Iris Classes

Irises are divided into a number of classes by AIS for garden judging. As such they compete for different medals and are supported by different AIS Sections or Cooperating Societies. The winners of each award then compete for the following three years for the American Dykes Medal which is available to all classes of iris.

Bearded Irises

Class	Award	Section
Tall Bearded	Wister Medal	Tall Bearded Iris Society
Border Bearded	Knowlton Medal	Median Iris Society
Intermediate Bearded	Sass Medal	Median Iris Society
Miniature Tall Bearded	Williamson-White Medal	Median Iris Society
Standard Dwarf Bearded	Cook-Douglas Medal	Median Iris Society
Miniature Dwarf Bearded	Caparne-Welch Medal	Dwarf Iris Society
Aril or Arilbred	White Medal for aril or arilbred with 1/2 or more aril complement	Aril Society International
Arilbred	Mohr Medal for arilbred with less than 1/2 aril complement	Aril Society International

Beardless Iris

Class	Award	Section
Japanese	Payne Medal	Society for Japanese Irises
Louisiana	DeBaillon Medal	Society for Louisiana Irises
Pacific Coast Native	Mitchell Medal	Society for Pacific Coast Native Irises
Siberian	Morgan-Wood Medal	Society for Siberian Irises
Spuria	Eric Nies Medal	Spuria Iris Society
Species	Founders of SIGNA Medal	Species Iris Group of North America
Species Cross	Randolph-Perry Medal	Species Iris Group of North America

Other Properties

Class	Property	Section
All	Historic >30 years since introduction	Historic Iris Preservation Society
All	Reblooming	Reblooming Iris Society
All	Novelty	Novelty Iris Society

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-- WayneMesser - 2016-11-20