tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76964954011122755862024-03-19T01:48:23.997-07:00World of IrisesThe Blog of The American Iris SocietyAndi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.comBlogger972125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-75061917663238780202024-03-11T04:30:00.000-07:002024-03-16T11:06:27.136-07:00Stamp Out Binomial Abuse!<p> by Tom Waters</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It is said that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous
thing. One manifestation of that pervasive truth is slapping botanical
names onto plants where they don't belong. Is it perhaps the urge to seem
erudite, or the mistaken notion (propagated in school biology classes), that
every organism has a species name, or just unthinking propagation of error,
dripping down through the years?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG0EPF3Fk5UGLYSi1p9Aw4dWd6ABOIquWdTTFYW_2yttT_SKYxGOu5ZVAX_tn5nkjIivNWMIxcv0Lf2aQRsJ4eFLooKUbrJiMBR7cVT19Zp10r-FzkLKxDlxEcVhWW_iv-iQfEQznDRGlOcxdYex0DtmMyoiaOwPj4Lt2vef4IvjePyXPXXpeF-nboMPp/s466/Absolute%20Treasure%202022%20003%20web.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="466" data-original-width="362" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYG0EPF3Fk5UGLYSi1p9Aw4dWd6ABOIquWdTTFYW_2yttT_SKYxGOu5ZVAX_tn5nkjIivNWMIxcv0Lf2aQRsJ4eFLooKUbrJiMBR7cVT19Zp10r-FzkLKxDlxEcVhWW_iv-iQfEQznDRGlOcxdYex0DtmMyoiaOwPj4Lt2vef4IvjePyXPXXpeF-nboMPp/s320/Absolute%20Treasure%202022%20003%20web.jpg" width="249" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbAthruE/TbAbsoluteTreasure" target="_blank">Absolute Treasure</a>'</b><br /><span style="color: red;">Please don't call me <i>I. germanica</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I present a list of the four types of irises often identified incorrectly with a botanical species name that does not correctly apply to them. Each of these types is a group of hybrids with ancestry from multiple species. There is no need for a botanical species designation for hybrids of complex ancestry. The tall bearded iris '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbAthruE/TbAbsoluteTreasure" target="_blank">Absolute Treasure</a>' is best described---as I have just done---with the classification and registered cultivar name. If classification is clear within context, it can be left out. If one feels more botanically inclined (as might be the case if writing for a technical publication), the correct designation is the genus name in italics, followed by the cultivar name: <i>Iris '</i>Absolute Treasure'.</div><p class="MsoNormal">Identifying a hybrid with a particular species is not just
annoying to those of us with a pedantic streak but can lead to real confusion.
People who want to acquire actual species out of botanical interest or for
hybridizing, for example, can be sent down time-wasting rabbit holes by this
practice, and it is even worse when false botanical names end up in published
pedigrees and official descriptions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, let's look at the major offenders:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>1. Referring to all Siberian irises as </b><i style="font-weight: bold;">Iris sibirica </i>or<i style="font-weight: bold;"> Iris siberica.</i>
This error is reinforced, I think, because of the similarity of the
classification name to the botanical name. Most Siberian iris cultivars are
advanced hybrids involving <i>I. sibirica</i> and <i>I. sanguinea.</i> The
40-chromosome Siberians do not involve <i>I. sibirica </i>at all.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_0j2oa2Xoq39WdqRm3eT8FTpiKEK6xVt9_4ynD6a5kj_4O17kItbsGDwQBdCPRKDJq5qOjWtGtK0H14kZodO1Ncena4Z_zC4ASkH7ss7yEhYJoGVD5yWauQMHYkvnQ00RAxaFzwYcfFo9Fep93PZ2MKBCovtrcJ6RQwHKLWRUbc8MYb11B6OVW3lIU-h/s681/KHetc%20007.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="681" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_0j2oa2Xoq39WdqRm3eT8FTpiKEK6xVt9_4ynD6a5kj_4O17kItbsGDwQBdCPRKDJq5qOjWtGtK0H14kZodO1Ncena4Z_zC4ASkH7ss7yEhYJoGVD5yWauQMHYkvnQ00RAxaFzwYcfFo9Fep93PZ2MKBCovtrcJ6RQwHKLWRUbc8MYb11B6OVW3lIU-h/s320/KHetc%20007.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Spx/SpxKatharineHodgkin" target="_blank">Katharine Hodgkin</a>'<br /><span style="color: red;">Please don't call me <i>I. reticulata</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal"><b>2. Referring to all reticulata irises as<i> Iris reticulata.</i>
</b>Yes, there is a species, <i>I. reticulata,</i> sold in the bulb trade
and grown in gardens. However, the horticultural group known as reticulata irises
includes hybrids and cultivars from a range of species, including <i>I.
histrio, I. histrioides, </i>and <i>I. bakerana.</i> Many of Alan McMurtrie's
colorful recent hybrids involve <i>I. danfordiae </i>and <i>I. sophenensis. </i>Once
again, I think the fact that the common name for the whole group ("reticulata
irises") is so similar to the species name <i>I. reticulata</i> is largely to
blame for the confusion.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>3. Referring to all dwarf bearded irises as </b><i><b>Iris pumila.</b> </i>Although
the species <i>I. pumila</i> is important in the background of modern dwarf
bearded irises, most cultivars are advanced-generation hybrids involving <i>I.
pumila</i> and tall bearded iris cultivars in various combinations. Modern standard dwarf bearded (SDB) and miniature dwarf bearded (MDB) irises are far removed indeed from the species. I think part of the
problem is that <i>pumila</i> is the Latin word for "dwarf," so people who
are not botanically knowledgeable believe they can just translate the term "dwarf
iris" to <i>Iris pumila.</i><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCK8JNMuHdgJxodZ5NV_RfkW498_v28ECmK3OtTpmIKJncLSyOz1Qj2DI_sR6q8Ic7gME8rWL1NRdqOWeYxfCmZEGfGSH_tMO26HXpcVbOv5Xbnx2kojLJYudWjAKd40nLxYdd5Efot8fd_qqpZzHPjQuiVLYkgF0zO3E5D-uyWMY6DnnMZPQjXmwrULe/s613/Beetlejuice%202020%20002%20web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="613" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCK8JNMuHdgJxodZ5NV_RfkW498_v28ECmK3OtTpmIKJncLSyOz1Qj2DI_sR6q8Ic7gME8rWL1NRdqOWeYxfCmZEGfGSH_tMO26HXpcVbOv5Xbnx2kojLJYudWjAKd40nLxYdd5Efot8fd_qqpZzHPjQuiVLYkgF0zO3E5D-uyWMY6DnnMZPQjXmwrULe/s320/Beetlejuice%202020%20002%20web.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbBeetlejuice">Beetlejuice</a>'<br /><span style="color: red;">Please don't call me <i>I. pumila</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><b>4. Referring to all tall bearded irises, or sometimes </b><b>even </b><b>all bearded irises of any type, as <i>Iris germanica.</i> </b>Tall bearded irises
are advanced-generation hybrids involving many species, most prominently <i>I.
pallida, I. variegata,</i> and various tetraploid plants from the Eastern Mediterranean,
such as <i>I. mesopotamica.</i> Botanists have differing views about how to apply the
name <i>I. germanica,</i> which is unfortunate since it is the type species for
the genus <i>Iris.</i> The plant given this name by Linnaeus is a natural
hybrid of the intermediate bearded (IB) type. The approach taken by Warburton and Hamblen
in <i>The World of Irises</i> is to regard this as a cultivar, not a species (thus
'Germanica'), and to avoid using the term <i>I. germanica</i> entirely. On
the other hand, Mathew in <i>The Iris</i> broadens the term to encompass an
assortment of similar plants, including many identified as distinct species,
such as <i>I. cypriana, I. trojana, </i>and <i>I. mesopotamica.</i> Even taken
in this broad sense, however, <i>I. germanica</i> does not include the modern
tall bearded hybrids. Given the confusion around using this species name,
the best practice is to avoid it in favor of more specific designations
for particular plants and populations. Sadly, the use of <i>I. germanica </i>for
tall bearded hybrids has become entrenched through generations of misuse, and
it is continued unthinkingly by nurseries worldwide.</div><div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As a final aside, names that look like species binomials are
sometimes used for groups of hybrids. For example, hybrids of <i>I. domestica</i> and <i>I. dichotoma</i> are referred to as <i>Iris</i> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">´</span><i>norrisii,</i> and<i> Iris</i> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">´</span><i>hollandica</i> may be used for Dutch Irises. Note that the "<span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Symbol;">´</span>" is a
necessary part of these names. Furthermore, the Latin name for the hybrid group
should never be identical to the name of some particular species.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Be wary of these widespread but incorrect uses of botanical
names. They not only make it difficult to identify plants correctly but also
add to a general confusion concerning the hybrid nature of popular groups of
garden irises.<o:p></o:p></p></div>Tom Watershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701923855333944372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-52445975285091716422024-02-26T04:30:00.000-08:002024-02-26T04:30:00.136-08:00The 1922 Conference<div style="text-align: left;">by Sylvain Ruaud</div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyone familiar with the history of iridophilia knows that it originated in France in the early 19th century.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The first cultivated variety of iris, by Mr. de Bure, dates back to 1822, and it was this event that gave</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Philippe de Vilmorin the idea for a world conference on irises. At the time, Philippe de Vilmorin was a</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">leader in the iris world. He was a flamboyant figure whose presence and activity, as well as his work as a </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">plant breeder, gave him unquestionable authority. The idea of an international conference dates back to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">1914. Philippe de Vilmorin had his project submitted to the SNHF's Floriculture Committee by his loyal </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">partner Séraphin Mottet, the man who actually carried out the cross-breeding his employer had imagined, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">but of course, although the project seemed attractive to everyone, events prevented it from coming to </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">fruition. It wasn't until 1921 that the same Séraphin Mottet, still devoted to his late boss, revived the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">project. The year 1922 seemed an appropriate one to convene the proposed conference, as it was the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">centenary of the appearance of the first cultivated variety of iris.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">France had thus been the cradle of garden irises, but since M. de Bure's initiatives, things had changed</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">dramatically: first Great Britain, then the United States, had followed in France's footsteps, and even in</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">America, the iris phenomenon had already grown to such an extent that France's position was quite</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">reduced, the war having interrupted the work of our hybridizers, while those in America had continued</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">their research and, as a result, taken the lead over their European colleagues. The idea of putting our</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">country back in the competition, by placing it at the origin of an original and prestigious initiative, was</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">bound to be a hit with French horticultural and botanical authorities. So Philippe de Vilmorin and</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Séraphin Mottet's project took shape. An ad hoc committee was set up within the SNHF (Société</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nationale d'Horticulture de France) to take charge. It decided that the conference:</span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">- should be international;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">- should cover all known and cultivated categories of iris;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">- would bring together the most eminent specialists, who would contribute with papers and materials;</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">- a plenary session would be held in Paris in the spring of 1922.</span></div></blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Conference was enthusiastically supported by the world's leading Iridophiles, i.e. the English and</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Americans, since at the time the Germans were in disgrace and other countries had not yet been hit by the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">wave of Iridophilia. Among the foreigners who answered "yes" to the French proposal were Arthur Bliss, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">William Dykes, Alice Harding, Amos Perry and George Yeld for Great Britain, and Grace Sturtevant and </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">John Wister for the USA. On the French side, the most prominent participants were Messrs D. Bois, F. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cayeux, F. Denis, L. Millet, S. Mottet, A. Nomblot, A. Nonin, J. Pinelle, M. Turbat and the de Vilmorin </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">family.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Conference Board was appointed in November 1921 and comprised Messrs Bois, Chairman, Dykes</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">and Wister, Honorary Chairmen, Cayeux and de Vilmorin, Vice-Chairmen, Guillaumin, Mottet and</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Pinelle, Secretaries, and Millet, Vice-Secretary. These were the most important people in the iris world at </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">the time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The plenary session took place on May 27, 1922 at the SNHF headquarters in Paris. The discussions were </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">lively and interesting, with the French not always in agreement with their English-speaking colleagues, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">but a consensus was reached on all the subjects debated. In particular, it was decided that the Americans </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">would be responsible for registering the names and characteristics of all varieties appearing in the world.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">They still exercise this prerogative, and it has become an essential function. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, all participants then went to the major nurseries in the Paris region to admire the new varieties </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">of Messrs Cayeux, Millet, Nonin and Vilmorin (1). It's worth noting that the flowering season was a little </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">later then than it is today, when irises bloom a fortnight earlier.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">The proceedings of this conference were recorded in a book entitled "Les Iris Cultivés", published by the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">SNHF in 1923.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was a great event, but had no immediate follow-up. The Commission des Iris was not active again until </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">1927. The Conference itself never met again until the International Congress in Orleans, once again </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">organized by French irisarians, in 1978, and even then our American colleagues didn't show much interest </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">in this event, so it didn't have the impact of the 1922 Conference, which remains a unique event in the iris </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">world. It's true that these days it's not necessarily necessary to bring everyone together. Exchanging </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">messages or holding a videoconference can achieve the same result! Nevertheless, a meeting between </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">colleagues from all over the world would be of irreplaceable human interest.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">(1) The novelties of 1922 are few and not among the most interesting:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">At Ferdinand Cayeux, the only one of any renown was the superb dark garnet 'Peau Rouge'; but 1922 also </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">saw the launch of 'Jean Chevreau', a brown plicata on a cream ground, and 'Le Grand Ferré', an unusual </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">tawny-brown color. At Armand Millet, visitors were able to admire 'Simone Vaissière', a remarkable </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">aniline-blue amoena, while at Auguste Nonin the star of the year was 'Odette Olivet', a bright pink single </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">color tinged with lilac. As for Vilmorin, still reeling from the death of its brilliant owner, 1922 was not the </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">best year for them, and the two registered varieties, 'Thésée' and 'Timothée', left no trace.</span></div>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-79759022258006865872024-02-19T02:30:00.000-08:002024-02-23T04:41:11.127-08:00Sometimes it takes a village to push you over the goal line!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>by Gary Salathe</span></span></p><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This story is about a modest Louisiana iris restoration
project that my non-profit, the Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative
(LICI), took on in 2021, how it grew a little in 2022, and
then exploded </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">this winter </span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">into the largest project we have ever done. </span></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This is a cautionary tale for those who think
that when an unexpected opportunity presents, you MUST take it. You'll see how, in the end, I was glad we did, but between the idea stage, the
commitment stage, and the end stage, there were numerous times when my small core group of volunteers seriously questioned whether to continue. However, at each of these times another group would appear and volunteer to help, thus encouraging us to push forward to the goal line.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sneak preview:</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
At the end of the six-week effort, we had rescued and replanted 9,400 Louisiana
irises. Yes, that's nine-thousand-four-hundred individual iris plants!</span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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the first irises being planted into the iris bog project in Fontainebleau State
Park near Mandeville, Louisiana. We had to hand clear some bushes and brush to make
space available for the irises to gro</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">w. </span></i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The project started when I discovered a swampy area near the
picnic pavilions in Fontainebleau State Park just outside Mandeville,
Louisiana. It looked like a great place to plant some of the LICI's rescued irises.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I thought it fit well with our program<i> </i>to have
native wild irises growing in public areas so that the blooming irises could be viewed by the public. This would further our goal of raising awareness of this
beautiful native Louisiana plant. The iris bog would also be a place for the
irises to multiply independently without any maintenance. They would then be available to be thinned out in the future for use in other iris restoration
projects inside and outside of the park.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">As the video above shows, by 2022, the iris bog was doing so
well that it moved up to the #8 spot on our <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1hkXcgCBzo9gXnsjCj4Bp0SNogjlothZt&ll=29.98614180000006%2C-90.09366080000001&z=9" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">ranking
of places to see</span></b></a> native irises blooming in southeast Louisiana.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The video also shows an area on the right where we had not cleared the brush by hand because the ground level was so high
that it was unlikely the irises would do well. Instead, we planted a few hundred
more irises in the bog during the winter of 2022 to fill up the last areas that
held standing water most of the year.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We expected a very nice bloom in the bog in the spring of
2023, so it moved up in the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/1/viewer?mid=1uVuZcbyeyxAl3ytqABwASjXUWJyEj4A&ll=29.98000411800698%2C-90.27951492812501&z=9&fbclid=IwAR07B8he4zWFzp9KSEdMQONYGFcabHQ-DDKfAZP3Lj8kXkOiY1FcTtRAqrM" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: blue;">2023 ranking</span></b></a> to the
#4 spot. However, a late freeze knocked back many flower buds, and
we had a disappointing bloom.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then something else happened. We had been putting
multiple postings on Facebook about the iris bog and how we now needed to
rescue many more irises to fill this new space. We received a
message through Facebook messenger </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">from someone </span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">who read the postings that directed us to a remote area
of the park that she thought held thousands and thousands of these
irises. I was skeptical but located the pond in question, and
sure enough, there were likely tens of thousands of irises growing along its
bank! (The video above shows only one of the areas of irises growing along the pond's shoreline.)</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">I found a 20-foot high dam holding in the pond's water. It allows the pond to be well above the water level of a nearby bayou, which connects to Lake Pontchartrain. We figured out that because of the pond being at a higher elevation, the pond and its irises had escaped for years, maybe even decades, from being hit with saltwater storm surges flowing up the bayou from the lake due to the hurricanes or tropical storms
regularly hitting or brushing past the area. The </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">dam and height of the pond</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> protected the irises and
created what we now call the Jurassic Park of Irises!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We were all set to start planning how to collect about
2,000 irises, </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">once we had permission to do so, </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">from a drainage way where they were interfering with water getting into
the pond. We believed it would only be a matter of time before the park's maintenance crew would come with equipment to clean the out drainage way.</span></p>
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planting irises in the bog, we only had about 40% of the bog available to us. A more significant portion of the bog, seen in the distance, was covered in brush and trees that were 10 feet tall.</span></i></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then something else happened. A new manager was
hired. After giving her some time to settle in, I called her to see if
we could meet at the iris bog so I could fill her in on its history and what we
had been discussing with the intern manager before he left.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">During the on-site meeting, she asked why we were only
interested in clearing the small area on the right side of the bog of brush when there was so
much other available land that was part of the bog that could be cleaned up, too. I replied that I thought it was the largest area of the bog that the park's crew would be willing to clear.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">She called me </span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">about two weeks after our meeting </span></span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">and asked
if we could meet at the iris bog again. She said </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">the ground was dry and hard </span></span></span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: inherit;">because of the drought
the area had been experiencing, "so we cleared out a little more of an area than what we had talked about," she told me.</span><br /></span></p>
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had cleared the entire bog.</span></i></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It turns out that while she was home sick for three days, her maintenance crew thought they would
surprise her by clearing the entire bog that didn't have any irises growing in
it. As I stood there with her, looking out over the great expanse of newly
cleared land and trying to get my head around it, I muttered, "How much of
this can we plant irises in?" Her
response was very simple, but it took a while for it to sink in. "You can
plant the whole thing!" she replied.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">So, seeing an opportunity that might never come again and
knowing that I had the irises to do it in the bag, so to speak, but they
all needed to be dug up first from the Jurassic Park of Irises, I started rallying the troops to see if it was
even possible to pull this whole thing off.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The offers started coming in to help</span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">once I had</span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">contacted every group that had helped us in the past at the park</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Unfortunately, the first winter rains ended the drought before we could plant the first iris. It filled the entire bog with water, making it almost impossible to plant any irises since their rhizomes float. After discussing this with
the park manager, she had her maintenance crew install a 4" pipe under the
driveway that acted as the bog's dam so that we could drain the bog.</span> </p><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FLoZ4mOdhpiMzLleMC_EAkBp0K2Uhnbbb2ZuDt4FqCYRkAyMZYYRIEXB0k2Hw8AbTO1drBf3I3WF0VpWoTdJawaFMH1ub4s5W3vpIVBd67ABss5tNzAm7qjxz6jNVBpoQCxnjyXFzB-5g_pWKm7x3HR26mX5dO_svPcpqRg7p3R8TlLCJJDKuiWtcjI/s1658/IMG_0650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="1658" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FLoZ4mOdhpiMzLleMC_EAkBp0K2Uhnbbb2ZuDt4FqCYRkAyMZYYRIEXB0k2Hw8AbTO1drBf3I3WF0VpWoTdJawaFMH1ub4s5W3vpIVBd67ABss5tNzAm7qjxz6jNVBpoQCxnjyXFzB-5g_pWKm7x3HR26mX5dO_svPcpqRg7p3R8TlLCJJDKuiWtcjI/w465-h341/IMG_0650.jpg" width="465" /></a></div></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">After another volunteer and I dug up a trailer full of
irises from the Jurassic Park of Irises, the US Coast Guard's Chief Petty Officer's Guard's association planted them the next day. (Photo above.) They planted an
impressive number of irises, but they had hardly put a dent in the
space we needed to fill. It was clear this would require an eating an elephant approach; "one bite at a time." </span></p>
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<p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Then something happened. The big guns came to the rescue! Our friends at the non-profit Common Ground Relief hosted 22 student volunteers and their leaders from Saint Paul's Catholic Student Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. They were in New Orleans </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">for a week of</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> habitat
restoration work. Common Ground Relief then included our Fontainebleau State Park iris restoration project for two days the group would be in town.</span></span></p><p style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">They dug up an incredible 5,000 irises from
the Jurassic Park of Irises on the first day. (Shown above in the video.) Then,
equally unbelievable, they planted every last of them the next day! (Shown
below.) </span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Now we were making progress and filled up all the
available space in the newly enlarged iris bog. <br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Well, almost all
of it. When we first started, one of the park's maintenance guys asked us to leave a 30-foot-wide strip from side to side through the center of the iris bogs. He explained that they had talked about extending a driveway along one side through the gap in the irises. Since the park manager was out of town and we were not able to discus it with her, we decided to leave the 30' strip without planting any irises in it.</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Just as we were finishing up multiple days of patting
ourselves on the back for pulling off what seemed impossible, the park manager came
back into town and was shocked to see a 30' wide gap in the middle of her iris bog! She called us, saying that no driveway extension was needed, and asked if we could fill the space with irises. </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We
were able to put together one last group to do the job.</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></p>
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So, on the third day, we took the irises to Fontainebleau State Park, and with the last iris they planted, they filled up the 30' wide gap! </span></span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span>(Photo above)</span></span></span></span></span></span></p></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMYKNWWlxY6Ek3Ao0LRJ1Bmh3tkSWIx91bs1kXYzq3OwJ_447cw-GY9Fdyui1IzLhtmYFeo1RhOgOG8RxcVOJoseaaiQXE89br-sgNNf0Wp71BTEQKSS7ZjPWOlj95zQNh2p9auf1DPllqR-QTs37VsOokRFSZdXTuE6PbTlT9LEclDut7wQjLn30qKM/s4032/IMG_1772.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">This addition of
the last 2,200 irises and</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> the 7,200 Louisiana irises the other
volunteers had planted over the previous six weeks meant that we had planted an incredible 9,400 irises this season into
the bog! It's safe to say it is now completely full of irises. These</span> irises have been added to what
were likely 2,500 irises growing in the bog we had planted since the
project started in 2020. That means there are now almost 12,000 irises growing in the bog!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The iris bog
in Fontainebleau State Park was ranked #4 in our 2023 list of places to see
native irises blooming in south Louisiana. </span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are curious if the irises we planted this year will bloom
in a few months because we planted many very late in the season. However, we won't be surprised if enough
bloom it will move up to the #3 spot this year and to the #1 or #2 spot in
2025. </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">We are so thankful for receiving all the help needed to complete the job! Here is a list of groups</span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> where the volunteers came from</span></span><span style="mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> with links to some of their Facebook pages or websites that we would like to thank:</span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><ul><li><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/STMGA?__cft__[0]=AZWpfR82pWbxaZwgCFakpHUfmHJfsH1Kx-uUrkccd_6v2_UpG3aIIC-k1k2JrzaGrQSESYbmKA7lPhmcVZV2OkNqPL5ixitHqFRtfv9SGAoX2xFKwUT5_qVcNHuTiwV0AJZsJ0-ogoGdg3zx8ULaZv0gg58JTXE_MqdumKTSArm-2QOkT1h9BS2-7v6J-diWG3Y&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>St. Tammany Master Gardener Association</span></span></a></span></li><li><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/louisianamasternaturalistgno?__cft__[0]=AZWpfR82pWbxaZwgCFakpHUfmHJfsH1Kx-uUrkccd_6v2_UpG3aIIC-k1k2JrzaGrQSESYbmKA7lPhmcVZV2OkNqPL5ixitHqFRtfv9SGAoX2xFKwUT5_qVcNHuTiwV0AJZsJ0-ogoGdg3zx8ULaZv0gg58JTXE_MqdumKTSArm-2QOkT1h9BS2-7v6J-diWG3Y&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Louisiana Master Naturalists of Greater New Orleans</span></span></a></span></li><li><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/WildOnesPontchartrainBasin?__cft__[0]=AZWpfR82pWbxaZwgCFakpHUfmHJfsH1Kx-uUrkccd_6v2_UpG3aIIC-k1k2JrzaGrQSESYbmKA7lPhmcVZV2OkNqPL5ixitHqFRtfv9SGAoX2xFKwUT5_qVcNHuTiwV0AJZsJ0-ogoGdg3zx8ULaZv0gg58JTXE_MqdumKTSArm-2QOkT1h9BS2-7v6J-diWG3Y&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Wild One's Pontchartrain Basin</span></span></a></span></li><li>The Coast Guard's <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/CPOANOLA?__cft__[0]=AZWpfR82pWbxaZwgCFakpHUfmHJfsH1Kx-uUrkccd_6v2_UpG3aIIC-k1k2JrzaGrQSESYbmKA7lPhmcVZV2OkNqPL5ixitHqFRtfv9SGAoX2xFKwUT5_qVcNHuTiwV0AJZsJ0-ogoGdg3zx8ULaZv0gg58JTXE_MqdumKTSArm-2QOkT1h9BS2-7v6J-diWG3Y&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Chief Petty Officers AssociatioGuard's Orleans Chapter</span></span></a></span></li><li><a href="https://www.limitlessvistas.org/" target="_blank">Gulf Corps/Limitless Vistas</a></li><li>Our Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative volunteers</li><li><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/commongroundrelief?__cft__[0]=AZWpfR82pWbxaZwgCFakpHUfmHJfsH1Kx-uUrkccd_6v2_UpG3aIIC-k1k2JrzaGrQSESYbmKA7lPhmcVZV2OkNqPL5ixitHqFRtfv9SGAoX2xFKwUT5_qVcNHuTiwV0AJZsJ0-ogoGdg3zx8ULaZv0gg58JTXE_MqdumKTSArm-2QOkT1h9BS2-7v6J-diWG3Y&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Common Ground Relief</span></span></a></span></li><li>Volunteers from the local area came out for a community iris planting event.</li><li><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/uwcatholic?__cft__[0]=AZWpfR82pWbxaZwgCFakpHUfmHJfsH1Kx-uUrkccd_6v2_UpG3aIIC-k1k2JrzaGrQSESYbmKA7lPhmcVZV2OkNqPL5ixitHqFRtfv9SGAoX2xFKwUT5_qVcNHuTiwV0AJZsJ0-ogoGdg3zx8ULaZv0gg58JTXE_MqdumKTSArm-2QOkT1h9BS2-7v6J-diWG3Y&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Saint Paul's Catholic Student Center</span></span></a></span> at the University of Wisconsin-Madison</li><li><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/LouisianaConservationCorpsAYW?__cft__[0]=AZUYuo_io4S-7Gl0_xbwZLfXDQZbLFxFF4604KxmDT0vx4VTfv9BxeIx_ScXLWaZw6ig0J93v9CjbsHtBRvm5I0-gLYMho679PnTkMTgpjVBUCI7wSZgWUzLyLuB3sMd9P_vTCBRT4xiB09yF_UOLrIjUdBImNueZKWxpqkwRi7U3GpCRFbPRf_Ocgo1xIpa0ng&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2"><span>Louisiana Conservation Corps - a program of American YouthWorks</span></span></a></span></span></li></ul></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"> </div></div></span></span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span>We'd also like to thank the staff members of Fontainebleau State Park who
prepared the site and helped us drain it when it flooded before we could
plant the irises. We appreciate the visit, remarks, and thanks given to one of the volunteer groups by Jennifer Viator, state-wide Interpretive Ranger
for the Louisiana Department of State Parks, and Fontainebleau State
Park Interpretive Ranger Stephanie Huber. And, of course, a big "Thank You" goes out to Fontainebleau State Park manager Jennifer Wallace.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span> </span></span></span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span>Sometimes, it takes a village to push you over the goal line!</span></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"><span> </span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: justify;">Information on the species of Louisiana iris that were planted can be found here: <span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fs.usda.gov%2F...%2Firis_giganticaerulea.shtml%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR3fbHQzgqiQ2yrEXEUhYnm4TPJIHoetGmox8V-23PIOLDMh4G6_n8DDmq0&h=AT2ibsm2FLBh0TsU-TbdhW0RHC3phERE96JRZ08VJHixrABreFQJN1drQ3d5lUUWpO99e1bH1MPfvI1Oug3y9HhUtyDcxgb4zT0A0LMhi44ZLAmWEPI7HJNqEt1B_S1N9t5flXbUitWmnyamnw&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT0ANCRSrqnJgqjPmGksdYWO2sexcygvoX6Ggqj9NGe1H1kXG0q9AnudXvp0MPD86-K8uJLW_2MjOfidagZ-MdmFCm_ihqPdohp743JmfOSM_-V40-dzotbKFfwYhyfEToQuVPZdKlPMzZRIigD5Cg8vAFKrOOOGmAh2a_oyylvfXxzlF8r8OX29CedRfcc696yiEadepApG" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://www.fs.usda.gov/.../iris_giganticaerulea.shtml</a></span></div></span><span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The LICI Facebook page can be found <a href="https://www.facebook.com/licisaveirises">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can email me at: licisaveirises@gmail.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although
LICI is a "bare-bones deal", as I like to say, I'm" quick to add t" because we
can always use i'mnations for our cause. We have a "Donate" button at the
top of our website's <a href="https://www.licisaveirises.com/">homepage</a>.</div></span></div></div></span></div></div><p></p>Gary Salathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741534074462722111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-59150499528444945252024-02-05T04:30:00.000-08:002024-02-05T04:30:00.149-08:00IRISES: The Bulletin of the AIS - Winter 2024 Edition<p> <span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">By Andi Rivarola</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">A warm welcome to those who are seeing IRISES, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society for the first time. If you are a member of The American Iris Society I hope you enjoy this new issue.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">The Fall 2023 issue of the AIS Bulletin is already available online, accessible via the </span><a href="http://www.irises.org/aismembers/" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Emembers section</a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"> of the AIS website. The print copy has been mailed via the U.S. Post Office. On the cover, 2023 AIS Photo Contest First Place Winner - Irises in the Landscape </span><span style="color: #674ea7;"><span style="font-size: small;">"</span><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><i>Iris sanguinea</i> Clump Beside Scottish Burn,</span><span>"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> by Bernard Pryor.</span></span></span></span></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span>Note: to access this area of the website, you must have a current AIS Emembership. (AIS</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.irises.org/aismembers/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Emembership</a><span> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">is separate from the normal AIS membership.) Please see the Electronic Membership Information are of the AIS website for more details<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">.</span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrX0gLPbKCmfKsxUb7L61K9mTIh9ekuOv8Vq8XZRPpBgz8DpMfSewYcjdWaoDHyD9exgTkIYlnOnOgMBe_l6WhQ_p18vW4ESdIwaxrbjw0Nie5y-4BlnC6UhImH2GDhg8AxTkAKD9K9T7z0GByWqkLnAmYI6OkkA0iW_NSZ8m6pmjb88C4V7DDWE5c3RU/s2276/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.09.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2276" data-original-width="1842" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrX0gLPbKCmfKsxUb7L61K9mTIh9ekuOv8Vq8XZRPpBgz8DpMfSewYcjdWaoDHyD9exgTkIYlnOnOgMBe_l6WhQ_p18vW4ESdIwaxrbjw0Nie5y-4BlnC6UhImH2GDhg8AxTkAKD9K9T7z0GByWqkLnAmYI6OkkA0iW_NSZ8m6pmjb88C4V7DDWE5c3RU/w518-h640/Screenshot%202024-01-28%20at%2010.09.50%E2%80%AFAM.png" width="518" /></a></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">On page 2 you will find the results for the <b>2023 AIS Tall Bearded Iris Simposium</b>. It then continues on pages 11 - 14. </span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">A great introductory article about directors of AIS on <b>Welcome new and returning directors!</b>, on pages 15 through 17.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>Introducing New Emeritus Judges</b> on page 18.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>The 2023 AIS Honorary Awards Hybridizer Medal Recipient</b> on page 19. Congratulations Lowell Baumunk.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">A wonderful presentation of <b>What's New in the Iris Encyclopedia</b>, on pages 20 - 21.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>The 2023 AIS Exhibition Report</b>, on pages 22 - 30. </span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">Introducing <b>The American Iris Society 2024 Photo Contest</b>, on page 31. </span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">A very interesting article called, <b>Photography and the Digital World Part 1</b>, on pages 32 - 35.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">A continuation of the prior article on photography, on <b>About Photography and Using Handheld Devices</b>, on pages 36 - 39.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>Request for Beardless Guest Irises for the 2026 AIS Convention NJ-NY</b>, on page 40.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">And, the <b>Request for Bearded Guest Irises for the 2026 AIS Convention NJ-NY</b>, on page 41. </span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>The Mt. Diablo Iris Society's 2023 Virtual Iris Show</b> on pages 42 through 47.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">There's so much more on this issue. Don't miss it!<br /></span></span><p></p><div class="column"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.334999px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">/./././</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"></span></span></p><p role="presentation" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre;"></p><div style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div></div></div></div><p style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.334999px;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Support the Work of The American Iris Society by Becoming a Member:</span></p><p style="font-size: 16.334999px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not a member of the American Iris Society? Please see our website for information about becoming one: <a href="http://irises.org/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">http://irises.org/<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Gardening!</span></p><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Annual Print Membership receives the printed version of </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Irises, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society</span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> published four times annually.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Annual E-membership views the online version of </span><a href="https://emembers.irises.org/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Irises, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society</span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Also, has access to the online iris checklist.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Annual Full Membership receives both benefits described above.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Participate in AIS’s bi-monthly Webinar Series featuring AIS experts from around the U.S.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Get connected with AIS members via our </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/irislovers" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook Group Iris Lovers</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, and other social media channels.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Get to know about our lesser known irises, such as species, spuria, Japanese, Louisiana, Siberian and other beardless irises.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Participate in the Annual convention. The next convention will be in <b>Portland, OR in 2024</b>. </span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Support </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/about-ais/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AIS's Mission</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> of education, conservation, research, preserving historical archives, and outreach projects.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Did you know that The American Iris Society is the registration authority for all rhizomatous irises worldwide? </span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iris Encyclopedia</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is available 24-7, 365 days a year, and filled with a wealth of iris knowledge. Stop by for a visit!</span></span></li></ul></div><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-23069225177652129372024-01-24T19:41:00.000-08:002024-01-25T04:23:47.308-08:00The Importance of Preservation<p>by Jeff Bennett</p><p>When I began growing irises in about 1991, I ordered from Schreiner's, Cooley’s and Stockton Iris Gardens. Only from catalogs. There was no “online” back then. Imagine that! Back then, not many <a href="https://historiciris.org" target="_blank">historic (more than 30 years old) irises</a> were offered. '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbUthruZ/TbWabash" target="_blank">Wabash</a>' was often the go-to historic iris you could buy. I didn’t even know there were thousands of other ones with names. I liked 'Wabash' because it was so old! I also bought more recent varieties that were less expensive; paying around $3-4 each. Within a couple years, I purchased over 200 varieties. '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbFthruJ/TbJessesSong">Jesse’s Song</a>', a tall bearded iris hybridized by Bryce Williamson, had just won the Dykes Medal in 1991. It's now a Historic Iris. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsVEhRw-8cMxTtsdL30kFo1qV8s7r3N459WAMGHq69QyDd__fAoLQesdV005bmEmw34WY25jL_BxpOTaqransT-ImAughgs7KI-3SOtmHuffBON2RH_vu29jVenkLCE4zUf8JUu8eJZCmWr9H-RhNX7JJ01WWRqGPQ34AUbIWodYIaLqz1UkedPME2Y0/s390/IMG_1651.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="390" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXsVEhRw-8cMxTtsdL30kFo1qV8s7r3N459WAMGHq69QyDd__fAoLQesdV005bmEmw34WY25jL_BxpOTaqransT-ImAughgs7KI-3SOtmHuffBON2RH_vu29jVenkLCE4zUf8JUu8eJZCmWr9H-RhNX7JJ01WWRqGPQ34AUbIWodYIaLqz1UkedPME2Y0/s320/IMG_1651.PNG" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall bearded iris 'Wabash' (Mary Williamson, 1936)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrQ4uCFGvo7a9bn8HS7vL8bwZQ8loP86KvKQ2jrNr1T7tixuZiztq6dDjXgRuK-3udUus4uszeMCx0Ia8OWbgYjbFHe8fsN-7Su2PpP8MSEDGGZe764KStfbLG3eWxeuDz7J62EsCRMagLJzTIIbHoncOfUaYjj0dtrdf-Am78OUzMneSyE9yTMfrq5s/s640/IMG_1653.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvrQ4uCFGvo7a9bn8HS7vL8bwZQ8loP86KvKQ2jrNr1T7tixuZiztq6dDjXgRuK-3udUus4uszeMCx0Ia8OWbgYjbFHe8fsN-7Su2PpP8MSEDGGZe764KStfbLG3eWxeuDz7J62EsCRMagLJzTIIbHoncOfUaYjj0dtrdf-Am78OUzMneSyE9yTMfrq5s/s320/IMG_1653.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;">Schreiners' Iris Garden Catalog, 1990</div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AEgLFOaDIwmmvXcZAHQDFn0rt5l151JQtdrDKfardDDjuOnjs_RGhn6Y-F0KDYdrRfa0NpwpZZT78LNNTgsd5yt5oLeb99K3DBrD1IhrDqtdWQKQJS4i0_zyd9fs3aUA3JTK0R7ZZ4tREDNPaaZZ7PXdc9v7fnjryr9A-usmW-V3AOD-X1U0b3UBrgE/s640/IMG_1647.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6AEgLFOaDIwmmvXcZAHQDFn0rt5l151JQtdrDKfardDDjuOnjs_RGhn6Y-F0KDYdrRfa0NpwpZZT78LNNTgsd5yt5oLeb99K3DBrD1IhrDqtdWQKQJS4i0_zyd9fs3aUA3JTK0R7ZZ4tREDNPaaZZ7PXdc9v7fnjryr9A-usmW-V3AOD-X1U0b3UBrgE/s320/IMG_1647.PNG" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall bearded iris 'Jesse's Song' (Bryce Williamson, 1983)</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5PJYxwKtZXRJ2Uej52MA8b9L9HVgvJK4hB_Ma6M3aqYHhRrIpnFDv2_VaXhbpWIhZLk8gOkAOJCz1O0jOYcMgrXPl9uZODmKzm59nkww7z1N90nbDjLwZtKrvwht96hkCGw4ggpLS728GQnQ2ZXZMZQ-N2xLJ4Sc-gbUUjYYaFmAh7lyuOiWmRwrkdk/s640/IMG_1654.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL5PJYxwKtZXRJ2Uej52MA8b9L9HVgvJK4hB_Ma6M3aqYHhRrIpnFDv2_VaXhbpWIhZLk8gOkAOJCz1O0jOYcMgrXPl9uZODmKzm59nkww7z1N90nbDjLwZtKrvwht96hkCGw4ggpLS728GQnQ2ZXZMZQ-N2xLJ4Sc-gbUUjYYaFmAh7lyuOiWmRwrkdk/s320/IMG_1654.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Schreiner's Iris Garden Catalog, 1996</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41FIXXAg99pT2xLcpEY3c54nmURx-mHWCxmNkLRiTnLLuTRrQ_0i15ND1H0QRi8rgJGf7-EqAqcLa83uxCQ4NQaUNhu8NYY4EH27aiyYAzI1eUFGu4434Z-pS3YaazHhmflP3DjN1jglggKy9zvme8NLXbUiU5CiAO5vJi2R0wltQRV1MaNFo_a7C4Oo/s640/IMG_1652.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh41FIXXAg99pT2xLcpEY3c54nmURx-mHWCxmNkLRiTnLLuTRrQ_0i15ND1H0QRi8rgJGf7-EqAqcLa83uxCQ4NQaUNhu8NYY4EH27aiyYAzI1eUFGu4434Z-pS3YaazHhmflP3DjN1jglggKy9zvme8NLXbUiU5CiAO5vJi2R0wltQRV1MaNFo_a7C4Oo/s320/IMG_1652.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stockton Iris Gardens' Catalog, 1997</td></tr></tbody></table><p>As life continued, other important things like raising a family, running a business, and home improvement projects took priority. The irises existed out back but they were only paid attention during spring bloom. Then, in 2003, we moved to a bigger house with a smaller yard. I dug a few of each variety and left the rest for the new owner to enjoy. I wonder how many are left there? The rhizomes I brought with us eventually got planted at the new home, but most of the names had been lost. As time elapsed, fewer irises were thriving in the hard soil you get with a newly built home.</p><p>Fast forward 10 years to 2013. I started working at a public garden that had previously been private since its establishment in the 1930s. There were irises scattered about the main beds near the cottage. Of course, there were no names attached to them. I thought some of the varieties I used to grow would look great in this garden. I remembered that an iris society (the Mt. Diablo Iris Society) always had a booth at a local street fair and offered many varieties of bare-root rhizomes for sale. I found their booth and bought about thirty varieties for the garden. I recognized the names of some irises from my past, but most I did not. It had been 20 years. </p><p>Next, I started searching online for more varieties. Yes, the internet existed now, and search engines helped me locate those older varieties. The problem was, I still couldn’t find most of the varieties I had before. All of the sellers I was familiar with were selling the more recent popular introductions. I like the newer things but wanted what I knew I liked before. Irises hybridized during the 1970s and 1980s varieties were hard to find. Why? Everybody wants the newest introductions, and to get them, they have to make room and discard those old ones. The same goes for the sellers. Planting space is valuable, and what doesn’t sell goes to the "heap" to die alongside other unwanted plants.</p><p>I joined my local iris society--<a href="https://www.facebook.com/MtDiabloIrisSociety/" target="_blank">Mt. Diablo Iris Society</a> in Walnut Creek, California--in 2014. Then I heard about The American Iris Society and their Iris Encyclopedia of all irises ever registered. I was astonished to find thousands and thousands of listed names in alphabetical order. And many of them didn’t even have photos. Even the descriptions were vague, but the names were pretty cool. I wondered what they looked like? I wrote a bunch of names down as my “LIST.” Now I know they must exist somewhere. Why would “THEY” let them disappear. The search was on.</p><p>I joined the American Iris Society in 2018 I believe, and then I discovered the <a href="https://historiciris.org/" target="_blank">Historic Iris Preservation Society</a> (HIPS). Just by fate, I met two of its members (movers and shakers) at Dry Creek Garden, where I work. Dry Creek was one of the host gardens for the <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2019/05/2019-ais-national-convention.html" target="_blank">2019 American Iris Society Convention</a> in San Ramon, California. Nancy McDonald and Cathy Egerer both introduced themselves to me as HIPS members. They thanked me for having a separate Historic Iris Collection of about 200+ varieties that were blooming well for the Convention. I then also joined HIPS!</p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnJEqh57B0bsrHLu-3DitiB-7yIwqadrlvj-EsQDr8BAIm-1ydCb-Z_RUg3cJCWvshU_Ace8jhQoGVYaA1mTZEkw-k81vKW3rUWqA2uENU7JC4vwVA93bIQubCi-B2zMk_eMHSFtNGmTtJFXMy8z0J2gP1-caqkXQpahGae-auym45gVYEFEKpFEPYgE/s640/IMG_1661.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKnJEqh57B0bsrHLu-3DitiB-7yIwqadrlvj-EsQDr8BAIm-1ydCb-Z_RUg3cJCWvshU_Ace8jhQoGVYaA1mTZEkw-k81vKW3rUWqA2uENU7JC4vwVA93bIQubCi-B2zMk_eMHSFtNGmTtJFXMy8z0J2gP1-caqkXQpahGae-auym45gVYEFEKpFEPYgE/s320/IMG_1661.jpg" width="240" /></a></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWn-IKMF68-TUspra8fiIZhe7Wun1m0xETrcEHaQeef7zRAC-tPGwhNdXeh-Vn-ILZeAXy9FjIsm2u5p2_zqtYH3sATNy-6mZMgpSR9BW7hUBihNU_e03y9A-s_tG4SlwSTd2UCABGoVo0qzUwYh4mtyC9lYSB6mjlXUIQsdkdxQbnvFoc5PkNcKtvss/s640/IMG_1662.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvWn-IKMF68-TUspra8fiIZhe7Wun1m0xETrcEHaQeef7zRAC-tPGwhNdXeh-Vn-ILZeAXy9FjIsm2u5p2_zqtYH3sATNy-6mZMgpSR9BW7hUBihNU_e03y9A-s_tG4SlwSTd2UCABGoVo0qzUwYh4mtyC9lYSB6mjlXUIQsdkdxQbnvFoc5PkNcKtvss/s320/IMG_1662.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The HIPS publication <i>Roots </i>is sent to its members several times each year</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Now back to my 1980s irises. I realize that yesterday's irises were like old toys. When gardeners grow tired of them, they want new ones. Fluffy, Las Vegas showgirl-style irises. Some believe nobody wants old irises. I do! They are important. They document breakthroughs in form, color, and size. The first amoenas, first luminatas, first glaciatas, etc., are the parents of what we have today. You shouldn’t just throw your parents out.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjW0J1GqnbGc2JBTDmLF68EhvsoI9xVBW3XevcUf-rergnnouKvIJhGTrfEpG3ifwTDvD8EoL2MRgHNITG3lZCihpIONZT7mY-5QbTyikFYWkutTP_IR5DarrKNrbOXGFkuR58QphqulFwPtqpMRn5w4CgzZByRHp_wFHYWc6h5HDyAZvezJERnNl_mao/s640/IMG_1662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjW0J1GqnbGc2JBTDmLF68EhvsoI9xVBW3XevcUf-rergnnouKvIJhGTrfEpG3ifwTDvD8EoL2MRgHNITG3lZCihpIONZT7mY-5QbTyikFYWkutTP_IR5DarrKNrbOXGFkuR58QphqulFwPtqpMRn5w4CgzZByRHp_wFHYWc6h5HDyAZvezJERnNl_mao/s320/IMG_1662.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p>Thousands have been lost to time. Do you have 'Brown Betty', 'Grace Mohr', 'Tobacco Road', 'Avalon', 'Easter Candle', 'Bronze Brocade', 'High Heels', 'Xanadu', 'Zulu Warrior', 'Pin Up Girl', or 'Head Hunter'? Most likely, you have never even heard of these. 'Tobacco Road' is believed extinct and 'Grace Mohr' may also have been lost. We don’t know the exact populations of historic varieties but we have an idea of some of them. There are ways you can help. Take an inventory of all your iris varieties. If they are from 1994 or earlier, they are now historic. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_efNckPqH4fn4xpU3J3G8EHp8I6344LIeKXnyViMQVxpkkGjSNvhczpCqrlygflxcF_C28iot4PWlr7a-g5VA2PwCNL1ln22VJoPIPM5i-StwqJ6uIw_AdvbbugVJLmEfCHKiSEOJ_KmEQ0NfCyb6P3S9zdC-KDZ-rqOo7Sb1rOUgmLOEMZRoCB7YNxw/s561/IMG_1645.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_efNckPqH4fn4xpU3J3G8EHp8I6344LIeKXnyViMQVxpkkGjSNvhczpCqrlygflxcF_C28iot4PWlr7a-g5VA2PwCNL1ln22VJoPIPM5i-StwqJ6uIw_AdvbbugVJLmEfCHKiSEOJ_KmEQ0NfCyb6P3S9zdC-KDZ-rqOo7Sb1rOUgmLOEMZRoCB7YNxw/s320/IMG_1645.PNG" width="168" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall bearded iris 'Cinnabar' (E. B. Williamson, 1928)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykKemDBnjcjvtC9pn1f0Ph74mfvBKpk5JS8IYDAyI83pyw-V3tek0TVFMcsZtLAp5o8a4Lgnal_9Gbeb9MLz7MzGX63WPAY9FQHv1OSIN50FbZwEarAEwLLiBDmT_9CoDB1_xR41d89anxfFT0N7aZaGsVlG7U6Q7ws3U1zxjNr1wSJio5q4neoOp5Tw/s397/IMG_1650.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="397" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhykKemDBnjcjvtC9pn1f0Ph74mfvBKpk5JS8IYDAyI83pyw-V3tek0TVFMcsZtLAp5o8a4Lgnal_9Gbeb9MLz7MzGX63WPAY9FQHv1OSIN50FbZwEarAEwLLiBDmT_9CoDB1_xR41d89anxfFT0N7aZaGsVlG7U6Q7ws3U1zxjNr1wSJio5q4neoOp5Tw/s320/IMG_1650.PNG" width="238" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Border bearded iris 'Gay Hussar' (E. B. Williamson, 1925)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Once you have your list, join HIPS at www.historiciris.org. Register yourself and your collection in the <a href="https://historiciris.org/programs/hips-member-databank/" target="_blank">member databank</a>. It’s very easy to enter your varieties. Even if you think your iris is too common, enter it. It may be common only in your area due to being shared over the fence with friends, etc.</p><p>Let’s make old irises less rare!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmEi_BJbySYRFsMaqJil4TpMaF1oNSmCfqV-uwCiy9qfPJ_4IDzSQZciIfpiDrL6RC3jKOOH9Aai7TbMPsMFDDi8lBid7zFOh_a-Big5orxPTiC-mUih-3Giq8BODk5tVNO8NSzpUqm1xrwewidESWfTKm6O4U7lQpisKn_HcAF-SqywrKcyozV8yavI/s640/IMG_1649.PNG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="295" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTmEi_BJbySYRFsMaqJil4TpMaF1oNSmCfqV-uwCiy9qfPJ_4IDzSQZciIfpiDrL6RC3jKOOH9Aai7TbMPsMFDDi8lBid7zFOh_a-Big5orxPTiC-mUih-3Giq8BODk5tVNO8NSzpUqm1xrwewidESWfTKm6O4U7lQpisKn_HcAF-SqywrKcyozV8yavI/s320/IMG_1649.PNG" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arilbred iris 'Oyez' (Clarance White, 1938)</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-59950012282533970682024-01-09T04:30:00.000-08:002024-01-15T22:21:49.913-08:00Tom Craig in Three Acts<p>By Bryce Williamson</p><p></p>As I wrote in a blog about Sydney B. Mitchell, some of the important iris personalities of the past have faded from view and memory even though they were significant when alive and have contributed to the iris world through their creations and actions. Such is the case of Tom Craig (and family). The story of Tom Craig is like a play in three acts.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpLjip5uM2hOYKEtYtqYTi5pDn2SchjhVVOqifP6geDRsLBG3IH4KB39cDTFzEW4vWbEWRx029DtmdJhsrMpe47BrjBawC7226qpGOLc1w9_Sj3dp3pZOgtciN0dGmhl9W6BTN7SrNbBDbApBIoq0HQ76OAkdrRuFAd1-wo6VwRdj8hxe7LDLW33_9pY/s581/Tom_Craig.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="432" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHpLjip5uM2hOYKEtYtqYTi5pDn2SchjhVVOqifP6geDRsLBG3IH4KB39cDTFzEW4vWbEWRx029DtmdJhsrMpe47BrjBawC7226qpGOLc1w9_Sj3dp3pZOgtciN0dGmhl9W6BTN7SrNbBDbApBIoq0HQ76OAkdrRuFAd1-wo6VwRdj8hxe7LDLW33_9pY/s320/Tom_Craig.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div>In the first act of the Tom Craig story, the focus is on Tom Craig as an artist. A graduate of Pomona College in the areas of botany and art, Craig gained a reputation as an upcoming artist in both oil and watercolor paintings as part of the California Group. Alfred Frankenstein, writing for the San Francisco Chronicle said that Craig was “one of America’s finest water colorists….the master of Mist and Water”. The phrase “master-of-mist-and-water” came from his technique of wet-on-wet, a style that he worked on continuously in California. Watercolors and oil paintings from Craig regularly appear on the market and prices run up to $5,000. Craig paintings are found in major United States museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art.<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRUUG9ZP7CW_Ou6NUNJbv0kNsHo66rVo0CXgLKdcsrOgUxYVuDztqnHTaUua9pyULJPNltf39zKzr8TCVWG3_9iyt6JNJLLAS5Ap6WTa8WZ4OE2pTVBIhavmej3QmiG_n_QErzqF_-lsOyRFo_RL6CdODv-eAyHpEueBghNlkQM23ck5zi2k_O6-XxKQ/s4299/craig%20art.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3043" data-original-width="4299" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsRUUG9ZP7CW_Ou6NUNJbv0kNsHo66rVo0CXgLKdcsrOgUxYVuDztqnHTaUua9pyULJPNltf39zKzr8TCVWG3_9iyt6JNJLLAS5Ap6WTa8WZ4OE2pTVBIhavmej3QmiG_n_QErzqF_-lsOyRFo_RL6CdODv-eAyHpEueBghNlkQM23ck5zi2k_O6-XxKQ/w400-h284/craig%20art.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>In 1938 Tom Craig married Frances Stack. Both Frances and their five children (Tim, Ken, Ivan, Patricia Valesca, and F. Amoret) became an integral part of the iris hobby that turned into a business. The financial need to support his family led Tom Craig to teach at both the Chouinard Art Institute (later the California Institute of the Arts) in Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. Additionally, he grew irises for money, a hobby that continued throughout his life.</p><p>The second act of Tom Craig’s life happened when World War II broke out. Craig applied to the War Department for a job as an artist war correspondent. He was hired in 1942 by <i>Life</i> magazine and was sent to Asia briefly. After his time in Asia, he was re-stationed in Italy to the frontlines, where he sketched and painted G.I.s in action.</p><p>Tom Craig’s third act took place after World War II, focusing mainly on botany and less on painting.</p><p>He moved with his family to Escondido, California, to a 250-acre (some sources say 350-acre) farm purchased before the war—land without a road or water. He turned to his love of botany and cultivated irises for the remainder of his life. He painted occasionally but turned the majority of his attention to raising hybrid flowers and experimenting in botany.</p><p>From this third act, the irises pictured below became important. Sadly, many of his irises are simply not cold-hardy enough to thrive in all areas of the country.</p><p>Looking at Craig parentages, he was using the best irises from his contemporaries. Irises from Hans and Jacob Sass figure in crosses as do irises from Fred DeForest, R. E. Kleinsorge, and Agnes Whiting. It can be said that he owed a huge debt to Mohr-Mitchell plants. Both named varieties and seedlings from Mohr-Motchell playing key roles in Craig's gene pool. Out of his work with Michell plicatas, Tom produced the early space age iris 'Bearded Lady' (T. Craig, 1955).</p><p>From his work with reds, 'Savage', 'Molten', and 'Bang' were widely popular and won AIS awards. 'Savage' proved to be an important parent for Tom’s friend Sanford Babson and figures in Schreiner irises. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVjCYDSjp4sV6vy9PQoEkiOLey938bmhYjWjLMdGmz8U7bmTTyxep_z4f0Czzf4qsGDInNGY0i3579YYpacQ2URK_deoBwIc-bfjPTfirHCOL5hMvK1-Lt_zz1Ljsbo5bqAIXmP_-THDFf9_MGCvNb1nrqEFYrOGKEAgalceWV0JzPahEOFwKrEYtv7o/s683/Savage1.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisVjCYDSjp4sV6vy9PQoEkiOLey938bmhYjWjLMdGmz8U7bmTTyxep_z4f0Czzf4qsGDInNGY0i3579YYpacQ2URK_deoBwIc-bfjPTfirHCOL5hMvK1-Lt_zz1Ljsbo5bqAIXmP_-THDFf9_MGCvNb1nrqEFYrOGKEAgalceWV0JzPahEOFwKrEYtv7o/w351-h400/Savage1.jpg" width="351" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Savage' (T. Craig, 1949)<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b8Q6suwhZDTPT4_BqFUbFWEYaUcU_ngc3wEJ3J5yxhP1NEaXQWTuYsC08hYKUhj6t4XTlkEpBeDrFYix4_tbSf-eFYeZuqywEqLdxAC39JQTfP5RRDGcaJIN-h4HREmEmIyfmo_IELx-WUC8CT9-yEhOze4isJlTHWNdAuqm3deA8hBJ0zFMOOPPzEs/s500/bang2.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="475" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9b8Q6suwhZDTPT4_BqFUbFWEYaUcU_ngc3wEJ3J5yxhP1NEaXQWTuYsC08hYKUhj6t4XTlkEpBeDrFYix4_tbSf-eFYeZuqywEqLdxAC39JQTfP5RRDGcaJIN-h4HREmEmIyfmo_IELx-WUC8CT9-yEhOze4isJlTHWNdAuqm3deA8hBJ0zFMOOPPzEs/w380-h400/bang2.jpg" width="380" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Bang' (T. Craig, 1955)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>The early introduction 'Joseph’s Mantle' figures prominently in brown-toned plicatas. It was also a warm climate rebloomer and would even rebloom some years in New England. 'Gene Wild' was used by Schreiner's, Keith Keppel, and Gordon Plough. Ironically despite the name, Gene was female and part of the Wild and Son growers of daylilies and irises. That firm is no longer a family business. </p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJrQ4s2fh2jIvcyJReOMHRObZeiqfmzd5BYWx2PTI7uhsvFxeN528zfJ6kRxtegZJF8TH9koraCxDqM6EWO_aeS2j4BDfpXQRYdm4nfthPKAV_UnqD-vvXoZffqFWZbEaxDgquE-BS0wUX9B6rvjdlgIAiqbm4e8sfPT2aYCyKVEN296OaamQSRAOiS0/s725/josephsmantle9.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="725" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpJrQ4s2fh2jIvcyJReOMHRObZeiqfmzd5BYWx2PTI7uhsvFxeN528zfJ6kRxtegZJF8TH9koraCxDqM6EWO_aeS2j4BDfpXQRYdm4nfthPKAV_UnqD-vvXoZffqFWZbEaxDgquE-BS0wUX9B6rvjdlgIAiqbm4e8sfPT2aYCyKVEN296OaamQSRAOiS0/w331-h400/josephsmantle9.jpg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Joseph's Mantle' (T. Craig, 1949)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZHa-s32J_jhBpbqeitiFT-Iu0PN0dQ2NfCq8lerqaqG1KujIND0ZIZ98o8if0aoNKGql9l4wHbxYDM2zfgbj0H4slQRqpWdPt7iyKvXWFG8TltNDVynQza2nNyBmfDrKabEPTlURsXI3_5MRypvAR464_j0EAjT_stLUV-pfchYbhR5ZgbO-vQlnYTM/s2048/genewild.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5ZHa-s32J_jhBpbqeitiFT-Iu0PN0dQ2NfCq8lerqaqG1KujIND0ZIZ98o8if0aoNKGql9l4wHbxYDM2zfgbj0H4slQRqpWdPt7iyKvXWFG8TltNDVynQza2nNyBmfDrKabEPTlURsXI3_5MRypvAR464_j0EAjT_stLUV-pfchYbhR5ZgbO-vQlnYTM/w300-h400/genewild.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Gene Wild' (T. Craig, 1952). Photo by Jeff Bennett</td></tr></tbody></table><p>A whole paragraph is needed for 'Mary McClellan'. Registered as a Mohr-type arilbred and a winner of the C. G. White Award, it would not qualify for that award today since it lacks the required arilbred characteristics; however, it was used by many, including myself, in hybridizing. In the blue, violet, and white colors, his white 'Patricia Craig' (1962) also was widely grown.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYjzU3M0qzAYDRph4sWuC8WgUdDlU1Sk8PXJ-LE60imQfWrc_CVXapEoUM3Witj57UTduKzmRBVO1nxRMYYu8PZ7ipnWKMoiF6n8ohw9GdMMOCavHFgVwDNMxJrkk85cKRru4d6TLW6h48h2jI76dzuHV8j8diNDisarT6PgK-r4Gm_9wjJULzxkvK8g/s641/MaryMcclellan11.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsYjzU3M0qzAYDRph4sWuC8WgUdDlU1Sk8PXJ-LE60imQfWrc_CVXapEoUM3Witj57UTduKzmRBVO1nxRMYYu8PZ7ipnWKMoiF6n8ohw9GdMMOCavHFgVwDNMxJrkk85cKRru4d6TLW6h48h2jI76dzuHV8j8diNDisarT6PgK-r4Gm_9wjJULzxkvK8g/w375-h400/MaryMcclellan11.jpg" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Mary McClellan' (T. Craig, 1952)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kSyctD-_O2bWxIy4e2YsaMc88V5rABgmQCsSMwfxCJCfRXqndOxrGiP_vUJvyAx8oGnMXgTaFCtdDkpeKcmGk-X592ePkOaXwMhbpLfZZ3fiOUEx0bzZos8XSBoPKLKh_RZf42sl4SH7bvSnRNiMWPzcjvTt1ln_aOkRa89k5vC7eE0XYpJ71BM-nOo/s600/patriciacraig01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="423" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6kSyctD-_O2bWxIy4e2YsaMc88V5rABgmQCsSMwfxCJCfRXqndOxrGiP_vUJvyAx8oGnMXgTaFCtdDkpeKcmGk-X592ePkOaXwMhbpLfZZ3fiOUEx0bzZos8XSBoPKLKh_RZf42sl4SH7bvSnRNiMWPzcjvTt1ln_aOkRa89k5vC7eE0XYpJ71BM-nOo/w283-h400/patriciacraig01.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><p>Tom worked in other classes of irises beyond tall bearded. His 'Moonchild ' won the Sass Award and when that award was raised to medal status by the AIS, it won again.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtrMWF7-6eqCnXGyMKN6eTkFZPtfIRobwEWUWMwfXqwV6MHSoL_VOrycb732gHZBpYqPWhsjL7GjlEINglmOxAyoKrOwbIr66hIgJO4Dc_KXtrekvf0fDEGBS-CEFhD_6skMZeSwN0XqTMpcYudP6Cdvx0_LrV2QnHintXLpgW_g1URQAEjFsB0BK2Sw/s350/Moonchild_____Eaves.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="316" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimtrMWF7-6eqCnXGyMKN6eTkFZPtfIRobwEWUWMwfXqwV6MHSoL_VOrycb732gHZBpYqPWhsjL7GjlEINglmOxAyoKrOwbIr66hIgJO4Dc_KXtrekvf0fDEGBS-CEFhD_6skMZeSwN0XqTMpcYudP6Cdvx0_LrV2QnHintXLpgW_g1URQAEjFsB0BK2Sw/w361-h400/Moonchild_____Eaves.jpg" width="361" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Moonchild' (T. Craig, 1955)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Although Craig only introduced eight spuria irises, his nearby Escondido neighbor Walker Ferguson used several in his groundbreaking work with spurias. 'Blue Pinafore' (1950) was one of the Craig introductions used.</p><p>For his work with irises, the American Iris Society awarded him the Hybridizer's Medal in 1962</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lK5LYMhqXt7n17aDVxL8VuTRD_qr9sMIk6kUbKIhhz8RrmmALO3_87l1al4jc3ZpIqn2MoMxJVTPgfgH63RgEF1reOIGA8WN0RLCTTMS5HDElBTLRqCOz_F5tEiLMsu7aC89nABHTKeUH4ffZCaYUhlfvvuvg4A52p65zxjou7Z0TcJ6i9SSWnAnZqk/s600/bluepinafore.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6lK5LYMhqXt7n17aDVxL8VuTRD_qr9sMIk6kUbKIhhz8RrmmALO3_87l1al4jc3ZpIqn2MoMxJVTPgfgH63RgEF1reOIGA8WN0RLCTTMS5HDElBTLRqCOz_F5tEiLMsu7aC89nABHTKeUH4ffZCaYUhlfvvuvg4A52p65zxjou7Z0TcJ6i9SSWnAnZqk/w400-h400/bluepinafore.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'Blue Pinafore' (T. Craig, 1950)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>One of the surprises of this piece is that I had expected to find many of Craig’s warm climate reblooming irises in the parentages of newer irises. So far, my research has not found that to be true.</p><p>In the post War World II boom in Southern California as agriculture gave way to housing, Craig ultimately sold the Escondido property and moved to Hubbard, Oregon. In 1969, the catalogue was done and irises ready to be sold when he suddenly died of a heart attack. Frances and family continued the business that year.</p><p>Schreiner's went to the garden and acqired over 20 seedlings that they later used in hybridizing, but the seedlings were without parentages. I have been told that his children and grandchildren are trying to find Craig introductions, but my efforts to contact his children have come to nothing. There is even a story that Craig may have raised some irises during the move from California to Oregon on Sanford Babson’s property in Covina, California, but no collaboration of that story has surfaced.</p><p>Tom Craig's influence on the world of irises continues today even if his memory has become a bit misty despite his wonderful efforts to popularize irises; his influence on painters through his years at Pomona College, Occidental College, the University of Southern California, and the Chouinard Art Institute is undeniable. He had been a major influence on the California Style, with his wet-on-wet technique.</p><div><br /></div></div></div>Bryce Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08829075660232669493noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-39558207697635052972024-01-08T04:30:00.001-08:002024-01-11T15:28:25.733-08:00Top Ten Iris Posts of 2023<div>by Heather Haley</div><div><br /></div><div>As the new year begins, hybridizers are starting to announce their newest iris introductions. This makes me eager to return to garden activities and prepare for adventures to come. It is also a time for reflection. I am pleased to share the top ten most-viewed <i>World of Irises</i> blog posts of 2023.</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoEpzKrB8yM3W2lv2lGa7wt8wWWrALB8FhW-52jM9wamsdhOJTS3c4QrX4sGbmiETZPYOtsKsf5uxsuFUr0rDVqGmIyhExMp_CHPbN9zZnXhBBirG9CqZ6a-g0OfmTPKSO7ylrk_iWGdkSHIGtiQIU_BpcDXU-dCDGc3efVAoBnnJ9XDOH2_GALIb_oE/s1126/10%20-%20Perry%20Dyer.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1008" data-original-width="1126" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoEpzKrB8yM3W2lv2lGa7wt8wWWrALB8FhW-52jM9wamsdhOJTS3c4QrX4sGbmiETZPYOtsKsf5uxsuFUr0rDVqGmIyhExMp_CHPbN9zZnXhBBirG9CqZ6a-g0OfmTPKSO7ylrk_iWGdkSHIGtiQIU_BpcDXU-dCDGc3efVAoBnnJ9XDOH2_GALIb_oE/s320/10%20-%20Perry%20Dyer.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b>Arilbred iris 'Perry Dyer'</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Photo by Jeanette Graham</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>In tenth place, is the announcement of the <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-american-iris-society-announces_0114527395.html">2023 William Mohr Medal Winner</a>. The winner, arilbred iris 'Perry Dyer', was hybridized by Paul Black and introduced by Mid-America Garden in 2017. Other awards for this iris include an Honorable Mention in 2019, the Walther Cup in 2019, Favorite Guest Iris in 2019, Award of Merit in 2021, the Franklin Cook Cup in 2022, and Favorite Guest Iris in 2022. The iris is named for the late Perry Dyer, a well-known hybridizer from Oklahoma who was also involved in AIS activities <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/pub/Main/Bio/HybridizerDyerPerry/1972_07_AIS%20Perry%20Dyer.pdf" target="_blank">during his youth</a>. I had the pleasure of viewing this iris in New Mexico during the 2023 AIS National Convention in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The clump was impressive and memorable.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGAoi-RPV00Dc-TBgRTyOK_pxhvllnHSC5_GjAxICLpUYZlbaQwek-bOXnVsY8D83xjQbKcK07_PIWZY7UFCxj6gx3zsDeuEVteYgzhEo22M9Vbt0kSfKW0eKlVtJHHBGfZZd8TdndIAj2XU4T91KNwTk6OpBCLSaZTAoUEmH5poKQFHBp9S0Jq2f/s5568/DSC_7901.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3712" data-original-width="5568" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGAoi-RPV00Dc-TBgRTyOK_pxhvllnHSC5_GjAxICLpUYZlbaQwek-bOXnVsY8D83xjQbKcK07_PIWZY7UFCxj6gx3zsDeuEVteYgzhEo22M9Vbt0kSfKW0eKlVtJHHBGfZZd8TdndIAj2XU4T91KNwTk6OpBCLSaZTAoUEmH5poKQFHBp9S0Jq2f/w488-h324/DSC_7901.jpeg" width="488" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">A rescued iris blooming at </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">Nature Conservancy's boardwalk in </span><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" dir="auto">Grand Isle, Louisiana <br /></span></b><span style="text-align: left;">Photo by </span>Paul Christiansen</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In ninth place, Gary Salathe shares the <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-bittersweet-win.html">bittersweet rescue story </a>of irises growing roadside on a property changing hands in Louisiana. Gary, like many others, had been admiring the irises that bloomed each spring at this location. Volunteers from the <a href="https://www.licisaveirises.com/" target="_blank">Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative</a> (LICI) orchestrated efforts to dig and replant what they could before the irises became too damaged to survive.</div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14.6667px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHPVv2hBRYYAKtiW4rrQ2qslxoBPTGrVi4h1tJ7OUk3MmyDTHs8ndqW6DDZx3lGyBnvMun2UplD2lPDNNfAw5Cdsb5l5hLzHSCHsSEUjiU1LKYL2_wniVTuk7jkcv05U5PJh0yi7ww0Rzrb5lPnb5Z_paV3Bqjydu7zidp2OAS8DH-oRG6Jm1Flh8/s2513/3.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2041" data-original-width="2513" height="392" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsHPVv2hBRYYAKtiW4rrQ2qslxoBPTGrVi4h1tJ7OUk3MmyDTHs8ndqW6DDZx3lGyBnvMun2UplD2lPDNNfAw5Cdsb5l5hLzHSCHsSEUjiU1LKYL2_wniVTuk7jkcv05U5PJh0yi7ww0Rzrb5lPnb5Z_paV3Bqjydu7zidp2OAS8DH-oRG6Jm1Flh8/w483-h392/3.JPG" width="483" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><b>An impressive clump of rescued Louisiana irises<br /></b><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left;">Photo by </span><span style="font-family: -webkit-standard; text-align: left;">Gary Salathe</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"><i></i></span><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium;"></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The potential for using irises to mitigate environmental damage is both beautiful and fascinating. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOb9msGwhwRFaVmdQX02o0Ow7X6BG__auXfzdYAM_OBwfPr8faj5k-7BZ8PuUl-gund03eX1fzMQyqfoBm_g_4Q6bZpQHNsV-4L2wYoR-pU9pvObrJGPUI4BPR3u46i0LUR-dnseBIY1s8RZf3LtXH82eplFkEoyMmr2cqSiJC50XnNh20vPpRKt32EcA/s3388/2023WisterMedalWinners.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="3388" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOb9msGwhwRFaVmdQX02o0Ow7X6BG__auXfzdYAM_OBwfPr8faj5k-7BZ8PuUl-gund03eX1fzMQyqfoBm_g_4Q6bZpQHNsV-4L2wYoR-pU9pvObrJGPUI4BPR3u46i0LUR-dnseBIY1s8RZf3LtXH82eplFkEoyMmr2cqSiJC50XnNh20vPpRKt32EcA/w400-h146/2023WisterMedalWinners.png" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: times;"><b>Right to left: 'Black Lipstick', 'Royston Rubies', and </b><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;"><b>'Chihuahuan Desert'</b><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; text-align: start;">Photos by Jeanette Graham, Mid America Garden, and Howie Dash </span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">In seventh place is the announcement of the three winners of the <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-american-iris-society-announces_041114082.html" target="_blank">John C. Wister Medal for 2023</a>. I inherited one of these tall bearded cultivars from my mother, Alleah, when she downsized. A second was purchased shortly thereafter, and the last joined our garden this fall. All are beautiful, and I look forward to enjoying their bloom for many years to come. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqYJVOu_LgAEOSs5GTFIEfLSQoNyGrdASBuDjQ2dm8jnLFTJUcXG7xG1aF5x9Ojx8gkyq-vNbj9fob0rqm_4mForWBR6pT0GOxDf6y51RinWOeUACvL5y0EFsttbSHeE4g77EQIZaMyDKXISzafLrA18fWMhpVVCAIEJKg3Gohf6iCtBCF6qamqA1DA/s320/IMG_7444.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="240" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Filling livestock troughs with layers of soil and compost.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbqYJVOu_LgAEOSs5GTFIEfLSQoNyGrdASBuDjQ2dm8jnLFTJUcXG7xG1aF5x9Ojx8gkyq-vNbj9fob0rqm_4mForWBR6pT0GOxDf6y51RinWOeUACvL5y0EFsttbSHeE4g77EQIZaMyDKXISzafLrA18fWMhpVVCAIEJKg3Gohf6iCtBCF6qamqA1DA/s640/IMG_7444.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></a></div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In sixth place is a piece by Jeff Bennett that </span><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/02/preparing-beardless-iris-beds-at-dry.html" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">describes preparing beardless iris beds</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> at Dry Creek Garden in Union City, California. This garden is an oasis of nature and beauty about an hour south of where I grew up in California. Jeff has been hard at work as the official Gardener, and if you find yourself anywhere near the East Bay Regional Park District, consider stopping by to visit the</span><a href="https://www.ebparks.org/parks/garin-dry-creek" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank"> Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. If you happen to arrive during iris bloom season, you are in for a treat. </span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwy8l3VLxgD75lVBDE0tuXbUj0-KS0u6Z2lsQwtKxCyMoJzJM9iXlf4jX1ehxQjUEr4SdZdcUgl5Gbh64LWNQSeHNxAvziwDvD9MDX-5nurnoXndJPE91k33qWb13yPsXo9Zqh0jfQZimTp22EQWFjXzfCCL7NISN5gX5WT6QP4TXtIKfwYZWsOAJxC0/s750/IMG_9384.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwy8l3VLxgD75lVBDE0tuXbUj0-KS0u6Z2lsQwtKxCyMoJzJM9iXlf4jX1ehxQjUEr4SdZdcUgl5Gbh64LWNQSeHNxAvziwDvD9MDX-5nurnoXndJPE91k33qWb13yPsXo9Zqh0jfQZimTp22EQWFjXzfCCL7NISN5gX5WT6QP4TXtIKfwYZWsOAJxC0/s320/IMG_9384.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Heather Haley with her mother Alleah, and husband Chris, exhibiting the family's unusual "crop" at the Spring Ag Fest in Pittsboro, North Carolina<br /><br /></b></td></tr></tbody></table></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In fifth place, Alleah and I describe our strategies for creating an ideal environment for irises using <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/09/growing-irises-out-east-searching-for.html" target="_blank">affordable and sustainably sourced potting soil</a>. Peat moss is frequently used in <a href="https://www.uaex.uada.edu/publications/pdf/fsa-6097.pdf">commercial potting mixes</a>, but I'm starting to see coconut coir products while shopping in niche garden centers. So far, I have not spotted any potting mix containing rice hulls. </span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdxyLAg75tt1Q1hHEIVJK7r5uPTJrue_qmLXH7_I-rhjHqU330ITMwXLgSQVFYKael3IcR1tm5LgKt9-LoFbH5rfkz2CWb8jCfFj7WYclXtNZqH3OZZaO1rr4oS5uE0p52vCl4Ki5-794oVjeC3zNjKaWRrbdiJjurnzLKAg4KqPxfyN2lA7QPq55/s3264/IMG_2936.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2448" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAdxyLAg75tt1Q1hHEIVJK7r5uPTJrue_qmLXH7_I-rhjHqU330ITMwXLgSQVFYKael3IcR1tm5LgKt9-LoFbH5rfkz2CWb8jCfFj7WYclXtNZqH3OZZaO1rr4oS5uE0p52vCl4Ki5-794oVjeC3zNjKaWRrbdiJjurnzLKAg4KqPxfyN2lA7QPq55/s320/IMG_2936.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><b>Iris container garden<br /><br /></b></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In fourth place, Doug Chyz shares his experience and advice for </span><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/04/beginners-corner-container-gardening.html" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">growing irises in containers</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">. This is a highly useful skill for any iris grower. If you grow irises long enough, you will receive an iris, have limited time, and have absolutely no idea where you will plant it. If your iris needs a temporary home for resale, a 1-gal pot will do. 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The siblings are children of his iris '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbUthruZ/TbVariegatedWonder" target="_blank">Variegated Wonder</a>' (2014). </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1HBDGAwpwhWfCB9rP4aI-5miVrqm58IoKUD8YwMi6_m0Sy6L5ETthX3jvdFfo76YlYBalmymvN5lIcaDMVic7n6hb5W4ZaqbGqt89tPv7_I7Bj7OXxFPVwy1Wgpekfzegrx3uV-HtsRuMdKnMKq1OHO7ySOrOGv4VJv41EQ0LgopZFz378IIa2Rg/s1792/Screenshot%202023-01-22%20at%208.10.58%20PM.png" style="font-family: verdana; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="1384" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb1HBDGAwpwhWfCB9rP4aI-5miVrqm58IoKUD8YwMi6_m0Sy6L5ETthX3jvdFfo76YlYBalmymvN5lIcaDMVic7n6hb5W4ZaqbGqt89tPv7_I7Bj7OXxFPVwy1Wgpekfzegrx3uV-HtsRuMdKnMKq1OHO7ySOrOGv4VJv41EQ0LgopZFz378IIa2Rg/w154-h200/Screenshot%202023-01-22%20at%208.10.58%20PM.png" width="154" /></a></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In second place, Andi Rivarola shared a preview of the <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/01/irises-bulletin-of-ais-winter-2023.html" target="_blank">Winter 2023 edition of IRISES: The Bulletin of the American Iris Society (AIS)</a>. Receiving IRISES is one of the many benefits of AIS membership, and it is published quarterly. Wonderful, full-color images are dispersed throughout, as well as articles that describe the activities of the AIS, growing and hybridizing different types of irises, reviews of show gardens, awards of top irises, people in the iris world, information about conventions, iris shows and administration the organization. Visit the AIS website to see the <a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin/" target="_blank">index of all issues</a>, and the <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Hist/BulletinsOfTheAmericanIrisSociety" target="_blank">AIS library</a> (1920-2018) or <a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/emembers/">e-member service area </a>(2019-current) to read what interests you.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit; white-space: pre;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyAmUZScmNPgUYFstmSIT5TCu8ugxdgO6BlDd-hVscUuRYVuKR_RIBoKSVfiT1rZMoD8HzC1auzp2mdG2F_eHfVOiGm6CgyRqIHaSY6zJj2SjESvMsq5IJlg0hrxWZUnnMlIQYCE6cW1LQuFSlPLIkRPGDiygUwN2s9VBarkIpVdNaFibDHHZrkBfrYI/s1026/dontdoubtdalton50.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1026" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWyAmUZScmNPgUYFstmSIT5TCu8ugxdgO6BlDd-hVscUuRYVuKR_RIBoKSVfiT1rZMoD8HzC1auzp2mdG2F_eHfVOiGm6CgyRqIHaSY6zJj2SjESvMsq5IJlg0hrxWZUnnMlIQYCE6cW1LQuFSlPLIkRPGDiygUwN2s9VBarkIpVdNaFibDHHZrkBfrYI/s320/dontdoubtdalton50.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Tall bearded iris 'DON'T DOUBT DALTON' </b><br />Photo by Jeanette Graham</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In first place, is the <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/08/the-american-iris-society-announces.html" target="_blank">announcement of the 2023 American Dykes Medal</a>. The winner, 'Don't Doubt Dalton' is a tall bearded iris with horns/spoons and broken color, hybridized by Tom Burseen and introduced in 2015. Other awards for this iris include an </span>Honorable Mention in 2017, Award of Merit in 2019, John C. Wister Medal in 2021, and Favorite Guest at the 2023 AIS national convention. For those outside the iris community, I often describe irises awarded the Dykes Medal as winning the "Miss America of Iris." Thank you to all who maintain accreditation as <a href="https://www.irises.org/judges/" target="_blank">AIS judges</a>, dutifully evaluate irises growing in the garden, and cast your votes. I, like my mother and grandmother before me, am now an AIS judge and will vote my first official ballot later this year. Until then, join me in celebrating American Dykes Medal Winner 'Don't Doubt Dalton' as the <a href="https://www.irises.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/edited-2024-Iris-of-the-Year-FINAL.pdf" target="_blank"><b>2024 Iris of the Year</b></a>! </div>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-69186436955835502372024-01-01T04:30:00.000-08:002024-01-01T16:57:51.670-08:00Update from the AIS Youth Program<p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">by Heather Haley and Carolyn Hoover</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTLDt8vmETDd7qnyQyl6dveFp8VG_Db0pc6PAC_yCBr8EtH98ad-mpUEMpT_NXjxSj6mWeVC-6iluraTDJgalUWBp5ip10N-HGuMc5nqPkKFSVyqqyauxqOIdIqzDq1if2u8ooLE1iCh7HflRY20yzNHO_lhIhxy6i5F34cOUQy3Hge6n3bTjQdKSp5g/s1536/IMG_3115%20(2).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTLDt8vmETDd7qnyQyl6dveFp8VG_Db0pc6PAC_yCBr8EtH98ad-mpUEMpT_NXjxSj6mWeVC-6iluraTDJgalUWBp5ip10N-HGuMc5nqPkKFSVyqqyauxqOIdIqzDq1if2u8ooLE1iCh7HflRY20yzNHO_lhIhxy6i5F34cOUQy3Hge6n3bTjQdKSp5g/s320/IMG_3115%20(2).jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Carolyn Hoover sharing the love of all things iris</b><br />Photo by Dinah Oppenheim</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">We are pleased to share exciting news from the <a href="https://aisyouth.org/">Ame</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://aisyouth.org/">rican Iris Society (AIS) Youth Program</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">! Carolyn Hoover recently accepted an appointment as the new Youth Chair for this program. Many thanks to Cheryl Deaton, past youth chair, for her many years of dedication and support of the AIS Youth. Over the years, Mrs. Deaton helped Carolyn learn about assisting youth to develop their knowledge of iris culture through AIS activities.</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbfJkAqI67ARxwDf-KLZSmuIDrC11EfxwrJh3p3BEl5O1siDiJIo9SbfGRTMBmOv5stUkhGNxD5inBo9lmpi61tpN7TXR_ehk-FLOpylSpEJirQd-UcXpEj00_r2EFSLJBhBkn0d65hA5p7HITjALWpHtOmpx5WQjrOUvVumkviAmROu4YfY2vZdFfOw/s320/231201_090002_72%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="240" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbfJkAqI67ARxwDf-KLZSmuIDrC11EfxwrJh3p3BEl5O1siDiJIo9SbfGRTMBmOv5stUkhGNxD5inBo9lmpi61tpN7TXR_ehk-FLOpylSpEJirQd-UcXpEj00_r2EFSLJBhBkn0d65hA5p7HITjALWpHtOmpx5WQjrOUvVumkviAmROu4YfY2vZdFfOw/s1600/231201_090002_72%20(1).jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Planting irises with AIS Youth in Region 14 </b><br />Photo by Carol Eshelman</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you have children or grandchildren, they can get involved in the AIS as a youth member to participate in fun and rewarding iris-themed contests. During 2024, youth under the age of 19 can become members for $12 with a printed IRISES bulletin, and $8 per year without.</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Visit the AIS <a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/">membership page</a> to print </span>the invitation to join (ITJ) form <span style="font-family: inherit;">and mail it with a check, or </span>click <a href="https://www.irises.org/ais-memberships-emember/" target="_blank">here</a> to pay by credit card.</p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once a youth joins AIS, they are eligible to participate in the </span><a href="https://aisyouth.org/ackerman-essay-contest" target="_blank">AIS Foundation's Ackerman Essay Contest</a> and the <span style="font-family: inherit;">AIS Youth Coloring Contest. No matter which AIS Region you are from, it is not too late to submit entries! </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">The deadline for the <span style="color: red;"><b>coloring contest was extended to</b> </span><b><span style="color: red;">January 31, 2024</span></b></span> and <a href="https://aisyouth.org/ackerman-essay-contest">essays are due in June</a>. </p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dj1i51h45Xl996nbEOWY43v8FipPDSeprdXRga6Uu7VTxhanAimeYd1bYZ-ckJeviG5SnYduapaASbN0mQWlMGp40kDl0pS235QP23oQZ2M9a_z6-pKN1uwJA2arp8JM_UrJiwyLXQhdtTOYq02EfVEoyyrRVay2F0N1f8arWzOOIfKyZUnqPNzIyUaA5eplp7wa9pqjSqQo-uLKq0pKlUz334JLSzcYW0Y-oV93ug1Ckh7fMPnUrG9EXKkGIFgRzPFLAFTh4tPS3cN6qTgJPRGLkIfKM9gVRmV05LLmGic=&c=Ce_mqYAk9ii7WHEnjJ-nJg2RJ5XpFI9otHSBb-bgf_E5DMjrBbezCQ==&ch=E5-uXlyB5V4gu4nBp9boxVZyVImHgXqNwlBc-smgPzCFKyY7CZR3xw==">Youth Coloring Contest Page</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9Tf1p-96ZjXp9HbgV6wyw1Cdgi2-47XjeA7eBgmhNhuQ-pyk8g_gdtbDPB1-qcNjze2yh3y7ZPKFJnbmcZnXtBISkO25Xw3sallVhvPM2l2bJ6XbcpIMTGwj-8wzdAZrztfRS-4ho1CAcvDmE6xotYtAN52MyywupLl_11SuiIW41l8FSYe2SBPg47w/s2927/coloring-contest-2023.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2927" data-original-width="2266" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm9Tf1p-96ZjXp9HbgV6wyw1Cdgi2-47XjeA7eBgmhNhuQ-pyk8g_gdtbDPB1-qcNjze2yh3y7ZPKFJnbmcZnXtBISkO25Xw3sallVhvPM2l2bJ6XbcpIMTGwj-8wzdAZrztfRS-4ho1CAcvDmE6xotYtAN52MyywupLl_11SuiIW41l8FSYe2SBPg47w/s320/coloring-contest-2023.png" width="248" /></a></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001dj1i51h45Xl996nbEOWY43v8FipPDSeprdXRga6Uu7VTxhanAimeYd1bYZ-ckJevPwuahpJs3gPoum163ZdZ04gUh3llIqj7LJ4-Jly8OaQwgfhCW-nI-Bh3LncqBGEuA477ynok_DAxAn2D9rxoK9abBPAJ2l-T3aYqS5IS3nYXHEDkUrBZtQE2rxdegYsEezgyv2sZS6NTy63osdzCxIKmeUAu3rZs8ZqOOENabnpry3YZ2wpVC46j6NM13j_TuliyLhlevmq3sokH0NH7dw1go5JYvLud&c=Ce_mqYAk9ii7WHEnjJ-nJg2RJ5XpFI9otHSBb-bgf_E5DMjrBbezCQ==&ch=E5-uXlyB5V4gu4nBp9boxVZyVImHgXqNwlBc-smgPzCFKyY7CZR3xw==" target="_blank">Youth Coloring Contest Entry Form</a></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMlHora450A5Mc8m2BhF_d6cBWU4amPmNB34glg3T_-cytQTctqdTEz9eyhVyp-BpkPeoYiFSFtxFN_lR9PiJyPahdqTxfn1_Y_QiYek_uH9NfLzKeuBslvTM98oULvh8kWdluNc4r5UPVhMDfnNC48WLsO_Macsgz2KzXfiAlKukuesjFGlLv0ew4Q0/s2930/Entry%20form.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2930" data-original-width="2270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijMlHora450A5Mc8m2BhF_d6cBWU4amPmNB34glg3T_-cytQTctqdTEz9eyhVyp-BpkPeoYiFSFtxFN_lR9PiJyPahdqTxfn1_Y_QiYek_uH9NfLzKeuBslvTM98oULvh8kWdluNc4r5UPVhMDfnNC48WLsO_Macsgz2KzXfiAlKukuesjFGlLv0ew4Q0/s320/Entry%20form.png" width="248" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">If you know an active AIS Youth member with outstanding achievements please consider nominating them for the 2024 Clark Cosgrove Award. Nominations can come from any adult AIS member, and the due date is also <b>January 31, 2024</b>. </span></div><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Nominees for the Clark Cosgrove Award must:</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><ul style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">grow their own iris garden with a variety of irises, </span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">attend shows and regional meetings, </span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">participate in club activities such as meetings, sales, and shows, </span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">be a good member of their community, </span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">enter AIS Youth Contests such as the annual Coloring Contest and the AIS Foundation's Ackerman Essay Contest, and </span></li></ul><ul style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><li style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">promote the American Iris Society.</span></li></ul><p></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Feel free to reach out to Carolyn if you would like to submit nominations or a coloring contest entry. Also, she is happy to answer any questions about the exciting and updated AIS Youth Program and any 2024 contests. With your help, we can help youth enjoy the wonderful world of irises too!</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Carolyn Hoover, AIS Youth Chair</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">45812 Old Corral Rd.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Coarsegold, CA 93614</span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="mailto:yischoover@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">yischoover@gmail.com</a></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">(559)760-5638</span></p>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-1603674732217698602023-12-18T04:30:00.000-08:002023-12-20T13:17:35.460-08:00Iris that have performed well in the dry Spring in South Australia<p>by Mel Schiller</p><p>This past Spring at Smokin Heights was one of the driest that we've ever had. It has been a shock to our systems. We started watering the iris in September using treated water from the Murray River, which we pay to use per kilolitre. This water lacks the quality of rainwater from the sky, and I cannot possibly drink it. For me, it doesn't taste the best when compared to the rainwater I've been drinking since I was a child. </p><p>Irises that impressed us last season, given the hot and dry spring, are as follows.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0VGZu4VzuBSCBdQmsUz1VWsEQeaBWAFqjeyoefToSPmirPt7El38fXgVSEAmWBXe2SNvsZOvDqpTygHxThZ1tbWgmYFwNOmJIn27TWlsSYmxfcP8Qfbz44nMzJT-k4Lh5_6JkUWUVfZnCZ1s2wJ2UWWRo_tHWUHPi4L3lKbVtI86Mg0RABEG6iTcYXpA/s6000/BELIEVE%20(1).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP0VGZu4VzuBSCBdQmsUz1VWsEQeaBWAFqjeyoefToSPmirPt7El38fXgVSEAmWBXe2SNvsZOvDqpTygHxThZ1tbWgmYFwNOmJIn27TWlsSYmxfcP8Qfbz44nMzJT-k4Lh5_6JkUWUVfZnCZ1s2wJ2UWWRo_tHWUHPi4L3lKbVtI86Mg0RABEG6iTcYXpA/s320/BELIEVE%20(1).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<b><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbBelieve">Believe</a></b>' (Johnson, 2021) </td></tr></tbody></table>The first time s<span style="text-align: center;">tandard dwarf bearded (SDB) 'Believe'</span> bloomed for us it did not disappoint. Ten stems on a two-year clump; you can only see half the clump in the photo. A common problem in Australia is that SDBs often bloom in the foliage because it doesn't get cold enough. This one doesn't have that problem; beautifully formed blooms open well above the foliage. <div><br /></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwBGC8GaFZJTzBqjC6SKUoQUSCn4lj8PBmzBpZNqmkOqR39XaRW8MjOa7ALLew9lSKWHqgzqDKgAr79nC5WKzhLo5rBMBL27h6oapqE5M4b5u9z_jCp63JJr0AVSNnqx_PVHMchS9NRkdZM6Y-DiEKi3780Gi77V90SfZYti0kccjzuISbuVhD0Cdk74z/s6000/ORANGE%20PEEL%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqwBGC8GaFZJTzBqjC6SKUoQUSCn4lj8PBmzBpZNqmkOqR39XaRW8MjOa7ALLew9lSKWHqgzqDKgAr79nC5WKzhLo5rBMBL27h6oapqE5M4b5u9z_jCp63JJr0AVSNnqx_PVHMchS9NRkdZM6Y-DiEKi3780Gi77V90SfZYti0kccjzuISbuVhD0Cdk74z/s320/ORANGE%20PEEL%20(3).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> '<b><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbOrangePeel">Orange Peel</a></b>' (Keppel, 2022)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The little SDB 'Orange Peel' only came out of quarantine at the beginning of the year and blessed us with blooms this past Spring. Probably the brightest orange iris we have grown to date, it is absolutely luminous!<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyBz2QhSKyv985gS_DbKirQPnoOvRH4OdIM4sh5tuuzfyCXPTZ1zuaCDu4G2QwjJI69YcjX1GB0SKpFqmBQaJUk5NE-nStUKjytsx1FO-S2U3iIC30Kebbdaxgq7hwVESriqdfxCo3MJPVOX-zOZjp6YCnSGBjVf9YlWsFW0lSWjH5FPRlmkaHYLwM-Ot/s6000/SKY%20AND%20MEADOW%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWyBz2QhSKyv985gS_DbKirQPnoOvRH4OdIM4sh5tuuzfyCXPTZ1zuaCDu4G2QwjJI69YcjX1GB0SKpFqmBQaJUk5NE-nStUKjytsx1FO-S2U3iIC30Kebbdaxgq7hwVESriqdfxCo3MJPVOX-zOZjp6YCnSGBjVf9YlWsFW0lSWjH5FPRlmkaHYLwM-Ot/s320/SKY%20AND%20MEADOW%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> '<b><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbSkyAndMeadow">Sky and Meadow</a></b>' (Black, 2019)</td></tr></tbody></table>Another little one, 'Sky and Meadow,' has proven to be a very good performer in our climate. In general, SDBs that we import can be unreliable when it comes to blooming each Spring. This one has bloomed every Spring without fail since it came to Australia. <br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpVi0xI_MeUNgZ2vvhtO44mX2a3aCCMWl1f96pA6lGBr5OqqoQtHfOE_5zMDgHTS_83wzgsE3MkqiskQEDMcWp3c1NiyF0rGVy6l-eLaNdZB4dGFoJekv4mmX13ia0S0O4JywLedIsz0pR2Hlkn89hHfzD2AR-qZjiM3br4Mmbw1d2iMjAQ06fVzj5bmZ/s6000/YODA%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmpVi0xI_MeUNgZ2vvhtO44mX2a3aCCMWl1f96pA6lGBr5OqqoQtHfOE_5zMDgHTS_83wzgsE3MkqiskQEDMcWp3c1NiyF0rGVy6l-eLaNdZB4dGFoJekv4mmX13ia0S0O4JywLedIsz0pR2Hlkn89hHfzD2AR-qZjiM3br4Mmbw1d2iMjAQ06fVzj5bmZ/s320/YODA%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbYoda" target="_blank">Yoda</a>'</b> (Blyth, 2012)</td></tr></tbody></table><div>An Australian-bred SDB that performs fantastically in our climate. It is also a fantastic parent!</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ebF35EgIyLXfvFMNOo1eEWwMo67OILGRFxoo0XfPmEn4w1FkvK_-EHa2C1PWGi2dlE5A7ov-cW1m6dKSNX3fvf0P5vR7PrKmGtv-urd537JYm8S1C04EK3klm_JGnqph-ib88QcWyNpDBYHYZT3Y-w8sxvUc4hy4wh3JbA1ukLKMaNaWk4tTrpc89Tc5/s6000/BEN%20DAVID%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6ebF35EgIyLXfvFMNOo1eEWwMo67OILGRFxoo0XfPmEn4w1FkvK_-EHa2C1PWGi2dlE5A7ov-cW1m6dKSNX3fvf0P5vR7PrKmGtv-urd537JYm8S1C04EK3klm_JGnqph-ib88QcWyNpDBYHYZT3Y-w8sxvUc4hy4wh3JbA1ukLKMaNaWk4tTrpc89Tc5/s320/BEN%20DAVID%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ab/AbBenDavid">Ben David</a>'</b> (Fankhauser, 1989)</td></tr></tbody></table>This arilbred (OGB) has proven to be a fantastic parent for us. It has given many seedlings in shades of dusty pink. We will be using this variety a lot more in the future to see if a true pink arilbred with a black signal can be created.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTxS5vV-dUbSVJ83QIfdMhM7YZiIAPsBUiHj1JvQ6jDJraOYLLOiVwgIYYkiIqX59KMIDNKjjvFwKRZl4vMp7nRZ_-xOS4JqeG7bVnbbmvJaThLwPwVD23uRwIcVi5tM-Cmg6yinl71Nnd6fupa4idXclHsyjxlnNWcB9lbr1nfQY3MRVXv0MVnl3EvKK/s6000/FIREFLY%20FRENZY.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMTxS5vV-dUbSVJ83QIfdMhM7YZiIAPsBUiHj1JvQ6jDJraOYLLOiVwgIYYkiIqX59KMIDNKjjvFwKRZl4vMp7nRZ_-xOS4JqeG7bVnbbmvJaThLwPwVD23uRwIcVi5tM-Cmg6yinl71Nnd6fupa4idXclHsyjxlnNWcB9lbr1nfQY3MRVXv0MVnl3EvKK/s320/FIREFLY%20FRENZY.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ab/AbFireflyFrenzy">Firefly Frenzy</a>'</b> (Tasco, 2017)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>Probably our favourite arilbred (OGB) that we've imported to date. Stems in our garden can have up to 5 buds on a stem. Unfortunately, we think that it is infertile as we've tried making crosses with it every year but with no success.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SlGebl3Lnlmvy-5I5W_fdSlf3fptOBt88Dx2okP1k1Fgj8QJLOYr4Okccatqx4Thlps9TFp2PUmbL-GdN5QfLM8ZD9hHQp0AW_ZcnezQNt-1iQKaUK2fsznBD_lenTl9ZaRlT6wy-LvoUSCczNDJLIB-rZXufeA75KHZdOAqwFXpOt1FZvOWwMYtBPUX/s6000/OYEZ%20(4).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0SlGebl3Lnlmvy-5I5W_fdSlf3fptOBt88Dx2okP1k1Fgj8QJLOYr4Okccatqx4Thlps9TFp2PUmbL-GdN5QfLM8ZD9hHQp0AW_ZcnezQNt-1iQKaUK2fsznBD_lenTl9ZaRlT6wy-LvoUSCczNDJLIB-rZXufeA75KHZdOAqwFXpOt1FZvOWwMYtBPUX/s320/OYEZ%20(4).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ab/AbOyez">Oyez</a>'</b> (White, 1938)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>The oldest iris in our collection is the arilbred OGB diploid 'Oynz.' It is a bit temperamental growth-wise and blooms every other year, but when it does decide to bloom, we don't complain. There's really nothing else quite like this iris on the market. Despite its shortcomings, we still like to grow it for its uniqueness.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6rlPFT9kgJ5sh9nMFiQP3hi4VAb3E0VypgivuXZoR8FxuxFV_EwnSifOloroFXYkVyl2LfFUTYJ30t5xP9PA5XCsrNeS8CYi3MGkmKI4Xz98o3F6BhEbEv1KBy0Y5ccFGQKw6DjR6JFDVVEDI0pjrNIcn1kWVo4K7R2RPpqpxnVWx_W_ak0uSRAXxAg1/s6000/ATOMIC%20SUNSET%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq6rlPFT9kgJ5sh9nMFiQP3hi4VAb3E0VypgivuXZoR8FxuxFV_EwnSifOloroFXYkVyl2LfFUTYJ30t5xP9PA5XCsrNeS8CYi3MGkmKI4Xz98o3F6BhEbEv1KBy0Y5ccFGQKw6DjR6JFDVVEDI0pjrNIcn1kWVo4K7R2RPpqpxnVWx_W_ak0uSRAXxAg1/s320/ATOMIC%20SUNSET%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbAthruE/TbAtomicSunset">Atomic Sunset</a>'</b> (B. Schiller, 2020)</td></tr></tbody></table>One of Bailey's tall bearded (TB) introductions from 2020, a super bright orange near amoena. An early bloomer that we always look forward to seeing. It is a difficult parent, but we should be seeing results from it next Spring.<br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATp4AHP4jcgf2OYPDlnbBUWxcsK2bw6FoyOwGNfLgB2SMasNoJWQ6MGyKe4A-ER6fP2J6cNqTm1wxRFxL2ghEpI_5o94nF2J_UaN1ZGG4Sv02SMA1HXo__m52EuX-oiDNxVPYBGyFXWBkZQZLaMFbdEiLc2uo8guKCJhheKarH_9NZA2yzJU1IyYEUlry/s6000/BLACK%20FRIDAY%20(2).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiATp4AHP4jcgf2OYPDlnbBUWxcsK2bw6FoyOwGNfLgB2SMasNoJWQ6MGyKe4A-ER6fP2J6cNqTm1wxRFxL2ghEpI_5o94nF2J_UaN1ZGG4Sv02SMA1HXo__m52EuX-oiDNxVPYBGyFXWBkZQZLaMFbdEiLc2uo8guKCJhheKarH_9NZA2yzJU1IyYEUlry/s320/BLACK%20FRIDAY%20(2).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbAthruE/TbBlackFriday">Black Friday</a>'</b> (Schreiner, 2020)</td></tr></tbody></table>This TB variety decided to open on one of the few rainy days that we had this last Spring. This is a fortunate event as the Australian heat tends to burn the buds in these dark colours before they even open. It made such an impact that Mel decided to add it to her 'black' breeding line.</div><div><br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDJfIcebKLqeDLpfaAwblXa6qi79wqNOVx57FIXxC43OxIRnsyjTF6Z4sHx_dvPMxeZCem2yPOvu3y29qECIyu-yIu3bIVGVlG9m5LBSWSBGytDU_f1P_u76UaWH4AJ3WpKtzsEMhEXU6kqfuh1eVKafB8nStcQ6lv41INHVZy0o1VboR9C3_krp9kfuC/s6000/CREATIVE%20CONFUSION%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTDJfIcebKLqeDLpfaAwblXa6qi79wqNOVx57FIXxC43OxIRnsyjTF6Z4sHx_dvPMxeZCem2yPOvu3y29qECIyu-yIu3bIVGVlG9m5LBSWSBGytDU_f1P_u76UaWH4AJ3WpKtzsEMhEXU6kqfuh1eVKafB8nStcQ6lv41INHVZy0o1VboR9C3_krp9kfuC/s320/CREATIVE%20CONFUSION%20(3).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbAthruE/TbCreativeConfusion">Creative Confusion</a>'</b> (M. Sutton, 2020)</td></tr></tbody></table>Another TB that bloomed on one of the only rainy days throughout Spring. We have been waiting for this one to bloom since we imported it and boy, it did not disappoint! We tried doing as many crosses with it as possible, hopefully we get some good results.<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WEnQh0gBXd-B_opicTumuTZqDC_E5A7sH1XhcNgQAJioPh05h4V4iN7oi-lAlN_A8Gn5pXcWa8t39BXsMVnLIxNLL-0Cm8f4xnX6-FtxupGfVw-wdbfpHYRr2hlzgAJb1yRxARGNUGE140TqaWGBnRGqiAG7qGyw7dhqdUc1CxdrcqBDkrJtVUbJZGGK/s6000/SPIRAL%20GALAXY.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0WEnQh0gBXd-B_opicTumuTZqDC_E5A7sH1XhcNgQAJioPh05h4V4iN7oi-lAlN_A8Gn5pXcWa8t39BXsMVnLIxNLL-0Cm8f4xnX6-FtxupGfVw-wdbfpHYRr2hlzgAJb1yRxARGNUGE140TqaWGBnRGqiAG7qGyw7dhqdUc1CxdrcqBDkrJtVUbJZGGK/s320/SPIRAL%20GALAXY.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbPthruT/TbSpiralGalaxy">Spiral Galaxy</a>'</b> (Ghio, 2012)<br /></td></tr></tbody></table>This TB is one of those varieties that will always have a home in our garden. An intensely bright yellow; it is like a beacon, drawing you in from afar. <br /><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVPGuvc2Tqk6jMfQtR9OTWU65RS4aO1uGLTOX4iCwpQE0uXCHANPT4sn1kkdA7-4ED2s5LY829Xe2kKYTKIgBN1Jktt-HjWBSqfm7OD8_o1usRJ0Gi_ICePIyFaoYgiyBSoJfZsfO7onI2n8IUePNtUJd5EIbVPYQe1iLrG7q0ECBgSLTVeFMjc3VtC0z/s6000/ZOFONIC%20DANCER%20(18).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZVPGuvc2Tqk6jMfQtR9OTWU65RS4aO1uGLTOX4iCwpQE0uXCHANPT4sn1kkdA7-4ED2s5LY829Xe2kKYTKIgBN1Jktt-HjWBSqfm7OD8_o1usRJ0Gi_ICePIyFaoYgiyBSoJfZsfO7onI2n8IUePNtUJd5EIbVPYQe1iLrG7q0ECBgSLTVeFMjc3VtC0z/s320/ZOFONIC%20DANCER%20(18).JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbUthruZ/TbZofonicDancer">Zofonic Dancer</a>'</b> (M. Schiller, 2022)</td></tr></tbody></table>One of Mel's introductions from last year bloomed from the end of July until the end of October. We couldn't believe how many stems it kept sending up. It had rebloomed once before, but not to this extent. It looked amazing in full bloom!</div><div><br /></div><div>As this blog post has been written we have thankfully experienced a very wet weekend 36 mm (102 points) so far over the past two days. The air is fresh the lawns and iris are green and refreshed. A good rain fixes our hearts and minds. It shows a new lease on life. The Kookaburra's laugh from the tree tops is contagious! </div><div><br /></div><div>We wish you all a blessed and safe Christmas with your family and friends. Enjoy the time together and make memories to cherish forever.....as we know all too well, life is too short. <3 </div><div><br /></div><div>Happy gardening and for our friends experiencing winter.....keep warm and enjoy our photo's from Down Under. XX</div>Smokin Heightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179907414153653870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-62419122642339611942023-12-12T19:37:00.000-08:002023-12-13T05:16:51.662-08:00Using Species in MDB Breeding, Part 3: Iris reichenbachii x Iris pumila<p>by Tom Waters</p><p class="MsoNormal">This is the conclusion of a three-part posting describing projects with miniature dwarf bearded (MDB) and standard dwarf bearded (SDB) irises. The first and second installments were posted in <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/07/using-species-in-mdb-breeding-part-1.html">July</a> and <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/10/using-species-in-mdb-breeding-part-2.html">October</a> 2023. </p><p class="MsoNormal">My goal for this hybridizing project is to produce a true-breeding line of MDBs that belong to the same fertile family as the SDBs and MDBs from SDB breeding. In theory, using species and species hybrids that are compatible with SDBs will circumvent the tall bearded ancestry that can lead to larger, out-of-class plants. The earlier installments cover the use of <i><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2019/06/iris-lutescens-dwarfs-that-time-forgot.html" target="_blank">Iris lutescens</a></i> and of a hybrid of <i>Iris aphylla</i> x <i>I. pumila.</i> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The current post describes work with seedlings from <i>I. reichenbachii</i> x <i>I. pumila.</i> This third avenue of work is, to me, the most exciting and promising. However, I got started with it a bit later than the first two approaches, so it is less far along.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-untapped-potential-of-iris.html" target="_blank">I. reichenbachii</a></i> is a species native to the Balkan
peninsula. It comes in both diploid and tetraploid forms. (The tetraploid
species <i>I. balkana</i> is considered a synonym of <i>I. reichenbachii.</i>)
Plants typically have very slender stems topped with two buds, ranging in
height from about 6 inches to about 12 inches. Flowers are either yellow in color or some
blend of violet, brown, and gray. This species is probably best known as a parent of Paul
Cook’s famous<b> ‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ib/IbProgenitor">Progenitor</a>’</b> (R. 1951), which introduced the dominant bicolor
<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoColorClasses">pattern</a> into tall bearded irises.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The tetraploid forms of the species belong to the same
fertile family as TBs and <i><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2017/08/our-debt-to-iris-aphylla.html" target="_blank">I. aphylla</a>.</i> Hence crossing it with <i>I.
pumila</i> ought to produce plants compatible with SDBs, just like the <i>aphylla</i>
x <i>pumila</i> cross described in part 2. <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFakhwB3tP1rW8lSZSM7MjcLJtKgPS_IHrIuCmrTPEdPewJDpezI3rjhKvd0m6ac5C1MtpkB9nddB2ZAipOnMNmLmvdppw3wtxk6jWQTqCg_vntpabs0pfjy0z9kMv11bFHnqxQ7TYGsJiSJ4PupDg3gduA7ZP4tREnbKerbvODK5v7B1tgfYsDc9AJeLR/s600/reichenbachii%20Mt%20Vikos%202017%2003%20web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFakhwB3tP1rW8lSZSM7MjcLJtKgPS_IHrIuCmrTPEdPewJDpezI3rjhKvd0m6ac5C1MtpkB9nddB2ZAipOnMNmLmvdppw3wtxk6jWQTqCg_vntpabs0pfjy0z9kMv11bFHnqxQ7TYGsJiSJ4PupDg3gduA7ZP4tREnbKerbvODK5v7B1tgfYsDc9AJeLR/s320/reichenbachii%20Mt%20Vikos%202017%2003%20web.jpg" width="319" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">tetraploid <i>I. reichenbachii</i> ex Mt. Vikos, Greece</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">I have raised a number of these (cross S026) from crossing a
yellow tetraploid <i>I. reichenbachii</i> from Mt. Vikos, Greece, with <i>I.
pumila</i> <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbRoyalWonder">Royal Wonder</a>’</b> (Coleman, 2013). About half the seedlings are yellow and half are
purple. They are all about 5 inches tall, with one or two dainty flowers per
stalk. Because <i>I. reichenbachii</i> is so much smaller and daintier than <i>I.
aphylla,</i> I believe these plants have even greater potential to produce consistently small and dainty MDBs. I have made as many crosses with them as
possible. So far, they are not cooperating as pod parents, although they
produce plenty of fertile pollen.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcCO_yrGQfX1VaGdLZPneYqMbyepYB7V0cSXLAuJ-CS-Gcx8ZZwxHv19QBtTznZBg5BOjN4Vo2OaO_oGH54Hxaj0WjeQxua0cdbiY2N2j7BrI5sDyIsWeqQWfY0ZyOZlA9kM9EjkWjCk5CUYDPvPWzHvI7So8ICPVF6w-rA6YWnPEM7mvg3VMzBv30fQn/s600/S026-02%202019%20004%20web.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcCO_yrGQfX1VaGdLZPneYqMbyepYB7V0cSXLAuJ-CS-Gcx8ZZwxHv19QBtTznZBg5BOjN4Vo2OaO_oGH54Hxaj0WjeQxua0cdbiY2N2j7BrI5sDyIsWeqQWfY0ZyOZlA9kM9EjkWjCk5CUYDPvPWzHvI7So8ICPVF6w-rA6YWnPEM7mvg3VMzBv30fQn/s320/S026-02%202019%20004%20web.jpg" width="257" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S026-02<br /><i>I. reichenbachii </i>X 'Royal Wonder'</td></tr></tbody></table> <div><div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqR8mFxjeKdOVj4bCl65Z9uuikUowvFLqhHf0epPj7NHMeL0trzccBpeGo8mxuvk4cwfmvKalaj3008m83blqWZAonNLe5UIsp1Pmr7Fm99td9EzKhbyok3QkAkmJa_j5hOP39GNyq6EIAr_Sbja3WE2dQq4fg-s1CN4aFkhpmj94oi8DCUteo4ZDhifk/s600/S026-05%202023%20001%20web.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="583" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJqR8mFxjeKdOVj4bCl65Z9uuikUowvFLqhHf0epPj7NHMeL0trzccBpeGo8mxuvk4cwfmvKalaj3008m83blqWZAonNLe5UIsp1Pmr7Fm99td9EzKhbyok3QkAkmJa_j5hOP39GNyq6EIAr_Sbja3WE2dQq4fg-s1CN4aFkhpmj94oi8DCUteo4ZDhifk/s320/S026-05%202023%20001%20web.jpg" width="311" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S026-05<br /><i>I. reichenbachii </i>X 'Royal Wonder'<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> <p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am eagerly awaiting bloom in 2024 of seedlings from <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbMiniseries" target="_blank">Miniseries</a>’</b> (Keppel, 2011) X S026-02. Still in the pipeline are crosses of the S026 seedlings with <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbArson" target="_blank">Arson</a>’</b>
(Keppel, 2016, SDB), <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbComeAndGetIt" target="_blank">Come and Get It</a>’</b> (Black, 2013, SDB), <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbDollopOfCream" target="_blank">Dollop of Cream</a>’ (</b>Black, 2006),
<b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbOhGrowUp" target="_blank">Oh Grow Up</a>’</b> (Miller, 2018), <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbPearlyWhites" target="_blank">Pearly Whites</a>’</b> (Black, 2014), <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbSelfEvident" target="_blank">Self Evident</a>’</b>
(Hager, 1997), <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbTastyTreat" target="_blank">Tasty Treat</a>’ </b>(Johnson, 2020, SDB), and <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbPiratesApprentice" target="_blank">Pirate’s Apprentice</a>’</b>
(Hager, 2003). </p><p>Multi-generational breeding projects like this one require patience and a certain amount of faith in the theory behind them. It can be a long slog with little immediate gratification. But it can also be very satisfying to pursue curiosity about paths not taken before and to learn as one goes. For me, this type of undertaking matches well with my limited space and my penchant for careful planning. Perhaps in a few more years, the groundwork described in these three posts will yield something worthy of being grown in gardens or meriting the attention of other hybridizers. Until then, the learning itself is a fine reward.</p></div></div>Tom Watershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701923855333944372noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-26085699726512473672023-11-27T13:43:00.000-08:002023-11-27T16:12:29.055-08:00A Growing Iris Resource on YouTube: Part VI<p> <span style="font-family: inherit;">by Heather Haley</span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">In this post, I'll continue sharing an update for a growing iris resource on YouTube. The American Iris Society (AIS) uses its YouTube Channel to help organize and disseminate knowledge of the genus <i>Iris</i>, while fostering its preservation, enjoyment, and continued development. Many of the videos available are from the AIS Webinar Series, and their upload was planned for the benefit of all persons interested in irises.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br />In "<a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2021/11/a-growing-iris-resource-on-youtube-part.html" target="_blank">A Growing Iris Resource On YouTube: Part I</a>," I shared the origin of the AIS Webinar Series in 2020 as well as descriptions of recorded presentations that brought iris enthusiasts together during the pandemic. As the Webinar Series continued,<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2021/12/a-growing-iris-resource-on-youtube-part.html" target="_blank">I shared in Parts II</a>, <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2022/02/a-growing-iris-resource-on-youtube-part.html" target="_blank">III</a>, and <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2022/10/a-growing-iris-resource-on-youtube-part.html">IV</a>. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The following describes the remaining webinars that AIS volunteers prepared, delivered, recorded, and posted to our YouTube Channel during 2023.</span></span></div><div><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Btb1aVawVxPHQJXrpGoXyME8gHVaIa6P2UFATzKPyQOAquok_-MPW3ZeHlWf4PJv-UVBabY2pu4ZkDIj7qAeU-hGJuY8Wyy5G_pvgJlS02sUgeIuruDciGIrvdSIJS-g0zQJC5BsVe4N7fRrnqAtff2MnPNhNxLUrAX5IDKo_qdgjILuLivcx1FXmjM/s1920/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2331.001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Btb1aVawVxPHQJXrpGoXyME8gHVaIa6P2UFATzKPyQOAquok_-MPW3ZeHlWf4PJv-UVBabY2pu4ZkDIj7qAeU-hGJuY8Wyy5G_pvgJlS02sUgeIuruDciGIrvdSIJS-g0zQJC5BsVe4N7fRrnqAtff2MnPNhNxLUrAX5IDKo_qdgjILuLivcx1FXmjM/s320/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2331.001.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Webinar #31</b> - “</span></span><span style="text-align: left;"> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ijS2Qotm9A" target="_blank">Judging Bearded Irises as Garden Plants</a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">” with Stephanie Markham</span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeedf;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: inherit; text-size-adjust: auto;">Stephanie Markham is an AIS Master Judge and serves as the judges training chairperson for the region she lives in (AIS Region 1). In this webinar, you can learn about holistic methods that judges use to evaluate bearded irises in the garden for <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards" target="_blank">AIS awards</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-family: inherit; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPSseG-r1LbzvplCgYRVkKtnnn1nHbvBCDq0VgzlDAbvuZOWMxi45uQGbAGX3FfrbjcCOAx8LBe4hq3Bzqzy-tFeNwEtJD4pi4EyazhMGfJd_YBLTqAzIq-II3w7xuC5gbU7SoQaR8pO6TbVTnC_-7dsauPKyTmGp_T-RxbiTF7LganOyAgHkOMyz_GQ/s1920/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2332.001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfPSseG-r1LbzvplCgYRVkKtnnn1nHbvBCDq0VgzlDAbvuZOWMxi45uQGbAGX3FfrbjcCOAx8LBe4hq3Bzqzy-tFeNwEtJD4pi4EyazhMGfJd_YBLTqAzIq-II3w7xuC5gbU7SoQaR8pO6TbVTnC_-7dsauPKyTmGp_T-RxbiTF7LganOyAgHkOMyz_GQ/s320/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2332.001.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Webinar #32</b> - “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVvMgwVSZWM" target="_blank">All About Reticulata Iris & Creating Amazing New Colors and Patterns</a>” with Alan McMurtrie</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeedf;"><div style="text-align: left;">Alan McMurtrie is a hybridizer of bulbous irises, notably <i>Iris reticulata</i> hybrids. His groundbreaking work has earned him several awards, including the <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoHistoryOfSocietyPeopleHybridizerAward">AIS Hybridizer Award</a> in 2019. In this webinar learn about the amazing world of reticulatas; the first iris to bloom after snow disappears.</div><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNGiD6dyFPe9bjRHVA1DbjSWzp9CfipDQ4mQ4iumg7dxrin17qvEmKoC3QyzNzq7wk-LOqgkNDTGzVmG_9tW7eIZCnfXSUzIU2J232gw06sQpubk3f_KLoAp1d2qdaSp5-cvI6nNWcdbhsaIz7rAr3etHfngPNfeE3QgbTCGtPX3A_SKI5zCNaU1hLOw/s1920/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2333.001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoNGiD6dyFPe9bjRHVA1DbjSWzp9CfipDQ4mQ4iumg7dxrin17qvEmKoC3QyzNzq7wk-LOqgkNDTGzVmG_9tW7eIZCnfXSUzIU2J232gw06sQpubk3f_KLoAp1d2qdaSp5-cvI6nNWcdbhsaIz7rAr3etHfngPNfeE3QgbTCGtPX3A_SKI5zCNaU1hLOw/s320/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2333.001.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Webinar #33</b> - “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAUnfJ0jO1E" target="_blank">Historic Iris of Japan</a>” with Chad Harris</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeedf; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeedf;"><div style="text-align: left;">Chad Harris has been growing and hybridizing Japanese irises for 40 years, and has introduced more than 30 Japanese irises and 10 species cultivars or species hybrid cultivars. He is an AIS Master Judge, winner of the AIS Hybridizer Award in 2022, and the co-chair of the <a href="http://greaterportlandirissociety.org/national-convention-2024" target="_blank">AIS National Convention in June 2024</a>. In this webinar, learn about Chad's nine-year effort to research and preserve a collection of historic Japanese irises.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EWD2wF8dAAszCIsqU_xlrO9GRIuKiWI5dxrAUKCtlqjdvlFahyphenhyphenxIEtMrAxzYIv6KmfVetXF17Tn-xFZ99C_tC4cqDV9V7uDKEotUeEVHn_jCnnCNqCWf-gzevFbDnG6fY4wmieuEPYh6MfRaHHqaILs4Urxiu3FO6-NBnQ80Y5bOT8JiR4tu8vmmEz0/s1920/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2334.001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_EWD2wF8dAAszCIsqU_xlrO9GRIuKiWI5dxrAUKCtlqjdvlFahyphenhyphenxIEtMrAxzYIv6KmfVetXF17Tn-xFZ99C_tC4cqDV9V7uDKEotUeEVHn_jCnnCNqCWf-gzevFbDnG6fY4wmieuEPYh6MfRaHHqaILs4Urxiu3FO6-NBnQ80Y5bOT8JiR4tu8vmmEz0/s320/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2334.001.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Webinar #34</b> - “Knowing and Growing Siberian Irises” with Bob Hollingworth</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeedf; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeedf;"><div style="text-align: left;">Bob Hollingworth has been growing and hybridizing Siberian irises for more than 40 years. He received the AIS Hybridizer's Award in 1997, and his work includes 11 winners of the <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalMorganWood" target="_blank">Morgan-Wood Medal</a> and creation of <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sib/SibSwansInFlight">the only Siberian iris to win the American Dykes Meda</a>l, 'Swans in Flight.' In this webinar, Bob expands on a previous judges training and discusses what it takes to grow Siberian irises and recent hybridizing activities that help us catch a glimpse into the future.</div></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); caret-color: rgb(19, 19, 19); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; text-align: start; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></div></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDm5mvpnuxuvZ7xmjWMZxrFC75DhzlblnBwQZbd5sIN4BzWRtNe8W6LTcPNYieqEdblp1lIfKI9SMtUctnZFDoBIZuNGOzjbwuLFDnO9M6dm0xdLXPLRuYC4c_P4ew4RvkMRmcLO1dhPVJnUs34Yc4ZLzke-FhyphenhyphenIOtKzoS0WNPZh78zdJNEAKY4K336w/s1920/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2335.001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhDm5mvpnuxuvZ7xmjWMZxrFC75DhzlblnBwQZbd5sIN4BzWRtNe8W6LTcPNYieqEdblp1lIfKI9SMtUctnZFDoBIZuNGOzjbwuLFDnO9M6dm0xdLXPLRuYC4c_P4ew4RvkMRmcLO1dhPVJnUs34Yc4ZLzke-FhyphenhyphenIOtKzoS0WNPZh78zdJNEAKY4K336w/s320/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2335.001.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Webinar #35</b> - “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_o7vSKrhiQ" target="_blank">The Exciting Irises of the Middle East</a>” with Dr. Dr. Ori Fragman-Sapir</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeedf; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeedf;"><div style="text-align: left;">Dr. Ori Fragman-Sapir has been the scientific editor of the “<a href="https://flora.org.il/en/dr-ori-fragman-sapir/" target="_blank">Flora of Israel and adjacent areas</a>” website and is the scientific director of the Jerusalem Botanical Gardens. He is an expert on the Mediterranean and West Asian floras, as well as on geophytes, plant conservation, and sustainable horticulture. In this webinar, learn about the native irises of Israel and the Middle East, with inclusions from Jordan and Syria.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcdZXuovvBggNF7LaU-v-KYTm69ZKMAf2DBjDSXLH6FrR6yOfYmlkUO2hL-EhIobP7U7qLg4GLT8ozueqxu4IRxjV90JxVmf1kGNurAPtRQVL3MnXQ0USsz_HcsTkH3HmWQ-KI5pPN3AMS6oIh4n4pFTW5SfVDjgNPxf-o3lWl1RmdRXyPQDfMfEmifk/s1920/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2336.001.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcdZXuovvBggNF7LaU-v-KYTm69ZKMAf2DBjDSXLH6FrR6yOfYmlkUO2hL-EhIobP7U7qLg4GLT8ozueqxu4IRxjV90JxVmf1kGNurAPtRQVL3MnXQ0USsz_HcsTkH3HmWQ-KI5pPN3AMS6oIh4n4pFTW5SfVDjgNPxf-o3lWl1RmdRXyPQDfMfEmifk/s320/AIS%20WEBINAR%20%2336.001.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #333333; text-align: center;"><span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b>Webinar #36</b> - “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydgdlKuyt6Y" target="_blank">A Romp Through the Iris Family</a>” with Bob Pries</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeedf; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: #eeeedf;"><div style="text-align: left;">Bob Pries, in his own words, is a “frustrated botanist who gave up academia to make a living.” Beyond that, however, Bob has used his botanical knowledge and his interest in the Iridaceae to create one of the greatest resources available in the horticultural world, the AIS Iris Encyclopedia (a.k.a. the "iris wiki"), which includes the <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Hist/ArticlesOnHistoricIris">Ben R. Hager-Sidney P. DuBose Memorial Online Iris Library</a>. In this webinar, learn about cultivation, evolution, and biodiversity within the iris family: Iridaceae.</div></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></div></span></div></span></div>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-29237530416784802742023-11-14T07:36:00.000-08:002023-11-14T07:36:25.706-08:00Prolong the Pleasure of Bloom with Spuria Irises<p> by Sylvain Ruaud</p><div><br />A Canadian iris enthusiast, author of <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/930277262" target="_blank">"Les Iris" (Editions de l'Homme, Quebec, 2007)</a>, says: "If you grow bearded irises successfully, you can grow spurias, which are not as difficult as some other non-bearded species." What's more, these spurias have the good idea of flowering immediately after the large irises, so they ensure that the pleasure is prolonged.</div><div><br />They're not very well known, probably because they were only developed in the 50s, which is nothing compared to the large irises that have been cultivated for 150 years. Yet it was the famous English botanist <a href="https://historiciris.org/hips-library/notable-irisarians/">Michael Foster </a>(1836/1907) who, around 1870, was the first to take an interest in spurias. By crossing <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecOrientalis" target="_blank">Iris orientalis</a></i> and <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecCrocea" target="_blank">I. crocea</a></i>, he obtained a hybrid he christened '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuShelfordGiant" target="_blank">Shelford Giant</a>' which, in addition to its tall stature, had a creamy white color with golden signal of <i>I. orientalis</i>, a species native to Turkey but also found on the Aegean islands of Lesbos and Samos. Contemporary iris hybridizer Clarence E. Mahan had this to say about Sir Michaël Foster's work: "The most famous spuria obtained by Foster is a cultivar in two shades of blue which he named '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuMonspur">Monspur</a>'. This name is derived from two species that Foster thought were his parents: <i>I monnieri</i> and <i>I. spuria</i>." </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFj6q3DKK-CkHxmOr_oR6kTIgUB7x9Eu2RtHCasGzC93Pi47sevyQZ9MN9hkiBYvTzrGwkT0VlYGFuq01WKeVwOTRCzWvGFPuCrmWT3QoSsfeMVtKBgW7si0SmWG1YR1DQxYBPtf5SiBy6ElmCDKlapUODt3UktX6yvOyGFnOQwzCfmL7D1WGVsEcPh3g/s760/Iris%20spuria.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="760" data-original-width="495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFj6q3DKK-CkHxmOr_oR6kTIgUB7x9Eu2RtHCasGzC93Pi47sevyQZ9MN9hkiBYvTzrGwkT0VlYGFuq01WKeVwOTRCzWvGFPuCrmWT3QoSsfeMVtKBgW7si0SmWG1YR1DQxYBPtf5SiBy6ElmCDKlapUODt3UktX6yvOyGFnOQwzCfmL7D1WGVsEcPh3g/s320/Iris%20spuria.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Iris spuria</i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3a34; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Redouté in </span><a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-f05e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Les liliacées</a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNneLCaLLR6As5Y4lk44-nuFZZ6yU3Bo40qvVjPSEt02z3AWQsTO3iY0nRMVppyngU0pf4lKY_bzd5sQNSDahtuHn3yV1ikPPaUPQYJJGtBdYNqrxgR1IE94VGa_W7elnn3SqiFDRKTrU8tkeJL_lp8tHpKecNYe7sQi7GcBxviGh7JEM8f7vuf_USr0/s752/I%20monnieri.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="752" data-original-width="479" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtNneLCaLLR6As5Y4lk44-nuFZZ6yU3Bo40qvVjPSEt02z3AWQsTO3iY0nRMVppyngU0pf4lKY_bzd5sQNSDahtuHn3yV1ikPPaUPQYJJGtBdYNqrxgR1IE94VGa_W7elnn3SqiFDRKTrU8tkeJL_lp8tHpKecNYe7sQi7GcBxviGh7JEM8f7vuf_USr0/s320/I%20monnieri.jpg" width="204" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Iris monnieri by <span style="background-color: white; color: #3f3a34; text-align: left;">Redouté in </span><a href="https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-ef66-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99" target="_blank">Les liliacées</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>In fact, 'Monspur' would not come from the species known today as spuria, but rather from a subspecies (either <i>I. spuria </i>subsp.<i> </i><i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecHalophila" target="_blank">halophila</a> </i>or <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecMusulmanica" target="_blank">musulmanica</a></i>). Chromosomal analysis of available 'Monspur' plants suggests this, but it's not certain that this is the true cultivar obtained by Sir Michael. In any case, the name 'Monspur' has practically become synonymous with spuria! Together with the creamy white 'Shelford Giant', it forms the basis of modern spurias. The man who best describes the development of spuria irises is Geoffrey Stebbings in his book <a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/473403593" target="_blank">"The Gardener's Guide to Growing Irises" (David and Charles, 1997)</a>. </div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div>... the real work of hybridizing spurias began in California in the 1940s. It was here that Eric Nies used 'Monspur' to create a series of irises that were so important that the supreme annual award for spurias was given the name 'Eric Nies Award'. When he died, Marion Walker recovered his stock and introduced several of his last seedlings, which remain among the best today and include the popular blue-violet '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuRuthNiesCabeen" target="_blank">Ruth Nies Cabeen</a>' (40) and '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuSunlitSea">Sunlit Sea</a>' (56), a medium blue with a deep yellow signal on the sepals.</div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgH4sXnKl-UPbDPhhY2jjZyngW9P475KSAZYHPDW91L6UY9LEXwcKTHg3ptLogF6w8ImMGrvxfCoTO4STm5VO2ZnxsC2e9CFASgi5zaS23IOKWj04MkULF3m-XZPyei5uu_EOsB7NCNr8ceOBqNknigqFZbrHDAnj0zjS-xPkwNh-AAKWMfpxbJk71as/s3161/I.%20spuria%20subsp.%20halophila.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3161" data-original-width="1789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrgH4sXnKl-UPbDPhhY2jjZyngW9P475KSAZYHPDW91L6UY9LEXwcKTHg3ptLogF6w8ImMGrvxfCoTO4STm5VO2ZnxsC2e9CFASgi5zaS23IOKWj04MkULF3m-XZPyei5uu_EOsB7NCNr8ceOBqNknigqFZbrHDAnj0zjS-xPkwNh-AAKWMfpxbJk71as/s320/I.%20spuria%20subsp.%20halophila.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="text-align: left;">Iris spuria </i><span style="text-align: left;">subsp.</span><i style="text-align: left;"> </i><i style="text-align: left;">halophila </i><span style="text-align: left;">in <a href="https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/472815" target="_blank">Curtis's Botanical Magazine</a></span></div><div><br />Since those heroic days, Spurias have evolved. The flowers have grown in size, the "spidery" appearance of the early ones has given way to something more voluminous, with petals as well as sepals, and a few undulations have appeared. The choice of colors has also expanded: from the yellow-centered white of the beginnings to pure white, mauve, perfect yellow and brown, often combined with yellow for a kind of plicata.</div><div><br />In Eric Nies's time, Carl Milliken recorded '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuWhiteHeron" target="_blank">White Heron</a>' (1948, Nies Award 1958) and above all the yellow '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuWadiZemZem" target="_blank">Wadi Zem-Zem</a>' (1953, Nies Award 1956), which has the advantage of being resistant to virus attacks, which is important in irises that before him were very susceptible to these infections.</div><div><br />The hybridization of iris spurias began with the above varieties and a few others of lesser importance. After Eric Nies, Carl Milliken and Marion Walker, the torch was taken up by Walker Ferguson and then Ben Hager, who dominated the spuria world for many years before Dave Niswonger came along and swept all the awards (between 1999 and 2022 he won ten Nies Awards, only giving way in 2000 to Ben Hager and in 2008 to Charles Jenkins, then from 2021, and his demise). Today, the big spurias with 2n=40 chromosomes, at 1.00 m. or 1.20 m. tall, dominate the end of our seasons, in an increasingly complete choice of colors, since even orange is part of the panoply. They've never been as adored as the big irises, but their place is growing stronger every year.</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><b><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalEricNies" target="_blank">ERIC NIES MEDAL WINNERS 1999-2023</a></b></div></b><div style="text-align: center;">1999 = 'Sultan's Sash' (Niswonger, 1990)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2000 = 'Ila Remembered' (Hager, 1992)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2001 = 'Missouri Springs' (Niswonger, 1994)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2002 = 'Sunrise in Missouri' (Niswonger, 1995)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2003 = 'Missouri Sunset' (Niswonger, 1995)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2004 = 'Missouri Rainbows' (Niswonger, 1997)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2005 = 'Missouri Iron Ore' (Niswonger, 1997)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2006 = 'Adriatic Blue' (Niswonger, 1996)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2007 = 'Missouri Orange' (Niswonger, 1998)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2008 = 'Elfin Sunshine' (Jenkins, 1998)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2009 = 'Missouri Autumn' (Niswonger, 1996)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2010 = 'Missouri Dreamland' (Niswonger, 1999)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2011 = 'Speeding Star' (Cadd, 2002)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2012 = 'Solar Fusion' (Walker, 2004)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2013 = 'Missouri Orchid' (Niswonger, 2006)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2014 = 'Gorden Ducat' (Cadd, 2004)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2015 = 'Missouri Morning' (Niswonger, 2007)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2016 = 'Castor River (Niswonger, 2006)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2017 = 'Line Dancing' (Jenkins, 2007)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2018 = 'Lemon Chiffon Pie' (Cadd, 2006)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2019 = 'Red War Clouds' (Walker, 2009)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2020 = no award</div><div style="text-align: center;">2021 = 'Steely Don' (Aitken, 2012)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2021 = 'Ibis Express' (Kasperek, 2012)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2022 = 'Ode to a Toad' (Kasperek, 2012)</div><div style="text-align: center;">2023 = 'Hot Chili' (Atiken, 2014)</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-48199999853252944862023-11-06T04:00:00.000-08:002023-11-06T04:00:00.155-08:00IRISES: The Bulletin of the AIS - Fall 2023 Edition<p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">By Andi Rivarola</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 528px;"><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">A warm welcome to those who are seeing IRISES, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society for the first time. If you are a member of The American Iris Society I hope you enjoy this new issue.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;">The Fall 2023 issue of the AIS Bulletin is already available online, accessible via the </span><a href="http://www.irises.org/aismembers/" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #6699cc; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Emembers section</a><span style="color: #333333; font-size: small;"> of the AIS website. The print copy has been mailed via the U.S. Post Office. On the cover, the 2023 Dykes Medal winner </span><span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-weight: bold;">'Don't Doubt Dalton' (Tom Burseen 2015, TB).</span></span></span></span></p><div class="page" title="Page 4"><div class="section" style="background-color: white;"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span>Note: to access this area of the website, you must have a current AIS Emembership. (AIS</span><span> </span><a href="http://www.irises.org/aismembers/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Emembership</a><span> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">is separate from the normal AIS membership.) Please see the Electronic Membership Information are of the AIS website for more details<span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkleJVqKYc3wdPomet049JpX00iJtMYxBPWRMYBR2YxXl7r1V415TSHWRV9wAa4wRPnBTk1QL5RmlFS60POVDnXzxWhdx6vUPY8IUDs_4gb9pRNX_qV5MkmTqoetLQjCYrLS4hX3BVUShmRxAZwNodkZV2t1Efk3Jrp8X7s-h2XbLKXxOv-BDwZJxqkI/s1790/Screenshot%202023-10-19%20at%205.50.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1790" data-original-width="1382" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjkleJVqKYc3wdPomet049JpX00iJtMYxBPWRMYBR2YxXl7r1V415TSHWRV9wAa4wRPnBTk1QL5RmlFS60POVDnXzxWhdx6vUPY8IUDs_4gb9pRNX_qV5MkmTqoetLQjCYrLS4hX3BVUShmRxAZwNodkZV2t1Efk3Jrp8X7s-h2XbLKXxOv-BDwZJxqkI/w494-h640/Screenshot%202023-10-19%20at%205.50.18%E2%80%AFPM.png" width="494" /></a></span></span></div><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span><p></p></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><b>The AIS 2023 Awards</b> are in full display beginning with the cover, back cover and all other winners displayed on pages 2 - 3. The listing of all winners are on pages 12 to 19.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">A great recap of <b>Region 21's Spring Garden Tour</b> is included on pages 20 - 24.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif">A heartwarming tribute to <b>Don Spoon</b> on 25 - 31.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;">Don't miss the fantastic article by Charles Perilloux, about the Preservation of the <b>Native Species of Louisiana Irises</b> on pages 32 through 40.</span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><b>Hot! Hot! Hot! Watering Irises When It's Hot</b>, a very interesting article by Claire Schneider is on pages 41 to 43.</span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><b>The Oklahoma Iris Festival and More</b> by Michael Kowalchyk is on pages 44 to 47. Don't miss it. </span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">An invitation to the <b>Spuria and Louisiana Iris Societies Combined Convention</b> is on pages 48 and 49.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Everything you need to know about the <b>New Horizons 2024 Portland National Convention </b>is on pages 50 and 55.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Recommendations from the new <b>AIS Membership Secretary</b>, Jean Richter on pages 56 and 57.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">The article, <b>Are Japanese Irises Delicate Now Way! </b>on pages 58 and 59.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">A final article on <b>Iris Grown in Containers: Part Four</b>, on pages 60 and 61.</span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16.334999px;">There's a lot more to see and read in this edition of </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16.334999px;">IRISES</i><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16.334999px;">, either in digital or print formats.</span></div><div class="column"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.334999px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">/./././</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black;"></span></span></p><p role="presentation" style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt; white-space: pre;"></p><div style="color: #202020; font-family: Arial; white-space: pre;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></div></div></div></div><p style="color: #333333; font-size: 16.334999px;"><span style="color: #674ea7; font-family: verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Support the Work of The American Iris Society by Becoming a Member:</span></p><p style="font-size: 16.334999px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Not a member of the American Iris Society? Please see our website for information about becoming one: <a href="http://irises.org/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;">http://irises.org/<br /></a></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Happy Gardening!</span></p><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Annual Print Membership receives the printed version of </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Irises, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society</span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> published four times annually.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Annual E-membership views the online version of </span><a href="https://emembers.irises.org/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Irises, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society</span></a><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Also, has access to the online iris checklist.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Annual Full Membership receives both benefits described above.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Participate in AIS’s bi-monthly Webinar Series featuring AIS experts from around the U.S.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Get connected with AIS members via our </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/irislovers" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Facebook Group Iris Lovers</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">, and other social media channels.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Get to know about our lesser known irises, such as species, spuria, Japanese, Louisiana, Siberian and other beardless irises.</span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Participate in the Annual convention. The next convention will be in <b>Portland, OR in 2024</b>. </span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">Support </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/about-ais/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none; white-space: pre;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">AIS's Mission</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> of education, conservation, research, preserving historical archives, and outreach projects.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Did you know that The American Iris Society is the registration authority for all rhizomatous irises worldwide? </span></li></ul><ul style="font-size: 16.334999px; line-height: 1.4; list-style: outside; margin: 0.5em 0px; padding: 0px 2.5em;"><li style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0.25em; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/" style="color: #6699cc; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Iris Encyclopedia</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is available 24-7, 365 days a year, and filled with a wealth of iris knowledge. Stop by for a visit!</span></span></li></ul></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div><div class="column"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: verdana;"><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div>Andi Rivarolahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16462324494313616686noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-18602694981583444762023-10-30T04:00:00.319-07:002023-11-17T15:58:14.211-08:00Chicken Trees vs Louisiana Irises (The irises won!)<div><p> By Gary Salathe</p><p><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">My non-profit</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">, </span><span style="font-size: small;">t</span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>he Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative (LICI), has a Louisiana <a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.licisaveirises.com/post/friends-group-to-partner-with-lici-to-manage-irises-at-palmetto-island-state-park-boardwalk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><b>iris restoration project</b></a><b> </b>underway with our partners, the <a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://friendsofpalmetto.org/partnering-with-lici" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><b>Friends of the Palmetto Island State Park</b></a>, at the boardwalk in <a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.lastateparks.com/parks-preserves/palmetto-island-state-park?gclid=CjwKCAiAxP2eBhBiEiwA5puhNcHCoH08g7_qtUK6EBz80qSvdy8c1ce7gHvI4G6iu1Mc93swZjk79hoC6doQAvD_BwE" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><b>Palmetto Island State Park</b></a> near Abbeville, Louisiana. One of the project's goals is to increase the number of Louisiana species <i><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.indefenseofplants.com/blog/2019/3/24/an-iris-with-three-parents?fbclid=IwAR0wTBPPBDq6rKZUF3bewW8p0r932FWspdsNm_s2tA0aeNl2Gi9YZ3Olblg" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><b>Iris nelsonii</b></a></i> (common name Abbeville Red iris) growing in the swamp at the boardwalk. </span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>One critical job that needed to be accomplished was to remove the Chinese tallow invasive tree species from the boardwalk swamp where the irises would be planted.</span></span><i> <br /></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DhXVlGe868YFIqO77wXXHhomd2R768cgAnEStUxC3uFWNPd-X_Mn20j7lL2PT5IknMWExA1kvbGXCda7DKlZ_9jVUTVvPRxN2Sq6pfVGmpU2YLO1Cu-2VqcYUcC3Nq-xJXgY_l-UZUAvYXfhuWg2vk_bYLKt40JB_urA-SeuCykxkYPdE5d5FDv5L5E/s1318/HenryCancienne1%20(32).JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="987" data-original-width="1318" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DhXVlGe868YFIqO77wXXHhomd2R768cgAnEStUxC3uFWNPd-X_Mn20j7lL2PT5IknMWExA1kvbGXCda7DKlZ_9jVUTVvPRxN2Sq6pfVGmpU2YLO1Cu-2VqcYUcC3Nq-xJXgY_l-UZUAvYXfhuWg2vk_bYLKt40JB_urA-SeuCykxkYPdE5d5FDv5L5E/w380-h285/HenryCancienne1%20(32).JPG" width="380" /></a></i></div><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>This photo was taken at the boardwalk swamp this past April. </i></span></span><i>We hope to have 2,000 I. nelsonii species of the Louisiana iris blooming at the park's boardwalk for the 2025 </i><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>Bayou Teche Native Louisiana Iris Festival. The second day of the festival will be held at Palmetto Island State Park to celebrate the I. nelsonii Louisiana iris. </i></span></span><br /></div><div><p></p><p></p><p><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>The Chinese tallow is a drought-tolerant tree native to China and Japan. It was first introduced in South Carolina during the 1700s as an ornamental tree and then for making soap from seed oils. It can be found from eastern North Carolina southward to Florida. From Florida, it spread westerly through Louisiana and Arkansas into Texas. </span></span></p><p><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRWrH5Tex-BWQO-29IDh30sU7MoDk37OQ-IMydaouhUrBn13_tVhdRNc999UxB3Tg2YqjS9YqYG4rsEep-EmHEz9fMyRMgLNYR2rRu6JofzZ0bzhnipSprVaNkJRmnukss8_hszalEXYmYYnb2OMcSDrChEZLs9l6vnMienmir4ddZYXSyrNz43-2e6c/s513/4a858f_6f1cde276c06420e964bbc054f667bd1~mv2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="385" data-original-width="513" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuRWrH5Tex-BWQO-29IDh30sU7MoDk37OQ-IMydaouhUrBn13_tVhdRNc999UxB3Tg2YqjS9YqYG4rsEep-EmHEz9fMyRMgLNYR2rRu6JofzZ0bzhnipSprVaNkJRmnukss8_hszalEXYmYYnb2OMcSDrChEZLs9l6vnMienmir4ddZYXSyrNz43-2e6c/w454-h341/4a858f_6f1cde276c06420e964bbc054f667bd1~mv2.webp" width="454" /></a></div><p></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 cDpYU ok2w4y bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5t52n" style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>This August 2023 photo was taken from the Palmetto Island State Park boardwalk in the swamp where the irises will be planted this fall. As seen in the photo, all trees that are 30' tall or </i></span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>smaller are invasive Chinese tallow trees.</i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRIuCua3wWY1T7PgwdTRt9OERJOE2a2vbDZn3Lx-2FQWojlHLbfvoNMbj6qOjxXvq7xK5DiGbns6iDsMQo818PsxifBRUEHcSaj9mkGO7g3lQjmYQylx3cSetFxBEXU3DH3DjXFddrdWDZt1stOJidlPjAIFiuon3dLptVgMrJwY0n_qFiYeeKLd5OmQ/s473/4a858f_7935a3af070a4879b2fdbb83db73a6b4~mv2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="293" data-original-width="473" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRIuCua3wWY1T7PgwdTRt9OERJOE2a2vbDZn3Lx-2FQWojlHLbfvoNMbj6qOjxXvq7xK5DiGbns6iDsMQo818PsxifBRUEHcSaj9mkGO7g3lQjmYQylx3cSetFxBEXU3DH3DjXFddrdWDZt1stOJidlPjAIFiuon3dLptVgMrJwY0n_qFiYeeKLd5OmQ/w465-h287/4a858f_7935a3af070a4879b2fdbb83db73a6b4~mv2.webp" width="465" /></a></div><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>Chinese tallow trees can be identified by broad, waxy-green leaves, often with an extended tip or "tail." New growth briefly appears reddish.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>In the early 1900s, it was used as an ornamental tree in Louisiana because most of Louisiana's native trees do not produce fall-colored leaves. The Chinese tallow tree does. </span></span></p><p><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftY-Kcq4Q8Es2dLouWvIiGJsjfRT-HOIeN9HnkjIc3IFl5pvENQW0wj1HIsbjSd8WxsLYFywnz4Q1iFDu04xZLoovkKk-BRZ_NEOkts4_k2DI-YvC-6QUttftJ49gF0-oi-CA5kwWNhghWKcImJrLQEDz9dmdxNPWJuRYryJGooMfE2xx3qr_hi8xX4k/s493/4a858f_905734160d104612ae13fc632f1a3eff~mv2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="493" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftY-Kcq4Q8Es2dLouWvIiGJsjfRT-HOIeN9HnkjIc3IFl5pvENQW0wj1HIsbjSd8WxsLYFywnz4Q1iFDu04xZLoovkKk-BRZ_NEOkts4_k2DI-YvC-6QUttftJ49gF0-oi-CA5kwWNhghWKcImJrLQEDz9dmdxNPWJuRYryJGooMfE2xx3qr_hi8xX4k/w463-h308/4a858f_905734160d104612ae13fc632f1a3eff~mv2.webp" width="463" /></a></div><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>The Chinese tallow tree can be easily spotted in Louisiana forests when its leaves change color in late fall. Once this happens, the green color starts to fade from the leaves, and then reds, oranges, and yellows become visible. The leaves from most of Louisiana's </i></span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>native hardwood trees turn brown in color. </i></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block16" type="empty-line"></div><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-53jdf"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>The south/central part of Louisiana, where Palmetto Island State Park is located, is part of Louisiana's<i> </i><a class="TWoY9 itht3" data-hook="linkViewer" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwir1daFl8SBAxURSzABHRpECdQQFnoECBMQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAcadiana&usg=AOvVaw2ET2SoL5m6pkCfdu6tDXSD&opi=89978449" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><b>Acadiana</b></a> region, also known as Cajun country. In this region, the Chinese tallow tree is known as the "Chicken tree."</span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block18" type="empty-line"></div><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-5s04p"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>The Chicken trees needed to be removed from the park's boardwalk swamp before the two iris plantings planned for later this year. This was because the Chicken trees would compete with the irises, just as they were competing with the native Bald Cypress in the boardwalk swamp for moisture and nutrients in the soil. Also, trying to remove the Chicken trees after the irises were planted would risk volunteers trampling the irises. A decision was made by LICI and the park manager to set September 9, 2023 as the day to remove the Chicken trees.</span></span></p><p><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h" dir="auto"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_WLb2L3UMsOjh1GrASAHA4duab7xOhIYbpkW1H_5tM1Y6Y4S3lyDXrK__7dPxsXF2z24RYZWaka6aWPhDeLEtlDiRvD362nMjAGcw5Lvqny21RgdLhYc6MDswvo5euKSVzPlEy0xPVKm9a92ZbRvXl1qRY6UwCxmKf6XYzLKCS1wf0RBy9_Yey1GzpQ/s3967/2%20Henry%20(9)a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1817" data-original-width="3967" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_WLb2L3UMsOjh1GrASAHA4duab7xOhIYbpkW1H_5tM1Y6Y4S3lyDXrK__7dPxsXF2z24RYZWaka6aWPhDeLEtlDiRvD362nMjAGcw5Lvqny21RgdLhYc6MDswvo5euKSVzPlEy0xPVKm9a92ZbRvXl1qRY6UwCxmKf6XYzLKCS1wf0RBy9_Yey1GzpQ/w479-h220/2%20Henry%20(9)a.JPG" width="479" /></a></div><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>I'm shown giving the opening remarks at the Chicken tree removal event in Palmetto Island State Park. I spoke on the history of the Abbeville Red iris and its discovery. I also explained why the display of these irises at the park's boardwalk is so important to so many people, literally from around the world. It is a place to see this rare species of Louisiana iris in bloom. Photo by Henry Cancienne.</i></span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-f86mc"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>The September 9th event was co-hosted by Palmetto Island State Park and the Louisiana Iris Conservation Initiative (LICI), with the Friends of Palmetto Island State Park, Inc. sponsoring the event by supplying snacks, drinks, and sandwiches. In the days leading up to September 9th, it became a community-wide event with volunteers signing up from a Scout Troop in Lafayette, Abbeville Rotary Club, <span>Abbeville Garden Club</span>, Vermilion ARCH 4-H club - including some of the parents, Friends of Palmetto Island State Park, Inc., volunteers from people staying at the park, and LICI's volunteers. Approximately 50 volunteers showed up for the event. </span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block23" type="paragraph"></div><div class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bsjna"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>The swamp was dry due to the extreme drought the area has been experiencing. Dry conditions made it easier for the volunteers to get around and do the work. </span></span></div><div class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 lnyWN yMZv8w bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-bsjna"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ__J46w6kRXvziFUL9HyatztJyuHoYIFMTVjzkBDAdDL7ZzBvM3CEFnB_QXGIluD4mhH8pqBPDpfkiz9h_wTOUDlHbVSR7QDlHaueYieb_-Y7yDjOQbT_OE3linrqlbEVkvJ1BRuY8h3QgXtyte63wTt5frAysddbTzng459wqzeOHLACS6rnGh6xB8/s3731/3%20Henry%20(22)a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2171" data-original-width="3731" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLJ__J46w6kRXvziFUL9HyatztJyuHoYIFMTVjzkBDAdDL7ZzBvM3CEFnB_QXGIluD4mhH8pqBPDpfkiz9h_wTOUDlHbVSR7QDlHaueYieb_-Y7yDjOQbT_OE3linrqlbEVkvJ1BRuY8h3QgXtyte63wTt5frAysddbTzng459wqzeOHLACS6rnGh6xB8/w454-h264/3%20Henry%20(22)a.JPG" width="454" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i> Volunteers begin work at the Palmetto Island State Park boardwalk swamp at the September 9 Chicken tree removal event. Photo by Henry Cancienne.</i></span></span></p><div data-hook="rcv-block27" type="paragraph"></div><div class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 cDpYU ok2w4y bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8gba1"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>The park manager, Andrea Jones, was very supportive of the effort. She lined up many of the volunteers, allowed her staff to help deliver, set up, and take down everything needed for the event at the boardwalk base station, and allowed the group to use the nearby meeting room building and its porch.</span></span></div><div class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 cDpYU ok2w4y bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-8gba1"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span> </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tTTThIXth0mq20FN5WqaCjEKeOW-WHm-i-FA_dKPzvy5_xgNW1m0pfWU7rwA-itujrXQMYonPINzVSc1Tp2QgchpowyIrXEXLuUjS9BSNl0mykLIsJr2zXtLZ7UfeUg9A2tQciqbK-XBoA80PFl62PJs4vBHtxN9QeD7knR0K6M67_4-HWrmprNLS2Y/s1886/15%20Henry%20(56)a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1886" data-original-width="1303" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7tTTThIXth0mq20FN5WqaCjEKeOW-WHm-i-FA_dKPzvy5_xgNW1m0pfWU7rwA-itujrXQMYonPINzVSc1Tp2QgchpowyIrXEXLuUjS9BSNl0mykLIsJr2zXtLZ7UfeUg9A2tQciqbK-XBoA80PFl62PJs4vBHtxN9QeD7knR0K6M67_4-HWrmprNLS2Y/w315-h456/15%20Henry%20(56)a.JPG" width="315" /></a></span></span></div><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i> Two volunteers are shown with loopers and the flagging used to mark each Chicken tree.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Small red flags were set next to each Chicken tree so the volunteers would not need to determine which trees in the swamp needed to be cut down. Then, volunteers with either tree limb loopers or a chainsaw would cut the trees down. The cut trees were hauled to the swamp's edge and left to rot among the palmettos. A few volunteers then squirt each tree stump with an herbicide to kill the roots. They would collect each red flag as they were finished. Most trees ranged in size from twenty feet tall or less with a 1" to 1 1/2" diameter trunk.</span></span><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i> <br /></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneLf6RxjivFYSdkhJ0AJtkMJpbDAys2kHU8MQaTbv7cB2Enm4EAj8OFbAzRr8b_LSOdRuWA-vjXLvipcScVLuvQ5mC72qz472yfGhIn3ueYHRChSZtVBbYRyWGQTiJMDoJ36D_AN0wJ1yBBoSpiKR9CE6VNbBZhtLITKieqa1DP7_4UBDoo7q4j9fj_g/s3220/13%20Henry%20(33)a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2221" data-original-width="3220" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjneLf6RxjivFYSdkhJ0AJtkMJpbDAys2kHU8MQaTbv7cB2Enm4EAj8OFbAzRr8b_LSOdRuWA-vjXLvipcScVLuvQ5mC72qz472yfGhIn3ueYHRChSZtVBbYRyWGQTiJMDoJ36D_AN0wJ1yBBoSpiKR9CE6VNbBZhtLITKieqa1DP7_4UBDoo7q4j9fj_g/w488-h337/13%20Henry%20(33)a.JPG" width="488" /></a></i></div><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>Stewart Broussard, president of the Friends of Palmetto Island State Park, Inc., is seen here working with the other volunteers to clear out Chicken trees during the event.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='437' height='364' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzO_xrUTyoQcWMJQkqeoiMLsr6gHMOX0ar0gyZJFbG3xR-SDOF6sGy18BRJiliTj9QI_jTVmLFE9b2rGbVgug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></i></div><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>As a way to add a festive feeling to the event, a local aspiring singer/songwriter, Brody Lemaire, along with his singer and percussionist sister, Zoey Lemaire, offered to donate their time to come out and play for the other volunteers as they worked. Their playing and singing were a wonderful background for the groups working out in the swamp.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9W7j_JU66A0dcMJ7HMPK3YvhQjKfjwNG7ar7k4-LcBMdf_DhCARp7_hsvx1Ossny8Qvs8qb4HYPiqkqrVfX5fUcqNSsVlrFaGiawekTqaljSX8CHhgQcZ9eZFj2CI8nXWcM8TC77ircRm8f2OSCdpEpnEh2I4CtOMnS478jN38zwQkN2D4E8dYJJmVM/s3653/16%20IMG_9012a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2648" data-original-width="3653" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK9W7j_JU66A0dcMJ7HMPK3YvhQjKfjwNG7ar7k4-LcBMdf_DhCARp7_hsvx1Ossny8Qvs8qb4HYPiqkqrVfX5fUcqNSsVlrFaGiawekTqaljSX8CHhgQcZ9eZFj2CI8nXWcM8TC77ircRm8f2OSCdpEpnEh2I4CtOMnS478jN38zwQkN2D4E8dYJJmVM/w467-h339/16%20IMG_9012a.JPG" width="467" /></a></div><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>Volunteers at work removing Chicken trees during the September 9 event.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>At the end of the event, I told the group, "I have no idea how many Chicken trees were pulled up or cut down, but it was a lot! When the Abbeville Red irises we will be planting this winter bloom throughout the swamp at the boardwalk next spring, everyone will have a clear view of the show, thanks to the work y'all did here today." </span></span></p><p><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIKS-I8SD9RFQ7J6G2-tTJT6uubYgXzanC7_YrxKZwbzkt9epeCKMPfbVXRoBk7Amc0IIraZpezN1BXqI1pIidZI3V-Qa9oZ-L7pcGpY3yW1gwIB_DhtP1ChBwb9wcOyAUMGzMsUrNRY4jl1MAesbNKOMG1vpEm1LRan0JjrBgIR1awvqel8pvWKPBOg/s4000/20%20Henry%20(5)a.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1908" data-original-width="4000" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijIKS-I8SD9RFQ7J6G2-tTJT6uubYgXzanC7_YrxKZwbzkt9epeCKMPfbVXRoBk7Amc0IIraZpezN1BXqI1pIidZI3V-Qa9oZ-L7pcGpY3yW1gwIB_DhtP1ChBwb9wcOyAUMGzMsUrNRY4jl1MAesbNKOMG1vpEm1LRan0JjrBgIR1awvqel8pvWKPBOg/w474-h279/20%20Henry%20(5)a.JPG" width="474" /></a></span></span></div><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i></i></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i>This is the final "Goodbye" group photo of most volunteers and park staff participating in the Chinese tallow tree removal volunteer event at Palmetto Island State Park boardwalk swamp on September 9, 2023. Photo by Henry Cancienne.</i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span><i><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='435' height='361' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxVmv7T-tMPxsxwH04SvLWs53OQfByz-2hKCEIrNUJ-B5ldXc7r573UsMdhcIcN6qGTUnz5o5u0l_QkGTObwA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></i></span></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>One last video to show the iris spirit of the volunteers!!<br /></span></span></i></p><p><br /></p></div>Gary Salathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741534074462722111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-82057359682149991162023-10-23T09:35:00.077-07:002023-10-25T20:00:55.643-07:00A Step into the Past of Iris Lore: Sydney B. Mitchell<p>By Bryce Williamson</p><p>While recently researching a judges’ training program, I found myself reflecting on how some of the important iris personalities of the past have faded from the conversation even though they played critical roles. Then, at Region 14’s 2023 fall meeting, Joe Ghio talked about “In the beginning…” Joe’s comments caused my mind to recall the contributions of Sydney B. Mitchell. His work is significant for three reasons; any of them would have ensured his place in iris lore.</p><p>First, Mitchell saved and introduced the Mohr irises after William Mohr’s early death in a car accident. The Mohr-Mitchell iris "San Francisco" went on to become the first American Dykes Medal winner.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLJqPJSuu9MfjZQKNLKoXPyjpx_GJj_IcbOn5e2eZBx06RalnRIIrWCoCwzWXW67JhSJkDrpoRb4fyVOGPqLKW2eMOaLxr5jr1SfanWYLY9yFkA016dY3g648ZApQmXZilYl_4UlRSzHDKJQEZ9uNjVmYGJjIZ2VdkcCWjqf5YYGBkje9SP2RDjT_3UQ/s875/20170605_160358TB%20San%20Francisco%20(3RS).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivLJqPJSuu9MfjZQKNLKoXPyjpx_GJj_IcbOn5e2eZBx06RalnRIIrWCoCwzWXW67JhSJkDrpoRb4fyVOGPqLKW2eMOaLxr5jr1SfanWYLY9yFkA016dY3g648ZApQmXZilYl_4UlRSzHDKJQEZ9uNjVmYGJjIZ2VdkcCWjqf5YYGBkje9SP2RDjT_3UQ/w400-h320/20170605_160358TB%20San%20Francisco%20(3RS).jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbPthruT/TbSanFrancisco" target="_blank">San Francisco'</a> (Mohr, 1927)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Second, Lloyd Austin is often considered the father of space-age irises. Yet Mitchell’s plicata breeding played an important role in their development. Lloyd saw potential in a Mitchell plicata seedling (later introduced as ‘Advanced Guard’) and from that iris produced the world’s first horned iris: ‘Unicorn.’</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2296TBimqS-yLNpl3jimIq4l5Jkp8pjlAHbnk3Zm0Z8IQm75eRzR2ETBZL3Oq0YLmJdAQC9fh9cV8RlHSeSPzzU_9gtfVEgQy3-gpUr3LHK8gSeCAfye7XzHAzaCB88V75E8cTOFTXGWT2QqHCAfDYKkuemgSH8pD5r05BGQWoria30pgtBM_VqvPp4/s500/advance-guard1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="400" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE2296TBimqS-yLNpl3jimIq4l5Jkp8pjlAHbnk3Zm0Z8IQm75eRzR2ETBZL3Oq0YLmJdAQC9fh9cV8RlHSeSPzzU_9gtfVEgQy3-gpUr3LHK8gSeCAfye7XzHAzaCB88V75E8cTOFTXGWT2QqHCAfDYKkuemgSH8pD5r05BGQWoria30pgtBM_VqvPp4/w320-h400/advance-guard1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbUthruZ/TbUnicorn" target="_blank">Advance Guard</a>' (Mitchell, 1945)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSPnMl5yQJp7W7ELmp4DjIO8E7TfdOjH4unmVtP8FPIi2xrZSv6Rwbq1UwaoSVSpJwx0ItqlBiz2zRGhDGwK79uWU5uiEh5YxaB9hW3maHh6qM7Cyg0QUwS7xoN0_9IM__xzHmyjNvMiAP3rQBIGYrdXUjqc2ktTAfCU1sdAKfjWWHV0B7A44lZSW-2E/s371/Unicorn02.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="371" data-original-width="307" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfSPnMl5yQJp7W7ELmp4DjIO8E7TfdOjH4unmVtP8FPIi2xrZSv6Rwbq1UwaoSVSpJwx0ItqlBiz2zRGhDGwK79uWU5uiEh5YxaB9hW3maHh6qM7Cyg0QUwS7xoN0_9IM__xzHmyjNvMiAP3rQBIGYrdXUjqc2ktTAfCU1sdAKfjWWHV0B7A44lZSW-2E/w331-h400/Unicorn02.jpg" width="331" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbUthruZ/TbUnicorn" target="_blank">Unicorn</a>' (Austin, 1954)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Finally, Sydney B. Mitchell loved Pacific Coast Native (PCN) irises and promoted them. Part of Sydney’s promotion effort was sending seeds around the world. Seeds sent to the United Kingdom would grow to become the foundation of PCN’s adapted to the English climate and ultimately Marjorie Brummitt's ‘No Name,’ winner of the British Dykes Medal in 1976.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZK4bv4vmg1T3okeZvY4AhA7iwfyVrYw7_SIrTRt0Gcx1P_bI7nav-HGgB5K8-yZQUVubcJRdRMTjQ8QbEliOLes8q5c3X3Zb9QD_WmWaUQKPmc8oPBUEladmXqZ_ENvH2vT8nTGIKAMclhNP7YstE5zv9aWwm9BG4tkxDoFTL_QtNShh2mYjPOoWqTw/s748/No_Name1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="748" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHZK4bv4vmg1T3okeZvY4AhA7iwfyVrYw7_SIrTRt0Gcx1P_bI7nav-HGgB5K8-yZQUVubcJRdRMTjQ8QbEliOLes8q5c3X3Zb9QD_WmWaUQKPmc8oPBUEladmXqZ_ENvH2vT8nTGIKAMclhNP7YstE5zv9aWwm9BG4tkxDoFTL_QtNShh2mYjPOoWqTw/w400-h390/No_Name1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Pcn/PcnNoName">No Name</a>' (Brummitt, 1973)</div><p>From Mitchell PCN seeds sent to Australia Hargreaves produced lovely seedlings, though none of these were named introductions. Later, Stanley Lott, Heidi Blyth, and John Taylor would carry on the Australian line for PCN irises and produced some lovely flowers.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRd8CnJQTBCizDVzs1uzeBE7tyh6J_KyYh7knokZ4rViKincJirdPp7j6EqoQyjrk4jFNvVqxvOTxinHQunJ5klRXBvZPfn-B-Ckhs6lC03tfnk6Mz8v-HvTuP6m0aSTtFBQ_fFmj8N7VCPfOI7nEpZO9WW3kmbiHCz0j750LUku5nkDXHHMxMg60sqPI/s450/EuropeanMist041111.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="305" data-original-width="450" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRd8CnJQTBCizDVzs1uzeBE7tyh6J_KyYh7knokZ4rViKincJirdPp7j6EqoQyjrk4jFNvVqxvOTxinHQunJ5klRXBvZPfn-B-Ckhs6lC03tfnk6Mz8v-HvTuP6m0aSTtFBQ_fFmj8N7VCPfOI7nEpZO9WW3kmbiHCz0j750LUku5nkDXHHMxMg60sqPI/w400-h271/EuropeanMist041111.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Pcn/PcnEuropeanMist" target="_blank">European Mist</a>’ (Heidi Blyth, 2009/2010)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Hargreaves seed made its way back to the United States, and a red seedling was widely crossed by Joe Ghio as one of the foundation parents of his lovely PCIs. Of course, Joe Ghio also has access to seed from Jack Craig who most likely obtained seed directly from Mitchell.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYQ5ExFHwNeVz_46HFt-f2-Krvonc4SRO7RQmDxIV7Fxx3fuZ7zmYzceGlLH2_qmrY01Why_kakS6HJk9DR6az_YwbQ4NgHq8mG-iXO1uEHmFJhFaKgPL8_ztdXLrJkh7PnZX4yQtA4XkP_Vg6R_DvFrtls5EqlH9vbQ-qlkjPXCzeRKmINYGNRPYj48/s843/redlightdistrict.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="843" data-original-width="838" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVYQ5ExFHwNeVz_46HFt-f2-Krvonc4SRO7RQmDxIV7Fxx3fuZ7zmYzceGlLH2_qmrY01Why_kakS6HJk9DR6az_YwbQ4NgHq8mG-iXO1uEHmFJhFaKgPL8_ztdXLrJkh7PnZX4yQtA4XkP_Vg6R_DvFrtls5EqlH9vbQ-qlkjPXCzeRKmINYGNRPYj48/w398-h400/redlightdistrict.jpg" width="398" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Pcn/PcnRedLightDistrict" target="_blank">Red Light District</a>’ (Ghio, 2015)</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy_7lThJxACRnMq3RPLAIo6JevTWg4iG73ByrY44OveSCdes8cncVAEariojbRi5DIJnFAGbdLsoXBZnwx6kZlCmgdXBHZQ7nOiUQ9uYQQATEB-ano0XZmqkNiuQKRIhbwhM2IQrF1C2Ft7_cIVTeZcVef8-dR1UuhNJ18nw81gZ2wLvG0KNlwTM5Ac0/s665/going-bananas1-14.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="665" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJy_7lThJxACRnMq3RPLAIo6JevTWg4iG73ByrY44OveSCdes8cncVAEariojbRi5DIJnFAGbdLsoXBZnwx6kZlCmgdXBHZQ7nOiUQ9uYQQATEB-ano0XZmqkNiuQKRIhbwhM2IQrF1C2Ft7_cIVTeZcVef8-dR1UuhNJ18nw81gZ2wLvG0KNlwTM5Ac0/w400-h361/going-bananas1-14.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Pcn/PcnGoingBananas" target="_blank">Going Bananas</a>’ (Ghio, 2010)</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Sidney B. Mitchell received the AIS Hybridizers Medal in 1941. The <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalMitchell" target="_blank">American Iris Society's medal for PCN irises is named for him</a>, and rightly so. His book <i><a href="https://www.worldcat.org/title/1458427" target="_blank">Iris for Every Garden </a></i>helped the popularity of all types of irises and its chapter on hybridizing inspired a new generation of hybridizers.</p><p>The influence of Mitchell lives on today in modern tall bearded hybridizing and Pacific Coast Native irises.</p><p><br /></p>Bryce Williamsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08829075660232669493noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-69361363454295672552023-10-15T09:28:00.000-07:002023-10-15T09:28:24.908-07:00Using Species in MDB Breeding, Part 2: Iris aphylla x Iris pumila<p> by Tom Waters</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is the second of three posts on my experimenting with
various species in breeding miniature dwarf bearded (MDB) irises. Here’s a quick recap: Most MDBs today are
small selections created when breeding standard dwarf bearded (SDB) irises. I think there is value in creating a
line of true-breeding MDBs: fertile plants that are MDB-sized and
consistently produce MDB-sized offspring. Ideally, such a line would be compatible
with SDBs (and MDBs from SDB breeding), so one could use all the
wonderfully developed modern MDB and SDB cultivars.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Certain dwarf species and combinations of species are
compatible with SDBs in terms of their chromosome configuration. One such species
is <i>Iris lutescens,</i> and in <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2023/07/using-species-in-mdb-breeding-part-1.html" target="_blank">part 1</a> I described my work with this species to
date. In this post, I look at hybrids from <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecAphylla" target="_blank"><i>I. aphylla</i> </a>x <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecPumila" target="_blank">I. pumila</a></i>
and their usefulness in MDB breeding.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>I. aphylla</i> crossed with <i>I. pumila</i> produces
fertile hybrids having a chromosome configuration that is compatible with SDBs.
The MDB <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbVelvetToy" target="_blank">Velvet Toy</a>’</b> (Dunbar, 1972) is an early example of such a hybrid. We
might also include Ben Hager’s MDBs from his <i>aphylla</i>-derived MTBs
crossed with <i>I. pumila</i> as another variation on this basic type, although
the MTBs have tall bearded and border bearded ancestry as well as <i>I. aphylla.<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1T5_FyqBe7ergW4d8U-BfQFx-hOMghn3H5eBXBr6ixjPJr50XUp4x9XChTqVpMt0AveeY8iveOQgW_tv4V_g3eztY6prfh_CJe20tu3Cwx9WErzR6rwYiqIUJMmWJ4vU8S48vmc8ZXhyPhAjHy4IHXIygRjO1ODGHLfG__cWxwn0jfrb1XzDDvCFPrZH/s600/S006-01%202018%20008%20web.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="393" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1T5_FyqBe7ergW4d8U-BfQFx-hOMghn3H5eBXBr6ixjPJr50XUp4x9XChTqVpMt0AveeY8iveOQgW_tv4V_g3eztY6prfh_CJe20tu3Cwx9WErzR6rwYiqIUJMmWJ4vU8S48vmc8ZXhyPhAjHy4IHXIygRjO1ODGHLfG__cWxwn0jfrb1XzDDvCFPrZH/s320/S006-01%202018%20008%20web.jpg" width="210" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S006-01<br /> <i>I. aphylla</i> x <i>I. pumila</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />My own<i> aphylla</i> x <i>pumila</i> seedling, S006-01, is
an interesting little plant. The flowers are purple and not particularly distinctive,
but the plant is quite small, at around five inches in height. It also has a unique
branching pattern. It has basal branching inherited from <i>I. aphylla.</i> The
branch and the main stem are of equal height, and each is topped with a double-budded
socket. The four buds open successively, so there is only one flower open at a
time. This seems to me a very desirable trait to introduce into MDBs, but so
far none of its seedlings have inherited it.<o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have bloomed a number of seedlings from SDB <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbEyeOfTheTiger" target="_blank">Eye of </a>theTiger’</b> (Black, 2008) X S006-01. They were a carnival of different colors and
patterns, but unfortunately, none had the daintiness I was looking for. This spring, seven years after I made the cross, a straggler bloomed that seems genuinely
small and MDB-sized. I will keep an eye on it in coming seasons.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlcK20J5-FbN_G1eNXvyygC8w3FI_6M5GXL58nrF1M_z2JRrpwnutd8AbWn3P9TXvybOP9YAVHnOObDGKHvGbHuTrrQunw2zPvYEIn6y7bM-d-Ek3XHo5QqpbCgWMnDTDQNdanUC9K8GDYDxK4NyAhDriwTBGsteppv_-v7HP3s4ZzjmIPwKAd1wMEaM7/s600/S028-44%202023%20001%20web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="477" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlcK20J5-FbN_G1eNXvyygC8w3FI_6M5GXL58nrF1M_z2JRrpwnutd8AbWn3P9TXvybOP9YAVHnOObDGKHvGbHuTrrQunw2zPvYEIn6y7bM-d-Ek3XHo5QqpbCgWMnDTDQNdanUC9K8GDYDxK4NyAhDriwTBGsteppv_-v7HP3s4ZzjmIPwKAd1wMEaM7/s320/S028-44%202023%20001%20web.jpg" width="254" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S028-44<br />Eye of the Tiger X S006-01</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">Realizing that I probably should be crossing this seedling
with small MDBs rather than SDBs, I used <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbDollopOfCream" target="_blank">Dollop of Cream</a>’ </b>(Black, 2006) and <b>‘Icon’</b>
(Keppel, 2008) for the next round.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The <b>‘Dollop of Cream’</b> seedlings had fairly nice form, some
blue, some white. They bloomed near the boundary of the MDB and SDB classes,
but I am hoping they may settle out on the smaller side when grown in normal garden
conditions. I kept a blue one with small flowers to evaluate further.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3yW08R5mUV55oMfA9L1T93pcrnasDoJ71IhNT-6Vlz0is9dhjmTzZHfCNHaIoKlsjY_NWwH9PHhxiDJC9vTiMUqPGIDxnwqlrRnVSJuwNcUiTIOsgpQ4afZ3DcGbY2U1qg6ATgGFq3b4hM5bWaH06dzua7cUjAwcYI-8UEpB7MgOFuEc-03ixtpdlqVz/s2447/S050%2008%20and%2009%20web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1657" data-original-width="2447" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS3yW08R5mUV55oMfA9L1T93pcrnasDoJ71IhNT-6Vlz0is9dhjmTzZHfCNHaIoKlsjY_NWwH9PHhxiDJC9vTiMUqPGIDxnwqlrRnVSJuwNcUiTIOsgpQ4afZ3DcGbY2U1qg6ATgGFq3b4hM5bWaH06dzua7cUjAwcYI-8UEpB7MgOFuEc-03ixtpdlqVz/s320/S050%2008%20and%2009%20web.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Seedlings from 'Dollop of Cream' X S006-01</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The <b>‘Icon’</b> seedlings are more exciting color-wise, in various
shades of orchid with deeply saturated spot patterns and dark blue beards. I
describe the color as “juicy”. Sadly, they produced hardly any pollen, and I
couldn’t really test them as pod parents because they bloom earlier than
anything else except the pure <i>I. pumilas</i>. I did get a scant 8 seeds from sib-crossing
two of them, so we shall see. Again, height is rather marginal, near the
boundary between MDBs and SDBs. I’m keeping them all in hopes that they may
produce more pollen in the future.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_4lbJfl9A4YHpibKGk-iy76mVcJFe0uUeOnRA09AsTDYVp1M-dRwqphgwVf-rrZOFQkBCCqoRELFgpaMAA3JjguSAwTgNROowQeNbj3ZXfeOE7W7UcUeexogq3kFwoZdEZH3pRwXlqJAKrivr6zgO0eqzgwltVBJXIQyGOwp1eUwTRvE5xO7lR95pUZ4/s600/S059-02%202023%20002%20web.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="507" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_4lbJfl9A4YHpibKGk-iy76mVcJFe0uUeOnRA09AsTDYVp1M-dRwqphgwVf-rrZOFQkBCCqoRELFgpaMAA3JjguSAwTgNROowQeNbj3ZXfeOE7W7UcUeexogq3kFwoZdEZH3pRwXlqJAKrivr6zgO0eqzgwltVBJXIQyGOwp1eUwTRvE5xO7lR95pUZ4/s320/S059-02%202023%20002%20web.jpg" width="270" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Icon X S006-01</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">I do believe my <i>I. aphylla</i> x <i>I. pumila</i>
seedling has the potential to bring me toward my goal of a line of true-breeding
MDBs. I have seeds from it crossed with <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbSelfEvident" target="_blank">Self Evident</a>’</b> (Hager, 1997) and <b>‘<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbMiniseries" target="_blank">Miniseries</a>’</b>
(Keppel, 2011). </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">And it will also be
interesting to take this one more generation further and see what emerges.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><br />Tom Watershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13701923855333944372noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-52153437766140839822023-10-02T05:00:00.008-07:002023-10-02T05:00:00.145-07:00Spring Beginnings in Australia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;">by </span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368;">Mel</span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #4d5156;"> and </span><span face="Roboto, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #5f6368;">Bailey Schiller</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJySCnAZUQoouP5rrPlY4lz1swXWp-EqcKXzXoWM86bKR7Yyq6O_kGKYe1DI82RByVkkT0CkJiddwxUl4kv2G_FTNTfw88iHQwD7APTdAG8MdCeDUqemETI3Vbb8sS8Qv9MKsA78Pvme7WBTsglqr_rqh_rmIO_Pp5e3MN5HG0SHvLSDD0iJCZbNE-yXvU/s6000/IMG_9334.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJySCnAZUQoouP5rrPlY4lz1swXWp-EqcKXzXoWM86bKR7Yyq6O_kGKYe1DI82RByVkkT0CkJiddwxUl4kv2G_FTNTfw88iHQwD7APTdAG8MdCeDUqemETI3Vbb8sS8Qv9MKsA78Pvme7WBTsglqr_rqh_rmIO_Pp5e3MN5HG0SHvLSDD0iJCZbNE-yXvU/s320/IMG_9334.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Harvest Moon over a field of irises</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">A wonderful sight is the September Harvest Moon in Australia: September 29th 2023. Lighting the way for the next 6 months will be extra daylight that helps us get our chores completed. We give thanks and show gratitude for each of you that join our family on our bearded iris journey. We wish you all fulfillment and happiness in your lives as we enter the summer months in Australia.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bloom season has started strong and early for us down under. Dwarf bearded irises have been blooming for the last 3-4 weeks. Over the last week or so the taller classes have started blooming as well. </span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIclRF1CEQxPT4tMBZJpUEgYNtY0OUmJNIQwfVRlbkCR-XKyxVX0krLK8F2fiBzfNBVBzJMfQRsG5NNlUUOQPHpDZV0mR9MbF9r3x1gPiAXzqnw-vFPTJGQbAFe3eqtfQvLz5IIOP3Q3g1ENfZyGZoC9tdEsvT4VEtl2ZowSOXCeOSjKe1Y04xZ6K85Iv/s6000/IMG_8064.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQIclRF1CEQxPT4tMBZJpUEgYNtY0OUmJNIQwfVRlbkCR-XKyxVX0krLK8F2fiBzfNBVBzJMfQRsG5NNlUUOQPHpDZV0mR9MbF9r3x1gPiAXzqnw-vFPTJGQbAFe3eqtfQvLz5IIOP3Q3g1ENfZyGZoC9tdEsvT4VEtl2ZowSOXCeOSjKe1Y04xZ6K85Iv/s320/IMG_8064.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Miniature dwarf bearded iris 'Ribbit' (Johnson, 2020)<br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Opening on the first day of Spring was probably the best formed and most interesting miniature dwarf bearded iris we grow: the green-toned beauty '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbRibbit" target="_blank">Ribbit</a>.' A fantastic grower and reliable bloomer, it has been a joy to grow since we imported it into Australia in 2020. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PUKJl6JE2aqhNp3WIen5-IoIGYQmQm7ocgpD_arHqBYwiy4aS315_ZpgcEDV0wotGFrJZZELrjaQLXZxRD6H1wXtlcPuoScEQV9do26rf663NHujtCjipbyu9L3Z28ncSfElLdSuLZDKwCN-ZLgHy_NBbEmtdJZxl_v6ibAlaLqtDjlx_9mjyN_4iGdg/s6000/TWINKLE%20LITTLE%20STAR%20(17).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-PUKJl6JE2aqhNp3WIen5-IoIGYQmQm7ocgpD_arHqBYwiy4aS315_ZpgcEDV0wotGFrJZZELrjaQLXZxRD6H1wXtlcPuoScEQV9do26rf663NHujtCjipbyu9L3Z28ncSfElLdSuLZDKwCN-ZLgHy_NBbEmtdJZxl_v6ibAlaLqtDjlx_9mjyN_4iGdg/s320/TWINKLE%20LITTLE%20STAR%20(17).JPG" width="320" /></span></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Miniature Dwarf bearded iris 'Twinkle Little Star' (Black, 2020)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Following closely was another miniature dwarf; '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Mdb/MdbTwinkleLittleStar" target="_blank">Twinkle Little Star</a>'. This iris has been a very good performer for us since we imported it. Generally, dwarf varieties don't perform very well for us here in South Australia. Our Winters don't get cold enough for these little irises to truly thrive. Yet, we persist because we think they are absolutely adorable. We have also been hybridizing dwarf iris and selecting for those that perform well in our climate. </span></div><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTyoROw5UMAyzvUJn8fk0Rz4h-mCiMfOMMcLEgBSvknwoG0b_HvXwwIpuayiuFsxLQB4qI6r3Muz4r2KIbhduTR1O-Q_Vwb8xO4yx983bNvC4ha4xuU3vUlw_YaOjQ82pxWJRIUvHxlNlhtLUxIPb_hjwbHvwPbIz1v4zVFGAIv0lIC0_xwyEOmT0PWgG/s6000/IMG_7890.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXTyoROw5UMAyzvUJn8fk0Rz4h-mCiMfOMMcLEgBSvknwoG0b_HvXwwIpuayiuFsxLQB4qI6r3Muz4r2KIbhduTR1O-Q_Vwb8xO4yx983bNvC4ha4xuU3vUlw_YaOjQ82pxWJRIUvHxlNlhtLUxIPb_hjwbHvwPbIz1v4zVFGAIv0lIC0_xwyEOmT0PWgG/s320/IMG_7890.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Standard dwarf iris' Tallica' (Blyth, 2015)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another iris blooming right at the beginning of Spring was '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbTallica" target="_blank">Tallica</a>.' Although this Australian-bred standard dwarf has never reached its registered height for us, it is a fantastic performer in our gardens. As you can see by the photo, it puts on a wonderful display!</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2orDMSH-GzkTANMEBL1XWwilRRPN_KwE2mYpupCSzY-_E5Ahxy-MeU_COpbKEhzhTn-zKnLLAwNossR5J9Ywy5Vfmc8uyPlbscapqIQDSuOUZ_Kvxe-dFBcnBvh900gdPWfi__26ZgqvXBRwMOdL0md2UOUd3ras-Uwx56ewPhCh2tqrYAKSUgnzk9vK8/s6000/IMG_8036.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2orDMSH-GzkTANMEBL1XWwilRRPN_KwE2mYpupCSzY-_E5Ahxy-MeU_COpbKEhzhTn-zKnLLAwNossR5J9Ywy5Vfmc8uyPlbscapqIQDSuOUZ_Kvxe-dFBcnBvh900gdPWfi__26ZgqvXBRwMOdL0md2UOUd3ras-Uwx56ewPhCh2tqrYAKSUgnzk9vK8/s320/IMG_8036.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Standard Dwarf bearded iris 'Done Me Wrong' (Baumunk, 2009)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbDoneMeWrong" target="_blank">Done Me Wrong</a>' is not the greatest performer in our climate. However, we love the look of large beards on a dwarf iris, so it gets to stay around. It is always very early and one of the first standard dwarfs to bloom.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vZO6FchEyysYCemtMAeFgQaLPqtvlVtvdS7Oik44vE2dCWHlIGR1aCUT5IazR95iGvhH9PDNEDl0uuBZCymTAF7Y1VSPacXg4aSmT0ODoz77mQrjg5_bUIkKzv7aBthOXmNZSAfIem_aL_38wxfW6Dze2q73jAT6b2T6NFAGKiuv6q0n6eM9dupIUPXH/s6000/IMG_8242.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3vZO6FchEyysYCemtMAeFgQaLPqtvlVtvdS7Oik44vE2dCWHlIGR1aCUT5IazR95iGvhH9PDNEDl0uuBZCymTAF7Y1VSPacXg4aSmT0ODoz77mQrjg5_bUIkKzv7aBthOXmNZSAfIem_aL_38wxfW6Dze2q73jAT6b2T6NFAGKiuv6q0n6eM9dupIUPXH/s320/IMG_8242.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Intermediate bearded iris 'Plasma' (Blyth, 2007)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Although not registered as a rebloomer, '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ib/IbPlasma" target="_blank">Plasma</a>' has been a reliable rebloomer in our garden since we first acquired it. It has bloomed sporadically over Autumn and Winter and sent up its first Spring stems last week. Very popular with garden visitors, you can see why!<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPOlSLiTRJE0tdrUM3wYBuMQOaa6OV1OGtVRR3GnWTa_P0tlp2Dv_8IYw2CjzFjUnNrbSU0kOGj8ZumXYFwCjmEf_RYS8_kTmM-r78Ut6HIOMWmOwtI8h_GKdwaomyx9Z9JtYv6s_aubCHQN7AnHhyqlgd4RfMGN4VYZi7ElXUiCB2BEzyesLt2Idr5aY/s6000/IMG_9175.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYPOlSLiTRJE0tdrUM3wYBuMQOaa6OV1OGtVRR3GnWTa_P0tlp2Dv_8IYw2CjzFjUnNrbSU0kOGj8ZumXYFwCjmEf_RYS8_kTmM-r78Ut6HIOMWmOwtI8h_GKdwaomyx9Z9JtYv6s_aubCHQN7AnHhyqlgd4RfMGN4VYZi7ElXUiCB2BEzyesLt2Idr5aY/s320/IMG_9175.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Intermediate bearded iris 'Lumistreak' (Black, 2022)<br /></span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Imported last year from America, intermediate bearded iris '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ib/IbLumistreak" target="_blank">Luminstreak</a>' is proving to be an overachiever, blooming in its first Australian Spring. Normally, imported varieties only bloom in their second or third Spring, once they acclimate to our conditions. <br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lBJsA0u0_3y8kOT24KSUb8Bl79j09ZQ2NEHQ8uePsM1qXRPbEu9Cevm911AkwM-NvUqsQ5-2zNGsaGU9m3sZYcZfDnecxAiQLpoiI_fA7mKE1x_MqeEZQsV5BjKudhiAa8eraxneqAixdRfWQVGgDZRfZGA38ZtCKir_j1EQIMrbl66PV6rTTwUEolz9/s6000/TIC%20TAC%20TOE%20(3).JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8lBJsA0u0_3y8kOT24KSUb8Bl79j09ZQ2NEHQ8uePsM1qXRPbEu9Cevm911AkwM-NvUqsQ5-2zNGsaGU9m3sZYcZfDnecxAiQLpoiI_fA7mKE1x_MqeEZQsV5BjKudhiAa8eraxneqAixdRfWQVGgDZRfZGA38ZtCKir_j1EQIMrbl66PV6rTTwUEolz9/s320/TIC%20TAC%20TOE%20(3).JPG" width="213" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Miniature tall bearded iris 'Tic Tac Toe' (Johnson, 2010)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />The best performing miniature tall bearded iris that we grow, '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Mtb/MtbTicTacToe" target="_blank">Tic Tac Toe</a>' always puts on a spectacular display. Most years it also blooms quite heavily in Autumn. <br /></span><blockquote><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div></blockquote><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziXcVStjveqphPd4UG89lmhDx0rpXyF3CHsTghWInguqqHI80GWXat112BOhjEStfm-utsncpNgmzTj2ltPcqIOE3dwTGuuO2d8TjoX7W5Aio2yTz8KVq33UPK4gETLbzv_WU0LkkIhY5yMyr5WlWyEvfmaKAAwbGq6zndGiANutm7vW9gxZYbBUJl3FX/s6000/SAY%20RED.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjziXcVStjveqphPd4UG89lmhDx0rpXyF3CHsTghWInguqqHI80GWXat112BOhjEStfm-utsncpNgmzTj2ltPcqIOE3dwTGuuO2d8TjoX7W5Aio2yTz8KVq33UPK4gETLbzv_WU0LkkIhY5yMyr5WlWyEvfmaKAAwbGq6zndGiANutm7vW9gxZYbBUJl3FX/s320/SAY%20RED.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Miniature tall bearded iris 'Say Red' (Craig, 2008)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Mtb/MtbSayRed" target="_blank">Say Red</a>' is quite a vigorous bloomer for us, and it has been difficult to grow a decent clump. We have yet to have any success in using it in our hybridizing.<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpYI5WND30peefwAseMgly4kiJ45vN2tmNH23Gsenad8dYr8avEoB46BXNYVoa9oUAQA8S0qigyaaldHCm_cWbMlBDCqU22gpqEaz3bY7ESzg0P2U30LPV26qBc9YKTkwlysPQn3osC4iPG7BZcwOfxdiUns7tsM98Kvao2uCmGSxiD9ht70VWHbIxA-l/s6000/IMG_8815.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxpYI5WND30peefwAseMgly4kiJ45vN2tmNH23Gsenad8dYr8avEoB46BXNYVoa9oUAQA8S0qigyaaldHCm_cWbMlBDCqU22gpqEaz3bY7ESzg0P2U30LPV26qBc9YKTkwlysPQn3osC4iPG7BZcwOfxdiUns7tsM98Kvao2uCmGSxiD9ht70VWHbIxA-l/s320/IMG_8815.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arilbred iris (OGB+) 'Emerald Fantasy' (Tate by Shepard, 1983)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />We absolutely adore the dramatic arilbred '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ab/AbEmeraldFantasy" target="_blank">Emerald Fantasy</a>.' If only this colour and pattern could be replicated in tall bearded irises. The arilbreds are a bit behind this year, normally starting to bloom at the beginning of September. We don't mind though--as there is more choice of iris to hybridize with!<br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PWtxRjZTTmPJKhDdi9rOg2k_QFqa0e67MqqxYjXZsKfll8o6gBub7wNPuDr9ln4eLA2zF5hcfemgdmtcg7sQ63HVEyrmDao37q3q5jdfu2NTwECwiSDwv2g2V2LMS7TFvBoy8MFtJOZ_xON-lkd5LsdiiSPJm-ce47VjtdFF-1ymi8SBux4F0T5bVu1v/s6000/ZIZAH.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7PWtxRjZTTmPJKhDdi9rOg2k_QFqa0e67MqqxYjXZsKfll8o6gBub7wNPuDr9ln4eLA2zF5hcfemgdmtcg7sQ63HVEyrmDao37q3q5jdfu2NTwECwiSDwv2g2V2LMS7TFvBoy8MFtJOZ_xON-lkd5LsdiiSPJm-ce47VjtdFF-1ymi8SBux4F0T5bVu1v/s320/ZIZAH.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Arilbred iris (OGB) 'Zizah' (Rich, 1983)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ab/AbZizah" target="_blank">Zizah</a>' was the first arilbred to bloom this Spring, we almost didn't notice it as the stems are quite short. A classic colour combination in arilbreds, stunning!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBKCRQDAHzsMhn3c33r2N8HKHNmyl3uUxi_ZJN3g2IdQ8Ql_kBDwjwTasWkpJ-Bko0ooOY4Lw-CFJRMtEkJE3NXwU_5fk4FnvPSFu3s3fbRyUvUNcQcAJO6zCr55L7XNJjdfX9BN0wA1R4XRrzJ1gp9TZRa7VzAqh8J9nGfBRFJN08GAESWmm752pXbbl/s6000/IMG_7978.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkBKCRQDAHzsMhn3c33r2N8HKHNmyl3uUxi_ZJN3g2IdQ8Ql_kBDwjwTasWkpJ-Bko0ooOY4Lw-CFJRMtEkJE3NXwU_5fk4FnvPSFu3s3fbRyUvUNcQcAJO6zCr55L7XNJjdfX9BN0wA1R4XRrzJ1gp9TZRa7VzAqh8J9nGfBRFJN08GAESWmm752pXbbl/s320/IMG_7978.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Border bearded iris 'Stegosaurus' (Sutton, 2012)</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">'<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Bb/BbStegosaurus" target="_blank">Stegosaurus</a>' is the first border bearded iris to bloom each year. We love the unusual hard spikes along the edge of the standards. We have tried using it in our hybridizing with limited success. It is a very difficult parent but will occasionally set a pod. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4QRiH0QW-gmbtt7F8t6RgLSaHz5GU9L4a10hyphenhypheni2g356b-o9Xu0IhRWWsd2spF9Dgf0_hgutOjMpXmPBXE09ZRiaomQY7TYFclI86MTZsj0dGnJqPbWsQkEOgUgV6l1blMStpwuyPxRSZKJFtyWVEnIHBFsVkADenZt3WK-ozXyyRHcNp86k9S4CGGOaP/s6000/IMG_9073.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_4QRiH0QW-gmbtt7F8t6RgLSaHz5GU9L4a10hyphenhypheni2g356b-o9Xu0IhRWWsd2spF9Dgf0_hgutOjMpXmPBXE09ZRiaomQY7TYFclI86MTZsj0dGnJqPbWsQkEOgUgV6l1blMStpwuyPxRSZKJFtyWVEnIHBFsVkADenZt3WK-ozXyyRHcNp86k9S4CGGOaP/s320/IMG_9073.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Border bearded iris 'Smiling Bright' (Ryks, 2020)</b><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br />Close behind 'Stegosaurus' is the South Australian hybrid '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Bb/BbSmilingBright" target="_blank">Smiling Bright</a>'. A fantastic grower and increaser, it puts on a massive display of flowers each Spring. It makes quite a statement!<br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxuTWplgx49T1sarEBaehRS2LZlDu2tO1DpuTM8MgWXcusLFt-Fb1TVcGdc99h1Vqu9ZtON-_a2wmYfBanggxpXn10IT23KJf2Q23VajO4bwzDFBYbPkprRCXbXsKR5us5yOEu5TrBpfhonYuRSbVVunI9UlyPOiUimrMYKLcTlcyp3S7wlxVl7Ij0jyg/s6000/IMG_8297.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6000" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwxuTWplgx49T1sarEBaehRS2LZlDu2tO1DpuTM8MgWXcusLFt-Fb1TVcGdc99h1Vqu9ZtON-_a2wmYfBanggxpXn10IT23KJf2Q23VajO4bwzDFBYbPkprRCXbXsKR5us5yOEu5TrBpfhonYuRSbVVunI9UlyPOiUimrMYKLcTlcyp3S7wlxVl7Ij0jyg/s320/IMG_8297.JPG" width="213" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Blyth seedling A157-A:(X262-X:(Early Encounter sib) X Kiss The Princess)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Barry is known for breeding extremely early tall bearded varieties and this is one the earliest to date. Starting to bloom at the very beginning of Spring, it is probably not suitable for many American gardens but is perfect for us here in Australia. Late bloomers tend to burn in our hot Australian sun, so Barry worked on extending our season out in the other direction. This seedling has passed all the checks and will be introduced next year. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxByv4LFY8mlu3m5fSh5ZkCPnQM2Pdhqwl3JVEwcrFJUdiq2zwUjSHoqMZTkOM1_xh_ywBXUUPeYh30rg6IdzxWnPO4rxP5n82LOrlCEx7pojoOTXL7nwPsW53etSo891UtM9EFqaklKnHABlXekmlMa8At9hYRTGltIvnbACA_oyiH6KqLK3ttGbclJD/s6000/IMG_7723.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6000" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOxByv4LFY8mlu3m5fSh5ZkCPnQM2Pdhqwl3JVEwcrFJUdiq2zwUjSHoqMZTkOM1_xh_ywBXUUPeYh30rg6IdzxWnPO4rxP5n82LOrlCEx7pojoOTXL7nwPsW53etSo891UtM9EFqaklKnHABlXekmlMa8At9hYRTGltIvnbACA_oyiH6KqLK3ttGbclJD/s320/IMG_7723.JPG" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tall bearded iris 'Zofonic Dancer' (Schiller, 2022)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">This one of Mel's introductions, '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbUthruZ/TbZofonicDancer" target="_blank">Zofonic Dancer</a>,' has been blooming since the end of July. We aren't sure if we should characterize this as extremely early Spring bloom or a late rebloom, as this variety has never rebloomed for us in the past. Nevertheless, it has put up more stems since Spring has started and will probably be in bloom for at least another month. <br /></span><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bloom season is exciting as we wander our field and garden with child-like awe, excitement, and exhilaration. Checking for new blooms, being reminded of varieties long forgotten about, and (of course) enjoying the new varieties that have been imported. We look for pollen and dream of what could be or should be---dreams that one day will come to fruition. Bearded iris season is the best!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">Happy Gardening!</span></div></div>Smokin Heightshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17179907414153653870noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-75140160249316439262023-09-19T04:30:02.600-07:002023-09-25T18:21:26.346-07:00Growing Irises Out East: Searching for Affordable and Sustainable Potting Soil<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> by Heather and Alleah Haley</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwy8l3VLxgD75lVBDE0tuXbUj0-KS0u6Z2lsQwtKxCyMoJzJM9iXlf4jX1ehxQjUEr4SdZdcUgl5Gbh64LWNQSeHNxAvziwDvD9MDX-5nurnoXndJPE91k33qWb13yPsXo9Zqh0jfQZimTp22EQWFjXzfCCL7NISN5gX5WT6QP4TXtIKfwYZWsOAJxC0/s750/IMG_9384.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYwy8l3VLxgD75lVBDE0tuXbUj0-KS0u6Z2lsQwtKxCyMoJzJM9iXlf4jX1ehxQjUEr4SdZdcUgl5Gbh64LWNQSeHNxAvziwDvD9MDX-5nurnoXndJPE91k33qWb13yPsXo9Zqh0jfQZimTp22EQWFjXzfCCL7NISN5gX5WT6QP4TXtIKfwYZWsOAJxC0/s320/IMG_9384.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Heather Haley with her mother Alleah, and husband Chris, exhibiting the family's unusual "crop" at the Spring Ag Fest in Pittsboro, North Carolina</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At this time of year, we see a lot of questions about potting up iris rhizomes. Pots can help <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2022/07/get-that-order-planted.html">get irises planted quickly</a>, but purchasing bag after bag of potting soil can get a little frustrating. Thus, our family always looks for ways to pot irises more affordably and sustainably.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When Alleah first began to pot irises, she lived in an area of Northern California known for strong ties to agriculture. Many enthusiastic horticulturists were around, and gardening supplies were readily available. Each spring, Alleah’s local iris society sponsored a large potted iris sale in conjunction with their annual iris show. Most of the preparation for this sale occurred in the fall of the preceding year. Members potted up their surplus rhizomes and kept a watchful eye on them over the winter. Alleah always tried to grow at least 50 one-gallon pots for sale. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKI12stEhJlh31r05OXkdcSK8ViSmpwpcQ1iLo3UXrz7EXHTH6_ttBMO3g3RUslC8y8iPEuAde_uWA80gh4S-mlB7jhw5-geIgC8R0xhRNFqnGisPemD_08I0XO6PDq7ADc23e5ddDENZLe_mWsf0Jla9h6X_-ZHIL9PWoNRoogwGgc4kOaa2qnI7xm8/s4032/IMG_9946.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKI12stEhJlh31r05OXkdcSK8ViSmpwpcQ1iLo3UXrz7EXHTH6_ttBMO3g3RUslC8y8iPEuAde_uWA80gh4S-mlB7jhw5-geIgC8R0xhRNFqnGisPemD_08I0XO6PDq7ADc23e5ddDENZLe_mWsf0Jla9h6X_-ZHIL9PWoNRoogwGgc4kOaa2qnI7xm8/s320/IMG_9946.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Irises donated and potted in the fall can attract many buyers in the spring</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alleah also frequently had more irises than her existing garden beds could accommodate. When this happened, she planted the newest iris acquisitions in standard five-gallon nursery pots, or seven-gallon squat pots until raised bed space was available. Alleah likes using the squat pots whenever possible because they offer irises more horizontal growing space. As you might expect, the more irises Alleah grew in pots, the more potting soil she needed.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Before joining Heather in North Carolina, Alleah purchased potting soil from a local landscape supplier. This supplier accepted yard trimmings from the community (for a small fee) and would chip them up to make compost and at least two grades of potting soil. Compost and soil products were then sold back to gardeners by the bag, cubic yard, or partial cubic yard. Alleah typically purchased one cubic yard of the less expensive potting soil, and a front-end loader would dump it straight into the bed of her small pickup truck. Alleah filled pots directly out of the truck bed as she needed them. This way she never had to remove soil from the pickup truck with a shovel or lift heavy bags and dispose of plastic when empty. For less than $50, Alleah could obtain a year’s worth of potting soil. Yay for affordable and sustainable iris potting soil!</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since moving to North Carolina in 2020, Alleah hasn’t found a local source for bulk potting soil. She pots fewer irises at home than she used to and now purchases soil in bags at a big-box store. As a woman on the far side of her 70s, Alleah can’t lift the largest bags anymore nor can she get them loaded independently into or out of a vehicle. She gets by with 32-dry quart plastic bags of “potting mix” from the middle of the price range. For irises, she doesn’t get the “moisture control” kind. The brand Alleah uses has fertilizer added, but at planting, she adds one teaspoon of 10-10-10 granular fertilizer per one-gallon pot, a very slight handful of 10-10-10 for a three-gallon pot, or a full handful of the same fertilizer for a five-gallon pot. If Alleah grows the irises in pots for longer than one year, she fertilizes them about twice a year.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alleah’s daughter Heather and son-in-law Chris have also gained a good deal of experience growing irises in pots. In 2017, the couple planted 49 extra iris rhizomes in one-gallon pots to determine if they would survive unprotected through the winter. Not only did the plants survive, they even decided to BLOOM. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg9N3AcVWLrbtuEvnrMA0O2SS5FNGpmDsjoLi_xbxSKTnYWozGaCGNm4TVlJID_0vkUOcAQ56UBwZLkHlrtUn9bpTzMbzloaASCQ1rA95YOQVi12S8mBxPgVgAwlIf7x61_o9pgh1VQ0oWg7ZDre0wMPxdvqHqeDk9cyETI2ki9G3lMIJpE_VDDka460/s4032/IMG_8336.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmg9N3AcVWLrbtuEvnrMA0O2SS5FNGpmDsjoLi_xbxSKTnYWozGaCGNm4TVlJID_0vkUOcAQ56UBwZLkHlrtUn9bpTzMbzloaASCQ1rA95YOQVi12S8mBxPgVgAwlIf7x61_o9pgh1VQ0oWg7ZDre0wMPxdvqHqeDk9cyETI2ki9G3lMIJpE_VDDka460/s320/IMG_8336.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Heather’s first attempt overwintering potted irises in North Carolina …</b></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMU1VaCxuUxBh4NnMm7hLw-5QtBAi5WPARb4TS4vQtyPD3YDQ4q5IvsGfmHBiS0HRWwwUT2UQca6lQNHlMhvmTj5rThGS8cJ4AYeJH7sT8BcumlWZWsQQ60jaU-aSezOWuLDBiRT0v1mPo-qtzcu0ZS36c_zsH0LUtyNZUlge9yejgu4wZfc6vPRiFBQ/s4032/IMG_8537.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSMU1VaCxuUxBh4NnMm7hLw-5QtBAi5WPARb4TS4vQtyPD3YDQ4q5IvsGfmHBiS0HRWwwUT2UQca6lQNHlMhvmTj5rThGS8cJ4AYeJH7sT8BcumlWZWsQQ60jaU-aSezOWuLDBiRT0v1mPo-qtzcu0ZS36c_zsH0LUtyNZUlge9yejgu4wZfc6vPRiFBQ/s320/IMG_8537.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>…was a blooming success. The unused herb bed helped delightfully avoid lawnmower damage.</b></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: justify;">In 2018, the potted iris experiment expanded to 148 plants after Chris told Heather “You can grow all the irises you want if you can make money doing it.” Chris says he had no idea she would attempt this, but Heather found the prospect was both intriguing and irresistible. The following spring, <a href="https://ncfarmschool.ces.ncsu.edu/2023/09/pursuing-a-farming-passion-nc-farm-school-stories/" target="_blank">she completed a strategic business program designed for farmers</a>. Proof-of-concept testing during this program validated that Heather’s strategy for selling potted irises was not only feasible but also financially viable. When she talks irises, the public gets captivated. However, there was one problem: this fledgling backyard nursery business needed room to grow!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDfOGX2WI4eChtiqX9c_lZC9bz6gxjZq85eJ4gCleJq9OfbWqwxp_wIeE5pXvg2lJFH0hhI8Y7rd3o2h4w6uSfPXpnhoBwFXXLjfVWp-eKVmJnFO7D8GZkKpG9M1pdQ4VHojjjWGRI6JHEpdp1aOiS2B7wRQKdsaxe_yOngfkD7F835Kcwxs_-l7Ad9o/s750/IMG_8836.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvDfOGX2WI4eChtiqX9c_lZC9bz6gxjZq85eJ4gCleJq9OfbWqwxp_wIeE5pXvg2lJFH0hhI8Y7rd3o2h4w6uSfPXpnhoBwFXXLjfVWp-eKVmJnFO7D8GZkKpG9M1pdQ4VHojjjWGRI6JHEpdp1aOiS2B7wRQKdsaxe_yOngfkD7F835Kcwxs_-l7Ad9o/s320/IMG_8836.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">At inception, Heather’s nursery business consisted of 148 potted irises and 1,000 sq. feet of landscape fabric</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Heather and Chris decided to sell their 0.3-acre “city house” and purchase a 7-acre farm. Although moving a household is reasonably manageable, transplanting an entire perennial plant collection without a double mortgage payment is nearly impossible. Luckily for the family iris collection, the transition from house to farm took took place in July—an ideal time for digging irises in North Carolina. To minimize stress (for humans and plants), Chris reminded Heather about the trick they learned from Alleah: when you have more irises than existing beds can accommodate, put them in pots. Heather knew potted irises would survive a mild winter outdoors, and was game for Chris’s suggestion to increase potting speed by keeping clumps together using larger, 3-gallon pots. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Once the potted iris evacuation plan was conceived, it became obvious that buying bags of potting soil wouldn’t work. Even if several pallets worth could be purchased, the city house had no suitable paved surface to drop a pallets on. Mixing their own potting soil from bulk seemed more reasonable, and Heather found <a href="https://www.schreinersgardens.com/growing-bearded-iris-in-containers#:~:text=Iris%20can%20be%20successfully%20grown,%2C%20and%2035%25%20peat%20moss." target="_blank">recommended ingredients and proportions for iris growing in containers</a>: 45% fir bark, 20% pumice, and 35% peat moss.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">As Heather investigated the <a href="https://www.extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/HO/HO-255-W.pdf" target="_blank">purpose of each suggested ingredient</a>, she also started exploring what could be obtained locally and affordably. Fir bark wasn’t available for delivery, but hardwood bark was. The nearest big box store didn’t have pumice but did have perlite, vermiculite, and play sand. Peat moss was available, but only leaf mold (a.k.a. leaf compost) was available for bulk delivery.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHR9gL-n6r07OUAFq8wVfMi4VFODHqToUu4w46gfAqd28pxGD7NYwhuxi6V8vLGPkQaQXTLMUgN1Eie4SDWKTldtme5bmRoum8ESRvp7hrGseR6FQdkJXa4waxroBnYTamUDpu520xkTn6PyW2bSraVsp6Xh69lD5PVYxBkJ7uGBMduxdTVVayPfhzqE/s4032/IMG_3532.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSHR9gL-n6r07OUAFq8wVfMi4VFODHqToUu4w46gfAqd28pxGD7NYwhuxi6V8vLGPkQaQXTLMUgN1Eie4SDWKTldtme5bmRoum8ESRvp7hrGseR6FQdkJXa4waxroBnYTamUDpu520xkTn6PyW2bSraVsp6Xh69lD5PVYxBkJ7uGBMduxdTVVayPfhzqE/s320/IMG_3532.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Heather with irises potted up for quick evacuation from a city house in Mebane to the farm purchased in Ramseur</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">For their first attempt at making affordable potting soil for irises, Heather and Chris created a mixture that was 40% <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Timberline-2-cu-ft-All-Natural-Hardwood-Mulch/1000132097">hardwood mulch</a> (instead of fir bark), 40% <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Fafard-Sphagnum-Peat-Moss-3-cu-ft-Organic-Peat-Moss-Moisture-Control/3319744">peat moss</a>, 10% <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sta-Green-8-Quart-Organic-Vermiculite-Improves-Soil-Structure/50369772" target="_blank">vermiculite</a> or <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/Sta-Green-8-Quart-Organic-Perlite-Improves-Soil-Structure/1000329705" target="_blank">perlite</a> (instead of pumice) and 10% <a href="https://www.lowes.com/pd/QUIKRETE-50-lbs-Play-Sand/3006085">play sand</a> (also instead of pumice). Although more economical than buying bag after bag of potting soil, what Heather learned about the components of her DIY mixture left her inner scientist greatly unsatisfied.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">At the time, Heather was a middle school science teacher. She taught a chemistry unit each year that helped students differentiate between natural and synthetic materials. Later, during an earth science unit, she helped them understand that some of our planet's natural resources are renewable, whereas others are not. For example, hardwood mulch is made of wood, and wood is a natural material that comes from trees. When humans harvest a tree to use its wood, they can plant a new one in its place. If conditions are favorable, the second tree can grow just as large as the first. It is possible to replace the missing tree within a human lifetime--hence, wood is a "renewable resource." Heather told her students that we should choose natural, renewable materials whenever possible because they are more sustainable than non-renewable and synthetic materials.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Although the irises liked the homemade potting mix just fine, Heather knew it contained things that couldn’t be composted or renewed during her lifetime. Both she and Chris are committed to making choices that promote sustainable practices in agriculture and horticulture. They want on-farm decisions to benefit the generations that will follow. Decisions about affordability and sustainability are critical for any business. Especially so for a plant nursery making it’s own potting soil. Would it be affordable to make sustainable potting soil? Would the irises like this? Heather’s inner scientist had hope. Irises are rather resilient.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Starting in 2020, Heather and Chris began conducting large-sale experimental trials for growing iris with more sustainable materials. Half of the containers the family put irises in that year had potting soil prepared with peat moss. The other half were prepared with coconut coir. Coconuts can be harvested and renewed much more quickly than a peat bog, and this seemed to be a step in the right direction. A dry compressed coir brick takes up much less space than a bale of peat. Within a few minutes, the compressed coir can be hydrated and expanded. Pricing from current sources for coconut coir work out to be $7.20-9.40 per cubic foot, versus $6.65-8.93 per cubic foot for peat moss. </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3c9-A4vZ8-62GA6T4eg5jyvyAjrTm-IRPl-XOSzrUm0ivsThqYLQ_FDJyTMlG_kIgrk35xSBjOn3njd1-s-EGqQ4IXhK83p9VQqBlRJygJMNhq4AQwEd_UxfUYUJKsCTQHaFL1ntO76rWyukE8-GOU0Qp3YLynv4eEunF_J53BbzE2JNz55VjEFK8I4/s4032/IMG_4077.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij3c9-A4vZ8-62GA6T4eg5jyvyAjrTm-IRPl-XOSzrUm0ivsThqYLQ_FDJyTMlG_kIgrk35xSBjOn3njd1-s-EGqQ4IXhK83p9VQqBlRJygJMNhq4AQwEd_UxfUYUJKsCTQHaFL1ntO76rWyukE8-GOU0Qp3YLynv4eEunF_J53BbzE2JNz55VjEFK8I4/s320/IMG_4077.jpeg" width="320" /></span></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Coconut coir before hydration and expansion</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEGQfHIt0QhRJjtzatltNjpQsjbbZbB9QmqqE4xmH2ftVeyfrPxiIVM0ezdwLn8NTCjGRFp36_l1ivuT_Vsot5bf0FumDtKIBo5Zb9fsHDlKMvt3Ya4qHfqNu75i6CAp79WC1ZBaNkUD80oU7GM6QapJKqzMVoHGORPnr_2OCHSNDBML4QoqutUHPsZk/s4032/IMG_4078.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSEGQfHIt0QhRJjtzatltNjpQsjbbZbB9QmqqE4xmH2ftVeyfrPxiIVM0ezdwLn8NTCjGRFp36_l1ivuT_Vsot5bf0FumDtKIBo5Zb9fsHDlKMvt3Ya4qHfqNu75i6CAp79WC1ZBaNkUD80oU7GM6QapJKqzMVoHGORPnr_2OCHSNDBML4QoqutUHPsZk/s320/IMG_4078.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Coconut coir after hydration and expansion</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbRtUvBqbWfZrSHAy299e1mXMQTK1XZcgjkJamu0guYEIoa1LT1ZB7Gqc1iit3WpL9nhCZ5jY9-S0JE6aDsWhUNZMSJehT0rrutExA0RgY1JJLtofEdJTGL0BqHnAYUSnsL3CxOuJ0PDi_8cjXsNiL17m4RdEFfh6zUI7Sy3XxfRRIJF5dzOp1vkkRws/s4032/IMG_4080.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBbRtUvBqbWfZrSHAy299e1mXMQTK1XZcgjkJamu0guYEIoa1LT1ZB7Gqc1iit3WpL9nhCZ5jY9-S0JE6aDsWhUNZMSJehT0rrutExA0RgY1JJLtofEdJTGL0BqHnAYUSnsL3CxOuJ0PDi_8cjXsNiL17m4RdEFfh6zUI7Sy3XxfRRIJF5dzOp1vkkRws/s320/IMG_4080.jpeg" width="320" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">A small-scale iris potting soil prepared in a concrete mixing tub: leaf compost with screened hardwood mulch (1:1, 40%), perlite (20%), and coconut coir (40%).</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">Heather and Chris are quite fond of independent garden centers and were delighted to find one selling horticultural perlite in bulk. Unfortunately, working around perlite wasn't so delightful. When preparing iris potting soil with a shovel (or cement mixer) tiny particles of perlite wafted into the air and made members of the family cough. Perlite is a volcanic glass that becomes puffy when heated at high temperatures. It doesn’t seem like a good idea for anyone to breathe tiny bits of glass if this can be avoided. Wetting down the perlite before mixing seemed to help. Still, we worried about what would happen to the puffed glass when it entered a garden or compost pile. This substance doesn't break down quickly, which can be useful for improving drainage and aeration. However, horticultural perlite is created by heating a natural mineral until water trapped inside becomes steam, making the mineral expand (much like popcorn a kernel). This process usually uses a rotating kiln heated with natural gas. Burning natural gas means that putting perlite in our potting soil would make the nursery reliant on a non-renewable resource...this was not satisfactory.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2022, our favorite farm supply store started carrying parboiled rice hulls. Although Heather had<a href="https://www.purdue.edu/hla/sites/cea/wp-content/uploads/sites/15/2013/04/Rice-Hulls-April-2013.pdf" target="_blank"> read about using rice hulls for plant propagation,</a> this was the first time we saw the product in a supply store. Rice hulls are a natural, inedible byproduct from any farm that grows rice for human consumption. The prospect of using a natural-occurring and decomposing(!) material for aeration and drainage in potting soil gets high marks from the sustainability standpoint. Our current source sells domestically grown rice hulls, and pricing runs $3.42 per cubic foot versus $6.24 per cubic foot for horticultural perlite. Less expensive and biodegradable... but do the irises tolerate them in potting soil? So far, things look good. We are entering the second season of phasing out perlite in favor of rice hulls and have noticed no ill effects growing potted irises with them.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYnAjU1KxPKGkxrL0lhsrnGPfyGFp3N_72awIULoICWqccacY8vdU2msjcEq3ypVE_yG-fFazKtmHET1LyHpWOMaUmtOZ_CXcdyx6RnsFhGYn7r6uBkPOZOxtMWno1Lo03a7-qCS4YdQs56F9OE0eCxInXzkxku39GH2kdOrnH9r8DCEz2haiuITlZWg/s4032/IMG_1151.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYnAjU1KxPKGkxrL0lhsrnGPfyGFp3N_72awIULoICWqccacY8vdU2msjcEq3ypVE_yG-fFazKtmHET1LyHpWOMaUmtOZ_CXcdyx6RnsFhGYn7r6uBkPOZOxtMWno1Lo03a7-qCS4YdQs56F9OE0eCxInXzkxku39GH2kdOrnH9r8DCEz2haiuITlZWg/s320/IMG_1151.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Parboiled rice hulls can be used to improve soil drainage, porosity, and aeration.</b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2023, the landscape supplier Heather was using for locally-sourced leaf compost in bulk stopped selling it. We can't blame him; our family was the only customer buying it. Another source is available in North Carolina, but all of their delivery trucks are too large to enter existing driveways at the farm. We are evaluating a 1:1 mix of our original supplier's hardwood mulch and what he recommends for filling raised beds. The raised bed mix contains topsoil, sand, and well-rotted compost. We purchase 16 cubic yards at a time, and request products are "mixed in the truck" which we think means a tractor scoop of one product followed by a tractor scoop of the other. This potting soil component costs $1.31 per cubic foot.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are progressing with sustainability over bagged soil and invested in a cement mixer to make it easier to combine what we need when we need it. But is making more affordable than purchasing a pre-made mixture? Let's take a look:</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bagged Peat Moss/Perlite Potting Soil = $5.61/cu. ft.</span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Bagged Coconut Coir/Perlite Potting Soil = $11.99/cu. ft.</span></b></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">40% Hardwood Mulch and Raised Bed Soil - 0.4 x $1.31/cu. ft. = 0.524</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">20% Parboiled Rice Hulls = 0.2 x $3.42/cu. ft. = 0.684</span></i></p><p><i><span style="font-family: inherit;">40% Coconut Coir = 0.4 x $7.20/cu. ft. = 2.88</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Labor = ($20/hour) x </i><i>(1 hour/18 cu. ft prepared soil) </i><i>= 1.11 </i></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Bulk 2023 Iris Potting Soil Mixture (0.524 + 0.684 + 2.88+ 1.11) = $5.20/cu. ft</i>.</span></b></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCMjDhEn-6GoGnljxDyuMLHb2AVaxJBc3yHob0qbvi1Iwnv4pUdeQVCE5xSkwuSh5dyjSH_2ulXXVfOgaPqWkP7oUM3G1RPgmfxp_fYFgqyDZAFJ5OcYkrffpgilXiXJjb4iPqx6EkRbCIUY1RmIstGRKWtP1XmPYKdTF36UpqTvBdc4-clbTGuwHHzk/s4032/IMG_1150.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRCMjDhEn-6GoGnljxDyuMLHb2AVaxJBc3yHob0qbvi1Iwnv4pUdeQVCE5xSkwuSh5dyjSH_2ulXXVfOgaPqWkP7oUM3G1RPgmfxp_fYFgqyDZAFJ5OcYkrffpgilXiXJjb4iPqx6EkRbCIUY1RmIstGRKWtP1XmPYKdTF36UpqTvBdc4-clbTGuwHHzk/s320/IMG_1150.jpeg" width="240" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">For her birthday in 2022, Heather wanted a cement mixer. <br />It has been a great addition for making potting soil on the farm.</span></b></td></tr></tbody></table><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">It took several years for us to find the type of potting soil we wanted, and we are pleased to share the journey and the information we found along the way. If you are interested in potting mixes made with natural ingredients like leaf compost, rice hulls, and coconut coir, be sure to ask the business you purchase garden products from. Suppliers may not realize the need for natural and renewable gardening products unless we ask. Together, we can keep flowers blooming affordably and choose sustainable products that benefit all gardens and future generations.</span></p>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-45695049185981708572023-09-11T04:30:00.009-07:002023-09-11T07:11:31.837-07:00 SPECIAL UPDATE: Fazendeville Documentary Has Been Posted on YouTube!<p><span style="font-family: inherit;">By Gary Salathe</span></p><p><span style="font-size: small;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">In July I put up a blog posting on this site about the Frazendeville irises titled: Blooming Irises, The Last Reminder of a Village That Was. The posting received more views than any other I have written and resulted in my getting numerous emails from blog readers. You can find the posting <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2021/07/blooming-irises-last-reminder-of.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>We just found out that the documentary made about Frazendeville with its surprise iris ending has been posted onto YouTube. It's called; Battlegrounds: The Lost Community of Fazendeville. You can watch it here: </span><a class="x1fey0fg xmper1u x1edh9d7" href="https://youtu.be/NjlgGEksbIg"><span><b>https://youtu.be/NjlgGEksbIg</b></span></a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>Enjoy!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><span>The latest news is that my group received a permit from the US Park Service to collect seeds from the irises in July. Patrick O'Connor, with the Greater New Orleans Iris Society, helped plant them into containers with my partner in the project, Kristy Wallisch. Patrick was invited out to the Chalmette Battlefield to inspect the irises in April as they were blooming. Kristy has now found volunteers to grow the irises from the seeds for the purpose of confirming Patrick's suspicions that these are not the naturally occurring <i>I. vinicolor </i>hybrid irises, but are in fact a distinct hybrid. If that turns out to be the case, the plan is to register the iris with the American Iris Society as the </span><span>"Frazendeville Iris". Stay Tuned!</span></span><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye1XWuCApiSJQqEJs4Gm4xdQyaguX5uZIlIFC6xzaBr2OBv-23nPuoWuECOiM7QG_0Uhn4hFDrdCopU4aQgMIIimbzpwIbjI-ajiRPn7tzZ4z8g8UXsGoMDtFGprIUGsKjQRj0sK4wzQz4S_Pt-yJreKa2KPvMWXdsCaMf0aCIXI2DF5n_oliJA2_lx4/s2048/277780862_5665526183479095_2519605719401037059_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhye1XWuCApiSJQqEJs4Gm4xdQyaguX5uZIlIFC6xzaBr2OBv-23nPuoWuECOiM7QG_0Uhn4hFDrdCopU4aQgMIIimbzpwIbjI-ajiRPn7tzZ4z8g8UXsGoMDtFGprIUGsKjQRj0sK4wzQz4S_Pt-yJreKa2KPvMWXdsCaMf0aCIXI2DF5n_oliJA2_lx4/w469-h312/277780862_5665526183479095_2519605719401037059_n.jpg" width="469" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Photo of the Frazendville irises taken by Paul Christiansen in 2021.<br /></div><div><p><br /></p></div>Gary Salathehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10741534074462722111noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-43307409139018431772023-09-04T07:30:00.029-07:002023-09-05T05:22:13.300-07:00When Colors Pass By<span style="font-family: inherit;">by Sylvain Raund</span><div>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeyw8DPBi81DmeuNYY1IOz-8thiTDpSWndW8qDgqOjZoA48k7ja2jTQjVuzw7djmEI0jkAYOj2QKrqprDZNi_2TN61WKWK02XYlC2IvGh-GB7CRQ_uw-6Aa3AsAoi-914O34qt7BAnWuUF9IHem006l9x5UJfd1Ns8vIrEbludLtL3x7Knj3ewxET78A/s4032/ApricotDropsA.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGeyw8DPBi81DmeuNYY1IOz-8thiTDpSWndW8qDgqOjZoA48k7ja2jTQjVuzw7djmEI0jkAYOj2QKrqprDZNi_2TN61WKWK02XYlC2IvGh-GB7CRQ_uw-6Aa3AsAoi-914O34qt7BAnWuUF9IHem006l9x5UJfd1Ns8vIrEbludLtL3x7Knj3ewxET78A/s320/ApricotDropsA.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>An example mixed-color iris planting</b><br />Photo by Heather Haley</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="FR">We regularly hear novice gardeners inquire why their irises are changing color. They are convinced that the beautiful colors of the varieties they've planted in their gardens now bloom very differently than before. Experienced iris growers explain this type of change is not possible, even when we're
not sure we're being understood! Once again, here's why iris color doesn't "degenerate."</span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Irises can reproduce by seed but usually multiply by proliferation from a rhizome. At the base of the plant, eyes develop on the sides of the rhizome which
will give rise to new shoots. These shoots (also called "increases") are exactly identical to the mother plant because the plant cells within each eye automatically contain all the plant's genes. All iris specialists agree on
this and know that the so-called degeneration can be better explained by one of various cultivation incidents.</span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_ZauJSkzmqTeOLkTr0jFEKCkS-QbC3o0yNSXuJ-Df1atx71YW7ltlm9l1IfWuK89Rd30eni7CHYeouDX-ZJiWQ_O1xBSM6tjrdreBlNxU3MysMcsFeqOAPGj2eyO5jDtxHKQg6LcykWAg_mz2QqakOV_TyeBSjKIF4LmsrfHISMaAbaDTXZmvZOPyII/s1164/Cayeux.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="804" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit_ZauJSkzmqTeOLkTr0jFEKCkS-QbC3o0yNSXuJ-Df1atx71YW7ltlm9l1IfWuK89Rd30eni7CHYeouDX-ZJiWQ_O1xBSM6tjrdreBlNxU3MysMcsFeqOAPGj2eyO5jDtxHKQg6LcykWAg_mz2QqakOV_TyeBSjKIF4LmsrfHISMaAbaDTXZmvZOPyII/s320/Cayeux.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In a short article published in the French magazine <i>Iris et
Bulbeuses</i> (<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/pub/Hist/FranceSfib/n113-1994.pdf" target="_blank">N°113 - Summer 1994</a>), Jean Cayeux---the famous French hybridizer who
knew irises better than anyone---identified three possible reasons for the
gradual disappearance of the original colors. He began by taking stock of the
most common complaints:</span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="FR"><b>Fewer colors - </b>A</span></span> border originally composed of varieties of different colors, but after a few
years only two or three colors appear;</li><li><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Single color</b> - F</span></span>lowers that have also lost their beautiful undulations and the firmness of
their tepals, the new flowers are a blue, medium, anonymous; or </li><li><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>New colors</b> - </span></span>Flowers of a mostly dull or faded color replace the initial
brilliant hues.</li></ul><p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;">These findings generally lead to gardeners' conclusion that these are
clear signs of iris color degeneration.</span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jean Cayeux set out to demonstrate that the cause of each garden anomaly
has a completely different origin. In the first case, he said that seeing fewer colors is explained by the differences in prolificity and
hardiness of iris varieties. If a plant grows faster and stronger than its
neighbor, it will gradually smother the latter or deprive the other plant of nutrients. Less prolific or weaker plants will stop flowering, and may even lose the ability to reproduce. Eventually, they disappear. In the clutter of
an old planting, or one that's too close together, you won't be able to
distinguish the shoots of the strong plant from those of the weak one; and the
impression of fewer colors will be real: woe betide the weak!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: inherit;">The second, single color complaint called for the following comment: if </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: inherit;">blue
is </span><span lang="FR" style="font-family: inherit;">gaining ground, it's not an illusion
either. It's due to the reappearance of old diploid irises
(such as <i>Iris germanica</i> or <i>I. pallida</i>). When few pieces of prolific rhizomes remain in
place, they can smother and kill off other irises.</span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="FR">In the third case, the appearance of new colors, paler than the
original, is not strictly speaking degenerative. New colors arise as the product of
"wild" sowing. Iris pollen can be transferred to the ovary of a flower and insemination occurs.</span><span lang="FR"> If, by misfortune, a naturally inseminated flower is allowed
to mature, the seeds will fall to the ground and viable ones may germinate into a new plant. The
resulting flowers are never genetically identical to their parents. </span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="FR">More often than
not, the production of more or less well-formed, pale offspring suggests degeneration. And,
in a way, it is. To keep hybrids like modern irises in their original colors,
they must not be allowed to reproduce. Only rhizomatous propagation guarantees
the reappearance of the original plant's qualities. Sexually reproduced offspring are, like
those of humans, all different from their parents, and banality wins out.</span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Another denial: some claim that it's a "secretion"
from the roots that causes irises to degenerate when planted too close
together. This is pure fantasy. If enzymes are indeed produced, they have
no power to bring about genetic modification. Enzymes do, however, have the power
to inhibit the growth of new irises planted on the site of removed varieties.
If you want to put irises back into a bed where they've already been planted,
you'll have to wait a few years for the enzymes left in the soil to dissipate.
Otherwise, the plants will vegetate for a long time before developing normally.
Another radical solution is to replace the tired soil with soil that hasn't
borne irises for a long time!</span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;">So let's repeat: irises don't degenerate. The ability of irises to propagate asexually as clones guarantees existence which, under suitable conditions, is
equivalent to eternity! There are still hybrids that appeared in the early days
of iris horticulture, 180 years ago... These include '<a href="https://historiciris.org/gallery/jacquesiana/">Jacquesiana</a>' (Jacques,
1840) and '<a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbKthruO/TbMmeChereau">Madame Chéreau</a>' (Lemon, 1844). </span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4zTt1KUZkywZ28ZrU9JJwRGu4IIn6VHm05gcO45AH65gCe_3BSpvcCrm6fAE8wer2VTCEFWwkfFpghs4y2A-VsTDHYzNNY--SIsyBNnjZgLM9l0lFqX1GNBj4L1ZFm4aV56HLZZa9jNvfWkmEVK3F7Ph6D1DHVZJAGqw7nIlbI-Emo_rvzPttvXGVu8/s375/jacquesiana%20mu.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="375" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI4zTt1KUZkywZ28ZrU9JJwRGu4IIn6VHm05gcO45AH65gCe_3BSpvcCrm6fAE8wer2VTCEFWwkfFpghs4y2A-VsTDHYzNNY--SIsyBNnjZgLM9l0lFqX1GNBj4L1ZFm4aV56HLZZa9jNvfWkmEVK3F7Ph6D1DHVZJAGqw7nIlbI-Emo_rvzPttvXGVu8/s320/jacquesiana%20mu.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Historic tall bearded iris 'Jacquesiana'<br /></b>Photo from the Historic Iris Gallery*</td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbMwT1cF0M6b8HpSrZNZqFqsnMkNBAAmnSa6iVgY8xWpgWs2QR4BsdatY__79eJQBwDnYdOT0t14SMOs-8KzLBretRYideL8o2dnfbRch5RTwB9jm1u-YgID2mBER5qprX4C4FKCPKvnVikX3NtZ7skIAwwDv4CGe8tWE9yYpsy3n0QwAEtv1bfAx3eQ/s1628/IMG_9708.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1628" data-original-width="1628" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUbMwT1cF0M6b8HpSrZNZqFqsnMkNBAAmnSa6iVgY8xWpgWs2QR4BsdatY__79eJQBwDnYdOT0t14SMOs-8KzLBretRYideL8o2dnfbRch5RTwB9jm1u-YgID2mBER5qprX4C4FKCPKvnVikX3NtZ7skIAwwDv4CGe8tWE9yYpsy3n0QwAEtv1bfAx3eQ/s320/IMG_9708.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Historic tall bearded iris 'Mme Chereau'</b><br />Photo by Heather Haley </td></tr></tbody></table><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Of course, many very old varieties
have disappeared, but this is not due to a weakening of their characteristics,
but to the hazards of their cultivation or to gardeners abandoning them because
more modern varieties have been preferred. On the other hand, some varieties
have been unlucky, such as the very pretty 'Callela' (Muska, 1990), which was
destroyed in its breeder's garden a few years after its appearance. Another
incident that can be fatal is "blooming out". This was the fate of
'Cutting Edge' (1993) in the garden of its breeder Joë Ghio... In this case,
the death of the variety is not certain, since shoots planted in other gardens
may still exist - fortunately! Other natural phenomena can lead to the
disappearance of a variety. These are inevitable mishaps. But they should not
be blamed on degeneration...</span></p><p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWrJG6a7IjYOzUIMNCw7bhef2SfAofxH2zvMMch15oAtmG8YwR4W0cHFk32kXF4UPGg35spIHa4e4pcon5TCCwUl88vTTWTi9Hh-WEslMj3t6o8Po_M-UCuA88JaGO3ZaLAqyRJoZLsfp2yheal0LsHaLkcAa8_SAoijDNwRZNCFzytbDpa6xg8gYGO4/s941/Callela.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="941" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWrJG6a7IjYOzUIMNCw7bhef2SfAofxH2zvMMch15oAtmG8YwR4W0cHFk32kXF4UPGg35spIHa4e4pcon5TCCwUl88vTTWTi9Hh-WEslMj3t6o8Po_M-UCuA88JaGO3ZaLAqyRJoZLsfp2yheal0LsHaLkcAa8_SAoijDNwRZNCFzytbDpa6xg8gYGO4/s320/Callela.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Extinct modern iris 'Callela'</b><br />Photo by Sylvain Ruaud</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGac1SaUSv1_6RL0A5hRb-rENDeWk7ZflhR9u6FhEDTbnDJ-wY-jcvwYNYoWtRMCfUKLYMZKHqWGdTF93WA0lL8Y15mEgFBN7mdHROwUh3TiKtdTGUrkWTnsrhsYAW_PUl-b1XCGUvtPvnBrCixpoPtxXWLOi_34hWrnNfTtrpH0h3aR1zxBdGbfW2Z4/s800/cutting%20edge.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="800" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfGac1SaUSv1_6RL0A5hRb-rENDeWk7ZflhR9u6FhEDTbnDJ-wY-jcvwYNYoWtRMCfUKLYMZKHqWGdTF93WA0lL8Y15mEgFBN7mdHROwUh3TiKtdTGUrkWTnsrhsYAW_PUl-b1XCGUvtPvnBrCixpoPtxXWLOi_34hWrnNfTtrpH0h3aR1zxBdGbfW2Z4/s320/cutting%20edge.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Tall bearded iris 'Cutting Edge'<br /></b>Photo by B Trigger</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="Standard" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;">In short, then, it must be stated loud and clear that irises do
not degenerate.</span></span></p>
<p class="Standard" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span lang="FR"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span></p><p class="Standard" style="mso-pagination: widow-orphan; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><b>*Editor's Note</b>: The <a href="https://historiciris.org/gallery/" target="_blank">Historic Iris Gallery</a> is a project of the Historic Iris Preservation Society. See their frequently asked questions page for <a href="https://historiciris.org/hips-library/frequently-asked-questions-about-iris-cultivation-2/" target="_blank">additional reasons iris color might "pass by."</a></p></div>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-70938023043452205462023-08-28T09:00:00.010-07:002023-08-28T09:00:00.140-07:00The American Iris Society Announces the 2023 Mary Swords Debaillon Medal Winner<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span>'MELODY WILHOIT</span></b><b style="font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span>'</span></b></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalDebaillon" target="_blank">DeBaillon Medal</a> is restricted to Louisiana (LA) irises. It is named in honor of <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerDeBaillonMary" target="_blank">Mary Swords DeBaillon</a> (1888-1940). Mary DeBaillon realized how varied Louisiana irises were and what lovely garden plants they were. Mary DeBaillon amassed the largest collection of Louisiana irises in the world. She was tireless in promoting these irises as good garden plants and in encouraging any who would listen to grow them. She gained considerable fame as a naturalist and native plant collector.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Previous awards winners can be found at <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards">https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVRVlt2MelNFeWEInnsuPGOenvS3kexgi33JJp7PI-P4LMH2R7qi7tE5km-eNfw5umOTv0Mx0bhhcqVqUOLTnk87F1RiBvrb1poQ79O7Xi7QfOlYORHmi_e5wzz6vyZ0RBRbpMg2_FVZjwdglGg8pHyNJv-53vT7v7t71DXtNiL_FcdNPnEpeIcH-L8k/s875/melodywilhoit5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="875" data-original-width="804" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRVRVlt2MelNFeWEInnsuPGOenvS3kexgi33JJp7PI-P4LMH2R7qi7tE5km-eNfw5umOTv0Mx0bhhcqVqUOLTnk87F1RiBvrb1poQ79O7Xi7QfOlYORHmi_e5wzz6vyZ0RBRbpMg2_FVZjwdglGg8pHyNJv-53vT7v7t71DXtNiL_FcdNPnEpeIcH-L8k/s320/melodywilhoit5.jpg" width="294" /></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Louisana Iris 'Melody Wilhoit'<br />Photo by Delane Langton</b></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">'Melody Wilhoit' </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">(</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerNicholsHooker" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Hooker Nichols</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">) Seedling LAB11. LA, 36" (91 cm), Early to late bloom. Standards dark yellow, ruffled; style arms dark yellow, slight green deep interior; falls same as standards, gold raised signal; huge flowers; saucer shaped. </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/La/LaAdaMorgan" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Ada Morgan'</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;"> X </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/La/LaSpanishBallet" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Spanish Ballet'</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white;">. Introduced by Redbud Lane Iris Garden in 2013.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>The </span><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">World of Irises blog</a><span> 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 </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/about-ais/awards-symposiums/" target="_blank">AIS website</a><span>, the </span><a href="AIS Encyclopedia" target="_blank">AIS Encyclopedia</a><span>, and later in the </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin/" target="_blank">AIS Bulletin, IRISES</a><span>.</span></span></p>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-68141721894663032202023-08-27T04:30:00.027-07:002023-08-27T04:30:00.158-07:00The American Iris Society Announces the 2023 Payne Medal Winner<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>'KOTO HARP STRINGS</span></b><b><span>'</span></b></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalPayne" target="_blank">Payne Medal</a> is restricted to Japanese irises (JI). It is named in honor of <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerPayneWA" target="_blank">W. Arlie Payne</a> (1881-1971). W. Arlie Payne was at first especially interested in peonies, but in the late 1920s, he "discovered" Japanese irises. He started hybridizing Japanese irises in 1932. Over the next three and a half decades, he raised many thousands of seedlings. One of the most exceptional aspects of his breeding program was that it was developed in the early years using only six cultivars of the Edo type. Payne took line breeding to a new level of intensity. The American Iris Society awarded Arlie Payne its coveted Hybridizers Medal in 1964. When he died at the age of 90, in 1971, he was universally revered as the world's premier breeder of Japanese irises.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Previous awards winners can be found at </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards" target="_blank">https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards</a><span>.</span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5wu_NT5XtEuScGs139y3IhMR2ivqRVLobEKRc9QOLbC_FC3pmCwHqPL1rr14RRH4lD15xLtUnSYJmx88Y4I0ioSdvP9uhSk29AfO-7bFoqEncynomrgb2W16v1gs32cTbuE7OjulVzFcZdsC76A4-t6CDXsX0pAANffcfhZMCr2zY36QPXe48OgwnUk/s913/kotoharpstrings11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><b><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="913" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH5wu_NT5XtEuScGs139y3IhMR2ivqRVLobEKRc9QOLbC_FC3pmCwHqPL1rr14RRH4lD15xLtUnSYJmx88Y4I0ioSdvP9uhSk29AfO-7bFoqEncynomrgb2W16v1gs32cTbuE7OjulVzFcZdsC76A4-t6CDXsX0pAANffcfhZMCr2zY36QPXe48OgwnUk/s320/kotoharpstrings11.jpg" width="320" /></b></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Japanese iris ‘Koto Harp Strings</b>’<br />Photo by Neil Houghton</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; text-align: start;">'Koto Harp Strings' </span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">(</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerHarrisChad" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Chad Harris</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">, R. 2015) Seedling 08JE1. JI (6 falls), Height 48 in. (122 cm), Very late bloom. Style arms white, flared upright white crest edged violet-blue; Falls violet-blue, predominant sharp white ray pattern to within ¼˝ of edge forming a distinct rim, small soft yellow signal. </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ji/JiNightAngel" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Night Angel'</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;"> X </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ji/JiFrostedIntrigue" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-align: start; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Frosted Intrigue'</a><span style="background-color: white; text-align: start;">. Introduced by Mt. Pleasant Iris Gardens 2016</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">World of Irises blog</a><span> will be posting classification</span> medal winners <span>as soon as the hybridizers are notified. The entire list of winners, including Award of Merit and Honorable Mention, will be published on the </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/about-ais/awards-symposiums/" target="_blank">AIS website</a><span>, the </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards" target="_blank">AIS Encyclopedia</a><span>, and later in the </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin/" target="_blank">AIS Bulletin, IRISES</a><span>.</span></span></div>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-5403059368027382502023-08-26T09:00:00.001-07:002023-08-27T07:21:42.578-07:00The American Iris Society Announces the 2023 Caparne-Welch Medal Winner<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>'BLACK OLIVE</span></b><b><span>'</span></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNoSpacing">The <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalCaparneWelch" target="_blank">Caparne-Welch Medal</a> is restricted to miniature dwarf bearded (MDB) irises. It is named in honor of <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerCaparneWilliamJ" target="_blank">William John Caparne</a> (1855-1940) and <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerWelchWalter" target="_blank">Walter Welch</a> (1887-1980). Caparne worked extensively breeding various dwarf iris species and was the first iris hybridizer to concentrate on smaller irises. Most of the dwarf iris cultivars grown in gardens in the first quarter of the 20th century were products of Caparne's hybridizing efforts. Walter Welch was the founder of the Dwarf Iris Society. After moving to Middlebury, Indiana, he met Paul Cook and began hybridizing irises. He shared Cook's enthusiasm for dwarf irises and set out to develop new forms for the garden.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing">Previous awards winners can be found at <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards">https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards</a>.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyFxnpycGuWFEb6S7bfjClY2iidChw4HF0tgXngjxlNPdktUhy5gNlT95IWKMC1tbMXvHlnDlRHKip2fC7d1TXM3b2-UMCIGOF-1djjwMGFY09iLZ54pYPBPxBr4bDTI2DieP7ILWE_7zamOzKT8pcsF6vZMh8qBqwaajgCRLgHviRddMeptZ7EYQfp4/s450/blackolive01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="450" data-original-width="450" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnyFxnpycGuWFEb6S7bfjClY2iidChw4HF0tgXngjxlNPdktUhy5gNlT95IWKMC1tbMXvHlnDlRHKip2fC7d1TXM3b2-UMCIGOF-1djjwMGFY09iLZ54pYPBPxBr4bDTI2DieP7ILWE_7zamOzKT8pcsF6vZMh8qBqwaajgCRLgHviRddMeptZ7EYQfp4/s320/blackolive01.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Miniature Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Black Olive'</b><br />photo by Mid-America Gardens</td></tr></tbody></table><br />'Black Olive' </span><span style="background-color: white;">(</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerBlackPaul" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">Paul Black</a><span style="background-color: white;">) Seedling #R278E. Height 7.5 in, (19 cm). Late bloom and rebloom. Standards bronze-dark-purple, purple-black midrib and textured veins; style arms mid blue-purple crests and midribs, rose-silver edge; falls red-black, hafts slightly lighter, veined white; beards mid greyed gold in throat, light greyed gold in middle, white end. 146. Parentage </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbFido" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">'Fido'</a><span style="background-color: white;"> sibling X seedling #P146: (</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbWishUponAStar" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">'Wish Upon A Star'</a><span style="background-color: white;"> x </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sdb/SdbBadIntentions" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none;">'Bad Intentions'</a><span style="background-color: white;">). Introduced by Mid-America Gardens in 2013.</span></p></span></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>The </span><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">World of Irises blog</a><span> 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 </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/about-ais/awards-symposiums/" target="_blank">AIS website</a><span>, the </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards" target="_blank">AIS Encyclopedia</a><span>, and later in the </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin/" target="_blank">AIS Bulletin, IRISES</a><span>.</span></span></p>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-42809871022072115532023-08-25T09:00:00.002-07:002023-08-25T12:26:22.593-07:00The American Iris Society Announces the 2023 Randolph-Perry Medal Winners<h3 style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> 'HAPPY TRAVELER<b><span>' and 'LEMONY SNICKET</span></b><b><span>'</span></b></span></h3><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalRandolphPerry" target="_blank">Randolph-Perry Medal</a> is restricted to interspecies irises (SPEC-X). It is named in honor of <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerRandolphLFitz" target="_blank">Dr. L. F. Randolph</a> (1894-1980) and <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerPerryAmos" target="_blank">Amos Perry</a> (1871-1953).</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr. L. F. Randolph, or "Fitz" as he was affectionately called by his many friends and associates, was chairman of the AIS Scientific Committee from 1945 to 1956. The work he and his students Jyotirmay Mitra and Katherine Heinig did on iris chromosomes produced many published monographs and provide the basis of our scientific understanding of the genus. He conducted a number of extensive iris species collection expeditions and brought back new species and many new forms of other iris species, especially of <i>I. pumila</i>.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amos Perry was born into a family of nurserymen. Perry was one of the first hybridizers to use the tetraploid irises <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/TbAthruE/TbAmas" target="_blank">'Amas,'</a> <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecTrojana">I trojana</a></i>, <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecMesopotamica" target="_blank">I. mesopotamica</a> </i>and <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecCypriana" target="_blank">I. cypriana</a></i>. He introduced scores of new bearded cultivars, but he was more interested in Siberian irises and iris species. He probably created more new hybrid interspecies irises than any other iris breeder. His new hybrid irises often had names that indicated their species parentage, such as 'Chrysogana' (<i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecChrysographes" target="_blank">I. chrysographes</a></i> x <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecBulleyana" target="_blank">I. bulleyana</a></i>); <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Pcn/PcnTebract" target="_blank">'Tebract'</a> (<i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecTenax" target="_blank">I. tenax</a></i> x <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecBracteata" target="_blank">I. bracteata</a></i>); <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Spx/SpxLongsib" target="_blank">'Longsib' </a>(<i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecLongipetala" target="_blank">I. longipetala</a></i> x <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecSiberica" target="_blank">I. siberica</a></i>); and 'Chrysowigi' (<i>I. chrysographes</i> x <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecHartwegii" target="_blank">I. hartwegi</a>i</i>).</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Previous awards winners can be found at <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards">https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards</a>.</span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf_gFhJ9tW0YD4skvCHDVCgH3T_okowkXTqrePFT_uF8qtXWlxkikFbs0O2Dmip9KqzohlS3geQvhQibLCRQp4CHsnAWn9PTUu2ayhzeY1mGL4UfmUVug5sQLdnoBKBS-sq1ThmBwEulvcl7kOh0pnDBfpHZObEdOrX3tHjBk0SqKYaUy_kpMQjOV2OI/s572/HappyTraveler02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="572" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHf_gFhJ9tW0YD4skvCHDVCgH3T_okowkXTqrePFT_uF8qtXWlxkikFbs0O2Dmip9KqzohlS3geQvhQibLCRQp4CHsnAWn9PTUu2ayhzeY1mGL4UfmUVug5sQLdnoBKBS-sq1ThmBwEulvcl7kOh0pnDBfpHZObEdOrX3tHjBk0SqKYaUy_kpMQjOV2OI/w400-h300/HappyTraveler02.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Species cross sibtosa iris 'Happy Traveler'<br />photo by Joe Bye Weed's Garden</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">'Happy Traveler'</span><span style="background-color: white;"> (</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerSchaferSacks" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Marty Schafer & Jan Sacks</a><span style="background-color: white;">) Seedling SPx08-1-2. SPEC-X (sibtosa), 36" (91 cm), Midseason to late bloom. Standards mid violet-blue flushed darker in center; style arms pearly violet-blue; Falls violet-blue veined darker especially at signal, signal green-yellow with dark violet veining. </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Sib/SibRiverdance" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Riverdance';</a><span style="background-color: white;"> X </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecTourist" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Tourist'</a><span style="background-color: white;">. Introduced through Joe Pye Weed's Garden in 2015.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMHiPMpnbZYwYmfgFKT7mVWW1EDIvedBcDprFFa8LOq6rDBcn-34a-4L7hJmhJawIqC3sgEbkcGJnGtXv6GrKrtrac4NmB0Yw0uCXV6NhzUKiiUQtGekVYWNtaEgUUh4TtkUwolI41tjEN9hkGv-4-dLmRxRFdXcvtcbmezNIA0_LtKZP5CcJrGnI0Wg/s640/lemonysnicket01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="640" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMHiPMpnbZYwYmfgFKT7mVWW1EDIvedBcDprFFa8LOq6rDBcn-34a-4L7hJmhJawIqC3sgEbkcGJnGtXv6GrKrtrac4NmB0Yw0uCXV6NhzUKiiUQtGekVYWNtaEgUUh4TtkUwolI41tjEN9hkGv-4-dLmRxRFdXcvtcbmezNIA0_LtKZP5CcJrGnI0Wg/w400-h236/lemonysnicket01.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Species cross pseudata iris 'Lemony Snicket'</span></b></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">photo by Mikey Lango</span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700;">'Lemony Snicket'</span><span style="background-color: white;"> (</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerCopelandJill" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">Jill Copeland</a><span style="background-color: white;">, R. 2014) Seedling HP-3. SPEC-X (pseudata), 44" (112 cm), Late bloom. Bright yellow self, signal golden yellow (17A) edged lighter, burgundy eye lash. unknown: (</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Spx/SpxChanceBeauty" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Chance Beauty'</a><span style="background-color: white;"> x unknown) X </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Ji/JiHimeno" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; text-decoration-line: none; text-decoration: none;">'Himeno'</a><span style="background-color: white;">. Introduced by Ensata Gardens in 2016</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span>The </span><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">World of Irises blog</a></span><span><span> will b</span>e 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 </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/about-ais/awards-symposiums/" target="_blank">AIS website</a><span>, the </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards" target="_blank">AIS Encyclopedia</a><span>, and later in the </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin/" target="_blank">AIS Bulletin, IRISES</a><span>.</span></span></p><br />Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7696495401112275586.post-24372506451064446862023-08-24T04:30:00.003-07:002023-08-25T12:40:04.513-07:00The American Iris Society Announces the 2023 Eric Nies Medal Winner<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span>'HOT CHILI</span></b><b><span>'</span></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoMedalEricNies" target="_blank">Nies Medal</a> is restricted to spuria irises. It is named in honor of <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerNiesEric" target="_blank">Eric Nies</a> (1884-1952). Eric Nies was born in Saugatuck, Michigan, but soon after Nies moved to California, he became interested in irises of all types. He obtained his first spuria irises from <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerDeanJennett">Jennett Dean</a>, who operated one of the first iris specialist nurseries in the U.S. Spurias were his special interest. His first cross was <i><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spec/SpecOrientalis">Iris orientalis </a></i>with <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuMonspur" target="_blank">'Monspur.'</a> He interbred seedlings from this cross, and in the second generation there was a virtual explosion of color: blue, lavender, brown, bronze and cream. During his lifetime, Nies was recognized as the world's foremost breeder of spuria irises. <a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerWalkerMarion" target="_blank">Marion Walker</a> took over his seedlings and breeding lines after he died in 1952.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>Previous awards winners can be found at </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards" target="_blank">https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards</a><span>.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTb66wgkRIA2mG704qBEbfriI6B2LcfBSClxjtI0T7bcKlVkqWg69_MthRVUtPfWC_zuxsnREz9ZJbCyyl_PZRodhP_rZ13AVGXZmrRiCRGp68b77bF3riGx6xZZaG6X8dGLsNB-FgMlg/s1280/BHP_1503-X2_ibex_ibis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZcsDucYkdqCoNzsbIUZtQ1PbuO-7TbwkhWDUe85UzYKlKE9mEceDBhHTWww1ThIqPFh8bC9_STYkwtkAQA-A9_vemp92mqjaHMKnrhEGrXj1Q6OIw648zLkbVjPNu-gdQx_Jim5151TOQyi9nnSJ4akSCt3iQa46feocPsQAzhVBtChjM9jvJTZdH-I/w400-h400/hotchili01.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="400" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Spuria iris 'Hot Chili'</b><br />Photo by Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden</td></tr></tbody></table></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 700;">'Hot Chili' </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">(</span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerAitkenTerry" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">J. Terry Aitken</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">) Seedling #07SPU-2. Height 52" (132 cm). Late midseason bloom. Standards and style arms red chili pepper; falls same, yellow zonal spot, gold dart signal. </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuInnovator" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">'Innovator'</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;"> X </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Spu/SpuCountessZeppelin" style="background-color: white; color: #0066cc; cursor: pointer; font-family: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;">'Countess Zeppelin'</a><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">. Introduced by Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden in 2014.</span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The </span><a href="https://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">World of Irises blog</a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> 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 </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/about-ais/awards-symposiums/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">AIS website</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, the </span><a href="https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">AIS Encyclopedia</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, and later in the </span><a href="https://www.irises.org/aismembers/ais-bulletin/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">AIS Bulletin, IRISES</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">.</span></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><br /></span></span></div>Heather Haley @ Broley Homesteadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12506827535414030894noreply@blogger.com1