Award Winning Daylilies
Stout Silver Medal
The Stout Silver Medal is the highest award a daylily can receive. It is given in the memory of Dr. Arlow Burdette Stout, a former curator at The New York Botanical Gardens and one of the fathers of modern daylily breeding in North America .
The Stout Silver Medal is awarded annually and is voted on by AHS Garden judges. Winners must have previously received Award of Merit and Honorable Mention honors to qualify.
The Stout Silver Medal is the highest award a daylily can receive. It is given in the memory of Dr. Arlow Burdette Stout, a former curator at The New York Botanical Gardens and one of the fathers of modern daylily breeding in North America .
The Stout Silver Medal is awarded annually and is voted on by AHS Garden judges. Winners must have previously received Award of Merit and Honorable Mention honors to qualify.
A list of all the AHS Stout Silver Medal winners since 1950 can be found on the AHS website: daylilies.org/awards/stout-silver-metal/
Award of Merit - Awarded to 12 daylilies each year that are distinctive, beautiful and perform
well. Must have previously received Honorable Mention Award. (Due to how voting is tabulated there may be more than 12 daylilies selected in any given year).
2023 Award of Merit Winners:
Mayor of Cornatzer (Elliott-S., 2016)
Off to See the Wizard (Herrington-K., 2009)
Gryphon Hankow Legacy (Stelter, 2012)
Double My Sunshine (Gossard-D., 2012)
A Little Twisted (Elliott-S., 2015)
Too Cute (Williams-S. 2012)
Asheville After Dark (Selman, 2014)
End of the Tunnel (Williams-S. 2013)
Faber Sabre (Owen-P., 2009)
Spacecoast Tequila Sunrise (Kinnebrew-Gossard, 2017)
Spacecoast The Green Mile (Kinnebrew-Gossard, 2017)
Riot Act (Owen-P., 2014)
Wisteria (Derkerlegand, 1991)
Honorable Mention - "Stamp of approval" by AHS that the daylily variety performs well. Initial step towards becoming eligible for Stout Silver Medal Award.
A list of this year's Honorable Mention Award Winners can be found on the AHS Website: daylilies.org/awards/honorable-mentions/
Award of Merit - Awarded to 12 daylilies each year that are distinctive, beautiful and perform
well. Must have previously received Honorable Mention Award. (Due to how voting is tabulated there may be more than 12 daylilies selected in any given year).
2023 Award of Merit Winners:
Mayor of Cornatzer (Elliott-S., 2016)
Off to See the Wizard (Herrington-K., 2009)
Gryphon Hankow Legacy (Stelter, 2012)
Double My Sunshine (Gossard-D., 2012)
A Little Twisted (Elliott-S., 2015)
Too Cute (Williams-S. 2012)
Asheville After Dark (Selman, 2014)
End of the Tunnel (Williams-S. 2013)
Faber Sabre (Owen-P., 2009)
Spacecoast Tequila Sunrise (Kinnebrew-Gossard, 2017)
Spacecoast The Green Mile (Kinnebrew-Gossard, 2017)
Riot Act (Owen-P., 2014)
Wisteria (Derkerlegand, 1991)
Honorable Mention - "Stamp of approval" by AHS that the daylily variety performs well. Initial step towards becoming eligible for Stout Silver Medal Award.
A list of this year's Honorable Mention Award Winners can be found on the AHS Website: daylilies.org/awards/honorable-mentions/
2023 AHS Specialty Award Winners
Lenington All American Award - Best daylily performer over a wide geographic area.
Itsy Bitsy Spider (Bishop-H., 1990). Photo from ADS Database
|
Donn Fischer Memorial Award Best Miniature Daylily. Chickens on the Porch (Herrington-T., 2014). Photo from ADS Database
|
Annie T. Giles Award - Best Small Flowered Daylily.
Darth Ciduous (Elliott-S., 2017). Photo from S. Elliott.
|
Extra Large Diameter Award - Best Extra Large Diameter Daylily. Cliffjumper (Gossard, 2017). Photo from R. Lowe
|
Ida Munson Award - Best Double Daylily.
Mayor of Cornatzer (Elliott-S., 2016). Photo from ADS Database
|
Don C. Stevens Award - Best Eyed or Banded Daylily. Hat's Off to Sue (Herrington-T., 2008). Photo from ADS Databae
|
R.W. Munson, Jr. Award - Best Patterned Daylily. Wacky Wednesday (Seifert, 2015). Photo from AHS Database
|
Harris Olson SpiderAward - Best Spider Daylily. Ruth Gets it Done (Elliott-S., 2016). Photo by S. Elliott
|
Lambert/Webster Award - Best Unusual Form Daylily.
Breathing in Snowflakes (Douglas-H., 2016). Photo from ADS Database
|
Early Season Bloom Award -Best Early Blooming Daylily. A Little Twisted (Elliott-S., 2015). Photo by S. Elliott
|
Eugene S. Foster Award - Best Late-Blooming Daylily. Wacky Dragon (Selman, 2014). Photo by R. Lowe
|