'COCONINO'
Geddes Douglas was born in Nashville, Tennessee in 1902. Douglas was a chemist and businessman. In the early 1950s, he founded the Geddes Douglas Garden Center in Nashville. He became a leader in the Tennessee Nurserymen's Association, and served a term as president of the Southern Nursery Association.
Previous awards winners can be found at: https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards.
'Coconino' (Marky Smith, R. 2009). Seedling 04-11S. SDB,
13" (33 cm), Early bloom. Standards oyster cream (RHS 160D); style arms
pale grey, crests oyster cream; falls blackened mulberry (slightly blacker than
79A), cream (160B) wire rim, cream feathers around beard; beards yellow orange
in throat, yellow tipped cream in middle, cream at end; ruffled. P. Black
seedling B279A,'Puddy Tat' sibling X seedling 02-09A: ('Ajax The Less' x
('Captive Sun' x 'Minidragon' sibling)). Introduced by Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden in 2012.
The World of Irises blog will be posting classification medal winners as soon as the hybridizers are notified. The entire list of winners, including Award of Merit and Honorable Mention, will be published on the AIS website, the AIS Encyclopedia, and later in the AIS Bulletin, IRISES.
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