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The American Iris Society
Dykes Medal Winners
Dykes Medal winners from inception in 1927 to date
The Dykes Medal is the overall top award of the American Iris Society, given to a single iris each year.
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| Winning Year | Variety Name | Hybridizer Name | Year Introduced | Grown * |
| 2011 | Drama Queen | Keith Keppel | 2003 | - |
| 2010 | Paul Black | Thomas Johnson | 2003 | - |
| 2009 | Golden Panther | Tasco | 2000 | - |
| 2008 | Starwoman | Marky Smith | 1998 | - |
| 2007 | Queen's Circle | Kerr | 2000 | * |
| 2006 | Sea Power | Keppel | 1999 | * |
| 2005 | Splashacata | Tasco | 1998 | - |
| 2004 | Crowned Heads | Keppel | 1997 | * |
| 2003 | Celebration Song | Schreiner | 1993 | * |
| 2002 | Mesmerizer | Byers | 1991 | * |
| 2001 | Yaquina Blue | Schreiner | 1992 | * |
| 2000 | Stairway to Heaven | Lauer | 1993 | * |
| 1999 | Hello Darkness | Schreiner | 1992 | * |
| 1998 | Conjuration | Byers | 1989 | * |
| 1997 | Thornbird | Byers | 1989 | * |
| 1996 | Before the Storm | Innerst | 1989 | * |
| 1995 | Honky Tonk Blues | Schreiner | 1988 | * |
| 1994 | Silverado | Schreiner | 1987 | * |
| 1993 | Edith Wolford | Hager | 1986 | * Out 2011 |
| 1992 | Dusky Challenger | Schreiner | 1986 | * |
| 1991 | Everything Plus | Niswonger | 1984 | - |
| 1990 | Jesse's Song | Williamson | 1983 | * |
| 1989 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1988 | Titan's Glory | Schreiner | 1981 | - |
| 1987 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1986 | Song of Norway | Luihn | 1979 | * |
| 1985 | Beverly Sills | Hager | 1979 | * |
| 1984 | Victoria Falls | Schreiner | 1977 | - |
| 1983 | Ruffled Ballet | Roderick | 1975 | - |
| 1982 | Vanity | Hager | 1975 | * |
| 1981 | Brown Lasso | Buckles-Niswonger | 1975 | - |
| 1980 | Mystique | Ghio | 1975 | * |
| 1979 | Mary Frances | Gaulter | 1973 | * |
| 1978 | Bride's Halo | Mohr | 1974 | * Out 2011 |
| 1977 | Dream Lover | Tams | 1971 | - |
| 1976 | Kilt Lilt | Gibson | 1970 | - |
| 1975 | Pink Taffeta | Rudolph | 1968 | - |
| 1974 | Shipshape | Babson | 1969 | - |
| 1973 | New Moon | Sexton | 1968 | - |
| 1972 | Babbling Brook | Keppel | 1966 | * |
| 1971 | Debby Rairdon | Kuntz | 1965 | - |
| 1970 | Skywatch | Benson | 1964 | - |
| 1969 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1968 | Stepping Out | Schreiner | 1964 | - |
| 1967 | Winter Olympics | O.Brown | 1963 | - |
| 1966 | Rippling Waters | Fay | 1961 | - |
| 1965 | Pacific Panorama | Sexton | 1960 | - |
| 1964 | Allegiance | Cook | 1958 | - |
| 1963 | Amethyst Flame | Schreiner | 1956 | - |
| 1962 | Whole Cloth | Cook | 1956 | - |
| 1961 | Eleanor's Pride | Watkins | 1952 | - |
| 1960 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1959 | Swan Ballet | Muhlestein | 1955 | - |
| 1958 | Blue Sapphire | Schreiner | 1953 | - |
| 1957 | Violet Harmony | Lowry | 1948 | - |
| 1956 | First Violet | Deforest | 1951 | - |
| 1955 | Sable Night | Cook | 1952 | - |
| 1954 | Mary Randall | Fay | 1950 | - |
| 1953 | Truly Yours | Fay | 1949 | - |
| 1952 | Argus Pheasant | Deforest | 1948 | - |
| 1951 | Cherie | Hall | 1947 | - |
| 1950 | Blue Rhythm | Whiting | 1945 | - |
| 1949 | Helen McGregor | Graves | 1946 | - |
| 1948 | Ola Kala | Sass | 1943 | - |
| 1947 | Chivalry | Wills | 1944 | - |
| 1946 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1945 | Elmohr | Loomis | 1942 | - |
| 1944 | Spun Gold | Gultzbeck | 1940 | - |
| 1943 | Prairie Sunset | H.P.Sass | 1939 | - |
| 1942 | Great Lakes | Cousins | 1938 | - |
| 1941 | The Red Douglas | J.Sass | 1937 | - |
| 1940 | Wabash | Williamson | 1936 | - |
| 1939 | Rosy Wings | Gage | 1935 | - |
| 1938 | Copper Lustre | Kirkland | 1934 | - |
| 1937 | Missouri | Grinter | 1933 | - |
| 1936 | Mary Geddes | Stahl-Washington | 1931 | - |
| 1935 | Sierra Blue | Essig | 1932 | - |
| 1934 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1933 | Coralie | Ayres | 1932 | - |
| 1932 | Rameses | H.P.Sass | 1929 | - |
| 1931 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1930 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1929 | Dauntless | Connell | 1927 | - |
| 1928 | Not Awarded | |||
| 1927 | San Francisco | Mohr | 1927 | - |