Winter 2005 Dixie Daylily
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AHS Region 14 Alabama—Mississippi Winter 2005 The Blues Are Coming AHS Region 14 Officers and Liaisons Regional Vice President Webmaster John Falck Paul Aucoin Post Office Box 192 2553 Dunmore Drive Fairhope, AL 36533 Birmingham, AL 35226 251-928-3340 205-726-2732 Table of Contents hemhavennursery@ [email protected] mindspring.com AHS Region 14 RVP’s Report 3 Youth Regional Publicity Director Bob and Sheila Watson Club Presidents 3 Linda Beck Post Office Box 26 AHS Region 14 RPD’s Report 4 Post Office Box 91 Moselle, MS 39459 Minutes—AHS Region 14’s Business Meeting 5 Tupelo, MS 38802 601-582-0549 662-842-0520 AHS Region 14 Director’s Report 6 [email protected] ♦♦♦ Garden Tour Previews 8 Secretary Region 14 Youth Digital Photography Awards 10 Jo Anne Burrage Christine Erin Stamile Youth Award 10 352 Henry Wells Road Caledonia, MS 39740 Region 14 Officers 11 662-356-4310 AHS Awards Presented to Region 14 Members 11 [email protected] Presentations & Awards at Regional Meeting 12 Treasurer AHS Region 14 Popularity Poll: 2004 13 Tom Adams 5916 Oak Bayou Lane Soil Preparation 14 Ocean Springs, MS 39564 Yesterday’s Memories: Tribute to Billy Stennett 15 228-872-3200 American [email protected] Sprayers 16 Hemerocallis Society The Hybridizing Program of the Georges 18 Editor, The Dixie Daylily Oliver Billingslea President Along County Road 14: The Tim Bell Garden 22 6291 Thach Road Maurice Greene Grace Stamile’s Blue-Eyed Daylilies 26 3717 Whitworth Drive Montgomery, AL 36117 The Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society Program 29 334-277-0994 Knoxville, TN 37938 [email protected] 423-922-5822 Club News 30 [email protected] Exhibition Judges What’s Forthcoming 38 Kemberly Roberts Executive Secretary Welcome New Members to AHS & Region 14 39 51 Temple Road Pat Mercer Petal, MS 39465 Post Office Box 10 601-544-7320 Dexter, GA 31019 From The Editor [email protected] 478-875-4110 [email protected] Garden Judges s your editor of The Dixie Daylily, this is my sec- Ruby Anderson Editor, The Daylily Journal 1709 Harmony Lane Allen McLain A ond issue. Nancy and I appreciate the kind com- Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 Post Office Box 192 ments you made about our first effort, especially about 205-759-2406 Belzoni, MS 39038 the layout and color. We’ve tried to make this issue 662-247-1251 Historian [email protected] even better. My thanks go out to those who give regu- Lorene Smith larly to the plant sales and to the Region 14 Auction, 14078 Highway 11 North AHS Region 14 Representative, Cottondale, AL 35453 AHS Board of Directors spring and fall, as well as those who bid generously. I 205-553-3097 Barbara Watts especially appreciate those clubs who regularly donate 60 Serene Meadows Drive Membership Hattiesburg, MS 39402 5% of their plant sales in support of our newsletter. Kay Davis 601-268-3884 For this issue, we have three nice submissions from 1140 Patterson Lane [email protected] Elberta, AL 36530 Tom Adams, Mark Moffett, and Linda Touchstone, and 251-987-1987 I thank them as well as the club reporters for getting [email protected] AHS Membership Dues are payable by January 1. their news to me in a timely manner. The great news is WEMEFT (W.E. Monroe Make checks payable to AHS. that we’re going to have three full-color issues of The Endowment Fund Trust) Mail dues to the Executive Secretary. Dixie Daylily in 2005. I am particularly honored that Rita Davis 849 Poplar Springs Road Individual: Allen McLain has accepted an article on Grace Florence, MS 39073 1 Year $18.00 Stamile’s blue-eyed daylilies for publication in the 601-845-4955 3 Years $50.00 Spring issue of The Daylily Journal. In this issue of Protocol Youth $8.00 Jack Harrison The Dixie Daylily there is a brief preview of what is 3743 MacLamar Road Family: coming in the Journal, and I have reserved here some 1 Year $22.00 Montgomery, AL 36111 nice photographs for you to enjoy. 334-288-7176 3 Years $60.00 Individual Life $500.00 Oliver Billingslea Dual Life $750.00 Cover Photo: Grace Stamile’s #384A (Photo by Oliver Billingslea) 2 The Dixie Daylily Regional Vice President Region 14 John Falck Club Presidents fter a couple of weeks of cutting down trees, haul- Alabama Wiregrass Daylily Society Cynthia Hays A ing debris to the curb, and doing other cleanup and Birmingham Daylily Society 794 Brundige Street repair after Hurricane Ivan, I was really given a wel- Jim Chappell Clio, AL 36017 come change of pace in Meridian. Once again that 900 Smoke Rise Trail 334-397-2503 Warrior, AL 35180 group put together a great day of pumping new enthusi- 205-647-0688 asm into those fortunate enough to attend the Fall Re- Mississippi Blount Iris and Daylily Society gional Meeting. It’s always great to see old daylily Sandra Hathcock Brookhaven Daylily Club friends and to meet new members. 585 Morton Road Randy Preuss Oneonta, AL 35121 2263 Old Highway 27 North The highlight of the day was Curt Hanson’s pro- 205-274-8026 Monticello, MS 39654 gram. When southern gardeners listen to our friends 601-587-0148 Central Alabama Daylily Society from the northern tier of states, they often are taken Lea Anne Parker Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society aback by many of the gardening needs and techniques. 6136 Valley Station Drive Rita Davis Pelham, AL 35124 849 Poplar Springs Road Curt put a somewhat unique spin on hybridizing and 205-402-7297 Florence, MS 39073 growing daylilies in the more hostile environment of 601-845-4955 Cross Trails Daylily Society Ohio. His perspective on semi-evergreen cultivars was Bill Moody Jackson Hemerocallis Society most interesting. 1235 Snead Street Peggy Coleman The second half of his presentation, the slide Andalusia, AL 36420 4316 Kings Court 334-427-0842 Jackson, MS 39211 show, gave all of us an appreciation for his program past 601-362-1094 PRIMAL SCREAM. He was both informative and en- Cullman Iris & Daylily Society Essie Hollingsworth Marion County Hemerocallis tertaining. His “futures” certainly show some unique 96 County Road 1324 Society directions for form and patterns, especially in reds, pur- Vinemont, AL 35179 John Dawsey 256-737-9806 30141 Bonnie Street ples, and even heading toward blue tones. Angie, LA 70426 Now we are looking forward to the Region 14 East Alabama Hemerocallis Club 985-986-2284 Johnie Crance Spring Meeting in Jackson, MS. Our auction in Merid- 1908 Windway Road Meridian Hemerocallis Society ian was a success, but we really need to plan for a larger Auburn, AL 36830 Jim Smith effort in June. I thank everyone who donated plants. 334-821-2816 3954-B Paulding Road Meridian, MS 39307 Also, I encourage all of you to set aside a few divisions Mobile Hemerocallis Society 601-483-1687 this fall to donate to the auction as well as plants for the John Keown 2210 Pratt Drive Miss-Lou Daylily Society general sale. These monies help support The Dixie Day- Mobile, AL 36605 Rosa Duck lily and other programs. 251-473-4609 1126 Lower Centreville Road Centreville, MS 39631 One really exciting development in Meridian Montgomery Area Daylily Society 601-645-5938 was the initiation of a digital photo contest for the youth Georgia Rehnberg P.O. Box 125 MS Gulf Coast Daylily Society of our region. This is an excellent way to encourage the Coosada, AL 36020 Larry Pickel youth to participate in our region activities, but even 334-285-1324 2728 Briarwood Drive more it is a good way to foster their interest in the day- Moss Point, MS 39563 Northeast Alabama Hosta-Iris- 228-475-1880 lily. From experience, I know that trying to photograph Daylily Society flowers and gardens gives one a new perspective. One Mary Kearney North MS-AL Daylily Society 385 Kearney Place Juanice Hayes often sees more through the lens than with the naked Guntersville, AL 35976 1069 New Hope Road eye. I hope that parents and local clubs help encourage 256-582-4839 Columbus, MS 39702 662-328-0531 the youth in this new activity. Thanks also to Bob and North Alabama Daylily Society Sheila Watson for their enthusiasm in working with our Randy Stephens North Mississippi Daylily Society 446 West Limestone Road Scoot Wilson most valuable asset, our children. Hazel Green, AL 35750 210 Court Street I want to congratulate Earl Watts and Doyle 256-828-312 Batesville, MS 38606 Co-President: Tony Thompson 662-563-3852 Pierce who won photography awards at the National Convention in St. Louis. Also, I want to congratulate The Riviera Daylily Society The Red Hills Daylily Club Barbara Watts on her reelection to the AHS Board. Her John Falck Johnna Williamson Post Office Box 192 905 South Church Avenue representation, especially on the publications commit- Fairhope, AL 36533 Louisville, MS 39339 tee, is most important to us in our region. Also, I want 251-928-3340 662-773-5932 to thank Allen and Carolyn McLain for their years of West Alabama Daylily Society South Central MS Daylily Society hard work and excellence during his years of editing Joyce Ochoa Patricia Arnold 317 Riverdale Drive Post Office Box 409 The Dixie Daylily. I also wish them well in their new Tuscaloosa, AL 35406 New Augusta, MS 39462 venture editing The Daylily Journal. 205-752-6681 601-964-3314 Continued on page 4 Winter 2005 3 Regional Vice President Regional Publicity Director John Falck Linda Beck Continued from page 3 hat a wonderful spring and summer for the day- W lily as well as the daylily enthusiast! We re- Beyond seeing Region 14 members at the Fall ceived rain when the plants needed it most.