All of these designs are AHS Tricolor Winners at an AHS accredited show As such they have met the judging standards established by the National Council of State Garden Clubs We hope that this slide show will provide an inspiration and give ideas for the design section of a show Throughout the pr ID: 697481
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AHS Tricolor Winners Through the YearsSlide2
All of these designs are AHS Tricolor Winners at an AHS accredited show. As such they have met the judging standards established by the National Council of State Garden Clubs. We hope that this slide show will provide an inspiration and give ideas for the design section of a show. Throughout the program, note the themes, containers, backgrounds and line materials. In all cases daylilies must dominate the designs.
Please review the requirements for competition as noted in AHS "Exhibition Judges
Handbook
The first 74 photos were originally a slide presentation available from the AHS
The text is from notations on the slides and the slideshow scriptThese slides include a variety of both local and national winnersCompiled and Contributed by Nell ShimekOrganized into a PowerPoint by Patsy Cunningham in 2015It is followed by additional recent local AHS Tri-Color Award winners from Nell Shimek and other credited sources.
AHS Tricolor Winners Through the YearsSlide3
1. “Heavenly Harp” is the theme. Daylilies and black bamboo follow the lines of the harp creating a
different angle. Cultivar is SHIMEK SEPTEMBER MORNING. Note that the arrangement “fills” the niche. The
requirement is generally at least 2/3 of the niche.Slide4
2. This basket with a mass design is titled “Shakespeare and I”.Slide5
3. Note in this parallel design the spaces and placement of the daylilies. Cultivar is BOLD STREAKER,
and the use of black bamboo creates “Heat Wave”.
3. Design and photo by Nell
Shimek
. Heat Wave, a parallel design. Line material is black bamboo. Scored 99. 1998.Slide6
4. This is a dramatic example of a mass design. Note that the colors are blended throughout the design.
4. 1998Slide7
5. Another mass design, this one titled “Tattooed Lady”. Note the large amount of plant material.
5. Pat Crooks Henley, 1998Slide8
6. This creative stretch design is titled “Step Ahead”. Cultivar is IRISH MIST.
6. Jessie Cohen, 1998Slide9
7. A creative design titled “Sunshine on My Shoulder” uses circles for effect.
7. 1998Slide10
8. This photograph of the entry was disqualified because of the ribbons and cards. Refer to AHS
Judging Daylilies Handbook. Also note that no writing should appear on the back of the print. All ribbons, awards, and trophies must be removed before the photograph is taken.
8. 1998Slide11
9. This design is titled “Bat Column”. The cultivar is GOLD CITATION.
9. 1996Slide12
10. The theme is “Indian Love Call” and the exhibitor explains the design with “he is offering his fair
maiden his love with his daylilies”. The cultivars are seedlings.
1997 AHS Tricolor Winner
Nell
Shimek, Texas10. Design by Nell Shimek, Houston show, 1997.Indian Love Call.Music Makes the World Go Round.Slide13
11. The design title is “Moon Walk”.
11. Moon Walk Phases of the Moon by
Nelma
Martin.
Lone Star show, 1997.Space City's Lunar Lilies.Slide14
12. A line design with clever usage of the container.
12. Michael
Traynor
,
1997, Middletown, MDSlide15
13. A line mass design using cultivar ELISE SPALDING and hemerocallis
flava
.
13. 1997Slide16
14. A design titled “Bridal Shower”. Note the ribbon and class card, which automatically disqualifies this
photograph entry.
14. NIDS, Priscilla
Segel
, 1997Slide17
15. A line design titled “Scarecrow” using the cultivar FAIRY CHARM with a straw place mat base. A straw place mat effectively covers the container and a old corn stalk is incorporated.
15. MCDS, 1997Slide18
16. A mass design.
16. Hattiesburg, MSSlide19
17. A small mass design.
17. ODS Show, 1997, Rita WhitneySlide20
18. A parallel design titled “Eyes of Texas” with the containers contributing to the theme. Cultivar is INNOCENT EYES, an eyed daylily, again in line with the theme.
18. 2
nd
place, 1996Slide21
19. The line mass design titled “Waving Crowds” uses cultivar
hemerocallis
flava, GOLLY DOLLY andCHARLES JOHNSON.
19. Middle Tenn. Daylily Soc., John Starbuck, 1996Slide22
20. A design titled “Clear Waters” incorporates water.
NCDC, Reg. 3, 1996Slide23
21. The design title “Moon Over Miami” is fitting. Cultivars are BY MYSELF and a seedling.Slide24
22. A creative design with movement is titled “Summer Heat”.
22. CVDS Show, 1996Slide25
23. A synergistic design using three black containers is titled ‘Triple Pleasures”. Cultivar is a seedling.
23. 1996Slide26
24. “Daylily Tango” with the palms representing flaring skirts during the tango. The cultivar is
TOUCHED BY MIDAS.
24. Daylily Tango by Nell
Shimek
, 1997, Brazosport club show,theme:Born to Boogie with DayliliesSlide27
25. ‘Vegas Lights” is the title. Cultivar is SCARAMOUCHE and the exhibitor explains with a card noting
“Spinning wheels keep spinning at Las Vegas”.
25. 1996Slide28
26. A photograph of the design that was disqualified because of the ribbons and the paper signs shown.Slide29
27. A mass design with a
creative base.
1993 AHS Tri-Color Award
Helen Richards, AlabamaSlide30
28. A creative design full of rhythm and movement.
1994 AHS Tri-Color Award
Gary D. Wooley, TexasSlide31
29. A creative mass design using the cultivar TOUCHED BY MAGIC.
1996 AHS Tricolor Winner
Betty
Randig
, TexasSlide32
30. A design titled “Make Mine Country Style” using the cultivar “VELVET GEM.
1992 AHS Tricolor Winner
Nell
Shimek
, Texas30. Houston show by Nell Shimek, 1992Slide33
31. The I999 AHS Tricolor Medal Winner “Court Jester” is a creative line design. The container is a
brake shoe constructed by the exhibitor. Cultivar is MARIE BABIN.
I999 AHS Tricolor Medal Winner
Harvey
Shimek, Texas31. Reg. 6 show, winner Harvey ShimekSlide34
32. A creative line design “Slender Lady” with the cultivar MOTHER’S LOVE. A trimmed palm bract adds
to the daylilies, complete with a chinstrap from the palm bract.
32, Houston Area, Nell
Shimek
, 1999, photo by Mary GageSlide35
33. A traditional line design titled “Til the End of Time”.
33. 1966Slide36
34. The title of the design is “Shooting Stars” with the daylilies representing shooting stars from the
window—the black frame.
34. Houston Area, Reg. 6, Nell
ShimekSlide37
35. The design title “Guys and Dolls” is reflected in the two separate black structures.
35. By Nell
ShimekSlide38
36. This design has the requisite movement.
36. 1999Slide39
37. The theme “Harvest Moon” is carried out with this mass design. The cultivars are PRAIRIEMOONLIGHT and LAVENDER DEAL.
37. 1999Slide40
38. The title is “Easy Living”. Cultivar is COPPERHEAD.
38. 1999Slide41
39. A parallel design.Slide42
40. A mass design titled “Mary had a Little Lamb” with the cultivars HUSH LITTLE BABY and JOAN
SENIOR carrying out the color imagery in the title.
40. 1999Slide43
41. A line design entitled “Stars & Stripes” with the daylilies as the stars and the container the stripes.Cultivars are seedlings.
41. East Texas Soc.,
Harvey
Shimek
, Reg. 6Slide44
42. A creative Tricolor design titled “Jazz”. The mechanics are invisible to the eye.
42.
Brazosport
show in Lake Jackson, TX, Ray Houston, score 99, 1994Slide45
43. An exhibition table design titled “Columbus Day Fiesta”.
43. Chattahoochee Valley Daylily Soc., Columbus, GA. Mrs. Clark Duncan, 1992Slide46
44. A creative design reflecting movement that illuminates the arrangement. Note the presence of ribbons, which eliminated this photo of the entry from competition. The title “I792 - A New Capital for North Carolina”. Cultivar is PERSIAN PEACH.
44. 1992Slide47
45. A mass design titled “Garden Concert” leaves viewer with a feeling of music in the garden.
45. 1992Slide48
46. A line design “Crosses the Ocean Heading West—Seeking the Far East’. The cultivar is ARACHNE.
46. Lorraine MeyerSlide49
47. A line design, using seedling, entitled “Tall, Dark & Handsome”.Slide50
48. A line design titled “A Shadow Mountain Sail.”Slide51
49. A creative design entitled “Uniquely Different.” The cultivar is MOLOKAI.
49. 1995Slide52
50. A line mass design called “Outrageous Orange” uses an orange seedling.
50.
Brazosport
Daylily Soc., Ruth
Goza, 1995Slide53
51. A line mass design titled “Daylilies, Jewels of the Garden”.
51. Suwannee Valley Hemerocallis Soc., Lake City, FL, 1994Slide54
52. A photograph of the same design, but note that the bottom of picture shows the note card.
52. Suwannee Valley Hemerocallis Soc., Lake City, FL, 1994Slide55
53. A line mass design is titled “Summers Fun”. Cultivars are SCARLOCK and SCARLET ORBIT.
53. Austin, TX, show. Anna Marie Rosen, 1994Slide56
54. A line design titled “Gone with the Wind”. Cultivar is SIDEWALK BEAUTY. The container helps carry out the theme, however this photograph of the entry was disqualified because an award is included.
54. Fort Worth, TX, show. Diane Bevel, 1994Slide57
55. An exhibition table entitled “The Wonders of Entertaining”.
55. 1994Slide58
56. A mass design titled “Precious Jewels as Colorful as Jacob’s Coat”. Note the even distribution of color throughout the design.
56. 1994Slide59
57. A twist on the theme concept with the title Fairy Tale Pink. The exhibitor had to come up with a fairy
tale or nursery rhyme. This is “Jack and the Beanstalk”. Here Jack stole the giants singing harp.
57. 1994Slide60
58. The title of this one is “Waiting in the Wings”.Slide61
59. A mass design entitled “Enchanted Daylilies - Sandia”. The perfect blend of colors and the containers relationship to the design was the reason this was selected as the show’s Tricolor winner.Slide62
60. This is the same design, but photographed incorrectly.
60. Albuquerque Daylily show, Our Peak of Perfection, a vertical design.
Kreg
Hill, 1994Slide63
61. A mass design titled “Moonlight Nights”. Cultivars are hemerocallis
fulva
and HYPERION.
61. NCDC, photograph by Jessie Cohen, 1993Slide64
62. A mass design, but the ribbons in the photograph disqualified this entry in the national competition.
62. 1994Slide65
63. A line mass design, but the title and class signs disqualified the entry.
63. MCDC, 1994Slide66
64. A line design and a better photograph without ribbons and cards.
64. 1992Slide67
65. This mass design represents the theme of the show “A Place in the Sun” and also the class “Some
Like It Hot”. Cultivars are BURNING DAYLIGHT, BEAU SOELEIL and FRANS HALS.
65. CMHS, Reg. 11Slide68
66. A creative dual container design, with strong lines.
66. 2000Slide69
67. A line design titled “Stringed instruments of India”, using PALO DURO CANYON.
67. Ruth
Goza
, winnerSlide70
68.
A parallel design using a most unusual container.
68. 2000Slide71
69. A creative line design - what disqualified this entry?Slide72
70. A mass design titled “Sizzles”. Cultivars are PAPERBUTTERFLY, WITCH STITCHERY andATLANTA MOONLIGHT. Plant materials are green
sansavera
, ornamental garlic,
hostas, and ferns.
70. 2000Slide73
71. A stretch design titled “Over the Edge”, with green onion sets, iris leaves, hydrangeas, and unknowndaylilies.
71. NCDC show, photo by Mike Lee, 2000Slide74
72. A line mass design—note the dominance of daylilies in this and all the designs.
72. 2000Slide75
73. A transparency design titled “History of Daylilies Across the Millennium”. Here the daylilies behind the “window” are lighter—more faded, than the ones in the front.Slide76
74. A line design titled “Hearts Afire”. The cultivar is a red seedling with iris and philodendron leaves.
74. 2000Slide77
For more information on designs, the National Council of State Garden Club is a good source. We encourage participation in the design section of AHS accredited shows. The public enjoys this display and it is a part of our charter to educate the public and promote the genus
hemerocallis
.Slide78
Additional Recent Local
Tri-Color WinnersSlide79
Nell
Shimek
Southwest Flare - Alvin TXSlide80
Nell Shimek
Let's Frame It - HoustonSlide81
Nell Shimek
Great Gumption – Houston 2015Slide82
Nell
Shimek
What Fun
Pearland, TX2015Slide83
Patsy Cunningham
Peace at Last
Patriot Daylily Society 2008Slide84
Yvonne CalvinCentral Missouri
Hemerocallis Society
2010
Courtesy of Charley Blackmore
Central Missouri Hemerocallis Society webmasterSlide85
Barbara SchuetteShow Theme:
Year of the Dragon
Central Missouri
Hemerocallis Society2012Photo: Charley Blackmore
Courtesy of Charley BlackmoreCentral Missouri Hemerocallis Society webmasterSlide86
Barbara
Schuette
Show Theme: Its All Greek to Me
Central Missouri Hemerocallis Society2013Photo: Leemer
CernohlavekCourtesy of Charley BlackmoreCentral Missouri Hemerocallis Society webmasterSlide87
Alice
Havard
“
Singin’ and Dancin’ in the Rain”Central Missouri Hemerocallis Society2015
Courtesy of Charley BlackmoreCentral Missouri Hemerocallis Society webmasterSlide88
Patsy Cunningham
Patriot Daylily Society
2016
“National Treasure”Slide89
Betty Ann Galloway
Tidewater Daylily Society
2015
photo by Jack GeyserSlide90
I would welcome more photos of local Tri-Color winners to be added to this and other PowerPoint presentations. I hope it will be helpful for encouraging AHS members to begin using their daylilies in arrangements for their home and for societies to add a design section to their shows
For more information on adding a design section to your show and guidelines for awarding a local Tri-color award, please review the requirements for competition as noted in the AHS Judging Daylilies Handbook
Patsy Cunningham
patsygc@gmail.com
2016