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The Daylily

Official Flower of
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

... a daylily destination!

In the south, when you think of daylilies,
Hattiesburg, Mississippi kind of grows on you!

 

Welcome

The Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society

Hattiesburg, Mississippi, is a true Daylily Destination. Here you will find untold enthusiasm and excitement for the proud flower that awakens fresh to a new world each day, the elusive daylily. The Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society is one of the largest groups of daylily enthusiasts in the national daylily organization, the 10,000 member American Hemerocallis Society.

In the Hattiesburg society you will find a breadth of daylily involvement from the large show gardens, to the couple with a few plants in their front yard flower bed.



DAYLILIES...                                     
                  the plant for all reasons!


Two Exciting Daylily Events

Daylily Garden Tour Weekend
May 25, 26, 27, 2013

The weekend of May 25, 26, 27, daylily gardens in the area, many accredited by the American Hemerocallis Society, are open for tours.

The open garden tours provide the opportunity for the public to view breathtaking daylily gardens throughout the area, at their leisure.

Gardens vary in size from the large grower gardens to private homes where daylilies are used in the landscape.

Information concerning gardens on the tour; dates and times individual gardens will be open; and driving directions to the gardens is available.

Click here for garden tour information.
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Click Contact Us to request additional Information.


18th Annual Daylily Show
June 1, 2013
7:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Annual 2013 Daylily Show “It’s All About Daylilies,” will be held Saturday, June 1, at the Lake Terrace Convention Center. Entering daylilies in the show is open to the public, and there is no admission. Membership in the Society is not required to enter flowers.

Schedule of Events
 7:30am

Those entering flowers in the show arrive, register their entries, and prepare their flowers for judging. Judging continues until 1:00pm.

 10:30am

Gigantic Plant Sale - The plants for sale are quality daylily plants, all washed and ready to plant. The sale will continue until all plants are sold.

 1:00pm

Judging ends and Daylily Show is open for public viewing. There is no admission charge. The show closes at 5:00pm.

 1:00pm  to
 5:00pm

The Mississippi Flower Show Judges' Council will present their 2013 flower show “Summer Splendor” in a room adjacent to the Daylily Show

  Enjoy the Daylily Show

A guideline for entering the annual daylily show is available.

Click here for Daylily Show entry guidelines.
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A guideline for entering and judging in the Design Division is also available.

Click here for the design division guidelines.
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To request additional information about the Hattiesburg Daylily Society, click contact.



Monthly Society Meetings

Meetings of the Society are held the third Sunday of each month during September, October, and January through May. Meetings feature topical programs, plant auctions, door prizes, refreshments, great hospitality and fellowship. Meeting details are on the Events page.

For additional meeting details, click events.

 

A Special Opportunity

Daylily plants are available for purchase from several area growers.

Click here for a list of plant sources


Hattiesburg Loves Daylilies

The Daylily was designated as the official flower of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, by Hattiesburg City Council action in September, 2008.


 

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This site last updated on May 6, 2013