Hostas that have been registered for at least three year, exhibit superior garden performance, and are nominated by their originators or the American Hosta Society’s Board of directors can be considered for this award.  The American Hosta Society’s second highest award, Benedict Garden Performance Award of Merit, is selected from this list. Hostas that have been selected for the Award of Merit are marked with an *

• 2023
  • Fragrant Bouquet
  • Guacamole
  • Joy Ride
• 2022
  • First Blush*
  • Gold Standard
  • Halcyon*
• 2021
  • Beet Salad
  • Coast to Coast*
  • Dark Shadows
  • Fruit Punch
  • Great Arrival
  • Hollywood Lights
  • Hush Puppie
  • Plum Pudding
• 2019
  • Abba Dabba Do
  • High Society
  • Pandora’s Box*
  • Restless Sea
  • Stitch in Time
  • Titanium
• 2018
  • Clear For River Valley**
  • Cookie Crumbs
  • Electrocution*
  • Gemstone*
  • Mango Salsa*
  • Shady Affair
  • Spartacus*
  • Sum of All*
  • Vulcan*
• 2017
  • Autumn Frost**
  • Elvis Lives
  • Moonlight Sonata*
  • Neptune**
  • Rainbow’s End**
  • Sharp Dressed Man**
  • Squash Casserole*
• 2016
  • All That Jazz*
  • Blue Betty Lou*
  • Bobbie Sue
  • Captain Kirk*
  • Faith*
• 2015
  • Awakening Angel
  • Bedazzled
  • Frozen Margarita*
  • Indigo
  • Orange Marmalade*
  • Pewterware*
  • Pineapple Upsidedown Cake*
  • Rubies and Ruffles
  • Spartan Arrow*
  • Sugar and Spice
  • Summer Breeze*
  • Tidewater
  • Victory**
  • World Cup**
  • Worldly Treasure
• 2014
  • Bumblebee
  • Crumb Cake*
  • Curly Fries**
  • Dance with Me*
  • Dancing Queen*
  • Eventide
  • Hope
  • Mike Shadrack
  • Mourning Dove
  • Phantom
  • Prairie Sky*
  • Ringtail
  • Sunshine Glory
  • Tongue Twister
• 2013
  • Abby*
  • Aspen Gold
  • Dorset Blue*
  • Jack of Diamonds*
  • Love Pat*
• 2012
  • Blue Angel**
  • Blue Ice*
  • Dawn’s Early Light*
  • Fragrant Bouquet*
  • Hoosier Dome*
  • Invincible*
  • Ivory Coast*
  • Key West*
  • Powderpuff
  • Sum and Substance**
  • Sun Power**
• 2011
  • Emerald Necklace*
  • Leading Lady**
  • Millennium*
  • Pearl Lake*
  • Robert Frost*
  • Wolverine*
• 2010
  • American Masterpiece
  • American Sweetheart
  • Ann Kulpa
  • Atlantis*
  • Azure Snow
  • Blue Hawaii
  • Brave Amherst*
  • Cathedral Windows*
  • Ebb Tide
  • Glory
  • Hanky Panky*
  • Holy Mole
  • Journey’s End*
  • Lakeside Dragonfly
  • Lemon Meringue
  • Popo
  • Whiskey Sour
• 2009
  • Blue Wedgwood
  • Brother Stefan*
  • Cracker Crumbs*
  • Earth Angel*
  • First Frost**
  • Fried Bananas
  • Frosted Jade*
  • Key Lime Pie
  • Lakeside Baby Face
  • Lemon Lime*
  • Manhattan*
  • Niagara Falls**
  • Silver Bay*
  • Tiny Tears*
  • Van Wade
• 2008
  • Alvatine Taylor
  • Aristocrat
  • Baby Bunting*
  • Blue Jay
  • Grand Prize
  • Hadspen Blue*
  • Inniswood*
  • Jewel of the Nile
  • Lakeside Black Satin
  • Lakeside Cha Cha
  • Olive Bailey Langdon*
  • One Man’s Treasure*
  • Piedmont Gold
  • Satisfaction*
  • Tambourine
  • Teaspoon
  • Touch of Class*
• 2007
  • Alex Summers
  • Diana Remembered
  • Formal Attire*
  • Fried Green Tomatoes
  • Golden Tiara*
  • Grand Tiara*
  • Lakeside Shore Master
  • Mildred Seaver
  • Northern Exposure
  • Old Glory*
  • Queen Josephine*
  • Regal Splendor*
  • Salute*
  • Torchlight*
  • Whirlwind*
• 2006
  • Blue Mouse Ears**
  • Christmas Tree*
  • Dream Weaver*
  • Francee*
  • Gold Standard*
  • Guacamole*
  • Halcyon*
  • June**
  • Krossa Regal*
  • Sagae**
  • September Sun
  • sieboldiana Elegans*
  • Spilt Milk*
  • Stained Glass*
  • Striptease*