2020 Murphys Show – ADS Daffodil Awards

The 2020 Murphys daffodil show was held at Ironstone Vineyards February 29 and March 1. The national show came the following weekend, so I was too busy to post the Murphys photos until now. There were 16 exhibitors who made 404 entries for a total of 614 stems. Since there weren’t a lot of ADS award winners, I’m showing all of them in this posting rather than in separate postings for standards and miniatures. As usual, if I don’t mention an award, that means it was not given. I’ll go through them in the order in which they’re listed in the show report.

The Gold Ribbon is awarded to the best standard daffodil in the show excluding the container-grown section. The winner was ‘Picket Post’ 3W-O exhibited by Kirby Fong.

The Rose Ribbon is for the best standard seedling in the show exhibited by its originator, excluding the container-grown section. The winner was seedling 708 3W/G-GWW exhibited by Bob Spotts.

The Miniature Gold Ribbon is awarded to the best miniature daffodil in the show excluding the container-grown section. The winner was Keira seedling KB-I-7W-W-5-2017 7W-W exhibited by Kirby Fong.

The Miniature Rose Ribbon is awarded to the best miniature seedling in the show exhibited by its originator, excluding the container-grown section. The winner was seedling 4748 2Y-Y exhibited by Bob Spotts.

The White Ribbon is awarded to the best set of three standard daffodils in the show. The winner was ‘Alto’ 2W-P exhibited by Kirby Fong.

The Miniature White Ribbon is awarded to the best set of three miniature daffodils in the show. The winners was seedling M501 7Y-GYY exhibited by Bob Spotts.

The Best Intermediate Ribbon is awarded to the best intermediate daffodil in the Intermediate Section, Small Growers Section, Youth Section, or any of the standard collections. The winner was ‘Chile Verde’ 3Y-GYO exhibited by Bob Spotts.

The best set of 3 intermediates was this set of seedling 640 3Y-GYR exhibited by Bob Spotts.

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

The best set of 3 in the Historic Section was ‘Stella’ 2W-Y (1869) exhibited by Ben Blake and Nancy Tackett.

The best bloom in the Classics Section was ‘Ceylon’ 2Y-O (1943) exhibited by Rosemary Scholz.

The Classics Section is unusual in having an award for the best single-stem exhibit. (The best bloom in the section might be a single-stem exhibit or might be in a set of 3 or in a collection of 5.) The winner of this award was ‘Cyelon’ 2Y-O (1943) exhibited by Rosemary Scholz.

The best 3-stem entry in the Classics Section was ‘Ceylon’ 2Y-O (1943) exhibited by Rosemary Scholz. The middle flower was the best bloom in the section.

The best bloom in the Youth Section was ‘Tête-à-Tête’ 12Y-Y exhibited by Franklin Sanford.

The best 3-stem entry in the Youth Section was ‘Golden Dawn’ 8Y-O exhibited by Franklin Sanford.

The Small Growers Section is reserved for exhibitors who grow no more than 50 different cultivars or species. The winner was ‘Sweet Spring’ 4W-O exhibited by Albert Elings.

The Standard Container-Grown Ribbon is for the best entry of standard daffodils grown and shown in a container. The winner was ‘Martinette’ 8Y-O exhibited by Ironstone Vineyards.

The best collection of 5 intermediate daffodils was this exhibit consisting of:
Back: 223 3W/GG-GGW, ‘Chile Verde’ 3Y-GYO, 224 3W-YYP;
Front: 222 3G/YG-YYO, 221 3WWG-GWR.
The exhibitor was Bob Spotts.

The Red-White-Blue Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 standard daffodils of American breeding. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: ‘Mesa Verde’ 12G-GGY (Spotts), 218 5YGG-GGO, ‘Mesquite’ 2Y-Y (Spotts);
Front: 216 3G-GGO, 217 7Y-YYO.
The exhibitor was Bob Spotts.

The Purple Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 standard daffodils in the show. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: 208 1Y-Y, 209 1Y-Y, 210 1Y-Y;
Front: 207 1YYG-YOO, ‘Mariemont’ 1Y-O.

The Robert Spotts Ribbon is for the best collection of 5 daffodils where green is the predominant color in either perianth and/or corona. The flowers can be all standards or all miniatures. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: 214 3G-GGO, 211 3WWG-G, 215 3W/GG-GGO;
Front: 212 5G-GGO, 213 5G-GGO.
The exhibitor was Bob Spotts.

The Miniature Red-White-Blue Ribbon is awarded to the best collection of 5 miniature daffodils of American breeding. The Lavender Ribbon is awarded to the best collection of 5 miniature daffodils. The entry won both ribbons. Flower are:
M403 11aY-Y. M402 7G-G, ‘Kokopelli’ 7Y-Y, M401 7G-G, M404 7Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Bob Spotts.

The Bankhead collection class calls for 9 miniature daffodils in at least 3 different RHS Divisions. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Back: N. fernandesii 13Y-Y, ‘Hupa’ 9W-GYR, JBK 16-06-02 10Y-Y (N. bulb. var. tenuifolius x N. bulb. var. nivalis),
N. jonquilla var. henriquesii 13Y-Y, Duncan 05-32 10Y-Y;
Front: JBK 12-19-03 10Y-Y (‘Zinkowski Group’ x N. bulbocodium), ‘Pilgrim Fran’ 10Y-Y,
‘Rubilina’ 2Y-Y, N. romieuxii ssp. albidus zaianicus “Better Form” 13Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

The Watrous collection class calls for 12 miniature daffodils in at least 3 different RHS Divisions. Flowers in the winning collection are:
Back row: ‘Hupa’ 9W-GYR, ‘Itsy Bitsy Splitsy’ 11aY-O, ‘Twinkling Yellow’ 7Y-Y,
Duncan 05-131 10Y-Y (‘Big Bob’ x N. scaberulus), ‘Romantique’ 5Y-Y;
Middle row: ‘Rubilina’ 2Y-Y, ‘White Petticoat’ 10W-W, Keira KB 620-13 7G-G, ‘Angel’s Whisper’ 5Y-Y;
Front row: JBK 12-09-02 10Y-Y (‘Oregon Petticoat Group’ x N. bulb. var. serotinus),’Little Flik’ 12Y-Y, N. obesus 13Y-Y.
The exhibitor was Jon Kawaguchi.

Finally, the Silver Ribbon goes to the exhibitor who won the most blue ribbons. The winner was Bob Spotts with 45 blue ribbons.