Carolina Best Clump Award Sponsored by the Sandhills Daylily Club
This award in one form or another has been in existence since 1966. Established under the leadership of RVP Harvey Horne, the award was originally named the RVP Cup or the RVP Award.* Now referred to as “The Carolina Best Clump Award,” it is currently sponsored by Sandhills Daylily Club. The winner of the award is selected by registered attendees of the Region 15 summer meeting as a part of the garden tours. Garden hosts are expected to flag or otherwise designate daylily cultivars in their gardens that meet the criteria for this award:
Only cultivars introduced by Region 15 hybridizers are eligible for consideration.
Any size or form of flower is eligible for consideration.
Cultivars must be accurately labeled with the name of the cultivar and the name of the hybridizer.
A given cultivar can win the Carolina Best Clump Award only once.
Attendees will be provided with ballots for this award. Ballots will be collected by the Awards Management Chair at the end of the garden tours and will be counted prior to that evening’s awards presentations. The garden owner(s) who grew the winning daylily will receive an appropriately chosen award presented by the president of the sponsoring club, or the president’s designee. The hybridizer who introduced the cultivar will receive a certificate of recognition, and his/her name, along with the name of the winning cultivar, will be added to the list of previous winners in The Carolina Best Clump Hall of Fame. Garden hosts, garden helpers, and others who did not visit ALL the gardens on tour are expected to refrain from voting for this award. *The regional office now known as the RP (Regional President) was formerly known as the RVP.
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS 2025 - 'Asheville Sunlit Rainbow' in Bill Hurt/Marshall Morrow Garden 2024 - 'Fancy This' (Jim Jeffcoat) in Peggy Jeffcoat's Singing Oaks Garden 2023 - 'Kat Nemenger' in Stadler Garden 2022 - NOT AWARDED (National Convention in Asheville) 2021 - 'All American Chief' (Van Sellers) in Kirk & Nan Milleman's Lily Shire Garden 2020 - NOT AWARDED (No summer meeting due to COVID 19 pandemic) 2019 - 'Meme's Pink Flamingo' (Heidi Douglas) in Mike Denson Waywood Acres 2018 - NOT AWARDED (National Convention in Myrtle Beach) 2017 - 'Mean Green' (Judy Davisson) in WindyHill's Daylily Garden 2016 - 3 Way Tie: 'Red Hot Wings' (Bill Gluck), 'Up Mill Creek' (Gene Tanner) in Billinda Gardens and 'Lizard's Lemon Twist (Terry Baucom) in Bob & Becky Olsen Garden 2015 - 'Summer Star' (Vic Santa Lucia) in Charles & Brenda Coggins Persimmon Garden 2014 - NOT AWARDED (National Convention in Asheville) 2013 - 'Catawampus' (Jim Jeffcoat) in Johnny & Odessa Bourne's Canterbury Garden 2012 - 'Cherryville' (Vic Santa Lucia) in Paul Cranford's Garden 2011 - 'Cameron's Charisma' (Vic Santa Lucia) in Tom Bruce's Garden 2010 - 'Icy' (Elizabeth Shooter) in Walter & Mary Jordan 'Bones Daylily Garden' 2009 - 'Fancy This' (Jim Jeffcoat) in Jim & Judy Bazzone's Three Oaks Garden 2008 - 'Mister Butters' (Judy Davisson) in Judy Davisson Garden 2007 - 'Shrimp and Grits' (Boatwright) 2006 - 'Divine Secrets' (Charles Douglas) 2005 - 'Fair to Middlin' (Jim Jeffcoat) 2004 - 2 Way Tie: 'Pick of the Litter' (Charles Douglas) and 'Circle of Friends' (Faye Shooter) 2003 - NOT AWARDED 2002 - 'Carolina Sunrise' (Charles Douglas) 2001 - 'Ferol' (Jim Jeffcoat) 2000 - 'Strawberry Patch' (Charles Douglas) 1999 - 'Rosy Scenario' (Judith Weston) 1998 - 'Frozen Jade' (Van Sellers) 1997 - 'All American Chief' (Van Sellers) 1996 - 'Harley Rushing' (Rushing) 1995 - 'Dash-Dash' (Ed Zahler) 1994 - 'Flaming Frolic' (Jernigan) 1993 - 'John Fields' (Ed Zahler) 1992 - 'Alexandriana' (Alexander) 1991 - 'Pink Monday' (Van Sellers) 1990 - 'Unique Style' (Carpenter) 1989 - 'Kay Hodge' (Lambert) 1988 - 'Mabel Nolan' (Nolen) 1987 - 'New Series' (K. Carpenter) 1986 - 'My Approval' (Van Sellers) 1985 - 2 Way Tie: 'Bond of Friendship' (Elliott) and 'Fiery Messenger' (Elliott) 1984 - 'Bob Kennedy' (Holman) 1983 - 'Harry Kirk' (Kirk) 1982 - 'Sally Jetton' (Alexander) 1981 - 'Cameron Quantz' (Holman) 1980 - 'Puddin' (Kennedy) 1979 - 'Boyd Horton' (Blakely) 1978 - 'Pat Holman' (Holman) 1977 - 'Butter Pat' (Kennedy) 1976 - NOT AWARDED 1975 - 'Shadowmoss' (Kirk) 1974 - 'Iron Gate Glacier' (Van Sellers) 1973 - 'Columbia Gem' (Boulware) 1972 - 'Shadyside' (Lambert) 1971 - 'Keithie' (Garden) 1970 - 'Gary Bee' (Helms) 1969 - 'Mildred Evans' (Blakely) 1968 - 'Yellow Jewel' (Hodges) 1967 - 'William Munson' (MacMillan) 1966 - 'Rozavel' (Lambert)