Current Years Winners
2019 Honorable Mention
Established in 1950, this award is the first official “stamp of approval” by the AHS, where good performance goes beyond the regional level.
To win, a cultivar must receive a minimum of fifteen votes achieve the HM. These votes must come from no fewer than four different AHS regions. In voting for this award, Garden Judges must cast their votes only for cultivars observed in their own region. Cultivars are nominated for the Honorable Mention by their hybridizers. To be eligible it must have been registered for at least three calendar years. The Awards & Honors Committee may also nominate a maximum of ten cultivars each year that have been previously overlooked. Hybridizers may nominate a cultivar a maximum of three times, though not necessarily in consecutive years. After its third nomination, a cultivar cannot be nominated by the hybridizer.
(Go to bottom of page for link to spreadsheet with votes by region for all 2019 Cultivar Awards and Runners Up)
Award Winners
| Sebastian on Steroids | (Elliott-S., 2012) | 115 |
| Breathing In Snowflakes | (Douglas-H., 2016) | 106 |
| Hat's Off to Sue | (Herrington-T., 2008) | 63 |
| Asheville Summer Jewel | (Selman, 2014) | 40 |
| The Fantastic Barbara Watts | (Salter, 2014) | 40 |
| Senator Edward M. Kennedy | (Doorakian, 2010) | 37 |
| Don't Leave Empty-Handed | (Selman, 2014) | 36 |
| Green Icon | (Doorakian, 2012) | 34 |
| Cosmic Aftershock | (Salter-E.H., 2012) | 33 |
| My Heart Belongs to Daddy | (Wilkerson, 2009) | 32 |
| Double My Sunshine | (Gossard-D., 2012) | 31 |
| Little Night Jewel | (Stamile-G.-Pierce, 2012) | 30 |
| Magnify The Lord | (Emmerich, 2005) | 30 |
| Suburban Wren | (Watts, 2012) | 30 |
| Everybody Loves Tim | (Salter-E.H., 2016) | 29 |
| Judi Romano | (Kirchhoff-D., 2011) | 29 |
| Brown's Ferry Cream Supreme | (Douglas-C., 2015) | 28 |
| Suburban Coach Burnham | (Watts, 2011) | 28 |
| The Incredible Earl Watts | (Salter, 2012) | 28 |
| Big Bertha | (Herr-D., 2012) | 27 |
| Broadway Last Mohican | (Stamile-G.-Pierce, 2011) | 27 |
| Cheddar Explosion | (Gossard-D., 2013) | 26 |
| One Hot Mama | (Wilkerson, 2010) | 26 |
| The One Ring | (Salter-E.H., 2015) | 26 |
| Kennesaw Blue Sapphire | (Waldrop, 2015) | 25 |
| Poly Want A Cracker | (Herr-D., 2012) | 25 |
| Regina Sitko | (Kulpa, 2012) | 25 |
| Topguns Apache War Paint | (Scott-B., 2010) | 25 |
| Big Bertha's Sister | (Herr-D., 2012) | 24 |
| Mount Ararat | (Emmerich, 2009) | 24 |
| Rosemary Mussar | (Mussar, 2013) | 24 |
| Spacecoast White Christmas | (Kinnebrew-Gossard, 2015) | 24 |
| Cosmic Explosion | (Doorakian, 2012) | 23 |
| Greywoods Dottie Do Little | (Wilkinson, 2004) | 23 |
| Lillian's Katelyn Joy | (Manning, 2015) | 23 |
| Wacky Dragon | (Selman, 2014) | 23 |
| Galileo | (Owen-P., 2010) | 21 |
| Heavenly New Frontiers | (Gossard, 2016) | 21 |
| Back to Black | (Cochenour, 2011) | 20 |
| Bruce the Remarkable | (Owen-P., 2010) | 20 |
| Carnival King | (Herr-D., 2013) | 20 |
| Laura's Double Delight | (Botting-M., 2008) | 20 |
| Maymont Double | (Larch, 1991) | 20 |
| Topguns Sharon Scott | (Scott-B., 2011) | 20 |
| Barbara Devereaux White | (Kirchhoff-D., 2014) | 19 |
| Burnt Hickory | (Waldrop, 2015) | 19 |
| Cherry Stripes | (Mussar, 2013) | 19 |
| Clowns in Washington | (Clement, 2009) | 19 |
| Faber Sabre | (Owen-P., 2009) | 19 |
| One Cat Too Many | (Clement, 2008) | 19 |
| Spots Before My Eyes | (Mussar, 2013) | 19 |
| Wishy Washy | (Joiner-J., 2013) | 19 |
| A Little Twisted | (Elliott-S., 2015) | 18 |
| Mardi Gras Indian | (Selman, 2014) | 18 |
| Mister Johnny | (Kirchhoff-D., 2014) | 18 |
| Savannah Sweetheart | (Joiner-J., 2000) | 18 |
| School Bus Dreams | (Bell-T., 2014) | 18 |
| Spacecoast Black Sensation | (Kinnebrew-Gossard, 2016) | 18 |
| Ta-Dah | (Brooks-BB, 2007) | 18 |
| Feather Woman | (Roberts-N., 2005) | 17 |
| Honky Tonk Barbie | (Selman, 2015) | 17 |
| Hope Floats | (Douglas-H., 2009) | 17 |
| Lillian's Terah George | (Manning, 2015) | 17 |
| Little Jet Setter | (Stamile-G., 2008) | 17 |
| Peppermint Kisses | (Morss, 2010) | 17 |
| Broken Chains | (Emmerich, 2015) | 16 |
| Cynthia Dawn | (Douglas-C., 2014) | 16 |
| Fancy Lace | (Stamile, 2008) | 16 |
| Phill Warbasse | (Doorakian, 2012) | 16 |
| Suburban TR | (Watts, 2008) | 16 |
| Tiny Tease | (Stamile-G., 2008) | 16 |
| Volcanic Eruption | (Gossard, 2004) | 16 |
| Boys of Summer | (Douglas-C., 2016) | 15 |
| Little Sea Sprite | (Stamile-G., 2007) | 15 |
| No Ordinary Child | Emmerich, 2015) | 15 |
| Swallowtail Summer | (Trimmer-J., 2013) | 15 |
| Water Drops | (Stamile, 2007) | 15 |
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