2000 AHS Award of Merit Winners
The AHS Award of Merit is given to signify that a daylily
cultivar is not only distinctive and beautiful, but has also
proved good performance over a wide geographic area. The
Award of Merit is made each year to only ten daylily cultivars.
To receive an Award of Merit, a cultivar must receive votes
from at least one-half of the established regions and not
more that one-third of the total votes credited to the cultivar
shall come from any one region. To be eligible for the Award
of Merit, a cultivar must have received the AHS Honorable
Mention Award no less that 3 years previously and will remain
eligible for 3 years.
The list below presents the ten 2000 AHS Award of Merit
winners (three way tie for tenth place), their hybridizer
and the total number of votes received.
- BILL NORRIS (Kirchhoff,
D.) 215 Votes
- BETTY WARREN WOODS (Munson,
R.W.) 198 Votes
- DARING DILEMMA (Salter)
162 Votes
- EL DESPERADO (Stamile)
138 Votes
- MASK OF TIME (Salter)
110 Votes
- PRIMAL SCREAM (Hanson)
109 Votes
- DENA MARIE (Carpenter,
J.) 97 Votes
- RUFFLED PERFECTION (Carpenter,
J.) 96 Votes
- NOSFERATU (Hanson)
95 Votes
- CHRIS SALTER (Salter)
80 Votes
- INDIAN GIVER (Ferguson)
80 Votes
- YABBA DABBA DOO (Hansen)
80 Votes
2000 AHS Award of Merit Runners-Up
The list below presents the ten 2000 AHS Award of Merit
runners-up, their hybridizer and the total number of votes
received.
- DRAGON KING (Kirchhoff,
D.) 78 Votes
- JEDI DOT PIERCE (Wedgeworth)
78 Votes
- DRUID'S CHANT (Stamile)
74 Votes
- SOMETHING WONDERFUL (Salter)
71 Votes
- EMERALD SPLENDOR (Wilson)
67 Votes
- SMUGGLER'S GOLD (Branch)
64 Votes
- HUSH LITTLE BABY (Sikes)
63 Votes
- OMOMUKI (Stamile)
63 Votes
- RED SUSPENDERS (Webster)
62 Votes
- MISSOURI MEMORIES (Hansen)
59 Votes
