Part 1 - AHS Region 2

American Hemerocallis SocietySpring-Summer 2006Region 2/Great LakesNewsletterIllinois ♦ Indiana ♦ Michigan ♦ Ohio ♦ Wisconsin

National PresidentKevin Walek9122 John WayFairfax Station, VA 22039-3042703-798-5501giboshiman@aol.com orpresident@daylilies.orgAHS Region 2 DirectorJoanne LarsonMay 1 to October 1:49 Woodland DriveBarrington, IL 60010-1912847-381-1484October 1 to May 1:4400 Green Cliffs RoadAustin TX 78746-1234512-328-8753gnjelarson@earthlink.netRegional Vice PresidentGisela Meckstroth6488 Red Coach LaneReynoldsburg, OH 43068-1661614-864-0132gisela-meckstroth@worldnet.att.netrvp@ahsregion2.orgRegional Publicity DirectorJohn Sheehan5656 Barbara DriveMadison, WI 53711608-274-4921johnsheehan@charter.netRegional EditorNarda Jones1405 Cheshire Bridge Rd.Evansville, IN 47710812-422-7503NFJTech@sigecom.netRegional SecretaryJacki Kropf1725 CramtonAda, MI 49301616-676-1303LJOHNKROPF@aol.comRegional TreasurerBill Johannes1964 Cardigan Ave.Columbus, OH 43212614-486-7962wjohannes@sbcglobal.netAmerican Hemerocallis SocietyRegional Awards & Honors Chairand AHS A&H LiaisonHiram Percy407 Lincoln StreetVerona, WI 53593-1529608-845-9249pearcyj@mailbag.comRegional Youth LiaisonJudy Heath1155 W. Maple Grove RoadBoonville, IN 47601812-897-0600wekyhe@msn.comRegional Ways & Means ChairNikki Schmith25729 Annapolis Ave.Dearborn Heights, MI 48125248-739-9006schmiths@sbcglobal.netAHS Monroe Endowment FundLiaisonBill Johannes1964 Cardigan Ave.Columbus, OH 43212614-486-7962wjohannes@sbcglobal.netRegional Archives & HistorianJoanne Larson49 Woodland DriveBarrington, IL 60010-1912847-381-1484gnjelarson@earthlink.netRegional WebmasterDon Williams12246 Spurgeon Rd.Lynnville, IN 47619-8065812-922-5288webmaster@ahsregion2.orgEditor of The Daylily JournalAllen McLainPO Box 717Belzoni MS 39038662-247-1251dljournal@bellsouth.net2006 Region 2 Officers, Committee Chairs, and LiaisonsEditorial PolicyExecutive SecretaryPat MercerP.O. Box 10Dexter, GA 31019478-875-4110gmercer@nlamerica.comThe American Hemerocallis Society is a nonprofit organization, and the AmericanHemerocallis Society Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter is published for the benefit ofAmerican Hemerocallis Society members residing in Region 2. As such, the editorialfocus 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.Regional Exhibition Judges LiasonRichard FordBox 55Petersburg, IL 62675217-632-3791dado93047@aol.comRegional Garden Judges LiaisonSharon Fitzpatrick3050 Cedar Hill RoadCanal Winchester, OH 43110614-837-2283hemnut@worldnet.att.netAHS Scientific Studies LiaisonGus Guzinski8814 West H. AvenueKalamazoo, MI 49009269-375-4489beaugus@net-link-netRegional 2 Symposium ChairCurt Hanson11757 County Line RoadGates Mills, OH 44040440-423-3349crintonic@core.comAmericanHemerocallisSocietyMembership RatesIndividual (1 year) ................... $18.00Individual (3 years) ................. $50.00Dual Membership (1 year)* ..... $22.00Dual Membership (3 years)* ... $60.00Life Membership ...................$500.00Dual Life Membership ...........$750.00Youth ........................................ $8.00Dues are to be paid by January 1 of each year.Make checks payable to the AHS.Mail to: Pat MercerP.O. Box 10Dexter, GA 31019gmercer@nlamerica.com*Dual Membership means : Two personsliving in same household.Page 2 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

American Hemerocallis SocietySpring-Summer 2006•Illinois • Indiana • Michigan • Ohio • WisconsinTable of ContentsPageFrom the Board ....................................................................................... 4RVP Message .......................................................................................... 5RPD Message .......................................................................................... 7Treasurer’s Report .................................................................................. 7Editor Message ....................................................................................... 8AmericanHemerocallisSocietyFeatures•Tracking Pedigrees: Why Bother? ........................................9, 11•The Veriest of Peace ..............................................................10, 11•Double, Doubles, and More Doubles ...................................12-13•Powerpoint Pointers ..............................................................32, 33Region 2 Summer Meeting•Registration/Lodging/Meeting Information .........................14-15•Preview of Tour Gardens ........................................................16-19Region 2 Winter Symposium•Meeting Review/Photos ..............................................20,24,34-35•Review of Symposium Featured Speakers ........................ 21-34AHS and Region 2 News•John Sheehan Nominated for RVP.............................................. 4•Donation Acknowledgement ......................................................... 7•AHS Dues Increase ........................................................................ 8•Regional Youth News ............................................................. 36-37•Englerth Award and Other Award Information ..................38-39•Looking Ahead: Region 2 Meeting and AHS Event Dates ...38•Garden Judges List for 2006 and Liaison’s Message ..........40•Exhibition Judges List for 2006 and Liaison’s Message ...... 41•Region 2 Local Organization News/Information ...............42-45•New Region 2 Members ..............................................................46•Region 2 Local Organzation Listing/Contact .......................... 47Front Cover: Curt Hansen’s Garden in Gates Mills, OhioImage from Nan HorvathBack Cover: Doug Bowen’s Garden in Chesterland, OhioImage from Doug BowenGraphics: Graphics on pages 5 and 7 were contributed by Lee Alden, Frog’s Leap DaylilyGardens, White Lake, MichiganProofreaders: Thanks to Gene Schroeder, Jaclyn Schroeder, and Sue BergeronAHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterRegion 2/Great LakesDaylily NewsletterDeadlinesSpring/Summer Issue:March 1Fall/Winter Issue:September 1Out-of-RegionSubscriptions$11.00 per year in USA$16.50 per year OverseasMake checks payable to AHSRegion 2 and send to:AHS Region 2 Treasurer(see address on inside frontcover)Display AdvertisingRates for (black-white) Inside PagesFull Page ........................$70.00Half Page .......................$45.00Quarter Page .................$30.00Make checks payable to AHSRegion 2 and send it with yourrequest to the editor.(Please note the deadlines above)Spring-Summer 2006 Page 3

CJoanne Larson49 Woodland DriveBarrington IL 60010-1912rocuses are blooming just outside thefront door, the cardinals are stakingout territories, and because the northernIllinois winter has been so mild, a few ofour daylilies are peeking above the oakleaf mulch in the daylily beds. Not a goodidea! March freezes can turn them to mushovernight.The 14th annual 2006 Region 2 Symposiumis history! Held in Cleveland several weeksFrom the BoardBy Joanne Larson, Region 2 Directorago, it again was a “show stopper” weekend.Thanks to Curt Hanson, Chair, his committeeof hard workers, to all of the presenters,to the talented auctioneers and to those supplyingand bidding on auction plants. If youmissed this wonderful Symposium, read allabout it later in this issue.Here’s a brief review of actions taken at theOctober 29, 2005 AHS Board of Directorsmeeting:• The database of registered daylily cultivars,1890 – 2005, will be available onthe AHS website this spring. A first! Theupdated 2005 CD containing the registeredcultivars, 1890 – 2005, is now available fromJimmy Jordan, Publication Sales (see the orderform near the back of your Spring, 2006Daylily Journal.) In addition, the printed2005 Checklist of Cultivar Registrations,and the Membership Roster are availablefor purchase.• The Board supported the move of theDaylily E-Mail Robin from the former freehosting site to a commercial server. Themove took place in January.• Membership dues have remained the same,$18 a year for 18 years. After inflation,the real dollars have decreased to about$10 a year for an individual membership.The question of a dues increase will bebrought before the general membership atthe national convention on Long Island. Ifapproved, the annual dues will become $25a year for an individual membership.• An updated version of the Judging Daylilieshandbook will be sent to exhibition andgarden judges at no cost. There have beennumerous revisions since the last publicationin 2002, and the Judges Education Committeedetermined that an updated version wasnecessary.• The newest publication, Caught In theWeb, Spiders and UFos, is available forpurchase. The supply is limited so orderfrom Jimmy Jordan now. The order form isnear the back of the Spring, 2006, DaylilyJournal.• Daylily season begins! For the flowersand for the friends, attend or, better yet, entera daylily show. Visit gardens of membersin your club. Visit display gardens in yourarea (list is in the Daylily Journal Supplement,Spring, 2006). Attend the NationalConvention on Long Island, July 13 – 16and/or attend our Region 2 summer meetingin Cleveland, July 21 – 23, But first on yoursummer agenda should be enjoying yourown garden and daylily bloom!Please don’t hesitate to contact me if youhave suggestions, concerns or questionsabout AHS.John Sheehan Nominated for RVPBy Sharon FitzpatrickJohn Sheehan is a retired research technician from McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research has accepted the Region 2nomination for RVP for 2007 and 2008. He has an undergraduate degree in Zoology and a Masters Degree in Oncologyfrom the University of Wisconsin. John and his wife Donna reside in Madison, Wisconsin. John takes great pleasurein attending AHS Regional meetings, AHS National Conventions but his favorite annual daylily event is the Region 2Winter Symposium in Cleveland.For the past three years John has annually generated about 5000 daylily seeds, grown them for 3 months in his basement,and then planted them in a corner of Jean Bawden’s Earthspirit Farm. John registered 3 of his daylily plantsin the summer of 2005 and hopes to add a few more in 2006. John and Donna’s Fitchward Garden, garden an AHSDisplay Garden, contains about 650 daylily varieties. John is now the RPD for Region 2. He has been a member of theWisconsin Daylily Society since 1999 and has served as treasurer and president. He is now busy organizing the 2008AHS Region 2 Summer Meeting which his group is hosting.The Region 2 Nominating Committee consisting of Sharon Fitzpatrick, Lea Ann Williams and Mary Milanowski hasnominated John Sheehan to serve a two- year term as Regional Vice President. The chair of the nominating committeeshall present the committee’s nominee to the regional membership at the annual regional meeting and open the floorfor additional nominations. The election shall be determined by a majority vote of the regional members.Page 4 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

Once again Curt Hanson and hismany friends from several AHSregions had arranged a stimulating andsuccessful Region 2 Symposium for all whowere fortunate enough to attend. Daylilydevotees from 23 US states (18 states andour 5 Great Lakes states) and from Canadaenjoyed a wonderful weekend in Cleveland.The speakers presented a variety of topicsranging from an extensive recap of BrotherCharles Reckamp’s many years of daylilyhybridizing and his achievements, to AHSPresident Kevin Walek’s enlighteningreport about AHS happenings, to currenthybridizing achievements and future goals,and to a “Pointers on how to use Microsoft’sPowerPoint” program to create educationaldaylily presentations for club- and personaluse.Curt’s organizing skills have allowed oursymposium to evolve beyond the 5 GreatLakes States and northern hybridizing focusinto an enriched exchange of knowledgeand information that extends to all AHSgrowing and hybridizing regions. The richlyvaried topics should benefit AHS membersno matter where they live. During thesymposium plant auction, I realized that alarge proportion of plant donors, volunteerauctioneers, and auction bidders live in otherregions and, yet, it is Region 2 memberswho benefit from their generosity. I do thinkthat it is truly an indication that AHS is oneorganization and that our regions’ memberswork together to make daylily events ofbenefit to all of us.A very big thank-you to Registrar LeeUnderschultz and to Plant-Auction ChairHeidi Willet for their dedication, theirpatience, and their hard work. How aboutLee and Kirk’s gift display! And how aboutHeidi’s colorful printouts of the silent and ofthe very lively auction-plant images. It wassad for us to learn of Heidi’s plan to movefrom Ohio. Energetic and capable Ways andMeans Chair Nikki Schmith will move fromthat position to fill Heidi’s big, big shoes.• Region 2 FinancesThanks to donations from several generousclubs, our annual anonymous donor, asubstantial gift from the Greater CincinnatiDaylily and Hosta Society (GCDHS),the income from our annual Online PlantAuction, and the income from the Region2 Symposium, our Region 2 stands on aAHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterRVP MessageBy Gisela Meckstrothsolid financial base. Our Bylaws state thatour “nonprofit organization is organizedexclusively for educational and scientificpurposes and especially to promote,encourage and foster the development andimprovement of the genus Hemerocallisand public interest therein.” SymposiumOrganizer Curt Hanson, GCDHS PresidentJR Blanton, and Region 2 Member DanBachman presented excellent and suitablesuggestions to the regional officers onhow some of the funds may be used toaccomplish this purpose. Their suggestionswill be presented at the July Region 2Summer Meeting for approval (vote) by themembership.• Region 2 Summer Meeting 2006President Doug Bowen and the NortheastOhio Daylily Society have invited us allto the Region 2 Summer Meeting, aptlynamed “The Great e-Scape,” July 21-23in Cleveland. The tour gardens will beterrific, and all activities will be enjoyable.Registration deadline for the lower hotelrates and registration fee is June 1, so whynot send in your reservations right after youread this.• Election of the “Region 2 DirectorNominating Committee”Region 2 Director Joanne Larson willcomplete her 6th year as AHS boardmember on December 31, 2007. Therefore,the election of a 3-member nominatingcommittee will be held at our 2006 annualbusiness meeting.• Election of the Region 2 VicePresidentRegion 2 members elected the RVPnominating committee at the June 30, 2005,annual business meeting. This committeenominated current RPD John Sheehan(Wisconsin) as the RVP candidate, and Johnhas accepted the nomination. The electionwill be held at the 2006 Summer MeetingJuly 22 in Cleveland.• 2012 AHS National ConventionThe Metropolitan Columbus DaylilySociety will host the 2012 AHS NationalConvention. Region 2 is proud to host thenational convention once again in one of theGreat Lakes states.Please help RPD John Sheehan and our newRegional Editor, Narda Jones, by sendingyour club updates and club news by theGisela Meckstroth6488 Red Coach laneReynoldsburg, Ohio 43068614-864-0132gisela-meckstroth@worldnett.att.netSeptember 1 deadline.I would like to thank all of you whohave given your time, effort, and personalresources so generously to make not onlyour region but AHS such an enjoyable andsuccessful daylily organization.I hope you can find the time to attend ourRegion 2 Summer Meeting. Join the fun!See you there in July.Mark Your Calendarsfor Events in 2006:♦ July 21-July 23: Region 2Summer Meeting in Cleveland, Ohio.♦ The 2006 AHS NationalConvention in Long Island,NY. July 13-16, 2006.Spring-Summer 2006 Page 5

ello from “Mad City”---Wisconsin to all AHS Region 2members. HReporters from all over the warmer regions of the AHS havebeen keeping the E-mail Robin abreast of daylily foliage sproutingall over their gardens. Alas, those of us in Mad City, Wisconsinlook out and see 6 inches of white snow and bits of a brown mulchunderlay. Rats! In spite of a warm winter with only a few days ofsub zero temperatures, we have months before we see daylily plantgrowth. For my part, I am fortunate--I see bright daylily blossomsevery day! No, I do not have a greenhouse; instead, I have a computerscreensaver showing last summer’s backyard daylily glory.Hey, don’t laugh--it helps!It is time to pull out your summer 2006 calendar and be sure thatyou have left time to attend the AHS Region 2 Summer Meetingin Cleveland. From Friday, July 21st through noon, Sunday, July23, the Northeast Ohio Daylily Society will present The Great e’-Scape Get your Daylily Fix in 2006. During this meeting you willhave the great fortune to have air-conditioned busses whisk you tothe gardens of:Curt HansonGerda BrookerJonathan FordClara MillerDoug BowenJim & Vera BiaglowBob & Ethel Wilcox Henry Ross.Pretty impressive eh?Of course, there will be banquets, daylily auctions, bargain plants,and a perfect chance to visit with all of your daylily colleagues.There will even be an election of a new Region 2 RVP. Whew, justthat thought gets my heart beating faster!We were all pleased to see a great improvement in the involvementof Region 2 Members in the annual AHS Pop Poll. When allof the ballots had been counted last September, the voter responsehad risen from 11% to 14%--Sweet! Now, of course, we optimistswant to improve that result. Therefore, I am trying a couple of newploys to encourage Region 2 Members to vote for their favoritedaylilies. In April I will be mailing out to each of the 27 Region2 Club Contacts about 50 paper ballots for distribution to ClubMembers. My plan is for the Club Contacts to collect the ballotsin mid-August and snail mail them to me in a batch. If each Clubwere to return 15 completed ballots, that alone would boost our voteto 24%. I also will be handing out ballots at this year’s Region 2Summer Meeting in Cleveland. Many beautiful plants will be seenRegion 2’s RPD - Who is John Sheehan??I have lived in Madison, Wisconsin since 1962. The Universityof Wisconsin has seen fit to award me an undergraduate degreein Zoology and a Masters Degree in Oncology. After 31 yearsworking as a research technician, I retired from the McArdleLaboratory for Cancer Research. For 39 years I have been marriedto my very understanding wife, Donna. We have two wonderfulgrown children.The daylily bug bit me about 7 years ago (Donna has immunity).We now have about 675 daylilies in our Fitchward Garden. As youcan guess, that is a very deceiving number for during the past 7years we have dug up and given away at least 500 plants to makeway for newer varieties. Two years ago our garden was grantedAHS Display Garden status.For 4 years I have annually generated about 5000 seeds, grownthem for 3 months in our basement, and then planted them in aRPD Messageby attendees while on the bus tours.I will offer to collect completedballots at the Meeting’s end. Ofcourse, the painless electronic ballotswill be available on the Region2 Website and printed ballots willbe available in the AHS Journal.Finally, again I will be offeringa $100 certificate to a randomlydrawn voter who votes before theSeptember 1 deadline. (Hopefully RPD John Sheehanthis year’s winner will not have towait as long for me to rememberto send him his/her prize--sorrySteve!).This column will now include just a brief mention of threeimportant topics--all related to what we find in the AHS Region 2Newsletter. For several years our very competent and patient NewsletterEditor, Gisela Meckstroth, would cajole Club Contacts to sendClub updates to her for incorporation into our Region 2 Newsletter.I even got into the act last year. It was tough--folks are very busyand they put updating Club Data on the back burner. Yet, this Datais really an important tool for our fellow Region 2 Club Members.When someone wants to contact another Club, all he/she shouldhave to do is look on the back page for contact information. Oftenhowever, E-mail addresses or phone numbers are obsolete or theContact is not longer on the local Club Board!Let’s start off our NEW Newsletter Editor, Narda Jones, in theright fashion by sending her any local Club upgrades in a timelyfashion (nfjtech@sigecom.net). Remember, there are only twoNewsletters published each year--incorrect information will sitthere for a long time!If your Club has anything of interest going on (and who doesnot!), just write up a short article and send it to Narda--take a quicklook at a recent Newsletter to see what some Clubs are including--it is easy!Lastly, if you enjoy writing--and many Region 2 Members haveextensive writing skills from on the job experience--consider preparinga major article for the Region 2 Newsletter. How many of youknow an elderly local daylily hybridizer or daylily gardener?? Grabyour tape recorder and get an interview. In a surprisingly short timeyou will have the materials for an interesting (and perhaps timely)article. Go for it!corner of Jean Bawden’s Earthspirit Farm. I registered 3 of myIntroductions in 2005 and hope to add a few more in 2006. 20-30 plants are now in the introduction pipeline. It is amazing howquickly one gets used to tossing rejects “over the fence.”I take great pleasure attending AHS Region 2 Meetings and AHSNational Conventions; however, my favorite annual event is theAHS Winter Symposium put on by Curt Hanson and his crew.Nowhere else can you hear informative lectures, see beautiful newintroductions and seedlings, have a chance to bid on one (or more)of 100 2005-2006 daylily plants, visit the Rock and Roll Hall ofFame, the Zoo and Tropical Rainforest, AND take home a 3 pack ofNorthern Hybridizers Winter Dream Ale. Ahh, life is good!I have been a member of the Wisconsin Daylily Society since 1999,served as Treasurer and President, and am now busy organizingthe 2008 AHS Region 2 Summer Meeting which our group ishosting.Page 6 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

Statement of Cash Receipts and DisbursementsAmerican Hemerocallis Society – Region 2For the Period January 1, 2005 Through December 31, 2005BALANCE FROM PRIOR REPORT 12-31-2004Checking Account $1,915.84Business Money Market Account $4,631.73Certificates of Deposit $49,033.56$55,581.13RECEIPTS:Email Auction: Plants $3,671.06Regional Meeting Auction & Plant Sale $0.00Contributions $13,750.00Newsletter:Subscriptions $148.55Label Reimbursement $888.20Advertising $45.00Interest $984.50Symposium 2005:Registrations paid in 2005 $12,320.00Auction/Raffle $13,850.00Symposium 2006 - Registrations $900.00PLUS TOTAL RECEIPTS $46,557.31TOTAL OF BALANCE FORWARDED & RECEIPTS: $102,138.44DISBURSEMENTS:Email Auction Expenses $0.00Newsletters Printing $11,673.31Postage $747.77Editor expenses $650.49Symposium 2005:Hotel, transportation, supplies $16,338.01Auction/Raffle $44.67Office Supplies $40.38Printing & Postage $30.14RVP expenses $749.60AHS Liability Insurance and Bond $520.25RVP-Editor & Director Nat’l Conv . $1,400.00Miscellaneous $363.61LESS TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS $32,558.23NET INCOME FOR 2005 $13,999.08BALANCE ON HAND 12-31-2005 $69,580.21RECONCILIATION OF ACCOUNT BALANCES 12-31-2005Checking Account $1,621.32Business Money Market Account $27,958.89Certificates of Deposit $40,000.00$69,580.21Recent Donations toRegion 2By Bill Johannes, TreasurerThanks go to the following people andgroups for their generous donations toRegion 2 from September 1, 2005, toMarch 1, 2006: Central Michigan Daylily Society Chicagoland Daylily Society Greater Cincinnati Daylily and HostaSociety Indiana Daylily-Iris Society Wisconsin Daylily Society in memoryof WDS Charter member MarianneSchumacher A Donor who wishes to remaincompletely anonymous.Your gifts, payable to AHS Region2, are very much appreciated. Unlesstheir use is designated for a specificcategory, donations help defray thecosts of the “Region 2/Great LakesDaylily Newsletter” and other regionalactivities. Donations should be mailedto Bill Johannes, Region 2 Treasurer,1964 Cardigan Ave., Columbus OH43212. Donors will receive a letteracknowledging the donations.Donations to the Online2006 Region 2 PlantAuctionThank you to all who donated plants tothe 2006 Region 2 On-line Auction, Anda big Thank-You to all of you who bid onthe offered cultivars and other items.We appreciate your support!Prepared by AHS Region 2 Treasurer Bill Johannes 03/01/2006AHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterSpring-Summer 2006 Page 7

Editor Messageow!! Can you believe I got talked into this volunteer job? For the many of you that don’tknow me and may think I’m nuts, well you are in agreement with my husband. As if I didn’tWhave enough to do....of well, life is short so let’s have fun.Narda JonesEditorThis is my first Editor’s message and I find that I really don’t know what I am suppose to bewriting about in this column. I have just realized that I never read the “Officer Message” articlesand just went on to read the features, updates, and looked at all the beautiful pictures. My howyou take something for granted until you have to do it yourself. So I guess that my first goal isto get everyone to read these messages, since there is vital information in these columns for eachRegion 2 member.I am fairly new to daylilies, having only been obsessive within the last 8 years. My husband,Scott, and I live in Evansville, IN in a small subdivision within the city limits. When we first movedto Evansville, I wanted lots of land. My husband wanted none. We comprised and bought a 0.8acre lot with house. Loving the trees, seclusion, and perennial gardens, my husband then wantedto buy the lot next door, which we did. Now several years later, I have about 1000 perennials otherthan daylilies and about 800 varieties of daylilies. I haven’t started hybrizing, as I haven’t the time to get involved in another venturequite yet. Owning my own company (two to be exact), takes more time than I’d like away from my passion for gardening. But in thesummer, you will see me out in the gardens doing whatever chore is needed. Oh, did I mention that we have this yard that drops about70 feet from corner to corner? So yes, when I garden, I get a great workout too.I would like to take this opportunity to encourage everyone to contribute to this newsletter. It is published for all Region 2 AHS membersand it needs to contain the information that you are interested in reading. If you have ideas for subjects, want to write an article, havethoughts for improvements, or just want to contribute images, then please contact me. I am just now learning what a big undertaking Ihave accepted and the amount of time required to get each issue out. So every bit of assistance will help. And since I am still learningabout daylilies, I could use a little “expert” advice every now and then. The more conventions and symposiums that I attend, the moreI realize that I don’t know anything. But I guess that is half the fun of learning.Look me up, email me, or say hello at an event. I’ll probably be the one having fun and joking around. My philosophy is that life istoo short. So I always try to have fun at whatever I’m doing. Happy gardening and see you at Summer Regional and National.From the AHS Board of DirectorsProposed Dues Increase(This letter is a reprint from a letter sent on the Daylily Email Robin onNovember 12, 2005AHS members attending the 2006 National Convention in LongIsland, New York will be asked to vote on a recommendationmade by the Board of Directors at the fall 2005 meeting to increasethe membership dues as follows:Individual One Year from $18.00 to $25.00Individual Three Years from $50.00 to $70.00Youth from $ 8.00 to $10.00Dual One Year from $22.00 to $30.00Dual Three Years from $60.00 to $83.00No increase to the current Life and Dual Life membership ratestructures was proposed. If approved the new rates would becomeeffective January 2007.The last increase to individual or dual membership for one year orthree years was approved by the membership in 1988. That was a50% increase. Since then the American Hemerocallis Society hasdoubled in membership which precluded for many years the needto alter the membership rate structure. However, that growth hasalso necessitated the addition of a contracted treasurer, a salespublication sales manager and a webmaster. The salaries forthe executive secretary, registrar, and editor have increased, butcertainly not to market value for their efforts.While the AHS owns some of the computer equipment that is usedby its staff there is a need to replace many items that are in needof repair or are simply out-of-date. In other cases, the computerequipment is personally owwned.AHS continues to add services subject to the budgetary constraintsof a non-profit organization all of which add expenses.The improved judges training, the CD in addition to the annualcheck-list, and the various publications are designed to be self-sustaining,but the webpage and the requirement for general liabilityand workmans compensation insurance are not. Further, theBoard has voted to add online registration capability in the nearfuture. These additional services do not come for free.The bottom line is that a dues increase is needed. After all $18.00in 1988 is $29.30 in 2005 dollars and likely to be over $30.00 by2007. The proposed rate for a single one year membership $25.00represents a 39% increase, seems to be reasonable, and, is in linewith, or less than, the vast majority of other non-profit horticulturalorganizations.If you are unable to attend the Convention, please send yourcomments to John Holland Membership Chair at johnholl@ipa.net or 479-636-1374, Mary Collier Fisher, Chief Financial Officerat mfisher@rics.bwh.harvard.edu or 508-668-7399, or Kevin P.Walek, President at giboshiman@aol.com or 703-798-5501 byJune 30, 2006.Your friend in Daylilies,Kevin P. WalekPage 8 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

FEATURE ARTICLETRACKING PEDIGREES- WHY BOTHER?By Dan Bachman, Lebanon, OhioThe world of daylily hybridization, although fascinating,can be a fickle mistress. Hundreds of hours spent dabbingpollen, collecting pods, planting seed and of course the endlessevaluating and culling of seedlings can result in a fewbase hits, a sprinkling of extra basers and that rare homerun. Getting that slugging percentage higher is a goal allbreeders strive for. A little extra thought in your crosses canmean a world of difference between how many get compostedand how many are selected to move to the next level.Many novice breeders go what I call “pollen berserk”and cross wildly, not considering if that had been donebefore or should it be done at all. How many times haveyou asked why a cross was made only to hear this answer“because they were next to each other in the garden”?Unlimited crosses may be okay forsomeone with unlimited time, space andworkers but the vast majority of us donot fall into that category. Keeping trackof your parents or pedigrees can be away to separate some of the wheat fromthe chaff and keep your seed count ata more manageable number but keepresults higher.There are many reasons to keepparental records in your breeding program.Firstly it keeps you from makingthat same cross every year. If you havebloomed kids from a certain cross withno traits in the area you are exploring,why do it again and again? You canconsult your “stud book” or computerdata base before hand and know whatcrosses have been made to preventduplication. Conversely you may have made a short crossof something and after seeing the results you wish you hadmade more seed of that cross, you can if you know the parents.If you have kids that are coming along but just are notwhere you want to be you can back cross by breeding backto one of the parents that display this trait you want to emphasize.The only way to do this is by knowing the parents.If you know the parents you also know which seedlings aresibs so you can do a sib cross. This is done many times tokeep the same genetic profile but mix it up a bit more. Thelegendary hybridizer Ra Hansen always recommended tocross the prettiest flower to it’s best plant habit (branching,bud count, foliage, hardiness, etc.) sibling. Simple, if youknow the pedigree! I have visted with a few veteran hybridizerswho were not keeping records and claimed to be ableto tell the parents by just looking at the kids. Not to castaspersions on anyone but “HOGWASH!” with the vast genepool available and the mixing of hundreds of lines it wouldbe virtually impossible to predict parentage with any accuracyin this manner.Many breeders line breed extensively, meaning they startout with a few cultivars that exhibit the characteristics theywant and breed them amongst each other to refine thesetraits. The kids are bred to each other for more refinementfor many generations. The problem with this is that, muchlike the old royal families of England, certain weaknessesH. ‘Frilly Bliss’ seems to throw lighteredges.Image from John & Nancy Falckappear. With those old kings it manifested many times asmental problems such as insanity from incestual relations,they never went outside their own bloodlines. The dayliliesare affected mostly by loss of vigor or plant habit. Breederscounteract this by outcrossing every few generations. Bykeeping track of your parentage you know the bloodlinesand can outcross with something that has the traits you arestill desiring but of unrelated genes.Keeping good records is also just good sense. It givesthe hybridizer, both veteran and novice, that aura of respect.Your program looks more grounded and purposeful if youare involved enough to go the extra distance and recordyour crosses. Interest and thirst for knowledge come intoplay also. Genealogy is a hobby that many people do asrecreation, keeping records to form afamily tree. A similar case can be builtfor daylily genealogy, but of course weare not selective breeding for humans.It would be nice to have complete familytrees for daylilies. How many generationsis a cultivar from the species oris that fat bagel from that old skinnyspider???? These would be wonderfulquestions to answer.The most important reason for trackingparentage is knowing where youhave been and where you are going.Knowing where your seedlings havebeen ancestrally or genetically can helpyou plot a course to where you are going.For example it is possible to have abunch of kids of mixed colors from twoparents of the same color, if you can goback another generation or two in your records or listedparental records in a check list or catalog, you may find thegrandparents were of these other colors and know colorsor any other trait you are working with can skip generationsand show up in f2 or f3 kids. Knowing pedigrees can savea lot of wasted crosses and time. If you are very focusedand want to breed for white daylilies with red edges, it ismuch easier to know what cultivars “throw” these type ofprogeny, by being able to research the parents you canpick out breeders that are more likely to advance you program.The same can go for any trait you are breeding for.I have been fascinated by the interest in spidery doublesrecently. I had a few bloom in the seedling patch last summer,they seemed to be scattered randomly. I was able tocheck the seedling numbers and found they mostly sharedone common parent. This was Hemerocallis ‘Frilly Bliss’(Joiner 98). I was able to cross among these kids andbring lots of genetics together with that common doublingcharacteristic. Now I can plan to take that program where Iwant it to go by knowing where it came from.This philosophy of record keeping is strong in Region 2as well as across the country. A brief poll of noted hybridizersgave much the same reasoning with slight twists. EricDenham of Dowis Ranch, Mareilles, Il. says he keeps track“to see where you have been and where you are going.(continued on page 11)AHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterSpring-Summer 2006 Page 9

FEATURE ARTICLEThe Veriest School of PeaceBy Sharon Cusick, Cincinnati, Ohio(Note: This article is a reprint from a November 7, 2005 email onthe Daylily Email Robin with permission of the author. Images havebeen added by Sharon Cusick)I was planting the bulbs of snowdrops (Galanthus nivalis).A neighbor had brought a hundred or so in a wide saucer.She said, “Make a shallow, broad hole and toss them in,without bothering to place the growing tips up.” So I didthat, so easily, and covered them.I thought of a morning last spring when I was bringing mythree-year-old grandson to my house. As I came to an intersectionand stopped, I pointed, and said to him, “Louie! Doyou see all the white flowers blooming over there?” Fromhis position in the back car seat I heard, “I see the plants.They are snowdrops. We grow them in our yard.”I wonder what I knew of plants at three. I certainly didnot know snowdrops. In the Detroit neighborhood in whichI grew up, we had a small yard, and borders of plants thatI remember with fondness. There were lilacs and floweringalmonds, roses that bloomed all the summers long, and covereda fence. There were irises, blue squill, forsythias, andlater hybrid tea roses and a hellebore. But I don’t rememberever being drawn in, included, or schooled for any care ofthe garden. I don’t remember ever planting anything, and Iwonder why.I did pit plums, for we made plum conserve. I poddeddried ‘Scarlet Runner’ beans, and knew their beautiful, dry,shiny black and pink seeds. But I never watered tomatoes,nor cut rhubarb, nor planted anything, not even those beautifulbean seeds. I didn’t even mow grass, as my brothers did.I was taught to “police” the front lawn, which meant to pickup litter or sticks. I was sent out to cut flowers for indoorvases. Yet I came to love Clematis climbing, nonetheless,and counted in wonder the many layers of petals on the palepink cabbage rose that grew beside our porch. And I doremember so loving trees, and feeling a relationship to them.I wrote poems about the willows, about growing with thegrass under their branches. I wrote aboutthe elm and its constancy in my young life,and about its infinity of seeds.All this comes to mind because of thesnowdrops, and because I have recentlyread A PASSION FOR DAYLILIES, andbecause I have digested so many othermiscellaneous accounts now to do withone hybridizer or another. It has beenfascinating to me to read of people thatliterally grew up in gardens, who wereborn into families of gardeners. GregPietrowski wrote for his website that helearned his gardening skills at the endof his grandmother’s cane. Most amazingto me are those families with seemingdynasties of gardeners, of interconnectinggenerations of gardeners focused on one genus.Recently I was reminded of the words, “A garden is alovesome thing,” from a 19th Century poem by ThomasEdward Brown. I think of that, too, and of how only one lettercan change the word lovesome to lonesome. I am almostalways alone when I work in my garden, but I am neverlonesome. This is especially true since I joined the Robin.As I work, I am thinking of your garden forks and shovels, ofyour fall calves, of your fountain and birds, your cat that haslearned to open a door, of your lined-out seedlings,and ofyour armadillos. I smile right there in the garden as I thinkof Tommy’s computer forgetting the location of the printerovernight, and I repeat aloud to the sedums, “It is right overthere on the left.” I think of the display gardens I have visited,and you in them, leaning to admire Hemerocallis ‘PennyPinsley.’ I think of singular moments, as when I stood beyondthe people in Heidi Willet’s garden, to become acquaintedwith ‘Suzy Cream Cheese,’ blooming there in October. Andbecause I have a fall sickness, I try to make a comparison tothe spring sickness of daylilies.A vast company of blackbirds sometimes keeps company,curving en masse to the topmost branches of the walnut,or to the tallest oak. For a time they huddle and creak likea hundred rusty hinges, then draw silent all at once. Butthey rise again, swerving off together, as though in responseto some sudden signal I don’t recognize. Then they reassemblehere again. One day a Cooper’s Hawk accompaniedthem, perched with them in the treetop, rose when they did,and disappeared with them. And they all returned together.More often than any other, my grandson is the personwho may enter my garden with me. He helps with his trowel,and rearranges the mulch with a small rake. He struggleswith clippers. He shows me where a slug is, and lugs thehose. He holds a rose in one hand, though it interferesas he reaches for the swing’s ropes. Sometimes a tribe ofneighbor boys appears at the gate, and a spokesman askspermission to come into my yard. Theyswarm around noisily asking me questions,and they sniff things like the skunkycleome, or the silver-white leaves of theHelichrysum italicum that smell so likecurry. One boy told me, “You are a flowerfairy.” Then they reassemble and leave allat once, as though at some signal, like theblackbirds.But, again and again, I think of thatgarden in the house where I grew toadulthood. I think of Stout and Nesmith,Perry and a Mrs. Popov, and others whoregistered daylilies the year I was born. Ithink of being in grade school when theMidwest Hemerocallis Society was formed.Grandson Louis resting against anAlbizia julibrissin (continued on page 11)Page 10 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

Veriest School of Peace (continued from page 10)I think of those who were workingtheir wonders with colchicinewhile I was in college, all unaware,and how colchicine is derivedfrom colchicum like those I grow,and which have such lovely, lovely,innocuous-appearing lavenderpinkflowers. I think of a day in1963 when I was along for theride with friends, to visit a gardensomewhere near Niles, Michigan.Louis making mud On that day I heard the word Hemerocallisfor the first time. Onlylater did I learn that those road-side daylilies I had seen were Hemerocallis, too.Now, all these forty-some years later, I wonder whose gardenI was in that day, that year, and wish I could walk againamong its beds, and really look this second time.My garden here in Cincinnati is three-and-a-half years old.As I have planted my tulips and daffodils, I have reacquaintedmyself with the variations in the soil texture from oneplace to another. I have begun to recognize the differencesbetween some of the diploid leaves and some of the tetraploidleaves, but not all. I have seen that some dormantshave yellowing leaves now, and are relaxing, but not all. I saythe names of the cultivars to myself as I weed and trim.I have thought of the other plants besides daylilies thatespecially pleased me this year-- the springtime Camassialeichtlinii ‘Blaue Donau’, with its long-lasting spikes of bluestars; the gatherings of Geranium ‘Rozanne’ that are stillblooming a little, with their violet-blue faces and white eyes.For the first time I have enjoyed new late-blooming hostas,and yet more new hostaswhose leaves areturning clear yellow orgolden-orange, like themaples.This small garden thatI can never keep lookingkept is a lovesomething. “The veriestschool of peace.”Louis completing a “garden study”Pedigrees (continued from page 9)Helps to plan crosses” Tom Polston of PleasantValley Gardens in Dayton, Ohio says it isimportant to “learn what each plant passes onto predict more accurate results”. Bret Clement,spider breeder from Indianapolis areasays “you can tell what plants produce whatcharacteristics. From tracking I discoveredH. ‘Memory Jordan’ throws lighter edges”Don Jerabek, Watson Park Daylilies, also ofIndianapolis thinks keeping parental recordscan “advance your program faster”. SteveMoldovan puts a different twist to it by tryingto prevent rather than add to the program. Bykeeping track Steve says “where we camefrom tells us where we can go especially pre-venting disease and maladies such as rust and spider mitesto create healthy plants without chemical spraying”. Goodidea Steve!The only downside to all this positive reinforcement is thetime factor. It does take a little to keep organized but onceyou establish your own system you will find the benefits farout weigh the small effort. Record keeping is not flawlessand even the most attentive breeder will have a few “UNKS’in their pedigrees. I wish to thanks those that gave theirthoughts and those were handwritten by me in a hurry soany misrepresentation is my fault entirely.save a lot of wastedcrosses and time. If you are very focused and want to breedfor white daylilies with red edges, it is much easier to knowwhat cultivars “throw” these type of progeny, by being ableto research the parents you can pick out breeders that aremore likely to advance your program. The same can go forany trait you are breeding for. I have been fascinated by theinterest in spidery doubles recently. I had a few bloom inthe seedling patch last summer, they seemed to be scatteredrandomly. I was able to check the seedling numbers andfound they mostly shared one common parent. This wasH. ‘Memory Jordan’ producessome doubling in offspring.Image from Jan WilsonHemerocallis ‘Frilly Bliss’ (Joiner 98). I wasable to cross among these kids and bringlots of genetics together with that commondoubling characteristic. Now I can plan totake that program where I want it to go byknowing where it came from.This philosophy of record keeping isstrong in Region 2 as well as across thecountry. A brief poll of noted hybridizersgave much the same reasoning with slighttwists. Eric Denham of Dowis Ranch, Mareilles,Il. says he keeps track “to see whereyou have been and where you are going.Helps to plan crosses” Tom Polston of PleasantValley Gardens in Dayton, Ohio says itis important to “learn what each plant passes on to predictmore accurate results”. Bret Clement, spider breeder fromIndianapolis area says “you can tell what plants producewhat characteristics. From tracking I discovered H. ‘MemoryJordan’ throws lighter edges” Don Jerabek, Watson ParkDaylilies, also of Indianapolis thinks keeping parental recordscan “advance your program faster”. Steve Moldovanputs a different twist to it by trying to prevent rather thanadd to the program. By keeping track Steve says “wherewe came from tells us where we can go especially preventingdisease and maladies such as rust and spider mites tocreate healthy plants without chemical spraying” Good ideaSteve!The only downside to all this positive reinforcement is thetime factor. It does take a little to keep organized but onceyou establish your own system you will find the benefits farout weigh the small effort. Record keeping is not flawlessand even the most attentive breeder will have a few “UNKS’in their pedigrees. I wish to thanks those that gave theirthoughts and those were handwritten by me in a hurry soany misrepresentation is my fault entirely.AHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterSpring-Summer 2006 Page 11

FEATURE ARTICLEDOUBLES.. .DOUBLES...AND MORE DOUBLESBy Sharon Rastetter, Mansfield, OhioFor many in Region 2, finding doubles that are reliably consistent performers has been a hit or miss adventure. I have nevergrown many.. .specifically because I could never get enough recommendations on what would grow well in our colder regions.The few that I did grow were fairly reliable when it came to throwing double flowers. Hemerocallis ‘Roswitha’ (Trimmer 92),and ‘Two Part Harmony’ (Kaskel 96) have grown very well for me…I can’t recall a time when I had a single bloom on eithercultivar. .. but some of my gardening buddies complained that their blooms weren’t always doubling. Who hasn’t had thatexperience...H. ‘Siloam Double Classic’ would behave that way for me certain years and I always attributed it to a “weatherthing!”Then there was selection…..how we wished we could have all those lovelydoubles David Kirchhoff was creating down south….we could grow somebut not as many as we would have liked. So instead of loading up on cultivarsthat we weren’t sure would do their thing…..especially when we neededthem for the July AHS sanctioned flower shows, many of us just backed offfrom them. So come July at the show, what did you see, but the same olddoubles, good ones…you bet….but what I wanted to see was “more….morecolors, more sizes, more different, more better improved.Pauline Henry, Charles Applegate and the Joiners have given us some of ourmost wonderful and reliable doubles, at least the ones that I felt comfortablein growing. But I needed to find more for myself and for my daylily friends.Enter the AHS Electronic Robin... ..email questions….what a novel idea foran old gal like me. Keep abreast of what’s new with Hemerocallis and thefolks who love them and you don’t even have to dig in the soil! So...I asked….“What doubles do well in our colder zones?”…..and they graciously replied.H. ‘Siloam Double Classic’Image by Narda JonesJulie Wilson in Creemore, Ontario (Canada), Zone 4 sent a wonderful list ofnewer doubles, several of Kirchhoff’s Truffles and I was pleasantly surprisedto learn that they do well for her. Melanie Mason reports that her new introductionH. ‘Casey Jones’ is also a very good cultivar (I am tooting her hornsince she hesitated to do so!). Lynn Lewis in Central Illinois (zone 5) hasseveral of Grace Stamile’ s popcorn doubles and reports that they do verywell for her.H. ‘Condilla’Image by Narda JonesSeveral of our neighbors in various Michigan cities (Zone 5) supplied longlists of double daylilies heartily recommended. Diane Pruden from Milford,growing almost 90 doubles, produced a list that resulted in a 2 hour internetphoto hunt for the ones she told me about. I saw very new Petit, Shooter,Peat and Joiner creations. And Audra Burns writes “Doubles are a passionfor me, especially layered ones…..”I am a solid zone 5 garden and live closeto Lake Michigan…..Winters can be quite harsh here.” Phyllis Cantini in WestBloomfield, Michigan said “Right after spiders and unusuals, is my love forthe doubles. Doubles that are full, peony, lots of layers for hose-in-hose, orextreme ribbing ruffling (which counts as doubles).” She grows 167 differentcultivars mentioning that David Kirchhoff’s 98 introduction of H. ‘Alexander’sRagtime Band’ (a huge yellow cream blend) is one of her favorites!AHS Region 2 Director and Exhibitions Chair Joanne Larson told me that some of Bob Scott’s Topgun named doublesare doing very well in our colder zones and are beginning to take rosettes in shows throughout the United States. Shementioned that his H. ‘Topguns Lola Scott’ and ‘Topguns Snowballs’ are doing very well in her garden. She also wrote, “Adouble that I didn’t mention because I have not acquired it yet is Dan Trimmer’s ‘Pat Neumann’.” “It’s a 1998 pink and creamblend which was growing in a spectacular clump in the Bordeleau garden near Green Bay (WI) during our Region 2 summerPage 12 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

meeting in 2004.” “It’s been on my list since then; if it grows and increased in Green Bay, it will do the same in my garden.”She went on to tell me that she doesn’t hesitate to try Joiner doubles in her Northern Illinois garden because they do wellfor her.And Robin Calderon over in Kansas wrote, “Speaking of north-hardy doubles, we can’t forget Frank Kropfs doubles thatwere hybridized in Central Missouri. While he is best known for his melon H. ‘Zella Virginia’, he also has a lot of really nicepinks, yellows, and a few reds and purples.” You should check out her website (Earlybird Gardens) on the Daylily Net. Shealso told me that she likes H. ‘Honey Crunch Cupcake’ (Tim Herrington) and hopes to add more of his “cupcakes” this year.I also received several replies from robin members who are still enjoying growing many of the older cultivars. Some I hadnever heard of even having grown daylilies for some 20 years so I will mention just a few that perhaps some of you wouldlike to add to your collections. Tim Fehr in Wisconsin wanted me know that George Lennington’s H. ‘Fuzz Bunny’ is the mostconsistent double that he grows. It’s a nice yellow with billiard size blooms that has never bloomed single! Others that werementioned were H. ‘Double Sunset Glow’ (Miles 68), ‘Double Gardenia’ (Miles 73), and ‘Double Bold One’ (Miller 81). Thesewould be wonderful additions to the reliable ‘Highland Lord’ (Munson 83), ‘Condilla’ (Grooms 77) and of course ‘SiloamDouble Classic’ (Henry 85).I have spent hours at my computer viewing doubles in the past weekor so and have concluded that there is no way I could have chosen“hardy doubles” on photos and descriptions alone. Therefore I amthankful for those brave souls who weren’t afraid to test some ofthese newer cultivars and pass their recommendations on to others.And even though I will continue to add doubles from our reliablenorthern breeders (like H. ‘Shield and Banner’ (Applegate 2003)...a very nice bronze/orange blend with a green eye...I urge you tocheck out some of the doubles on my “new list”. You will no doubtbe pleasantly surprised like I was to see that...hey, we can grow thatone here...and those July flower shows in Region 2 just might beginto have lots “more better.. .more different……more doubles to delightyou!”From left: H. ‘Topguns Lola Scott’ and‘Topguns Snowballs’.Images from Bob ScottRecommendations of Double Daylilies for Northern Climates*‘Adorned Angel’ Joiner 98‘Alexander’s Ragtime Band’Kirchhoff 98‘Anasazi’ Stamile 97‘Big Kiss’ Joiner 91‘Brianna Joy’ Balash-bailey 94‘Cardigan Bay’ Trimmer 96‘Casey Jones’ Mason 06‘Charming Ethel Smith’ Terry 91‘Dancing With Pink’ Kirchhoff 95‘Dashing Double’ Kirchhoff 94‘Don’t Look Back’ Kirchhoff 98‘Double Amethyst’ Kirchhoff 94‘Double Concerto’ Kirchhoff 96‘Fairy’s Palace’ Petit 99‘Fancy Buttons’ Joiner 00‘Fashion Bug’ Joiner 94‘Fire Breathing Dragon’ Salter 95‘Fiery Visitation’ Gamber 99‘Fires Of Fuji’ Hudson 90‘Formal Appearance’ Petit 00‘Forsyth Tepaled Double’ Lefever 98‘Forty Second Street’ Kirchhoff 91‘Fresh Look’ Joiner 99‘Honey Crunch Cupcake’ Herrington 99‘Iddy Biddy Gal’ Stamile, G. 97‘Impetuous Fire’ Petit 93‘In Depth’ Stamile 90AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter‘Jean Swann’ Joiner 93‘Jerry Pate Williams’ Kirchhoff 99‘Jewelled Tiara’ Joiner 99‘John Kinnebrew’ Salter 92‘Just My Size’ Stamile, G. 02‘King Kahuna’ Crochet 94‘Little Pierre’ Trimmer 98‘Lucky Pierre’ Trimmer 99‘Madge Cayse’ Joiner 91‘Mecca Truffl es’ Kirchhoff 02‘Morning By Morning’ Applegate 94‘Moses’ Fire’ Joiner 98‘Mulberry Truffl es’ Kirchhoff 99‘Night Embers’ Stamile 97‘Oddly Magnifi cent’ Shooter 99‘Oh Danny Boy’ Kirchhoff 94‘Paprika Flame’ Bennett 99‘Peace On Earth’ Applegate 94‘Peggy Bass’ Joiner 93‘Peggy Jeffcoat’ Joiner 95‘Peppermint Truffl es’ Kirchhoff 99‘Rachel’s Rosebud’ Crichton 99‘Ragtime Ruby’ Joiner 01‘Regal Puzzle’ Petit 99‘Rose Corsage’ Stamile 99‘Rose Storm’ Santa Lucia 99‘Roswitha’ Trimmer 92‘Root Beer Truffl e’ Kirchhoff 01‘Savannah Melody’ Joiner 95‘Scarlet Marie’ Kropf 93‘Shaman’s Magic’ Kirchhoff 01‘Shield And Buckler’ Applegate 03‘Siloam Cooper’s Chantilly’ Henry 92‘Siloam Doug’s Double’ Henry 90‘Siloam Joel’s Double’ Henry 95‘Siloam Olin Frazier’ Henry 90‘Thistle Pink Truffl e’ Kirchhoff 00‘Topguns Lola Scott’ Scott 99‘Topguns Snowballs’ Scott 99‘Totally Awesome’ Ward 93‘Triple Layer Cake’ Kirchhoff 94‘Tropical Delight’ Stamile 00‘Twice As Nice’ Herrington 99‘Two Part Harmony’ Trimmer 98‘Upward Mobility’ Peat 03‘Vision Of Love’ Kaskel 96‘Voodoo Dancer’ Peat 01‘Wonder Of Wonders’ Joiner 99‘You Angel You’ Stamile, G. 93‘Zona Rosa’ Santa Lucia 95*Recommendations from Daylily EmailRobin responses.Spring-Summer 2006 Page 13

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2006 Region 2 Summer MeetingA Preview of the Tour GardensCRINTONIC GARDENSCurt Hanson11757 County Line RoadGates Mills, Ohio 44040VICTORIAN GARDENSGerda Brooker18336 Falling Water RoadStrongsville, Ohio 44136In 1994, Gerda Brooker and her husband Malcolm, Sr.started getting interested in daylilies. The interest grew into apassion, and both Mal and I began hybridizing. Well, I trailedbehind by one year. Now almost twelve years later there is astory which is told in our daylilies. Our hybridizing programrepresent many years of hard, but most enjoyable work. Myhusband’s great energy, foresight and dedication are clearlyseen in our hybridizing efforts.Began in the early 1980’s, Crintonic Gardens has evolvedinto approximately ten acres of arboretum with a daylily plotin the middle. Ponds and stone terraces accent meanderingpathways through plantings of specimen trees and shrubs.The focus has been on creating a personal eden incorporatingassorted collections of favorite plants such as arum,cyclamen, epimedium, hellebore, hosta, magnolia, oak andwitch hazels.The daylily show in the summer marks the equinox of thegarden cycle, and is always a rapturous celebration of beauty!This year promises to be one of the most exciting yet,with more new and selected seedlings than ever. My ownhybrids along with a large collection of new cultivars fromthe top hybridizers across the country will be on display. Ofparticular interest will be thousands of selected seedlingsand future introductions from David’s and Mort’s “DaylilyWorld” blooming on established plants!Victorian Gardens grows approximately 600 to 800 cultivarsrepresenting various hybridizers, besides hundreds of ourown selected seedlings in our display garden at home. Weare also growing 10 to 15 thousand seedlings, away from thehouse which are yet to be evaluated. Besides daylilies ourdisplay garden features various perennials as well as annuals,shrubs and trees, and my pride and joy is a fish pondwith a three tiered waterfall built by my husband. There is aGazebo and Pergola and lots of shades under the harbor.All of my daylily friends deserve a huge “Thank you”. SteveMoldovan and Roy Woodhall, Larry and Cindy Grace, Jeffand Liz Salter, Pat and Grace Stamile, Jane and Dan Trimmer,Curt Hanson, Dan Hansen, Ted Petit, The “Dave” andMort, many many more. You name them and they were helpingwith suggestions, criticism, and encouragement especiallyafter Malcolm passed away. But last and not least Michaeland Sandy Holmes, with unconditional commitment toencourage, give a helping hand, advice and endless hoursof talk and visiting one another. Without them, the grace ofGod and much work I would not be near with our hybridizingprogram where we are today It has been a most interestingjourney for me, with the inspiration most definitely originatingwith my husband, who truly was the wind beneath my wings.The Northern Ohio Daylily Society has a fun weekendplanned, and each tour garden offers a unique experience.David and Mort will be on hand as well as John Rice, DanHansen, Chris Rogers and the Salters. Many of you willcertainly want to visit Steve and Roy at Moldovans Gardensin Avon Lake, and my neighbor Paul Lewis, an open gardenwith many new introductions and seedlings. We all look forwardto celebrating a glorious week with you’all!All images courtesy Northern Ohio Daylily SocietyPage 16 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

WILCOX GARDENSBob and Ethel Wilcox12074 Parker DriveChesterland, Ohio 44026This AHS Display Garden has been planted with thethought of color for four-season interest. A small concreteboy sits on a sandstone boulder by the driveway to greetvisitors, and different themes have been incorporated intosome of the island beds. When Ethel and Bob retired, theyadded daylilies to their garden; and very soon growing dayliliesbecame one of their hobbies! Ethel is a retired school teacher, and Bob is a retired distributor. This residential gardenwas awarded the Lovin’ Care Yard Award in 1986 and again in 2000 by the Perennial Garden Club. It was one of the gardenson tour for the “Bi-Annual Garden Tour in the Country” several years ago.There are over 450 different cultivars of daylilies in the gardens. There is uniqueness in design with a water garden,stone pathways, an antique plow from 1898, a gazebo, and benches on which to rest. Abundant are many of their gardendaylilies which were awarded AHS rosettes for Best-in-Show and for the Best Registered Double Flower. During other years,their garden daylilies have also been awarded the AHS rosette for Best Registered Unusual Flower, Best Large Flower, BestMiniature Flower, and the Sweepstakes Award. Enjoy the garden. Welcome!EMERALD HILLDoug Bowen12084 Heath RoadChesterland, Ohio 44026Situated in Geauga County, this 1 ½ acre AHS DisplayGarden features over 400 daylily cultivars, 50 hosta cultivarsand a variety of perennials. The gardens are located on thetop of a hill, surrounded by woods and ravines. At the baseof the hill is a creek that is a tributary to Chagrin River. Halfof the property includes the house and gardens while theother half is natural as woodlands, ravines and the creek.The steep driveway, which is the normal in Geauga County,can be intimidating, especially at night or during one of itssnowbelt blizzards.There are currently fifteen different flower beds. Each of these beds is uniquely shaped and is bordered by over 1,000rocks that were hauled up from the creek. Of these fifteen beds, six of them are strictly daylily beds, two of them are strictlyhosta beds and the remaining seven beds are a mixture of daylilies, hosta and other perennials. The various beds form islandswith paths allowing one to meander through the garden. Included in the gardens are various benches, a small pond,an eight hundred pound fountain called the “Green Man” and various statues.One of the most talked about areas of the garden is the ‘Character Bed’. The Green Man Fountain is overseeing his daylilybed that erupts into an assault of color during the month of July. Lurking below the surface and ready to attack are: theHemerocallis ‘Loch Ness Monster’ (Couturier, 1992), ‘Gollum’ (Hanson, 1991), ‘Godzilla’ (Burkey,1987), ‘Dracula’ (Carter,1995), ‘Lurch’ (Stamile, 2000) and the ‘Masked Bandit’ (Salter,1996). Just to name a few. But no need to fear, our super heroeswill emerge just in time to save the day. The first wave includes: ‘Batman’ (Kaskel, 1998), ‘Spider Man’ (Durio, 1982),‘Superman’s Cape’ (Houston,1998), the ‘Dark Avenger’ (Salter, 1988) and ‘Alias Peter Parker’ (Lambertson, 1995). The secondwave, bringing with them a little comical relief includes: ‘Pee Wee’s Big Adventure’ (Hanson, 2003), ‘Me Tarzan’ (Hager,1989), ‘George Jets On’ (Yost,1999), ‘Snufalufagus’ (Stamile, 2002) and ‘Spocks Ears’ (Hanson, 2004). You might even heara ‘Yabba Dabba Do’ (1993). Holy Smokes Batman! All this action in one bed! Can it be true!AHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterSpring-Summer 2006 Page 17

PERENNIAL POSTClara Miller7751 State Route 534Middlefield, Ohio 44062Just south of Mesopotamia, Perennial Post is located in theheart of Amish County. Clara Miller, owner, has created asanctuary bursting with color that brings peace to anyonethat comes to visit. Clara’s love and knowledge of dayliliesbegan in her apprenticeship at Rock Bottom Farms, inspiringher in 1991 to begin planting and planning her own nurserybusiness. The Perennial Post opened in the spring of 1998.Since then, the garden beds have grown to overflowing with260 varieties of daylilies and over 500 various other perennials.Perennial Post is a combination of display gardens andnursery beds. One of the first things you notice when youarrive at this quaint country cottage garden is an arbor thatis overflowing with morning glory and wisteria. There is ameandering path made of stone that lead you back to a slabbench surrounded by pines, ferns, hellebores, trillium andhosta. Further back are her digging beds which are largemounds of splashing colors that are the forefront for acresof green pastures and unlimited blue skies. On Mondaysthroughout the season Clara hosts an “Evenings In the Garden”.This is a time to stroll, share and learn. After one visitto Perennial Post you will agree that this is one of Ohio’spieces of heaven.BIAGLOW’S GARDENJim and Vera Biaglow15957 Prospect RoadStrongsville, Ohio 44136The Biaglow Garden is located in the heart of Strongsville,Ohio and sits on approximately a one acre corner lot. JimBiaglow and his wife Vera have been breeding and growingdaylilies since the mid 1980’s when Steve Moldoven introducedthe daylily “Vera Biaglow” to the world. Visitors tothe garden are be treated to a collection of over 300 of thenewest and best daylilies from: Petit, Salter, Stamile, Kirchoff,Moldovan, Hanson, Gaskins and others.In addition to the collection from known hybridizers the garden contains over 200 selected seeding as well as 2,000 firstand second year seedlings. Added to these seedlings are over 40 introductions that the Biaglow’s have introduced in thelast ten years. The garden is an example of how to grow daylilies in limited areas. Seedlings can be found in three majorbeds with daylilies planted on 4” centers with 9” between rows. This year’s garden will feature 6 of their new introductionsas well as numerous future releasesPage 18 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

GARDENVIEW HORTICULTURALPARKHenry Ross16711 Pearl RoadStrongsville, Ohio 44136ROCK BOTTOM FARMSJonathan Ford7767 Parkman-Mesopotamia RoadMiddlefield, Ohio 44062Four generations of Fords have had the privilege of workingthis beautiful part of Ohio Amish country. The appreciationof nature and the beauty provided by gardening has beenpassed from one generation to the next. The employees atRock Bottom Farms are committed to supporting the samejoy of gardening for our customers. Rock Bottom Farmsproudly displays the entire collection of Stout Silver MedalWinners. They are currently an AHS Display garden and aEureka Reference Guide garden.Rock Bottom Farms is open to visitors from May 1 throughLabor Day. Starting with the second week in June, strawberriesare available for picking. From July to August freshblueberries are available for picking. Their greenhousefeatures streptocarpus hybridized by Jonathan Ford. Before,during and after peak bloom in mid-July each daylily plant isidentified with a description and a color picture.Established in 1949, Gardenview is a 16 acre horticulturalpark hidden within the City of Strongsville, a western suburbof Cleveland. The park was founded by Henry A. Ross, Directorand is currently maintain by himself and the AssistantDirector, Mark LaRosa. Henry Ross’s purpose for Gardenviewis to locate and obtain all kinds of extremely choice,rare and uncommon plants from throughout the world andto combine and display in the setting of an English CottageGarden.In 1961 Gardenview was given to the public as a gift withone condition that it must forever remain a HorticulturalPark. Gardenview, a non-profit corporation, is exempt fromreal estate and other taxes and all of its contributions aretax deductible. The degree of maintenance of Gardenview isdependent on the amount of money produced each year byadmissions, memberships and contributions.Six of the sixteen acres of Gardenview are display gardens.These acres include an English garden, water fowlpond, water lily pond, hosta collections, rose gardens andherb gardens. There is a spring garden made up of bulbs,azaleas and perennial beds of daylilies, iris, peonies andrhododendrons. From March to May visitors can enjoy thenumerous collection of hellebores that Henry Ross himselfhas bred. The 10 acre arboretum includes a showcase ofover 2000 flowering and ornamental trees with over 500 varietiesof crabapples. This garden is an All-American SelectionsDisplay Garden.AHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterSpring-Summer 2006 Page 19

AHS Region 2 Winter Symposium 2006THE CLEVELAND WINTER SYMPOSIUM: In A NutshellBy Curt HansonHMMM, The festivities began Friday night with “HappyHour” and an inspirational talk from AHS president KevinWalek. Encouraging new ideas to continue the dynamics ofone of America’s premier plant societies, Kevin has provento be a “hands on” administrator with a fresh approach topromote, encourage and foster the development and improvementof the genus Hemerocallis and the public interesttherein.Melanie Vassallo charmed us with a preview of the Nationalconvention in Long Island, New York this July, showingus that the Big Apple is not just skyscrapers and showtunes. Joe Goudeau brought us some Cajun country dayliliesand humor. Dan Hansen poked fun at some of the mythsand elaborate demands involved in today’s ultra competitivehigh end daylily culture. Slides and digital images of futureintroductions and cool new seedlings followed. The hospitalityroom and pub was open for those to carry on into thenight with fellowship and laughter.During the breakfast hour, Sara and Steve Zolock ofBelle Vernon, PA gave us an intimate tour of their gardenand hybridizing program. AHS journal editor Allen McLainexplained about our publications and invited us again toparticipate by writing creative and informative articles. DaveMussar, the president of the Ontario club, presented an indepth biography of one of our regions pioneering icons,Brother Charles Recamp. David Kirchhoff provided a mixedbag of commentary, humor, and opinions on how to bestserve our society. After lunch, Nikki Schmith presented uswith a briskly paced primer on Powerpoint, providing tips forbeginners and pros alike. Don Lovell gave us a tour of whatwe might expect at the National Convention in Minneapolisin 2007 and from the hybridizers of Region 1. Linda Agin ofAlabama explained how her hobby in antiques blossomedinto an obsession with daylilies, and Frank Smith of Floridagave us a glimpse of his world in orchids, landscaping resortsand building a daylily program.After each speaker a door prize was randomly chosen.Most of these were $100 gift certificates from the tophybridizers. Soon we were back with a social hour and theanticipated famous buffet before the “great auction” gotunderway. Successful bidders got an exciting array of newand in some cases impossible to obtain cultivars. The hospitalityroom was again crowded with wine, micro-brews, andlaughter, late into the night.Sunday morning began with a continental breakfast andCharles Douglas of Browns Ferry North Carolina givingus a tour of his expanding daylily operation. Don Jerabekof Indianapolis mixed his subtle humor with an update onWatson Park gardens. The event ended with slides of 2006introductions.This brief overview only provides a glimpse of the officialevent. The real magic was within the personal camaraderieof seeing old friends and meeting new ones. The WinterSymposium is Region 2’s annual kickoff to another fabulousyear in our gardens! We’ll do it again next year, and lookforward to seeing you!Hal Rice and Nick Balashenjoying the many speakers. (1)Registering....Curt Hansen talks to MargoReed and Bret Clemet. (3)Joyce Hersh and Lee Underschultzregistering all Symposiumattendees. (3)JR Blanton managing thePowerpoint presentations. (3)RVP Gisela Meckstrothgives Regional updates toattendees. (3)Gayle Tannebaum and RichSchaplowski from Region 11 enjoythe Region 2 symposium. (3)Images from:(1) Sharon Cusick (2) Karen Cuila (3) Narda JonesDon Jerabek thoughtsomeone was kiddingwhen asked to pose for aspeaker’s picture. (2)Page 20 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

AHS Region 2 Winter Symposium 2006A Review of Featured SpeakersKevin Walek:Town Hall Style ForumBy Diane Pruden, Milford, MIKevin Walek, President of AHS, addressed the attendees early onat the symposium and then made himself available the weekend.As President-Elect, he had given a similar talk at another region’smeeting this past October.In identifying important items for histwo-year term as President, Kevin stressedincreasing the membership numbers inAHS and improving lines of communicationwith local clubs, the regional and thenational organization. It was clear thathe values direct communication with themembership whether or not the individualshold office or even aspire to hold officialpositions. At several times, he gave bothhis phone number and Email address andencouraged anyone with questions or suggestionsto feel free to contact him directly.Kevin told us that he had been givingspecific assignments to Board membersat the rate of about one per week since heassumed office on January 1. He expectsresults and implementation of these assignmentsby the summer board meeting thatwill occur at the AHS National Conventionthis summer.Membership is critical! When asked fora show of hands, two attendees indicatedthat they were not AHS members. In anexample to all and a demonstration of hiscommitment, Kevin stated that he wouldpay the first year membership for the firstperson who had raised their hand. He hasalso appointed a committee headed by KayDay to explore ways to increase membership,in particular a voucher program fornew members in which they would receivea dollar amount off the price of a daylilychosen from a list.Highlights of other issues and initiativesunderway are as follows:• A dues increase will be proposed at theconvention this summer.• A committee headed by Peggy Jeffcoat has been formed toreview all the AHS specialty awards and to have recommenda-The many hats of Kevin WalekImages by Narda Jonestions for the board at the convention. Other members of thiscommittee are David Kirchhoff, Gary Colby, Rich Rosen andBetty Roberts.• Betty Roberts has reviewed motions previously passed by theboards since the founding of AHS and has provided him witha listing of seventy conflicting motions. Furthermore, Kevin’sreview has found that the Policy and Procedures Manual is inconflict with many motions made by the boards over the years.Further work will be done to resolve these matters.• A rewrite of the Regional Officer’shandbook is in process. Job descriptionsin this handbook do not match the actualduties carried out by these officers.• A frequent question has regarded AHSInsurance. What and who does it cover?What are we paying for? Are we perhapspaying too much for the coverage? Apparentlythis coverage was obtained withouta bidding process. The master documentis a one-inch thick binder. The policycontents need to be communicated to theregions.• A committee is reviewing Round RobinAccreditation. This includes both thewritten and Email Robins.• Another concern is that there is no mastercopy of AHS documents and severalconflicting versions exist.• A thorough review of conventions isbeing made and Regional Directors willbe surveyed for suggestions regardingchanges.• Linda Sue Barnes has raised the issuethat many veterinarians (according to theASPCA) seem to think that hemerocallisplants are toxic to indoor only cats. Thisis contrary to the experience of numerousAHS members. This is something to belooked into in terms of an AHS response,etc.• Kevin has written an article, which willappear in The Daylily Journal, about hisphilosophy for the AHS and his term as itsPresident.In concluding his remarks, PresidentWalek stated that his goal was for “TheAmerican Hemerocallis Society to be the Number 1 plant societyin America!”AHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterSpring-Summer 2006 Page 21

AHS Region 2 Winter Symposium 2006A Review of Featured SpeakersMelanie Vassallo:“An Invitation to the 2006 NationalConvention in Long Island, New York”By Nikki Schmith, Dearborn Heights, MichiganIf I wasn’t already planning on making the trip to the East Coastfor the national convention this year, I would be after MelanieVassallo’s invitation! This year is the 50th anniversary of the hostclub, the Long Island Daylily Society, and they are very muchlooking forward to sharing their love of gardens with the hundredsof visitors this summer.The theme of the convention is “Island Jewels”, and after seeingthe wonderful photos of the 9 gardens that are on tour this year,I can understand why they picked that theme. “There will be nofacet left unpolished,” Melanie exclaimed as she took us on avirtual tour of the public and private gardens we can expect to seethis July.There are hybridizer’s gardens, estate gardens, country gardens,collector’s gardens and public botanical gardens. There seemsto be a lot of attention to detail, as the convention committee hasPictured from the top: Louise Peluso’s Garden inOyster Bay, NY. John & Muriel Stahl’s BrooksideGarden in Baldwin, NYarranged for many “extras” not seen at other AHS nationals. Forexample, convention goers will be allowed to sign up for specificbuses, to prevent the chaos that usually ensues on garden tourmorning. This should make for a more peaceful and efficientdeparture. There is even an already sold out optional bus trip tothe Hamptons to see extra gardens! There’s also seating nooksoutside behind the hotel which should be much appreciated bysmokers. Best of all, they’ve requested a plant cleaning stationoutside with a large garbage can and a hose so nobody has to dothe “swish & flush” cleaning method in their hotel room. WOW!There are 9 vendors set up in theboutique. No daylilies for salethere yet but there are going to besome awesome Hosta and perennials.Several tour gardens andpossibly open gardens will havedaylilies for sale so ask if you areinterested. There will be plantsfor sale here in Melanie’s gardenand orders will be accepted forplants to be dug after the convention.The same goes for at leastthree other tour gardens.Melanie also took the time toexplain the airport and transportationsituation on Long Islandand in New York City. She had awonderful illustration of Long Island(which actually is an island)showing the three airports thatconvention goers may use as theytravel to New York. Many of thenearby beaches were shown, aswell as many historic sites to visitalong the way.250 Hosta Cultivars canbe found at George &Joan Rasmussen’s gardenin Farmington, NYAt the pace registrations arebeing received, they could be sold out in as little as 8 weeks. Donot be disappointed; send in your registration as soon as you can.You can visit www.lidaylily.org for a registration form and thedetailed schedule of events and open gardens.The national convention is a fantastic opportunity for membersof AHS. This will be my fifth convention and I like it more eachtime I go. I come home with a ton of inspiration for my owngarden, as well as a wish list as long as my arm to add to my collection!You don’t have to know a ton of people to have a goodtime. You don’t have to be an officer in the region or in your localclub to enjoy it. Some folks think the national is a time onlyfor cliques or for reunions of old friends. If you are new to AHS,I recommend you stick your toe in the water and try it out. It isfun, organized, and worth every penny you will spend to attend.The convention will head south for the next few years, so if Iwere you, I would really take this opportunity to uncover some“Island Jewels” on Long Island this summer.Page 22 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

AHS Region 2 Winter Symposium 2006A Review of Featured SpeakersDave Mussar:Brother Charles Reckamp - The Manand his MissionBy John Sheehan, Madison WIDave Mussar lives just outside Guelph, Ontario. At his HillsideDaylilies Garden he grows about 400 registered daylilies and hasbeen hybridizing daylilies since 2000. Dave says that he wants toproduce vigorous, hardy daylilies that will perform exceptionallywell in northern climates. To achieve that goal he has been usingmany of the newest plants introduced by the late Brother CharlesReckamp of Techny, Illinois.Today Dave presented a comprehensive discussion of thelife of Brother Charles Reckamp including his work ethic, histies with the early Tetraploid daylily hybridizers of the Chicagoarea, his connections with the noted Region 2 hybridizers, SteveMoldovan, and Roy Klehm, and most importantly, the legacy thatBrother Charles Reckamp has left to the daylily world.Brother Charles was born on a farm in Ethlyn, MO. He wasone of the oldest of 20 siblings and grew up working hard tohelp his family eke out a living on their simple farm. As Daveexplained, Brother Charles joined the Monastery of the Society ofthe Divine Word located in Techny, IL. Brother Charles’ superiorsassigned him to start up “Mission Gardens” where peonies,evergreens, bulbs, and annuals would be grown and sold to thepublic. During the 1940’s Brother Charles was actively involveddeveloping new varieties of iris, evergreens, and propagatingJapanese tree and hybrid peonies.In the early 1950’s area daylily hybridizers, Orville Fay andDavid Hall (each future Stout Award winners!) suggested thatBrother Charles hybridize daylilies. In 1955 the first ReckampIntroductions were registered. They were Hemerocallis ‘LittleChief’, and ‘Mantilla’. As Dave’s images revealed, the earlyBrother Charles introductions were Diploids with strong, wellbranchedscapes and blossoms with soft, subtle hues.Dave explained thatBrother Charles graduallydeveloped a strongpersonal philosophy abouthis hybridizing. He wasnot concerned with makingmajor breakthroughsin form & color; rather,he enjoyed simple, round,flat flowers with wide petalsand sepals growing onvigorous, green foliage.Pastel yellow melon &orange polychrome colorswere dear to his heart.In 1961 the TetraploidAHS Region 2/Great Lakes NewsletterH. ‘My Sunshine’(Reckamp 1978)Image by Sandy Houck,Spirit North DayliliesRevolution hit the daylily world and Brother Charles quicklygot on the Tetraploid bandwagon. His monastery allowed himto spend $200 for the 1961 Tetraploid introduction of Fay-Griesbach, H. ‘Crestwood Ann’, (a melon self). His MonasteryBrother, Daniel Yunck, learned to convert Diploids to Tetraploidsby using colchicine; and Fay provided Reckamp with some of histreasured Tetraploid pollen.Dave then described Reckamp’s first 5 Tetraploid introductions(1966) that included H. ‘Changing Times’, ‘Loyal Subject’,and ‘Heavenly Harp’. All were either progeny from ‘CrestwoodAnn’ or directly resulted from Diploid seed conversion. Until theH. ‘Heavenly Crown’(Reckamp 1979)Image by Sandy Houck,Spirit North Dayliliesmid 1970’s Brother Charles’ daylilies were sold through MoldovanGardens. In 1973 Reckamp received the AHS BertrandFarr Silver Medal for outstanding results in the field of daylilyhybridizing.In 1975 the Religious Order closed the Mission Gardens asa commercial enterprise. Roy Klehm of Song Sparrow Nurserytook over introducing daylilies for Brother Charles in 1977 andthe gentle gardener continued to hybridize his daylilies at MissionGardens until his death in 1996.Dave then showed us images of some of the Brother CharlesIntroductions produced in this last time frame. They included H.‘My Sunshine’ (1978), ‘Heavenly Crown’ (1979), ‘Techny PeachLace’ (2000), and ‘Angel’s Smile’ (1999). As Dave explained,‘Angel’s Smile’ has been a parent for a wide range of beautifulprogeny. Some of them have included: ‘Angel’s Braid’ (Rice-2000), ‘Barbara Dittmer’ (Morss-1994), ‘Centrifugal Forces’(Jerabek-2002), ‘Imperial Gypsy’ (Benz-2004) and ‘GorgeousSmile’ (Rice--Potter-2001).Since the death of Brother Charles in 1996, Roy Klehm hasregistered several of the most recent Reckamp seedlings: H.‘Garden Symphony’ (2003), ‘Charlie’ (2003), ‘Ruffled StrawberryParfait’ (2003), and ‘Harmony Ruffles’ (2003).Dave Mussar ended his Presentation by wisely concludingthat the legacy of Brother Charles Reckamp will be long lasting.Reckamp was a simple, unassuming man who was guided by thebeauty of his daylily introductions, not by the call to market radicalnew forms or color patterns. He focused on his hybridizationgoals and stuck with them.Spring-Summer 2006 Page 23

AHS Region 2 Winter Symposium 2006A Review of Featured SpeakersJoe Goudeau:Some Like It Hot - Cajun DayliliesBy Dan Bachman, Lebanon, OHIf Clarence Crochet is Boudreauxand Thibadeaux’s daddy, then surelyJoe Goudeaux is little brother (makingGinger, his wife, little sis). The presentationSOME LIKE IT HOT was a mix ofLouisiana humor as well as a preview ofthings to come from both veteran and newdaylily breeders. Joe delighted the attendeeswith antics by those two infamousCajun tricksters much in the tradition ofone of his mentors, Clarence Crochet.None can doubt the tremendous influenceLouisiana breeders have had on the moderndaylily. You can put your finger righton the map where the diploid became thewide petaled, full formed beauty that it istoday, dating back to the MacMillan yearsand his followers, Lucille Guidry, ElsieSpalding, Olivier Monette and CrochetH. ‘GO LSU’(Crochet 2005)H. ‘Mae Sackett’(Crochet 2005)among others. There is a new breed surfacing among those giantswho have brought tetraploids into the mix.Joe showed slides of current Crochet releases, both diploidand tetratploid, all with that Crochet look. I was especially takenby Hemerocallis ‘Go LSU’, a 5.5” tetraploid, deep purple withgold edge. Tim Tassin is one of the newer tetraploid hybridizerswith creations containing all today’s required “bells andwhistles”. Jimmy Terrio is another of the soon to be spotlightedtetraploid breeders. Joe showed many of Jimmy’s offerings in thehot, bright oranges. Ken Begnaud, who delighted us at the 2005Symposium, was represented and is doing “diploids with goldedges, diploids with patterened eyes and other areas thought onlypossible in tetraploid varieties” according to Mr. Goudeau.Of course the feature was the Goudeau hybridizing program.The emphasis is on modern tetraploids. Joe and Ginger areworking with their own seedlings as well as with material fromLarry Grace. The lines are quite advanced especially consideringthey are relative newcomers. There are six introductions for thisyear. I was most interested in H. ‘Six-Four-Three Double Play’,a 5” salmon pink diploid double out of Crochet’s ‘King Kahuna’and ‘Blackwater Washout’, a 5” tetraploid ‘Lavender Blue Baby’kid with violet purple and washed eye. Daylily collectors areanxiously awaiting the future series from the Goudeau’s baringthe prefix Nekid Lady. As Joe states “you have to be special to bea Nekid Lady”. This personable duo will make a real statementwith their Cajun daylilies.More Symposium photos!!!Joe and Ginger Goudeau daylily seedlingsImages from Joe & Ginger GoudeauJoe Goudeau telling everyonehow he wants his daylily throats tomatch the color of his shirt.Allen McLain says Mississippihas “Hot” daylilies too.Melissa Begnaud, Ken Begnaud, Heidi Willet, CharlesDouglas, Ginger Goudeau, Joe Goudeau, and Becky Owensenjoy meeting friends. Five States are represented here.Images by Narda JonesPage 24 Spring-Summer 2006 AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter

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