The American Iris Society
Announces
The Mary Swords DeBaillon Medal 2018
'Deja Voodoo'
This medal is restricted to Louisiana (LA) irises. It is
named in honor of Mary Swords DeBaillon (1888-1940). When Mary DeBaillon realized how varied Louisiana
irises were and what lovely garden plants they were, she 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.
'Deja Voodoo'--image by Patrick O'Connor
'Deja Voodoo' (Patrick O'Connor, R. 2011) Seedling 08-11.
LA, 32 (81 cm), Midseason bloom. Standards, falls and style arms deep purple;
bright yellow arrowhead signal; lightly ruffled. 'German Coast' X 'Henry
Rowlan'.
The World of Irises blog will be posting once a day all
of the medal winners. The entire list of winners can be found at
http://irises.org/About_Irises/Awards_Surveys/AIS_Awards.html, the AIS
Encyclopedia and later in the AIS Bulletin, IRISES. Pictures can be found at
http://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards2018.
