2006 Waterlily Competition Winners

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'

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