Your All Things Plants newsletter for October 13, 2012

• 48 new members.
• 132 new threads.
• 1,778 new posts.
• 380 new images to the plant database.
• 70 new comments in the plant database.

There were 21 new gardening ideas posted last week:

By lilylady October 13, 2012 The color coordinated garden This past year, I contributed 4 articles to the AHS Journal on Designing Gardens with your Daylily Collections. Here is a synopsis of the articles using Color Coordinated Suggestions as you plant or rearrange your daylily collections. (490 words - Read the full article) (3 comments)

By daylily October 13, 2012 American Hemerocallis Society Daylily Club: Exhibitions and meetings One way to find daylilies that will grow well in your area is to attend an AHS Daylily Show. (445 words - Read the full article) (2 comments)

By Newyorkrita October 13, 2012 Daylilies in the landscape: A photo tour Daylilies can be mixed for multi-season appeal and they play great with other plants. Come view some selected photos of my daylily garden beds. (314 words - Read the full article) (2 comments)

By LALAMBCHOP October 12, 2012 Give it a Whorl - Exploring the intricacies of poly, double and multi-form daylilies What's in a whorl? Would a whorl by any other name be as sweet? There seems to be confusion in the daylily world as to what constitutes polymerous, double and multi-form daylilies. This article will look at each to help you learn to identify them with ease. (913 words - Read the full article) (10 comments)

By daylily October 12, 2012 Daylilies: Places to buy and sell You've done your homework. You have been to a local American Hemerocallis Society Daylily Show, and visited a few AHS Display Gardens. You made a list of several daylilies that you would like to add to your garden. Now, how to find them? There are many, many options. (559 words - Read the full article) (3 comments)

By tink3472 October 12, 2012 Amending soil and fertilizing daylilies in our part of the South I have a lot of people ask what we use in our beds or what we fertilize with. We live in Cantonment, FL which is not far from Pensacola, FL and a hop, jump, and a skip away from Alabama. Here in this neck of the woods we have either sand for soil or mucky, yucky black clay. (963 words - Read the full article) (5 comments)

By daylily October 12, 2012 Interested in adding a few daylilies to your garden? Let's find out which daylilies do well in your area, where to go to see daylilies in person and how to find places for purchasing them. (583 words - Read the full article) (2 comments)

By daylily October 11, 2012 Daylily Basics: Soil prep, plant, water - then enjoy the show! Sure, daylilies can be grown with the latest and greatest sprays, fertilizers, soil mixes, greenhouses, etc. Do they need all that? Not here, in my central Ohio garden. (1,597 words - Read the full article) (4 comments)

By daylily October 11, 2012 Tip for storing daylily seed When storing daylily seeds in the refrigerator, use small ziplock bags, and add a small square of dry paper towel. The paper towel helps absorb moisture. (no comments)

By spunky1 October 11, 2012 Unusual Forms of Daylilies The first daylily I registered was an unusual form. Even before that first release, they were my favorite form of daylily and continue to be until this day. (477 words - Read the full article) (11 comments)

By daylily October 11, 2012 American Hemerocallis Society Display Gardens One of the best ways to see a variety of daylilies that will grow well in your area is to visit an AHS Display Garden. (419 words - Read the full article) (3 comments)

By daylily October 10, 2012 Tip: Foolproof, underground daylily identification Never lose another daylily name! (263 words - Read the full article) (3 comments)

By daylily October 10, 2012 Daylilies love alfalfa Alfalfa pellets make a great slow release fertilizer that also adds texture to the soil. (59 words - Read the full article) (17 comments)

By tink3472 October 10, 2012 Preparing Daylilies for shipping Preparing daylilies for shipping is pretty simple. There are several different ways people do this, but this is how we do it here. (510 words - Read the full article) (4 comments)

By daylily October 10, 2012 The American Hemerocallis Society The following information was written by and is courtesy of Julie Covington, President of the American Hemerocallis Society, and appears on the AHS website. It is copyrighted by The American Hemerocallis Society. (425 words - Read the full article) (no comments)

By daylily October 9, 2012 The Lenington All-American Award The Lenington All-American Award is given out each year by The American Hemerocallis Society. The daylily must have been introduced for at least 10 years to be eligible. The award is based on cultivar performance in all parts of the country. (154 words - Read the full article) (2 comments)

By Char October 9, 2012 Daylilies, a rainbow of color Daylilies come in a seemingly endless variety of colors and color combinations. Describing the actual color of a daylily can vary from person to person; we may see color differently or describe colors using different terms. (1,646 words - Read the full article) (3 comments)

By Sharon October 9, 2012 Daylilies for dinner Growing up I ate more when grazing in the gardens than when sitting at the dinner table. Even now I wander around tasting my tomatoes, a nibble here, a nibble there, a leaf of spearmint, a daylily bud or two, a pinch of rosemary, basil . . . Yes. I do. I nibble my daylilies. (1,284 words - Read the full article) (5 comments)

By dave October 8, 2012 Announcing a special Daylilies Week Not-A-Raffle-Raffle! Juli and Char are teaming up to provide prizes for a raffle this week. Come on in and read all about it! (385 words - Read the full article) (22 comments)

By dave October 8, 2012 Welcome to Daylilies Week at All Things Plants In honor of our 50,000 photos posted to our daylilies database, this week is Daylilies Week at All Things Plants! (182 words - Read the full article) (12 comments)

By LindaTX8 October 7, 2012 Fall tip: Plant wildflower seeds Some wildflower plants may start to come up in fall; others will come up in late winter or in spring. Get out those wildflower seeds and plant them this month if possible! If you don't have any, find some for sale or trade. With fall planting, there will be a good chance for earlier blooms. (3 comments)