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Garden Judges Workshop 1 
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Course Outline
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Timeline: Hybrid Daylilies and Awards
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Timeline
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Timeline
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The (Madison Square) Garden Judge
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The AHS Garden Judge
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The Garden Judge’s Work:
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Plant Evaluation Criteria
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Point-Scoring 
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Flower Criteria 
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Scape Criteria 
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Foliage Criteria 
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The Complete Plant 
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Valid and Invalid Criteria 
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Cultivar Awards
Voted by Garden Judges
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“Pyramid of Awards”
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Honorable Mention
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HM Portion of Ballot
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3 Modes of Nomination
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HM Eligibility
  • Cultivars become eligible 3 years after registration.
  • Hybridizer may nominate 7 cultivars in any year.
  • No win? Hybridizer may nominate same plant again two more times.
  • Hybridizer’s choice how long to wait before renominating.  Max of 3 appearances on the HM ballot.
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Next step: Award of Merit
  • HM winners are listed automatically on the AM ballot 3 years later. It’s out of the hybridizer’s hands now.
  • The wait permits wider distribution.
  • Eligible for 3 years.
  • Garden judges vote for up to 12 cultivars seen in their own region.
  • The AM list is extensive. You won’t know them all.  Vote only for those you have evaluated.
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AM Portion of Ballot
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To Win an AM
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Stout Silver Medal
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Stout Medal Portion of Ballot
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Recent Stout Medal Winners 
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Specialty Awards
  • These awards recognize cultivars that have excelled within certain categories.
  • Cultivars must be registered for a minimum of 5 years prior to balloting.
  • Garden judges may cast votes for cultivars observed in their own regions or in the AHS National Convention tour gardens, unless otherwise stated.
  • Write-in votes are allowed.
  • The cultivar receiving the most votes wins.
  • Evaluate the whole plant; vote for the best daylily of its type.
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Current Specialty Awards
  • Donn Fisher Memorial Award - miniature flowers less than 3” in diameter
  • Annie T. Giles Award - small flowers 3” or more but less than 4.5” in diameter
  • Extra-Large Diameter Award -  7” or more in diameter but not registered as spider or Unusual Form.  Doubles are eligible for this award.
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Current Specialty Awards
  • Don C. Stevens Award for eyed or banded flowers, Those registered by Don C. Stevens are ineligible.
  • R. W. Munson, Jr. Award for distinct patterns.
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Current Specialty Awards
  • Ida Munson Award for daylilies registered as double


  • Harris Olson Spider Award for cultivars meeting the petal length-to-width ratio requirement of 4:1


  • Lambert/Webster Award for daylilies registered as unusual form (UF)
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About the Spider Award 
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Measuring Spiders
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Judging the Harris Olson Spider Award
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Selected winners of the Harris Olson Spider Award
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About the Lambert/Webster
Unusual Form Award
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Crispate 
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Cascading 
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Spatulate 
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Multiple Traits 
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About the R.W. Munson, Jr. Award
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Examples of patterned daylilies
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More examples of patterned daylilies
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About the Ida Munson Doubles Award 
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Variations in Form 
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Junior Citation Award
  • For seedlings not-yet-registered; emphasis on outstanding qualities and distinction.
  • Not registered before September 1st of the voting year.
  • Garden judges may vote for seedlings evaluated in any region.  Emphasis on exceptional merit.
  • 10 votes needed.
  • Hybridizers may indicate seedlings for JC consideration.
  • JC Award is not part of “The Pyramid of Awards.”
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Other Cultivar Awards
(Not Voted by  Garden Judges)
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AHS Awards and Honors Committee
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A Judge’s Responsibilities and Duties
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Responsibilities and Duties
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Garden Judge Etiquette
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Don’t carry large bags into the garden.
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Don’t do these things!
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Thank your garden host by mail, e-mail, or phone call.
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Accreditation as a Garden Judge
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Initial Appointment – 5 Years
  • Candidates must have held AHS membership for 24 consecutive months prior to applying.  (Current dues paid!)
  • Training may begin after 12 months of membership.
  • Candidates must have attended at least one of their own regional meetings or a national convention that included garden tours within the last three years.
  • Candidates must regularly see large numbers of award-eligible daylilies and grow a representative sample.
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Requirements for Initial Appointment
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Reappointment – 5 Years
  • You’ll be notified before your term expires. The AHS Garden Judges Chairman will let you know how to renew.
  • You send your 5-year log of garden visits.
  • You should have made at least 25 bloom-season visits to at least 10 different gardens.
  • Fifteen visits must be in your own region.
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Don’t get shut out !!!
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Need help?
Regional Garden Judges Liaisons
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Review of Workshop 1
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Workshop Papers
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