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Patriot Daylily Society (PDS)
meetings are on the first Saturday of most months from 12-3PM in the
Bedford Library Bedford, Mass.
Next Meeting Saturday, January 7, 2012, noon to 3 PM, Bedford Library (snow date: Saturday, April 7, 2012) Diploids Resurgent: Hybridizer Mike Huben Mike Huben is a gardener, botanist, hybridizer, and all-around plant fanatic. Every year he breeds a thousand seedlings on his 1/5 acre. This small breeding program is carefully envisioned generations in advance, and focused on just a few goals: (1) Near-white rebloomers with qualities like Stella De Oro. Ever since he first saw the "Re" in a daylily description, he wanted rebloom in his garden. It took four generations, thousands of seedlings, and 10 years, but he succeeded. (2) Tall-and-small near-whites like Golden Chimes. He wanted that graceful, airy look to the tall scapes, clean white trumpets (or "butterfly" open flowers), and perhaps black scapes to contrast with the white flowers. (3) Tall-and-small sunfast reds like Golden Chimes. Perhaps someday he will breed something as persistant and spreading as fulva, but in red. He also allows himself a fair number of fun crosses to experiment with new ideas. Mike also sometimes comments (frequently irreverently) about other hybridizer's cultivars! Mike will be bringing to the meeting vouchers for all three of his 2012 introductions to be given away as door prizes, along with much free seed. Snow date: If the weather is bad on January 7 (or predicted to be bad), go to http://contrariansview.org/onashisite/PDS/snowdate.html to verify that the meeting is still being held, and has not been postponed. We will try to have any announcement of postponement posted before 10AM on the day of the meeting. (This is a public area; no need to log in to see the message.) Members M-Z please bring a snack for our noon social time. Raffles for January Meeting
1. Door prize plants - 2 of these: H. “Be Fruitful and Multiply” (Karol Emmerich, 2006), midseason dormant tetraploid, reblooms, 5.5" bloom, 30" tall, three-way branching, bud count of 15.
Pick up at the May meeting at NEADS in Princeton.
2. Mike Huben 2012 introductions. Mike will further describe these at the meeting and will arrange pickup or delivery with you.
3. Babysitting plants. The Marty Wray Memorial Fund Babysitting Program. Restricted to members only. Five names will be randomly drawn from the pool of members who wish to participate. (Since all previous babysitting plants have been returned to PDS or are due to be returned in May 2012, all members are currently eligible to grow babysitting plants. If you cannot be at the January meeting, please e-mail Patsy Cunningham, patham@cox.net, that you wish to participate, before the January meeting.) If your name is drawn, submit your choice to the Babysitting Plant Chair (currently Nick Chase, until a volunteer can be found to be the new Chair) for approval. Submit original receipt for up to $100 reimbursement to Mary Collier Fisher (Treasurer), after you buy the daylily. Plant should be grown for 3 full years in your garden. No pods should be set on the plant. Pollen must be made available to members. After three years, the entire plant must be returned to PDS for sale. (If it has multiplied enough, you may be allowed to keep a fan.)
For login info to membersʼ area of http://patriotdaylilysociety.org, e-mail request to patham@cox.net.2012 future meeting dates: Feb. 4 (Pike photo contest), Mar. 3 (George Doorakian), Apr. 7 (AHS 2011 convention gardens), May 5 (members' plant sale at NEADS), Oct. 6 (Lori Jones), Nov. 3 (Bob Sobek), Dec. 1 (party). February meeting - Saturday, February 4, 2012, noon to 3 PM, Bedford Library, John R. Pike photo contest. Deadline for submitting photos to Patsy Cunningham, patham@cox.net, is Friday, January13, 2012.
Feb. 4 (Pike photo contest) Mar. 3 (George Doorakian) Apr. 7 (AHS 2011 convention gardens)
Oct. 6 (Lori Jones) Nov. 3 (Bob Sobek) Dec. 1 (party). Patriot Daylily Society 2012 Calendars
New Year sale, only 10 left as of January 1
Use button above to pay by Paypal You may also mail a check to: Karin Cooke 45 Winter Street Exeter, NH 03833 cooke.k@comcast.net We can fit up to 5 in a flat rate priority mail envelope
On November 5th Tina Bemis from Bemis Farms Nursery out in Spencer, MA gave a mini gardening workshop. http://www.bemisfarmsnursery.com, making 'berry' bowls and bulb pots. You missed a great time if you didn't come. here's a few photos by Nick
The Calendars will be
available for purchase at the November 5 meeting and the Holiday Party.
Members can buy calendars for $10 each at the meetings. John R Pike Photo Contest February 3 All members are invited to submit their daylily photos for our annual contest by January 13 so that they can be presented at the Feb 3 meeting for viewing and judging. As always, the winners of the 12 categories will have their entries featured full size on our calendar. Everyone who enters will have at least one of their photos printed in each category they entered. Send them to patham@cox.net as high resolution photos. You could also mail a disk if you'd rather to Patsy Cunningham, 54 Mt Vernon Blvd, Pawtucket, RI 02861.
Hint: If you are cropping and have a choice,
remember it will be fitting on an 11 X 8.5" page on the calendar if it wins.
Patriot Daylily SaleSaturday, June 4, 2011Thank you to all who donated their plants and their
time!
John R. Pike Photo Contest
John Pike had a special interest in preserving heritage daylilies. John Pike Photo Contest 2009, here are results 2008 Winners of John Pike Photo Contest 2007 Winners of John Pike photo contest
We have printable membership contact list,
Karin Cooke
invites you all to donate or pledge to donate daylilies for the
LilyAuction online. If you bring them into the next meeting, she can take
care of the shipping to the winner. All members please feel free to email me your list of favorite
daylilies.
If you have a photo as well that would be great. Tell
us why its a good one. See Members' Favorites page.
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