'Montevideo'

 

The Iris Wiki's goal is to cover all of Irisdom, if that's a proper word.  It has sections for all varieties, hybridizers and other irisarians, publications and history.  And now it has videos!

A good place to start is the Iris Video Library.  It was videos featuring Iris Gardens, Hybridizing, Iris Flowers, and Growing Irises.  Or you can use the Video Library Index to find videos.

Some of these we have mentioned before, for example a drone's view of Superstition Iris Gardens and previews of the irises at the 2015 AIS Convention gardens such as Mid-America Garden. 

Do you have, or know of, other iris videos?  Or ones that should be created?  Please help us!  See the About Adding Videos page on the Iris Encyclopedia.

One of the entries

 

Time is short to enter the 2020 AIS Centennial Logo Contest.  October 15th is the deadline for entries.  You can find the details here.  And see some of the early entries in this album.

Send questions and entries to AIS2020@gmail.com.

'Rachel's Request'

 

Two of the calls for guest irises this year are still open.  They are:

2018 AIS/SLI Conventions:  Guest Louisiana and inter-species irises involving Louisianas should be received September 1 - October 15th.  Details here (PDF).

 2017 Region 15 Trek:  Guest bearded will be accepted until November 30th.  See page 46 of Spring Irises Bulletin.

'Adriatic Blue' #1 in 2014

 

Actually two Spuria Popularity Polls to tell you about; one to see and one to vote in.  The one to see is the 2014 Spuria Popularity Poll conducted last year by the Spuria Iris Society.  You can see it as a photogallery on the Iris Encyclopedia here.

Voting in this year's Spuria Popularity Poll has just begun.  Members of the Spuria Iris Society have the details in the Fall Spuria News which they should have just received.  You can also read the details on voting here.  Deadline for voting is October 31st.

'Aztec Prince' 2015 White Medal Winner

 

The Aril Society International has an annual Plant Sale and an annual Seed Sale.  The Seed Sale is now underway.  You can learn all about this year's sale here.

The sale is for members only; and, you can join online and order.  Learn about membership benefits and join here.

You can see more photos of gorgeous arils and arilbreds in the ASI Library.  These include the Photo Gallery and the Seedling Gallery.  And the Iris Encyclopedia has both the Clarence G. White Medal and the William Mohr Medal winners with photos.

'Radiant Bliss' Wilkerson 2004

 

This time of year is the right time to enjoy reblooming irises.  To increase your enjoyment, see Betty Wilkerson's contributions to the World of Irises blog on this topic.  She has been talking about rebloomers and hybridizing rebloomers there for a number of years.

A good place to start is with her What Is Rebloom?  She recently revisited this in What Is A Rebloomer?  And her most recent posting on her hybridizing program for rebloomers is here.  You can find most of her posts by clicking on the Betty Wilkerson label at the bottom of any of her posts.  Note that you need to go to the bottom of the page and choose Older Posts to see more.

Find other rebloom postings by searching on rebloom in the search box in the upper right-hand corner of World of Irises.  Follow this link to reach the same results. 

The Reblooming Iris Society website has other resources for you to check out.  You can learn about membership as well.

 

Just a quick note because Andi Rivarola has said it much better than I can.  He recently reviewed Kevin Vaughn' new book "Beardless Irises:  A Plant for Every Garden Situation" on the World of Irises.  His take:  "Today I believe that he has not only great advice to give on how to grow irises successfully, but also offers a multitude of information that makes reading his new book a joy. "  See his complete review and some of the great photos from the book here.

 

A remarkable reblooming season in central Iowa this year.  Normally it is a race between the rebloomers and the first frosts.  This year I had two cultivars open in September!  This is the second one, 'Constant Companion', which has been my most reliable rebloomer, just not so early.

Follow these links to the standard difficulty jigsaw and the harder difficulty jigsaw.