ADS Region One 2024 Cultivar Awards

The American Daylily Society announced the 2024 cultivar award winners during the fall 2024 Board of Directors meeting on October 19, 2024. Two Region One daylilies won awards, one hybridized by Kathleen Nordstrom of Northern Lights Daylilies in West Concord, Minnesota and the other hybridized by Karol Emmerich of Springwood Gardens in Jordan, Minnesota.

Congratulations, Kathleen and Karol!

Annie T. Giles Award

Kathleen Nordstrom’s beautiful QUASAR CUTIE (2018, dip) won the Annie T. Giles Award in 2024 for the most outstanding small flower with greatest width of 3 inches or more, but less than 4.5 inches. QUASAR CUTIE previously won an Honorable Mention (HM) in 2023.

'Quasar Cutie' (Kathleen Nordstrom, 2018)—pic courtesy of Steve Horan

For additional pictures and complete description of QUASAR CUTIE, click HERE. To view Kathleen Nordstrom and Mike Grossmann’s Northern Lights Daylilies website, click HERE.

Honorable Mention (HM)

Karol Emmerich’s gorgeous RULER OF NATIONS (2021, tet) won an HM in 2024. 

'Ruler of Nations' (Karol Emmerich, 2021)—pic courtesy of Karol Emmerich

For additional pictures and complete description of RULER OF NATIONS, click HERE. To view Karol Emmerich's Springwood Gardens website, click HERE.

Congratulations from everyone in ADS Region One, Kathleen and Karol!