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Page 1 Volume XXXIII, Year 2019

Membership Roster

Mike Grossmann and Kathleen Nordstrom of Northern Lights Daylil ies

Featured in August meeting

NEBRASKA DAYLILY SOCIETY

YEARBOOK 2019

Inside this issue:

Daylily Conversion

Paul Owen from Slightly Different Nursery is

Coming to Sioux City! Aug. 17, 2019.

13

2 Nebraska Daylily Society Officers

Dates to Remember

NDS People

Secretary‘s Minutes

Members’ Flowers

10/11

14/19

28/29

Treasurer’s Report

AHS Region One Meeting/ Garden Tour

20/26

30/35

‘Mr. Stipples’ (Grossman, 2018)

President’s Message

3

Member Display Gardens 7

8/9 Mike Grossman and Kathleen Nordstrom pictured here with NDS President Val Hoefer, and incoming NDS President Linda Ferguson. Mike and Kathleen came to our August meeting in Sioux City. They brought many pictures of their garden, and new flowers. Their 2019 introduction daylilies can be found at: northernlightsdaylilies.com

‘Luscious Kiss’ (Nordstrom, 2018)

38/41

‘Raspberry Ripple Sundae’

(Grossman, 2018)

‘Quasar Cutie’ (Nordstrom, 2018)

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President Linda Ferguson: [email protected] Vice-President Butch Ahlers: [email protected]

Secretary Gisele Olney: [email protected] Treasurer Scott Keller: [email protected]

OFFICERS OF THE NEBRASKA DAYLILY SOCIETY

Bob Langabee, term expires 12/31/19 Larry Jobes, term expires 12/31/20

Tim Morrissey, term expires 12/31/21 Sue Stevenson, term expires 12/31/22

BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NEBRASKA DAYLILY SOCIETY

Proof Editor: Susanne Milbourn,

Layout Editors: Scott & Linda Ferguson,

The Yearbook of the Nebraska Daylily Society is published yearly by the Nebraska

Daylily Society. Publishing Office is addressed to the Editor/Layout Editors.

Subscription price is included in annual membership dues of $15 single, $20 family.

Yearbook subscription rate for non-members is $10.00.

Communications concerning the membership and dues should be addressed to Scott

Keller

Communications concerning the business matters of the Society should be addressed

to Linda Ferguson [email protected]

YEARBOOK of THE NEBRASKA DAYLILY SOCIETY

mailto:[email protected]


President’s Message Linda Ferguson

I am looking forward to the coming year. We have come a long way and still have more to accomplish in the process of educating the public about our wonderful daylilies. In September I spoke to the West Omaha Garden Club about the joys of growing daylilies. Hopefully some new members will result. This year we will be busy! We will have our usual January, May and August meetings. July’s meeting will be replaced when we host the Region 1 event. Some volunteers have already stepped up to take on certain important jobs. Other jobs are still waiting for volunteers. We will, of course, need daylily donations for the sales tables and auction. One word about these donations; we will need any donations to be in good condition. By this I mean the daylilies should be recently dug (still showing green on the leaves) and they should be well cleaned. Most people have been great about doing this. We will also have a silent auction for which we will need donations so put on your creative hats and think of some awesome things people will be excited to bid on. I would like to thank the Lincoln group for hosting our May meeting last year and this coming year. I would also like to thank the Sioux City group for hosting our August meeting last year and this coming year. Bobbie Uhlman will be hosting the January meeting in Columbus. Thanks go to our Board of Directors for their awesome work on rewriting the by-laws and our officers for their commitment to the club. Val Hoefer has

recently concluded her 6 years as club president. Val is also our new Region 1 president for the coming 2 year term and is serving as Chairman for the

Regional meeting. This is an awesome club full of committed and helping individuals.

Thanks to all for your contributions.


* BUCK CARD STAMPS * To encourage more volunteerism in the club and for members that can't make all 4 meeting for a club plant this is a way to still obtain a club plant by attending 3 meetings and have $15 marked on the Buck Card. All dollar amounts are printed on the Buck Card. Every stamp is worth $2 for the following items: Attend meetings Flower show entries Bring Guest (non-family) Host meeting Every stamp is worth $3 for the following items: Present NDS Program Attend Summer Regional Attend National Meeting/Show Set-up Auction clerk Auction Donation (NDS, Region 1, Lauritzen) 1 stamp for each Sign up new Member Board Member Auctioneer Write Yearbook article Open Garden NDS Host July meeting Every stamp is worth $10 for the following items: Serve as Officer Serve as Lay Out Editor Serve as Webmaster * BUCK CARD DOLLARS USED FOR AUCTION ITEMS * Buck Card dollars may be used to reduce the value of items purchased during the August auction. The total value of auction wins are reduced dollar-for-dollar based on the value of accumulated card stamp dollars. For credit, Buck Cards must be presented at time of auction payment.

Web Sites

AHS Region One: http://www.northerndaylily.com/ American Hemerocallis Society: http: //www.daylilies.org/daylilies.html

To check a cultivar for details: http://www.daylilydatabase.org/ Nebraska Daylily Society: http://nebraskadaylilysociety.com


NDS Rules Regarding Club & Door Prize Plants

Club Plants Door Prize Plants

Return of Original (after 2 years)

All Original Fans Are Returned Member KEEPS all original fans

Return of Increase (after 2 years)

From increase, Member may only keep the same number of fans as originally given. Additional fans

are brought back

From increase, Member brings back the same number of fans as

original

Delivery/Purchase Requirements

Plants presented to members at April/May Meeting

Must be purchased within 60 days of winning door prize.

Hybridization Limited Use : Pollen only, no

pods may be set on club plants to provide for maximum increase

Full Use

Record Keeping Variety given to each Member is

(1) signed for and (2) documented by Vice President

Member must (1) sign door prize receipt, (2) notify Treasurer with hybridizer name for payment and

(2) notify Vice President of chosen variety

Failure to Return Member excluded from future Club or Door Prize Plants

Death of Plant Vice President notified

GARDEN JUDGES

Interested in becoming a garden judge? Enjoy touring gardens? Being a member of American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) is a requirement, so if you are interested in becoming a judge, first become an AHS member. Membership information can be found at the web page: http://www.daylilies.org/AHSmemb.html For more information

Contact Mary Baker AHS Region One Garden Judges Liaison, 7114 49th St. Omaha, NE 68157-2273, [email protected]


Nebraska Daylily Society College Scholarship Program—Revised 1/28/06

The Nebraska Daylily Society Scholarship is a $1,000.00 grant awarded annually. It is used specifically for study in a horticultural-related field at any accredited two-year or four-year college or university in the State of Nebraska.

An application form can be obtained by contacting the NDS President.

This form must be submitted along with a letter in which the applicant expresses the reason for their interest in a career in a horticultural-related field.

Applications will be reviewed by a committee of the Nebraska Daylily Society Board of Directors to determine a recipient for the scholarship. In order to be eligible, appli-cants should have a grade point of 3.0 on a four-point scale or it’s equivalent. If a high school uses a grading system that cannot be converted, applicant must be in the top third of their senior class. Applicants shall provide documentation of GPA in the form of an official transcript as part of their application. Additional information the committee will use to determine the applicant of their choice includes:

1) Applicant’s extracurricular activities as outlined on the application form,

2) At least two letters of recommendation.

Students who have previously received the NDS Scholarship may reapply and will be subject to the review process along with new applicants.

Applications must be postmarked no later than March 31st. The NDS Board will announce the recipient of the scholarship by May 1st. The award announcement will be in the form of a letter; the successful applicant will be sent two copies of this let-ter, one to be given to the Financial Aid Office of the chosen school upon enrollment. The NDS Secretary will send a news release to the successful applicant’s home town newspaper announcing the awarding of the Nebraska Daylily Society Scholar-ship. Other applicants will also be notified in writing that their application was not chosen.

The scholarship award will be sent directly to the college in which the successful applicant is enrolled full-time with a declared major in a horticultural-related field and enrolled in classes appropriate to that major. The entire award of $1,000.00 will be made available for the second semester, contingent upon the scholarship recipient’s satisfactory progress toward a degree. Satisfactory progress shall be defined as:

1) completion of classes in the declared major,

2) a minimum GPA of 3.0 (four-point scale) or its equivalent in the major, and

3) an overall minimum GPA of 2.5.

It is the responsibility of the student to provide documentation of satisfactory pro-gress to the Nebraska Daylily Society.

Primary consideration will be given to applicants who are relatives of NDS members and have documented their qualifications for the scholarship as outlined above. A relative is defined as a child, grandchild, niece, nephew, or foster child.

This scholarship will be awarded annually unless there are no qualifying applicants or until funding is discontinued as determined by a simple majority vote of the NDS membership.


Nebraska Daylily Society Dues

The yearly dues for membership in the Society are due October 1 of each

year, and payable any time prior to that date. A good time to pay the dues

for the upcoming year is at the August meeting. With the dues only being

$15.00 for an individual or $20 per family, there is no real hardship in

paying them, and the earlier the better for the Treasurer and the Society.

With the main support of the Society coming from the auctions, the

membership fee is necessary to pay for the mailings and to help with the

“coffee and other refreshments” provided at every meeting. Save postage

and work on Scott’s part by sending your dues in a timely manner to:

Scott Keller, before October 1. Save NDS postage and don’t be left out.

Dues are payable by Dec. 1 to get your name/address in the yearbook!

NDS Members’ AHS Display Gardens

The following are AHS board approved

display gardens open for viewing of the

daylilies. Always contact owners ahead

of time in order to schedule an appoint-

ment time.

Bobbie’s Corner Gardens, Bobbie Uhlmann, 1668 –20th Ave., Columbus, NE

68601-4546, 402-564-2547

Bremers’ Sunridge Gardens, Rollie and Jacque Bremers, 13417 Corby Circle,

Omaha, NE 68164-4001, 402-498-9443

Ferguson Fantasy Flowers, Linda and Scott Ferguson, 19615 Pierce Street,

Omaha, NE. 68130, 402-763-9936

Garden Perennials, Richard and Gail Korn,

85261 Hwy 15, Wayne, NE 68787-7097,

402-375-3615

Douglas/Sarpy County Extension Office Historic Garden, 8015 W. Center St., Omaha, NE 68124; Liaison: Kathleen Cue

(402) 444-7804

Hansen’s Daylily Haven, David and Val Jean Hansen,

2207 Glenwood Ave., Papillion, NE

68046-5769, (402) 291-4049

Keast Daylily Gardens, Mary and Tom Keast,

412 S. Parker Road, Oakland, IA. 51560,

719-539-9150, or 719-239-0988 (garden

phone)

Pick-A-Daylily Garden, Scott Keller,

5911 Robin Court Lincoln, NE. 68516,

402-310-7670

McIntosh Daylily Place, Phyllis McIntosh,

5805 S. 53rd St., Omaha, NE 68117-2321,

(402) 733-6160


Dates To Remember

January 26, 2019

Winter Social

Columbus Community Center, located at 3111 19th Street. Take highway 30 to Columbus, turn south by the stop light at HyVee, go to

19th Street. Turn right. Entrance on the North side of building. Social time at 9:00 AM and meeting at 10:00 AM. Break up your

winter and get a daylily fix by joining us for this fun meeting.

May 4, 2019

Nebraska Daylily Society Meeting and Auction

St. Andrew's Lutheran Church

1015 Lancaster Lane Lincoln , NE.

Social time at 9:00 AM and meeting at 10:00 AM.

May 11, 2019

Lauritzen Gardens Plant sale for Scholarship

Contact Susanne Milbourn

July 5-7, 2019

2019 Region One Summer Meeting “Fireworks in the Gardens”

Marriott Hotel

10220 Regency Circle Omaha, NE. 68114-3706 Phone: 402-399-9000 or 1-866-204-8019

Room rates are $106 plus tax.

(Mention “Nebraska Daylily Society ” for block rate.)

Adult registration postmarked by 6/14 is $140, from 6/15-7/2 is $150,

Youth $70

Registration form can be found at the Region One website:

www.ahsregion1.org

Questions: Val Hoefer, 402-843-0349

or email: [email protected]


Dates To Remember—continued

July 10-13, 2019

AHS National Convention

Hosted by the Wisconsin Daylily Society

Held at the Madison Marriott West

1313 John Q. Hammons Drive, Middleton, WI. 53562

“Blooms in Badgerland”

Contact the Marriott Hotel directly for reservations at 800-228-9290 or

608-831-2000 by 6/14/19, be sure to say “DAYLILY” to receive the

negotiated rate of $139 per night. Pre-registration is required, and is

$289 per adult, postmarked by 5/1/19. Late registrations incur an

additional fee of $50 if postmarked from 5/2/19 to 6/1/19.

No registrations will be accepted after 6/1/19. Youth member (18 &

under) is $179. There will be 7 tour gardens, with 2 cultivars by Roy

Klehm, 2 full buffet breakfasts, 2 restaurant lunches, 2 sit down

dinners, garden refreshments, a two night live auction, Boutique,

raffle, silent auction, classes, workshops, clinics, and youth activities

included in the registration cost.

See full registration form on the AHS web site or type the following in

your web browser:

http://www.ahs2019national.com

August 17, 2019

Nebraska Daylily Society Meeting and Auction

Sunnybrook Medical Plaza, (5885 Sunnybrook Dr. Sioux City, IA)

9:00 AM Social with breakfast

10:00 AM Guest Speaker Paul Owen from “Slightly Different Nursery”,

who will be showing slides and speaking about his hybridizing program.

Auction and meeting follow.

Hotel close to meeting site is the Hampton Inn (5555 Sergeant Rd., Sioux

City, IA.) Rates are $99 plus tax, King or 2 Queen room. Includes breakfast

and shuttle. When booking request the UnityPoint Health rate.

Hosting—Peggy Hanner, Cheryl Otto and Karla Kluver

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NDS Person—Scott Keller By Scott and Linda Ferguson

Scott has been a member of NDS for the last 10 years. He is our current Treasurer, and has previously served on the Board of Directors. Before retirement, Scott worked as an agricultural statistician for the USDA. Working as the Treasurer for our club is a natural fit for him. Scott has 110 named varieties of daylilies in his home garden called “Pick-A-Daylily”. His sales are made from his home garden, which includes about 600 seedlings. Because his garden is smaller, he only brings in about 30 new plants each year, which means 30 older ones must leave. He feels that selling does two things. First it gives him a chance to educate customers that come to the garden. Most customers think of daylilies as ‘Stella de Oro’, and are surprised to find that there are over 86,000 registered varieties. The second reason is that selling allows him income to buy new breeding stock to hybridize with to support his “habit”. Scott is planning to have two of his own registrations by the time you read this article. When asked what his two favorite daylilies are, he laughed and said, “You’re kidding, only two?” He really likes Joseph Hudson ‘Memorial’ (double) and ‘Rolling Raven’ (spider). However, nothing stays in his garden long if it is not a favorite for one characteristic or

another. His current hybridizing goals include tall, over 30 inch, reds The second goal is tall, dark doubles for which he is assembling parent plans. His wife Di helps with the sorting and preparation of

orders and tolerates his repeated early morning requests to “Come out into the garden….you’ve GOT to see this!” Scott’s grandkids help out by trying to keep their soccer balls and Frisbees out of his daylily beds. He is very happy with the software PlantStep

used to catalog daylilies. This year

he has started a website: pickaday-lily.com to display his introductions and provide a list what is available

for sale. He feels gratitude for the encouragement he has received from so many over the years

especially David Hansen. The encouragement has set in motion a ‘pay-it-forward’ attitude that

continues to grow.

‘Karalee’ (Keller, 2019)

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NDS Person—Scott Keller Seedlings


Results of the 2018 NDS Flower Show The show was held in Omaha, and hosted by the Omaha group. The voting was done by the NDS members. The results are: LARGE 1ST - Rita Kahnk ‘TREASURE OF THE SOUTHWEST’ 2nd – Rita Kahnk ‘TIMBERCREEK ACE’ 3rd – Doug Bremers ‘PAPIO TREVOR THOMAS’ EXTRA LARGE 1st – Tim Morrissey ‘LUCKY YOU’ 2nd – Linda Ferguson ‘MEGATRON’ 3rd – Rita Kahnk ‘SIGHT FOR MORE EYES’ DOUBLES 1st – Scott Keller ‘IRIDESCENT SPLENDOR’ 2nd – Sarah Green ‘DOUBLE BLUE BLOOD’ 3rd – Phyllis McIntosh ‘CIRCUS TRUFFLE’ UNUSUAL FORM 1ST – Tim Morrissey ‘MINT OCTOPUS’ 2ND – Phyllis McIntosh ‘IT’S MILLER TIME’ 3RD – Rita Kahnk ‘RAVISHING RITA’

SPIDERS 1ST – Doug Bremers ‘HEAVENLY SPIDER MONKEY’ 2ND – James Bailey ‘OUTSIDE THE BELTWAY’ 3RD – Sarah Green ‘ROCKET SCIENCE’ SMALL 1ST – Bob Langabee ‘BROADWAY LAST MOHICAN’ 2ND – Sarah Green ‘COURTING TROUBLE’ 3RD – Sarah Green ‘AFRICA’ MINIATURE 1ST – Linda Ferguson ‘PIXIE CHICK’ 2ND – Linda Ferguson ‘ERIC JUNIOR’ 3RD – BOB LANGEBEE ‘TIM THE TOOL MAN’ SEEDLINGS 1ST – Scott Keller – 17-T15 2ND – Scott Keller – 15-T19 3RD – Scott Keller – 15-T16 PEOPLES CHOICE Scott Keller – ‘CRADLE IN BETHELEM’ FINAL TALLY Scott Keller 9 POINTS Linda Ferguson 7 POINTS Rita Kahnk 7 POINTS Sarah Green 6 POINTS Tim Morrissey 6 POINTS Doug Bremers 4 POINTS Bob Langabee 4 POINTS Phyllis McIntosh 3 POINTS James Bailey 2 POINTS TOTAL 48 POINTS


The August meeting of the Nebraska Daylily Society was held August 25, 2018 at Sunnybrook Medical Plaza, 5885 Sunnybrook Dr., Sioux City, IA. Hosts started the day for the mem-bers with a bountiful brunch served from 9-10 am. President Val Hoefer called the meeting to order. She introduced 4 new members who recieved copies of the current 2018 yearbook. Linda Ferguson read Duane Iwen’s minutes from the July meeting. Val made an announcement about the open gardens for the Regional next year. Open garden hours were discussed and contact from those people was requested. Phyllis McIntosh reported on the Bismark, ND 2018 Regional meeting. She said the weather was beautiful and so were the gardens for so late in the season. She also said the gardens were past peak bloom. New officers were voted upon and approved unanimously. There was a reminder to vote for the Pop poll and national awards before September 1st.

Larry Jobes and the board rewrote the by-laws to better reflect the way the club is actually operating. Two officers will run at a time instead of a slate of all 4 officers. The President and Secretary will be elected one period and the Vice President and Treasure will be elected during another period. The CPA firm information has been corrected. Carolyn Lingenfelter moved and Tom Keast seconded that the by-laws be approved as presented. 2019 meeting sites will be Columbus in January, Lincoln in May, Omaha for the July Regional, and Sioux City for the August meeting. Our next flower show will be July of 2020. It was stated that the flower show tags must stay at the show location so we can determine win-ners by tabulating the vote before the time of the next meeting. Door prize winners: Suzanne Desy $150 and Susanne Milbourn $100. Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted Linda Ferguson, Temporary Secre-tary

Due to weather concerns in the spring, the Pollen Dabbers meeting has been moved back to September 13-14. Friday the 13th meeting time is 5:00 to 9:00 pm, Saturday the 14th meeting time is 8:00 am to 5:00pm. Meetings will be held at the Fisher Community Center, main auditorium, 709 South Center St., Marshalltown, IA. 50138


From the 2018 gardens of Carlene Potts

‘Sailors Take Warning’ (Holmes-S., 2009)

‘Purple people eater’ (Stamile, 2000) x ‘Stabia’ (Matton, 2011)

‘Tooth’ (Hansen-D., 2000)

‘Siloam Double Classic’ (Henry-P., 1985)

‘Sophia’s Love’ (Yonski, 1993)

‘Aztec King’ (Kroph, 1996)


From the 2018 gardens of Carlene Potts

‘Spring Wine’ (Holmes-S., 2016)

‘Tammy Faye Eyes’ (Wilkerson, 2009)

‘Kierabel’ (Grossmann-M., 2017)

‘Anti Venom’ (Polston, 2013)

‘White Chocolate’ (Reed, 2009)

‘Emerald Sundancer’ (Polston, 2015)


From the 2018 gardens of Janet Haag

‘Black Mingo’ (Douglas-C., 2004)

‘Iowa Girl’ (Owen-P., 2007)

‘Long Tall Sally’ (Trimmer, 1996)


From the 2018 gardens of Janet Haag

‘Night Embers’ (Stamile, 1997)

‘MeMe’s Garden Party’ (Douglas-H., 2013)

‘Rocket Booster’ (Santa Lucia, 1997)

‘Intelligent Design’ (Emmerich, 2003)


From the 2018 gardens of Mary Ann Wolcott

‘Cleo’ (Hayward, 1938)

‘Ponca Brave’ (Harder, 1991)

‘You Angel You (Stamile-G., 1993)

‘Lilting Lavender’ (Childs-F., 1993)

‘Mary’s Gold’ (McDonell-H., 1984)


‘Turtle Island’ (Hanson-C., 1999) From the 2018 gardens of

Mary Ann Wolcott

‘Prairie Blue Eyes’ (Marsh, 1970)

‘Maggie’ (Jeffcoat, 2000)

‘Applause’ (Hall-D.-F., 1955)

‘Crazy Ivan’ (Grace-Smith, 2005)

‘Little Rainbow’ (Reckamp, 1963)

‘Darius’ (Harris-H., 1974)


Central ND Daylily Society Hosted Region One 2018 Summer Meeting

July 27-29

The weekend of July 27-29 was a great one at the Region One Summer Meeting/Garden Tour in Mandan, ND.. Good hotel, seeing long time friends, good food, and beautiful flowers with plenty of sunshine and warm weather. Gardens were expansive and very well prepared for this event. Thanks to everyone for your work to make this a very good Regional.


Central ND Daylily Society

Region One Display Gardens

‘Chasing the Dragon’ (Fass, 2014)

Bob and Linda Christman

Flower Garden

‘Frilly Apron’ (Romine, 1979)

‘North Dakota Storm’ (Lovell, 2018)

‘Head Hunter’ (Gossard, 2013)

‘Lisa My Joy’ (Young-J., 1991)

‘Neon Flamingo’ (Gossard, 2006)


Faye and Dennis Kroh Flower Garden

‘Georgia Peach’ (Childs-F., 1960)

‘Highland Lord’ (Munson-R.W., 1983)

‘Arnold’s Daughter’ (Korth-P.-Korth-L., 2006)

‘Shady Lady’ (Owen, 1962)

‘Wonderfully Made’ (Korth-P.-Korth-L., 2006)

‘Wilson Spider’ (Wilson-Oakes, 1987)

‘Moonlit Encore (Clement, 2006)


‘Christmas Carol’ (Wild, 1971)

‘Ambassador of Peace’ (Emmerich, 2007)

Kathleen and Gene Weise Flower Garden

‘Ruby Shadows’ (Korth-P.-Korth-L., 2006)

‘Siloam Sunburst’ (Henry-P., 1977)

‘Schnickel Fritz’ (Kirchoff-D., 1996)

‘Rock Solid’ (Stamile-2002)


Paula and Clifford Frohlich Flower Garden

‘Angelus Spangles’ (Hite, 1996)

‘Love and Dazzle’ (Lamb-K., 2006)

‘Mapping North Dakota’ (Shooter-E., 2007)

‘Chicago Apache’ (Marsh-Klehm, 1981)

‘Pink Whip Tips’ (Hanson-C., 2004)

‘Daughter of the King’ (Korth-P.-Korth-L., 2012)


The Brady Flower Garden

‘Princess Kukachin’ (Schwartz-B., 2004)

‘Purple Kaboom’ (Gossard, 2006)

‘Stop the Car’ (Gossard, 2015)

‘Violet Impression’ (Bernt, 2004)

‘Variegated Kwanso’ (Stout, 1947)

In over 50,000 cross-pollination experiments, Arlow Stout produced over one hundred viable Hemerocallis hybrids, revolutionizing nursery breeding and popular interest in daylilies. Without a doubt, Stout's public renown rested largely on the knowledge and innovation he brought to the breeding of daylilies. In 1950, the American Hemerocallis Society established an annual Stout Award in his honor.

‘Humungousaur’ (Gossard, 2013)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-pollination

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Hemerocallis_Society&action=edit&redlink=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=American_Hemerocallis_Society&action=edit&redlink=1

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stout_Award&action=edit&redlink=1


The Schock Flower Garden

‘Forever Redeemed’ (Carpenter-J., 2003)

‘Green Inferno’ (Gossard, 2003)

‘Kiss Me Twice’ (Gossard, 2011)

‘Love and Dazzle’ (Lamb-K., 2006)

‘Scandinavia’ (Mahieu, 2013)

‘Orange Porridge’ (Schock, 2013)

Sonali Seth Memorial


Pollen Dabbers

‘Spots and Stripes’ (Musser, 2018) (Photograph by Dave Musser, Hillside Daylilies) Dave.musser.com


Have you remembered to look at the NDS web site when wondering where and when the next meeting would be?

Never fear; look here… http://nebraskadaylilysociety.com/home

Important websites for the various daylily organizations. AHS Region One: http://www.ahsregion1.org/ American Hemerocallis Society: http: //www.daylilies.org/daylilies.html To check a cultivar for details: http://www.daylilydatabase.org/


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Another Saga in Daylily Conversion

By Bill Waldrop

Hello Daylily Friends,

When I'm going to treat a daylily, to convert it from a diploid to a

tetraploid, I first position the plant in a trade-gallon pot so that the plant sits up high in the pot. I want the area just above the roots to be easily reached so that I can trim the daylily without digging in the dirt. I grow the daylilies for several months, making sure that the roots mostly fill the pot. If the daylily grows sideways, which it often does, I try to straighten it in the pot. This is important because the plant needs to be level, if possible, when ultimately receiving the Colchicine. It is also important to keep the soil free from any pests such as gnats. Before treatment process begins, I keep my daylilies "dry" for at least two weeks. This is important because when the daylily is cut I do not want to have moisture around the "growing tip." I want the plant dry, so that when the Colchicine is applied, it will be easily absorbed. The first step is to cut away the foliage using common scissors.

Having the Colchicine ready to use is very important. I always have two empty bottles: One bottle that holds 400 milliliters, and a second bottle that holds 200 milliliters. I also always have a syringe that I use to mix the DMSO into the Colchicine. The amount of Colchicine that I

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use is One Gram. I mix one gram of Colchicine with 400 milliliters of distilled water, and then add 8 milliliters of DMSO. I mix the contents, and then pour the contents into a 200 milliliter bottle. I use the 200 milliliter bottle because this is easier to use during the treatment

process. I should also point out that I do all of this as carefully as possible because the Colchicine is dangerous. I keep the chemical well under control, and I always wear plastic gloves. There can be no mistakes when mixing or using the chemicals.

When I begin to "trim" a daylily so that Colchicine can be applied, I am as careful as I can be. I use glasses that I've purchased from the drug store that give sharper, up close, vision. I could write and write about how a daylily should be cut, but it is easier just to show the final outcome. The daylily should not be cut too close to the growing tip, and just as important, the daylily should not be cut too far away from the growing tip. I try to cut an "oval" around the growing tip, and I cut the area just above the growing tip so that it is lower than the outside foliage. I then apply the Colchicine. I know that many hybridizers like to treat daylilies for 3 days, and I do as well, but sometimes I treat them for 4 days. It just depends on what I see during the treatment process. I keep the overhead fans on at a low level during the treatment process just to keep air circulation. I also have a humidifier in the basement that I use to minimize any presence of moisture.


After I cut the daylily and apply Colchicine, I almost always cut the

daylily again during the second day of treatment. I trim back the foliage around the growing tip, and I often again trim the area above the

growing tip. I think that this helps by removing the foliage from the

initial treatment that may help cause rot. I also think that it helps to get the Colchicine closer to the growing tip. During the initial cutting it is sometimes difficult to see precisely what I've done, although I'm using enhanced vision glasses, and the second trimming just seems to help clarify that I'm where I need to be with the chemicals that are being applied.

After the final treatment of the daylily I wait five days before taking the next step. This allows the Colchicine to be fully absorbed by the daylily, and gives time for the outside foliage to dry. I use a number of items to help me remove the foliage from around the area of the growing tip. Basically, I use a common kitchen knife, a pin knife, and a pair of tweezers. Again, I would repeat, that I always wear plastic gloves. I do


this because once the Colchicine is mixed with DMSO it is a much more dangerous chemical. If the mixed chemicals touch the skin the

consequences can be serious. Converting a daylily is important and is fun, but the danger in using the chemicals must be respected.

So, after the trimming of the daylily, this is what it looks like. The area around the growing tip is white. I just use the kitchen knife to pull the material away, and I sometimes use my fingers to dislodge material. I have had my plastic gloves to rip, and leave my fingers exposed, so I'm very careful to watch what I'm doing. I also use the tweezers and the pin knife to remove foliage. The point in doing all of this is to help

prevent "rot." The area where the foliage is removed will dry, and there should not be any further water transference in this area. I usually wait about a week after the outside foliage is removed before the plant is given any water. So, the plant has no water for two weeks before

treatment, and it has no water basically for two weeks after

treatment. Water can be a problem, and cause rot if it is applied too early following the treatment process. After the treatment process is completed, I put the plants in front of a fan that runs constantly on

either a low or medium setting. Well that is basically how I treat a daylily to get it converted. The

remainder of the process is simply to keep the daylily alive. Cut away any excess foliage, keep the gnats and pests away, temper the use of water, and do all that you can to help the daylily ultimately become a useful and productive tetraploid parent.

Bill

(Reprinted with permission from Bill Waldrop)


* DOOR PRIZE PROCESS * All door prize plant hosting winners will grow the plants they receive with the best daylily culture as they can. Door Prize plant is to be purchased within 60 days. The treasurer should be notified so a check can be written to the selected hybridizer and the NDS Vice-President notified of plant choice. To be eligible for future door prizes, the member must return within two years to a future NDS auction the same number of fans from the increase as they originally received. If the member receives one fan, the member re-turns one fan of the increase. If the member receives two fans, the member returns two fans of the increase. * CLUB PLANT PROCESS * Any NDS member that attends four meetings OR attends at least three meetings during the year and accumulates $15 or more points of stamps on their Buck Card during the prior calendar year is then eligible the following year for the Club Plant drawing. Card stamp values are shown on page four. The drawing for Club Plants will take place at the April/May meeting. A member’s participation in this program means that said member agrees to the terms of this program which are: Any member, whose name is drawn, will bring back “all of the plant” (except for the same number of fans initially received) within the following 2 years so those plants can then be auctioned and sold to other NDS members. If that means bringing back the entire plant, then that shall be done. Please DO NOT set any pods on Club Plants as it takes too much for the plant to increase that way. Failure to abide by the above will automatically exclude said member from any further plant drawings whether it be Club Plants or Door Prizes. Winning a Club Plant drawing DOES NOT exclude the member from the opportunity to win a door prize as well.

TREATING INCOMING PLANTS

With rust throughout the country now, it is very important that you take the precaution of treating all incoming plants to your garden. If receiving them through the mail, burn or destroy all packing material and the box they came in. Then cut the plant back to several inches above the crown, peeling back and discarding the outer layer of leaves. Then prepare a solution of fungicide or Clorox water (one part Clorox to 9 parts water). Soak the plants in this solution for 30 minutes before planting. If you have a secluded place to plant new plants, keep them away from the rest of your garden for several months in case they would show rust. Rust has shown up in plants six months after having been received. This is not meant to be alarmist, just good caution.


Tracking Daylily Bloom By Scott Keller

I set about this summer tracking bloom progress in my garden. To do so, I physically counted open blooms every day to arrive at a total count. Crazy right? I did this in part because I thought it would make an interesting chart (… me being a statistician in a prior life) but also because I wanted to learn more about the bloom cycle. Specifically, when does it start, when does it peak, and the duration. Below is the actual chart of blooms open each day during a 7 week period in 2018. I sell from my garden and I like to plan in advance when my garden will be open and for how many days/weekends. As the graphic shows, the ‘earlies’ peaked the last part of June. Each year this always makes me panic and think I’m on the downside of bloom. When in fact, a higher high is coming as the ‘mids’ kick in a week later. A secondary benefit (that I didn’t expect) was that by physically looking at every bloom (counting) every day, I found myself as a hybridizer identifying ideas for dayliy crosses that I would have missed if I wasn’t forced to consider every bloom, every day. Characteristics such as substance, branching, bud count, all came into sharper focus, making culling decisions after the season also easier. Lastly, tracking bloom gave me a better appreciation for the value of having ‘lates’ in my garden. Varieties such as, ‘Stranger in Strange Land’,

‘Strawberry Romance’, ‘Cradle of Bethlehem’, ‘Late To The Party’, ‘Northwind Dancer’ and ‘Orange Clown’ all contributed significantly to the

length of garden bloom, which pushed into early August. In the future I will recommend customers also consider purchasing later blooming varieties (as well as those seen during peak times) as an way to extend the length of color

in their yards and landscapes.


BY-LAWS, Nebraska Daylily Society As amended and adopted on August 25, 2018

Article 1. NAME and PURPOSE.

Section 1. The name of this organization shall be Nebraska Daylily Society. Section 2. The Society is registered with the IRS as a 501(c) non-profit

educational organization. The purpose of the Society shall be to promote the development and enjoyment of the genus Hemerocallis. (The NDS address of record for the IRS is Catherine T. Kellogg, CPA of the CPA firm O’Donnell, Ficenec, Wills & Ferdig, LLP, 4815 S 107th Ave, Omaha, NE 68127-1904, 402-592-3800).

Article II. MEMBERSHIP. Section 1. Membership in the Society shall be open to any individual who pays the annual dues. Section 2. Annual dues shall be $15 single, $20 family. Section 3. Annual membership shall run from January 1 through December 31 with dues being due on October 1.

Section 4. Delinquent members shall be carried on the rolls for three months, after which, their membership will be terminated.

Section 5. All members joining during 1986 shall be considered Charter Members. Section 6. The Charter Membership fee shall be $10.00. Article III. SOCIETY OFFICES AND DUTIES.

Section 1. Society Offices shall consist of four Officers, the President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer and four Directors. The President and the four Directors shall constitute the Board of Direc-tors with the President as Chairman.

Section 2. A nominating committee composed of the four Directors shall nominate a slate of officers. Further nominations may be made from the floor.

Section 3. Election of Officers and Directors by the general membership shall be held at the last meeting of the Society every year. The terms of office for the Officers shall be two calendar years and for the Directors shall be four calendar years.

Section 4. No individual shall hold the same Society office more than three consecutive terms.

Section 5. When a vacancy occurs in an office, the vacancy shall be filled by action of the Board of Directors except that the Vice-President shall become President if a vacancy occurs in the office of the President.

Section 6. The President shall preside at meetings of the Society and its Board of Directors and with the Officers be responsible for the general growth and health of the Society.

Section 7. Whenever a special committee is established, the President shall appoint the chairman of the committee.

Section 8. The Vice-President shall assist the President, perform the President’s duties in his absence, and keep an accurate copy of the By-Laws. Section 9. The Secretary shall be responsible for recording of the motions and

business activities acted upon during the Society meetings. The official typed minutes are to be submitted to the President within 3 weeks following the meeting.

Section 10. The Treasurer shall be responsible for the Society’s financial affairs such as collection of the Society membership dues and fund raising. The Treasurer shall also develop an annual budget and present it to


the Board of Directors for approval. The Treasurer shall present the Board approved budget to the Society membership for a vote of approval at the Society’s first meeting of the calendar year. The

Treasurer shall also develop and publish a year-end financial

statement. Section 11. The Directors are authorized to undertake all such actions as they

consider desirable within limits set by these By-Laws and by specific action of the Board of Directors.

Section 12. The executive authority of the Society is vested in the Officers and the Directors and they shall carry on the business of the Society between membership meetings, taking all such action as considered desirable within limits set by these By-Laws.

Article IV. MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES.

Section 1. General membership meetings of the Society will be held as approved by the Board of Directors.

Section 2. The Board of Directors shall meet in conjunction with the first meeting of the general membership each calendar year and at the call of the President or the call of any three Officers and/or Directors.

Section 3. The Society shall publish a Yearbook. Section 4. The Society may annually sponsor a garden tour, a public daylily show, and a judges’ training school.

Section 5. The Society shall promote American Hemerocallis Society membership and attendance at the American Hemerocallis Society National and Region One conventions.

Article V. BUDGET AND FINANCE. Section 1. The general membership will, at its first meeting of each year, vote to authorize the budget presented by the Treasurer.

Section 2. The President, with the concurrence of one other Officer, may authorize any budgeted expenditure and any additional expenditures

up to an accumulated 10% of the annual budget. Section 3. The financial records shall be audited annually by two members of

the Society, other than Society Officers and Directors. These individuals shall be selected by the President.

Article VI. PROCEDURES AND RULES.

Section 1. The rules of order for this society, unless otherwise provided for, shall be Robert’s Rules of Order. Section 2. These By-Laws may be amended by majority vote of the members

present at any meeting of the general membership, provided that such amendment is communicated to the membership in writing at least four weeks prior to the meeting. These By-Laws may also be amended, without prior notice, by 2/3 vote of the members present at any meeting of the general membership, provided that the

amendment also has the support of six of the Society’s Officers. Section 3. When the Society no longer functions as an operating and on-going

society and agrees to disband, any funds and assets it owns will be turned over to Region One of the American Hemerocallis Society

for its use and benefits.


2021 - Central Iowa Daylily Society Marshalltown, IA. 2022– Daylily Society of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN.

Future Region One Summer Meetings

2019 - Nebraska Daylily Society Omaha, NE. 2020 - Cedar Valley Iris & Daylily Society Cedar Valley, IA.

Did you know…. ‘Entwined in the Vine’ (Emmerich, 2007) won the 2018 AHS Stout Sil-ver Medal…...The highest honor for a daylily!

Do you grow this flower in your garden?

AHS Membership/Daylily Journal Along with receiving THE DAYLILY JOURNAL, belonging to the AHS automatically makes you a member of Region One, which brings one paper issue and one electronic issue of THE PIONEER, and gives you all the information on what is going on in our region. Membership dues can be sent to:

Pat Mercer P.O. Box 10

Dexter, GA 31019 (478) 875-4110, Email: [email protected]

The dues are $25 per year or $70 for three years. Dual membership (two per-sons) is $30 for one year and $83 for three years. Youth membership is $10.

Early Bloomers May 20—June 20 First Early June 1—June 30 Extra Early June 10—July 10 Very Early June 20—July 20 Early Mid Bloomers July 1—July 31 Early Midseason July 15—August 15 Midseason Aug.1—Aug. 31 Late Midseason

Late Bloomers Aug. 10—Sept. 10 Late Aug. 20—Sept. 20 Very Late Sept. 1 —Sept. 30 Extra Late

Zone 5 bloom dates


2018 Another Great Year


Nebraska Daylily Society Yearbook 2019

Printed by Midlands Printing, Omaha, NE

Nebraska Daylily Society will again be hosting a table at

the Lauritzen Garden plant sale for scholarship, May 11 2019.

Thanks to our members that contributed bare root plants and those that worked the sale. We need your help again, there are still open slots for working a four hour shift. Please let others know about the sale. Thanks to those that signed up at the January Social. The sign up sheet will

be at the May meeting or call Susanne Milbourn, or Phyl-lis McIntosh.

Check out the NDS web site — nebraskadaylilysociety.com

Val Jean Hansen and Phyllis McIntosh

The seed bank is an outreach program of the American Daylily Society (AHS) to help spread interest in daylilies around the world. Sending live plants can be complicated, expensive and requires inspection and certification, while seeds can be sent by regular mail with only a small customs sticker. When I receive the seed crosses, the two parents of each cross along with their hybridizers’ names and dates of registration, plus other information such as ploidy, season of bloom etc. is entered into an excel spreadsheet. This spreadsheet is then sent out to all the international people for them to choose which crosses they would like to receive. Sometimes I receive seeds whose parentage is unknown. These are availa-ble for individuals, clubs, or groups to use as handouts. Maureen Strong 48 Lakeshore Drive Stoney Creek, ON. L8E 5C7

Documents

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