Awards
Awards
All AIS awards except ECs are based on voting by AIS judges on performance in the garden.
HC – Highly Commended – for a non-introduced seedling as judged in the garden and receiving five judged votes.
EC – Exhibition Certificate – awarded to the best seedling in an iris show or receiving five votes from judges present.
HM – Honorable Mention – award for an introduced variety, eligible the second year after its introduction.
AM – Award of Merit – required award for eligibility for all yearly awards (eligible second year after receiving HM)
| Special Medals – Yearly awards – given to the top voted cultivar. | |
| Medal Name | Iris classification type |
| Caparne-Welch Medal: | Miniature Dwarf Bearded |
| Cook-Douglas Medal: | Standard Dwarf Bearded |
| Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: | Intermediate Bearded |
| Knowlton Medal: | Border Bearded |
| Williamson-White Medal: | Miniature Tall Bearded |
| John C. Wister Medal: | Tall Bearded |
| C. G. White Medal: | Aril (1/4 Ancestry) |
| William Mohr Medal: | ArilBred (pure to 1/2 breed) |
| Morgan-Wood Medal: | Siberian |
| J. A. Payne Medal: | Japanese |
| Mary Swords Deballion Medal: | Louisiana |
| Founders of SIGNA Medal: | Species |
| Randolph-Perry Medal: | Species X |
| Sydney B. Mitchell Medal: | Pacifica |
| Eric Nies Medal: | Spuria |
| Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: | Winner of most HM votes |
| Dykes Memorial Medal | Highest Award of any class Must have won an AM to qualify |