Re: Beardless show: Diamond State Iris Society (artistic?) AND LONG
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- Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 18:02:18 -0700
From: "Janice Haney" <haney@spa.net>
Dennis, I'd love to see the pictures, please send them!!!!
Jan
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From: R. Dennis Hager <rdhager@dmv.com>
To: sibrob@onelist.com <sibrob@onelist.com>
Date: Monday, June 14, 1999 4:37 PM
Subject: [sibrob] Beardless show: Diamond State Iris Society (artistic?) AND
LONG
>From: "R. Dennis Hager" <rdhager@dmv.com>
>
>After our discussion of artistic division last week, I thought you may be
>interested in the way our beardless show turned out. Here, the beardless
show
>really means a Japanese iris show.
>
>The Japanese iris bloom has been consistently early for the last few years,
so
>the show date was moved up one week. Wouldn't you know it. The bloom is
late
>this year. Two days before the show, we were estimating 20 entries. The
show
>chairman called me the night before the show and reminded me that we have a
>section for collections and that we should do our best go get the public to
see
>as many blooms as possible. With the usual cut stems under grow lights and
hair
>dryers, I didn't think I would have room for any collections.
>
>Sunday morning (the day of the show) I surprisingly had 4 huge clumps of
JI
>that decided to put on a show. I went through the garden with scissors and
cut
>like mad.
>
>As it turned out, we had over 80 entries, with 2 Siberian, 6 Louisianas, 2
>versatas, 2 versicolors, and 5 collections. In addition there were 5
seedlings,
>3 of which were all siblings and have great potential. Drat! None of them
were
>mine.
>
>'Snowy Hills' won Queen of Show, closely followed by 'Japanese Pinwheel'.
>
>One of the members had no entries, but she arrived with lots of plant
material
>including hosta leaves, pseudacorus pods and water lilies. She created
ikebana
>arrangements that would knock your socks off. Unfortunately, they were not
>judged.
>
>This if the first time that we have had any entries in the collections. The
>containers for collections are provided by the exhibitor and some artistic
>license was taken. They were a big hit with the public and clearly
demonstrated
>the impact that a clump of blooming irises can make in the garden.
>
>The judges were the most objective I've ever seen. It was obvious that they
>loved ALL irises. One of the Louisianas received a blue ribbon, as well as
Tony
>Huber's versata 'Enfant Prodige'. I had only one still in bloom and I opted
not
>to display it.
>
>The show was held at a produce stand that has expanded into gift items,
bedding
>plants and more recently perennials and shrubbery. Traffic was heavy and we
were
>placed right by the entrance to the garden center. The interest from the
public
>was the best that the show has ever generated.
>
>Another thing that we did differently this year was to display on tables
that
>are 14" tall. The tops are birch with a heavy coat of polyurethane and the
legs
>and trim are painted with glossy black enamel. I am sure the better
presentation
>made a big difference in public perception.
>
>I have a few .jpg's from the show if anyone is interested. I don't plan to
post
>them to iris photo list at this time, but will send them privately if
anyone
>would like to see them.
>
>R. Dennis Hager
>on Delmarva
>
>
>
>
>
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