Growing Daylilies Together

I'm going to buy a Eureka Guide and I'm not sure which year I need and when the 2012 will be shipped.

I did see on the web site where they are taking orders for 2012. I also saw where the online supplement is free this year with your purchase of the Guide instead of having to purchase a DVD.

It has been about 5 years since I got one and I think I'd enjoy it and use it as a pricing guide. Atleast it would give me an idea on some of the ones that I can't find in the archives on LA. I also enjoyed looking at the pictures as much as I used one for pricing.

So, when is the 2012 usually shipped?

Do any of you purchase it?

Thanks Mona

The Eurekas are usually shipped right around Thanksgiving each year!

Mona: I'm curious as to just how many cultivars are in the listing? Is it all the AHS registered ones? Or just 1/3, 1/2 or 2/3 of them?
Do they list how many sellers participated in the survey and
who those sellers are?

Thanks
Julia

Hi Julia,

I'm going to tell you how I "think" this guide works. If I'm wrong, please someone fill in the blanks for me.

I've bought about 5 of them. The last one being in 2007< I think. I don't have it here, so I might be off a year.

If, let's say I wanted to place an ad in the guide, I would send in a list with my named hybrids and the price that I wanted to sell them for and the number of fans the price is for. I don't know what the charge is for having my garden listed in the Guide. I really have no idea. I do know that there is a charge. It's a really nice spiral bound book with heavy grade paper and a water resistant cover to use outside. I have had one in my greenhouse for 5 years and if I dusted it off, it would still look nearly new. It hasn't absorbed moisture at all or hurt the binding in any way.

Then "the Guide" takes my information and enters it into a database with the rest of all the sellers. If it hasn't changed, the guide lists the daylilies in alphabetical order. Which I would assume would be all the daylilies that everyone had included on their lists that are registered daylilies. Under the name is a brief description of this named daylily. Then it lists the average price. (This is where I'm jumping to a guess) They take all the prices of this registered daylily that the sellers gave to them on the sellers lists and get the average cost of this daylily. I'm again guessing that this would have to be the way they arrive at the average cost. I'm wouldn't know of another way to get the average price.(this is where I have read a few complaints because it doesn't necessarliy give an average price of the market for this daylily. Only the average for all listed in this Guide) Then after the average price, there will be a listing of daylily sellers and the price they listed for this cultiver and how many fans(usually a double fan or singe fan). Only sellers that have this cultiver for sale would be listed under this daylily, so not all sellers are listed under each daylily.

It's not sold to be "THE" price of daylilies. Only the price that listed sellers are asking for their cultivers. Many people that sell daylilies do not list their plants for sale in this guide. A lot publish their own cataloges yearly. Even more have their own website. And of course, there is the Lily Auction, Ebay and several other websites that offer a way for growers to sell their daylilies.

The Guide is a
GOOD PRINTED list of plants(no, it doesn't list all 77,000+ registered cultivers. It does have a lot. It does have a sampling of the going price of a named cultiver. It does give you the information to contact each seller listed in the Guide. It does have beautiful colored photos of alot of daylilies(not all listed daylilies have a photo, nowhere near all) but alot of them. Since I bought my last one they have started giving access to an online version that is supposed to have more photos and more info. I have'nt seen this yet because you must have an enclosed registeration number to access this part of the site. When I recieve my Guide, I will get this info.

You should be able to go to their website to get alot more info than I've included.

I do not represent them in anyway, none, nota, not at all. I'm just going to buy one because I have always found them useful and also enjoyable.

OK, now please, some else give a more resent version of this. I hope this helps. Blessings to you and yours, Mona

To answer a question that was asked earlier : Ken Gregory, Eureka Editor, just sent a mailing out to indicate the 2012 volume is at press. This volume will feature over 11, 500 cultivars which is roughly about 1/6 of the appr.70,000 cultivars now registered. But it gives a fairly good indication of cultivars which are widely grown in commerce.

Julie Covington

Thanks Julie. I've got to get mine ordered. Blessings to you, Mona

HI Julie,
I'm totally confused! I went to Eureka Website to order my Guide and I'm reading to see which version I want.

If I order (he states Pre-order) the 2012 Guide, is this the one that will Ship December this year???

The reason for the confusion is it says that I can Pre-order the 2012 or order the 2011.

I guess my poor brain just can not understand simple text anymore. Please expain to me. I want the newest version that can be shipped to me this December.

Also do you think it's safe to leave my debit Card info in an email?

Thanks Mona

The 2012 is the new one being printed. The 2011 version came out a year ago, so I'm guessing you'd want the newest one.

Thanks for your patience. Man, I really was having trouble with this. The more times I read it, the more confused I got. I thought I would be getting the 2012, but the "pre-order" thing just wasn't working for me. It's been many years since I bought one, so memory wasn't working!!!

Maybe I can return your kindness. Thanks again, Mona

Hi Mona and all,

My Eureka arrived in yesterday's mail. So if you ordered an individual 2012 issue, you should be getting yours soon if you don't have it already.
Club orders are coming out this week also, as I got a note that the club order will be here in time for this Saturday's meeting.

Best wishes,

Julie Covington