The Daylily Fan
Columbia River Daylily Club
Joint Meeting to Host Curt Hanson
March 2009
We are all very fortunate that Curt Hanson likes to grow hellebores as well as daylilies. One of the reasons we were able to entice him to the Northwest is that he will have the opportunity to see lots of blooming hellebores and visit some gardens where he will be able to add new varieties to his extensive collection. Of course we all know Curt as a premier hybridizer of daylilies. From the time of his first registration Hemero-callis "Ocean Rain" in 1987 (Honorable Mention 1991) up to now he has registered 484 daylilies (not counting this years lovelies) and has won a myriad of the AHS highest honors. H. Primal Scream won the Stout Silver Medal in 2003 and his very popular "Bela Lugosi" won the Lenington All American Award in 2007. Most recently "Cobraskin Necktie", "Self Determination" and "Vulcan Logic" won Honorable Mention awards in 2008. Curt specializes in creating outstanding daylilies that grow vigorously in zone 5 conditions. . His introductions are available at Crintonic Gardens in Gates Mills, OH where he also evaluates new seedlings for future intro-ductions. Curt welcomes visitors to his garden: "While digital images and poetic descriptions can offer approxi-mations of beauty, nothing compares to a firsthand visit to the garden. I welcome you to come and share the magic this July and August." Crintonic Gardens began in the early 1980's and has evolved into approximately ten acres of arboretum with a daylily plot in the center. This is how Curt describes his garden: "Located above the lovely Chagrin River Valley in northeast Ohio, Crintonic Gardens is dedicated to creating beautiful and distinctive daylilies rigorously selected for consis-tency and vigor under TYPICAL zone 5 garden conditions. My heavy Mahoning clay soil is not poisoned by chemical fertilizers or pesticides. I believe the daylily is America‟ favorite flower because it demands so lit-tle." From the President , Mary Mannix The joint Puget Sound Daylily Club - Columbia River Daylily Club meeting will be held March 8, 2009 at the Flight Museum in Olympia, Washington. There will be a Garden Judges Workshop prior to the meeting. The class will start promptly at 10:00 am, so if you plan to participate be there between 9:30-9:45 am to get signed in. Lunch will start approximately at 12:30 pm and the meeting will follow. Curt Hanson is speaking, and Puget Sound has purchased plants from him that will be available at auction. You don't want to miss this pro-gram. The link to the museum is: http://www.olympiaflightmuseum.com/ and a link to direction: http://www.olympiaflightmuseum.com.php#directions. Directions: From I-5, take exit 101 Tumwater Blvd (originally Airdustrial Way SW) Head East on Tumwater Blvd - follow Tumwater Blvd. to the stop light on Old Highway 99 SE Turn Right onto Old Highway 99 SE Follow Old Highway 99 SE to first stop light at Henderson Blvd. Turn Right onto Henderson Blvd. (towards the airport) The museum is on the Right Columbia River Daylily Club participants will bring desserts and snacks to the potluck lunch. We also bring plants to donate to the auction as that is what pays for the expenses involved. I very much hope to see you there. We always have a great time at this joint meeting with our friends from the North, and I can't imagine any daylily lover being willing to miss the opportunity to see and hear Curt Hanson's program.
Getting ready for spring!
Well I‟e made a kazillion lists, crossed them out, written new lists, narrowed them down. Phew! Its hard work trying to decide which beauties I will order and place in my garden this year. I did order PATRICIA SNYDER MEMORIAL, by Leon Payne. I wanted it last year and now it will be mine this spring. I loved his LONE STAR LONGHORN which is new this year but my wallet was squeaking and I decided to wait. After all there are some Carpenter‟ that I want, WORTH IT ALL and RED EYED FANTASY. Also on my would like list is CAMEROONS TWISTER, but that one is on the back burner for now. I need to save some daylily money for Curt Hanson‟ visit. Oh my, my budget will be a little stretched this spring. I‟ making all of these plans and haven‟ even thought about going out and cleaning up the winter debris. The slugs are proba-bly having a great party. Moles are still being held at bay, which is good. Weeds are taking over, robins are in the garden kicking up dirt, hellebores and daffodils are just peeking out. "Still too muddy" I say to my-self. Any excuse is good right now. I still have to survive, two garden shows. I always say I‟ not going to buy anything, but I know that‟ a lie, just a little white one you know. Some new orientals and trumpets are on my list and the garden shows are a great place to get them. I‟ sure I could find a few holes between the daylilies. The peony meeting is coming up also, so I‟l add at least one new peony. Oh well the garden cleanup can wait, even though the sun is brightly shinning today. It is more fun "window" shopping. Gosh what did they do before the internet? Probably saved money LOL
Well I hope to see lots of you folks at the Yard, Garden and Patio Show and joint meeting in Olympia. If not I‟l see you at our regular meeting on April 5th. We‟l be having a table sale. The club will be asking for your help digging in our garden plot for a master Gardeners sale, we will be participating in. More news on that later in a separate email. Remember a club only stays alive with living breathing members. Please make an effort to participate. MaryAnn Borcherding Your Vice President
The Yard Garden & Patio Show is the last weekend in February. Even if you‟e not able to join us at the CRDC booth, come by the show and shop for the latest and greatest. Everything from plants to hardware. You won‟ know what you‟e missing unless you come by. Portland Convention Center, Friday, February 27— March 1.
Greenhouse Grown
Linda Powell
During this time in the past, I‟d be getting ready to plant seeds on annual plants, but there isn‟t any room in the greenhouse, so I guess I‟ll have to skip the seed-planting for this year. I‟m still hoping to plant some annuals, but I intend to plant them directly in the ground. Hopefully that will work for me. After having such trouble with slugs last year, I decided then and there I‟d only plant things the slugs didn‟t like. I love growing marigolds and petunias, but the slugs can turn them into sticks within hours. I might try them anyway and just to be safe, I‟ll have a backup plan in hand just in case.
Last year, you may remember, I was using a horse ma-nure/shaving mix to plant seedlings in. At first, the plants seemed to thrive. They appreciated the manure boost and the excellent drainage. As the summer went what I thought was great soil mix, turned out to be a problem. First, it seemed that many of the pots that contained this mix had a terrible sprouting of grass, that if left, took over the pot. Next as summer warmed up, the excellent drainage mix caused the plants to dry out too quickly. If I watered heavily and often, I didn‟t notice it as much, but the other plants that were potted in a sandy loam seemed to be better overall. Now that the new season is here, I‟m trying to break apart the pots that have the grass issue and repot the seedlings into the sandy potting soil. From these transplants I have noticed that these seedlings are very small. I think the manure mix would be good mixed into a potting soil, but it wasn‟t good as a straight potting soil. My new idea and plans are to build a bigger worm bin. I have an area that is being used for strawberries inside my greenhouse, but the strawberries don‟t do very well in there and I‟d like to do more organically, so I‟ve decided to take out the strawberries and replace the space with worms. I have two small worm bins in the ga-rage that have been doing well, but find I have more scraps than my worms can eat. Since vermiculture is so easy and works well in small as well as large situations, I thought I would give it a try. I hope to have it com-plete sometime this spring. Another change taking place is to keep my seeds over the winter and plant in the spring. Several years ago I started planting the seed the same season to try and cut down on the length of time from germination to bloom. During the winter, I had to contend with grey mold and damping off and the loss of seedlings didn‟t make it worthwhile. This summer I will go back to planting in the spring. With February almost a memory, I know we're all looking forward to spring. It‟s been a snowy, cold winter and for the fist time in a long time, I think I can say that almost half of our nights have been below freezing. This should hold me for another 15 years. I am so excited that spring and summer are just around the corner! I hope I see you at the Joint Meeting! Curt Hanson to Participate in Garden Judges Workshop I at March 8 Meeting
We will be having a Garden Judges Workshop on the day of the PSDC/CRDC joint meeting. We will get together at 9:30 AM and the class will begin promptly at 10:00 AM. One of our instructors will be Curt Hanson the featured speaker for the joint meeting that afternoon. This training is directed mainly at AHS members who would like to be-come Garden Judges but other club members are welcome to audit the class and will have the opportunity to learn more about evaluating daylilies and get a good idea of the scope of the Garden Judges program.
A Garden Judge is an experienced AHS member (one year of membership is required to begin training and two years to receive appointment as a Garden Judge) who is allowed to vote each year for the Stout Silver Medal, Award of Merit, Honorable Mention, and the other specialty awards which daylilies receive and which we see mentioned in newsletters, Eureka, and the catalogs we receive from various daylily growers.
To carry out our mission we are expected to grow a good variety of daylilies in our own gardens, to visit other gardens in our region where daylilies are grown, and to vote the ballot for the daylilies that perform the best in our area. In other words, the job of Garden Judge requires us to do exactly what we enjoy and would like to do anyway.
Region 8, of which we are a part, really needs more Garden Judges. I am sure you have grown daylilies in your garden which have been a big disappointment even though they are popular in other parts of the country. This is your chance to help the daylilies which are outstanding in the Northwest get the recognition they deserve. The class will take about 2 hours and there will be an easy multiple-choice test at the end for those taking it for credit. Driving directions to the Olympic Flight Museum are below.
If you take Workshop I in March and Workshop II at the Regional Meeting in July, you can become a Garden Judge and vote the Awards and Honors Ballot this year. To prepare for the class everyone is supposed to acquire a copy of "Judging Daylilies" which can be purchased by mail from:
Jimmy Jordan
276 Caldwell Drive Jackson TN 38301 731-422-2208 mailto:gjjordans@eplus.net
or using Pay Pal from the AHS website: http://www.daylilies.org/AHSpubl.html
There is also a helpful preview on line of the slide show which covers the workshop information: http://www.daylilies.org/2008GJOne/2008GardenJudgesWkshp1_revJan21_files/frame.htm
The very nominal fee for auditing is $3.00 and for credit $5.00.
Please let me know as soon as possible if you would like to attend and have not already signed up. My phone is 503-658-8780 and e-mail is jcferg99@comcast.net
JoAnn Ferguson
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Sterling Silver Jewelery By Lynne Richards
Lynne Richards has created some unique hand-made pendants and earrings that dipict two very special daylilies:
CAMEROONS and Jaime Gossard's TAHOE SNOW BLIZZARD
These intricate pierced designs in sterling silver are accented with freshwater pearls. Each pendent comes with an ultrasuede choker in a selection of colors.
Pendents: $95.00 US
Earrings: $80.00US a pair
Contact me by
Phone (Canada): (250)-743-2454
Email: lynrich@telus.net