Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants of outstanding excellence for garden decoration or use (whether for open garden or under glass). The award is only given following a period of assessment. Assessment can take place in one or more of the following ways: 1) Trials at one of the Society’s Gardens or at some other venue; 2) Visits to specialist collections; 3) Round-table discussions drawing on the collective expertise and experience of Committee members, with the opportunity to call on further specialists when necessary.
Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2001.


Given on the recommendation of Committees to plants which are of great merit for exhibition.
Awarded by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1997. AM 1997;
Fl. forming a double triangle, deep golden yellow; perianth segments very broadly ovate, spreading, plane, smooth and of good substance, overlapping half; the inner segments more narrowly ovate, sometimes creased at margin; corona cylindrical, mouth very slightly expanded, even, with rim dentate.
Goldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: John E. Colley, AngleterreGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: J.N. Hancock and Co., AustralieGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Lawrence Trevanion, AustralieGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Lawrence Trevanion, AustralieGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: John F. McLennan, Nouvelle-ZélandeGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Kirby Fong, Etats-UnisGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Heath Family Archives, Etats-UnisGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Ian Tyler, AngleterreGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Ian Scroggy, Irlande du NordGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Tony James, AngleterreGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Tony James, AngleterreGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Tony James, AngleterreGoldfinger, 1 Y-Y, Brian S. Duncan, Irlande du Nord, 1983, Irlande du Nord
Photo: Kirby Fong, Etats-Unis