Monthly 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.

January 15, 2012
Sandy Holmes
Riverbend Daylily Garden
Daylilies from Teeth to Twists
Gardens and Hybridizing Programs

February 19, 2012
Tim Herrington
Herrington Daylily Garden
Dublin Georgia

March 18, 2012
HADS Annual Business Meeting

April 15, 2012
J.D. Stadler
Celestial Daylily Garden
“Daylily Hybridizing -
Concentrating on Doubles“

May 20, 2012
Annual Show Meeting
“HADS Daylily Show Forum”

June 2011
Annual Wrap-Up Meeting
Date To Be Announced

Visitors and new members are always welcome. Click the Contact link to request more information.

Monthly meetings are held at the Forrest County Multipurpose Center. Click here for driving directions.

Annual Garden Tours

May 28, 2012 - Monday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(One Day Only)

Daylily gardens in the area, accredited by the American Hemerocallis Society, are open for tours. Gardens are open at other times by appointment. A schedule of open gardens will be published on the web site near the date of the tours.

Annual Daylily Show

June 2, 2012 - Saturday

Visitors to this show view hundreds of daylily specimens and arrangements. The show one of the largest in the nation, in numbers of entries. In addition to marveling at breathtaking flowers, visitors participate in a plant sale, benefit from seminars, and swap stories and information with other daylily enthusiasts. The show is held at the beautiful Lake Terrace Convention Center in Hattiesburg, Missisippi.

Private Daylily Gardens

Some private daylily gardens may be visited at times other than the specified show dates. These visits are by appointment only during the daylily blooming season. Appointments must be made in advance of the proposed visit. Telephone numbers for garden owners are included with the driving directions to the available gardens.

Click here for driving directions and contact information.

Public Daylily Gardens and Plantings

The Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society plants daylily beds in the area and contributes daylily plants for other plantings. Listed below are the current public daylily beds and planting sites, available for daily viewing.

Forrest County Multi-Purpose Center
at the Mississippi State University Extension Building
US Highway 49 South of Hattiesburg.

The Daylily Society has planted daylilies around the entrance to this building. This is the site of the monthly meeting of the Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society.

Hattiesburg's Lake Terrace Convention Center
Intersection US Highway 49 and I-59

There is a daylily bed in front of the Center, and plantings throughout the parking area.

Hattiesburg Visitors Center
Adjacent to Lake Terrace Convention Center
Intersection of US Highway 49 and I-59

Plantings are in and around the Visitors Center, which is in front of the Lake Terrace Convention Center.

Main Street Baptist Church
US Highway 98 West of Hattiesburg

Turn left at Hardee’s if traveling from Hattiesburg. After leaving Highway 98, turn right in front of the church. The daylily gardens are on the right as you go around the church and in the back of the church. You can drive all the way around the Church. Church members, who are daylily enthusiasts, have made these gardens possible.

Mississippi Armed Forces Museum
Camp Shelby
US Highway 49 South of Hattiesburg

Enter the South Gate. Requirements to enter Camp Shelby include proper identification, a valid driver’s license, and a current vehicle insurance card. Directions to the Museum will be given at the gate. The daylily bed is in front of the Museum.

Petal Middle School
Petal, Mississippi

Petal is located north east of Hattiesburg, just across the Leaf River on US Highway 11 and Highway 42. Drive on Highway 11 and 42 until you turn off Highway 11 into Petal. This turn is shortly after the Leaf River Bridge. Continue on Highway 42 through town. The Middle School is on your left, across from Wards Restaurant.

Temple Baptist Church
East Campus - Hardy Street near Kamper Park

The Church has planted numerous daylilies in the parking lot.

University of Southern Mississippi

A bed with 100+ daylily plants is adjacent to the Rose Garden at the front of the campus. There are also plantings near the Cochran Center and in the garden area inside Pete Taylor Park, the baseball stadium, on West 4th Street.

Click here for a printable copy of public garden information.

Note: The driving directions and public garden information are in Adobe Reader (PDF) format. If you do not have the Adobe Reader installed on your computer, it can be downloaded by clicking this Get Adobe Reader icon.

DAYLILIES...                                     
                  the plant for all reasons!

Source List for Plant Sales

This is a list of Hattiesburg area daylily society members who offer daylilies for sale from their gardens. Since most of these gardens are located at the members’ homes, it is always advisable to phone first before visiting these gardens.

     - Purchasing Daylily Plants

Hints for Planting & Growing Daylilies

Daylilies are among the most satisfactory flowering perennials for Mississippi gardens. Few plants give so much color for so little effort. Click the following links for details.

     - General Planting and Growing Hints
     - Month by Month Care      

For additional information click Contact.