Gallery
The pages of the Gallery are divided into Two Pages with lists of irises into Categories. Page One begins with Medians and Dwarfs (MDB, SDB, IB, BB, MTB, BB), then the AB and the Non-breaded Iris follow. Page Two contains the Tall Bearded Iris only. Below are charts and lists of information that may help read the List of Iris Tables.
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The information on the lists may never be totally complete due to the time required and the constant addition of new Reblooming Iris to add to the list. The lists began using iris names appearing on the 2003 Symposium, additional names from the Winterberry Gardens Catalogue, and from miscellaneous other sources.
Every five (5) years a composite of Reblooming Iris information is bound into book form called the Cumulative Check List of Reblooming Irises. Ken Roberts is working on this and you may send reports of the irises that rebloomed in your garden directly to Ken at his home address (341 Schwartz Rd. Gettysburg, PA 17325) or to his email address: Builderken@cvn.net So if you do not find all of the information you want on these pages, please consider purchasing a checklist. It is a valuable resource. There is more information about Reblooming Iris on the Culture page of this web site.
Abbreviations for different types of Irises:
Median – All bearded
iris classes (MDBs, SDBs, IBs, BBs, and MTBs) shorter than 27.5", except for MDBs.
MDB – miniature dwarf bearded, to 8" tall, the first bearded to bloom
in earliest spring
SDB – standard dwarf bearded, 8 - 16" tall, blooms in early spring
IB – intermediate bearded, 16 - 27.5" tall, blooms after SDB’s and
before TB’s
MTB – miniature tall bearded, 16 – 27.5 tall, the flower is no more than
6" combined width + height, blooms with the TB’s
BB – border bearded, 16 – 27.5" tall, blooms with the TB’s
TB – tall bearded, more than 27.5" tall, blooms in mid to late spring
SIB – Siberian Iris
JI – Japanese Iris
LA – Louisiana Iris
AB – an iris that is part aril and part bearded iris
Sp. – species iris, as originally collected from or found in the wild
PCI - Pacific Coast Iris or Californiae
HIS – Historic Iris cultivars are any iris introduced over 30 years ago
Season of Bloom:
VE - Very Early
E - Early
M - Midseason
L - Late
VL - Very Late
Parts of an Iris Flower:
S - standards – the upturned three petals, (technically called sepals)
that surround the three style arms
F – falls – the downturned three petals, (correctly called petals) that
possess beards. These may also be horizontally flared or flat
instead of downturned)
B – beards – Elongate groups of fuzzy hairs in the middle at the upper
base of all three falls
SA – Space Age iris, have something extra, beard appendages called horns,
spoons or flounces.
Spoons – Appendages extending from the tip of the beards that widen into
spoon shaped petaloids.
Horns – A protrusion or extension of the beards, often ending in a point
or may be hair covered.
Flounces – Wide, folded, often canoe or fan shaped appendages extending
from the tips of the beards.
Hafts – Areas on each side of the narrow of the falls, on each side of the
beards
Shoulders – The areas on the arching upper middle part of the falls on
each side just beyond the haft areas.
Pistil – The style arms with stigmatic lips and the ovary. The female
flower parts
Claw – The narrow base of the standard and fall, the expanded leaf-like
part is called the blade.
Ovary – The enlarged green, three-chambered structure enclosing the ovules
where fertilization occurs.
Spathes – The pair of modified green leaves that enclose the flower bud,
usually turning tan after it blooms.
Stamen – The anther plus its attachment filament. The anthers contain the
granular pollen. The male flower parts.
Rhizome - Brownish, potato-looking, fleshy root
Descriptive terms:
Self – standards, style arms and falls are the same color, as a
complete self they have the same color beards.
Amoena – white standards and anthocyanin pigmented falls
Reverse amoena – anthocyanin pigmented standards and white falls.
Emma Cook pattern – an amoena pattern with white standards and narrow
anthocyanin pigmentation bordered falls.
Bicolor – standards are a different color than the falls
Bitone – standards are a lighter shade of color than the falls
Neglecta – blue or purple bitones with standards a lighter shade of the
color of the falls
Reverse bitone – a bitone with the standards a darker shade of the same
color as the lighter falls
Blend – combination of two or more colors, can be smoothly or unevenly
mixed
Variegata – yellow standards and maroon or brown falls
Plicata – stippled, dotted, or stitched margins of anthocyanin
pigmentation on lighter ground color
Luminata – the reverse pattern of a plicata, with darker ground color and
white edges, veins and around beards
Glaciata – these lack all anthocyanin pigments and are pure whites,
yellows, pinks, or oranges, formerly called ices.
Substance – thickness and resilient tensile strength of the flower parts
Texture – surface sheen or finish, such as velvety or satiny finish of the petals
Diamond dusted – tiny, conical raised areas across the petal surface that
shine like diamonds in the light
Silver lining – standards and falls have raised areas on the edges that
reflects light in a shining light
Wash – obvious or definite overlay of one color on another
Infusion – faint or subtle overlay of one color on another
Sunburst – white or light streaks fanning out on the falls around, and
sometimes beyond, the beards
Spot – darker area around and below the beard on lighter or different
colored falls
Signal – an area or patch of contrasting color below the beards (usually
on arils, and some beardless varieties)
Zonal – a distinct white or light area around the beards in the middle of
the falls
Awards: All AIS awards except ECs are based on voting by AIS judges on performance in the garden.
HC
- Highly Commended - for a non-introduced seedling as judged in the garden
and receiving five judged votes.
EC - Exhibition Certificate - awarded to the best seedling in an iris
show or receiving five votes from judges present.
HM - Honorable Mention - award for an introduced variety, eligible the
second year after its introduction.
AM - Award of Merit - required award for eligibility for all yearly
awards (eligible second year after receiving HM)
Special
Medals - Yearly awards - given to the top voted cultivar.
| Medal Name | Iris classification type |
| Caparne-Welch Medal: | Miniature Dwarf Bearded |
| Cook-Douglas Medal: | Standard Dwarf Bearded |
| Hans and Jacob Sass Medal: | Intermediate Bearded |
| Knowlton Medal: | Border Bearded |
| Williamson-White Medal: | Miniature Tall Bearded |
| John C. Wister Medal: | Tall Bearded |
| C. G. White Medal: | Aril (1/4 Ancestry) |
| William Mohr Medal: | ArilBred (pure to 1/2 breed) |
| Morgan-Wood Medal: | Siberian |
| J. A. Payne Medal: | Japanese |
| Mary Swords Deballion Medal: | Louisiana |
| Founders of SIGNA Medal: | Species |
| Randolph-Perry Medal: | Species X |
| Sydney B. Mitchell Medal: | CA |
| Eric Nies Medal: | Spuria |
| Fred and Barbara Walther Cup: | Winner of most HM votes |
| Dykes Memorial Medal | Highest
Award of any class Must have won an AM to qualify |