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The Dixie Daylily AHS Region 14 Alabama—Mississippi Volume 61, Number 2 Summer / Fall 2017 AHS Region 14 Officers and Liaisons; Club Presidents Regional President Webmaster Alabama Mississippi Terese Goodson Paul Aucoin 7407 Woodley Road 2553 Dunmore Drive Birmingham Daylily Society Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society Montgomery, AL 36116 Hoover, AL 35226 David Allison Vonda C. Martin 334-288-6024 205-824-3592 3525 Laurel View Road 274 City Rd. [email protected] [email protected] Birmingham, AL 35216 Perkinston, MS 39573 205-823-0224 228-861-1646 Regional Publicity Director Youth [email protected] [email protected] Debbie Smith Tricia Folks 10175 Tom Waller Road 289 Ovett-Moselle Rd. Blount Iris and Daylily Society Marion Daylily Society Grand Bay, AL 36541 Moselle, MS 39459 Sandra Little Roger Carr 251-957-0066 601-520-0296 2324 Williams Settlement Road 73 Spell Drive [email protected] [email protected] Blountsville, AL 35031 Columbia, MS 39429 Contact: VP Delois Dunn 601-441-9470 Secretary 205-249-2392 [email protected] Janet Green 1751 S. Williamsburg Rd. Central Alabama Daylily Society Meridian Daylily Club Bassfield, MS 39421 Morris Parr Lois Smith 601-943-5416 4353 South Shades Crest Road 3954 B Pauldin Road [email protected] Bessemer, AL 35022 Meridian, MS 39307 205-602-1273 601-483-1687 Treasurer [email protected] [email protected] Jim Chappell 900 Smokerise Trail Cullman Iris & Daylily Society MS Gulf Coast Daylily Society Warrior, AL 35180 Donnie Douthit Bonnie Lingel 205-647-0688 American 441 County Road 845 P.O. Box 5661 [email protected] Cullman, AL 35057 Vancleave, MS 39565 Hemerocallis Society 256-841-2421 228-826-5596 Editor, The Dixie Daylily petedouthit@yahoo,com [email protected] Oliver Billingslea President 6291 Thach Road Nikki Schmith Mobile Hemerocallis Society North MS/AL Daylily Society Montgomery, AL 36117 424 Pheasant Ct. Bill Trufant Linda Beck 334-277-0994 Worden, IL 62097 3544 Leroy Stevens Road P.O. Box 91 [email protected] 248-739-9006 Mobile, AL 36619 Tupelo, MS 38802 [email protected] 251-510-9870 662-842-0520 Exhibition Judges [email protected] [email protected] John Falck Executive Secretary Pat Mercer P.O. Box 192 Montgomery Area Daylily Society The American Hemerocallis Soci- Fairhope, AL 36533 Post Office Box 10 Linda Carleton Dexter, GA 31019 ety, Inc., is a non-profit organization, 251-928-3340 49 Okfuski Trail organized exclusively for educational [email protected] 478-875-4110 Pike Road, AL 36064 [email protected] and scientific puposes, and especially 334-277-2664 to promote, encourage and foster the Garden Judges [email protected] Nancy Chain Editor, The Daylily Journal development and improvement of the 47 Nobles Road Meg McKenzie Ryan North Alabama Daylily Society genus Hemerocallis and public inter- Sumrall, MS 39482 1936 Wensley Ave. Dave Flanigan est therein. The purposes are express- 601-325-8419 El Centro, CA 92243 14937 Capstone Lane ly limited so that AHS qualifies as an or 601-466-3826 760-235-8243 Athens, AL 35613 exempt organization under section 501 [email protected] [email protected] 256-233-4354 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of [email protected] 1954 or the corresponding provision of Historian AHS Region 14 Director any future U.S. Internal Revenue Law. Sarah Lunsford Oliver Billingslea Northeast Alabama Hosta-Iris- P.O. Box 504 6291 Thach Road Daylily Society The Dixie Daylily is presented herein Brent, AL 35034 Montgomery, AL 36117 Catherine Townson as a service to Region 14 members and 205-926-4388 334-277-0994 404 Burns Street is not necessarily endorsed by the AHS [email protected] [email protected] Albertville, AL 35950 or its editor. 256-878-8834 AHS Membership Membership [email protected] Glenda Woods Dues are payable by January 1. 190 Kahatchee Loop Make checks payable to AHS. West Alabama Daylily Society Childersburg, AL 35044 Mail dues to the Executive Secretary. Ruth Watts 256-267-9995 538 Moody Road It is with pleasure Individual: Cover Photo: [email protected] Centreville, AL 35042 that I have chosen a photo of Hemero- 1 Year $25.00 callis ‘Banana Smoothie’ (George-T. Protocol and WEMEFT 3 Years $70.00 Wiregrass Daylily Society 2006) to grace the cover of The Dix- Jack Harrison Youth $10.00 Rita Moore ie Daylily. Photographed at Feistel’s 3743 MacLamar Road Individual Life $500.00 110 Leigh Street Folly during the Tidewater National Montgomery, AL 36111 Daleville, AL 36322 Convention in June 2017, it was the 334-288-7176 Family: 334-598-2103 winner of the Ned Roberts Spider/Un- [email protected] 1 Year $30.00 [email protected] usual Form Award. 3 Years $83.00 Dual Life $750.00 (Photo by Oliver Billingslea) 2 The Dixie Daylily The The Dixie Daylily Dixie Daylily Guidelines The editor invites submissions Volume 61 Number 2 Summer / Fall 2017 on the following: Table of Contents Articles on Daylilies Articles on Daylily Culture AHS Region 14 Officers and Liaisons: Club Presidents 2 Profiles of Region 14 AHS Region 14 President’s Report 4 Hybridizers AHS Region 14 RPD’s Report 4 Garden Write-ups Features of Historical Interest Minutes—AHS Region 14 Business Meeting (Spring 2017) 5 Articles on Photography Treasurer’s Report 6 Scientific Studies Involving AHS Region 14 Director’s Report 7 Daylilies Registration Form: AHS Region 14 Fall Meeting 8 Club News and Events Features and Miscellaneous: If possible, please send material by e-mail. Digital im- The 2017 Region 14 Spring Meeting 9 ages are preferred over photo- Some of the Folk Enjoying the Thursday Night Barbecue 11 graphs and slides. AHS Region 14: 2017 Popularity Poll Ballot 12 All submissions will be Winners: Region 14 Photography Contest for 2017 13 edited for length, grammar, clar- “The Montgomery Garden” ity and style to ensure the highest by Terese Goodson 16 possible quality in our publica- “The Watts Garden: A Magnet for Daylily Enthusiasts” tion. If you have any questions, by Marie Updike 18 please call Oliver Billingslea at “FigLily Acres” (334)-277-0994, or e-mail him at: by Sarah Lunsford 20 [email protected] “Heading Down to the Wiregrass in 2017” by Terese Goodson 22 “HADS’s Annual Memorial Day Open Gardens Tour” Advertising Rates by Beverly Odom 24 “The Story of Kahatchee Gardens” Full Page $150.00 by Glenda Woods 26 Half Page $80.00 MGCDS Photos from 2017 Show Quarter Page $45.00 by Steve Hammons and Bonnie Lingel 28 Front Cover N/A Back Cover N/A Club News: Alabama 29 Club News: Mississippi 32 Deadline for the Spring New Members 35 Issue of Notice: The Illustrated Guide to Daylilies 35 The Dixie Daylily March 1, 2018 Editor’s Column 35 Send items to: Oliver Billingslea, Editor 6291 Thach Road Back Cover: H. ‘Tidewater Elf’: President’s Cup, National Convention 28 Montgomery, AL 36117 [email protected] Summer / Fall 2017 3 Regional President’s Report RPD’s Report Terese Goodson Debbie Smith t was a pleasure visiting Hattiesburg, MS, again for the he Spring Region Meeting was held in Hattiesburg, Mis- ISpring Regional Meeting. Thank you to Earl and Bar- Tsissippi, on May 25 – 27, 2017. There was a wonderful bara Watts and their entire team from the Hattiesburg Area bar-b-que on Thursday night. Two daylilies donated by Jeff Daylily Society for hosting this well planned meeting. & Elizabeth Salter were auctioned with naming rights, and The three gardens on tour and the open gardens made me two bowls donated by potter Dr. Wayne McLaurin were also quite happy to be a daylily lover. I had a chance to visit six auctioned. The Magnolia Strings Dulcimers group enter- gardens in all, four of which were AHS Display Gardens. tained. Friday, the 26th, had Garden and Exhibition Classes Nikki Schmith was quite informative in her presentation available; Bud Kirkpatrick’s Seminar on “Publicizing Your Friday night and she obviously is an experienced daylily Club” was very well attended; a seminar on hosting a Day- auctioneer. This was the first time I had heard Ludlow Lam- lily Show was held; the Open gardens of Miss Mary Lois bertson’s presentation, so it was a great evening. The slide Burkett, the Tibbett’s garden and the Wesley garden were presentation HADS compiled was also a nice touch to the available for tours; later that evening the Business meeting evening. It was fun to present so many awards to the own- was held; then AHS President, Nikki Schmith, updated us ers of the three daylily gardens on tour. There is so much on what is going on in the “inner” workings of the AHS; work involved in hosting, so it was nice to see the smiles and finally, the Auction was held. On Saturday, we were from the garden winners when they could finally relax and up early to catch the bus at 0700. We toured three AHS enjoy the evening. Display gardens: The Montgomery Garden of Don & Con- Another huge thank you goes out to Debbie Smith, nie Montgomery, Figlily Acres of Edd & Nancy Chain, and Regional Vice President. She is a tremendous asset to Re- Suburban Daylilies of Earl and Barbara Watts which hosted gion 14. She has a knowledge base from serving as both a the Sally Lake Bed. After lunch, Nikki Schmith was taken Regional President and RPD. Wow! I can only strive to to tour 104-year-old Miss Mary Lois Burkett’s garden and have that much energy and enthusiasm in the future. Deb- they both had a wonderful time. That evening at the Awards bie has Plan A, B, and C ready for every aspect of a Region- Banquet, Ludlow Lambertson of Art Gallery Gardens spoke al Meeting.