Section Happenings COMPILED BY PHYLLIS WILBURN, CALIFORNIA
HISTORIC IRIS PRESERVATION SOCIETY
Cathy Egerer, President
The HIPS Rhizome Sale was a big success! Over
4,000 rhizomes went out to 200+ happy buyers.
We’re very grateful to all our wonderful donors, and of
course, our wonderful customers. Enjoy your irises!
At their August meeting, the HIPS Board of
Directors approved the creation of a HIPS Breeder
Collections Program. This is another avenue to
preservation, and will complement the efforts
already underway by the Guardian Gardens program.
Interested members will be encouraged to create a
collection of irises by their favorite hybridizer(s), and
try to assemble the remaining irises. Collections may
be large or small, depending on the number of cultivars
introduced and still available. Collections should also
include modern introductions, as those will eventually
become historic. As long as one cultivar is historic
(introduced more than 30 years ago), the collection
will qualify as a HIPS Breeder Collection.
Iris lovers are generous folks, and we anticipate a lot
of sharing as we work to fill out collections. Duplicate
collections will be strongly encouraged! Having
cultivars in many places is the best way to make sure
they don’t disappear. Details of the program will be
finalized over the winter. An introductory article will
appear in the Fall issue of ROOTS.
We hope this program will dovetail with the
upcoming National Collections program of the AIS,
which will focus on larger-scale core collections (all
MTBs, all SDBs, etc.)
SPECIES IRIS GROUP OF NORTH
AMERICA (SIGNA)
Will Plotner, President
SIGNA is desperately looking for someone to be
the editor of the SIGNA Bulletin.
Anyone who thinks they might be interested
please contact Will Plotner at: gardens@molalla.net
SOCIETY FOR LOUISIANA IRIS (SLI)
Ron Killingsworth, Treasurer
The annual Society for Louisiana Irises convention
in 2019 will be in Lafayette, LA, from April 4-8. The
convention hotel will be the Hilton Garden Inn, 2350
Congress Street, Lafayette. Make your reservations
now at 337-291-1977 using group code IRIS. Additional
information can be found on SLI’s web site,
www.louisianas.org
Congratulations to Patrick O’Connor who won
the Mary Swords DeBaillon Medal for his iris ‘Deja
Voodoo’.
SPURIA IRIS SOCIETY
Andi Rivarola, President
The Spuria Iris Society would like to congratulate
the winner of the Eric Nies Award, and runners up.
We appreciate the work of hybridizers and spuria
iris enthusiast alike.
‘Ode To A Toad’
(Brad Kasperek 2012, SPU)
, aitken’s salmon creek garden
(J. T. Aitken 2012, SPU)
, aitken’s salmon creek garden
‘Cast Of Walnut’
(J. T. Aitken 2013, SPU)
‘Steely Don’
, aitken’s salmon creek garden
20 AIS Bulletin Fall 2018