2012 Summer - AHS Region 11

32 Pages·2013·23.91 MB·English

Summer 2012 M O K A N O K

Daylily
Region 11 American Hemerocallis Society
H. Catspaw Sunrise Sunset
Diana Plahn 2007
Received 2012 Hybridizer Award

and Wilma Award for Best Clump
(Photo provided by Diana Plahn)
~ 2 ~ MoKanOk Daylily Summer
AWARDS
CONGRATULATIONS TO

ALL THESE WINNERS
The Mavis Smith Service Award was presented by Randall
Barron to Jane & Steve Amy for their many contributions
to Region 11.

This year’s Oscie
Whatley Award for
this amazing seed-
ling. was presented
to Kathy Krattli by
Carolyn Myers.
Both the Hybridizer’s Award for outstanding cultivar and the
Wilma Award for best clump went to H. Catspaw Sunrise Sun-
set. At the breakfast meeting on Sunday morning Randall pre-
sented the Hybridizer’s Award to Diana Plahn. The beautiful
clump below was seen in the Knoche Garden. Photo of Elroy
and Loreta in their garden is on the right.
Andra Weaver Michael Bouman
2012 MoKanOk Daylily ~ 3 ~

Inside

The MoKanOk Daylily
TABLE OF CONTENTS

H. Catspaw Sunrise Sunset. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cover
Awards--Summer Meeting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Officers Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Treasurer’s Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6
Minutes of Summer Meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
AHS Regional Newsletter Awards Criteria . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-9
Festival of Daylilies Reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10-21
Club Show Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . .22-23
Club Happenings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24-27
2012 Region 11 Officers, Committee Chairs & Liaisons . . . . . . . . . .28
Editorial Policy/Membership Info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
2011 Region 11 Club Presidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Michael Bouman AHS Region 11 Service Award . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Overland Park Arboretum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Summer Meeting Snapshots. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . Back Cover

NOTE FROM THE EDITORS
Here we are at the end of a dry scorching summer--AGAIN! In spite of
earlier than usual blooms, the gardens at Regional were awesome. They
were full of dazzling daylilies, an abundance of companion plants and some
of the most amazing garden art anyone could encounter. Thanks so very
much to the Mo-Kan Club for putting on a spectacular Summer event. Our
special thanks also to those members who agreed to do garden write-ups.
We could not have put this issue together without your help. Great job, every-
one! After coming up with fewer printable garden pictures than usual, we
were fortunate to be able to rely on some wonderful members who filled in
the gaps. Thanks to Andrea Weaver, Sandie Bailey, Michael Bouman, Marge
Stucky and David Spaw. As we write this, the weather is a bit cooler and
most of us are looking forward to Fall. Living in the Midwest has its weather
problems but having the seasons is a wonderful blessing. Happy Autumn!!
Sharron & Harry Gregory
~ 4 ~ MoKanOk Daylily Summer
Mary Lou Lundblade
Regional Director
T
membership this year and re-
he New Membership brochure has been re- news for next year, will be eligi-
written, and will be available to send to all ble for the daylily voucher. It
new members as of this Fall. It had not been updated in was proven that of last year’s
several years. trial memberships we retained
Our President, Julie Covington, has appointed a new 50%. According to the
committee to work with Registrations for the purpose of “experts”, this is excellent retention.
adding missing registration data and images. The older Have you been to the Portal recently? There have been
registrations were not required to show flower size or to several additions to the content. For example, Club Infor-
submit photos. This is a huge undertaking. Members of mation, Conversions (3), Fertilizers and other Chemical
this committee are Curtis and Linda Sue Barnes, Gil Stel- Compounds (3), Genetics, Hybridizing (2), Pests and Dis-
ter, John Ware, and LaVere Webster. All have or are in- eases, Seeds and Germination (4), and Species Daylilies
volved with Historic Gardens. (6).
The AHS Trial Membership program has been ex- Till next time.
tended to next year. Again beginning July 1st till the end of Your AHS Board member, at your service. Call or
the year. They make wonderful gifts and the cost is only email me if you have any concerns.
$15.They will receive the Fall and Winter Daylily Journal,
and at least one copy of the MoKanOk magazine. Also Mary Lou Lundblade, RD
full access to the AHS Portal. Anyone who bought a trial
Randall Barron
Regional President
T
nice daylilies and the nation re-
he Region 11 2012 Summer meeting in Inde- sponded by purchasing our day-
pendence Missouri hosted by the Mo-Kan lilies. The Fall Auction has
Daylily Society was outstanding and we extend a great big started so contact Lois Hart with
thank you for each person contributing to the event. The your donations.
gardens were excellent and each garden host did superb Linda Farris is promoting
jobs preparing for the visitors. Thanks again Mo-Kan Day- the Region 11 Popularity Poll for
lily Society. 2012. The ballots are on the last issue of the MoKanOk
Congratulations to Kathy Krattli for the winning seed- cover or you can vote on the internet. We would like to see
ling entry in the Oscie Whatley Award. Seedling number a really good participation for Region 11 so get your vote
TTLSN-18-06 was the winning entry. in prior to September 1st. Contact Linda Farris for more
Congratulations to Diana Plahn, hybridizer of H. information.
Catspaw Sunrise Sunset, for winning the Hybridizer Congratulations to Steve and Jane Amy for winning
Award. H. Catspaw Sunrise Sunset was also the clump the Mavis Smith Service Award for the 2011 year.
winning the Wilma Award located in the Knoche Garden. Congratulations to Michael Bouman for winning the
Mark your calendar for the 2013 Region 11 Summer 2011 AHS Service Award for Region 11. The award was
meeting in Tulsa on June 14–16, 2013, hosted by the Tulsa presented at the 2012 National Convention in Columbus. It
Area Daylily Society. The Flint Hills Daylily Society will is time to nominate the 2012 AHS service award for Re-
host the 2015 Summer Regional in Manhattan, Kansas. gion 11. This candidate will be recognized for their contri-
Thanks to Lois Hart and Lisa Fitzsimmons for a very butions on the national level. Send your letters of nomina-
good Spring Internet Auction. Region 11 donated some tion by mid-September to Bob Tankesley-Clarke and my-
2012 MoKanOk Daylily ~ 5 ~
self (Randall Barron) and we will see that they get to the Region 11 but let them know your talents and volunteer for
AHS board for consideration. the opportunity. They need your support.
Congratulations to Lois Hart and Michael Bouman for
winning the Region 11 election to the Regional Director “Friends are flowers in the Garden Of Life”
and Region President offices respectively. They both are
preparing for their term of office beginning in January of Randall Barron, President
2013. Please don’t wait for them to call on you to serve
Linda Farris
Regional Publicity Director
N
tion you wish to reside on the site, as well as browse the
OT MEETS NET entire area of vast amounts of information. The community
forums in particular, some moderated by our own Region

11 members Michael Bouman and Andrea Weaver, contain
“Not Meets Net” you say?
great ideas on an array of topics from landscaping, to hy-
Well……… yes. There are many
bridizing, to various forms and vintage daylilies. There is a
of us who are “net” savvy, and
member search feature you can use to locate/contact an
there are many of us who are “not”… yet. I’m guessing
AHS member or hybridizer. SO… why not try it today?
that many of you have not yet visited the internet AHS
While you are gaining confidence using the Member
website Members Portal, nor have you cruised the many
Portal, why not check out other websites that contain great
and varied websites featuring some of our Region 11 day-
information about our Region 11 activities and clubs?
lily clubs. I have to admit that I, too, am one of the “not”
Listed below are links to some Region 11 sites you may
people for not using the portal or club websites as much as
want to visit for a wonderful daylily “fix”:
I could. But the best way to start is to dip a toe in the water
Hope to see you on a daylily web soon,
and find out how truly fine it is, or could be if we just

would try it.
Linda Farris, RPD
Many of us have gone to the AHS website for years to
check their online cultivar database and registration infor-
REGION 11 WEBSITE LINKS:
mation, the daylily dictionary, or to find national award
www.daylilies.org/AHSreg11.html
winners and various other listed information. But have you
www.SafeHavenGardens.com
dared to click on the Member Portal link in the left hand
www.Region11news.blogspot.com
menu bar? If so, were you overwhelmed by the explosive
www.ahsregion11reports.blogspot.com
graphics, puzzled by the vast link choices surrounding the

page, or intimidated and stopped by the blank login and DAYLILY CLUB WEBSITE LINKS:
password gateway that stared back at you? (If you said Bluestem Daylily Society
‘yes’ to any of these, you are not alone.) Yet, it really is www.bluestemdaylilysociety.com
pretty simple to get started. When you go to the AHS web- Central Missouri Hemerocallis Society
site (www.daylilies.org), you will see that link to the Mem- www.centralmodaylily.org
ber Portal in the menu bar on the left side of the home Central Oklahoma Hemerocallis Society
page. After clicking on the Portal link, there will be a link www.facebook.com/cohs2
shown for first-time visitors to request a user-ID and pass- Flint Hills Daylily Society
word. When you click on it and enter your name and e- www.flinthillsdaylily.org
mail information, our own former Region 11 member, Greater St. Louis Daylily Society
Mary Ann Pruden, will be on the other end, and will send
www.gslds.com
you back your personalized login number and password
Ozark Daylily Society
plus further information to easily get on and use the Mem-
www.ozarkdaylily.org
ber Portal at its best. Once you have logged into the portal,
West County Daylily Club
you can go to ‘Manage Profile’ then ‘Edit Bio’ on the right
www.westcountydaylilyclub.com
side of the screen to enter or block what personal informa-
~ 6 ~ MoKanOk Daylily Summer
Lois Hart
Treasurer
Treasurer’s Report
C HECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE 1/1/2012 $38,606.36

FINANCIAL ACTIVITY INCOME EXPENSES NET
T
MOKANOK
he financial picture for
Advertising $200.00
Region 11 is still
Donations-Mokanok $1,000.00
looking positive. After the success-
Out of region subscription $18.00
ful Winter Gathering ($5183.46
Sale of copies $20.15 ($5.15)
gain) we had a nice on-line Lily
Postage Reimbursement-AHS
Auction. We sold 90 daylilies and a
Printing and mailing ($2,162.01)
few seeds for a net gain of
Production ($400.00)
$1962.29. We have two more is-
Total/Net $1,238.15 ($2,567.16) ($1,329.01)
sues of the MoKanOk to publish
and the summer Lily Auction will
WINTER GATHERING
bring in additional funds.
Registration $4,353.00
Again I would like to ask eve-
Plant Auction $7,145.00
ryone reading this report to donate
Silent Auction $104.00
two plants to the Lily Auction (we
Chinese Auction $416.00
will reimburse mailing expenses).
Speaker's travel hotel ($1,552.61)
Plant auctions are the main source
Speaker's fees ($500.00)
of income and the Lily Auction
Hotel Expenses ($4,117.04)
brings in money from around the
Miscellaneous expenses ($664.89)
country so we are not supporting
Total/Net $12,018.00 ($6,834.54) $5,183.46
ourselves. If you do not have access

to the on-line auction and want to INTERNET AUCTION
support the Region, please contact Internet auction-Spring $2,454.63 ($492.34)
me at 913-837-5209 and I can tell Internet auction-Fall
you what we have for sale. Total/Net $2,454.63 ($492.34) $1,962.29
Thanks for your support,
MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENSES
Lois Hart, Treasurer Director's Expense ($1,002.84)
RPD Expense
AHS Insurance
IMPORTANT!!!
Donations-Operations
Donations-Memorials $175.00
DON’T FORGET to Interest $2.55
Office expense
contact Lois with the
Total/Net $177.55 ($1,002.84) ($825.29)
names of any day-

lilies you can donate CHECKING ACCOUNT BALANCE 7/27/12 $43,597.81

to the Fall Lily Auc- TOTAL ACTIVITY $15,888.33 ($10,896.88) $4,991.45
tion.
Misc expense for winter gathering adjusted to reflect additional postage and
remove $125 lily auction cost from that total.
2012 MoKanOk Daylily ~ 7 ~
AHS Region 11 Mavis Smith Regional Service Award: Randall Barron
conferred the 2011 service award on Steve and Jane Amy.
Summer Meeting
The 2012 service award will be presented at the 2013 re-
Minutes
gional meeting.
Independence, Missouri The Wilma Award for the Best-Grown Clump: Randall
July 1, 2012 Barron announced that attendees had voted for H. Catspaw
Sunrise Sunset, hybridized by Region 11 member Diana
Regional President Randall Bar- Plahn and grown in the Knoche garden.
ron called the meeting to order at The Oscie Whatley Seedling Award: Randall Barron
1:15 pm. asked Carolyn Myers, President of the Greater St. Louis
Minutes: The minutes were ap- Daylily Society, to present the results of the votes cast by
proved as printed in the MoKa- conference attendees. She reported that the winning seed-
nOk newsletter. ling had been submitted by GSLDS member, Kathy Krattli
Treasurer’s Report: Lois Hart of O’Fallon, Missouri. In accepting the award, Kathy ob-
reported that the Region has $44,599.90 in the bank with served that she was the designer of the award and had al-
two issues of the MoKanOk remaining and one more ways wondered what it would look like in her own home.
online auction to conduct in August and September. The Region 11 Hybridizer Award: Randall Barron announced
region has the cash reserves to assure operations for more the results of votes cast by attendees for the best Region 11
than a year in the unlikely event that revenues fall off. cultivar introduced in the last ten years. The award went to
The region’s good fiscal condition is due to a generous con- Diana Plahn of Kirkwood, Missouri for her H. Catspaw
tribution by the Greater St. Louis Daylily Society, to sev- Sunrise Sunset.
eral successful Winter Gatherings and the auctions con- Election Results for Regional President and Regional
ducted there, and to the Spring and Fall online auctions. Director: Ron Azzanni reported on behalf of the Nominat-
People all over the U.S. buy the plants on the online auc- ing Committee that a tally of the mailed-in ballots by Re-
tions, while regional members account for the excellent gion 11 members showed that Michael Bouman had been
results of the Winter Gathering auction. elected Regional President and Lois Hart had been elected
Lois urged members to donate a plant or plants of value to Regional Director, both terms to begin January 1, 2013.
the Fall online auction. She will begin listing items on The Announcements from the Podium:
Lily Auction in August and would like to hear as soon as Prairie Winds Daylily Club invited everyone to attend a
possible about donated plants. Members donating plants talk by hybridizer Melanie Mason at the Wichita Botanica
will be informed of the auction winner and will arrange to on October 28 at 2 p.m.
mail the plant(s) to the winner. The region will reimburse Harry and Sharron Gregory are retiring as MoKanOk edi-
postage if requested. tors at the end of 2012. Applicants for the position of Editor
Regional Publicity Director’s Report: Linda Farris urged should contact Michael Bouman. Candidates will be inter-
everyone to fill out a Popularity Poll ballot. Candidates are viewed by an Editorial Advisory Committee chaired by
listed in the handbook for the Regional Meeting. Members Hank Riggs.
may cast ten votes total, with up to five of them being write Randall Barron has asked Michael Bouman to stand in for
-ins if desired. him at the National Convention in mid-July as he can’t at-
Invitation to Tulsa Regional in 2013: Barbara Gardner- tend this year. He has also asked Michael to begin planning
Anderson invited everyone to Tulsa next June 14-16 for an the 2013 Winter Gathering.
exciting schedule of garden tours and programs. Randall A host club for the 2014 Regional Meeting is still needed.
Barron then played a slide show that highlighted the tour The meeting adjourned at 2:00 p.m.
gardens.
Michael Bouman, Region 11 Secretary
AHS Region 11 Fall Daylily Auction
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The Region 11 auction is up and bidding has started. Please check out the daylilies at www.daylily.com/ The
Lily Auction. All the Region 11 daylilies are listed under the name ahsregion11.
We need some more daylilies donated to continue the auction. Please send the name of the daylilies you are
donating to continue the auction to Lois Hart [email protected] .
Thank you in advance. We certainly need your help with the project.
Randall Barron, President
AHS Region 11
~ 8 ~ MoKanOk Daylily Summer
WANT TO BE A WRITER FOR THE MOKANOK? Following is information handed out at the 2012 Regional Officers
Meeting at the AHS National Convention. One of the things we have been hoping to include in the MoKanOk is
more articles written by Region 11 members. Provided here is a wonderful list of topics that can hopefully give
you some inspiration. Our Fall/Winter issue is always shorter on available material and we would welcome any
articles on topics you might want to share. We bet the new Editor would be happy to have some for next year too!
Due to space constraints in this issue, the Ombudsman’s article from Donna Peck will be in the next issue.
The Editors
AHS Regional Newsletter Feature Article Award Criteria
An AHS Regional Newsletter Feature Article – a special or prominent story, told from a unique perspective, which
goes beyond surface facts, exploring a range of experiences. Such stories include the categories of articles focused upon
by the fourteen individual AHS Newsletter Article Award definitions. They are less likely to contain dated material,
separating them from the normally required news elements and columns found in each newsletter.
Ineligible Articles – required or typical elements of a newsletter as a whole, many times containing dated material, are
related to the normal running of an AHS region and are considered “regularly appearing content.” That is, they are nor-
mally neither special nor prominent narratives in a journalistic sense. Thus, the following write-ups, reports, and charac-
teristics do not fall under the definition of “feature article,” in most cases, and therefore do not qualify for newsletter arti-
cle awards:
1. Leadership Reports, Liaison Reports, and/or Other Regular Columns/Departments – required RP, RPD, editor,
and AHS Director or other AHS reports; on-going columns; news or time-related events, policies/procedures, guidelines,
or requests of the membership related to the duties of the position.
(Exception – if the report is a unique narrative (e.g., informative, interpretive, how-to, etc.) that otherwise might be con-
sidered a standalone “feature article” if not written by an officer, liaison or regular columnist, it may qualify at the dis-
cretion of the Newsletter Awards Subcommittee Chair.)
2. Club Reports – status reports containing club activities.
3. Promotional Material – previews of regional meetings, conventions, and tour gardens; book reviews; advertisements,
etc.
4. Awards and Contest Results – results of flower shows, regional/national photo contests, popularity polls, regional
hybridizing or seedling bed contests; descriptions of Stout award winners; nomination letters for regional or national ser-
vice awards as well as Fischer, Farr, Moldovan medal winners or other award nomination summaries.
5. Obituaries/Memorials – death notices.
6. Post-meeting (garden or symposium) Write-ups – usually short excerpts by various authors. (Exceptions – if a
write-up is a page or more in length by a single author (or co-author) that otherwise might be considered a standalone
“feature article” in most respects, it may qualify at the discretion of the Newsletter Awards Subcommittee Chair.)
Other characteristics also prevent an article from being considered for a feature article award, even if the article might
otherwise appear to fall into an award category. These include:
1. Anonymous Author – not attributed by name to any individual.
2. Compilations – excerpts from various individuals which cannot be attributed in great part to a single author (or co-
author).
3. Reprints –
a) reprints from a prior year of the region where published, or another region's prior year newsletter; this includes articles
which have previously won or have been previously judged;
b) reprints in the current year from another region's original material. (Only original articles from the current year in the
newsletter where first published are eligible. Articles by an out-of-region AHS member are eligible if original to the
newsletter where published and not a reprint.);
c) reprints from an internet site (robin or blog, or web site, etc.);
d) reprints from traditional external sources by AHS or non-AHS authors, e.g., a commercial magazine, professional
journal, etc.
4. Articles By Non-AHS Authors.

Version 1.0 1/10/2012
2012 MoKanOk Daylily ~ 9 ~
Newsletter Award Definitions

Article About Cultivars
This award is given to a feature article written about a registered daylily/daylilies or seedling(s). The article focus is cen-
tered on the cultivar(s).

Article About Gardens
This award is given to a feature article written with a focus on a garden or gardens. The article can discuss any plants or
landscape of daylilies, but must focus on total garden aspects.

Article About a Hybridizer
This award is given to a feature article written about a daylily hybridizer, or hybridizers, who has/have registered culti-
vars and also has/have cultivars in commerce.

Article About Daylily Culture
This award is given to a feature article that describes how to get your daylilies to grow better. Examples of subjects
might be weed prevention, fertilizer, pest control, natural predators, hydroponics, foliage controls, or similar areas.

Scientific Article
This award is given to a feature article that involves research or expert opinion.

Article Using Humor
This award is given to a feature article that has any daylily or gardening subject and uses humor throughout the article.

Article About Hybridizing
This award is given to a feature article that describes methods, theories, or procedures about the aspects of hybridizing
daylilies.

Article Demonstrating a Specific Aspect of Garden Design
This award is given to a feature article that describes single or multiple gardens and the specific aspect of garden design,
including subjects of hardscaping, general garden design, statuary, or other garden features.

Article About Photographing Daylilies
This award is given to a feature article that describes any methods, equipment or procedures used to photograph day-
lilies.

Article About Gardening Technology
This award is given to a feature article that describes technologies used in and assisting in the science of daylilies, in-
cluding subjects of databases, software, and hardware.

Article Featuring Historical Aspects
This award is given to a feature article that describes a cultivar, person, organization, logo, or other from purely a histori-
cal point of view.

Article About Daylily Personalities
This award is given to a feature article written about a non-hybridizer(s) in the daylily community, focusing on his/her
work for AHS, Region, or local clubs promoting AHS and daylilies.

Youth Article
This award is given to a feature article written by or about a youth member of AHS or local club.

Editorial Special Award
This award is given to a feature article that does not fit into a current article award category and is outstanding in con-
tent, form, or subject matter.

Version 1.0 1/05/2012
~ 10 ~ MoKanOk Daylily Summer

Festival of Daylilies

-- Hosted by the Mo-Kan Daylily Society --
Kansas City, Missouri
The Garden of Judith Durham
by Ron Azzanni
As we entered Judy’s garden there were several
crape myrtles, Japanese maples, clematis, peonies,
phlox, iris, and daffodils among her 250 different day-
lilies. There was an unusual hydrangea, Snowflake,
which has a double flower. The clematis Arabella has
small lavender blue flowers that bloom all summer.
What a site to see!
The garden is metal edged throughout. Judy has
dedicated one entire bed to gift plants from hybrid-
izer’s, one that was just outstanding was H. Fancy
Button by Joiner. She also has a large collection of
bird feeders, bird baths, and statuary.

In one of the bird baths is a hyperturfa concrete fairy house with tiny fairy-
like figurines. Another bird bath is a Haddonstone English import along with a
little boy holding a bird. As you tour the garden you will see a handmade old
swing set converted into a swing for three. There was a beautiful Dr. Merrill
magnolia tree. As we were leaving the garden, we can see where Judy is creat-
ing a bonsai with a mini weeping birch. It stands about four feet tall and Judy
keeps trimming it down to a small bonsai type.

Hypertufa H. Jeanne Deaver’s Dream Enjoying the swing!
Fairy House (Trimmer, D 2009) Andrea Weaver & Connie Larkin