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.
Visitors
and new members are always welcome. Click the Contact link
to request more information.
Daylily
Society Announces
15th Annual Show Awards
The
Hattiesburg Area Daylily Society made 20 awards in four divisions,
during the 15th annual Daylily Show. The show, plant sale, and educational
sessions,
attracted approximately 1,100 plus participants at the Lake Terrace Convention
Center, on June 5, 2010. There were 714 competing daylilies.
General
Awards Best of
Show - Earl Watts of Hattiesburg, MS ...
“Just For Breakfast.”
Sweepstakes
Award - Earl Watts, for receiving the most blue ribbons in the show.
Youth
Division - Hunter Owens of Saucier, MS ...
“
J. J. Homsey.”
Design
Division Award - Jean Breshears, Lumberton, MS
... “Going
Fishing.”
Green
Thumb Award - Kurt Green, Bassfield, MS. Awarded for the most blue
ribbons among members who do not sell daylilies.
Horticulture
Division
Best Extra
Large Flower - “Betty Louise Prince,” Cecil
Daniels, Jackson, MS
Best Large
Flower - “Tropical Pleasure,” Earl
Watts
Best Small
Flower - “ Just For Breakfast,” Earl
Watts
Best Miniature
Flower - “Little Red Dumples,” Earl
Watts
Best Double
Flower - “Sunglasses Needed,” Earl
Watts
Best Spider
Flower - “Curly Cinnamon Windmill,” Penny
Stringer, Sumrall,MS
Best Unusual
Form Flower - “Suburban
Clainey,” Earl
Watts
Popularity
Poll - “Double Blue Blood,” Barbara
Watts, Hattiesburg, MS
Best Seedling
- Exhibitor - Carey Roberts, Russellville, AR
Debutante
(Off scape) - “Edd Chain,” Edd & Nancy Chain,
Sumrall, MS
Club Awards
Jim
Terry Award - “All American Chief,” Janet & Kurt
Green, Bassfield, MS
Nell George
Award - “Rocky’s Eye,” Cecil
Daniels, Jackson, MS
Mary Lois
Burkett Award - “Journey To
Oz,” Cecil Daniels
Louise
Cubley Award - “Royal Pink
Twist,” Cecil Daniels
Billy
Stennett Award - “Ice
Planet,” Janet & Kurt Green
2011
Seasonal Events
Annual
Garden Tours
May 30, 2011
South Mississippi Area
Annual
Hattiesburg Daylily Show
June 5, 2011
Lake Terrace Convention Center
Check
the Seasonal Events page ...
Private
Daylily Gardens
Private
daylily gardens previously on the open tour of gardens
may now be toured, 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.
 
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