Daylily Daze: DAYLILY FLOWER SHOWS

Friday, June 5, 2009

Second Flower Show, First Entry - Blue Ribbon!

I finally joined our local daylily club, North Texas Daylily Society (NTDS). And, as luck had it, NTDS was the host for the 2009 A.H.S. Region 6 Daylily Convention, May 28 – 30, 2009. I had decided to go, so I sent in my registration and started to get really excited, as this was going to be my first Regional Meeting. As part of the activities, there was going to be the largest flower show in our region! I kept thinking that I should at least *try* to enter something. I left it up to the daylilies on the morning of the event - if there was something good blooming, then I would take it. If not, well then, I would just enjoy the show. On Thursday morning, May 28th, I found a few flowers to take to the show: Palace Garden Beauty

Sea Siren

Going Bananas

Jenny Butterfield

I had never actually entered a show before, but I had found a great Power Point prestentation by Amber Strope of the Ohio Daylily Society that lead me through what I should do to enter a scape in the show. My club had actually had a similar educational meeting about show entries the month before, but I was out of town and missed it, dang! Once I arrived at the show, I had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Anita Causey.

Photo courtesty of the Dallas Morning News - Mona Reeder She welcomed me right in, and helped me any time I asked - even though she was entering over 100 flowers in the show! Come to find out, I was up against some stiff competition. She and her husband Lee have been showing (and winning) in daylily flower shows for 12 years.

Photo courtesty of the Dallas Morning News - Mona Reeder There is a full story on the Causey's recently published in the Dallas Morning News - "Flower Mound couple creates winning daylily garden". I carefully groomed my daylilies, and I entered them for judging. I didn't win anything big, but I did get a blue ribbon for Going Bananas!

Here are some photos of other's entries in the show: Barbie's Favorite

Black Plush

Dolly's Lipstick

Green Treat

Kaleidescope Treasure

London Tower

Quartz Rainbow

Shimek's September Morning

True North

Wyatt's Cameo

Monday, June 9, 2008

My First Daylily Show

This past Saturday, I attended my very first local daylily show... I just wanted to show you all the beautiful daylilies that were on display. There were a lot more than what is here, but mostly they were yellows... and I am not that into yellow after yellow... I was surprised that there were so many.

I almost entered, but had no idea what I was doing, and I really didn't want to cut a whole scape! Especially off what was blooming that morning - Eagle Nest. But I could've won with that one! Beautiful and strong branching!

Anyway, I hope you enjoy seeing some of the entries.

Black Ambrosia