DAYLILY GARDENS
AHS Awards
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American Hemerocallis Society
Daylily Awards

Winners for each award are listed through links below.
Photos and descriptions for individual cultivars
are linked from their respective awards page.
Stout Silver Medal - The highest award a daylily cultivar can receive, given in memory of
Dr. Arlow B. Stout, considered the father of modern daylily hybridizing.  Only one day lily variety
per year receives the Stout Silver Medal Award.  Winners must have previously received Award of
Merit and Honorable Mention to qualify.

Award of Merit - Awarded to 12 daylilies each year that are distinctive, beautiful and perform
well.  Must have previously received Honorable Mention Award.  

Honorable Mention - "Stamp of approval" by AHS that the daylily variety performs well.
Initial step towards becoming eligible for Stout Silver Medal Award.
LAA  -  Lenington All American - Best performer over a wide geographic area.

IMA  -  Ida Munson Award - Most outstanding double flower.

DCS  -  Don C. Stevens Award - Most outstanding eyed or banded day lily.

RWM  -  R.W. Munson Jr. Award - Most outstanding distinctly patterned day lily.

HOS  -  Harris Olson Spider Award - Most outstanding spider or spider variant.

L/W  -  Lambert Webster Award - Most outstanding unusual form.

ESF  -  Eugene S. Foster Award - Most outstanding late blooming cultivar.

ESB  -  Early Season Bloom - Most outstanding early season bloom cultivar.

DFM  -  Donn Fischer Memorial Cup - Most outstanding miniature bloom under 3".

ATG  -  Annie T. Giles Award - Most outstanding small flower 3"- 4.5".   

JEM  -  James E. Marsh Award - Best purple of lavender daylily.

LEP  -  L. Ernest Plouf Award - Most consistently fragrant dormant daylily.
Previous Stout Silver
Medal Winners
Click on photos
for descriptions.

Winners for each award
are listed through the
award link.

Photos and descriptions
for individual cultivars
are linked from their
respective awards page.

Winners for each award
are listed through the
award link.

Photos and descriptions
for individual cultivars
are linked from their
respective awards page.