2019 Livermore Show – Standard Daffodil Awards

The 2019 Livermore daffodil show was March 2 & 3 at Alden Lane Nursery. Winter started out mild before turning cold in February, followed by wind and rain. Bloom time and bloom quality were affected, of course, but we had a decent show nonetheless. Fourteen exhibitors made 283 entries with a total of 672 stems. In this post I cover the ADS award-winning exhibits for standard daffodils. Awards not offered or not awarded are omitted in this post. These are listed in the order in which they appear in to show report form.

The Gold Ribbon is for the best standard in the show excluding the Container-Grown Section. The winning flower was ‘Kiwi Sunset’ 4Y-R exhibited by Kirby Fong.

The Rose Ribbon is for the best standard seedling in the show excluding the Container-Grown Section. The winning flower was seedling 9-1-70 7G-G exhibited by Bob Spotts.

The White Ribbon is for the best set of three standards in the show. The winning cultivar was ‘Chili Verde’ 3Y-GYO exhibited by Bob Spotts. Although it appears as ‘Chili Verde’ in DaffSeek, Bob maintains the correct spelling is ‘Chile Verde’.

The best intermediate is chosen not only from the Intermediates Section but also from the standard collections. The winning flower was ‘Brooke Ager’ 2W-P exhibited by Kirby Fong.

The best set of three intermediates in the Intermediates Section was seedling9-1-11 3O-R exhibited by Bob Spotts.

The best bloom in the Historics Section was Saint Keverne 2Y-Y (1934) exhibited by Kirby Fong.

The best set of three in the Historics Section was ‘Beryl’ 6W-YYO (1907) exhibited by Kirby Fong.

The best bloom in the Classics Section was the middle flower in the best set of three in the Classics Section. It was ‘Ice Follies’ 2W-W (1953) exhibited by Karen Vogel-Hayes.

The best bloom in the Youth Section was ‘Kokopelli’ 7Y-Y exhibited by Nick Swanson.

The best set of three in the Youth Section was ‘Erlicheer’ 4W-Y exhibited by Nick Swanson.

The best bloom in the Small Growers Section was ‘Pierce-Arrow’ 1Y-O exhibited by Anna Fine.

The best exhibit of a standard in the Container-Grown Section was ‘Monal’ 2Y-R exhibited by Steve Hampson.

The best collection of 5 intermediates contained:
Back: ‘Solera’ 2YYW-YPP, ‘Warm Day’ 2O-O, Koopowitz 2011-091 2Y-O;
Front: ‘Birthday Girl’ 2W-GWW, ‘Rimski’ 2W-YWP.
The exhibitor was Steve Hampson.

The Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 different American-bred standards. The flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Louise Randall’ 2W-W (Reed), ‘Chromacolor’ 2W-P (Pannill), ‘Brooke Ager’ 2W-P (DuBose);
Front: ‘Pacific Rim’ 2Y-YYR (Mitsch), ‘Johnny Quest’ 3Y-R (Reed).
The exhibitor was Kirby Fong.

The Purple Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 standard daffodils. In this case it happened to be the Northern Ireland collection. The flowers are:
Back: ‘Chobe River’ 1Y-Y, ‘Spartan Gold’ 2Y-Y, ‘Gatecrasher’ 1Y-Y;
Front: ‘Trielfin’ 5Y-Y, ‘Gold Braid’ 2Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Steve Hampson.

The Bozievich class calls for 12 different standard daffodils from at least four RHS Divisions. The winning exhibit contains:
Top row: ‘Triple Crown’ 3Y-GYR, ‘Erlicheer’ 4W-Y, ‘Wild Rover’ 1Y-R, ‘Twilight Zone’ 2YYW-WWY;
Middle row: ‘Version’ 2W-P, ‘Chobe River’ 1Y-Y, ‘Good Intentions’ 2Y-Y, ‘Chanson’ 1W-P;
Bottom row: ‘Jauno’ 1Y/WP-P, Havens SH 18/1 5W-Y, ‘Garden Treasure’ 2Y-Y, ‘Royeleen’ 1Y-O.
The exhibitor was Steve Hampson.

The Havens class call for 12 different standard daffodils from at least three of RHS Divisions, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Top row: ‘Luna’s Favorite’ 8W-Y, ‘Matador’ 8Y-GOO, ‘Lemon and Barley’ 8Y-Y, Havens SH 18/1 5W-Y;
Middle row: Koopowitz 2008-008 8Y-Y, ‘Bailey Grace’ 7Y-Y, ‘Miss Meliss’ 8W-Y, ‘Abracadabra’ 6Y-Y;
Bottom row: Koopowitz 09-038 5Y-O, ‘Bell Star’ 5W-W, Koopowitz 2012-015 5O-R, ‘Trielfin’ 5Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Steve Hampson.

The Throckmorton class calls for 15 different standard daffodils from 15 different RHS classifications. A classification is the division number plus the color code. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Top row: ‘Lemon and Barley’ 8Y-Y, ‘Avalon’ 2Y-W, ‘Banker’ 2Y-O, ‘Twilight Zone’ 2YYW-WWY, ‘Happy Valley’ 2Y-y;
Middle row: ‘Version’ 2W-P, ‘Monal’ 2Y-R, ‘Fiji’ 4Y-Y, ‘Chanson’ 1W-P, ‘Castanets’ 8Y-O;
Bottom row: ‘Trielfin’ 5Y-Y, ‘Warm Welcome’ 2W-GWP, ‘Gympie’ 1Y-Y, ‘Jauno’ 1Y/WP-P, ‘Treasure Hunt’ 2Y-GYY.
The exhibitor was Steve Hampson.

The Quinn class calls for 24 different standard daffodils from at least 5 different RHS divisions. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Top row: ‘Mesa Verde’ 12G-GGY, 9-1-60 2Y-Y, ‘Lima’s Winter Moon’ 2WWG-G, 9-1-61 2Y-YOO, 9-1-62 2Y-O,
‘Pima’ 8Y-Y, ‘Chili Verde’ 3Y-GYO, ‘Avalanche’ 8 W-Y.
Middle row: 9-1-63 3Y/G-GYO, 9-1-64 3W-WWR, 9-1-65 1Y-Y, ‘Cactus Blossom’ 2W-Y, 9-1-66 1Y-O,
‘El Sid’ 1Y-Y, 9-1-67 11aY-GYO, 9-1-3 4W/G-YWW;
Bottom row: 9-1-68 3WWG-G, 9-1-69 3Y-YOO, ‘Mesquite’ 2Y-Y, 9-1-11 3O-R, 9-1-70 7G-G, 9-1-51 6Y-O,
9-1-71 3WWG-GGO, ‘Rapture’ 6Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Bob Spotts.

The Silver Ribbon for winning the greatest number of blue ribbons went to Bob Spotts with 35. This concludes the listing of the ADS awards for standard daffodils at the 2019 Livermore show. Another post will list the miniature daffodil awards.