a 

hybridizer to improve daylily cultivars. Any Region 2 

member, including members of the Hite Award Committee, 

may submit names of candidates for the award 

to the Region 2 RVP before January 31 each year. 

Note: The criteria for selection of a recipient were 

printed in the Fall 1999/Winter 2000 issue of our regional 

newsletter. You may also contact the Southern 

Michigan Iris and Hemerocallis Society. 

About John Benz 

by Martha Seaman 

In 1980, John Benz was a Cincinnati house painter 

who grew perennials, including some older daylilies 

from Wild’s. In 1981, he made a trip to Handy 

Hatfield’s garden, south of Columbus, Ohio, to see 

some newer daylilies. There, he fell in love with 

JOEL (H. Harris 1978), a big, flat, wide yellow. 

Since JOEL was on display only and he couldn’t 

buy it, John phoned the hybridizer Harold Harris 

in Florissant, Missouri, and there began a wonderful 

relationship between the two men. 

John and his wife Janet made numerous trips to 

Florissant to see Harold and his daylilies and to 

discuss hybridizing techniques. In 1984, Harold 

Harris decided to retire, and he sold his entire garden, 

seedlings and all, to John and Janet. That fall, 

John, with the help of his brother-in-law Earl Porter, 

made two trips to Florissant to dig up and transport 

(and replant!) all those plants to Cincinnati. 

That next year, John mailed out his first typewritten 

sales list. In 1987, his first true (black and 

white) catalog came out, and by 1989, the Benz 

catalog had color. 

John grows from 2000 to 3000 mostly tetraploid 

seedlings each year and selects up to 100 for evaluation 

from that number. After the third or fourth 

year, and after being lined out in the fall, about 20 

to 25 plants are introduced for sale in the spring. 

The Benz daylilies are noted for being large, round, 

ruffled, and sturdy. John is particularly known for 

weather resistant reds with green throats, but his 

rose, pink and yellow daylilies have many admirers. 

He is a strong advocate of hardy plants for 

northern gardens, and his daylilies are representative 

of his dreams and values. 

1990 Dr. Charles Branch 

1991 No award presented 

1992 Bryant Millikan 

1993 Brother Charles Reckamp 

Recipients 

1994 Steve Moldovan 

1995 Howard Hite 

1996 Robert Griesbach 

1997 Dennis Anderson 

1998 Curt Hanson 

1999 Marge Soules 

2000 John Benz 



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Leo Sharp Wins the 2000 Englerth Awar 

ard 



Region 2 AHS Honors and Awards Liaison 

Dr. Jerry Benser congratulating 

2000 Englerth Award winner Leo Sharp 

Since 1987, region 2 hybridizers, amateur and professional 

alike, have competed for the Englerth Award 

for Hybridizing Excellence. This award is to encourage 

and promote Region 2 hybridizers and is in memory of 

Lawrence and Winifred Englerth of Hopkins, Michigan. 

The Englerths were longtime members of the American 

Hemerocallis Society, and Winifred was a charter 

member. Both were hybridizers, growers, and active 

promoters of daylilies for many years. Winnie was 

known for introducing daylilies with high bud count 

and her delight in using names in which the first letter 

was repeated. Many of her creations, MINI MINX, 

SKIPPY SKEEZIX, PINKEY PINKERTON, etc. are 

found in many gardens in the region. Their daughter, 

Mary Herrema, continues the sales operation as 

Englerth Gardens in Hopkins, Michigan. 

The award medallions have been donated by John and 

Geraldine Couturier, who now reside in Region 10. The 

medallion will be engraved with the winner’s name, It 

is an award to cherish. 

Notes: 

• The criteria for selecting an Englerth Award winner 

were printed in our Fall 1999/Winter 2000 regional 

newsletter. 

• Englerth Gardens is sometimes called Englearth Gardens, 

but the Herrema family prefers to use the family 

name. 

About Leo Sharp 

By Joanne Larson 

Leo’s involvement with the daylily began in 1980 

when he meet Olive Pauley, Michigan City, IN, and 

Walter Jablonski, Merrillville, IN. 

Most “daylily” conversations with Leo include reminiscences 

about these and other historical Region 2 

hybridizers. The love of gardening showed itself 

early, when at age 8 he planted and nurtured a vegetable 

garden at his downstate Illinois home. He 

says, “Even then, I was fascinated with seeing seeds 

sprout and produce.” Now, thousands of daylily seeds 

are planted annually and daylily blooms instead of 

green beans are produced. 

Currently, Brookwood Gardens operate just south 

of Michigan City, IN, and in Florida. His earlier introductions, 

small- and miniature-flowered daylilies 

for the most part, possess clear color, round form, 

heavy substance, and they open well. The concentration 

on clear color, good substance, good plant 

habit, and branching continue, and he is now also 

selecting for larger flowers. 

Leo has served as Region 2 RVP and RPD. He has 

chaired the 1990 Region 2 annual meeting, and he 

was awarded an AHS Regional Service Award at the 

national convention in 1994. Leo also maintains an 

AHS DisplayGarden in Indiana. This year, he also 

won the Region 3 Large Flower award during the 

National Convention. 

Over the years, Leo has donated an incredible numbers 

of plants to area clubs and regional events, and 

he continues to donate to the region so that it prospers 

financially. When requested to speak and to 

present slide programs at Region 2 symposiums or 

at local club meetings, Leo continues to give his time 

and talent willingly and generously. He has also 

been supportive in the establishment of new clubs 

by providing advice, expertise and plants for fundraising 

purposes. 

Winners of the Englerth Awards: 

1987 Steve Moldovan 

1988 Dennis Anderson (INDY CHARMER) 

1989 Alfred Golder (T86-63) 

1990 Philipp Brockington (COBURG PINK WINK) 

1991 Lee Craigmyle 

1992 Charles Applegate (LAND OF PROMISE) 

1993 Dennis Anderson (INDY SEDUCTRESS) 

1994 Charles Applegate (MORNING HAS BROKEN) 

1995 No award given 

1996 Arthur Blodgett (RAMONA’S MEMORY) 

1997 Ed Myers (LITTLE SUMMER STAR) 

1998 Howard H. Reeve Jr. (GRANDMA KISSED ME) 

1999 Dan Bachman (BEN BACHMAN) 

2000 Leo Sharp (BROOKWOOD MARIAN CAVANAUGH) 





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AHS Awards Presented ed to Region 2 

Members at the 

2000 National Convention 

in Philadelphia, PA 


Honorable Mention Certif 

tificat 

icate: 

e: 

$ Eugene S. Belden for STARTLE 

$ John Benz for ONE STEP BEYOND 

$ Curt Hanson for EARTH MUSIC and 

SUPREME EMPIRE 

$ Steve Moldovan for FRANCIS OF ASSISI, OLD 

KING COLE, SALEM WITCH, and SHAKA ZULU 

$ Brother Charles Reckamp for ANGELS SMILE 

$ Leo Sharp for BROOKWOOD ELEGANZA, 

BROOKWOOD WOW, and BROOKWOOD OJO POCO 

Award of Merit Certif 

tificat 

icate: 

$ Charles E. Branch for SUSAN WEBER 


$ Sharon Fitzpatrick for best video recording 

of a presentation relating to daylilies 

Region 3 Large Flower Award 

$ Leo Sharp 

Certif 

tificat 

icates of Recognition for donations to 

various AHS programs: 

William E. Monroe oe Endowment Fund Trust 

$ Metropolitan Columbus DS: Gold Donor 

$ AHS Region 2:Platinum Donor 

$ Wisconsin DS: Platinum Donor 

Joe E. House Scientific ic Fund 

$ Metropolitan Columbus DS: Gold Donor 

RVP Mary Milanowski accepting the William E. Monroe 

Endowment Fund Trust Platinum Donor Certificate 

for Region 2 from AHS Region 2 Honors and Awards Liaison 

Jerry Benser 

RPD Ed Myers presenting Sharon Fitzpatrick with the AHS 


Region 2 RPD Ed Myers accepting the William E. Monroe 

Endowment Fund Trust and the Joe E. House Scientific Fund 

Gold Donor Awards for the Metropolitan Columbus DS from 

AHS Region 2 Honors and Awards Liaison Dr. Jerry Benser 

Hiram Pearcy accepting Platinum Donor Award for the 

Wisconsin Daylily Society 




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2001 1 Howard ard Hite 

Achie 

hievement ement Award 

ard 

for 

or 

Hybridizing Excellence 

Nomination Form 



Yes, it was a “Once Upon A 

Millennium–Chicago 2000” 

Nominations for the Hite Award are made by Region 

2 members. Use this ballot form and attach 

additional information if desired. (Form may be 

photocopied) 

For more information, please refer to the Hite 

Award criteria and a listing of previous Hite Award 

winners on page 34. 

The Sevetsons don’t waste 

a square foot of soil! 

Phil Mallory “at work” taking 

photos and taking notes 

to write about The Coburg 

Planting Fields 

I wish to nominate: 

____________________________________ 

because: 

____________________________________ 

____________________________________ 

____________________________________ 

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____________________________________ 

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____________________________________ 

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Jean Stallcop taking notes in 

the Kirins’ back yard. 

(Photo by Rosemarie Foltz) 

RVP Mary Milanowski and 

Chicago 2000 Co-chair Pat Bell 

Sevetsons’ back yard 

Get set, ready, go! 

Chicagoland volunteers 

waiting for Summer Meeting 

visitors in the hotel lobby. 

Signature ___________________________ 

Complete this form and mail before 

January 31, 2001, to: 

Greg McMullen, RVP 

8753 Westfield Blvd. 

Indianapolis, IN 46240-1942 

Educational display in the 

Balazs Garden. 

Visitors in the Coburg 

Planting Fields 

Left: Shovels all in a row at 

the Coburg Planting Fields 



Club Information and Events Calendar 

Northeast Ohio Daylily Society 

New Club in Cleveland 

eland 

At last, Cleveland, Ohio, has its first daylily club. The Northeast 

Ohio Daylily Society (NODS) was formed this year 

(That’s “nods of approval,” not “nods of sleep.”*). 

The club is the result of efforts by three energetic young 

women, Jani Sikon, Lynn Stickle, and Kathy Schultz with 

Cleveland’s own premier hybridizer Curt Hanson. The club 

was formed on June 28 at the Holden Arboretum. An enthusiastic 

group of daylily folk gathered together and chose a 

name, enjoyed an auction, and signed up for future fun. Curt 

Hanson donated first-class plants, and the talented David 

Enochian autioned them to the new club members. 

Since this beginning, the group has enjoyed a picnic at Curt’s 

Crintonic Gardens and a class at the Arboretum. 

Future plans include speakers, garden tours, plant sales, 

design classes, and more. Anyone in the Cleveland area is 

encouraged to join in the fun by contacting Jani Sikon. 

Members of the new 

Northeast Ohio Daylily 

Society 

Note: These three Jpeg 

images were provided 

via e-mail by Jennifer 

Jackson. 

NODS Co-president 

Curt Hanson 

and 

club member Molly 

Melcher 

The new club has two presidents, 

Co-president Jani Sikon 

7011 Jackson Street 

Mentor, OH 44060-5023 

Tel: 440-974-8038 

Email: gardenaddict@juno.com 

and 

Co-president Curt Hanson 

11757 County Line Road 

Gates Mills, Ohio 44040 

Tel: 440-423-3349 

Club reporter: 

Jennifer Jackson: avalonseed@hotmail.com 

*Note: means “Very Big Grin” in Cyberspeak. 

Ohio Daylily Society 

PresidentRosemarie Foltz reports the following meeting 

dates: 

Fall November 5, 2000 (1:30 pm) 

Spring April 22, 2001 

Show July 15, 2001 

Sale August 19, 2001 

Fall October 28 (tentative date) 

Rosemary wants everyone to know that Bill Hendricks 

from Klyn Nurseries (of Region 2 Symposium 2000 fame) 

will speak at this fall’s meeting. Bill is a gifted speaker 

who is an expert on Ohio-hardy perennials, shrubs, and 

trees and who gives valuable tips. Members bring finger 

foods to this meeting. The club will also draw the winning 

number for the daylily quilt which Debbie Hulbert made. 

It is a labor of love and a work of art. 

NODS Co-president 

Jani Sikon, 

Liaison (to Holden 

Arboretum) Kelly 

Schultz, and 

Treasurer Lynn 

Stickle. 

Southern Michigan Hemerocallis Society 

ty 

SMHS hits cyberspace with 

www. . daylily 

ylilyclub. com 

The Southern Michigan Hemerocallis Society has gone into 

cyberspace! SMHS launched its website August 15 and has 

had over 250 visitors to the site 

within the first week. Club members 

and publicity co-chairs Nikki 

and Steve Schmith created the site 

to offer access to the local club for 

an international audience. 

The multi-page website contains information 

on the club, its officers, 

its members, and its mission. It 

also has an Education page, an extensive 

Photo Gallery page, and a 

page that will be dedicated to the 

National Convention in 2002, 

which SMHS will proudly host. 

Hybridizers, collectors and daylily lovers from every state in 

contnued next page 


Club Information and Events Calendar (continued) 


(continued) 

Region 2 contributed photos of their seedlings and gardens 

for inclusion in the Photo Gallery. Pictures from SMHS’ 

Annual Exhibition Show are featured, and the webmasters 

plan to include pictures from the Annual Daylily Blowout 

on August 26 and the Fall Corn Roast in September. 

One website viewer said, “It has fine copy–clear and to the 

point…the featured gardens gives it width, the Education 

page gives it depth! It has everything!” Another visitor wrote, 

“…it is very nice and very distinctive…” 

The club, founded as SMHS in 1992, now boasts about 200 

members. They hope that, with the addition of this website 

and the new club logo introduced last month, they can boost 

interest and participation of its current members, as well as 

entice new members to join. 

To submit feedback on the site, and to submit photos for the 

Photo Gallery, please e-mail to: 

schmith120671@daylilyclub.com 

Note: SMHS logo image was sent via e-mail by N. Schmith 

Metr 

tropolitan Columbus Daylily Society 

ty 


and Linda Johnson for their outstanding educational display 

and to Gisela Meckstroth for producing the show-schedules 

booklets. 

The MCDS plant sale and auctions were definitely financial 

successes. 

“Auctioneer” Ed Myers did an excellent job squeezing dollars 

from club members during the guest plant auctions held 

at the May meeting and after the August plant sale. Everyone 

went home happy!! And under the leadership of Sale 

Chair Jim Rush, scores of customers attended the annual 

August plant sale, scooping up thousands of dollars worth of 

daylilies donated by members. 

Two club services that deserve mention involve the Eureka 

book and plant labels. Member Jim McMurry coordinates 

the mass purchase of the Eureka books for club members at 

the quantity discounted price. And Bill Johannes has ordered 

large quantities of plant labels at wholesale prices for resale 

to members for many years, and he has continued to do so. 

Membership currently stands at 233, with 150 also members 

of AHS. As always, new members are welcome to join 

us for the fun and activities listed below: 

MCDS events to be held at the Franklin Park Conservatory: 

By Bill Johannes and Pete Mondron 

It has been a great year for growing daylilies in our area, 

and the results showed at our show, plant sale, and plant 

auctions. Show Chair Trish Callis and Co-chair Patricia 

Crooks Henley produced a wonderful show titled “Summer 

Theater.” With 403 scapes and 24 artistic exhibits entered, 

competition was keen. 

Sharon Fitzpatrick had held a grooming class at her home 

for about 15 members prior to the show, and the results 

showed. The judges were impressed by the outstanding 

grooming and by the range of cultivars displayed. 

Fall Meeting ................................... Sunday, November 5, 2000, 2pm, 

.................................................................. Steve Moldovan (speaker). 

Holiday potluck and gift exchange ...............Sunday, December 10 

Winter Meeting 2001 ..................................... Sunday, February 11 

............................................. Speakers: Ted Petit of Le Petit Jardin 

................................................ John Peat of Cross Border Daylilies 

Spring Meeting 2001 ............................................ Sunday, April 29 

Daylily Show 2001 .................................................. Sunday, July 8 

Daylily Sale and Auction 2001 ...................... Saturday, August 18 

Fall Meeting 2001 .......................................... Sunday, November 4 

Holiday Party 2001 ........................................Sunday, December 9 

Show winners are as follows: 

Best Large Flower: . DESPERADO LOVE (Janice M. Bailey) 

Best Small Flower: ......... ORCHID CANDY (Karen Weaver) 

Best Miniature Flower and Best-in-Show: .......................... 

.............................. PATCHWORK PUZZLE (Patsy Bushdorf) 

Best Double Flower: .......... MADGE CAYSE (Jim McMurry) 

Best Spider/Spider Var. Flower: .. ROCOCO (Kit C. Walter) 

Best Region 2 Popularity Poll Winner: ............................... 

............................ STRAWBERRY CANDY (Janice M. Bailey) 

Best Seedling: ......................... “WMP-3” (James Gossard) 

Best Youth and MCDS King of Show: ................................. 

.................... HIGHLAND PINCHED FINGERS (Nick Lucius) 

AHS Sweepstakes: ............................................ Connie Abel 

MCDS Novice: ................. SIR MODRED by James Bushdorf 

MCDS People’s Choice: ......................... DESPERADO LOVE 

AHS Tricolor Rosette: .................................... Pat McNemar 

Creativity Award: ............................................... Lynn Fronk 

Special Appreciation Award rosettes were presented to Stan 

MCDS Show Chair Trish Callis and 

Best-in-Show Winner Patsy Bushdorf 

RPD’s and Editor’ Note: Please share your club news with 

others in our region. Send summarized information, please. 

Deadlines are March 1 and September 1. 



Club Information and Events Calendar (continued from page 39) 

Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society 

Hoosier Daylily Society Inc. 

Reporter Charlene Patz: 

We have had another busy, fun-filled 

summer and fall: In May we had a bus 

trip to the Cincinnati Flower Show. 

In June we tried holding our Members’ 

Hosta Garden Tour on a week night this 

year. It seemed to be very successful. 

Due to the fact that most daylilies are 

better for viewing in the morning, we 

held our Members’ Daylily Gardens Tour to the home of Lori 

and Jerry Vandermeer/Dutchmill Gardens and to Margaret 

and Bill Cook/The Farm on a Saturday morning in July. We 

also held a non-accredited Daylily Show in July at Toledo 

Botanical Garden’s Conference Center. 

During our August Daylily Work Day at Toledo Botanical 

Garden, the Munson and Olson collections were revamped. 

Later that afternoon we enjoyed the annual daylily auction 

in conjunction with our Daylily Host program. 

In September we toured Valerie Trudeau’s Lavender Blue 

Herb Farm in Waterville, and we had our Annual Members’ 

Plant Exchange. 

In October our open forum program focused on what our 

members do to get their gardens ready for winter, and a potluck 

in November rounded out the year’s events. 

2001 Calendar of Events: 

January - Annual Dinner Meeting - date/time and speaker 

to be announced 

February 17 at 1 pm - Toledo Botanical Garden Conference 

Center. Program: Therese Coyle “Garden Design” 

March 17 at 1 pm - Toledo Botanical Garden Conference Center 

Program: “Container Gardening” 

April 28 at 1 pm - Toledo Botanical Garden Greenhouse Program: 

“Annual Plant Sale and Hosta Show” 

May 19 at 8 am - Annual Plant Sale Churchill’s Parking 

Lot, Perrysburg 

June 3 - Toledo Botanical Garden Conference Center - Hosta 

Show 

June/July Members Garden Tour - Potluck 

Contact Person: Charlene Patz 

Telephone: 419-874-8964 

Email: 

fppatz@wcnet.org 

HooDS President Jim Shields reports: 

HooDS had its first annual auction in January and raised a 

good nestegg for this year. We had speakers like Jamie 

Gossard and Dan Bachman come to talk to us. 

As in 1999, we had open gardens for two weekends during 

bloom season, when members were invited to visit members’ 

gardens. 

The Board is just now getting organized for the fall term, 

with monthly meetings planned for September, 2000, 

through May, 2001. 

Bill Potter came down from Chicago and gave an informative 

talk to HooDS in November, 1999. 

HooDS web page is at: 

http://garden.dmans.com/jshields/Hoosier/ 

Hoosier DS Member Greg McMullen 

The election of Greg McMullen as Region 2 Vice President 

for 2001-2002 was announed during our Region 2 Summer 

Meeting in Burr Ridge, Illinois. Greg is a HooDS member 

from Indianapolis, Illinois. 

Greg wants to thank everyone who has supported him by 

vote during the nomination and election process. He will 

tell you all about his goals for our Region in the Spring- 

Summer 2001 newsletter. And, he will ask Region 2 members 

to make a commitment to become involved in AHS Region 

2 activities. 

In the meantime, if you want to contact Greg, you can do so 

by writing him at: 

•8753 Westfield Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46240-1942 

•Tel: 317-815-0288 

•E-mail: watpark@indy.net 

Daylily Society of Southern Indiana 

President John Habermel reports: 

The Daylily Society of Southern Indiana had a very successful 

plant sale this summer and raised $2000 for the club 

treasury. It was a huge success considering that the members 

had only 30 days to plan, organize, and collect donations 

of plants. 

Thanks to all the members who donated and worked to make 

this a memorable event. The membership has reached 53, 

which is amazing considering the club it only 11 months old. 

Don Jerabek, Janet Faulhaber, Greg McMullen, 

Phyllis Cantini, Harold Steen 

at the Region 2 Summer Meeting 



The Wisconsin Daylily Society 

Hiram and Jane Pearcy reporting: 

Wisconsin is the home of the Ringling Brothers Circus, so it 

should not have seemed strange to see a big red and white 

tent in town. What was unusual was to have it at the botanical 

garden housing the annual sale for the Wisconsin 

Daylily Society. 

A butterfly bonanza pushed us out of our usual quarters and 

into a fun, new experience in our “big top.” Except for a brief, 

overnight shower, the weather was great and so were sales. 

(We even sent daylilies back to Iowa on buses loaded with 

butterfly watchers!) Many, many members of WDS showed 

up to work very hard all three days. Profits will finance our 

year’s activities, which include bus trips and guest speakers. 

Speaking of speakers, we had an outstanding year of programs. 

We kicked off the season at our annual meeting in 

October with Ted Petit and John Peat. (We even celebrated 

Ted’s birthday with him.) The happy memories of this dynamic 

duo will remain with us for some time as Ted’s Fall 

’99 collection became the coveted jewels of our new cultivar 

adoption program. A record number of members showed up 

in July to vie for foster parenthood of these beauties. 

Other outstanding speakers came from near and far. Our 

own Drs. Doug Maxwell and Robert Griesbach, Darrell Apps, 

and Lynn Purse all informed, entertained, and educated us. 

We are eagerly anticipating Norman Baker at our October 

2000 meeting. 

Highway construction, minimum trunk space, road rage–no 

problem for us. We loaded 26 WDS members into an airconditioned, 

chauffeured coach and set off for Region 2 in 

Burr Ridge. We had time to visit, swap daylily stories and 

begin the “must have” lists which regional meetings inspire. 

Always the great hosts, the Chicagoland group didn’t disappoint 

us. We had a marvelous time and hope to repeat the 

experience on the long, long trek to Cincinnati next year. 

A successful mail-in auction, a well-planned and executed 

garden tour, and an attractive and informative booth at the 

garden expo rounded out our year’s activities. 


SWIDS Schedule 2000-2001 

October 21: .................... Special meeting with Dan Hansen 

............................................................ of Lady Bug Daylilies 

November 16: ............................................. Regular meeting 

December 16: .............................................. Christmas party 

January 20: ........................... Special meeting with Jeff and 

........................................... Elizabeth Salter of Rollingwood 

February 16:............................................... Regular meeting 

March 15: ....................... Presentation of 2001 asset plants 

April 20: ................................. 2001 asset plant distribution 

May 17: ................................... Auction of 1999 asset plants 

June 21: .................................... Show and sale preparation, 

......................................................... grooming for exhibition 

June 24: ............................................. Annual show and sale 

McKenzie Williams and Dr. Robert Griesbach in July 2000 

(Photo by Lea Ann Williams) 

Southwestern Indiana Daylily Society 

Correspondent: Lea ann Williams (812) 922-5288 reports: 

June 26, 2000 Show Results 

Bob and Jan Kraft – Best in Show – STACK THE DECK 

Don and Lea Ann Williams – AHS Sweepstakes 

Bob and Jan Kraft – Large Flower – STACK THE DECK 

Bob and Jan Kraft – Small Flower – SILOAM MERLE KENT 

Marcia Razor - Miniature – PARDON ME 

Brandon Fairias – Youth – LITTLE GRAPETTE 

Joe and Mary Stone – Seedling 

Southwestern Indiana DS Left to right: Nick Michas, John 

Phillips, Mary Phillips, Peg Michas, Connie Kinkel, David 

Schaffer, Norman Rainey (Photo by Lea Ann Williams) 




Madison County Daylily Society 

Indiana Daylily – Iris Society 

Meetings and events for the Madison County Daylily 

Society: 

October 5 - Regular Meeting 

December - Club Christmas party TBA 

February - Executive Board meeting TBA 

March 1 - First club meeting of the new year 

April 28 - MCDS’s annual spring companion plant sale beginning 

at 8 am at Fehling & Nameoki Roads in Granite 

City. 

May 3 - Regular club meeting & spring daylily auction 

June 23 or 30 - AHS Daylily Show & sale at Alton Square 

Mall in Alton, Illinois. 

All club meetings are held at the Granite City Eagles, located 

at 2558 Madison Ave. in Granite City Ill. Meetings 

begin at 6:30 pm with a potluck with the business meeting 

following at 7 pm. For further information or directions to 

any club meeting or event contact MCDS’s correspondent 

Pam Hurd at mphurd@earthlink.net or (314)353-4839. 

Winners at this year’s AHS Daylily Show were: 

Best Large Flower: WHITE PERFECTION - Carol Lami 

Best Small Flower: PANDORA’S BOX - Cleste Biason 

Best Miniature: BUMBLE BEE - Sandy Monroe 

Best Spider: CURLY CINNAMON WINDMILL - Helen Mihu 

and Ruth Henson 

Best Double: DOUBLE BOURBON - Candice Conreux 

Best Seedling: Cleste Biason 

Popular Poll: STRAWBERRY CANDY - Cleste Biason 

Youth ROSE EMILY - Emily Hurd 

Best of Show: CURLY CINNAMON WINDMILL - Helen 

Mihu and Ruth Henson 

Sweepstakes winner: Helen Mihu and Ruth Henson 

Show Chair John Everitt reports these results from the 

club’s daylily show. Members entered a total of 183 scapes. 

Best Large Flower: WANDA SIMON .................... John Everitt 

Best Small Flower: MAY WAY ......................... Shirley Finney 

Best Miniature Flower: PARDON ME ................ John Everitt 

Best Double Flower: PRESTON JOHN ................ John Everitt 

Best Spider/Spider Variant: 

RAINBOW SPANGLES ................................ Della Mae Connell 

Popularity Poll of 1999: 

STRAWBERRY CANDY .............................. Della Mae Connell 

Best-in-Show: ......... MAY WAY ....................... Shirley Finney 

Sweepstakes: ..................................................... John Everitt 

Della Mae and Tom Connell at The Fields during the 

Region 2 Summer Meeting 2000 

Southern Illinois Area Members 

Please 

read this! 

Youth want 

anted 

The Madison County Daylily Society is seeking young 

family members of other daylily club members interested 

in forming a junior daylily club within the southern 

Illinois area. 

The club would be for youth interested in learning 

more about the American Hemerocallis Society and 

growing & showing daylilies. 

Interested parties should contact: 

Janice Hammers, MCDS president, at 2140 Harrison, 

Granite City, Il 62040. 

Madison County DS members at The Fields during the Region 2 

Once upon a Milennium–Chicago 2000 Summer Meeting (Pam 

Hurd, Janice Hammers, Sandy Monroe, and Sally Toussaint) 



Illinois 

Nina Ahler 

1007 S Batavia 

Geneva, IL 60134 

Joan Allecia 

4732 Lawn 

Western Springs, IL 

60558 

Violet Bates 

4735 Black Oak Tr 

Rockford, IL 61101 

Patrice Bender 

27467 W Flynn Cr Dr. 

Barrington, IL 60010 

Joan Bilderback 

118 Briarcliff Dr. 

Granite City, IL 62040 

Kathleen Blanton 

701 Ridgeview St. 

Downers Grove, IL 60516 

Teresa Blackburn 

7027 Feather Trail Rd. 

Ullin, IL 62992 

Mike & Linda 

Bookwalter 

346 West South Ave. 

Noble, IL 62868 

Cecelia Boomer 

206 Larchwood 

North Aurora, IL 

60542-1040 

Robert Bruggeman 

1507 N William St. 

Joilet, IL 60435 

Kathryn & Michael 

Carney 

707 N Edgelawn Dr. 

Aurora, IL 60506-1835 

Linda Dumas 

301 Norton 

Lombard, IL 60148 

John & Elizabeth 

Durham 

3175 Lakeside Dr. 

Coal City, IL 60416 

Sandra Ellis 

1326 N 1900 East Rd. 

Taylorville, IL 62568 

Steve Etherton 

27 W 241 Churchill Rd. 

Winfield, IL 60190 

Shirlee Evans 

1202 West Park Front 

Joilet, IL 60436 

Debra Fey 

17908 Windy Hill Rd. 

Staunton, IL 62088 

Welcome, New Region 2 Members! 

Micheline Fritz 

26W670 Batavia Rd. 

Warrenville, IL 60555 

Robert Grinstead 

204 Creek St. 

Edwardsville, IL 62925 

Fred Henize 

23009 S Frances Way 

Channahon, IL 60410- 

3103 

Donald Jackson 

3775 Grand Ave. 

Gurnee, IL 60031 

Anna Jellema 

11331 W 194th St. 

Mokena, IL 60448 

Jessica Liszewski 

187 Meridian 

Glen Carbon, IL 62034 

Brenda Manis 

2218 N 12th St. 

Quincy, IL 62301 

Diane May 

3308 Whiteclif LN 

Godfrey, IL 62035 

Carolyn McClintock 

#8 Doe Run Trail 

Collinsville, IL 62234 

Jean Muir 

125 Rumsey Pl 

Westmont, IL 60559 

Deb McNaughton 

3191 S Country Club 

Staunton, IL 62088 

Carole Onwiler 

1073 S Le Claire 

Oak Lawn, IL 60453 

Barbara & Gary Phelps 

3307 Franklin 


Marilyn Poynter 

1260 Westlawn Dr 

Kankakee, IL 60901 

Larkin Price 

5 Dickey Dr. 

Fairfield, IL 62837-1101 

Lisa Retzer 

7000 Chambers Rd. 


George & Delores Rider 

402 Albers Pl 

Bethalto, IL 62034 

Clifford & Margie Ross 

4817 Cenderela Dr. 

Alton, IL 62002 

Gloria Slomainy 

9 S 370 Rosehill Ct. 

Downers Grove, IL 60516 

Mary Soto 

154 Story 

Glen Carbon, IL 62034 

Shirley Stien 

7907 Scott Lane 

Machesney Park, IL 

6l115-3065 

Nyla & James Thomson 

1454 County Rd. #5 

Rockford, IL 62280 

Jerry Todd 

9800 Palisade 


Marcia Tofanelli 

224 Everett 

East Peoria, IL 61611 

Grace Valentine 

530 Glendale Ave. 

Glen Ellyn, IL 60137- 

4928 

Donna Vinke 

Corie Allen 

6636 W State Route 13 

Kankakee, IL 60901 

Janis Von Qualen 

1716 S Whittier Ave 

Springfield, IL 62704- 

4022 

Steve Wunderle 

121 Prairie Rd. 

Carterville, IL 62918 

Indiana 

Richard Anderson 

57 Forest Dr. 

Jeffersonville, IN 47130- 

6865 

Pauletta Beller 

4845 Corydon Ridge Rd. 

NE 

Corydon, IN 47112 

Georganne Bickham 

3753 W County Rd. 900 N 

Freetown, IN 47235 

Barbara Boekeloo 

2352 E 900 N. 

Lake Village, IN 46349- 

9303 

John & Carol Bontrager 

23650 Anthony Rd. 

Cicero, IN 46034 

Rose Brown 

PO Box 635 

New Haven, IN 46774 

Joe Closson 

10137 Apple Spice Dr. 

Indianapolis, IN 46235- 

4106 

Marilyn & Bill Cook 

6400 Pfafflin Lake Blvd. 

Newburgh, IN 47630- 

1826 

Carolyn Davis 

513 W Walnut St. 

Crown Point, IN 46307 

Daylily Soc of S. IN. 

11120 Hyatt Martin Rd. 

Greenville, IN 47124 

Leslie Durham 

4920 Clover Pine Dr. 


Brandon Farias 

11120 Hyatt Martin Rd. 


Linda Foor 

7698 Sheila Drive 

Brownsburg, IN 46112- 

8415 

Christine Glancy 

618 E 48th St. 

Indianapolis, IN 46205 

David & Rhunnell 

Gruender 

5834 White Oak Ct. 


Michele Harker 

7377 Marywood Dr. 

Newburgh, IN 47630 

Rick Herring 

8903 Southmoor Ave. 

Highland, IN 46322- 

1809 

Mike Lockwood 

6367 E 700 S 

Bluffton, IN 46714 

Nick & Peggy Michas 

RR#2 Box 252 

Princeton, IN 47670 

Roger Miller 

12788 East 191st. St. 

Noblesville, IN 46060 

Gail Nilsson 

3727 Augusta Lane 

Elkhart, IN 46517 

Gayle Nunn 

3218 E Gum 

Evansville, IN 47714 

Peg Powers 

8233 Groton Lane 


Joyce Prouse 

15413 S Errston St. 

Clinton, IN 47842 

Janet Rehlander 

3638 N 175 E. 

La Porte, IN 46350 

Bette Rice 

915 South Franklin Rd. 


Frank & Barbara Rowe 

383 E Old SR 14 

Winamac, IN 46996 

Eric Simpson 

611 W Howard St. 

Muncie, IN 47305 

Patty Smith 

5730 E St. Rd. 46 

Bloomington, IN 47401 

Vickie Stewart 

9085 S State Rd. 37 

Paoli, IN 47454 

Betty Strong 

5091 W 600 North 

Rochester, IN 46975 

Kim Taylor 

6810 E. Union Road 

Shelbyville, IN 46176 

Mike & Myra Teal 

6611 Juniper Dr. 

Newburgh, IN 47630 

Wayne Thurman 

4425 Charles Dr. 

Brownsburg, IN 46112 

Gary & Sandy Trucks 

1649 College St. 

South Bend, IN 46628- 

3012 

Michael Weaver 

1901 N 1st St 

Terre Haute, IN 47804 

Chris Wilhoite 

1325 Fairbanks Dr. 

Carmel, IN 46033-2333 



Welcome, New Region 2 Members! (continued) 

Indiana (continued) 

Carolyn Wolfe 

2040 Apple Ln SE 

Elizabeth, IN 47117 

Michigan 

Jay Cravens 

2544 Richards Dr. SE 

East Grand Rapids, MI 

49506 

Robert Cutler 

7233 S. Linden Rd. 

Fenton, MI 48430-9397 

Helen Granger 

524 N Pine St 

Owosso, MI 48867-2224 

Sue Hendershot 

555 Sunset 

White Lake, MI 48383 

John Henry Co. GCC 

PO Box 17099 

Lansing, MI 48901-7099 

Ellen Hizer 

752 Division Ave. N. 

Comstock Park, MI 

49321 

Lorene Miller 

W7674 Antoine Dr. 

Iron Mountain, MI 49801 

Beth Repas 

4638 S Hollister Rd. 

Ovid, MI 48866 

Marsha Schneider 

1506 76th St. SW 

Byron Center, MI 49315 

Sue Schrader 

13218 Golden Circle 

Fenton, MI 48430 

Bernadine Sebright 

2242 30th St. 

Allegan, MI 49010 

Holly Steiner 

11101 Bowens Mills Rd. 

Middleville, MI 49333 

Cynthia Tyrrell 

17603 Harman St. 

Melvindale, MI 48122- 

1012 

Cory Whitehead 

2395 Millbrook Ct. 

Rochester Hills, MI 

48306 

Ohio 

Daina Bell 

1572 Cascade Dr. 

Youngstown, OH 44511 

Martha Bell 

5974 Boston Rd. 

Valley City, OH 44280 

Linda Boggs 

7671 Lesourdsville Rd 

West Chester, OH 45069 

William & Mary 

Bramlage 

6900 Given Rd. 


Doug Cellar 

831 Edge Hill Ave 

Ashland, OH 44805 

Barbara Coulehan 

35905 Laurel Cir 

North Ridgeville, OH 

44039-1503 

Pete Dangerfield 

13825 Edgewater Dr. 

Cleveland, OH 44107 

Jerry & Anita Donaldson 

7885 Winchester Rd. 

N.W. 

Carroll, Ohio 43112 

Mark Druckenbrod 

21276 Claythorne Rd. 

Shaker Heights, OH 

44122 

Holli Echelberger 

825 County Rd. 30-A 

Ashland, OH 44805 

William Fueger 

8641 Music St. 

Novelty, OH 44072-9617 

Ruth Godfrey 

1357 Aberagg Rd. 

Atwater, OH 44201 

Sharon Gordon 

PO Box 1397 

Westchester, OH 45071 

Kim Gossard 

11401 Faulkner Rd 

Harrod, OH 45850 

Liz Hauenstein 

15409 Barrs SW 

Dalton, OH 44618 

John Herman 

7159 Leesville Rd. 

Crestline, OH 44827 

Pam Heskett 

2197 Cablecar Ct. 


Jeff Hovatter 

18687 Chambers Rd. 

Amanda, OH 43102-9407 

Paul & Ann James 

9338 Hyland-Croy Rd. 

Plain City, OH 43064 

James & Cathy Jenkins 

1500 Glenn Cordray Rd. 

McConnelsville, OH 

43756 

Nandy Kern 

10856 Deerfield Rd 


Bernard Kasten 

215 Yacht Point Dr. 

Lucas, OH 44843 

Bryan Key 

1862 Tonawanda Ave 

Akron, OH 44305 

Stephen Kolozvary 

6233 Bunker Rd. 

N Royalton, OH 44133 

Barbara Lamb 

4165 Kauffman Rd. 

Carroll, OH 43112 

Jack Markley 

1745 Beal Rd. 

Mansfield, OH 44903 

Martha Meade 

124 South Main St. 

Willard, OH 44099 

Cecil R Meharry 

785 Oberlin Dr. 

Fairfield, OH 45014-2830 

Steven & Tina Mobley 

11480 St. Rt. 36 Lot #38 

Marysville, OH 43040 

Marsha Munhollon 

7988 Townline Rd. 

Windsor, OH 44805 

Lisa Oates-Campbell 

2964 Gano Rd. 

Wilmington, OH 45177 

Art Reece 

2467 Stillwell Beckett Rd. 


Kelly Schultz 

8438 Forestview 

Mentor, OH 44060 

Kathryn Schwake 

1679 N SR 19 

Oak Harbor, OH 43449- 

9320 

Wendy Schwall 

5621 Lime Rd. 

Galion, OH 44833 

Susan Sivey 

7476 Aylsworth Rd. 

Shreve, OH 44676 

Eleanor Smith 

225 Illinois Ave. 

Westerville, OH 43081 

Elizabeth Sosan 

2322 Champion Trail 

Twinsburg, OH 44087- 

3210 

Virginia Stephenson 

703 Sunrise View 

Wooster, OH 44691 

Guy Stockman 

2420 Kingston Pike 

Circleville, OH 43113 

Rosemary Tanner 

1967 Plymouth East Rd. 

Plymouth, OH 44865 

Sandra & Roger Tapley 

5138 Ottawa River Rd. 

Toledo, OH 43611 

Robert Thomas 

8100 Bishop Rd 

Centerburg, OH 43011 

Kelly Tripp 

7607 Horizon Hill Rd. 

Springboro, OH 45066 

Dick Twining 

921 East River 

Elyria, OH 44035 

David Young 

1622 Parcher Rd. 

Bucyrus, OH 44820- 

9570 

Helen York 

5754 Reigart Rd. 


Demetra Zaros 

6894 Triadelphia Rd. 

Malta, OH 43758-9689 

Wisconsin 

Jeff Bacher 

2633 Chamberlain Ave. 

Madison, WI 53705 

Kris Casey 

3202 Gass Lake Rd. 

Manitowoc, WI 54220 

James Fitzpatrick 

5214 Queensbridge Rd 

Madison, WI 53714 

Diane Goodman 

K1146 Selwood Dr. 

Prairie, WI 53578 

Jill Hynum 

446 South Midvale 

Blvd. 

Madison, WI 53711- 

1448 

Allan & Peggy Idlas 

1410 Milwaukee St. 

Kewaunee, WI 54216- 

1150 

Michelle Laycock 

5808 Sunshine Lane 

Racine, WI 53402 

Frederick & Margaret 

Liss 

6413 Jacobs Way 

Madison, WI 53711-3208 

Annette Maloney 

1961 Surrey Lane 

Grafton, WI 53024-2418 

Chad Miller 

1054 35th Ave. 

Amery, WI 54001 

Karen Miller 

S730 Lincoln Spencer Rd 

Marshfield, WI 54449 

Joan Potts 

905 Alex Lane 

Hudson, WI 54016 

Brian Prell 

128 - 28th Ave. 

Racine, WI 53403-9629 

Eleanor Rodini 

1632 Adam St. 

Madison, WI 53711-2140 

Doris Simonson 

1303 Tenny Ave. 

Waukesha, WI 53186 

Leroy Sroyz 

1555 View Lane 

Green Bay, WI 54313 

Valeria Sutter 

1457 Sutter Rd. 

Mount Horeb, WI 53572 

Gerry Volser 

S46 W 25735 Red Oak Ct. 

Waukesha, WI 53189 

Conrad Wrzesinski 

3010 Elm Lane 

Middleton, WI 53562 

Listing reflects those 

new AHS members 

received since the end 

of February 23, 2000, 

through September 1, 

2000. 


Region 2 Local Club Listing 


Bay Area Daylily Buds 

Leo Bordeleau, President 

472 Rose Hill Drive 

Oneida, Wisconsin 54155 

920-869-2540 

Black Swamp Hosta and Daylily Society 

Don Bixler, President 

2550 Cherry Ridge Drive 

Fremont, Ohio 43420 

419-355-8116 

daylilyguy@nwonline.net 

Central Illinois Daylily Club 

Michael Fawkes, President 

585 Cherry 

Jacksonville, Illinois 62650 

217-243-7004 

Central Michigan Daylily Society 

Bruce Kovach, President 

5501 S. Red Oak Road 

Beaverton, Michigan 48612-8513 

517-689-3030 

bkovach@dow.com 

Chicagoland Daylily Society 

Kimberly Kaufman, President 

PO Box 581 

Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069 

847-634-2164 

Daylily Society of Southern Indiana 

John Habermel, President 

3619 Wagner Drive 

Floyds Knobs, Indiana 47119 

habermel@theremc.com 

Fort Wayne Daylily Society 

J. Paul Downie, President 

8207 Seiler Road 

Fort Wayne, Indiana 46806 

219-493-4601 

bdownie151@aol.com 

Grand Valley Daylily Society 

Allison Tgiros, President 

1124 Fallingbrook S. E. 

Kentwood, Michigan 49508 

616-455-1099 

Email contact: 

(Jan Burd) dburd6564@juno.com 

Greater Cincinnati Daylily & 

Hosta Society 

John Duke, President 

223 Kearney 

Cincinnati, Ohio 45216 

513-821-9163 

Email: jduke223@aol.com 

Hosting Region 2 Meeting in 2001 

Hoosier Daylily Society Inc. 

James E. Shields, President 

17808 Grassy Branch Road 

Nobelsville,, Indiana 46060 

317-896-3925 

jshields@indy.net 

Indiana Daylily-Iris Society 

Ronald R. Paye, President 

6508 Kellum Drive 

Indianapolis, Indiana 46221 

317-856-6867 

Kalamazoo Area Daylily Society 

J. Gus Guzinski, President 

8814 West H. Avenue 

Kalamazoo, Michigan 49009 

616-375-4489 

Madison County Daylily Society 

Janice Hammers, President 

2140 Harrison 


618-797-6038 

Co-hosting Region 2 Summer Meeting 2003 

Metropolitan Columbus Daylily Society 

Pete Mondron 

411 Ridgedale Drive 

Circleville, Ohio 43113 

740-474-1729 

pjmond@mail.bright.net 

Miami Valley Daylily & Hardy 

Perennial Society 

Shirley Farmer, President 

30 Schell Road 

Wilmington, Ohio 45177 

937-382-7789 

ShirFarmer@aol.com 

Northeast Ohio Daylily Society 

Jani Sikon, Co-President 

7011 Jackson St. 

Mentor, OH 44060-5023 

440-974-8038 

gardenaddict@juno.com 

Club reporter: J. Jackson: 

avalonseed@hotmail.com 

North Shore Iris & Daylily Society 

Alice Simon, President 

2516 Scott Street 

Des Plaines, Illinois 60018 

847-827-6541 

Ohio Daylily Society 

Rosemarie Foltz, President 

4418 Dueber Avenue SW 

Canton, Ohio 44706-4558 

330-484-1052 

Prairieland Daylily Society 

Randall Klipp, President 

34 Jordan Drive 

Bourbonnais, Illinois 60914 

815-932-6650 

Southern Indiana Daylily, Hosta, 

Daffodil & Iris Society 

Mark Cline, President 

5289 S. Harrell Road 

Bloomington, Indiana 47401 

812-824-9216 


Phyllis Cantini, President 


West Bloomfield, Michigan 48324-2416 

248-363-2352 

phylliscantini@cs.com 

Hosting 2002 AHS National Convention 

Southwestern Illinois Daylily Club 

Agnes Miller, President 

1560 Johnson Road 

Granite City, Illinois 62040 

618-877-2983 

Southwestern Illinois Hemerocallis Society 

Lu Dickhaut, President 

PO Box 374 

Carlinville, Illinois 62626 

217-854-3418 

Co-hosting Region 2 Summer Meeting 

2003 

Southwestern Indiana Daylily Society 

Robert E. Kraft, President 

14601 Old State Road 

Evansville, Indiana 47711 

812-867-3235 

kraft@dynasty.net 

The Daylily Society of Southeast Wisconsin 

Don Coshun 

W266 S5185 River Road 

Waukesha, Wisconsin 53186 

262-547-2408 

dlcoshun@yahoo.com 

The Wisconsin Daylily Society 

Hiram Pearcy, President 

407 Lincoln St. 

Verona, Wisconsin 53593-1529 

608-845-9249 

pearcyj@verona.k12.wi.us 


Leo Sharp’s 2000 Region 2 Englerth Award Winner BROOKWOOD MARIAN CAVANAUGH 

Photograph by Charles Bell 


Gisela Meckstroth, Region 2 Editor 

6488 Red Coach Lane 

Reynoldsburg, OH 43068-1661 

Nonprofit Organization 

U.S. Postage PAID 

Lancaster, OH 43130 

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