AIS Region 7 -- Hybridizers

Winners of Region 7's Hybridizer of the year award can be found on the Awards page.

Several enthusiastic hybridizers are at work in Region 7 including:

Lionell Austell (Clarksville, TN)
Mell Cross (Bluff City, TN)
Darnell Hester (Springfield, TN)
Linda Mann (Kingston, TN)
Ernest Royal (Kirksey, KY)
Gary Sides (Nashville, TN)
Robert Strohman (Louisville, KY)
John Van Hook (Somerset, KY)

Many other pollen daubers are hard at work in the region and we look forward to seeing their introductions.

Echo Chamber

Austell (2019)

Evening Ocean Reflection

Austel (2019)

Dainty Ballerina IB

Cross (2022)

Divinely Orchestrated

Cross (2023)

Miss Rowena

Hester (2016)

Pipit Song

Mann (2023)

Royal Birth

Royal (HM2007)

Lotsa Lav (SDB)

Strohman (2021)

Sheila Van Hook

Van Hook (2013)

Remembering those hybridizers who are no longer with us is equally important and their contributions are worthy of remembrance. A few recently deceased region 7 hybridizers include:

William Bruner
James Ennenga
William and Mary Grise
Tom Parkhill
Ed Roberts
Hugh Thurman
Adolph Vogt
Betty Wilkerson

Kentucky Thoroughbred

Bruner (HM09)

Emily Laura

Ennenga (2004)

Dixie Chick

Grise (2001)

Chief John Jolly

Parkhill (Wister 2012)

Silver Skates

Roberts (HM06)

Oriental Eyes

Voght (Payne 1993)

Madame President

Thurman (Williamson White 2007)

Memphis Miss

Wilkerson (HM07)