'SICILIAN ORANGE'
The Knowlton Medal is restricted to border bearded (BB) irises. It is named in honor of Harold W. Knowlton (1888-1968) of Auburndale, Massachusetts, a tireless promoter of the border bearded class of irises. Bennett Jones wrote in The World of Irises: "Harold Knowlton was among the first to make deliberate selections of smaller plants. Two of his 1950 introductions, ‘Pearl Cup’ ... and ‘Cricket’... display the desirable features we still seek in modern border irises." Previous awards winners can be found at https://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards.
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| Border bearded iris 'Sicilian Orange' photo by Christine Cosi |
'Sicilian Orange' (Michael Sutton, R. 2016). Seedling# Z-2010-A. BB, 26" (66 cm). Midseason to late bloom. Standards yellow-orange, flushed peach-pink at midribs; style arms yellow-orange; F. ruby red, veined yellow-orange, ¼˝ yellow-orange edge; beards bright orange; ruffled; slight musky fragrance. 'Bottle Rocket' X 'Fruit Stripe'. Introduced by Sutton's Iris Gardens in 2016.
The World of Irises blog will be posting classification medal winners as soon as the hybridizers are notified. The entire list of winners, including Award of Merit and Honorable Mention, will be published on the AIS website, the AIS Encyclopedia, and later in the AIS Bulletin, IRISES.
