2006 IWGS New Waterlily Competition
On behalf of the IWGS I would like to thank all the participants for this year’s competition.
I would like to thank both Sarah P. Duke Gardens and McKee Garden for hosting the competition. Congratulations to Craig Presnell from the USA for winning Best New Waterlily and Best New Tropical with Nymphaea ‘Avalanche’. Craig’s N. ‘Pink Flamingo’ was voted Second Best Tropical.
Also, I would like to congratulate both Pairat Songpanich from Thailand and Andreas Protopapas from Cyprus for their award winning waterlilies in the Hardy competition. Mr. Pairat Songpanich won Best New Hardy Waterlily with N. ‘Tan-Khwan’ and Andreas’ N. ‘Niki’ won the second Best New Hardy Waterlily
2006 New Waterlily Competition Winners

Nymphaea ‘Avalanche’
by Craig Presnell
2006 IWGS New Tropical Waterlily

1st Place Tropical Waterlily
Nymphaea ‘Avalanche’
by Craig Presnell from USA

2nd Place Tropical Waterlily
Nymphaea ‘Pink Flamingo’
by Craig Presnell from USA
2008 IWGS New Hardy Waterlily

1st Place
Nymphaea ‘Tan-Khwan’
by Pairat Songpanich from Thailand

2nd Place Best Hardy Waterlily
Nymphaea ‘Niki’
by Andreas Protopapas from Cyprus