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QUIZ: Can you name the 10 numbered daylilies pictured in the newsletter? HINT: In honor of National Clown Week -- the first week of August. (See bottom of page 5 for answers.)
RADS Newsletter, August 2009
Richmond Area Daylily Society
President’s Message
Another summer is just flying by. We’ve had great weather early in the season so
most gardens faired well. Lots of great flowers were presented at the flower show and
more people were able to see the value of the daylily in the garden. Thank all of you for your prayers and thoughts for Larry. It has been much appreciated. Please consider volunteering for our club. We need all of you. Many hands make light work. Annual Daylily Flower Show & Sale: We had an awesome flower show this year with 219 on-scape entries and 71 off-scape entries. There were lots of purples awarded, but only one in each category can go to the “front” table. (See pictures on page 3 and 4) Design Awards will be announced in the next newsletter with a photo feature. Beautiful! 2009 AHS Region 3 Summer Meeting: The National Capital Daylily Club (NCDC) hosted the Region 3 Summer Meeting in MD in July. Bumble Bees were a running theme for the event because all four gardens on tour were hosted by people with last names that began with the letter B: Bange, Bennett, Brous, and Botting. It was a beautiful day for the garden tours and we saw everything from miniatures to unusual forms to doubles. Food, raffles, and auctions filled our time and we enjoyed networking with other daylily lovers. RADS was well represented with members attending.
Botting Garden
Brous Garden
Bennett Garden
Bange Garden
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(Photos by Angelo
Franceschi)
Happy gardening everyone! Paulette Miller _________________________________________________________________________________
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RADS 2009 President Paulette Miller (804)520-0807 [email protected] Vice President Pam Rutledge (804) 740-0089 [email protected] Treasurer Paul Compton (804)452-0239 [email protected] Secretary Judy Durant (804)746-7426 [email protected] Newsletter Editor Belinda Sheppard (434)374-4910 [email protected] Membership Chairman Don Merkle (434) 392-8335 [email protected] Membership Applications can be sent to: 711 First Avenue Farmville, VA 23901 Annual Dues: $5.00 single, $8.00 family RADS Web Site http://mysite.verizon.net/vzepo9m6
Activities for 2009:
Aug 15: 11 am – Plant Swap and Pot Luck Lunch
Sep 18-19: Fall Plant Sale at Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens.
Oct 10: Annual Dinner with Guest Speaker Nicole Harry
Nov 14: 11 am – Thanksgiving Meeting at the Wagner Building. Business meeting with election of officers for 2010. Guest Speaker Julie Covington with highlights from the 2009 National and Region 3 meetings.
Welcome New Members! It’s always exciting to have new members join in the quest for fun with daylilies! Welcome to RADS! Connie George, Richmond Tena and Pete Felts, Crewe Elouise Washington, Richmond
Daylily Dictionary: Did You Know? Whet does it mean when a daylily is described as “bud building?” Scientifically called “indeterminate inflorescence,” it means that more
buds keep on forming after flowers on the scape have already begun to bloom. Usually the buds start forming above the blooms and the branches get long and tend to spiral. Bud building is a desirable trait that will prolong the bloom season. Garden conditions will affect this
characteristic. It is easier to spot bud building later in the season when you can count the bud scars. For those of you hybridizing, look for this trait!
Nominating Committee for RADS Officers At the last meeting at David Metzger’s house, the Nominating Committee for Officers for the 2010 year was appointed. Shirley Shelton, Betty Keith, and Robin Baze agreed to serve on this committee. After making numerous calls to members, the committee submits their recommendation as follows:
“In addition to our current slate of officers, add Julia Perkins for the position of Secretary.”
Voting for officers will be conducted at the September meeting.
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RADS Flower Show On Scape:
Best in Show & Double: Extra-Large & People’s Choice Award: “Rachael My Love” Tom Fogg “Green Throated Robin” Jim Murphy
Unusual Form:
“Dances With Giraffes” Margo Reed
Small: Youth: “Zip-Boom Bah” “Small World Blue Eyed Circle” Breanna Thompson Paulette Miller
Large: “Raspberry Candy” Paulette Miller
Miniature: Bob Clay – Best Siloam: “Spacecoast Tiny Perfection” “Siloam Grady Lamb” Paulette Miller Margo Reed Spider & Ed Jordan – Best Orange: “Spinnaker” Paulette Miller
(Photo by Belinda Sheppard)
(Photo by Belinda Sheppard) (Photo by Belinda Sheppard)
(Photo by Jack Geyser)
(Photo by Belinda Sheppard)
(Photo by Jack Geyser)
(Photo by Jack Geyser)
(Photo by Jack Geyser)
(Photo by Jack Geyser)
RADS Newsletter August 2009 Page 4 of 6
RADS Flower Show (continued…) Sweepstakes: Paulette Miller Off Scape: “Elegant Universe” Breanna Thompson (Youth)
Need Hospitality Chairperson: We are still looking for a volunteer that regularly attends meetings to take over the tasks of Hospitality Chair. This person maintains our meeting/picnic food items. This means they bring the ice, drinks, coffee makers, coffee, and paper goods to all our meetings and store the items at other times. Please think about taking on this very helpful task! It really is not right to leave this for our president to do each time. We really need you!
(Photo by Jack Geyser)
(Photo by Belinda Sheppard)
(Photo by Jack Geyser)
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Flower Show Setup
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Newsletter Articles: Please forward all newsletter articles or ideas for inclusion in the next newsletter to Belinda Sheppard by September 21, 2009. I would love to hear from you. Order Your 2010 Eureka Now! It’s time to place the group order for the Eureka. Our club joins other clubs to submit a large order for the Eureka so that we can get a wholesale discount. The total number ordered will affect the individual price. If you would like to place an order for the Eureka with RADS, please ask Paulette to put you on the list. It’s always good to save in any way you can – leaves more money for buying daylilies!
Outdoor Pillows: Pam Rutledge has lots of special outdoor fabric and is making beautiful pillows that RADS members can purchase. All proceeds go to the club. What a wonderful outreach for RADS! If you are interested, please check with Pam. Thank you Pam for doing this for the club!
Popularity Poll: For all those members that are also members of AHS, now is the time to vote to select the most popular daylilies for 2009. Your vote is very important to daylily growers and people who make daylily selections for purchase -- and it only takes a few minutes for you to do. It is the hope of the AHS that this popularity poll presents a true picture of which daylilies perform well in our region and are best liked by our members. The rules have changed this year. This was done to improve the quality of the results and to emphasize the regional nature of those results. Each region has its own ballot with a special list of cultivars. Each member will have 10 votes, and up to 5 of these may still be write-ins. The write-ins are encouraged to keep the annual ballot fresh with newer cultivars. The popularity poll is intended to be an individual’s own personal vote – so no group voting. Clubs, corporations, and institutions shall not vote. If you love daylilies, please VOTE! Postmark deadline is September 1, 2009. (See ballot next page)
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QUIZ: This was a special tribute to clowns everywhere during National Clown Week. As the proclamation says: “For surely the laugh-makers are blessed: they heal the heart of the world.” ANSWERS: 1 Clown in a Gown; 2 Clown Parade; 3 Clown Charm; 4 Clown cabaret; 5 Clown Face; 6 Send in the Clowns; 7 When Clowns Go Bad; 8 Faces of a Clown; 9 Laughing Clown; 10 New Face.
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Region 3 Ballot for 2009: Vote for up to 10 of your favorite daylilies. ADORABLE TIGER ALABAMA JUBILEE ALIQUIPPA ALL AMERICAN CHIEF ALL FIRED UP APACHE WAR DANCE AUTUMN MINARET BARBARA MITCHELL BEAUTIFUL EDGINGS BELA LUGOSI BETH HERR BILL NORRIS BIRDWING BUTTERFLY BLUE HIPPO BLUEBERRY BREAKFAST BROWN WITCH BUTTERED POPCORN CARIBBEAN WHIPPED CREAM CELEBRATION OF ANGELS CHANCE ENCOUNTER CHESAPEAKE CRABLETS CONDILLA CONNIE CAN’T HAVE IT CREATURE OF THE NIGHT DANCES WITH GIRAFFES DARLA ANITA DESERT ICICLE DRAGON KING EL DESPERADO ELEGANT CANDY FIRESTORM FLIGHT OF ORCHIDS FOOLED ME FORESTLAKE RAGAMUFFIN GIVE ME EIGHT GOLDEN HIBISCUS GREY WITCH HER BEST BLOOMERS HONEY CRUNCH CUPCAKE HOW BEAUTIFUL HEAVEN
MUST BE
INDIAN GIVER JANE TRIMMER JELLYFISH JEALOUSY KING KAHUNA KIWI MAGIC KRAKATOA LAVA LAND OF COTTON LARRY ALLEN MILLER LAST SNOWFLAKE LAURA HARWOOD LAVENDER BLUE BABY LINDA’S MAGIC LOLA BRANHAM MAGIC OF OZ MARGO REED INDEED MARY’S GOLD MERINGUE MIRAGE MICHAEL MILLER MILDRED MITCHELL MOONLIT MASQUERADE NICOLE JORDAN OCEAN SPIRIT OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL
MORNING OPEN MY EYES ORANGE ELECTRIC ORANGE VELVET ORCHID CORSAGE OUTRAGIOUS PAPER BUTTERFLY PAULETTE MILLER PEGGY JEFFCOAT PERSIAN RUBY PINEAPPLE MOON PLANET MAX POINT OF VIEW PRIMAL SCREAM RED VOLUNTEER RUBY SPIDER SABINE BAUR SCREAMCICLE
SHORES OF TIME SILOAM DOUBLE CLASSIC SKINWALKER SMALL WORLD ALLI SMALL WORLD EDWIN KEITH
SMITH SMALL WORLD SHOWOFF SMALL WORLD TWISTER SNOW BLIZZARD SPHIA’S LOVE SPACECOAST SEA SHELLS SPACECOAST STARBURST SPECIAL CANDY SPIDER MAN STARMAN’S QUEST STELLA’S RUFFLED FINGERS STRAWBERRY CANDY SWALLOWTAIL KITE THIN MAN VICTORIAN LACE WALKING IN BEAUTY WEBSTER’S PINK WONDER WHEN I DREAM WHISTLE A HAPPY TUNE WILD AND WONDERFUL WILD CHERRY WINE WILD HORSES WILSON SPIDER WISPY RAYS YAZOO ELSIE HINTSON YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE
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Member Name:______________________________ Email:___________________________________
Mailing Address:______________________________________________________________________
Club Affiliation:_______________________________________________________________________ Access regional ballot online at: www.daylilies.org/PopPoll/ballot.html and designate Region 3 and hit the “Select Your Region” button. Enter your information. Submit. Or you can mail your ballot to: Regional Publicity Director, Thaddeus Brown, 247 Buckhead Lane, Douglassville, PA 19518
