WATERMAN AWARD RECIPIENTS

The Waterman Award is given to an extraordinary American cultivar which displays excellent performance and hardiness in diverse European climates. This award was named after Mrs. Roswitha Waterman, who contributed a lot to the foundation of the modern Hemerocallis in Europe through lectures she gave in Germany over a period of many years.

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 ELIZABETH SALTER
(Jeff Salter, 1990)
[tetraploid, semi-evergreen, mid-season,
56cm scape height, 14cm diameter]
The 1997 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Juerg Plodeck, Basel, Switzerland, 7/1999
 
 
 
 1998 Waterman Award Winner
no award given
 
 
 BILL NORRIS
(David Kirchhoff, 1994)
[tetraploid, semi-evergreen, mid-season,
74cm scape height, 13cm diameter]
The 1999 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Juerg Plodeck, Basel, Switzerland, 7/1999
 
 
 EL DESPERADO
(Patrick Stamile, 1991)
[tetraploid, dormant, late-season,
71cm scape height, 13cm diameter]
The 2000 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Juerg Plodeck, Basel, Switzerland, 7/2000
 
 
 SERENA SUNBURST
(B. Marshal, 1982)
[tetraploid, dormant, mid-season,
58cm scape height, 11cm diameter]
The 2001 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Juerg Plodeck, Basel, Switzerland, 7/2005
 
 
 CANADIAN BORDER PATROL
(Jeff Salter, 1995)
[tetraploid, semi-evergreen, early-mid-season,
71cm scape height, 15cm diameter]
The 2002 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Monika Gruner-Mittag, Troisdorf, Germany, 2007
 
 
 FOOLED ME
(Reilly-Hein, 1990)
[tetraploid, dormant, early-mid-season,
61cm scape height, 14cm diameter]
The 2003 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Juerg Plodeck, Basel, Switzerland, 7/2001
 
 
 RED GRACE
(John Benz, 1993)
[tetraploid, semi-evergreen, mid-season,
86cm scape height, 14cm diameter]
The 2004 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Hans-Ulrich Kaiser, Krefeld, Germany
 
 
 ISLESWORTH
(Patrick Stamile, 1997)
[tetraploid, evergreen, early-mid-season,
64cm scape height, 15cm diameter]
The 2005 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Juerg Plodeck, Basel, Switzerland, 7/2005
 
 











 BELA LUGOSI
(Curt Hanson, 1995)
[tetraploid, semi-evergreen, mid-season,
84cm scape height, 15cm diameter]
         &
 NEWBERRY BORROWED TIME
(Vel. P. Rushing, 1992)
[diploid, dormant, mid-season,
41cm scape height, 18cm diameter]
The two 2006 Waterman Award Winner
Photo (Bela Lugosa):
Jamie Vande, Cologne, Germany
Photo (Newberry Borrowed Time):
Gerrit Snoek, Venhuizen, Netherlands
 
 
 
 TAOS
(Patrick Stamile, 1999)
[tetraploid, dormant, early-mid-season,
61cm scape height, 15cm diameter]
The 2007 Waterman Award Winner
Photo:
Karl + Hanne Rupp, Schortens, Germany, 2007
 
     

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