No. | Year | Winner | Merit Award Hosta | Origin | Plant Size | Leaf Color | Varieg. | Var Color | Flower Color | Season | Source | Registered |
1
| 1982 | Summers, Alex J. | 'Pearl Lake' | Unknown | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Pale-Lavender | July | Stone, David & Payne, Frank | .1982 |
2
| 1984 | Ruh, Peter | 'Antioch' | Unknown | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Tompkins, Cynthia & Hofer, Paul & Ruh, Peter | .1979 |
3
| 1985 | Pollock, Warren | 'Aureomarginata', H. montana | Sport | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Pale-Lavender | July | Maekawa, Dr Fumio & The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
4
| 1986 | Williams, Frances | 'Frances Williams' | Sport | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Williams, Frances & Williams, Connie | .1986 |
5
| 1987 | Grenfell, Diana | 'Halcyon' | Hybrid | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Smith, Eric & The American Hosta Society | .1988 |
6
| 1988 | Seaver, Mildred | 'Tokudama Aureonebulosa' | Sport | Medium | Blue/Green | Streaked | Yellow | Pure-White | Unknown | Unknown & The American Hosta Society | .1987 |
7
| 1989 | Minks, Eldren | 'Platinum Tiara' | TC Sport | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Light-Purple | July to August | Walters Gardens | .1987 |
8
| 1990 | Cooper, Jim | 'Sum and Substance' | Unknown | Giant | Light-Green | | | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Shaw, Florence & Aden, Paul | .1980 |
9
| 1991 | Langdon, Olive B. | 'Golden Sculpture' | Hybrid | Giant | Yellow | | | Near-White | June | Anderson, Kenneth | .1982 |
10
| 1992 | Benedict, Herb | 'Great Expectations' | Sport | Medium | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Pure-White | June to July | Bond, John & Aden, Paul | .1988 |
11
| 1993 | Banyai, Pauline | 'Gold Standard' | Sport | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Yellow | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Banyai, Pauline | .1976 |
12
| 1994 | Savory, Robert | 'Golden Tiara' | Sport | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | Green | Deep-Purple | July to August | Savory, Robert | .1977 |
13
| 1995 | O'Harra, Russ | 'Sagae' | Sport | Giant | Yellow | Marginal | Creamy White | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Watanabe, Kenji & Hagiwara, Eigon | .1987 |
14
| 1996 | Schmid, W. George | Hosta laevigata | Species | Medium | Dark-Green | | | Light-Purple | August to September to October | Species from Korea | --NR-- |
15
| 1997 | Crockett, Clyde | Hosta nigrescens | Species | Giant | Blue/Green | | | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Species from Japan | --NR-- |
16
| 1998 | Minks, Nancy | 'Alvatine Taylor' | Sport | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Pure-White | June to July | Minks, Eldren | .1990 |
17
| 1999 | Vaughn, Kevin | 'Breeder's Choice' | Hybrid | Medium | Med-Green | Marginal | White | Pale-Lavender | June to July | Vaughn, Kevin | .1987 |
18
| 2000 | Eisel, Mervin | 'June' | TC Sport | Medium | Yellow | Marginal | Blue-Green | Pale-Lavender | August | NEO Plants Ltd. | .1991 |
19
| 2001 | Zilis, Mark | 'Krossa Regal' | Hybrid | Giant | Blue/Green | | | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Krossa, Gus & Summers, Alex | .1980 |
20
| 2002 | Wade, Van | 'American Halo' | Sport | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Creamy White | Pure-White | June to July | Wade, Van | .1999 |
21
| 2003 | Solberg, Bob | 'Corkscrew' | Hybrid | Small | Med-Green | | | Light-Purple | August to September to October | Solberg, Robert | .2003 |
22
| 2004 | Olson, Bob | 'Bridegroom' | Hybrid | Medium | Med-Green | | | Deep-Purple | July | Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb) & Gowen, Hideko | .1990 |
23
| 2005 | Walek, Kevin | 'Guardian Angel' | Sport | Large | Blue/Green | Medial | White | Near-White | June to July | Thompson, Rick & Thompson, Criss | .1995 |
24
| 2006 | Falstad, C.H. III | 'Aphrodite' | Sport | Large | Med-Green | | | Pure-White | August to September to October | Maekawa, Dr Fumio & Schmid, W. George & Walek, Kevin & The American Hosta Society | .2009 |
25
| 2007 | Wilkins, Jim | 'Dorothy Benedict' | Hybrid | Medium | Med-Green | Streaked | Yellow | Near-White | June to July | Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb) | .1983 |
26
| 2008 | Dean, Don | 'Silver Bay' | Hybrid | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Light-Purple | July | Dean, Don | .1999 |
27
| 2009 | Schwartzbauer, Mary | 'Her Eyes Were Blue' | Hybrid | Medium | Blue/Green | | | Near-White | July to August | Dean, Don | .2008 |
28
| 2010 | Axmear, Bob | 'Paradigm' | Sport | Medium | Blue/Green | Medial | Yellow | Near-White | June to July | Walden West Nursery | .1999 |
29
| 2011 | McDonell, Harold | 'Spilt Milk' | Unknown | Large | Blue/Green | Streaked | Speckles | Near-White | June to July | Seaver, Mildred | .1999 |
30
| 2012 | Jones, Barbara | 'Liberty' | TC Sport | Large | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Pale-Lavender | July to August | Machen, John | .2000 |
31
| 2013 | Micheletti, Tom | 'Thank You' | Hybrid | Large | Dark-Green | Marginal | White | Light-Purple | July to August | Micheletti, Tom | .2007 |
32
| 2014 | Larsen Kim | 'Minnesota Mafia' | Unknown | Medium | Yellow-Gold | | | Unknown | Unknown | Minnesota Hosta Society | --NR-- |
33
| 2015 | Walker, Claudia | 'One Man's Treasure' | Sport | Medium | Dark-Green | | | Light-Purple | August to September to October | Benedict, Dr Ralph (Herb) & Solberg, Robert | .1999 |
34
| 2016 | Tucker, Larry | 'Elvis Lives' | Hybrid | Large | Blue/Green | | | Light-Purple | July to August | Avent, Tony | .1995 |
35
| 2017 | Shadrack, Mike | 'Mike Shadrack' | Hybrid | Medium | Blue/Green | Marginal | Yellow | Near-White | June to July | Kuk, Bob | .2001 |
36
| 2018 | Greene, Steven | 'Reflected Glory' | Unknown | Large | Med-Green | Marginal | Light Green | Med-Lavender | June to July | Seaver, Mildred & Seaver, Charles | .2015 |
37
| 2019 | Tomashek, Cindy | 'Piedmont Honey' | Sport | Large | Yellow | Marginal | Blue-Green | Near-White | June to July | Tomashek, Cindy | .2007 |
38
| 2021 | Mills, Janet | 'Lakeside Paisley Print' | Unknown | Small | Dark-Green | Medial | White | Pale-Lavender | July | Chastain, Mary | .2006 |
39
| 2022 | Markland, Sandie | 'Michael's Mud Pie' | Unknown | Large | Med-Green | | | Unknown | June | Markland, Sandie | .2002 |
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