Benedict Garden Performance Plan
The Benedict Garden Performance Awards are winding their way
to the ultimate award for a hosta,
The Benedict Garden Performance Medal
And it is a medal indeed!
This year's balloting will select the first winner of the first Benedict Medal which will be awarded at the National Convention in 2009. The process has been slow but steady; starting first with nominations, then with the honorable mention awards, then the Award of Merit. The first Award of Merit winners have already been selected and will be awarded at this year's convention. From these winners the garden performance judges will be voting to select the first Benedict Medal winners. The selection process insures that the winners will represent the best of the best. Garden Performance judges are spread across the country. In order to win an award, votes from across the country are taken into account. If votes are not received from more than three regions for the Award of Merit, they are not included.
............If you are not a Garden Performance Judge, become one..............
It is easy to do and the most important requirement is that you love hosta.
Honorable Mention Award (HM)
The Honorable Mention Award is the first award to be presented for superior garden performance. The list of HM nominees each year will consist of hosta cultivars that are nominated by their originators or by the Board of Directors of the American Hosta Society, and that have been registered for at least three years prior to the year of nomination. A hosta cultivar is to be considered registered on the date of approval of the registration by the Registrar.
Award of Merit (AM)
The Award of Merit is the second highest Garden Performance Award offered by The American Hosta Society. It is selected from previous Honorable Mention Award winners. Each cultivar awarded an HM Award becomes eligible for the Award of Merit.
Benedict Medal for Garden Performance
The Benedict Medal is the highest Garden Performance Award offered by The American Hosta Society. The award is named in honor of Dr. Herb Benedict, a pioneer in hosta hybridizing. It is selected from previous Award of Merit winners. Each cultivar awarded an Award of Merit becomes eligible to receive the Benedict Medal.
The First Benedict Medal for Garden Performance will be awarded in 2009
Benedict Garden Performance Honorable Mention Awards
Listed below are the Benedict Garden Performance Awards presented at the 2006 AHS National Convention based on the results of the 2005 balloting.
Honorable Mention Awards
1. Sagae |
K. Watanabe |
2. June |
NEO Plants ltd. |
3. Striptease |
Criss Thompson-Aughtman |
4. Halcyon |
Eric Smith |
5. Krossa Regal |
Gus Krossa |
6. Gold Standard |
Pauline Banyai |
7. Guacamole |
Robert Solberg |
8. Stained Glass (Tie) |
Hans Hansen |
8. Spilt Milk (Tie) |
Mildred Seaver |
10. Blue Mouse Ears |
E and J Deckert |
11. Francee |
Minnie Klopping |
12. Christmas Tree |
Kevin Vaughn/Mildred Seaver |
13. Sieboldiana 'Elegans' |
AHS |
14. Dream Weaver (Tie) |
Bonnie Ruetenik and
Kevin Walek |
14. September Sun (Tie) |
Robert Solberg |
Listed below are the Benedict Garden Performance Awards presented at the 2007 AHS National Convention based on the results of the 2006 balloting.
1. Regal Splendor |
Walters Gardens, Inc. |
2. Whirlwind |
John Kulpa |
3. Queen Josephine |
Bob Kuk |
4. Salute |
H. & D. Benedict |
5. Alex Summers (tie) |
Vic Santa Lucia |
5. Formal Attire (tie) |
Kevin C. Vaughn |
5. Grand Tiara (tie) |
Ali Pollock |
8. Golden Tiara |
Robert P Savory |
9. Torchlight |
William & Eleanor Lachman |
10. Lakeside Shore Master |
Mary Chastain |
11. Mildred Seaver |
Kevin C. Vaughn |
12. Diana Remembered (tie) |
John Kulpa |
12. Northern Exposure(tie) |
Walters Gardens, Inc. |
14. Fried Green Tomatoes(tie) |
Robert Solberg |
15. Old Glory (tie) |
Hans Hansen and
Shady Oaks Nursery |
