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Jun 2015
Vol 58, Issue 8
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‘Simply IRISistible’ Show
Meeting Place
Trophies, Ribbons, Medals & Certificates!
First Baptist Church
17765 Daves Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Join us at the June meeting to pick up your well-earned trophies, red, white, blue and
pink ribbons, medals and certificates!
Board Meeting
6:15 P.M.
Regular Meeting
7:30 P.M.
June 5, 2014
Queen of the Show was won by Henry Rojas for his heavily ruffled, tall bearded iris,
‘Shadows of the Night’. This is a dark purple self, hybridized by Rick Tasco and
introduced in 2006. It received an HM in 2008. Best Spuria was won by Jane Anne
Walters for ‘Ila Remembered’, hybridized by Hager and introduced in 1992. This is a
ruffled pure white spuria with deep yellow signals. Jane Anne also won Best Pacific
Coast for ‘Big Money’, hybridized by Joe Ghio. This yellow Pacific Coast won the
Mitchell Award in 1990. The Mitchell Award is given to the years’ single best new
variety of Pacific Coast Native Iris. Best Bearded Other Than Tall was won by Jane
Jordan for her bright yellow IB ‘Limonada’, introduced by Keppel in 2006. People’s
Choice Horticulture winner was a tall bearded iris introduced by Schreiner in 1984.
Guess who? Find out at the meeting!
Club
Membership
Dues
̶ Carol Dahout, Show Chair
Board Meeting
There will be a Board Meeting before the June 5th
Sep 1, 2014—
Aug 31, 2015
CBRIS meeting. We will meet promptly at 6:15 P.M.
Adults - $12.00
Show. If you have any other matters to discuss
The agenda will include a discussion of our Spring
please contact Barbara so she may put it on the
agenda.
Contact Information:
Reminder – all members are welcome to attend.
Barbara Pesek, President
bpesek@sbcglobal.net
Board Meeting 6:15 P.M. June 5th
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June Tidbits Are Peeking out of Bird Houses
I have to keep looking at my datebook to see how June arrived so quickly. Clara B.
Rees has had another successful Spring Show, members have attended Region 14’s
Spring Regional and many folks attended the most recent 2015 National Convention. I
think it’s fun to visit with friends in different locations. John and I have new friends
whom we met at a California National Convention, then visited with them in their Texas
home, and went to the first Dallas National Convention with them. Our own Carl and
Marilyn Boro know them and we all had dinner together in Portland.
There will be a July Picnic food signup sheet passed around at the June meeting, we’ll
enjoy watching our friends receive trophies earned at the Spring Show, and relish voting in new officers and board
members.
Now that it is close to digging time, I’m going to reinstitute the Wistful Thinking Corner that is a place to ask other
members for an iris that you don't have. We all love to share our irises and turn wistful thinking into happy planting.
̶ Barbara Pesek-CBRIS President
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Clara B. Rees Iris Society
̶ Barbara
Pesek-CBRISOfficers
President
Proposed
2015 Fall Regional
and Directors
2 under Fall region – added Chuck Burnell
Region 14 Fall Regional will be held in
2015-2016
9-1-15 through 8-31-16
President
Vice Presidents
Secretary
Treasurer
Directors
9/14 - 9/16
9/14 - 9/16
9/14 - 9/16
9/15 - 9/17
9/15 - 9/17
9/15 - 9/17
9/15 - 9/17
Visalia on October 16 and 17th. The
James M. Gibson Iris Society will be
‘.
the hosts. The event will be held at the
Mary Collins
̶ Barbara Pesek, CBRIS President
Carolyn Craft/ Philippa Alvis
Lynn Stuart
Jane Jordan
Holday Inn of Visalia with Chuck
Burnell being the guest speaker. More
information will soon be posted on
Region 14 website at
Jane Reiter
Mark Greene
Mikey Lango
Carol Dahout
Elaine Fischer
Barbara andBarbara
John Pesek
Pesek
Past President Barbara Pesek
www.aisregion14.org.
Lynn, Jane, Mary, Peter and Kalpana
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CBRIS-Jun 2015
Plant Markers
Summer is coming! Time to get your garden organized.
In June, Jane Jordan will be putting an order in to Kincaid for garden markers for delivery at the picnic (or sooner if
you want to pick them up).
Kincaid has introduced a new Garden Series marker made from galvanized steel rather than stainless steel. It's not
as sturdy, but should be fine for our use and it is cheaper. Here is a link to the web page that compares the different
markers: www.kincaidplantmarkers.com/portfolio/post-in-the-back/.
The price varies with the number of markers ordered. The 25 piece bundles of
15" galvanized steel markers start at $19.50. For 4-10 the price drops to $14.50
plus $4.50 shipping per bundle for a total of $19.00.
Note: Last year we ordered the Collector Series markers and the price was $25.00.
If you are interested in ordering markers, contact Jane Jordan.
Email: janeirisjordan@gmail.com
Phone: 408-472-3897
Money will be collected at the June meeting.
Refreshments
Mikey Lango
Jane Reiter
Henry Rojas
Drinks
Carol Dahout
Birthdays
Garry Knipe
6/02
Jane Jordan
6/05
Jane Reiter
6/06
Elaine Fischer
6/14
Sandi Danner
6/22
Shirley Trio-Probst
6/25
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CBRIS-Jun 2015
Filoli Flower Show ‘Voyages’ 2015
Every year over Mother’s Day weekend, Filoli puts on an astounding floral display to show
the magnificent estate at its best and invites CBRIS to be a part of it. The exhibitors include
professional designers, retailers and horticultural societies, and every room in the house
and adjoining outside areas are adorned with beautiful arrangements and horticultural
displays.
This year the irises were provided by Jack and Philippa Alvis, Elaine Fischer and me. Elaine and I set up the display
on Thursday and Elaine also made a lovely iris arrangement. We were invited to attend the opening night reception
where we enjoyed wine and hors d’oeuvres while we enjoyed the displays while touring the house and ground. The
CBRIS iris display is always greatly admired and we enjoyed talking to the attendees
about the cultivation of irises. I freshened up our display on Saturday and Sunday
and then returned on Monday to take it down.
This is always a fun event and if any member would
Carol Dahout
& Elaine Fischer
like to be a part of it next year, please let me know.
̶ Carol Dahout
Wistful Thinking Corner
Barbara Pesek is putting out a request for ‘Drunk Skunk' by
Brad Kasperek, R. 2012. Mikey Lango would like ‘Elizabethan
Good News
David and Anna Cadd, Santa Rosa hybridizers,
celebrated their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary on May 21st. David has been quite
Age’ by Lowell Baumunk, R. 2005.
ill for several months and is reported to now be
feeling better each day. CBRIS is pleased to
hear this news.
Drunk Skunk
Elizabethan Age
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Congratulations
The National Convention brought many awards and medals to the hybridizers. Clara B Rees Iris Society was fortunate to have
three of its members receive honors at the convention. Bryce Williamson received a Hybridizer Medal. Riley Probst received the
Fred and Barbara Walther Cup. Joe Ghio received the Wister Medal and the Sydney B. Mitchell Medal.
Bryce has been introducing new iris varieties since 1970. His introduction “Jesse’s Song’ won the William R. Dykes Medal in
1990. He has been the past president of CBRIS. He was editor of The Bulletin of Region 14 and has been the RVP for Region 14.
He is now a blogger for the AIS World of Iris. Congratulations, Bryce and Riley! We are proud to have you as members of CBRIS.
Joe Ghio was presented the Wister Medal for ‘Magical’ and the Sydney B. Mitchell Medal for his Pacific Coast Native “Rodeo
Gulch’. Joe is an honorary member of CBRIS and has been a past president for our society. He now spends his club time with the
Monterey Bay Iris Society.
The Fred and Barbara Walther Cup is given to the hybridizer of the variety that received the most honorable mention votes in any
category. Riley accomplished this with ‘Holiday in Mexico’. Riley and his wife Shirley Trio happened to be our bus captains at the
National. How fortunate we were as they are caring individuals that are knowledgeable and generous.
Congratulations! For all awards go to http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/InfoAwards2014.
̶ some info from wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/Bio/HybridizerWilliamsonBryce
̶ Magical photo from http://aitken-garden.goodsie.com
̶ Rodeo Gulch photo from wiki.irises.org
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Thank You!
Treasurer’s Report
Thank you for photos, articles and proof reading Carl Boro, Marilyn Boro, Mary Collins,
Beginning balance, May 1, 2015
Additions: Show judges’ fees returned
$12,840.67
75.00
Carol Dahout, Elaine Fischer, Jane Jordan,
Barbara and John Pesek! Thanks to
Peter Marra for maintaining our website!
Expenses: Spring Regional registration fee,
for CBRIS President
(95.00)
Postage
(9.80)
Ending balance, May 31, 2015
̶ Mary Collins, CBRIS Treasurer
$12,810.87
Without all of your help this newsletter
could not be done. I am grateful and
blessed to have all of your help.
̶ Mikey Lango, CBRIS Newsletter Editor
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CBRIS-Jun 2015
2015 National Convention
Portland, Oregon
Another National Convention is behind us and what a week it was! ‘Iris in Wonderland’ was held in Portland Oregon
May 18 – 23, 2015. It was the place to be for viewing beautiful gardens, to chat with hybridizers, for the opportunity to
attend the various AIS board meetings to discuss their issues, for advancing your understanding of irises, for meeting
up with old friends and having the opportunity to make new ones. In other words, it was quite a busy week - full of fun
and interesting events from early morning to late night.
The two days of optional tours were perfect. They included Multnomah Falls, Bonneville
Fish Hatchery and Mount Hood. Yes, we did see irises at the fish hatchery! Indeed,
there were very nice gardens and we met 70 year old Herman, a ten foot white
sturgeon. He was quite handsome as a fish goes. We hiked up to beautiful Multnomah
Falls and saw majestic Mt. Hood up close. Another day included time in and around
Salem - Keith Keppel’s Garden, Kevin Vaughn’s Garden and the Oregon Garden. CBRIS often has Keppel irises on
the door prize list. It is good to see from where they originate. Keith’s garden included his introductions along with
Philip Remare’s and Barry Blyth’s. Keith has won many awards and medals and
has been a very active iris writer. It was a good garden to visit. Kevin Vaughn’s
was the garden to see if you wanted a little of everything. His garden included
Louisianas, Siberians, and Spurias as well as the Bearded. In addition, he has
been hybridizing Sempervivums for more than 50 years. Yes, he had some givea-ways! (Don’t be begging for mine.) Lastly we visited the Oregon Gardens. There was no way on earth that you
could see this 80 acre garden in 2 ½ hours. But we did give it a try. First we took the tram to get an overview and to
hear the history of this garden. Then we had to choose which garden to walk though. Our little group chose the water
garden. (Thank you, Jane Jordan!) There were ponds with lilies of several different colors, koi, trees, bridges, and a
bullfrog. What fun and not nearly enough time.
Meetings, meetings and more meetings! Pick and choose which ones were for you. The
AIS Board meets in order to keep the Society running for the next year. Do you realize
that is a ten hour meeting with two hours off for dinner? What a dedicated group! The
other special interest society boards meet also in order to talk over their issues. Each
special interest group hosts a program about their focus, e. g. Tall Bearded, Medians,
Louisianas, Spuria, Siberian, Species, etc. and a new section for novelty iris such as Flatties and space agers.
Why don’t you join one of your favorites?
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The reblooming society program featured Riley Probst giving a slide show of rebloomers. He specified which ones
will rebloom in the colder climates. Paul Black spoke at the median society program explaining how various species
iris have improved the SDBs, MDBs, MTBs, and IBs. Robert Treadway gave a presentation to a packed room
about the ‘beardless beauty’ of Louisianas. The most popular program was from the
Tall Bearded Society. The adjoining meeting room had to be opened to accommodate
the crowd. The program featured a panel of illustrious hybridizers -- Joe Ghio, Keith
Keppel, and Barry Blyth answering questions from the audience. The session was
both informative and entertaining as we learned what each of them had as their
hybridizing goals, what they thought was their most important contribution to the iris world,
and what was in store for the future.
The halls had tables filled with brochures from various sections. Very knowledgeable
folks manned the tables to answer any questions that you might have. Some of the
hybridizers could be found in this area so it was a good opportunity to chat one on one
with many well-known and not so well-known hybridizers. They were all very willing to
share their wealth of knowledge about hybridizing and growing iris.
Two judges training sessions were held. The Awards and Ballots was very
informative. It was given by Judy Keisling the former AIS President. She knows the
rules. The second was quite unusual. Given by Dell Perry Clark, its focus was the
"pretender rules" that each region creates for show judging for issues that are not
specifically covered in the Judge's Handbook and show schedule. These rules can
vary between regions and cause confusion and inconsistencies. Hopefully, the revision of the Judge's Handbook
will address these issues.
Between all of this were the garden tours! The convention gardens seemed to be at their peak. Irises were showing
off their colors in every garden. In some of the gardens there were masses of every color of the rainbow and more.
You name a type of iris and we viewed it – Pacific Coasts, Louisianas, Spurias, Species and the Bearded.
There were irises everywhere thanks to the hybridizers and the great growing area. We had more irises to view
than you could ever imagine.
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Wildwood Gardens is owned by Will Plotner. Will’s garden is located near the Molalla
River. The guest irises were in the upper garden near the road. The lower gardens had
Siberians and Species. Will has been the past president of the Species Iris Group of
North America (SIGNA). Many species and Siberians may be found in his lower gardens.
Lynda and Roger Miller have the Miller’s Manor Garden located between Portland
and Salem. The front acreage has rows and rows of guest plantings. The next garden
located close to the house has a good variety of
the Medians. Behind the house is
a collection of conifers and Lynda’s hybridizing irises. Yes, we will see some
wonderful irises coming from this garden. You will be making a new wish list soon!
Schreiner’s Iris Garden is well known. It is owned and
run by the Schreiner Family. Ray Schreiner is in charge
of the hybridizing. His sister, Liz Schreiner Schmidt manages the office and business
matters. Their brother, Steve Schreiner handles the photography and retail orders.
We will get to hear Steve speak at Region 14’s Spring Regional in San Jose this coming spring. Irises are the main
flower at their garden but the grounds are filled with companion plants.
Mid-America Gardens with Tom Johnson is another large
well-known garden. It began with irises hybridized by
Paul Black and Tom Johnson. Who doesn’t have at least
one of their irises? Irises, hostas, trees, shrubs, peonies,
rhododendrons and the Sebright Gardens can be found
there; as well as the white peacock. What a beauty he is! Again, not quite enough time to take it all in.
We had a bit of rain the morning that we toured Mt. Pleasant Iris Farms owned by
Chad Harris and Dale Grams. Rain did I say? I never felt it as I was too busy
photographing and viewing these lovely irises. Yes, wonderful rows of
guest irises - Bearded, Siberians, Laevigatas and more.
No one is ever ready to leave these gardens! And, yes a
boat can be found in the upstairs room of the garage.
Don’t ask!
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Finally, off to Vancouver, Washington to see Aitken’s Salmon Creek Garden
owned by Barbara and Terry Aitken. You will see it all in this garden from Tall
Bearded and Medians to the Beardless. Yes, Siberians, Louisianas, Spurias, and
more. The Louisiana ‘Red Rooster’ hybridized by past club member, Ron Betzer
was in bloom. Another beauty! A whole section is devoted to Bruce Filardi. Tell
Bruce that you really like one of his historics and out he goes and digs a rhizome
up to give to you.
The banquets were amazingly well executed for a group of 600 plus diners.
The meals were good and the servers performed their duties well. At the
welcome banquet, the members from each region in the USA stood to be
recognized. There were also others attending from New Zealand, Australia,
France, and Canada. CBRIS had a special treat as long ago member Joann
Luecke was at the convention. You “old timers” should remember Joann. At the
Awards Banquet, Clara B. Rees had three of their members receiving Medals Bryce Williamson for a Hybridizers Medal, Riley Probst for the Walter Cup and
Joe Ghio for the Wister Medal as well as the Sydney B. Mitchell Medal. Region 14
had quite a few hybridizers receiving honors that evening; including Rick Tasco
receiving the Wister Medal and Doug Kanarowski the Franklin Cook Memorial Cup. Alleah Halley picked up the
Eric Nies Medal for Anna and David Cadd. Congratulations to all who won an award.
Okay, okay, I was tired and happy but we had another day to explore Seattle or you could attend the Siberian
Convention. Either way you could not go wrong. Cram in what you can because it is a wonderful learning
opportunity and the most delightful people can be found at these conventions; along with the most gracious
hosts.
Thank you to the Chair, John Ludi and the Greater Portland Iris Society for hosting this year’s AIS National
Convention. Thank you, all! We will be back next time.
̶ Mikey Lango, CBRIS Newsletter Editor
̶ Jane Jordan, collaborator extraordinaire
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May 1, 2015
CBRIS Meeting Minutes
President Barbara Pesek, opened the meeting at 7:30 p.m. and wished happy birthday to Mark Greene, Cara
Coletti and me! She welcomed our guests, Gerry Naylor and Joanne Prass-Jones and John Jones. Barbara
thanked Mikey for publishing another wonderful newsletter. We love you, Mikey!
VP Lynn Stuart introduced the first of our two part program for the evening. John Jones and Joanne are
registrars/recorders for AIS. AIS registration is needed if a hybridizer is going to offer his/her iris to the public for
sale. It is also the first step in the AIS awards system. John showed us interesting slides detailing the process of
registration. In 1953, the AIS was appointed the sponsoring society worldwide for the ICRA for non-bulbous iris.
There are many rules regarding naming an iris. Simple plurals are not allowed, nor are names that could be
construed as simple descriptions, nor Latin names, and the list goes on. On the AIS website, there is a checklist
search page that is available to e-members. You can become an e-member for $15 per year.
Our second speaker was Jan Cheung who gave a very informative talk on flower photography. Through her
beautiful slides, she gave us valuable tips: Photograph the most interesting part of the flower, imperfection can be
more interesting than perfection, look for unusual things, concentrate on the color, go in for a close up, shoot from
different angles and group similar flowers for impact. For background, use a poster board or cloth or use the sky
as background. The best lighting is on an overcast day, or shoot before 8 a.m. or one hour before sunset.
After our presentations, Barbara thanked Cara Vainish, Barbara and John Pesek and Elaine Fischer for providing
the refreshments and we paused to enjoy them.
Old business: RVP John Pesek reviewed the Spring Regional. The Yosemite Iris Society hosted the event. There
were 110 entries at the regional show, much more than expected! There are currently 28 students training to be
AIS judges, and 11 of those are apprentices. There are 3 new judges this year, and Carolyn Craft is one of them!
Congratulations, Carolyn! Carolyn was also elected to be a new Director for the Region. There are 526 members
in Region 14 and 144 youth members. The Spring Regional 2016 will be held at Nola’s Iris Garden, and the hotel
will be the Beverly Heritage Hotel. Phyllis Wilburn was nominated to be our next RVP.
Barbara thanked Kalpana and Philippa for getting our spring show a mention in the Mercury News for publicity.
New business: Barbara read a thank you note from our RVP thanking those who prepared the raffle basket and
supplied the contents for the Regional. Lynn Stuart won 2 of the baskets!! The Region made $1,999.90 on the
auction, and baskets.
Barbara read a letter from Judy Nolan, the AIS Affiliates’ Liaison Chairman welcoming us to another year of
affiliation with the AIS. She states that the affiliates and sections represent both the backbone and future of the
AIS.
Barbara thanked Philippa Alvis and Jane Reiter for helping her with the nomination process. The new slate of
officers will be announced at the June meeting and voted on.
There will be a board meeting before the June meeting commencing at 6:15 p.m. During the regular meeting, we
will present the ribbons and awards from our Spring Show ‘Simply Irisistible’, we will vote on officers and directors
and there will be a signup sheet for the July picnic.
The meeting was adjourned and we had our door prize drawing.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol Dahout, Secretary
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2015 AIS Photo Contest
For several years now the AIS has sponsored a photo contest. Most of us take photo of our beloved irises.
Check to see if you have a winning photo sitting there. Submissions must be received by midnight June 30, 2015.
There are six categories to consider.
1. Irises in a landscaped garden.
2. Irises in a field or home garden.
3. Events, tours, a person or people (at iris location).
4. Close up of an iris or irises.
5. Iris photos- art effects, macro of bloom segments.
6. Photos of pets, wildlife or garden art with the irises.
Digital photos are requested - no prints. Each image must be titled and numbered to match the entry form. Make
sure you identify the variety or person in each photo on the entry form.
You may email your photos and entry form to: aisphotocontest@irises.org.
or
Mail your CD and entry form to:
The American Iris Society Photo Contest, c/o Janet Smith, P O Box 1585, Coarsegold, CA 93614-1585,
For complete instructions and an entry form go to www.irises.org/Photo_and_Galleries/Enter_Photo_Contest
Good Luck!
Culture
Enjoy the few blooms that are remaining. Keep your iris beds clean by cutting off spent blooms all the way down
to the rhizome and trimming off the dead leaves. Otherwise leave the leaves in place for added nutrients to the
developing new rhizomes. Let your irises breathe. Remove weeds around the rhizomes. Lightly fertilize the
rebloomers. Give your irises a drink but be mindful of the drought! The rhizomes are developing their babies now
so a bit of water will help. Take good care of them so that you have good increases to share this summer or in
early fall.
Drought, you say. Look at the photo that was posted on
Facebook’s Iris Lovers page by Dal Holt in Rainbow, Texas.
We will take some of that water!
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The AIS is a registered non-profit organization with the Bloomin' Bucks 2011 fundraising program by Brent and
Becky's Bulbs! It is easy to order from them. Go to www.bloominbucks.com and from a pull down menu of all of the
organizations registered, select to support the AIS! One click takes you into the Brent and Becky's Bulbs website
where you can order whatever you want...books, bulbs, tools, supplements, gift certificates. A percentage of each
order goes to the AIS. Every little bit helps and it all adds up to support the AIS. This can only be done on-line – no
phone or mail in orders.
̶ http://www.bloominbucks.com
Gardens
Every year Jim and Irene Cummins invite us over to their garden in Scott’s
Valley to see their irises in bloom. It is always such a treat. They have a well
maintained garden and lots of garden art. Jim is becoming quite a hybridizer.
Before long he will be one of those famous guys. Let us hope that he and Irene
never become too busy to share their love of irises!
HIPS Rhizome Sale
Do you like historic irises? Do you LOVE historic irises? The annual Historic Iris preservation Society Rhizome Sale
has started. This sale is the main funding for HIPS. The ordering period began on June 1st and ends June 30th. All
rhizomes are $6.50 each. There is a minimum order of four rhizomes and all must be different varieties.
You may order by mail or on-line.
By mail: send a check or money order money order payable to "HIPS" with your list and all the shipping information
to:
Janice Thompson
2952 Luella Road
Sherman,Texas 75090
To order online you must be registered with Paypal. Find these instructions on
www.historiciris.org/rhizome_sale.asp.
The rhizomes are grown and donated by members and growers. The sale is open to members and the public.
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∆ Again & Again (S. Innerst 99) 36", M & RE. S. Medium creamy yellow; F. lemon yellow; B. white; slight fragrance.
∆ Bahama Blues (M. Sutton 08) IB, 21", E-M & RE. S. claret rose, dark violet midrib, gold wire edge; style arms
claret rose; F. French rose, darker at shoulders, gold wire edge; beards midnight blue, bronze-orange in throat;
pronounced sweet fragrance.
∆ Boston Cream (Keppel 14) 31”, E. Warm white self with very faint green texture veining on falls. Beards flame in
throat, white tipped orange in middle and white on the end.
∆ Clash of Titans (Black 14) 35”, M-L. Heavily ruffled mid to dark blue lilac self; mid blue beards. A titan in flower
size and stalk size. Show branched stalks are able to support three open blooms. Plants are strong and healthy.
∆ Commanding Presence (Black 14) 31”, E-M. S. light lavender blue; F. mid dark lavender blue with light lavender
blue rim; orange beards. Show stalks have three
branches and 9-11 buds.
∆ Escape from Boredom (Black 14) 36”, E-M. S. heavily ruffled butter cream flushed pink up midribs; F. pale
peach with grape veining, bisected by a peach stripe and widely banded mid peach, then edged warm white.
Tangerine beards. Easy grower, show stalks have about 7 buds.
∆ Favorite Beau (Blyth 11) 39”, M-L. S. pure white; F. violet to violet-black with lighter area in center of falls.
Tangerine red beards. Wide, flared and ruffled with some show stems once established.
∆ Gentle Reminder (Keppel 14) 32”, M. (Silk Road x Venita Faye) Gentle ruffling with soft colors including lemon
cream standards, uniform soft lavender falls with tip of beards matching, the inner beard pale yellow. Superb
uniformly good grower, with show stalks and plentiful buds.
∆ Holiday in Mexico (Probst 12) MTB, 24”, E-M. S. yellow, F. white ground veined red-purple with 1/8” yellow
edge; white beards, slight fragrance.
∆ Mint Mark (Kerr 14) 32”, M. Broken color pattern; extremely variable. Large flower, tangerine beards. S. light
mauve pink; F. same splashed red-violet.
∆ Peggy Sue (Lauer 06) 34”, E-M-L & RE. S. dawn pink, F. orient pink, mandarin red beards; pronounced sweet
fragrance.
∆ Pink Boogie (Nebeker 04) 38”, M & RE. S. lavender pink tipped lavender violet, F. lilac purple wash from white
center, light orange beards.
∆ Rare Coin (Ghio 14) 36”, M-L. S. gold; F. white washing to light yellow toward the petal edges. Deep brown rim
around the wavy ruffled fall petals. Yellow beards. Well branched and consistent bloomer.
∆ Risk Taker (Johnson 14) 34”, E. S. white blushed yellow up midribs; F. wine red banded cream yellow; light gold
beards. Rapid increase quickly creates impressive clumps, nicely branched stalks with up to 11 buds.
∆ Stuart Little (G. Sutton 12) SDB, 10”, VE-E-M & RE. S. amber yellow, F. same with white spot below cadmium
orange beards, sweet fragrance, small ruffles.
∆ Vow of Silence (Ghio 14) 35”, L. S. pastel peach pink; F. a bit lighter; beard blue white to light tangerine in the
heart of the bloom. Very bubbly
∆ ZZ Zanzibar (Kasperek 05) Species, 25”, E-M & RE. S. white, F. white with blue violet veining, white beards.
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Report of the Awards Committee 2015 Spring Regional
The gardens of Dan Cereghino, Guy and Carolyn Hoover, and Bill Tyson were the focus of attention to view the guest
rhizomes for the 2015 Spring Regional Meeting organized and hosted by the Region’s youngest affiliate, the Yosemite
Iris Society. Forty-six attendees cast ballots for the annual garden awards. The results of the tabulation of these
ballots were:
1) Knopf Cup for the best seedling by a region 14 hybridizer 2nd Runner Up 06-06-11 by Bill Tyson, 1st
Runner Up 10-1-Q by Jim Cummins, and Winner 04-16-5 by Bill Tyson.
2) Out of Region award for the best iris by a hybridizer not from Region 14 2 nd Runner Up was a tie between
Beefy by Tom Burseen and Asteroid Shower by Jim Hedgecock, the Winner was also a tie between Jim’s
Gem by Jim Hedgecock and 1610 by Linda Miller.
3) Cotillion Bowl for the best introduction in 2015 by a Region 14 hybridizer 1st Runner Up Not Broke This
Time by Bill Tyson, and Winner What a Beauty by Joe Ghio.
4) Clara B. Rees Award for the best introduction by a Region 14 hybridizer in the last five years 2 nd Runner Up
In the Loop by Joe Ghio, 1st Runner Up Jazzberry by John Painter, and Winner Teasing Tiger by John
Painter.
5) Jim Gibson Cup for the best plicata by a Region 14 hybridizer seedling or named in the last five years 2nd
Runner Up Planet Hollywood by Leslie Painter, 1st Runner Up 04-16-5 by Bill Tyson, and Winner Jazzberry
by John Painter.
6) Hager-Dubose Cup for the best bearded iris not Tall in the last five years 2nd Runner up was a tie between
QBDX40PQ by Riley Probst and Little Blue Girl by Larry Lauer, the Winner was also a tie between 1610 by
Linda Miller and Border Skirmish by Joe Ghio.
There were no beardless guest rhizomes and an insufficient number of votes cast for other beardless seen in the
gardens to award the Melrose Cup for the best beardless at the meeting.
The Awards Committee
Barbara Hawkins
Ted Hawkins
Gary Prevost
Nola Prevost
Lucy Janzer Fink
William Fink, Chair
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