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RADS Newsletter, October 2008
Richmond Area Daylily Society
President’s Message
I hope to see many of you at the Fall Banquet. We are in for a real treat with Dan Trimmer as our guest speaker. Now is the time to prepare our garden beds for the winter. Don’t let your guard down yet – enjoy the cooler weather and work those beds. Happy gardening everyone! Paulette Miller ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let’s Talk Daylilies! By Sheila P. Weisensale
At our August 30 meeting, we held our first “Let’s Talk Daylilies” segment and discussed the topic—favorite prolific bloomers. “Let’s Talk Daylilies” is a new agenda item we have added to our business meetings that gives us a venue to discuss daylilies and tap on daylily expertise at a local level. Interested members talk about the designated topic for approx. 1-2 minutes which allows approx. 10 members to participate in a particular discussion.
Our first session was a great success—thirteen members participated! If you didn’t participate in this first segment, we hope that you will participate in our next segment! Membership participation is absolutely critical to the success and longevity of this segment.
Following are the daylilies that fellow RADS members shared as their “favorite prolific bloomers”: Aerial Autumn Minaret Baby Darling Dances with Giraffes David Went Droopy Drawers
Gold Dust Larry Allen Miller
Mary Light Fine Miss Annie Bell
Monkey See, Monkey Do Nectarine Nichole Jordan Pirate’s Promise Point of View Potentate Pumpkin Prince Robins Tuition Sandford Rose Crown Siloam Merle Kent
Small World Disco Duck Smuggler’s Gold Stella Ruffled Fingers Stellar Double Rose Ultimate Perfection Unconditional Love Vega Victorian Lace Web Browser
If you would like to try to grow some of these daylilies in your own garden, think about swapping and sharing these favorite daylilies with RADS members!
The topic for our next business meeting is—drum roll please—favorite late bloomers. Between now and our 11/9 meeting, please think about the daylily varieties you grow in your garden and jot down up to 5 of your favorite late bloomers. We look forward to you sharing your list with us on 11/9!
If you have any ideas for daylily topics for future meetings, please email your ideas to me at [email protected]. Also, if you have any questions or suggestions regarding this new segment, please don’t hesitate to contact me. A sincere thanks to all those members that participated in our very first “Let’s Talk Daylilies” segment!
QUIZ: Can you identify the 10 numbered daylilies pictured in this newsletter? HINT: Dragons (Answers on bottom of page 3.)
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RADS 2008 President Paulette Miller (804)520-0807 [email protected] Vice President (Vacant) Treasurer Paul Compton (804)452-0239 [email protected] Secretary Judy Durant (804)746-7226 [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
Remaining Activities for 2008:
• Oct 11: Annual Dinner with Dan Trimmer as Speaker. Cost is $30 and payment is due one week before the dinner.
• Nov 9: 1pm Thanksgiving Meeting at the Wagner Building. This is a business meeting with the election of officers for 2009.
• Dec TBD Future Speakers Planned: October 2009: Linda Agin October 2010: Pat and Grace Stamile Daylily Dictionary:
Did You Know? Monocotyledons, Monocots are one of the two major groups of flowering plants (angiosperms). The monocotyledons are so named because sprouting seeds have only a single primary leaf or cotyledon. Other common features of the monocots are leaves with parallel veins and flowers with three petals or multiples of three. Examples of monocotyledons are the true grains (rice, corn, wheat), the pasture grasses, and the bamboos. The palms, orchids, and lily families are also examples of monocotyledons. Daylilies are monocots.
Newsletter Articles Please forward all newsletter articles
or ideas for inclusion in the December newsletter to
Belinda Sheppard by 11/21/08.
Newsletter via Email Thanks to the many who opted to
receive the newsletter via email. This is a huge savings in money and time.
Monocot Dicot
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Fall Festival Lilyhemmer 2008 Get ready for the fabulous fourteenth daylily fall festival. The location is Camp Hill, near Harrisburg, PA. Official events are scheduled non to noon, October 18 & 19, 2008. Many attendees arrive early on Friday and enjoy the informal preview activities Friday evening and Saturday morning. Region 3 hybridizers will be presenting a slide show and can include 5 seedling slides (check with Michael Miller).
Lilyhemmer Registration
Registration fee is $79 person. Youth registration is $45.
After October 10, 2008, registration is $85. Make checks payable to Lilyhemmer, AHS Region 3. Return registration to Jan and Greg Thompson,
PO Box 116, Dagsboro, DE 19939. Contact: [email protected]
1st time attendees at Lilyhemmer are welcomed with a beautiful daylily plant values at $35.00+
Get lucky with us in October, 2008 as we celebrate our fourteenth year of daylily fun
Print out and mail the registration form below. This event is limited to the 1st 175 registrants.
REGISTRATION FORM for LILYHEMMER, OCTOBER 18-19 2008
Print name as it should appear on name tag _________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________________________________
City____________________________________________________ State________________
Zip______________________ Phone ____________________________________________
E-Mail ______________________________________________________________________
Additional names:
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Answers to Quiz: 1 Dragon Dreams; 2 Summer Dragon, 3 Fire Breathing Dragon, 4, Magic Dragon,5 White Eyes Pink Dragon, 6 Dragon King, 7 Dragon Heart, 8 Water Dragon, 9 Emperors Dragon, 10 Dragons Eye
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RADS New Members. Welcome to our newest members! Craig McInners, Robyn Gerena, John Clickener, and Linda Simon Fall Banquet – Dan Trimmer (6 pm at the Omni) During the Fall Banquet, these are the plants that Dan Trimmer will be donating for an auction following his talk. You don’t want to miss this! 2008 Introductions:
Santa Catalina EM Re Evr T 25” H 5 1/2” Bloom Value: $125
Cosmic Traveler EM Re Evr T 25” H 5 1/4” Bloom Value: $150
Across the Galaxy M Re Evr T 32” H 6 1/4” Bloom Value: $200
Fashion Police M Re T 34” H 6.25” Bloom Value: $150
Santa’s Little Helper EM Re Evr T 29” H 4 5/8” Bloom Value: $100
Spanish Fiesta EM Re Evr T 31” H 6 1/2” Bloom Value: $200
Tropical Hot Flash 2009 Introduction
