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AIS Region 6 Newsletter

Summer 2014 Indiana ❖ Michigan ❖ Ohio

Harter Park one week after the spring regional meeting in Indiana (Photo: T.Tomlinson)

In This Issue 2 Region 6 Officers 15 Road Trip to Rockefeller Park Greenhouse

2 Region 6 Affiliates 16 2014 Iris Show Results

3 RVP’s Message 19 AIS & Region 6 Events

3 Welcome New Members 20 2014 Region Rhizome Sales

4 Spring Regional Meeting 21 Remembering Our Iris Friends

6 My First SWMIS bus trip . . . 22 Region 6 Awards Recommendations

8 ‘Flower Power’ Hybridizer Anna Mae Miller 24 AIS Board Officers & Region 6 Officers

10 Hybridizer Brian Wendel 25 2014 Fall Meeting Registration Form

12 Herbicide Studies for Weed Control in Iris

14 Bucket List: SLI Convention & NOLA

-1- Region 6 fall 2014

‘Take Me Away’ (Cadd, 2001) Photo:

B.Heilman

Congratulations to Jim & Jill Copeland!

The SSI Distinguished Service Award was

awarded to Jim & Jill for their

outstanding service and dedication to the

Society for Siberian Irises

2014

Region 6 Affiliates


Ohio Columbus Iris Society

Robert Buxton, President

26245 Township Rd 59c

Warsaw, OH 43844

704.824.3071

[email protected]

North East Ohio Iris Society

Fred Pedersen, President

9247 Windswept Dr.

Brecksville, OH 44141

330.714.9102

[email protected]

Indiana Indiana Daylily – Iris Society

John Everitt, President

710 E. 84th

St.

Indianapolis, IN 46240

317.257.0280

[email protected]

Iris Growers of Eastern Indiana

Thomas Tomlinson, President

1429 West Washington

Muncie, IN 47303

765.282.3883

[email protected]

Northeastern Indiana Iris Society

Lana Wolfe, President

9730 Auburn Road

Ft. Wayne, IN 46825

260.489.4781

[email protected]

Southern Indiana Daylily, Hosta,

Daffodil & Iris Society Jeanne Lager, President

2382 Greasy Creek Rd

Nashville, IN 47448

812.988.8431

[email protected]

Michigan Grand Valley Iris Society

Delbert Teachout, President

1643 Pinnacle Dr. SW

Wyoming, MI 49519

616.570.8040

[email protected]

Iris Club of Southeast Michigan

Fred Clawson, President

630 Symes Ave.

Royal Oak, MI 48067

248.542.6658

[email protected]

Iris Club of West Michigan

Don Sorensen, President

6063 Youngman Rd.

Greenville, MI 48838

616.225.0215

[email protected]

Mio Irisarians

Adam Cordes, President

22740 Co. Rd. 451

Hillman, MI 49746

989.742.4248

[email protected]

Southwestern Michigan Iris Society

Inge Mesik, President

779 105th Avenue

Plainwell, MI 49080

269.685.9655

[email protected]

Tri County Iris Society

Lori Lanford, President

3053 Willoughby Rd.

Mason, MI 48854

517.203.4050

[email protected]

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RVP’s Message

I want to thank Tom Tomlinson and the Iris Growers of Eastern Indiana for hosting

a good Spring Regional meeting. Although the attendance was low everyone had a

good time visiting gardens and renewing friendships. Region 6 needs more

Affiliates to step forward and host a future Region 6 meeting. Region 6 has

12 AIS Affiliates so it would be nice to visit more Region 6 gardens. Help is

available to assist any Affiliate in hosting a meeting.

This spring has been one of the best seasons for iris bloom that I can

remember. The last several years the temperatures have reached the 80's and

started the iris to grow only to have them freeze in April or May and either

destroy the bloom or make them very short. Our peak bloom for SDB's was

May 18, the day that Jill and I hosted the monthly SWMIS meeting. There were many of the latest in bloom and

everyone enjoyed. Some made lists to buy at our annual rhizome sale in August.

Tall bearded iris bloom in our garden was spectacular. Most stalks were tall and impressive. We had 2 year clumps and

transplants blooming from a year ago. The SWMIS show was held on May 31st, and our garden was at peak. Jill and I

won best of show with a stalk of Hal Stahly's introduction “Celtic Harp”. It had 4 beautiful blooms open and performed

better in our garden than ever before. It is amazing what a planting of irises can do without frost and freezing!

Jill and I decided to have an open garden on Sunday, the

day after our show from 4:00 PM until dark. We made a

handout with the details and a map to hand out at our

show the day before. We had 34 visitors come to our

garden. Many made lists of “must have” and will come to

our annual August sale. There were several individuals

that showed great interest in iris, asked many questions

and plan on attending a meeting. We might just have

picked up some new members and some of them are

young! This is something that other Affiliates might try

next year to increase their membership. I hear comments

every year that our club cannot get new members. You

have to probably go “out of your way” to get new

members. Try something special and then follow through.

New members have added new members to SWMIS in

the past few years.

SWMIS chartered a bus and attended the Region 4 Spring meeting in Maryland. We were joined by 5 members from

Illinois. Even though the trip took 12 hours, it seemed to go quickly. People could move about freely on the bus. Many

brought some type of snack to share. This is one of the events that keeps members active and involved with the Society.

The trip was open to everyone with SWMIS picking up the cost. Want to go on the next one?

The next Region 6 meeting will be the 3rd

weekend of September in Ft. Wayne. It is a one day meeting including a

business meeting, judges training, lunch (a catered dinner!) , and auction. No overnight costs, and very reasonable. Hope

to see you there.

The AIS symposium is on the AIS website. Region 6 has 280 members and only 14 members voted last year. We can do

better than that. Make my job of tabulation harder by voting this year!

Welcome New Members!


John & Geraldine Couturier Karen Crosby Nancy Deckard Hesperia, MI Spenser, IN Bloomington, IN

Jeanne Lager Carol & George Mehallick Marlane Searfoss Nashville, IN Parma, OH West Branch, MI

Copeland’s Garden photo: Jim Copeland

Jim & Jill in their garden photo: Chuck Simon

Spring 2014 Region Meeting Hill Garden

by Lana Wolfe Bob & Beverly Hill's garden was a delight. The front of their

home was lined with a yellow SDB that was putting on quite a

show. It was so chilly and we all were glad to see some bloom.

We enjoyed ‘Fast Forward’ (Aitken, 2002 IB), ‘Gesundheit’

(Bunnell, 2012 MTB), ‘Leave the Light On’ (Probst, 2013 IB)

and ‘Mema’s Peachy’ (Wolfe, 2008 IB). Also blooming were

‘Abuzz With Charm’ (Coleman, 2013 SDB), ‘Giggles and

Grins’ (Coleman, 2007 SDB), ‘Late Frost’ (Playtis, 2013 IB) and ‘Cortney Rucker’

(Lockatell, 2010 IB). The garden art accented the gardens and the hospitality was the best. Thank you Bob & Beverly

for your hard work and inviting us into your garden!

Harter Park by Jody Nolin

Located on the Indiana side of Union City, Harter Park is a permanent iris planting. The garden overlooks the brook

and is close to a picnic shelter, so it will be enjoyed by the Union City folks for years to come. The Mayor even came

out to greet us! This was the garden where our judges training was held.

In spite of the crummy weather this spring, there were several stand-out clumps. The bloom was mostly medians, due to

our interesting winter and very late spring this year. It has not been a

good year for branching and bud count, so any that displayed either

feature will be mentioned.

‘Gesundheit’, (Bunnell, 2012, MTB) – A medium yellow with purple

maculations – that’s dots and splashes to you

and me. At the tour it was loaded with stalks,

held high above the foliage. The following

week it was in glorious bloom. Even this

year it had good branching and 6 buds. This

may not be the MTB for everyone, it does look like someone sneezed purple on it, but it will

certainly be a conversation starter. Bunnell seedling T-57-11 had seven stalks up. It’s broken

color with mauve/ocher standards and white falls with purple veins and spots. Lots of buds and

good branching.

The SDB ‘Heartstopper’ (Coleman 2013) also managed to put on a

show. Standards wine purple and falls velvety dark purple with a rim to match the standards.

There were several IBs blooming. Of note were:

‘Leave the Light On’ (R. Probst 2013, IB), is a dark luminata that makes a great garden clump

effect. The contrast of dark bloom with bright interior is irresistible.

‘Courtney Rucker’ (M. Lockatell, 2010, IB), a very sweet bloom,

with mauve standards and creamy white falls dotted mauve with a

tiny gold rim. The tangerine beard has a bit of blue at the end, to

add a touch of contrast.

'Mema's Peachy' (Lana Wolfe, 2008, IB), a peach (what else?)

with lavender wash on the falls, and an interesting dark strip on

the style arms. The clump was loaded with bloom held high

above the foliage.

‘Late Frost’ (Playtis, 2013), a light blue tailored flower with a

dark blue beard, reminiscent of the boarder bearded ‘Blackbeard’.

This had good branching and 5 buds.

I was lucky enough to be back to see it a week after the spring tour on my way from the Indy

show to the Ft. Wayne show. The garden was in full bloom, wouldn’t you know it? It’s impossible to predict peak

bloom with the crazy weather we’ve had. Here are the additional stand-outs on this visit.

Another of Chuck Bunnell’s MTB seedlings, T-16-2, was looking good on my return trip. It has tan/yellow standards,

white rimmed falls splashed purple. -4-Region 6 fall 2014

‘Gesundheit’

‘Heartstopper’

‘Courtney Rucker’

‘Mema’s Peachy’

‘Leave the Light On’ ‘Giggles and Grins’

http://wiki.irises.org/bin/view/Main/Bio/HybridizerWolfeLana

On my second visit ‘Exquiste Lady Leah’ (Wendel, 2010, MTB) was lovely with 9 buds to a stalk. It is a white ground

with lavender veins and a mustard-to-white beard.

Another Playtis IB, ‘Empress Ann’ (2013), was blooming on my return trip, a nice light yellow with orange beards. And

last but not least, there was a TB seedling that looked great on my second visit. 08-166A, Swann-Young, has rose

standards, wine falls and a mustard beard. Since I was alone when I saw it, I can only assume it’s a rebloomer. Maybe

Mary Lou will let us know.

Hoover Garden By Peggy Harger-Allen

The Hoover garden, located in Union City, Indiana, is operated by Roger “Flip”

and Penny Hoover. Flip was born and raised in Randolph County and was mayor of

Union City at one time. He has been growing iris for 15 years or so and has a

collection of over 800 iris. Flip is Past President of the Iris Growers of Eastern

Indiana (IGEI). Annually he organizes the

iris show at the Union City Depot.

We enjoyed the Hoover garden, especially

because the sun came out

that afternoon and we were able to shed our

ice fishing attire.

Intermediate bearded iris were putting on a great show. ‘Bottled Sunshine’

(Nichols, 1995) was stunning. Large clumps of guest iris included

‘Gesundheit’ (Bunnell, 2012), ‘Mema’s Peachy’ (Wolfe, 2008), ‘Hoosier

Belle’ (Bunnell, 2012), ‘Exquisite Lady Leah’ (Wendel, 2010), and ‘Holiday In Mexico’ (Probst, 2012). Although not in

bloom yet, Jill Copeland’s beardless iris, ‘Simply Cute’, ‘Do The Math’, and ‘Sushi’ were

growing very well and I suspect they were beautiful about two weeks later. The cold and

long spring set the bloom season back and Tall bearded had lots of buds, but alas, no

bloom. Sam Farrington’s (IGEI member) beautifully restored Farmall tractors from 1945

and 1948 were decorative and unique yard art. Thanks to all the host gardeners and

convention attendees for making the AIS Region 6 spring meeting a great success.

Spring Meeting By Jim Copeland

Did you miss it? A big thank you to Tom Tomlinson and the Iris Growers of Eastern Indiana for a job well done. Everyone had a good time even though the iris had not yet reached peak bloom. As most of you that have hosted a

Regional meeting know, the weather man plays a big part in conventions.

The hospitality and food were especially good. Hugh Stout from Dancing

Tree Gardens in Oklahoma was our speaker and gave judges training. There

was one hour of training on Median iris on Friday night and one and a half

hours of Garden training on Medians on Saturday. This was an excellent

opportunity to obtain training for those Judges needing training.

Kent Rumbaugh donated many of Sue's iris treasures for the auction. Hugh

Stout also donated many of his new introductions. There was many other

iris, plants, salmon, jelly and specialty plants donated by Lana Wolfe. The auction brought $875 to the Regional treasury.

Another highlight was the 5 month old Cordes twins, Bennett and Jacob. Adam and Autumn were very willing to let all

the Grandma's and Grandpa's hold them especially while Mommy and Daddy were taking

Judges training. They were happy little campers and everyone really enjoyed them.

Attendees ranged in age from 5 months to nearly 90 years young.

One of the nicest things about Regional meetings and Conventions is the many friendships

that you get the opportunity to renew. If you haven't been to a Region 6 meeting in a while

or if you are a newcomer, you will surely have a good time. Why not plan on attending the

Fall Region 6 meeting in Ft. Wayne sponsored by Jody Nolin and her Affiliate. We would

like to see you there!


‘Late Frost’

‘Hoosier Belle’

My first SWMIS bus trip . . . to my first Regional meeting

By Sally Sewell Photos: Jim Copeland & Sally Sewell

I am delighted that I raised the courage to go on the bus trip with people I have only known for about 10 months. Nothing like going somewhere far without your own transportation with a group you have only met with for a few hours about six times for few days. Bus arrangements were well planned out, lots of snacks, beverages and friendly caring people. We could be a social butterfly and seat hop to easily talk with different people on the bus or quietly read, play on our cell phones, do needlework or sleep. The bus stopped about every two hours for bathroom breaks as well as our having a bus restroom. One of the members of our bus tour, a chef, Anita, made us box lunches so we could save time and have a good meal too. As everyone was asked to bring snacks to share there was more food than we could eat As well as Jim Copeland walking up and down the bus isle serving us his great salmon spread and crackers. The hotel was good, but food availability when we were on our own for meals was challenging. Some of our members were told of a restaurant a short walk away which turned out not to be short. For me meals on our own were not problems as I had packed food bars, muffins and pop. The only problem for me was my luggage was heavy and without luggage wheels.

The hotel lobby had tables with iris table arrangements for us to view, discuss and try to learn how to do ourselves. They also had vendors selling flower arranging devices, pots, and jewelry. The lobby was huge with lots of comfortable furniture for us to meet and relax while we looked over our registration materials and viewed the flower arrangements or shopped. The conference was great, very well planned and we had beautiful weather and gardens to tour. Those of us that get motion sick sat at the front of the buses.

The roads to the gardens were too challenging for our charter bus and the Regional Iris planners had rented school buses to transport the Michigan people and all the other attendees to the gardens. Even the school buses were very challenged as well as my stomach with the hilly winding roads. Luckily all of the bus drivers were very good at their jobs and very friendly. The gardens were beautiful and well landscaped. The home owners were members of the iris society and were all very knowledgeable about the iris in their gardens. All the gardens had beverages, snacks and comfortable seating for those who got tired of standing, walking and viewing the iris plants. Each garden also had plenty of irises and other flowers intermixed. I especially enjoyed studying how the owners landscaped their entire gardens and integrated iris with other flowers, shrubs, trees, and garden art. I spent time observing how the gardens were organized to take advantages of the sun for different varieties and how the gardens were designed for ease of access and pleasure of walking through them.


I also gained much more knowledge about the hybridizing, judging, and procedures of guest iris from other regions. It was interesting to see how the same new introductions of iris faired in the four different garden locations. I still have much to learn about the hybridizing process, awards and judging processes. We spent several hours at Carol Warner’s garden, the most time of any of the gardens. It was the biggest garden, with lots of peonies and rhododendrons. We also had the opportunity to take several judges training sessions. After enjoying the gardens, there was time to relax and enjoy the company of iris lovers and of course the refreshments. We also had dinner at this garden. We were astounded by having china plates to eat on with our plastic utensils. It was catered with many meat choices and other great food. The owners of this garden had a large garage/barn cleared out for us to sit in as well as a covered canopy.

Later in the evening we returned to the hotel to see a judged iris display. There were many beautiful tables of iris. I liked the method that was used to display the iris stems. They used PVC white pipe for the vases with wood at the bottom base. We also had an iris auction in another room. The auction was a great way to see the attendees personalities emerge as they bid or kidded the bidders. I also witnessed several very young members of the iris society actively involved in helping with the convention auction. It is very encouraging to see younger generations continuing the love of iris and the older members mentoring them. The second day of the convention we saw three more gardens. We had two busloads of convention attendees

going to two different gardens at different times. We met up again to see the third garden and all had a boxed lunch with many choices of sub sandwiches and chips. Later in the day each bus went to the garden that the other bus had visited. Each of the separately visited gardens was smaller but very well landscaped and had plenty of irises for us to continue voting on for the Regional Iris awards. We returned to the hotel for the convention banquet, a short regional meeting and awards. It was great to see teenagers receive national AIS

awards and money for their involvement in the iris society. The speaker, Anna Cadd shared her humorous story of her life and then spoke about Spuria Iris. The ride home was full of enjoyment as we continued to visit with each other and share our own stories and impressions of the convention and the gardens. We stopped frequently for bathrooms breaks at places that had several different fast food restaurants for us to choose. It was so enjoyable that I am awaiting the opportunity for the next bus trip! -7- Region 6 fall 2014

‘Flower Power’

Region 6 Hybridizers

Hybridizer Anna Mae Miller By Anna Mae Miller

Photos: Ensata

I grew up on a cattle farm near Liberty, MO. My family grew a vegetable garden as well as

flowers. We had fairly up to date irises for the 1930’s and 40’s but so much change was made in the mid 1950’s when Ronald and I began gardening.

I had majored in chemistry so that training made me want to experiment with plants and I choose irises. I was interested in the wonderful colors that were being developed in the 1960’s with David Hall’s pinks, Nate Rudolph’s ruffling and Orville Fay’s tetraploid colchicine conversion methods

used by Dr. Currier McEwen to convert the Siberians and Japanese Irises. I decided to work with the Siberians and Japanese Irises as I had seen that they extended the bloom season. A friend had

given me some of the newer Siberians and Ronald and I joined AIS in 1962 and Siberian Society in 1972. I attended a couple of conventions and saw current work and met a few hybridizers and was in the round robin letters.

I began my hybridizing in the late 1960’s. My Siberian introductions were:

Charming Darlene, ’84, HM ’90 Swirling Lavender, ’84, HM ’90

Almost A Melody, ’88

Genteel Grayce, ’89 Liberty Hills, ’89, HM ’91, AM ’93 Lilting Laura, ’90

Purple Sand, ’91 Lavender Stipples, ’91

Dancing Shadows, ’94 Glow Of Happiness, ’94

Rosebud Melody, ’94

Slightly Envious, ’95, EC ’92 Mary Louise Michie, ’96 EC ’88

Aqua Whispers, ’88, HM, ’90, AM, ’91 Frosted Cranberry, ’91, HM ’94, and the Morgan-Wood, ’95 AM, ’96, and the Morgan-Wood ’98


Dancing Nanou, ‘83 HM

’85 AM ‘88

Fattaneh, ’83

Cheery Lyn, ’91, EC ’90 HM ’95

Forever Remembered, ’04 (photo). This was my last introduction, a

late bloomer.

I had several mentors: Bee Warburton, Dr. Currier McEwen, Dr. William McGarvey and Dr. Robert Hollingworth. I did not have any genetic training and felt the pink Siberians were lavender-pinks

and needed to be pinker. After several generations Mary Louise Michie is pinker. Marty Schafer/Jan Sacks used I. siberica alba ‘Snow Prince’ and has many new shades of pink. Sarah Tiffney felt

the I. sibericas was a different white than the I. sanguinea alba ‘Snow Queen’ which is the source of the Dr. William McGarvey’s

pinks. Most of my crosses were planned. The most seedlings I lined out were 2000. I believe that Esther C.D.M. is a good parent which introduced stippling and glaucous upright foliage which I consider a

wonderful trait. Ensata Gardens still lists some and Don Sorensen has all but one in his display garden.

I had the good luck to have several seedlings at the AIS ’85 convention, which was the first ‘unofficial’ Siberian Convention as they outperformed the TB’s in Indianapolis, IN. I served as

President of the Society for Siberian Iris in 1993 and our garden was on the first Siberian Convention in 1993.

I also introduced 7 Japanese Irises. I am a charter member of SJI, 1969. Arthur Hazzard was a very good friend. In 1969 I visited Arley Payne’s garden in Terre Haute, IN. He ran a landscape

nursery and had a sprinkling system, unheard of at that time. He had fertilized with fresh chicken manure to avoid burning the foliage he watered copiously. The Japanese Irises were full grown tree specimens over 5’ tall. My Japanese introductions were:

‘Gala Performance’, ’88, HM ’93, White; violet styles and white, veined purple falls.

‘Kimiko’, ’88, Bright purple stippled white, dark violet-blue halo; violet style arms.

‘Raspberry Gem’, ’88 HM ’91. Dark red-violet styles, fading to purple violet, Falls veined darker,

with a yellow signal.

‘Rose Frappe’, ’88 HM ’91. Red-violet, edged white; Falls white, veined violet, yellow signal; dark

violet styles tipped white. ‘Michio’, ‘89, EC ’88. HM ’91, (photo) Mid blue-violet, veined white,

white area around yellow signal; white style arms, pale yellow in center.

‘Sylvia’s Masquerade’, ’89 HC 88, HM 91. S. light orchid-pink, darker veins, darker halo and bluish case around yellow eye; white

style arms tipped light orchid.

‘Shingo’, ’94. S. red-violet edged white; light purple style arms,

lighter rib area and white edge; F. white, veined deep purple, purple around yellow signal.

I was very instrumental in the beginning of the Japanese Iris Conventions, which originated as Japanese Iris Weekends. Our local SWMIS club members have been very active in AIS, attending regional meetings and AIS conventions, gaining knowledge and becoming friends with many

hybridizers and catching the ‘iris virus’. -9- Region 6 fall 2014


Hybridizer Brian Wendel By Brian Wendel

Photos: Brock Heilman

I obtained a M.S. in Plant and Soil Science from U.T. Knoxville in 1986 crossing soybeans to work

out an inheritance of resistance for a disease in soybeans. Hybridizing soybeans is like doing microsurgery in comparison to crossing iris. Lynda Miller told me where to find the pollen and I have been making crosses since about 1994. Initially I began hybridizing with Louisiana Iris but

gave up on them. Miniature Tall Bearded and Siberian Irises are my two co-equal passions in the iris kingdom and they are pretty much my entire hybridizing focus.

Many people have encouraged me along the way but I don’t have a specific mentor. I admire lots of peoples work in the MTB realm namely Chuck Bunnell, Ken Fisher, Stephanie Markham, W. Terry

Varner, and numerous others. I also have a lot of appreciation for the people in the MTB Robin 1 that I have been part of for the past several years. In the Siberian Iris realm, I admire, appreciate and thoroughly enjoy the contributions of Bob and Judy Hollingworth, Marty Schafer and Jan

Sacks, Bob Bauer and John Coble, and numerous others and have even corresponded with Dr Currier McEwen in years past.

There are two types of iris sections that I hybridize with and love both co-equally Miniature Tall Bearded and Siberian respectively. I am a champion of the little guys in the iris kingdom. It seems

that the Siberian seeds germinate a little more readily than the Miniature Tall Bearded do. Sometimes crosses are planned and sometimes they just happen based on what is blooming at the

current time. I do strive to use newer parents that bloom reliably from year to year with pleasing floral form and grow well and that are good garden plants. I used to save and store pollen for

crosses but it has been several years since I have done that. The number of crosses made each year varies considerably. I am an early riser for I am at work at

0300 three days per week and miss out on some of the ideal crosses. I am just happy to have some crossed seedpods of both the MTB’s and Siberians to plant at the end of the season and to see how this years genetic diversity will play out. I may be expanding my horizons just a little for I did make

two Spuria crosses this year.

My favorite iris parents are ones that bloom reliably every year, have nice form, and are good garden plants. For the MTB’s I like ‘Astra Girl’ (Varner, 1990) a great minimizer of flower size. ‘Mini Wabash’ (Probst, 1996) and ‘Bold Imp’ (Fisher, 1994) are also excellent. For Siberians I am partial

to ‘Mesa Pearl’ (Bauer/Coble, 1994). I also really like ‘China Spring’ (Bauer/Coble, 1999) for it imparts earliness and also a nice flower form to her children. There are so many others that I could

name in each category but I look for good, strong growing plants with nice form, ones that bloom reliably each bloom season that you don’t have to coddle along to perform well.

My work has changed little over time as I enjoy making the crosses and see how each new seedling is a neat gift of how the

genes are distributed to create a new unique creation in the iris world via God’s help and my little part in that playing

pollinator, collector, planter and watcher of the new little being hoping and anticipating great things.

My goals are rather simple, I wanted to introduce a MTB and a Siberian iris that would grow well, bloom consistently and be a


‘Blushing Saphira’

good garden plant for the respective sections. I will continue to hybridize and hopefully have more introductions that meet the above criterion. I have had some very good results without having

grown out a lot of seedlings, of course I plant the seeds but some years I may have only 3 seedlings that emerge and grow and these 3 seedlings out of two different crosses have yielded ‘Blushing

Saphira’ and 02-2. My MTB introductions were from four to seven seedlings from the given cross. Just get out there and try your hand at hybridizing, use good, strong growing and blooming garden

plants, relatively new parent plants of the last 10 years. Don’t be afraid to use older plants that do well as they may have some special genes to add to the gene pool to make for greater diversity. You never know it may the cross of all crosses that yields that wonderful new plant or it may be the

ugliest plant/flower there has been. Harvest your seeds, plant them and be amazed and awed at what may result- but also be ready to cull and don’t keep everything.

My favorite MTB introduction to date is ‘Exquisite Lady Leah’ named for my daughter and I also like my other MTB intro ‘Velvet

Intrigue’. My favorite and only Siberian introduction to date is

‘Blushing Saphira’ and I have Bob Hollingworth to thank for his encouragement on this one and I

would have to agree that when you see it you would recognize it. The Siberian seedling, 02-2 of the 2013

Siberian/Species convention has been registered and will be

introduced as Simply Delightful for the simple yet delightful flowers it produces and the nice garden

clump effect. So glad that I had a gentle nudge the morning that I dug to send guest plants to the 2013 Siberian/Species

Convention to include it. I was so hoping that ‘Blushing Saphira’ would oh and ah everyone that I had not been thinking that

Seedling 02-2 would do that and had even more hope in 02-1 which has been a reliable rebloomer, yet I always did like the clear blue violet color of 02-2 so much better. Just goes to show that we need to be open and not just be preconceived about which

iris we think is the better one.

Redbud Lane Iris Garden 2282 N 350th Street Kansas, IL 61933

Is the source for the MTB’s ‘Exquisite Lady Leah’ and ‘Velvet Intrigue’ both 2010 introductions. ‘Blushing Saphira’, the 2009 registered Siberian will

be listed in subsequent Ensata Gardens catalogs. Ensata Gardens will also be the source of the Siberian

seedling 02-2, dutifully named and registered as ‘Simply Delightful’ when enough stock is available.

What a wonderful time visiting with all of you here in Region 6 and you have all been so kind and I look

forward to evaluating more iris on the wings.


‘Exquisite Lady Leah’

‘Velvet Intrigue’

‘Simply Delightful’

Herbicide Studies for Weed Control in Iris

By John E. Kaufmann

J&J Iris Farm

5140 Cornell Road

Okemos, MI 48864

Ph: 517-347-7555

[email protected]

(Note: This is the fourth of series of articles I am writing on weed control in iris. Questions via

email, about the content of each article are welcome as they come out.)

In the last article, I discussed Group G herbicides of which glyphosate or Roundup is the only example. This article is covering Group O herbicides that are known as the hormone or auxin herbicides. The first one developed was 2,4-D, in the late 1940’s. It became known as the

“dandelion” herbicide, because on golf courses it helped people find their ball in the fairway. A series of similar herbicides followed such as mecoprop (MCPP), MCPA, dicamba. 2,4,5-T and 2,4,5,TP. The latter two herbicides were very effective on unwanted woody shrubs, and vines such

as poison ivy. Unfortunately, they were used as a component of “agent orange” in the Vietnam war to help defoliate trees, and the sped-up manufacturing process required by war, of fixing an atom

in the “5” position of the molecule, resulted in a contaminant called dioxin. So, these two herbicides were banned from further use. Not only were these herbicides useful for controlling woody plants, they were the best herbicides for clover, black medic, wild violets, bindweed, and

other difficult to control lawn and garden broadleaf weeds. As a result of their loss, new herbicides such as clopyralid, triclopyr and fluoroxypyr were developed throughout the 1980’s and have

become reasonable substitutes. Trade names of these herbicides that could be familiar to the homeowner might include Lontrel, Stinger, Crossbow and/or Turflon.

Within the group, dicamba has the greatest water solubility, and in high amounts, can leach to tree and shrub roots and cause injury. Therefore it is extra important to carefully follow use rate recommendations on products containing dicamba. And, instead of dicamba alone, products are

available with reduced amounts of dicamba mixed with 2,4-D and/or MCPP for use on lawns to gain the added benefit of dicamba while minimizing the risk of tree and shrub injury.

Most of the herbicides in Group O have potential to injure desirable adjacent desirable plants including iris. This can occur not only by spray drift, but also by vapor drift up to several days

after spraying. The potential for vapor drift is greatly heightened during hot weather, and often the label cautions not to apply if the air temperature is over 80-85 F. Since these are “growth

hormone” herbicides, action from these products is often seen as twisted stems and curled leaves in both weeds being killed and in injury of desirable plants.

Care must be taken when using these herbicides on iris. I recommend avoiding application prior to bloom. Iris stems seem especially susceptible to injury. At the same time, I once had a visitor ask if he could buy one of those “cute” iris with the curly stems!! Most broadleaf weeds are more

easily controlled in the fall anyway, so wait until after bloom. From everything I have learned, beardless iris, seem to be more tolerant than bearded iris.



With bearded iris, I have experienced some unusual (non-twisting) symptoms of having both leaves

(photo1) and roots (photo 2) separating from the rhizome. So I now 1) use only half rate of these herbicides on bearded iris 2) target the spray away from the iris plants as much as possible, or 3)

spray small broadleaf weeds under a spray hood, and then, only after bloom is finished. I am currently doing more testing of Group O herbicides for injury on beardless iris.

I have been asked many times, when you buy a gallon or more of herbicide concentrate, what is the

safest and easiest way to measure out the product. First of all read the label for appropriate safety

equipment you should wear. For the actual measuring process, I find the cleanest way is to have one of your local iris club members purchase

a box of 60 ml syringes from your closest medical supply store. Sixty ml is almost exactly 2 fluid

ounces, so it makes for easy calculation in both metric and U.S. units. Then go to the hardware store, and buy tygon (plastic) tubing of the exact

size that will fit tightly on the end of the syringe. Cut the tubing in 6-8 inch lengths and fit on the

end of the each syringe and hand them out at your

next meeting.

When you are ready to apply a herbicide, place 1) the container of herbicide concentrate, 2) the syringe with tube, 3) a small, approximately pint

sized, open mouth container full of water and 4) the spray tank, all together on a stable bench covered with plastic. Position the three containers

close to each other to minimize any dripping on the plastic. Insert the syringe with the tube below the

level of pesticide and keep it there while you slowly draw up the exact amount needed for the spray operation. Because there is air in the tube at the

start, there will be an air bubble in the syringe. Do not attempt to remove the bubble. Then carefully

transfer the syringe to the spray tank and eject the contents. Then from the small container, draw water into the syringe a minimum of three times

and eject the contents into the spray tank. Then pour the remaining water into the spray tank and refill the open mouth container with fresh water.

Repeat the syringe rinsing operation. Then, refill and pour the contents of the container into the

spray tank two more times. Finally, fill the spray tank to the desired level, make sure the lid is on tight, shake it well, and then pump it up. Always shake it up before pumping because non-diluted herbicide might be forced up the internal deliver

tube and cause plant injury.


Photo 1. Leaves falling off tall bearded iris rhizomes, Siberian iris on upper right apparently not injured. Photos: J.Kaufmann

Photo 2. Loss of roots from two iris rhizomes from herbicide damage.

Bucket List: SLI Convention & NOLA! By Anna Mae Miller Photos: Inge Mesik & Anna Mae Miller

The week before the AIS Convention in Texas, Inge Mesik and I attended the Louisiana Iris

Convention in New Orleans, LA (NOLA). We went a day early to tour the French Quarter and

Saint Charles Street Historical Area.

Our first Convention day was (optional). Of the 96 registrants

more than 60 signed up for the optional tour requiring a larger

bus plus a van! Twenty five were from the north. This is the first

SLI Convention for New Orleans!

The first garden was Eileen Hollander’s. She rents driveways and front yards for her

rectangular and round 3-5 gal. pots where she grows 170 cultivars of Louisiana Irises. I

noticed I. virginica and I. ensata and the I. morea (walking iris) were in pots. Her garden

was under 6’ of water for 6 weeks after Katrina. What courage to recreate the garden.

Eileen is a marvelous gardener! I especially enjoyed a

lovely I. giganteacerulea ‘Barbara Elaine Taylor’, a

lavender, ‘Aline Arceneaux’, ‘Freddie Boy’,

‘Sinfonietta’, and ‘Rusty O’, were also very nice

specimens. Eileen won the

Silver Medal at the Show on Saturday. Her ‘Crushed

Ice’ was a blue ribbon winner.

Next we were taken down Ste. Charles Street where

the historical houses were explained and

admired. Several Queen Anne, Italianate Revival

homes are now used as exclusive schools. Our guide

gave us the Lafayette Cemetery history, tombs are above

ground, which was very fascinating.

Most of these gardens suffered great losses from hurricane Katrina seven years ago and still have lots of

scars. Many of the houses are still not lived in and amusement parks not rebuilt!

Lunch was at ‘The French Loaf’ in Houma. It is a small efficient diner that served ‘hot’

anything from seafood salads, hamburgers, fried okra or pickles to a variety of Po-Boys. Lunch kept most everyone

happy as we drove an hour west of NOLA to Joe Musacchia's garden in Gray. His garden was another garden of pots,

blue and green half barrels. Unfortunately, Joe lost a lot of seedlings during Katrina, but is slowly retrieving and

continuing his hybridization. His Louisiana's grow very tall and he had a lovely light yellow that lightened to white with

3 open large blooms.

The next day we visited Benny Trahan’s garden. He has been collecting the 5 native LA species that are used in

hybridizing the new cultivars. His irises are grown in beds that are lined with plastic so he can maintain wet conditions

and are mulched with cypress rather than oak leaves. He has a large collection of I. nelsonii and I. fulva color variants.

Some are stable and reproduce from seeds.

Our next visit was Longue Vue House and Garden (designed by Ellen Shipman), the home

of a Sears heir, with lovely grounds and a large planting of irises. A tour of the house gave

a lot of history. A large planting of irises was well grown and varied. During a short rain

we had lunch then toured their Iris Planting.

We visited Patrick O’Connor’s garden which also was destroyed by Katrina. Pat hybridizes

and grows other types of perennials in his garden and has unusual artifacts scattered around

for interest.

Saturday we were at City Park with iris beds, a sculptured garden of well-known artists,

and the New Orleans Museum of Art for the symposium. Guests for the symposium

included Benny Trahan, Dr. Nolan Martin from Texas State University, San Marcos, and

Dr. Stanley Schikowitz, from Plantation Point Nursery in Mooringspoint, LA. They spoke on tissue culture and

imparted lots of knowledge. A show was staged on the floor, where Eileen Hollander and Patrick O’Connor won the

Silver and Bronze Medals. The awards banquet and auction were lively and fun.


‘Freddie Boy’(Mertzweiller,1974)

‘Night Thunder’ (Morgan,2000)

‘Crushed Ice’(Pryor,1995)

‘Lemon Zest’(Vaughn,1998)

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Road trip – Summer 2014 By Deb Diget

Photos: Brock Heilman

Destination: Rockefeller Park Greenhouse, Cleveland, Ohio. During the summer of 2013 Brock Heilman, Kathy Devlin and I discussed a road trip to see the Willott Memorial Iris Garden at

Rockefeller Park, which had been dedicated three years ago to Anthony and Dorothy Willott. As a reminder, Brock put the message on his smart phone May 2014 calendar, which led the three of us on

our journey to Rockefeller Park in Cleveland, Ohio this May.

With cameras, tripod, extra memory cards and lenses we headed off.

Upon arrival we found easy parking in an area of Cleveland laced with gardens and museums. The NEOIS iris show was set up inside the conservatory. We were welcomed by several NEOIS members and over

twenty spectacular artistic arrangements. With recent bad weather the horticulture show entries were fewer than past years, but

specimens entered were attractive and well groomed. I had the pleasure of judging the NEOIS’S iris show with Dorothy Willott.

We enjoyed the wonderful collection of exotic and native plants in the Greenhouse. Admission was free and included an extensive orchid

collection, tropical plant exhibits, ferns, and a large cacti exhibit. Outside the weather was very sunny and bright. The display garden was very well laid out with a wide paved path, sitting areas and full bloom! The

garden included SDB’s, IB’s, MTB’s, and TB’s. The beardless iris, Siberians, species, and Japanese were

growing well with buds on some of

the sibs. Many, many photos were taken

and Gene Tremmel was in the garden to welcome guests and answer any questions. The

only complaint….too much sun that washed out the

photos! I strongly recommend a visit to the Rockefeller Park.


Iris ‘Tectorum Alba’

My favorite of the day!

Did you take an interesting road trip? How about a walk in your own garden? Were you impressed by a particular iris or

garden display containing iris? Please share with our readers, photos and comments about the iris you have enjoyed this season. Send your article/comments and

photos to [email protected] by October 1, 2014 for publication in the Region 6 fall newsletter.


2014 Iris Show Results

Grand Valley Iris Society Best Specimen of Show: TB ‘Micro Burst’ exhibited

by Mike Chesebro Silver Medal: Mike Chesebro

Bronze Medal: Steve and Ginger Smith Best Design of Show: Addy Levanduski Sweepstakes for Artistic Design: Ginger Smith

Best Design Youth: Talia Levanduski

Indiana Daylily – Iris Society IDIS Photos: Peggy Harger-Allen

Despite hail and an unusually long-lasting winter, this year’s iris show was spectacular! Eleven

exhibitors provided 110 entries in the horticultural division and 6 entries into the design

category. Forty-five tall bearded entries were dominated by Rod Maust (13 blue ribbons) who walked

away with the Silver Medal and Sweepstakes award. Jim Poor also finished strong winning the

Bronze Medal. The best specimen of show was ‘ACE’, an MTB exhibited by Chuck Bunnell. Section winners:

In the Design category, Hoosier

Highlights, the judges awarded the

display, Indy Speedway, Best of show

displayed by Mary Lou Swann-

Young. The People’s Choice award went

to the Bedford Limestone arrangement by

Barb Bunnell. Peggy Harger-Allen had a

beautiful educational display

showing with her photography how

one can extend the iris bloom

season. Congratulations to Tamara Mittman who won the novice award. Thanks to all the workers and

exhibitors who made the show a success and the chairs, job easier. Chuck Bunnell

Iris Club of Southeast Michigan ICSEM Photos: Brock Heilman

Best Specimen of Show: SPU

‘Leprechaun Fantasy’ exhibited by Brock Heilman

Section Iris Exhibitor

Tall bearded Designer Label Janet Wilke

Border bearded Love Power Janet Wilke

Intermediate Smuggler Peggy Harger-Allen

Siberian Aqua Whispers Jim Poor

Historic Parakeet Peggy Harger-Allen

Species I. setosa Peggy Harger-Allen

Seedling L35B-63 (MTB) Chuck Bunnell

‘Ace’ (Miller, 1999) Photo: P.Harger-Allen

Educational Exhibit: Peggy Harger-Allen

‘Leprechaun Fantasy’ (Hedgecock, 2012)

ICSEM Queen’s Table

Best Design of Show Best Design of Show Youth

Sweepstakes for Artistic Design


Iris Growers of Eastern Indiana IGEI Photos: Peggy Harger-Allen

Six exhibitors had 62 entries into the Horticultural Division Silver Medal Roger (Flip) Hoover 12 blues Bronze Medal Chuck Bunnell 11 blues

Best of

Show ‘Preference’

(MTB) exhibited by

Chuck Bunnell In the Design

category, When the

Saints Go Marching In, the judge awarded the display, Mardi Gras, Best of

show displayed by Mary Lou Swann-Young. The People’s Choice award

also went to Mary Lou Swann-Young for the St. Patrick design. Peggy Harger-Allen had a beautiful educational display showing with her photography iris

diversity.

Mio Irisarians Mio Photos: Brock Heilman (Children’s photos: Leslie Cordes)

Best Specimen of Show: ‘Gallant Moment’ exhibited

by Kris Sorgenfrei Silver Medal: Kris Sorgenfrei Bronze Medal: Nelson Yoder

Best Seedling: C15-10 exhibited by Adam Cordes Best Specimen of Show Youth: ‘Stairway to

Heaven’ exhibited by Josiah Cordes

Silver Medal Youth: Sarah Cordes

Bronze Medal Youth: Austin Klein Best Design of Show: ‘Summer Meadows’ exhibited by Delores Law

Artistic Sweepstakes: ‘Sunrise Beauty’ exhibited by Carron Nevill

Best Design of Show Youth: exhibited by Steven Cordes

North East Ohio Iris Society NEOIS Photos: Brock Heilman

Best Specimen of Show: ‘Clarence’ exhibited by Robert Pindell

Silver Medal: Robert Pindell Bronze Medal: Louis Di Santo

Best Design of Show: Janelle Schubmehl Sweepstakes for Artistic Design: Janelle Schubmehl


Section Iris Exhibitor

Tall bearded Silverado C. Kent Rumbaugh

MTB Preference Chuck Bunnell

Seedling N7B-13 (MTB) Chuck Bunnell

Above: ‘Preference’ (Fisher, 2001) Left: Design by Mary Lou Swann-Young

‘Gallant Moment’

(Schreiner, 1980)

Above: ‘Gallant Moment’ (Schreiners, 1980), Josiah Cordes (6 yrs), and Sarah Cordes (4 ½ yrs) Top Right: C15-10 Cordes TB Seedling Bottom Right: Doloris Law and her winning design

Left: ‘Clarence’ (Zurbrigg, 1990) Above: Best Design of Show

Northeastern Indiana Iris Society

Best Specimen of Show: MTB ‘Erin Stroll’ exhibited by Brian Wendel

Silver Medal: Brian Wendel Bronze Medal: Lana Wolfe Best Seedling: 14-007 MTB Lana Wolfe

Southwestern Michigan Iris Society

Best Specimen: TB ‘Celtic Harp’ exhibited by J. & J. Copeland Silver Medal: Ensata

Bronze Medal: James Copeland Jr. Educational Exhibit Bronze Medal: The 2014 SLI Convention in New Orleans Anna Mae Miller

Educational Exhibit Certificate: Iris Varieties Sue Ann Welch

Tri County Iris Society TCIS Photos: Brock Heilman

The Tri County Iris Show was held this year in memory of AIS member and friend, Lynda Walker, who recently passed away.

Best Specimen: TB ‘Tanzanian Tangerine’ exhibited by Jean Kaufmann Silver Medal: Jean Kaufmann

Bronze Medal: Steve and Ginger Smith Best Seedling: 11Q3B4 Sib Bob Hollingworth

Best Design Adult: Julie Hath Best Design Youth: Cassie Bosworth

Educational Youth: Isabell Case


Above: Tri County Queen’s Table Far Left: 11Q3B4 Hollingworth Siberian Seedling Left: Youth Design by Cassie Bosworth

Above: Educational Exhibit by A. Miller Right: SWMIS Queen’s Table Far Right: ‘Celtic Harp’ (Stahly, 1998)

AIS & Region Meetings

Year Date Event & Location

2014 August 9

September 20

Iris Club of West Michigan Bus Trip, Chicago Botantic Garden, Chicago, IL (contact

Don Sorensen [email protected] for more information

Region 6 Fall Meeting, Fort Wayne, IN, Hosted by CIS

2015 May 18 – 23

May 24 – 25

June 5 -6

September 19

AIS National Convention – Portland, OR

Siberian/Species Convention – Portland, OR

Region 6 Spring Meeting – Hosted by SWMIS

Region 6 Fall Meeting, Fort Wayne, IN, Host Club Needed

2016 May 22 – 28

TBD

September 17

AIS National Convention – Newark, NJ

Region 6 Spring Meeting – Hosted by CIS


2017 TBD

September 16

Region 6 Spring Meeting – Hosted by TCIS


2018 TBD

September 15

Region 6 Spring Meeting – Hosted by IDIS



The Region 6 Newsletter is looking for interesting, funny, or unique garden experiences. Articles should be one to two

paragraphs in length and worth sharing with our newsletter readers.

From Carol Morgan Carol had a couple of professional house painters, obviously not gardeners, painting her carriage house this spring. After

walking through her garden and reading plant tags they

commented, “You named those plants the coolest names!”

This photo of ‘Coho’

(Harris, 2005) was taken by

Roger Busk in his garden

June 2, 2014! Now that’s an

early Japanese iris.

Jill Copeland’s

Louisiana Iris Seedling

Y-5 bloomed June 15

this year. ‘Michigan

Belle’ X ‘Rich Jewel’

2014 Region Rhizome Sales/Auctions

Date Sponsering Club Location Additional Information

July 13

IGEI Minnetrista Center, 1200 N Minnetrista Pky,

Muncie, IN

Open to public 12 – 4 pm

July 26 & Aug 2 TCIS Meridian Farmer’s Market, 5151 Marsh Rd,

Okemos, MI

Contact Lori @ 517.203.4050

for more information

July 27 NEIIS Botanical Conservatory, 1100 S Calhoun St, Fort

Wayne, IN

Set up 9:30 am; Open to public

at noon

Aug 2 SWMIS Bank St Farmer’s Market, 1204 Bank St,

Kalamazoo, MI

Open to public @ 7 am

Aug 16 IDIS Sullivan’s Hardware Parking Lot, 6995 N

Keystone Ave, Indianapolis, IN

Open 10 – 4:00

Aug 16 NEOIS Old Independence Town Hall; 6652 Brecksville

Rd.; Independence, Oh.

Set up 11:00 am; rhizome/

plant auction starts @ noon

Aug 18 ICOWM Courtland Township Hall, 7450 14 Mile Rd NE,

Rockford, MI

Iris & Plant Auction begins 7

pm

Sept 15 ICOWM Courtland Township Hall, 7450 14 Mile Rd NE,

Rockford, MI

Auction of Paul Black iris

begins 7 pm


The Iris Growers of Eastern Indiana participated in the 2014 Minnetrista

(Muncie, IN) Garden Fair with their booth on June 6 and 7. This event is held every year and attracts

thousands of gardeners. IGEI sold irises, passed out several

hundred coupons to IGEI’s July Iris Sale and answered many questions about growing irises. Over the years

participation in this event, IGEI has recruited members and this year was no different as four new members

joined IGEI.

Remembering

Our Iris Friends


The gardens listed below were omitted from the Region 6 Display Garden list found in the Spring Region Newsletter. My sincere apologies. Virginia’s Iris Garden, Janet Wilke 5406 Boy Scout Rd., Lawrence, IN 46226 Phone: (317) 327-3826 (Mon-Fri 8am - 6.00 pm) not in service 1-9-14 Email: [email protected] Dwarfs, IB, TB, BB, SIB Peak bloom: April 15 to May 31 Call on weekends. Just come and enjoy during the week while I am at work. Iriswarehouse & Daylilywarehouse, Scott MacGuidwin & Judy Barton 1903 Culver Hill Drive Williamston, MI 48895 Phone: 517-655-9222. Please call in advance so we are at home to greet you! Golf cart available for those with difficulty walking Website: Iriswarehouse.com Email: contact @ iriswarehouse.com Over 1000 varieties of iris & daylilies TB’s, dwarfs, IB, BB, SIBS Iris: Last two weeks of May to 1st two weeks in June Mid-July for daylilies

Melvin was a long time member of AIS and was IGEI’s Treasurer

for many years. His well-manicured iris beds contained over three

hundred varieties of irises. He was a consistent winner with his well

grown prize irises at IGEI’s iris shows.

Sue Rumbaugh July 13, 1940 – April 7, 2014

Kent and Sue would have been married 52 years this

October. Sue was very supportive of Kent’s growing iris

and especially enjoyed the Muncie club where she was

recording secretary for quite a few years. She collected iris

memorabilia, made iris quilts and attended a couple of AIS

National Conventions with Kent. Sue insisted Kent name

his iris after their granddaughters and this he did with

Emma Renae, Anna’s Angels and Lady Olivia Rosa.

Melody Wilhoit July 14, 1947 – June 21, 2014

Melody was a long time active member of AIS and her local

affiliate. Melody and her husband Jerry owned and operated Red

Bud Lane Iris Garden. Many may remember that she was the

guest speaker at the 2008 Region 6 spring regional in Auburn, IN.


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Region Six Awards

Recommendations

Distinguished Service Award (Award of Merit) Definition as written in by-laws:

Highest award offered by Region Six

Recipient must be Region Six member

Offered in recognition of a long record of service to the Region and AIS

¾ of the board of directors must approve candidate

Anyone may nominate a candidate and should offer proof of merit

Frequency of presentation as deemed desirable Suggested criteria: (several of these activities)

1. Service to region as an officer 2. Serve as a show chairperson 3. Master judge status (retired or active) 4. Facilitate judge’s training 5. Chair committees 6. Coordinator of regional meetings 7. Volunteer hours to regional activities (art work, printing, bookkeeping, etc.) 8. Generous donor of items for fund raising 9. Author of articles for newsletters 10. Host garden tours

Special Achievement Award Definition as given in by-laws:

To recognize special act(s), service or achievement

May be given to individual in or out of region

May be awarded as frequently as deemed desirable

A simple majority of the board is required to approve the winner.

Anyone may nominate candidates; reason for the nomination must be given


Carol Morgan, Awards & Elections Chairperson for Region 6, sent out

the following awards information to board members asking for their

suggestions. She is now requesting that each of you review the information before the fall meeting on Saturday, September 20 in Fort Wayne, IN. See you at the fall meeting for discussion/voting on this important information.

Suggested criteria: (any of the activities listed above and/or several of these) 1. Has won awards for hybridized irises (national or regional) 2. Has served as speaker at regional meetings 3. Donated hours to region or national society (research, artwork, teaching,

committees) 4. Vigorous support of local clubs to promote iris culture 5. Good-will ambassador for the region

In Region award (The Don Waters award) Definition as in by-laws:

The award is for the best clump seen at a regional meeting by a hybridizer who resides in Region Six.

Must be given annually

All attendees at the spring regional meetings are eligible to vote.

No set format for the award (certificate, plaque etc.) Suggested procedure and format for the award:

1. A certificate should be given to the winning hybridizer 2. The award may be made at either or both spring and fall regionals

Out of Region award Definition as in by-laws:

The award is for the best clump seen at a regional meeting by a hybridizer from outside Region Six.

Must be given annually

All registered attendees at the spring regional meetings are eligible to vote.

No set format for the award Suggested procedure and format for the award:

1. A certificate should be given to the winning hybridizer 2. The award may be given at either or both spring and fall regionals


JUDGES REMEMBER: VOTE THE AIS BALLOT

ALL AIS MEMBERS REMEMBER:

VOTE THE TB SYMPOSIUM

Region 6 Officers and Directors

Regional Vice President

Jim Copeland, 78118 M-40 Highway, Lawton, MI, 49065, (269) 624-1968, [email protected]

Assistant Regional Vice President

Barb Norrick-Bunnell, 7941 Peshewa Dr., Lafayette, IN, 47905, (765) 296-6955, [email protected]

Treasurer

Peggy Harger-Allen, 1595 S 775 East, Whitestown, IN, 46075, (317) 769-6837, [email protected]

Secretary

Jean Kaufmann, 5140 Cornell Rd.,Okemos, MI, 48864, (517) 347-7555, [email protected]

Newsletter Editor

Deb Diget, 300 Silver St, Battle Creek, MI, 49014, [email protected]

Assistant Newsletter Editor

Jean Kaufmann 5195 Cornell Rd., Okemos, MI 48864, (517) 347-7555, [email protected]

Indiana State Chairman

Tom Tomlinson, 1429 W. Washington, Muncie Indiana, 47303, (765) 282-3883, [email protected]

Michigan State Chairman

Don Sorensen, 6063 S. Youngman Rd., Greenville, MI, 48838, (616) 225-0215, [email protected]

Ohio State Chairman

Jody Nolin, 5184 County Rd. 20, Rushsylvania, OH, 43347, (614) 507-0332, [email protected]

Awards & Elections Chairman

Carol Morgan, 265 N Main St., Woodland, MI, 48897, (269) 367-4218, [email protected]

Judges’ Training Chairman

Jim Copeland, 78118 M-40 Highway, Lawton, MI, 49065, (269) 624-1968, [email protected]

Regional Youth Chairman

Judy Barton, 1903 Culver Hill Dr, Williamston, Mi, 48895 (517) 655-9222, [email protected]

Regional Webmaster

Kathleen Devlin, Milan, MI, [email protected]

Immediate Past Regional Vice President

Chuck Bunnell, 7941 Peshewa Dr., Lafayette, IN, 47905, (765) 296-6955, [email protected]

AIS Officers and Administrative Officers

President

Jim Morris, 682 Huntley Heights, Ballwin, MO, 63021, (636) 256-3927, [email protected]

First Vice President

Gary White, 701 Old Cheney Road, Lincoln, NE, 68512, (402) 421-6394, [email protected]

Second Vice President

Jody Nolin, 5184 County Rd. 20, Rushsylvania, OH, 43347, (614) 507-0332, [email protected]

Secretary

Michelle Snyder, 225 Sky Line Drive, Sedona, AZ 86336, (928) 282-5867, [email protected]

Treasurer

Dwayne Booth, 6117 150th Place SW, Edmonds, WA, 98026-4121, (425) 971-5607, [email protected]

Editor Kathleen Sonntag, PO Box 3602, Carmel, CA 93921, (831) 626-4151, [email protected]

Registrar/Recorders

John & Joanne Jones, 35572 Linda Drive, Fremont, CA 94536-1523, (510) 795-9723, [email protected]

Membership Secretary

Tom Gormley, 205 Catalonia Ave., P.O. Box 177, DeLeon Springs, FL 32130, (386) 277-2057,

[email protected]

Recording Secretary

Susan Boyce, 5123 South 3500 West, Roy, UT 84067, (801) 985-0255, [email protected]























Region 6 Fall Meeting Saturday, September 20, 2014

Ivy Tech's Aviation Technology Building

405 Cook Rd.

Ft. Wayne, IN

10 am Board Meeting for officers (general membership welcome)

11 – 11:30 am General Membership meeting and voting on by-law changes

11:30 – Update from John Kaufmann on weed control research

12 pm lunch

12:45 pm Finish John Kaufmann’s update

1:00 pm Judges Training with Mary Lou Swann-Young on reblooming iris

2 pm Auction!!!

Dismissal.

Registration $20.

Please send check payable to Jody Nolin to:

Jody Nolin, Registrar

5184 County Road 20

Rushsylvania, OH 43347

Attendee(s):

Name________________________________________________

Address ______________________________________________

City & State ___________________________________________

Email or phone_________________________________________


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