'PIXI-WAN KENOBI'
The Williamson-White Medal is restricted to miniature tall bearded (MTB) irises. It is named in honor of E. B. Williamson (1877-1933), his daughter Mary Williamson (1909-1987) and Alice White (1886-1969). Although others had introduced irises that fit into the miniature tall bearded iris class before Williamson, he and his daughter were the first to breed them as cultivars in a distinctive class of irises. They were apparently byproducts of breeding for tall bearded irises. In the early 1950s, Alice White of Hemet, California began a crusade to gain recognition for the assets of these wonderful smaller irises. She organized table iris robins and wrote many articles for the AIS Bulletin and gardening magazines promoting their virtues.
Previous awards winners can be found at https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards.
Miniature tall bearded iris 'Pixi-Wan Kenobi'
photo by Mike Unser
'Pixi-Wan Kenobi' (Charles Bunnell, R. 2015). Seedling# P52-1. MTB, 20-22" (51-56 cm). Late midseason bloom. Standards pale yellow ground which may fade to cream, rose-purple dots and veins; style arms antique gold; falls white ground, broken violet veins and dots, very slight yellow tint on edge; beards pale yellow in throat and middle, white end, hairs tipped dark violet. Unknown X seedling# H60-10: ('Ozark Dream' x unknown). Salmon Creek 2016.
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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