An AHS Awards update......
Cultivars from the extremely talented Herrington family received several AHS Awards in 2013.
'Everybody Loves Ernest', hybridized by Tim and registered in 2005 was awarded a 2013 Award of Merit.
Also hybridized by Tim is 'Cotton Candy Cupcake' (2005). This victorian pink double received a 2013 Honorable Mention and was the 1st runner up for the Eugene S. Foster Award which is given annually for a cultivar registered and blooming as a late (L) or very late (VL).
'Plum Cupcake' (Herrington -T, 1998) received the Donn Fischer Memorial Cup for the most outstanding miniature cultivar. Registered miniature daylilies have blooms which measure less than 3" in diameter.
The Lambert/Webster Award is given annually to the most outstanding registered Unusual Form daylily. In 2013 'Christmas in Oz' (Herrington-K, 2004) was awarded the Lambert/Webster Award.
The very popular 'Green Rainbow' (Herrington-T, 2005) was the 1st runner up for the Annie T. Giles Award. This award is given annually to the best small flowered cultivar as determined by votes from the garden judges. A small flowered daylily has blooms which measure more than 3" but less than 4 1/2".
The Early Season Bloom Award is given to recognize daylilies registered as extra early (EE) or early (E). In 2013 this award was given to 'Free Wheelin' ' (Stamile, 2004) with Tim Herrington's 'Baby Boomer' (1996) receiving recognition as the 2nd runner up.
Congratulations to the Herringtons!
