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 selcected in any given year).
2021 Award of Merit Winners:
Explosion in the Paint Factory (Howard-R., 2013)
Tim Herrington (Elliott-S., 2014)
Opa Klaus (Waldrop, 2015)
Boss Hogg (Douglas-H., 2015)
Bluegrass Memories (Pruess-T., 2006)
Joan Jackson (Kirchhoff-D., 2010)
Stenciled Infusion (Pierce-G., 2013)
Jen Melon (Oakes, 1987)
Spacecoast Chomp! Chomp! (Kinnebrew-J., 2011)
Humungousaur (Gossard, 2013)
Cameroons Twister (Benz, 2000)
Yankee Pinstripes (Howard-R., 2013)
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 selcected in any given year).
2021 Award of Merit Winners:
Explosion in the Paint Factory (Howard-R., 2013)
Tim Herrington (Elliott-S., 2014)
Opa Klaus (Waldrop, 2015)
Boss Hogg (Douglas-H., 2015)
Bluegrass Memories (Pruess-T., 2006)
Joan Jackson (Kirchhoff-D., 2010)
Stenciled Infusion (Pierce-G., 2013)
Jen Melon (Oakes, 1987)
Spacecoast Chomp! Chomp! (Kinnebrew-J., 2011)
Humungousaur (Gossard, 2013)
Cameroons Twister (Benz, 2000)
Yankee Pinstripes (Howard-R., 2013)
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/
2021 AHS Specialty Award Winners
Lenington All American Award - Best daylily performer over a wide geographic area.
Dances with Giraffes (Reed, 2005) Photo by M. Baker
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Donn Fischer Memorial Award Best Miniature Daylily. Too Cute (Williams-S., 2012) Photo from AHS Database
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Annie T. Giles Award - Best Small Flowered Daylily. Tim Herrington (Elliott-S., 2014) Photo by S. Elliott
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Extra Large Diameter Award - Best Extra Large Diameter Daylily. Eminent Domain (Owen-P., 2011) Photo from AHS Database
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Ida Munson Award - Best Double Daylily.
Raspberry Ripple Cupcake (Herrington-T., 2007) Photo by R. Lowe
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Don C. Stevens Award - Best Eyed or Banded Daylily. Hotlanta (Waldrop, 2014) Photo by R. Lowe
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R.W. Munson, Jr. Award - Best Patterned Daylily Yankee Pinstripes (Howard-R., 2013) Photo from AHS Database
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Harris Olson SpiderAward - Best Spider Daylily Midnight in Oz (Herrington-K., 2009) Photo from AHS Database
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Lambert/Webster Award - Best Unusual Form Daylily Sebastian on Steroids (Elliott-S., 2012) Photo by S. Elliott
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Early Season Bloom Award -Best Early Blooming Daylily Darth Ciduous (Elliott-S., 2017) Photo by S. Elliott
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Eugene S. Foster Award - Best Late-Blooming Daylily Ghost Ranger (Elliott-S., 2015) Photo by S. Elliott
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