Section Happenings COMPILED BY PHYLLIS WILBURN, CALIFORNIA
REBLOOMING IRIS SOCIETY,
SYMPOSIUM 2017
Riley Probst, President
The Reblooming Iris Society (RIS) conducts an
annual symposium every year. It is similar to the
AIS Tall Bearded Iris symposium
except it covers all classes that
rebloom. A ballot is enclosed with
the spring issue of the Reblooming
Iris Recorder magazine. All RIS
members are encouraged to vote
the ballot by October 1.
This past year (2017) found
‘Rosalie Figge’ (Jane McKnew 1993)
on the top of the Tall Bearded list. It
was followed by a three-way tie for
second place between ‘Daughter Of
Stars’ (Don Spoon 2001), ‘Gate Of
Heaven’ (Lloyd Zurbrigg 2004) and
‘Immortality’ (Lloyd Zurbrigg 1982).
In the Border Bearded class
‘Rosalie Figge’ (Jane McKnew 1993, TB)
‘October Splendor’ (Gary Sides
1997) was first and ‘Autumn Wine’
(Vincent Christopherson 2003)
was second. In the Intermediate
Bearded class ‘Low Ho Silver’
(Monty Byers 1989) was first and
‘Constant Companion’ (Connell
Marsh 1995) was second. In the
Miniature Tall Bearded class ‘Lady
Emma’ (Frank Jones 1986) was
first and ‘Holiday In Mexico’ (Riley
Probst 2012) was second. In the
Standard Dwarf Bearded class
‘Jewel Baby’ (Earl Hall 1984) was
first and there was a two-way tie
for second between ‘Forever Blue’
(Chuck Chapman 1997) and ‘Plum
Wine’ (John Weiler 1985). In the Miniature Dwarf
Bearded class ‘Trimmed Velvet’ (Don Spoon 2006)
was first and ‘Forever Violet’ (Chuck Chapman 2002)
was second. In the Arilbred class ‘Walker Ross’ (Ross/
Chapman 1998) was first and ‘Chain Reaction’ (Richard
Tasco 2007) was second.
‘Lady Emma’ (Frank Jones 1986, MTB)
For complete results in all classes, see the
Reblooming Iris Recorder Fall 2017 issue. If you would
like to vote in next year’s (2018) Reblooming Iris
Symposium, join the Reblooming Iris Society.
SIGNA
Will Plotner, President
The SIGNA Bulletin went into the mail on February
12 and included the SIGNA Seed Exchange. Anyone
who is not a member can join SIGNA and place an
order for SIGNA seeds. You can go to signa.org and
click on Seed Exchange.
TALL BEARDED IRIS SOCIETY
Ron Cosner, President
Hybridizers’ Annual Plant
Sale: Our featured hybridizers for
2018 are Tom Burseen, Howard
Dash, Thomas Johnson, Lesley
Painter, and Hugh Stout. Many
thanks to these talented and
dedicated hybridizers for their
donations to help support Tall
Talk. This is the only fundraiser
that TBIS conducts. Total value of
these five new introductions for
2018 is $250.00. See photos and
details at TBISonline.com. You can
purchase the set of five new iris
for just $90.00, postage paid. A
limit of 25 collections are reserved
for this sale, so don’t delay—get
your order in right away. Orders
must be received prior to June 15,
2018. All iris orders will be shipped
the first week of August via U.S.
Postal Service, Priority Mail. Any
questions or comments regarding
the Hybridizers’ Annual Plant
Sale should be directed to Judy
Schneider at jlkapps@hotmail.com.
All orders will be acknowledged
with a receipt of payment. Send
your check or money order together with your plant
order to: Elladan McLeester, Treasurer, 1202 Pontiac
Trail, Madison, WI 53711-2722. Make checks payable to
TBIS Plant Sale.
Tall Talk editor Judy Nunn is looking for articles
on Tall Bearded irises—their breeding, care, planting,
weeding, protecting, and anything else that may
interest Irisarians. This magazine has been in
circulation to the TBIS members for more than 20
years and is very popular. A committee has been
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