The American Iris Society Announces the 2024 C. G. White Medal Winner

'ENCHANTER'S SPELL'

Since 1993, the Clarence G. White Memorial Medal has been awarded to the best arilbred iris with 1/2 or more aril ancestry. When Clarence G. White began his work with aril irises, little was known about the complexity of iris genetics. White assembled the largest collection of aril irises in the world and conducted thousands of breeding experiments to obtain viable, fertile seedlings. One of his goals was to develop strong, pure Oncocylus hybrids.

Previous awards winners can be found at https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards. 

Arilbred iris 'Enchanter's Spell'
photo by Rick Tasco

'Enchanter's Spell' (Richard Tasco, R. 2013) Seedling 07-AB-51-04. AB (OGB), 36" (91 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards bishop's-violet (RHS 81B), veined darker; style arms light orange-maize, burnt orange-brown rim, lightly veined oxblood-red crest; Falls slightly recurved oxblood-red (183C), lightly veined, signal medium sized, plush black chevron; beards gold-brown in middle and throat, burgundy-brown ends; light purple based foliage. 02-AB-26-03: ('Energizer' x 'Bagdad's Folly') X 'Kalifa's Robe'. Introduced by Superstition Iris Gardens in  2013.

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.