The Dixie Daylily AHS Region 14 Alabama—Mississippi Volume 58, Number 1 Winter / Spring 2014 AHS Region 14 Officers and Liaisons; Club Presidents Regional President Webmaster Alabama Wiregrass Daylily Society Jim Riddle Paul Aucoin Lewis Mallory 207 Oak Circle 2553 Dunmore Drive Birmingham Daylily Society 664 Cowarts Creek Road Trussville, AL 35173 Hoover, AL 35226 Joe Langdon Ashford, AL 36312 205-655-7648 205-824-3592 4832 Mills Springs Circle 334-792-2293 [email protected] [email protected] Birmingham, AL 35223 [email protected] 205-956-1516 Regional Publicity Director Youth Blount Iris and Daylily Society Phyllis Riddle Becky and Morris Parr Mississippi Phyllis Riddle 207 Oak Circle 4353 S Shades Crest Road 207 Oak Circle Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society Trussville, AL 35173 Bessemer, AL 35022 Trussville, AL 35173 Patricia Folks 205-655-7648 205-602-1273 205-655-7648 289 Ovett-Moselle Rd. [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Moselle, MS 39459 Secretary 601-520-0296 Janet Green Central Alabama Daylily Society [email protected] 1751 S. Williamsburg Rd. Morris Parr Jackson Hemerocallis Society Bassfield, MS 39421 4353 S Shades Crest Road Ralph Sowell, Acting President 601-943-5416 Bessemer, AL 35022 330 Commerce Park Drive [email protected] 205-602-1273 [email protected] Jackson, MS 39213 Treasurer 601-982-9383 Jim Chappell Cullman Iris & Daylily Society [email protected] 900 Smokerise Trail Donnie Douthit Marion County Hemerocallis Warrior, AL 35180 441 County Road 845 Society 205-647-0688 Cullman, AL 35057 American Roger Carr [email protected] 256-737-9031 Hemerocallis Society 73 Spell Drive Editor, The Dixie Daylily East Alabama Hemerocallis Society Columbia, MS 39429 Oliver Billingslea President Joe Ponder 601-736-2735 6291 Thach Road Julie Covington 3234 Youngs Ferry Road [email protected] Montgomery, AL 36117 4909 Labradore Drive Jacksons Gap, AL 36861 Meridian Daylily Club 334-277-0994 Roanoke, VA 24012 256-825-5861 Toni Thompson [email protected] 540-977-1704 [email protected] [email protected] 6777 Meador Road Exhibition Judges Mobile Hemerocallis Society Meridian, MS 39301 Henry Little Executive Secretary Fred Manning 601-480-0045 2468 Erie Lane, NW Pat Mercer 10019 Route Road Miss-Lou Daylily Society Brookhaven, MS 39601 Post Office Box 10 Lillian, AL 36549 Gay Austin 601-833-4064 Dexter, GA 31019 251-961-2583 405 Marion Avenue [email protected] 478-875-4110 [email protected] [email protected] McComb, MS 39647 Garden Judges Montgomery Area Daylily Society 601-684-3952 Earl and Barbara Watts Editor, The Daylily Journal Terese Goodson [email protected] 60 Serene Meadows Drive Meg McKenzie Ryan 7407 Woodley Road MS Gulf Coast Daylily Society Hattiesburg, MS 39402 1936 Wensley Ave. Montgomery, AL 36116 CP Winters 601-268-3884 El Centro, CA 92243 334-288-6024 22017 Ellis Hamilton Road [email protected] 760-235-8243 [email protected] [email protected] Moss Point, MS 39562 Historian Northeast Alabama Hosta-Iris- 228-217-3156 Sarah Hegwood AHS Region 14 Director Daylily Society [email protected] 18 Ellis Lane Oliver Billingslea Catherine Townson North Mississippi Daylily Society Petal, MS 39465 6291 Thach Road 404 Burns Street Bettie Pruitt 601-582-7594 Montgomery, AL 36117 Albertville, AL 35950 907 McGowan Drive 334-277-0994 256-878-8834 Southaven, MS 38671 Membership [email protected] [email protected] Becky Parr 662-280-0097 4353 S Shades Crest Road AHS Membership North Alabama Daylily Society [email protected] Bessemer, AL 35022 Dues are payable by January 1. Sharon Beecher North MS/AL Daylily Society 205-602-1273 Make checks payable to AHS. 111 Wynfrey Court Rick Smith [email protected] Mail dues to the Executive Secretary. Harvest, AL 35749 256-895-8589 113 Chelsia Way Protocol and WEMEFT Individual: [email protected] Starkville, MS 39759 Jack Harrison 662-320-4748 1 Year $25.00 3743 MacLamar Road West Alabama Daylily Society [email protected] 3 Years $70.00 Montgomery, AL 36111 Ron Hood Youth $10.00 334-288-7176 5321 Northwood Lake Drive West Individual Life $500.00 Cover Photo: A close-up of [email protected] Northport, AL 35473 'The Blessing of Freedom', a 2014 205-339-9460 Family: registration from Larry Grace. Larry [email protected] 1 Year $30.00 and Cindy will be featured speakers at 3 Years $83.00 the Spring 2014 Regional Meeting in Dual Life $750.00 Huntsville, AL. (Photo by Larry Grace) 2 The Dixie Daylily The The Dixie Daylily Dixie Daylily Guidelines The editor invites submissions Volume 58 Number 1 Winter / Spring 2014 on the following: Table of Contents Articles on Daylilies Articles on Daylily Culture Departments, Miscellany, and Features: Profiles of Region 14 Hybridizers AHS Region 14 Officers and Liaisons; Club Presidents 2 Garden Write-ups AHS Region 14 President’s Report 4 Features of Historical Interest AHS Region 14 Director’s Report 4 Articles on Photography AHS Region 14 RPD’s Report 5 Scientific Studies Involving Minutes—AHS Region 14 Business Meeting (Fall 2013) 6 Daylilies Future AHS National Conventions 6 Club News and Events Treasurer’s Report 7 AHS Region 14 Popularity Poll Results: 2013 7 If possible, please send AHS Region 14 Exhibition Judges 8 material by e-mail. Digital im- AHS Region 14 Garden Judges 9 ages are preferred over photo- AHS Region 14 Display Gardens 10 graphs and slides. Ben Arthur Davis, Sr. All submissions will be by Peachie Saxon 11 edited for length, grammar, clar- Region 14 Fall Meeting, October 5, 2013 12 ity and style to ensure the highest Region 14 Youth Digital Photography Awards for 2013 14 possible quality in our publica- Registration Form for Spring 2014 Regional Meeting 15 tion. If you have any questions, Garden Previews, Region 14 Spring Meeting 16 please call Oliver Billingslea at Grace and Beauty at Graceland Gardens (334)-277-0994, or e-mail him by Chris Rea 20 at: The Glenaire Retirement Center Daylily Garden in Cary, North Carolina [email protected] by Oliver Billingslea 22 Montgomery Area Daylily Society's Busy Calendar of Events, 2013 by Terese Goodson 24 Advertising Rates MADS Bus Trip to Georgia and the Carolinas by Terese Goodson 26 Full Page $125.00 Ask the Ombudsman: Why Host a Flower Show? Half Page $65.00 by Donna Peck 28 Quarter Page $35.00 Digital Photography Awards, Guidelines for 2014 30 Front Cover $250.00 National Photography Awards, 2013, Youth: Intermediate Division 31 Back Cover $100.00 A History of the North Missssippi Daylily Society by Emma Hood 32 Club News: Alabama 38 Deadline for the Summer/Fall Club News: Mississippi 42 Issue of Deer Diary: How I Lost My Garden in 16 Days The Dixie Daylily by Tim Herrington 44 June 21, 2014 Newsletter Award Categories 45 Send items to: Advertisement: “Springtime in Savannah” Oliver Billingslea, Editor A Celebration of Daylilies and Hydrangeas 46 6291 Thach Road New Members 47 Montgomery, AL 36117 Editor’s Column 47 [email protected] Winter / Spring 2014 3 Regional President’s Report Regional Director’s Report Jim Riddle Nancy Falck hope everyone had a great summer. In July, Phyllis and I went 013 was an unusual year for AHS as the National Convention I to the AHS National Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2board meeting was late and the fall board meeting was early, along with our Regional Director, Nancy Falck, and her husband so I’ll be including information from both of these. AHS has been John. We went by car and had a great trip. Several other Region working hard to meet the needs of its members while remaining 14 members also attended. in good financial condition. All of this work on the part of your Phyllis and I had the opportunity to help with the Exhi- elected representatives is paying off for members. bition Judges’ Clinic. We both did the Master Panel and I helped First, AHS has contracted with a different insurance car- with the Refresher Clinic. It was very cool for the garden tours, rier. This move was made to save money by moving to a com- but we still had a great time and got to see lots of bloom. pany which serves more nonprofit organizations and tailors their At the Spring Regional Meeting in Fairhope the question policies to meet these needs. The region and all clubs that are of the region paying for a speaker for the spring meetings was AHS members can request insurance certificates from AHS for brought up. A motion was made to pay the speaker for both the their events. Most venues like malls, libraries, and such now re- fall and spring meetings, but after a question about the bylaws quire these certificates before allowing events on their premises. was raised, the motion was withdrawn until it could be looked These can be obtained from Barbara Kirby through the AHS web- into. Nancy Falck and I agreed to present more information at the site. fall meeting. At the officers' meeting in Minneapolis I brought up Also, the AHS financial committee and treasurer have the question, and most of the RPs present said that their regions been working to trim our budget and to improve our investments. paid for the speaker, but with a limit. I brought this information We’ve cut some expenses, started a “green” initiative by putting to our Fall Regional Meeting in Montgomery, and a motion was more things on-line like forms, etc. This saves paper, printing, made to pay for speakers for the spring meeting and for the fall. and postage. We are in the process of moving the garden judges After some discussion the motion was passed by a show of hands.