The standard collections were among the last award-winners to be photographed. You’ll see some photos where the flowers are losing substance because I was unable to photograph them on the first day of the show. So here they are in show report order.
Youth Collection Ribbon Winner was Katelyn Potter.
There were three entries in this class, so the award was contested. It’s good to see several youths competing. Anyway, the flowers in the winning collections are:
Back: ‘Angel’ 3W-GWW, ‘Cassata’ 11aW-W;
Front: ‘Apricot Lace’ 11aW-P, ‘Smiling Sun’ 2WWY-Y, ‘Derringer’ 7Y-Y.
Historic Collection Ribbon Winner exhibited by David and Janie Vaughan
Historics are cultivars registered or in gardens before 1940. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Mrs. R. O. Backhouse’ 2W-P (1921), ‘Trevithian’ 7Y-Y (1927);
Front: ‘Sweetness’ 7Y-Y (1939), ‘Beryl’ 6W-YYO (1907), ‘Sir Watkin’ 2Y-Y (1868).
Classic Collection Ribbon Winner exhibited by Ceci Brown
Classics are standards registered between 1940 and 1969 inclusive. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Gossamer’ 3W-YYP (1962), ‘Rameses’ 2W-O (1960), ‘Camelot’ 2Y-Y (1962);
Front: ‘Monument’ 2Y-Y (1969), ‘Festivity’ 2W-Y (1954).
Maroon Ribbon Winner exhibited by Janet Hickman
The Maroon Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 reverse bicolor standards. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Carib Gipsy’ 2Y-WWY, ‘Altun Ha’ 2YYW-W, ‘Xunantunich’ 2YYW-WWY;
Front: ‘Clavichord’ 11aY-W, ‘Intrigue’ 7Y-W.
Red-White-Blue Ribbon Winner exhibited by Karen Cogar
The Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 American-bred standards. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Tuscarora’ 1Y-Y (Bender), ‘Millennium Perfection’ 1Y-Y (Reed);
Front: ‘Geometrics’ 2W-Y (DuBose), ‘Lara’ 2W-O (Pannill), ‘Windy City’ 1W-Y (Reed).
Purple Ribbon and New Zealand Award Winner exhibited by Tom Stettner, Jr.
The Purple Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 standard daffodils. The winner happened to be the winner of the New Zealand prize for 5 standards bred in New Zealand. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Dynasty’ 2Y-R (Brogden), ‘Artists Dream’ 2WWY-Y (Brogden), ‘Flaming Hot’ 2Y-R (Brogden);
Front: ‘Florence Joy 2W-W (Brogden), ‘White Frosting’ 2W-W.
Carncairn Trophy Winner exhibited by Janet Hickman
The Carncairn Trophy is for the best collection of 5 standard bred in Ireland. This includes Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Crevenagh’ 2Y-GYY (Duncan), ‘Goldfinger’ 1Y-Y (Duncan), ‘Golden Aura’ 2Y-Y (Richardson);
Front: ‘Cosine’ 11aW-P (Duncan), ‘Snowy Canyon’ 4W-W (Duncan).
Dutch Award Winner exhibited by Michael and Lisa Kuduk
The Dutch Award is named for its donor. It’s for the best collection of 5 standards from 5 different decades beginning with 0 and ending with 9. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Seney’ 2Y-O (2010), ‘Louise Randall’ 2W-W (2004), ‘Pacific Rim’ 2Y-YYR (1994);
Front: ‘Goldfinger’ 1Y-Y (1983), ‘New Penny’ 3Y-Y (1972).
Australian Award Winner exhibited by Bob and Lina Huesmann
The Australian Award is for the best collection of 5 standards bred in Australia. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Timberman’ 1W-Y (Silcock), ‘Prodigious’ 11aW-Y (Jackson), ‘Muster’ 4W-O (Jackson);
Front: ‘Shockwave’ 2Y-O (Jackson), ‘Hawley Gift’ 2Y-O (Radcliff).
English Award Winner exhibited by David and Janie Vaughan
The English Award is for the best collection of 5 standards bred in England. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Sir Watkin’ 2Y-Y (Pickstone), ‘Red Devon’ 2Y-O (Champernowne), ‘Carib Gipsy’ 2Y-WWY (Pearson);
Front: ‘Beryl’ 6W-YYO (Williams), ‘Misty Glen’ 2W-GWW (Board).
Intermediate Collection Ribbon Winner exhibited by Larry Force
SNR is the Shaw Nature Reserve in Missouri where some naturalized daffodils have been collected. The best intermediate collection included:
Back: 05-165-1 3W-GYY (‘Lemon Tree’ x ‘SNR Poet’), 06-136 2W-W (‘Amity Angel’ x ‘Lissome’),
03-153-1 3W-GYY (‘Grace Note’ x ‘Emerald Light’);
Front: 07-311 3W-WWP (‘Knowing Look’ x ‘Dena’), 06-115 2Y-YOO (‘Rory’s Glen’ x ‘Sunset Sonata’).
Elise Havens Award Winner exhibited by Janet Hickman
The Elise Havens Award is for the best collection of 12 standards from at least 3 RHS divisions 5 through 10. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Top row: ‘Mowser’ 7Y-R, ‘Sweet Pepper’ 7Y-O, ‘Cragford’ 8W-O;
3rd row: ‘Intrigue’ 7Y-W, ‘Unknown Poet’ 9W-GYR, ‘Lemon Sprite’ 7YYW-W;
2nd row: ‘Aurelia’ 7Y-Y, ‘Kerryteuila’ 8Y-O, ‘Lemon Drops’ 5Y-Y;
Bottom row: ‘Sugar Rose’ 6W-GWP, ‘Euphonic Bells’ 5W-W, ‘Prototype’ 6Y-YPP.
Marie Bozievich Award Winner exhibited by Karen Cogar
The Marie Bozievich class calls for 12 standards from at least 4 RHS divisions. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Great Gatsby’ 2Y-R, ‘Castanets’ 8Y-O, ‘Southern Hospitality’ 4Y-R, ‘Resplendent’ 2Y-R,
‘Kiwi Sunset’ 4Y-R, ‘Hot Gossip’ 2Y-O;
Front: ‘Bittern’ 12Y-O, ‘Flint Arrow’ 6Y-O, ‘Lennymore’ 2Y-R, ‘Itzim’ 6Y-R, ‘Flusher’ 2O-R, ‘Arrowhead’ 6Y-R.
Tom Throckmorton Award Winner exhibited by Karen Cogar
The Throckmorton class calls for 15 standards from 15 different classifications. A classification is the division number and the color code. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back row: ‘Legendary’ 8Y-R, ‘Muster’ 4W-O, ‘Resplendent’ 2Y-R, ‘Bramcote Daybreak’ 1W-Y,
‘Southern Hospitality’ 4Y-R;
Middle row: ‘Birky’ 2W-P, ‘Lackawanna’ 2Y-Y, ‘Geometrics’ 2W-Y, ‘Tuscarora’ 1Y-Y, ‘Lara’ 2W-O;
Front row: ‘Rapture’ 6Y-Y, ‘Louise Randall’ 2W-W, ‘Arrowhead’ 6Y-R, ‘Perky’ 6W-Y, ‘Maria Pia’ 11aY-R.
Carey Quinn Award Winner exhibited by Janet Hickman
The Quinn class calls for 24 standards from at least 5 RHS divisions. The winning collection contains:
Top row: ‘Astute’ 2W-O, ‘Hurrah’ 2Y-Y, ‘River Queen’ 2W-W, ‘Gin and Lime’ 1Y-WWY, ‘Estuary’ 2W-GWW,
‘American Dream’ 1Y-P;
3rd row: ‘Quickfire’ 2Y-YOO, ‘Royal Marine’ 2W-YOO, ‘Pacific Rim’ 2Y-YYR, ‘Snow Rose’ 2W-PPR,
‘Pumpkin Ridge’ 1Y-O, ‘Cameo Affair’ 2W-Y;
2nd row: ‘Smooth Trumpet’ 1W-Y, ‘Crackington’ 4Y-O, ‘Sacre Coeur’ 2W-GYP,
‘Cape Cornwall’ 2Y-YYO, ‘Cosine’ 11aW-P, ‘Crowndale’ 4Y-O;
Bottom row: ‘Miss Primm’ 2Y-Y, ‘Emperor Concerto’ 2YYW-WWY, ‘Menehay’ 11aY-O,
‘Katrina Rea’ 6W-WOO, ‘Mesa Verde’ 12G-GGY, ‘Bob Spotts’ 2W-W.
Goethe Link Award Winner exhibited by Nial Watson
This is one of the ADS Challenge classes. It calls for 3 hybridized by the exhibitor. The Link Award is for the best exhibit in this class. The flowers in the winning exhibit are:
W743 2W-WWP, W818 11aY-O, W930 2W-P.
Murray Evans Award Winner exhibited by Nial Watson
There’s a class for 6 hybridized by the exhibitor in the ADS Challenge Section. The best exhibit wins the Murray Evans Award. The flowers in the winning exhibit are:
Back: ‘Muiranna’ 1Y-Y, W919 2W-Y;
Middle: ‘Tangerine Tango’ 4Y-O, W688 2W-YYP;
Front: ‘Anna Panna’ 3Y-O, W930 2W-P.
This concludes the ADS awards for exhibits with more than one cultivar of standard daffodils. Any award not mentioned means there were no entries or the award was not given. When I get to it, the third and final posting in this series will cover all the awards for miniatures.