LIDS Newsletter
Fall, 2019
Marc Whinston, Editor
LIDS Hosted Regional Meeting
The Regional Meeting, which LIDS hosted was a huge success, with 80 attendees from all over Region 4.
The highlight of the Meeting was the series of garden tours. LIDS members Joan Lundin, Chris Petersen and Pat Sayers opened their gardens for two busloads of visitors. In addition, we went for a viewing of the LIDS Display Garden at Planting Fields.
This year, in preparation for the regional, LIDS got help from Planting Fields staff, who expanded the beds and built attractive archways. Many LIDS members donated their time to weed and prep the garden for its moment in the sun. There were 14 seedlings in the Saxton seedling bed for participants to vote on. These were provided by hybridizers in region four. Congratulations to Bob Stanton, whose seedling was the Saxton Seedling Bed winner.
The Regional Meeting, which LIDS hosted was a huge success, with 80 attendees from all over Region 4.
The highlight of the Meeting was the series of garden tours. LIDS members Joan Lundin, Chris Petersen and Pat Sayers opened their gardens for two busloads of visitors. In addition, we went for a viewing of the LIDS Display Garden at Planting Fields.
This year, in preparation for the regional, LIDS got help from Planting Fields staff, who expanded the beds and built attractive archways. Many LIDS members donated their time to weed and prep the garden for its moment in the sun. There were 14 seedlings in the Saxton seedling bed for participants to vote on. These were provided by hybridizers in region four. Congratulations to Bob Stanton, whose seedling was the Saxton Seedling Bed winner.
How It All Began
By Pat Sayers
At the age of 4, my Dad gave me a handful of seeds and sent me out to the garden. I think he created a monster. I’ve been making seeds and planting them ever since.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. When a neighbor saw all the loving attention I gave those ‘tiger lilies’ in my garden, she gave me a small clump of h.citrina, a pale yellow species. It grew steadily, and eventually became a glorious 48” high clump of clear pale lemon, trumpet shaped, nocturnal flowers that glowed like starlight in the moon garden. Oh dear, I was addicted... and started collecting. But where?
My husband at that time loved to take driving vacations, and when we happened upon a field of dig your own ‘no name’ daylilies, he pulled over with a smile. While I was digging out in the hot fields, he sat chatting with the owner in the shade, drinking a tall glass of cold lemonade. But those daylilies were really priced right. I had finally found some garden plants that were going to give me wonderful clear spring color in July and August. I was a happy camper, and that was back in the early eighties.
So, some of those plants lived, but most of them promptly died that first winter. I had made a few seeds which I planted the following summer, after all, I thought I knew about breeding. But, trying to get those seeds to grow was near impossible, and the ones that did... oh my, I have never seen so many ugly faces. But I kept at it, and one morning I found a lovely surprise. A cool pink, ruffled, white edged double. So I photographed it, and promptly bred it to death its first season. But as luck would have it, I did get one seed pod... and so my double line of daylilies began.
It wasn’t till 10 years later, that I was as excited about one of my own plants again, but by that time I had gotten a little better at it because I’d had quite a bit of practice. I was up to seedling number 4000 by that time.
It was about the same time that I met Roswitha Waterman at the LIDS plant sale. For those of you who knew the ‘Duchess of Daylilies,’ you understand how she convinced me to buy a dozen plants that she had “especially chosen” for me. She also convinced me to join LIDS. She convinced me to enter the Flower Show, become a Garden Judge, an Exhibition Judge, taught me how to photograph my plants, critiqued my seedlings, and all I had to do was carry her projector around from club to club as she gave her talks. And Roswitha’s friendship... that I will cherish forever
By the way, of those first plants, I’ve kept two, ‘Kindly Light’ and ‘Beauty to Behold’, and used them over the years in my early narrow and unusual form breeding. They are the foundation of my ‘Whispering’ line.
By Pat Sayers
At the age of 4, my Dad gave me a handful of seeds and sent me out to the garden. I think he created a monster. I’ve been making seeds and planting them ever since.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. When a neighbor saw all the loving attention I gave those ‘tiger lilies’ in my garden, she gave me a small clump of h.citrina, a pale yellow species. It grew steadily, and eventually became a glorious 48” high clump of clear pale lemon, trumpet shaped, nocturnal flowers that glowed like starlight in the moon garden. Oh dear, I was addicted... and started collecting. But where?
My husband at that time loved to take driving vacations, and when we happened upon a field of dig your own ‘no name’ daylilies, he pulled over with a smile. While I was digging out in the hot fields, he sat chatting with the owner in the shade, drinking a tall glass of cold lemonade. But those daylilies were really priced right. I had finally found some garden plants that were going to give me wonderful clear spring color in July and August. I was a happy camper, and that was back in the early eighties.
So, some of those plants lived, but most of them promptly died that first winter. I had made a few seeds which I planted the following summer, after all, I thought I knew about breeding. But, trying to get those seeds to grow was near impossible, and the ones that did... oh my, I have never seen so many ugly faces. But I kept at it, and one morning I found a lovely surprise. A cool pink, ruffled, white edged double. So I photographed it, and promptly bred it to death its first season. But as luck would have it, I did get one seed pod... and so my double line of daylilies began.
It wasn’t till 10 years later, that I was as excited about one of my own plants again, but by that time I had gotten a little better at it because I’d had quite a bit of practice. I was up to seedling number 4000 by that time.
It was about the same time that I met Roswitha Waterman at the LIDS plant sale. For those of you who knew the ‘Duchess of Daylilies,’ you understand how she convinced me to buy a dozen plants that she had “especially chosen” for me. She also convinced me to join LIDS. She convinced me to enter the Flower Show, become a Garden Judge, an Exhibition Judge, taught me how to photograph my plants, critiqued my seedlings, and all I had to do was carry her projector around from club to club as she gave her talks. And Roswitha’s friendship... that I will cherish forever
By the way, of those first plants, I’ve kept two, ‘Kindly Light’ and ‘Beauty to Behold’, and used them over the years in my early narrow and unusual form breeding. They are the foundation of my ‘Whispering’ line.
Entries in the 2014 Stanley Saxton Seedling Contest
By Bob Stanton
I had two entries in the contest, including the winning entry. The winner is a heavily ruffled yellow polychrome tinged with peach and pink. The season is mid-late, height: 28”, diameter: 6.25”, 3 branches, 20 buds. It is dormant. As I write this, the plant has not been registered. However, I anticipate registering it on October 9, 2019 under the name “Margaret Stanton Memorial.” Margaret Stanton was my mother. Long time members may recall that she was a LIDS and AHS member for the last three years of her life before she passed away in 1998. She loved yellow daylilies and I am sure that she would have loved this one.
The second entry is the enigmatic Seedling 14. This was the tall, well branched scape that was still several days from its first flower. Despite the fact that there were no blooms, it received at least four votes in the contest. The flower itself has significant merit. It is a pink peach bitone with a red watermark edged by a narrow darker red eye that extends to the tip of the petal. The season seems to be on the border of mid-late to late. Height is 36” and diameter is 6”. My notes are from 2016, the first year that the flower bloomed. So the listing of 9 branches probably includes subbranches, which is inconsistent with current standards. In its first year, there were 27 buds. This plant is still a baby, and is currently under evaluation. However, I believe that it is likely that I will register it, but no earlier than 2021.
By Bob Stanton
I had two entries in the contest, including the winning entry. The winner is a heavily ruffled yellow polychrome tinged with peach and pink. The season is mid-late, height: 28”, diameter: 6.25”, 3 branches, 20 buds. It is dormant. As I write this, the plant has not been registered. However, I anticipate registering it on October 9, 2019 under the name “Margaret Stanton Memorial.” Margaret Stanton was my mother. Long time members may recall that she was a LIDS and AHS member for the last three years of her life before she passed away in 1998. She loved yellow daylilies and I am sure that she would have loved this one.
The second entry is the enigmatic Seedling 14. This was the tall, well branched scape that was still several days from its first flower. Despite the fact that there were no blooms, it received at least four votes in the contest. The flower itself has significant merit. It is a pink peach bitone with a red watermark edged by a narrow darker red eye that extends to the tip of the petal. The season seems to be on the border of mid-late to late. Height is 36” and diameter is 6”. My notes are from 2016, the first year that the flower bloomed. So the listing of 9 branches probably includes subbranches, which is inconsistent with current standards. In its first year, there were 27 buds. This plant is still a baby, and is currently under evaluation. However, I believe that it is likely that I will register it, but no earlier than 2021.
LIDS Members’ New Intros
In addition to Bob Stanton’s new entry (mentioned above), LIDS members Elliot Turkiew, Buck Bucklin and John Stahl registered new cultivars in 2019.
Elliot Turkiew has introduced his first cultivar, “Great Egret.” Its statistics are as follows:
Scape height: 46”
Bloom size: 6
Bloom season: Midlate
Unusual form cascade
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage type: Dormant Fragrant
Bud count: 20
Branches: 4-5
Color: Diamond dusted self with large green throat, cream midribs.
John Stahl introduced “Brookside Limeberry” and “Brookside Crimson Cantata.”
Brookside Limeberry
Scape height: 36”
Bloom size: 5”
Bloom season: Early
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage type: Dormant
Bud count: 15
Branches: 3
Deep lavender with lime green throat
Brookside Limeberry
Scape height: 36”
Bloom size: 5”
Bloom season: Early
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage type: Dormant
Bud count: 15
Branches: 3
Deep lavender with lime green throat
Brookside Crimson Cantata
Scape height: 45”
Bloom size: 6”
Bloom season: Midlate
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage type: Dormant
Bud count: 15
Branches: 3
Clear red with large green to yellow star-shaped throat
Scape height: 45”
Bloom size: 6”
Bloom season: Midlate
Ploidy: Diploid
Foliage type: Dormant
Bud count: 15
Branches: 3
Clear red with large green to yellow star-shaped throat
Other Items
Welcome to our new members, Naomi Strubel, Susan Gray and Audrey and Robert Kessler. We hope to see you at the meetings.
Congratulations to Elliot Turkiew, who is a 2019 winner of the Mabel Matthews Scholarship.
In the world of photography, Chris Petersen took fourth place in the Mildred Schlumpf Award for Individual Bloom. Her photo was of “Lovely Pink Lady.”
The LIDS Newsletter exists for the interest of the LIDS membership. Please consider writing for it. Write about our meetings. Write about your favorite daylily, or how you became interested in daylilies. Or anything Daylily related – however peripherally. This newsletter could also use a proofreader – someone to help reduce the number of typos that make it to the final version.
Please contact Marc Whinston for details. Look for an article about deer-resistant plants in the next issue of this newsletter!
Thanks.
Congratulations to Elliot Turkiew, who is a 2019 winner of the Mabel Matthews Scholarship.
In the world of photography, Chris Petersen took fourth place in the Mildred Schlumpf Award for Individual Bloom. Her photo was of “Lovely Pink Lady.”
The LIDS Newsletter exists for the interest of the LIDS membership. Please consider writing for it. Write about our meetings. Write about your favorite daylily, or how you became interested in daylilies. Or anything Daylily related – however peripherally. This newsletter could also use a proofreader – someone to help reduce the number of typos that make it to the final version.
Please contact Marc Whinston for details. Look for an article about deer-resistant plants in the next issue of this newsletter!
Thanks.