I r i s S o c i e t y o f A u s t i n
2016 Iris Show
The 2016 Iris Show was held at the Zilker Botanical Garden Center on Saturday, April 9. There were 20 exhibitors: 13 in Horticulture, 11 in Artistic, 1 in Educational, and 11 in Photography. There was a total of 142 entries: 106 entries in the Horticultural Division, 15 in the Artistic Division, 2 in the Educational Division, and 19 in Photography.
Best Specimen of Show, Best Tall Bearded, Best Blend - ‘Baditude’ - Dara Smith
Runner-up to Best Specimen of Show, Best Violet, Best Louisiana - ‘Lady of Lometa’ -
Don and Pat Freeman
Best Orange - ‘Abbondanza’ - Donna Little
Best Gold, Best Space-Age - ‘Casino Cruiser’ - Jim Landers
Best Blue - ‘Ty Blue’ - D. Boyle
Best Red - 'Rhett' - Don & Pat Freeman
Best Plicata - ‘Morning Mood’ - Tracey Rogers
Best Multi-Color, Best Median Bearded - ‘Whoopsiedaisy’ - Jaime Hadley
Best Purple, Best Other Beardless - ‘Caesar's Brother’ (Siberian) - Jaime Hadley
Best Historic - ‘Belton Beauty’ - Jim Landers
Best Bicolor - ‘Mercy Marci’ - Donna Little
Best Bitone - ‘Behavin Bad’ - Don & Pat Freeman
Best Brown - 'Loco Coco' - Stephanie Sheridan
Best Amoena - ‘Almost an Angel’ - Stephanie Sheridan
Best Pink - ‘Lenora Pearl’ - Jim Landers
Best White - ‘Skating Party’ - Marney Abel
Best Yellow - ‘Notta Lemon’ - Pat Byrne
Best Gray - 'Devil David' - D. Boyle
Best Collection - 'Plastic Money' - Jim Landers
There were 47 1st-place blue ribbons awarded in the Horiticulture Division
Silver Medal and Certificate (for the most blue ribbons - 9) - Don and Pat Freeman
Bronze Medal and Certificate (for the second-most blue ribbons - 8) - Jim Landers
Special Award for the Best Specimen Hybridized in Texas - ‘Baditude’ -
Hybridized by Tom Burseen
The 2016 Iris Show was held at the Zilker Botanical Garden Center on Saturday, April 9. There were 20 exhibitors: 13 in Horticulture, 11 in Artistic, 1 in Educational, and 11 in Photography. There was a total of 142 entries: 106 entries in the Horticultural Division, 15 in the Artistic Division, 2 in the Educational Division, and 19 in Photography.
Best Specimen of Show, Best Tall Bearded, Best Blend - ‘Baditude’ - Dara Smith
Runner-up to Best Specimen of Show, Best Violet, Best Louisiana - ‘Lady of Lometa’ -
Don and Pat Freeman
Best Orange - ‘Abbondanza’ - Donna Little
Best Gold, Best Space-Age - ‘Casino Cruiser’ - Jim Landers
Best Blue - ‘Ty Blue’ - D. Boyle
Best Red - 'Rhett' - Don & Pat Freeman
Best Plicata - ‘Morning Mood’ - Tracey Rogers
Best Multi-Color, Best Median Bearded - ‘Whoopsiedaisy’ - Jaime Hadley
Best Purple, Best Other Beardless - ‘Caesar's Brother’ (Siberian) - Jaime Hadley
Best Historic - ‘Belton Beauty’ - Jim Landers
Best Bicolor - ‘Mercy Marci’ - Donna Little
Best Bitone - ‘Behavin Bad’ - Don & Pat Freeman
Best Brown - 'Loco Coco' - Stephanie Sheridan
Best Amoena - ‘Almost an Angel’ - Stephanie Sheridan
Best Pink - ‘Lenora Pearl’ - Jim Landers
Best White - ‘Skating Party’ - Marney Abel
Best Yellow - ‘Notta Lemon’ - Pat Byrne
Best Gray - 'Devil David' - D. Boyle
Best Collection - 'Plastic Money' - Jim Landers
There were 47 1st-place blue ribbons awarded in the Horiticulture Division
Silver Medal and Certificate (for the most blue ribbons - 9) - Don and Pat Freeman
Bronze Medal and Certificate (for the second-most blue ribbons - 8) - Jim Landers
Special Award for the Best Specimen Hybridized in Texas - ‘Baditude’ -
Hybridized by Tom Burseen
'Baditude'
'Lady of Lometa'