Make the July 1 st Daylily Show and Sale the Best Ever!

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1 National Capital Daylily Club June 2018 Newsletter member, you are really Make the July 1 st Daylily Show and Sale the Best Ever! NCDC invites you to enter or just visit its 52nd annual daylily show and sale on Sunday, July 1st at Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, MD Doors open at 7:30 a.m. for those entering daylilies or helping with the show. The show will be open to the public from 1:30 to 4 p.m. We encourage you to enter scapes, single blooms, or both. It is fun and exciting. This is NCDC s way of showing the public our best daylilies and offers a great way to compare similar flowers side-by-side! All winning entries receive ribbons and the best entries are awarded trophies to display for a year. The top winners in each section receive checks for $25! Don t forget that there is now an award for single bloom entries. Schedule of NCDC Events 2018 July 1... Daylily Show and Sale Brookside Gardens July Summer Bus Tour Charlottesville, VA August Daylily Sale and Auction Maryland Farm Bureau Sept Fall Picnic... Noon... The Fallin s Oct Membership Meeting TBD Other Events June AHS National Convention.... Myrtle Beach, SC June RADS Daylily Show & Sale... Lewis Ginter Bot. Garden June TDS Daylily Show & Sale.... Norfolk Botanical Garden June NVDS Exhibition Meadowlark Gardens, VA July 1... FSDS Bloom Show Cylburn Arboretum, MD July DVDS Daylily Show Longwood Gardens, PA July AHS Region 3 Summer Meeting... Pittsburgh, PA Oct Lilyhemmer......Camp Hill, PA Events and board meetings are open to all. Visit ncdcwebsite.com. ncdcwebsite.com Things to remember: * Registered Polytepals and Multiforms are entered with the Doubles in Section 5. * The AHS Region 3 Popularity Poll s top five cultivars eligible for the Popularity Poll Rosette are are Dorothy and Toto, Webster s Pink Wonder, Rose F. Kennedy, Small World Fire in the Hole, (tie for fifth place) Dances with Giraffes, and White Eyes Pink Dragon. You may enter any or all. We ve made it as easy as possible to enter. All you need are your flowers, show tags, and a copy of the most recent NCDC Cultivar Classification List. Class numbers for each cultivar are on this list. Simply put that number on your show tag for each daylily you enter. We have incorporated the AHS list of Doubles and Polymerous, Spiders, and Unusual Forms into our list of show tag numbers. You may download the list as a PDF from the NCDC web site or contact the show chairs for a copy. Please visit ncdcwebsite.com for online show information and a copy of the Cultivar Classification List. These lists will also be available in the exhibit grooming area on the day of the show, where you may prep your daylilies before entering them. Please scope out your gardens a few days ahead of time to see what you might enter. We will have a buffet lunch for our invited judges as well as the folks who enter or help with the show. This is an opportunity for everyone to relax and socialize with the judges. Continued on page 13.

2 National Capital Daylily Club Officers President Carol Spurrier (703) Vice President Chris Von Kohn (817) Treasurer Emily Barry (301) Corresponding Secretary Faith Bange (410) Recording Secretary Vacant Board of Directors Juliet Blackford (301) Faith Bange (410) Katie Burney (540) Wayne Fallin (410) Emily Barry (301) Georgia Fallin (410) Gregg Savard Chris von Kohn (817) Jerry Bange (410) Sherley Channing (703) Melissa Black (301) Charla Long (410) Carol Savard Kathleen Schloeder (703) Committees August Plant Sale and Auction Jerry & Faith Bange (410) Awards & Honors Carol Savard Club Plants Faith Bange (410) Daylily Show Gregg Savard Faith Bange (410) Education Georgia Fallin (410) Garden Tours Vacant Historian Vacant Hospitality and Fall Picnic Vacant Membership Kathleen Schloeder (703) Newsletter Juliet Blackford (301) Nominating Chris Von Kohn (817) Publicity Faith Bange (410) Spring Banquet Faith Bange (410) Spring Sale Emily Barry (301) Web Master Jerry Bange (410) Table of Contents Daylily Show and Sale July 1... page 1 Garden Tour July page 3 Member Plants Needed July 1... page 4 Rich Rosen at Spring Luncheon... page 4 President s Message... page 5 Help Needed for Daylily Show... page 5 Daylily Show Awards... page 6 How to Fill-Out Show Entry Tags... page 7 Do it Yourself Classification... page 8 Daylily Show Schedule... page 9 Daylily Show General Information... page 10 Multiscape Awards... page 11 Beginner s Luck Trophy... page 11 Show Tips to Prepare Your Daylilies.. page 12 Calling All Youths... page 13 Garden Tour Reservation Form... Insert 2018 Newsletter Schedule Issue Articles Due August July 8 November October 21 We welcome your articles about daylilies, news and events, horticulture, or hybridizers. Please send them to Juliet Blackford at daylily11@verizon.net. NCDC Newsletter Page 2 June 2018

3 Garden Tour July 21 to Charlottesville, VA Wear your walking shoes, pack a lunch and your suntan lotion. Or a poncho depending on the weather. NCDC is going on a garden tour again! Saturday, July 21, we are taking a bus to Charlottesville, VA where we will visit the garden of Margo Reed and Jim Murphy. We will then go to Quarry Gardens for a brown bag picnic and a tour of the gardens. The tour will cost $40 for NCDC members and $50 for non-members. Sign up using the flyer in this newsletter. Jim Murphy and Margo Reed moved to their current location in the hills outside of Charlottesville, VA in the summer of 2001, and established Woodhenge Gardens ( Margo has registered about 177 daylilies in her 35 years of hybridizing, and Jim has registered almost 150. Margo won the Bertrand Farr Hybridizer s Award in 2013 (for lifetime achievement), and Jim won the Lenington All- American Award in 2016 (for Margo Reed Indeed, pictured at right). Both have won a number of HMs (Honorable Mentions) and AMs (Awards of Merit) for individual cultivars. Both have won the Eugene S. Foster Award for late-blooming cultivars. Together they were awarded the Regional Service Award in Both Jim and Margo are Exhibition Judges and Garden Judges in the AHS and enter a number of daylily flower shows. Their hybridizing efforts include mainly diploid daylilies (some tets), and focus on qualities like: Unusual Forms, clear colors, tall, great branching, good bud count, rebloom and bud-building, vigor, and season extenders (from extra early to very late bloom). The gardens include about 1.5 acres of display garden, and 1.5 acres of daylily seedlings. Jim works at the University of Virginia as a Landscape Supervisor and knows his stuff. Both Margo and Jim have been gardeners forever, and the garden includes a wide variety of companion plants, unusual trees, bulbs, and grasses. There are two small ponds and water features. In July, the show will be mainly mid-late daylilies! Margo Reed Indeed (photo by Julie Covington) fences. Each visit is guided. The main trail is just under a mile in length. There is a 60-foot difference in elevation, made somewhat easier to navigate by 163 rock stairs. (This is not a place for flimsy shoes, strollers, pets, or loose children.) Visitors who are unable to walk the trail may be driven in a vehicle around the site to see highlights of the gardens. Please indicate on your sign-up form whether you will need this accommodation. The walking tour takes about one hour and a half. On the return bus trip, we will stop at Yoder s Country Market for some refreshment. They have great pie! Also, if anyone wants to bring a small cooler (maybe the one that held their lunch), they also sell bacon, cheeses and bakery goods. We will depart at 7:30 a.m. from St. Paul s Lutheran Church, 7426 Idylwood Rd, Falls Church, VA which is near the RT. 7 exit of Rt. 66. Do not go to the old one-story brick building on the corner of Rt. 7 and Idylwood. Go to the second entrance on Idylwood. Park at the back of the parking lot behind the church and preschool. Please car pool if possible as the church has a 5 p.m. service Saturdays so we d like to minimize the number of our cars parked on their lot. There will be a second pick-up (if needed) at the commuter parking lot on Route 29 in Warrenton, VA. Please indicate on your sign-up form if you wish to meet the bus in Warrenton between 8 a.m.- 8:15 a.m. Arrive early to pick up your nametag and stake out your preferred seat. As always, neither the church nor the club is responsible for vehicle security or for items left in vehicles. We will return to the church around 6 p.m. There is a long, steep switchback driveway going from the road to Margo and Jim s garden. Please tell us on your reservation form if you need special accommodation i.e. if you will not be able to walk up this hill. Sign up for the tour using the enclosed flyer. The deadline After our picnic, we will break up into smaller groups and for reservations is July 6. Sign up early as we have have a guided tour of Quarry Gardens. (See their website reserved a 47-passenger bus. For more information quarrygardensatschuyler.org for more information.) As a contact Kathleen Schloeder at or at natural site, the Quarry Gardens have no paved surfaces. kschloeder@comcast.net. You will receive a telephoned Trails are covered in wood chips. There are places where or confirmation of your registration. If you do not, cliffs drop directly into the quarry pools; there are no please call Kathleen. NCDC Newsletter Page 3 June 2018

4 Member Plants needed for Brookside Show Sale July 1 When you are next out in your garden, please look around to see if you could donate some bare root plants to the Sale at this year s Daylily Show and Sale at Brookside Gardens on July 1. Whether you are entering the show or not, bringing several fans of one or more cultivars you are dividing (or thinking of moving out to make room for new plants) this spring will help us offset a portion of the cost of hosting the show. Without your member donations, the sale table will be sparse. It also helps with education and expanding our hobby. My introduction to daylilies was through the member plants donated for the FONA sale several years ago. Please prepare your plants by cleaning and bundling with rubber bands and tags (if you don t have tags, I can give you tags). You may bring them early on Saturday or drop them at my house earlier in the week if more convenient. If you are bringing more than five of any cultivar and can me in advance, I ll try to bring a color picture which helps a lot with sales. Please call ( ) or (emilybarry@me.com) if you have any questions. Thanks. --Emily Barry Rich Rosen s Favorites Featured at Spring Luncheon On March 10 we held our annual spring luncheon at Maggiano s Tyson s Corner. This year we changed our usual program format by inviting a nonhybridizer to speak. Fortunately, Rich Rosen accepted our invitation. Rich has a long history with AHS and is well-known in the daylily world. Several of us in the room had the pleasure of visiting Garden Hall, Rich and Anna Marie s beautiful home and daylily garden in Frankfort Kentucky. Garden Hall was a tour garden at AHS s Louisville Convention in Rich wowed us with his favorite daylilies. Over the years, Rich has created an extensive photo file of his favorite daylilies. He has toured many, many gardens and seen thousands of daylilies in their natural habitat. In other words, he has seen them grown as we would grow them in our gardens. When Rich saw a plant that met his criteria with respect to height, branching, bud count and, of course, flower form, color, and substance, he snapped a picture and put it in his file. Over the years he has created a picture library of what he describes as the crème de la crème of the daylily world. Rich knows an outstanding daylily when he sees one. That s what he shared with us at the luncheon. presentation are well known to most of us and came as no surprise. Yet, it was instructive to see that these cultivars do, in fact, perform well elsewhere in the country and are worthy of the reputations they have earned. For another thing, we learned that there are quite a few backyard pollen dabbers who by skill or good luck have created some outstanding daylilies. Rich has the pictures to prove it. These hobbyists will never be as well-known as Stamile, Gossard, Kirchhoff, or a host of others you can name, but they have produced some excellent cultivars, albeit in limited numbers. But you can find them if you look. Again, the ball point pens came out and names were being scribbled on anything available. The change of format was refreshing. While hobbyists who hybridize may be curious about the parentage of various cultivars, many, if not most of our members do not hybridize. They want to see what a cultivar looks like, know how tall it gets, how many buds it produces, and how many branches it has. Rich s presentation fit the bill. So, what did we learn? For one thing, we learned Jerry and I had the pleasure of hosting Rich at our that new is not always better. Rich showed us many home during his visit. As an aside, Rich and Buddy daylilies that we may never have seen or heard of, but our 22-pound tabby cat struck up an immediate are worthy of a place in our gardens. Somehow, friendship. Buddy is a bit discriminating about his many of these have flown under the radar for years. friends. Fortunately, Rich passed Buddy s character For these, several attendees were jotting names on assessment in flying colors. We agree with Buddy. their napkins. Of course, many daylilies in his --Faith Bange NCDC Newsletter Page 4 June 2018

5 President s Message A few weeks ago some friends from North Carolina visited and brought me a copy of the very first newsletter from the South Carolina Hemerocallis Society. He found it when cleaning out papers in his office. It was dated July 28, I was intrigued by the articles in the newsletter, starting with a very humble President s column. The first article was called A Dozen Daylilies for a Beginners Garden. The author of this article, Mrs. C. B. Blakely, was tasked with coming up with a list of 12 daylilies, that cost no more than a dollar each. She didn t have over 80,000 cultivars to choose from. She didn t have any tetraploids. She did have doubles and mostly solid color singles to choose from. She came up with two lists, one that were must haves if she was starting a new garden and the second was an additional dozen that she would want to buy and add as soon as she could. I have grown several of the daylilies on her first list including HYPERION, HESPERUS, DAUNTLESS, and my favorite from her lists CRIMSON PIRATE. She did a great job with this impossible task. My how daylilies have changed in 60 years! I am wondering if anyone could come up with just a dozen must haves with all the variety we have to choose from for $50. Thankfully the American Hemerocallis Society makes it easy for us to pick good daylilies with their award system. And our popularity poll lets us know which daylilies people like. I am headed to South Carolina in a couple weeks to attend the National Convention. I will be looking for the remnants of these historic cultivars in the gardens we visit. There are also some fabulous gardens to see here too. Several members often have open gardens at the peak of bloom and this year don t miss the opportunity to see Jim Murphy and Margo Reed s garden as well as the new Quarry Gardens on the July bus tour our club is sponsoring. --Carol All members are encouraged to participate in the daylily show in some way bring scapes or blooms, be a judges aide, help with placement, help with the refreshments, or help on Saturday, June 30 at 10:00 a.m. to setup the event. NO experience is required! Please come out and lend your support. You ll have fun getting to know some of your fellow members better and making new friends. Also, there will be a daylily sale at the show. If you have plants you can donate, please let us know. Hope to see you there! Entry Tags, Waterpicks Faith Bange at bange1@verizon.net or Classification Lists Will be posted on-line at ncdcwebsite.com Judges Aides Carol Spurrier at csspurrier@gmail.com or Lunch and Food Melissa Black at kodysmom20695@gmail.com or Daylily Sale - Emily Barry at emilybarry@me.com or Set-up - Jerry Bange at bange1@verizon.net or Placement - Jan Thompson at gathompson71@verizon.net or Any Thing Else - Gregg Savard at gjsavard@verizon.net or NCDC Newsletter Page 5 June 2018

6 2018 Daylily Show Awards AHS Rosettes will be awarded to the following purple ribbon (scoring 95 or more), on-scape exhibits provided the exhibitors are members of the AHS (exhibitors may join at the show if they win). In addition, silver trophies will be awarded by the National Capital Daylily Club, Inc. for the best blue ribbon exhibits (scoring 90 or more). Trophies will be engraved with the names of the each year s winners. They will be presented at the Fall Picnic to the 2018 winners to display for approximately one year. AHS BEST-IN-SHOW ROSETTE and THE CONSTANCE BURNS TROPHY AHS ROSETTE and THE ALICE ALEXANDER EXTRA LARGE FLOWER TROPHY AHS ROSETTE and THE GEORGE CROSSMAN LARGE FLOWER TROPHY AHS ROSETTE and THE BUD BENNETT SMALL FLOWER TROPHY AHS ROSETTE and THE GEORGE DARROW MINIATURE TROPHY AHS ROSETTE and THE WILLARD HILDT MEMORIAL TROPHY for the best Double, Multiform, or Polymerous AHS ROSETTE and THE MARGO REED SPIDER TROPHY AHS ROSETTE and THE COHEN-GALLOWAY UNUSUAL FORM TROPHY AHS ROSETTE and THE CAROL AND GREGG SAVARD YOUTH AWARD for the best scape entered by a youth AHS ROSETTE and THE CAREY QUINN MEMORIAL TROPHY for the Region 3 Popularity Poll AHS ROSETTE and THE WILLARD AND LEA KING TROPHY for the best seedling AHS SWEEPSTAKES ROSETTE and THE PHIL AND JEAN DUMONT TROPHY for the exhibitor winning the most blue ribbons for on-scape entries in Division I, Sections 1 to 10 Special Awards THE OPHELIA TAYLOR HORTICULTURAL AWARD -- An exhibitor may receive this award from the AHS only one time. If awarded, the pin(s) will be sent to the winner(s) by the AHS Exhibitions Chair. The winner(s) must score ninety-five (95) or above individually for each of the five scapes entered. The following classes will be offered: Class 1: five different registered cultivars; Class 2: five different seedlings. Scores are NOT official until verified by the AHS Exhibitions Chair. AHS ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL will be awarded to the originator of the seedling or pre-registered cultivar(s) for each collection scoring an average of 90 points or more in Section 11. Each of the judges on this panel will point score each scape individually without conference. Scores are NOT official until verified by the AHS Exhibitions Chair. AHS AWARD OF APPRECIATION for Educational Division entries may be awarded by the Show Chair for educational displays, exhibits, lectures, or demonstrations. NCDC Local Awards These six trophies or awards are given by the National Capital Daylily Club, Inc. Trophies are engraved with the names of each year s winners. They will be presented to the 2018 winners to display for one year. THE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY AWARD for the best scape entered of a cultivar registered by any NCDC member (past, present or deceased). You will need to determine which of your entries qualify and mark your entry tag with an asterisk. (A hybridizer list will be available in the preparation area.) THE JAN AND GREG THOMPSON BEGINNER S LUCK TROPHY for the exhibitor entering the NCDC flower show for the first or second time who wins the most blue ribbons for on- and off-scape entries. THE REGISTERED MULTISCAPE AWARD for the best entry in Section 12. For an entry to win a blue ribbon in either 1200A or 1200B, the average of all scapes together must score 90 or above. No scape entered in Section 12 is eligible to compete for an AHS Rosette. THE PAT COCHENOUR POLYTEPAL AWARD for the best Polytepal entry in Division 1, Section 5. THE BEST OFF-SCAPE AWARD for the best off-scape entry in Division II, Sections 1-7. THE OFF-SCAPE SWEEPSTAKES AWARD to the winner of the most blue ribbon off-scape awards. In the case of a tie, the exhibitor with the most purple ribbons is declared winner. If there is still a tie, red, then yellow awards are counted as tie breakers. NCDC Newsletter Page 6 June 2018

7 How To Fill-Out Show Entry Tags Every entry must have an official AHS show entry tag. Much of the data can be filled out in advance, such as name, address, cultivar name, and the classification number (in two places). It is best to do this in advance so that on the day of the show you can spend more time on grooming than on filling out tags. Tag information should be printed clearly using pencil, or indelible blue or black ink. A small, pre-printed label or stamp may be used for the exhibitor s name and address. The field for AHS member should be filled out. A field should be left blank if it does not apply. Fill out each entry tag according to the diagram below. Divisions to use: Horticulture Division I - Scapes Horticulture Division II - Single Blooms (off-scape) Leave the fields Section and Group empty. In the Class field, enter the NCDC Classification number for the cultivar. Enter the registered name of the daylily in Cultivar or the word Seedling for your unregistered or pre-registered daylilies. Do not add a seedling number. The NCDC Classification List with the numbers for previously entered cultivars is available online at ncdcwebsite.com. Copies also will be available at the show. If the daylily is not on the list, use the Do It Yourself Classification Guide on page 8 and verify the flower size on the AHS website at Or at the show, the Classification Committee will be available to help you. When the tag is complete it should be folded so that only the cultivar name and placement information is visible. NCDC Newsletter Page 7 June 2018

8 NCDC Daylily Show Do It Yourself Guide to Classification Daylily Show entries are organized by size, form and color. To determine what number to put on your entry tag, first check the NCDC Classification List, which assigns numbers to most locally grown cultivars as well as all registered cultivars currently listed by AHS as spiders, unusual forms, polymerous (formerly called polytepal) or multiform flowers. The classification list is on the NCDC web site (ncdcwebsite.com). If the registered daylily you wish to enter is not on the list, you will need to know its color, whether it has a color pattern, and its registered size to determine what number to put on your entry tag. Simply looking at the daylily may tell you all you need to know. Official AHS registration information is published in the AHS Hemerocallis Check List and is now available online in the AHS Daylily Database at You will also find links to lists of doubles, polymerous flowers, spiders, unusual forms and multiforms at the bottom of the AHS database web page. You may want to survey your garden a few days before the show to see if you have any cultivars you might want to enter that are not on the NCDC Classification List. Determining the Class number in advance will save time on the day of the show. Take extra care to distinguish between Large and Extra Large Flowers since they are easy to confuse. NCDC Flower Show Class numbers are composed of a 1 to 3 digit number followed by a letter. Each digit or letter has a prescribed meaning. E.g., 134P would mean a single bloom (1) of a red (3) mini (4) with a pattern (P). Leading zeros are omitted. E.g., a scape of a near white self (solid colored), extra large daylily would be 1S. As shown in the classification chart, Class numbers for Double/Polymerous/ Multiform (5A or 105A), Spider (6A or 106A), and Unusual Form (7A or 107A) are not broken down by color or pattern. The AHS Hemerocallis Check List and the AHS Daylily Database Online provide conclusive information on registration, flower size and whether a cultivar is a double, polymerous, multiform, unusual form or spider. They may be less definitive in other areas. If a daylily has an obvious eye or edge, classify it as patterned, even if the AHS sources do not mention an eye or edge. Color descriptions can often be confusing. A daylily described as rose may be pink or red or even orange. Beige might be dull pink, light brown, or near white. In such cases, your own eye and color sense are probably your most reliable guides. If you aren t sure which classification number to use for your daylily, check with the Classification Desk at the show. Use the following guide and look at the Daylily Show Schedule chart on page 11 to determine the Class number for daylily cultivars that are not included on the NCDC Classification List: 100 s Place Digits none = On-scape (Division I) 100 = Blooms (Division II) Ten s Place Digits (Colors are based on the background color, rather than the eye or pattern color.) none or 0 = White to Cream (or any color for a double/polymerous/ multiform, spider, or unusual form.) 10 = Yellow to Gold 20 = Orange to Brown 30 = Red 40 = Blend or Polychrome 50 = Pink 60 = Purple or Lavender 70 = Bicolor or Bitone Last digit 1 = Extra Large (7" or more) 2 = Large (4½" or more, but under 7") 3 = Small (3" or more, but under 4½") 4 = Mini (Under 3") 5 = Double, Polymerous or Multiform* (must be registered as double, polymerous, or multiform) 6 = Spider* (All registered Spiders are on the NCDC Classification List.) 7 = Unusual Form* (must be registered as an Unusual Form) (All registered Unusual Forms are on the NCDC Classification List.) Alpha character P = Patterned (bordered, banded, edged, picoteed, eyed, haloed, or watermarked) S = Self A = All (i.e., either self or patterned.) (Used only for double/ polymerous/multiform, spiders, and unusual forms.) *Daylilies registered as having more than one form (e.g. both spider and unusual form) are called multiform daylilies and are placed in Section 5, Double/ Polymerous/ Multiform. All the multiform registrations are on the NCDC list. NCDC Newsletter Page 8 June 2018

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10 National Capital Daylily Club s Daylily Show General Information (also on web at ncdcwebsite.com) The 52 nd Annual NCDC Daylily Show will be held on Sunday, July 1 st at Brookside Gardens. The show will open to the public at 1:30 p.m. The show closes at 4:00 p.m. 1. Competition in the Daylily Show is open to all. Exhibits are to be brought to Brookside Gardens Visitors Center, 1800 Glenallen Ave., Wheaton, MD (Mapquest link = 2. COME EARLY! Doors open at 7:30 am (you don t have to be there at 7:30). Off-scape entries (blooms) must be given to the Placement Committee by 10 a.m. All other entries by 10:30, NONE LATER. 3. All daylilies must be grown, groomed, and entered by the exhibitor, except in the Educational Division. Artificial coloring is prohibited for grooming entries. Exhibitors are solely responsible for the accuracy of their entry tags. 4. Youths may enter all sections. YOUTH Section is open to youngsters up to and including those who turn 18 in The flower size, form, and color of a registered cultivar are determined by the registration data for that cultivar as published in the AHS Check List (see Size classifications which apply are: Extra Large Flower - 7" or more in diameter Large Flower /2" or more, but less than 7" in diameter Small Flower - 3" or more, but less than 4 1 /2" in diameter Miniature Flower - less than 3" in diameter 6. Spiders and Unusual Form cultivars must be registered as such and be on the AHS approved list to be entered in those Sections (6 or 7). Cultivars not on the list must be entered according to their registered size (in Sections 1, 2, 3, or 4). Polymerous and Multiform daylilies are to be entered in Section 5 with Doubles. A Polymerous daylily is a daylily having more than the normal three sepals (usually four or five) in the outer whorl and more than three petals (usually the same number as sepals) in the inner whorl. Unless they are registered as polymerous (or as doubles), daylilies with extra flower parts should not be entered. Daylilies registered as polymerous are now placed in Section 5 with the Doubles. Multiform Classification Code - Cultivars registered as multiform Double or Polymerous (e.g. Double/Unusual Form, Double/Spider, Spider/Unusual Form/Polymerous) are placed in Section 5 with the Doubles. The Double (or Polymerous) form supersedes any other form. But, for a Spider/Unusual Form, the Spider supersedes the UF and is entered in Section Each registered cultivar constitutes a name class. 8. Exhibitors may make more than one entry in each Section, provided entries are of different cultivars. Exhibitors are encouraged to enter all Sections. 9. Scapes must not exceed 30" except for Seedlings. (A registered cultivar may exceed 30 provided it is displayed with the lowest branch at the top of the display container.) 10. Cut all Seedling scapes as close as possible to the base. Scapes too large to be transported safely may be trimmed and the excess portion displayed alongside the display container. Write only the word "SEEDLING" in the "Cultivar:" name line on the entry tag. Names, numbers, or identifying marks must not be visible to the judges. (Seedling numbers may be written on only the hidden portion of the entry NCDC Newsletter Page 10 June 2018

11 tag.) A seedling that has won an AHS Rosette in any other show is not eligible. 11. Standard containers for horticulture entries and show entry tags will be provided by the Staging Committee. Other containers may not be used. 12. Neither the NCDC, Inc. nor Brookside Gardens will be responsible for loss or damage, but will exercise caution to protect exhibits. 13. If you want to retrieve any of your entries, you must do so at 4:00 p.m. All entries must be removed from 4:00 to 4:10 p.m. on July 1, Unclaimed flowers will be destroyed during cleanup. Tags and awards will be removed and returned by the Show Committee. 14. Only AHS members may win AHS Rosettes and Medals, but winners may join at the show to qualify. 15. Awards will be collected and distributed at the Fall Picnic on September 8. Multiscape Awards???? What the heck are they? We offer two awards for outstanding entries of three scapes: one for seedlings and one for registered cultivars. But, we don t see many entries. The AHS Achievement Medal is awarded for 3 scapes of the same seedling achieving an average score of 90 points or greater in Section 11. More than one Medal may be awarded. The NCDC Registered Multiscape Award recognizes the best blue ribbon entry in Section 13 for an entry of either three scapes of the SAME cultivar (section 1300A) or three scapes from three DIFFERENT cultivars (1300B). For an entry to win a blue ribbon in either 1300A or 1300B, the average of all scapes together must score 90 or greater. (This is a local award and no scape entered in Section 13 is eligible to compete for an AHS Rosette.) Got a nice clump in your garden that puts out way too many scapes? Or maybe you only have three scapes from three different daylilies, but they all look just fine. Consider entering. Beginner s Luck Trophy The Jan and Greg Thompson Beginner s Luck Trophy was created to reward our newer exhibitors. The beginner that wins the most blue ribbons (on-scape or single blooms) will take the trophy home. This award can be won only by first or second time participants. The more experienced members are not even eligible to win. So, don t be intimidated. There were no winners for the Beginner s Luck trophy in 2011 or in 2012 because no new exhibitors entered. So, there was no one to take home Jan and Greg s trophy. It spent two years languishing in the storage locker with no one to love it. It only takes one blue ribbon (either on-scape or single bloom) to qualify. So, if you are new to showing daylilies, consider bringing a few nice blooms or scapes and entering them in the show. You may be the one to take home the trophy this year. NCDC Newsletter Page 11 June 2018

12 Show Tips - How to Prepare Your Daylilies NCDC has the last Color Show in the AHS where daylilies are arranged by size and color. To facilitate arranging the daylilies, use a copy of the newest Cultivar Classification List and the Show Schedule Chart on page 9 to find cultivar numbers and place them on your show tags. Lists will be available at the show and on our website at ncdcwebsite.com. It is best to prepare your tags ahead of time since there may not be time to prepare entry tags, groom your scapes, and submit entries before the closing time. The Cultivar Classification List is your primary source for classification. It includes numbers for cultivars entered at previous NCDC flower shows. If you have a daylily that is not on this list, we also have instructions to guide you to do your own classification. See the Do It Yourself Guide to Classification on page 8. Classification numbers for Unusual Form (UF), Spider, Double, or Polymerous also are listed in the Show Schedule Classification Chart. Doubles, Multiform, and Polymerous were combined into the same section as Double. AHS has lists of all the Doubles, Multiforms, Polys, Spiders, and UFs on their daylily database web site at If it isn t on their lists, it goes in another section. If a daylily has extra flower parts, but is not registered as a double or polymerous, do not enter it. Pay particular attention to the difference between Large (4 1/2" or more, but less than 7" in diameter) and Extra Large (7" or more in diameter) daylilies, because it is easy to enter them in the wrong section. Check the American Hemerocallis Society (AHS) Check List or their registration on the web to be sure if you don t see them on our List. If you need help classifying a cultivar that is not on this list, please consult the Classification Desk at the show. The Classification Committee will assist in determining classification numbers of registered cultivars, but will not fill out show tags, nor will they have much time to identify unknown cultivars. Unlisted daylilies should be brought to the Classification Desk no later than 15 minutes before the closing time for entries to ensure classification in time for placement. Show Details Doors open to entrants at 7:30 a.m. The entry preparation locations will be the Adult Classroom and Atrium of the Brookside Gardens Visitors Center. Off-scape single blooms must be handed in by 10 a.m. Scapes must be handed in by 10:30 a.m. The show will be open to the public from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Admission is free. Invite your family and friends. All exhibits must be removed at 4:00, the day of the show, but not before. We encourage all members to help dismantle the show. Tips Here are some things you can do to prepare for the show and improve your chances to win ribbons. Read the Show Schedule, Cultivar Classification List, and Instructions in advance. Select your best scapes and blooms. A scape with multiple blooms is desirable but it will be judged on its weakest bloom so remove any flowers that are less than perfect. This is a common mistake that could cost you a purple ribbon or better! Make sure that your flower has all its flower parts (six stamens, three sepals, three petals, etc.). You may turn in flowers ungroomed. However, to show your flowers at their best, groom your daylilies before you submit them in to the placement committee. Careful grooming is not difficult, but it takes time. The object is to make the flower and scape look fresh and clean. Remove seedpods, damaged buds and blooms. Trim brown bud scars and brown parts from bracts or leaves; lightly scrape brown areas on the scape to make it look fresh and green. Shape the groomed leaves or bracts to natural looking points. Do not remove proliferations. Take care not to over-groom bud scars judges look for scapes with evidence of a high bud count. Remove dirt, insects, and any pollen that has fallen on the bloom. Useful tools are razor blades, exacto knives, small cuticle scissors. Dry make-up brushes, and Q-tips are good for removing pollen. Judges take off points for poorly groomed entries. NCDC Newsletter Page 12 June 2018

13 Except for seedlings, which must be severed as close as possible to the base, cut your scape to a pleasing height in proportion to the size of the flower and no taller than 30" (taller is permitted if the lowest branch is at the top of the vase). If a scape is too large to be transported safely it may be trimmed, but the trimmed portion must be placed alongside the display container. Try cutting some scapes (but not single blooms) the night before the show. Select the ones you are sure will bloom the next day. Put them in a bucket of water inside your house or garage to prevent insect or rain damage. Cut single blooms the morning of the show. There are various methods of transporting scapes to the show. To keep scapes from twisting and bumping each other you could make a masking tape grid on top of a 5 gallon bucket or styrofoam cooler, put scapes in individual beer or soda bottles, or use rolled up newspapers in a bucket between the scapes. Transport individual blooms in water picks on a piece of Styrofoam. Drive carefully! To learn how the judges select winners, you can attend a judges training course or volunteer to be a Judge s Aide. Please call Carol Spurrier at to volunteer or contact her at csspurrier@gmail.com. Based on instructions written by Jessie Cohen Calling all Youths Is there a youth (18 or under) in your household that helps you tend the family daylilies, has their own garden, or is growing their own plants? Why not encourage them to enter the Daylily Show in Section 9. (All daylilies must be grown, groomed, and entered by the exhibitor.) This is a section for all kids 18 and under. No adults allowed! If you don t know how to prepare them for the show, just ask someone to give you some help when you bring them to the show. Daylily Show and Sale continued from page 1. We will also offer daylilies for sale to the public before the show opens until sold out. This is a big hit while waiting for the show to open and after seeing all the gorgeous flowers. We especially need your donations for this sale. Please contact Emily Barry at or emilybarry@me.com to donate double fans. Even donating a few daylilies will help to cover the show costs! Our club exists because of your donations. If you need tags or water picks please contact Faith Bange at or bange1@verizon.net. A printable version of the Classification Lists will be online at ncdcwebsite.com. We need help setting up on Saturday: placing table cloths, filling vases, and more. We ll be at Brookside at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday. And, the day of the show we will need 10 to 15 volunteers to help place entries and to be judges aides, to assist with the luncheon, to man the education and membership tables, and to sell daylilies. Finally, we will need your help dismantling the Show at 4 p.m. We have a lot of fun before, during and after the show! Be sure to join us when it s all over we like to go out to eat after dismantling. If you can volunteer, contact Gregg at or call one of the chairs listed on page 5 of this newsletter. Directions to Brookside Gardens Visitors Center From I-495, the Capital Beltway, take Exit 31A north onto Rt. 97 (Georgia Avenue) towards Wheaton. Drive north on Georgia Avenue 3.3 miles to Randolph Road. Turn right on Randolph Rd. and go 0.3 miles to the light. Turn right on Glenallen Ave. and go 0.3 miles to the Brookside Gardens Visitors Center at 1800 Glenallan Ave., Wheaton, MD (Mapquest link = --Gregg Savard NCDC Newsletter Page 13 June 2018

14 The National Capital Daylily Club s 2018 Garden Tour Saturday, July 21 7:15 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Featuring The Charlottesville, VA Gardens of Margo Reed & Jim Murphy, and Quarry Gardens $50 per person (NCDC members $40) including bus transportation. Please bring a bagged lunch for a picnic at Quarry Gardens. Drinks will be provided. For more information, contact Kathleen at (703) or kschloeder@comcast.net, or check ncdcwebsite.com. Buses depart from St. Paul s Lutheran Church 7426 Idylwood Road, Falls Church, VA We will also make a pick-up stop at the Warrenton Commuter Lot on the corner of Rt. 29 and 605/Dumfries Rd around 8 a.m. Registration must be received by July NCDC Garden Bus Tour Reservation Form Name(s) to appear on your name tag(s) Address # of NCDC Member Phone # of Nonmember Amount Enclosed Join NCDC and pay the member rate. Add the following amount to your check: Annual dues: $10 per household or $25 per household for 3 years Please check your pickup location: St. Paul s Lutheran Church or Warrenton Commuter Lot It will be difficult to walk a mile and the following number of seats on a golf cart will be needed: Please mail this form and a check made payable to NCDC, Inc. to Kathleen Schloeder, 2501 St. John Place, Alexandria, VA 22311

15 NCDC The National Capital Daylily Club, Inc St. John Place Alexandria, VA Your Next Newsletter August 2018 Daylily Show and Sale July 1 at Brookside Gardens Summer Garden Tour In Virginia on July 21