What Daylily Is Most Popular?

1997 AHS National Popularity Poll

For 1997, 19 daylily cultivars are presented as the most popular daylilies growing in AHS member gardens and/or in their immediate area. In all, 1,719 AHS member ballots were submitted to tabulators in each of the 15 AHS Regions to determine regional popularity poll winners. The voting data was merged to determine the AHS National Daylily Popularity Poll Winners. Please refer to the AHS Regional Popularity Polls regarding the popular daylilies from the various geographic and climatic AHS Regions.

1. STRAWBERRY CANDY (Stamile 1989) -- 543 votes (14 regions)
   
2. BARBARA MITCHELL (Pierce 1984) -- 500 votes (14 regions)
   
3. JANICE BROWN (Brown, E.C. 1986) -- 287 votes (10 regions)
   
4. PAPER BUTTERFLY (Morss 1983) -- 286 votes (11 regions)
   
5. WEDDING BAND (Stamile 1987) -- 282 votes (11 regions)
   
6. SILOAM DOUBLE CLASSIC (Henry 1985) -- 242 votes (9 regions)
   
7. ALWAYS AFTERNOON (Morss 1987) -- 235 votes (7 regions)
   
8. JOLYENE NICHOLE (Spalding-Guillory 1984) -- 198 votes (9 regions)
   
9. DARING DILEMMA (Salter 1992) -- 168 votes (6 regions)
   
10. PIRATE'S PATCH (Salter 1991) -- 156 votes (7 regions)
    
11. SMOKY MOUNTAIN AUTUMN (Guidry 1986) -- 144 votes (7 regions)
    
12. ELIZABETH SALTER (Salter 1990) -- 129 votes (6 regions)
    
13. MARY'S GOLD (McDonell, H. 1984) -- 116 votes (4 regions)
    
14. RED VOLUNTEER (Oakes 1984) -- 107 votes (4 regions)
    
15. NEAL BERREY (Sikes 1985) -- 105 votes (5 regions)
    
16. FRANCIS JOINER (Joiner 1988) -- 95 votes (4 regions)
    
17. BROCADED GOWN (Millikan 1979) -- 90 votes (6 regions)
    
18. FAIRY TALE PINK (Pierce 1980) -- 83 votes (5 regions)
    
19. CONDILLA (Grooms 1977) -- 77 votes (5 regions)
    

Note: These 1997 results were tabulated by Dwaine Kurtz, AHS Popularity Poll Chairman, and the Regional Tabulators.

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