2025 Awards for Garden Value

2025 American Iris Society Garden Medals:

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• Awards Of Merit
• Honorable Mentions

American Dykes Medal (Total votes cast = 287)

The American Dykes Medal "The Best of the Best" 27 votes
'Royston Rubies'
(Adam Cordes)

Runners Up

22 votes
‘Blinded By The Light’
(Larry Lauer) TB 18 votes
‘Good Morning Sunshine’
(Thomas Johnson) TB
18 votes
‘Rise Like A Phoenix’
(Paul Black) TB
17 votes
‘Black Lipstick’
(Keith Keppel) TB
16 votes
‘Ninja Warrior’
(Lynda Miller) MTB
14 votes
‘Chihuahuan Desert’
(Howard Dash) TB

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Wister Medal for best Tall Bearded Iris (Total votes cast = 704)

Wister Medal 29 votes
‘Dark Universe’
(Keith Keppel)
23 votes
‘Marry The Night’
(Thomas Johnson)
22 votes
'Ghirardelli Square'
(Keith Keppel)

Runners Up

21 votes
‘Molokini’
(Michael Sutton)
20 votes
‘Irresistible Charm’
(Richard Tasco)
17 votes
‘Copper Angel’
(Howard Dash)
16 votes
‘Jedi Princess’
(Howard Dash)
16 votes
‘Señor Jinx’ (Schreiner) 15 votes
‘Ay Chihuahua’
(Howard Dash)
15 votes
‘Royalty Remembered’
(Keith Keppel)

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Caparne-Welch Medal for Best Miniature Dwarf Iris (Total votes cast = 102)

Caparne-Welch Medal 35 votes
‘Kay’
(Thomas Johnson)

Runners Up

19 votes ‘Alas’
(Thomas Johnson)
16 votes
‘Sapphire Jubilee’
(Ginny Spoon)
14 votes
‘Bam’
(Richard Tasco)

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Debaillon Medal for best Louisiana Iris (Total votes cast 105)

Debaillon Medal 29 votes
‘Katrina Rising’
(Patrick O’Connor)

Runners Up

26 votes
‘Acadian Sky’
(Joseph Musacchia)
17 votes
‘Annette Brown’
(Harry Wolford)
17 votes
‘Heartbreak Warfare’
(Hooker Nichols)

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Mitchell Medal for best Pacific Coast Native, (Total votes cast 26)

Sidney B. Mitchell Medal 6 votes
‘Ocean Roar’
(Joseph Ghio)
6 votes
‘Wilder Ranch’
(Joseph Ghio)

Runners Up

4 votes
‘Blood Veins’
(William Plotner)
4 votes
‘California Born’
(Joseph Ghio)

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Morgan-Wood Medal for best Siberian (Total votes cast 121)

Morgan Wood Medal 37 votes
‘Fiddles On Fire’
(Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks)

Runners Up

24 votes
‘Hot Hot Hot’
(Robert Hollingworth)
21 votes
‘Art In Bloom’
(Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks)
21 votes
‘Fisherman’s Twilight’
(James Copeland, Sr.)
18 votes
‘Wynne Magnolia’
(Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks)

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Randolph-Perry Medal for best Species Cross (Total votes cast 125)

Randolph Perry Medal 86 votes
‘Alabama Blue Fin’
(Jill Copeland)

Runners Up

26 votes
‘French Buttercream’
(Chad Harris)
13 votes
‘Lawton Ridge’
(Bob Bauer/John Coble)

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White Medal for best aril or arilbred, (Total votes cast 107)

Clarence G. White Medal 49 votes
‘Chihuahua Night’
(Howard Dash)

Runners Up

21 votes
‘Smokin' Hot’
(Thomas Johnson)
19 votes
‘Firefly Frenzy’
(Richard Tasco)
18 votes
‘Stolon Ginger’
(Cindy Rivera)

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Awards Of Merit

Honorable Mentions

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