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2001 Dykes Memorial Medal Winner "This wonder's exuberence of ruffles and rich marine blue color remind us of Oregon's Yaquina Bay. The globular flowers are an incredible 4 1/2 inches wide. Growth is extermely vigorous, as one would expect with such a full-bodied flower. Honorable Mention 1994, Award of Merit 1996, Wister Medal 1998, Dykes Medal 2001. Midseason bloom. 37 inches in height." The Dykes Award will be presented at the annual convention of the American Iris Society in Memphis, Tennessee on April 29, 2002. The Dykes Medal is awarded to a single Iris each year by the British Iris Society. Schreiner's Iris Gardens has distinguished itself by being the only Iris grower worldwide to have won a total of ten Dykes Medals. The Dykes Memorial Medal honors the late William Rickatson Dykes, English Botanist and author of the great Monograph, THE GENUS IRIS.  © 1994-2006 - all rights reserved | |