The American Dykes Memorial Medal

This is one of the highest awards judged by the American Iris Society Judges. It is awarded by the British Iris Society in honor of William Rickatson Dykes to the best Iris developed by an American hybridizer. The candidates are chosen from the AIS Medal winners that have been bred by American (US & Canadian) Hybridizers. The Medal winners are the best irises in their class. So this is the best of the best. The British Iris Society also presents Dykes Medals to Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and previously France. Also see the 2015 American Dykes Medal candidates.

List of American Dykes Medal winners:

'Royston Rubies'
2025 - Adam Cordes
'Perry Dyer'
2024 - Paul Black
'Don't Doubt Dalton'
2023 - Tom Burseen
'Football Hero'
2022 - Lynda Miller
'Daring Deception'
2021 - Thomas Johnson
'Reckless Abandon'
2021 - Keith Keppel
'Bottle Rocket'
2019 - Michael Sutton
'Haunted Heart'
2018 - Keith Keppel
'Montmartre'
2017 - Keith Keppel
'Swans In Flight'
2016 - Robert Hollingworth
'Gypsy Lord'
2015 - Keith Keppel
'Dividing Line'
2014 - Chuck Bunnell
'That's All Folks'
2013 - William Maryott
'Florentine Silk'
2012 - Keith Keppel
'Drama Queen'
2011 - Keith Keppel
'Paul Black'
2010 - Tom Johnson
'Golden Panther'
2009 - Rick Tasco
'Starwoman'
2008 - Marky Smith
'Queen's Circle'
2007 - Fred Kerr
'Sea Power'
2006 - Keith Keppel
'Splashacata'
2005 - Rick Tasco
'Crowned Heads'
2004 - Keith Keppel
'Celebration Song'
2003 - Schreiners
'Mesmerizer'
2002 - Byers
'Yaquina Blue'
2001 - Schreiners
'Stairway To Heaven'
2000 - Larry Lauer
'Hello Darkness'
1999 - Schreiners
'Conjuration'
1998 - Byers
'Thornbird'
1997 - Byers
'Before The Storm'
1996 - Innerst
'Honky Tonk Blues'
1995 - Schreiners
'Silverado'
1994 - Schreiners
'Edith Wolford'
1993 - Ben Hager
'Dusky Challenger'
1992 - Schreiner
'Everything Plus'
1991 - Dave Niswonger
'Jesse's Song'
1990 - Williamson
1989
Not Awarded 'Titan's Glory'
1988 - Schreiners
1987
Not Awarded 'Song Of Norway'
1986 - Walter Luihn
'Beverly Sills'
1985 - Ben Hager
'Victoria Falls'
1984 - Schreiners
'Ruffled Ballet'
1983 - Elvan Roderick
'Vanity'
1982 - Ben Hager
'Brown Lasso'
1981 - Buckles-Niswonger
'Mystique'
1980 - Joe Ghio
'Mary Frances'
1979 - Larry Gaulter
'Bride's Halo'
1978 - Mohr
'Dream Lover'
1977 - Esther Tams
'Kilt Lilt'
1976 - James Gibson
'Pink Taffeta'
1975 - Nate Rudolph
'Shipshape'
1974 - Sanford Babson
'New Moon'
1973 - Neva Sexton
'Babbling Brook'
1972 - Keith Keppel
'Debby Rairdon'
1971 - Lois Kuntz
'Skywatch'
1970 - Benson
1969
Not Awarded 'Stepping Out'
1968 - Schreiners
Winter Olympics'
1967 - Opal Brown
'Rippling Waters'
1966 - Orville Fay
'Pacific Panorama'
1965 - Neva Sexton
'Allegiance'
1964 - Paul Cook
'Amethyst Flame'
1963 - Schreiners
'Whole Cloth'
1962 - Paul Cook
'Eleanor's Pride'
1961 - Watkins
1960
Not Awarded 'Swan Ballet'
1959 - Muhlestein
'Blue Sapphire'
1958 - Schreiners
'Violet Harmony'
1957 - Lowry
'First Violet'
1956 - DeForest
'Sable Night'
1955 - Paul Cook
'Mary Randall'
1954 - Orville Fay
'Truly Yours'
1953- Orville Fay
'Argus Pheasant'
1952 - DeForest
'Cherie'
1951 - Hall
'Blue Rhythm'
1950 - Whiting
'Helen McGregor'
1949 - Graves
'Ola Kala'
1948 - Sass
Chivalry'
1947 - Wills
1946
Not Awarded 'Elmohr'
1945 - Loomis
'Spun Gold'
1944 - Gultzbeck
'Prairie Sunset'
1943 - Sass
'Great Lakes'
1942 - Cousins
'The Red Douglas'
1941 - Sass
'Wabash'
1940 - Williamson
'Rosy Wings'
1939 - Gage
'Copper Lustre'
1938 - Kirkland
'Missouri'
1937 - Grinter
'Mary Geddes'
1936 - Mary G. Stahlman
'Sierra Blue'
1935 - Essig
1934
Not Awarded 'Coralie'
1933 - Ayres
'Rameses'
1932 - Hans Sass
1931
Not Awarded
1930
Not Awarded 'Dauntless'
1929 - Connell
1928
Not Awarded 'San Francisco'
1927 - Mohr

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-- BobPries - 2010-02-19