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The European daylily society HEMEROCALLIS EUROPA is a charitable, non-profit organisation devoted to promoting the awareness and dissemination of the daylily as a garden plant and in the form of information both educational and scientific. It is also our goal to promote the beauty of the DAYLILY throughout Europe. The society´s objective is to achieve a high profile for this often neglected, but top classic perennial through a system of recognized international display gardens, public exhibitions, information sessions, lectures and publications. Furthermore HEMEROCALLIS EUROPA aims to support European breeding efforts for better and even more beautiful varieties and to evaluate cultivars and new seedlings for their garden value and for their suitability for growing in European gardens. The society wishes to establish and maintain friendly relationships and cooperate with daylily societies and other plant societies throughout the world.

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DAYLILIES - A BRIEF INTRODUCTION
Since the beginning of the first daylily registrations in the year 1893 around 55 000 daylily cultivars have been registered by the international Hemerocallis registration authority - the American Hemerocallis Society.	The daylily is a perennial plant with roots (no bulbs like the true lilies) and in the garden they grow into smaller or larger clumps depending of the overall plant size. The daylily loves ample water and fertilizer in spring and summer.	The sizes of daylily plants range from true miniatures (30 cm) to very tall (180 cm) and the flower diameters can also vary from mini (5 cm) to very large (25 cm). The different flower shapes are well illustrated in the three pictures below. The colours of daylily flowers range from near white to very dark; flower colours can be yellow, melon, rose, red and purple and very often we find combinations of the mentioned colours.

History of the Society
In April 1993 a group of daylily-friends from England, Germany, Italy and Switzerland met in the town of Aarau in Switzerland to decide on the foundation of an independent European daylily society.	Since these founding-days the society has grown considerably and today HE has members in Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Slowenia, Switzerland, and the USA.	The multitude of different languages within Europe makes it necessary for the society to operate bilingually at present, in English and German.

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Organisation of the Society

President:

( Term of office from July 2005 to July 2008 )
Gerrit Snoek,
Oostergouw 26, NL 1606 Venhuizen, Netherlands
e-Mail: gjsnoek@quicknet.nl

Vice President:
( Term of office from July 2005 to July 2008 )
Volker Lettmann,
Heinrich-Feuchter-Weg 27, D-42287 Wuppertal, Germany
e-Mail: Volker.Lettmann@db.com

Publication & Editor:
Jamie Vande, Karl-Schurz-Str. 6, D-50935 Köln, Germany
e-Mail: jamievande@freenet.de

Publication & Editor (temporary):
Volker Lettmann, Heinrich-Feuchter-Weg 27, D-42287 Wuppertal, Germany
e-Mail: Volker.Lettmann@db.com

Membership Secretary and Treasurer:
Gabriele Ahlemeyer, Dechant Deitmer-Weg 6, D-48301 Nottuln, Germany
e-Mail: gabriele.ahlemeyer@loegd.nrw.de

Library for Videos and Slides:
Jan and Andy Wyers, Little Hermitage, St. Catherine´s Down,
GB Nr Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 2PD, United Kingdom
e-Mail: JAN@hyjack.freeserve.co.uk

Library for Books, Journals and Databases:
Dr. Jürg Plodeck, Urs Graf-Str. 13, CH-4052 Basel, Switzerland
e-Mail: jplodeck@yahoo.de

Public Relations:
Marc King, Via Santa Caterina 6, I-14030 Rocca díArazzo, Italy
e-Mail: marcking@teknosurf.it

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Membership - JOIN US!
MEMBERSHIP AND BENEFITS
Kind of Membership	Annual Dues	Annual Benefits
Kind of Membership	Annual Dues	4 Hemerocallis Letters	Library Utilisation	Free Seeds
Membership	Euro 20.-	*	*	*
Membership students, pensioners	Euro 20.-	*	*	*
non-European members please add Euro 10.- to cover additional mailing costs

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For more detailed information please turn to the Membership Secretary:

Mrs. Gabriele Ahlemeyer

Dechant Deitmer-Weg 6

D-48301 Nottuln

DEUTSCHLAND

Tel.: (0049) 02502 - 1087

e-Mail: gabriele.ahlemeyer@loegd.nrw.de

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HE - Annual Publications
Four HemerocallisLetters in Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter fully illustrated with colour pictures	Reports about important events, developments and results during the last few months
	Compact informative texts on general aspects of daylilies and their cultivation in the garden
	The Picture Corner featuring pictures of newest international cultivars and seedlings
	In-depth-articles by specialists and hobby growers about all aspects of daylilies from cultivation problems to hybridization techniques

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December 1996; last Update: January 2007

General Information
The European daylily society HEMEROCALLIS EUROPA is a charitable, non-profit organisation devoted to promoting the awareness and dissemination of the daylily as a garden plant and in the form of information both educational and scientific. It is also our goal to promote the beauty of the DAYLILY throughout Europe.	The society´s objective is to achieve a high profile for this often neglected, but top classic perennial through a system of recognized international display gardens, public exhibitions, information sessions, lectures and publications. Furthermore HEMEROCALLIS EUROPA aims to support European breeding efforts for better and even more beautiful varieties and to evaluate cultivars and new seedlings for their garden value and for their suitability for growing in European gardens.	The society wishes to establish and maintain friendly relationships and cooperate with daylily societies and other plant societies throughout the world.