Hybridizer Marky Smith

Yakima, Washington, USA

Marky Smith was winner of the American Dykes Award in 2008 for 'Starwoman'. She was honored by the American Iris Society with the Hybridizer Award in 2005. She received the Bennett C. Jones Award for Outstanding Median Hybridizing in 2012 from the Median Iris Society. You can see the MIS summary of her contributions here on their website.

In 2021 her Tall Bearded 'Belle Fille' was awarded the Premio Firenze prize at the Florence International Iris competition and the John C. Wister Medal by the American Iris Society.

Article from the January 2012 Bulletin An Iris Lover: Twenty-five Years on My Knees by Marky Smith.

See below:

• Gardens
• Registrations and Introductions
• Awards
• Iris Publications
• Autobiographical Notes
• Hybridizing Notes

Gardens

Registrations/Introductions:

Arilbred: 'Afreet', 'Brother of Demons'; 'Light of Egypt', 'Nefret', 'Scarab',

Border Bearded: 'Benedictine', 'Courtesan', 'Eiderdown', 'Immortal', 'Jaguar', 'Perquisite', 'Picaro', 'Schoolmaster', 'Signorina'. 'Truant',

Intermediate Bearded: 'Aeolius', 'Aeronaut', 'Amon Ra', 'Aquanaut', 'Aquarian', 'Banshee', 'Bering Sea', 'Blackcurrant', 'Blackgammon', 'Blitzen', 'Calligrapher', 'Callisto', 'Cayenne', 'Carbon', 'Cocoa Butter', 'Coral Dragon', 'Delirium', 'Dragonmaster', 'Elysium', 'Fanta', 'Fathom', 'Firewalker', 'Geisha', 'Halfling', 'Harmonium', 'Haunted Peach', 'Italics', 'Kahuna', 'Lakota', 'Mescalero', 'Ming', 'Mutineer', 'Oblivion', 'Orca', 'Paisley', 'Partisan', 'Prism', 'Sailor', 'Salted Caramel', 'Sanskrit', 'Scrivener', 'Soleil', 'Starting Line', 'Starweather', 'Starwoman', 'Stormbird', 'Witchfire'.

Miniature Dwarf Bearded: 'Applet', 'Bete Noire', 'Brambleberry', 'Frostling', 'Kidling', 'Micron', 'Photon', 'Stripling'. 'Youngling',

Siberian: 'Ali'i, 'Haleakala', 'Kilauea', 'Star Lion'.

Standard Dwarf Bearded: 'Anubis', 'Boise Baronet', 'Bronco Baby', 'Bumpkin', 'Celilo', 'Chambord', 'Chardonnay', 'Clairvoyant', 'Coconino', 'Cosmonaut', 'Craisin', 'Deacon', 'Denali', 'Dragonet', 'Droid', 'Esprit', 'Extraterrestrial', 'Fire Eater', 'Firestorm', 'Force Field', 'Galaxy's Edge', 'Gemstar', 'Greenland', 'Helmsman', 'Hottentot', 'Incendiary', 'Infanta', 'Italics', 'James Bond', 'Low Tide', 'Lyonesse', 'Marksman', 'Martian', 'Menehune', 'Mercurian', 'Microwave', 'Minidragon', 'Minimango', 'Mosaic', 'Muse', 'Nicolina', 'Panther', 'Partisan', 'Peachling', 'Photon', 'Pilot', 'Plainsong', 'Quarter Moon', 'Quartzlight', 'Rozaye', 'Seafire', 'Shallows', 'Slow Burn', 'Starbaby'. 'Starshot', 'Starweather', 'Tahoma', 'Taliesin', 'Tanzanite', 'Venusian', 'Yearling'.

Tall Bearded: 'Afterlife', 'Belle Fille', 'Brindle', 'Brindle Dragon', 'Clydesdale', 'Coriolis', 'Creamsicle', 'Cypher', 'Dreamlines', 'Gentlewoman', 'Geode', 'Illyrian', 'Infidel', 'Kaibab', 'Kamiakin', 'Lemon Spritz', 'Line Rider', 'Marchesa', 'Miguelangel', 'Noche', 'Obsidian', 'Outcaste', 'Phaeton', 'Pinot Noir', 'Rubio', 'Shastina', 'Snow Lion', 'Starlines', 'Sunbolt', 'Tsunami', 'Tyclone', 'Underworld', 'Vintage Port'. 'Vintner', 'Visigoth', 'Waterdragon', 'Wise Woman', 'Yardley'.

Awards

Iris Publications

Autobiographical Notes

Hybridizing Notes

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