Murphys Show – Innovation Medal winner

The Innovation Medal is not an ADS award but is one sponsored by Brian and Betty Duncan and offered at ADS national shows. A special panel of judges well versed in hybridizing searches the show and non- competitive displays for the potential winner. The award is not given if there is no worthy candidate. As its name suggests, the award is for cultivars that show innovation or a significant advance in hybridizing. The candidate should be a recent introduction or one that will shortly be introduced. There was a winner this year, and it is Itsy Bitsy Splitsy 11aY-O hybridized by Harold Koopowitz. I’ve photographed a vase of them with a ruler so that you can see how small it is. Itsy Bitsy Splitsy in a miniature with color. If you think about it, you will realize that miniatures as a whole do not have much color beyond white and yellow. Itsy Bitsy Splitsy can come with one or two florets.