President's Welcome
Welcome to the official website of the American Hemerocallis
Society (AHS). The daylily (the latin name for the daylily
plant genus is Hemerocallis) has evolved to the point
where it is one of the most exciting and popular plant
varieties used by home and commercial gardeners. In these
pages you'll find a wealth of information as well as
places to go to find even more knowledge about the daylily
and the organization that supports it. Our society is
dedicated to education about daylilies and how to use
them in the landscape. If you're looking to learn more
about daylilies, you've come to the right place.
This site is constantly being improved even though we
already have a myriad of tools to help you along your daylily
education. If you haven't been there yet, the best place
to start is at the beginning, our Home
Page. Or just check
our internal links on the left of the Home Page. We've
made it easy for you. But remember, this site is always
changing so come back frequently.
Formed in 1946, the AHS is about to celebrate its 60th
year of providing a forum for persons interested in the
advancement of the daylily. Although the daylily is our
common interest, the friendships that are formed by attending
and participating at our local, regional and national meetings
are really the most special benefit that we can offer to
you, especially our National Convention.
One of the primary links on our home page AHS
Officers and Staff takes you to a directory of our board members,
special committee chairs, and other AHS staff members.
Here you will find the addresses, phone numbers and e-mails
for a group of people who are charged with the task of
providing answers to questions that may arise about our
favorite plant or the organization. Please feel free to
contact any of these folks.
We also have Regional
Activities, which move around to
different locations each year. These events are great places
to meet new friends and learn about daylilies up close.
We have tours of some outstanding gardens, speakers, auctions,
and general discussions of growing daylilies.
Then there are our daylily exhibitions where you can view
displays of 100's of different best-grown daylilies, on
and off scape, including many of the newest varieties,
contesting for Best in Show. There are also educational
displays and lectures. I believe some of the most valuable
information for you to view is the local society information
in this section. This gives you a great idea of what activities
will be in your local area, and provides contact information
on how to check them out. All of these local societies
would like very much to meet with you and share their interest
of daylilies.
For those of you who are already members of the AHS, you
already know about the many other benefits. If you're not
a member yet I'd like to convince you to join. You can
even become a member without leaving this site and you
can use your credit card too! Consider joining for three
years and save lots of money. We look forward to including
you in our network of friends.
Membership
The primary rewards of membership are the friendships
you will make, and the wonderful Daylily
Journal. We publish
four Journals per year. On this same page you will find
information on purchasing non-current Journal issues and
other publications of the society directly.
I hope you find your travels through this AHS website
enjoyable and informative, and I hope someday to greet
you personally at one of our many events.
Kevin P. Walek
President |
