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Oct 2014
Vol 58, Issue 1
Meeting Place
First Baptist Church
17765 Daves Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030
Meeting
Oct. 3, 2014
7:30 P. M.
Club Membership
Dues
Sep 1, 2014 - Aug 31, 2015
Adults - $12.00
Contact Information:
Barbara Pesek, President
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October Program
What do Abraham Lincoln, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin have in common?
They all had beards! What do Japanese, Siberians, Louisianas and Dutch have
in common? They’re all iris without beards—and they’re all far prettier than
Lincoln, Marx, or Darwin.
Join us at the October meeting for our annual foray into the fuzz-free flowers of
beardless iris. Prepare to ooh and ahh over the luscious color-drenched photos
in the AIS Beardless Iris slide program. Our presentation will showcase the
smooth selections of Spurias, Louisianas and Species, plus even more clean-
shaven confections of the iris world. If you grow them, come and share your
knowledge. If you don’t, come and learn. No shaving cream necessary!
Lynn Stuart, VP & Program Chair
CBRIS-Jul 2014
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Carol Dahout, Lynn Stuart, Mary Collins and Barbara Pesek
as producers of ‘Iris Dreamworld Productions’
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2014 – 2015 CBRIS Board
Thank you, CBRIS Board!
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Dues Dues Dues Dues Dues Dues Dues Dues
If you have not paid your dues for the upcoming year, please do so as soon
as possible. Only current member names are listed in the CBRIS yearbook.
If you do not see Mary at the next meeting, you may send her a check
for $12.00 per member made out to CBRIS.
Mary Collins P.O. Box 610906, San Jose CA 95161
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September Meeting
At the September meeting CBRIS club officers acted as producers for the installation of new officers. A
cleverly written skit by VP Lynn Stuart had everyone laughing even Lynn herself! The outgoing directors
Chris Dickinson, Elaine Fischer and Dave Henley were thanked and the three new directors Mark Greene,
Jane Jordan, and Mikey Lango were welcomed. The rest of the board remains as before - President
Barbara Pesek, Vice President Lynn Stuart, Secretary Carol Dahout, Treasurer Mary Collins and 2nd year
Directors Philippa Alvis, Peter Marra and Kalpana Shyam. Please see the minutes for a detailed account
as club secretary Carol Dahout gave a good review of the performance.
Region 14 Executive Board
Regional Vice President John Pesek [email protected] 510-793-5089
Assistant Regional Vice President Phyllis Wilburn [email protected] 530-642-9942
Secretary Mary Sindicic [email protected] 925-606-0355
Treasurer Helen Franklin [email protected] 805-878-6865
Bulletin Editor open
Director 2012-2014 Carol Dahout [email protected] 408-446-1707
Director 2013-2015 Carolyn Hoover [email protected] 559-760-7632
Director 2014-2016 Rudy Ciuca [email protected] 707-938-2951
Immediate Past Regional Vice President Jeanne Clay Plank [email protected] 415-506-4688
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CBRIS Meeting Minutes September 5, 2014
After our long summer break, the first meeting of the CBRIS year was presided over by our steadfast
president, Barbara Pesek. We had some new members in attendance – Alice Gary, Cara Vainish and
Jane Kwant, and we are happy to welcome them. We also welcome new members Manju Kumar and
Corliss Greene.
Happy birthday wishes were extended to Lynn Stuart, Jane Kwant and Christine Dickinson.
The first order of business was the installation ceremony of the officers for the coming year. The skit
was deftly written by Lynn Stuart and somewhat ably performed by Barbara, me, Mary and Lynn. The
setting was a producer meeting of Iris Dreamworld Productions. The time: 2014; the place: Hollywood;
the purpose: to review past productions and upcoming project needs. Lynn fondly remembered “Attack
of the 50 foot Iris”, produced by our director, Dave Henley, and Barbara reminded us that we received
the Golden Clara award for that movie! Mary recalled Chris Dickinson’s gritty investigative
documentaries, such as “The Secret World of Iris Judge’s Training”. I couldn’t refrain from mentioning
our animation director, Elaine Fischer, who really gave Disney a run for the money with her blockbuster,
“Irises on Parade”.
Unfortunately, the contracts for these three amazing directors are up, and it’s time for new dirt! Mary
proposed that intrepid photographer, Mikey Lango, and Lynn suggested that jack of all trades, Mark
Greene who blew us away with his performance on “Iris Junkies Throwdown”. Last, but not least, we
nominated Jane Jordan, who has the ability to get the best performances out of the least likely
prospects.
And so it was decided! Our three new directors, Mikey, Mark and Jane have been added to our creative
team of Philippa, Peter and Kalpana. Officers Barbara, Lynn, Mary and I (Carol) will continue as well for
yet another year.
After the break, Mary presented the Treasurer’s Report and the books will be audited by Jane Jordan
and Peter Marra. Ever so gently, Mary reminded us that dues are due NOW!
We discussed how to best contribute to Theresa Cummins, daughter of Jim and Irene Cummins. John
Pesek made a motion to contribute directly to Charley Kearns so that Theresa would benefit from 100%
of the funds. This was seconded by Helen and Philippa.
Barbara thanked Mary for organizing the door prize iris list for the newsletter. Mary asked for a
commitment from members to grow the door prize iris. Kalpana mentioned that new members needed
instruction as to how to do this.
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October Birthdays
Manju Kumar 10/07 Barbara Pesek 10/09 John Pesek 10/19 Peter Marra 10/23 Valda Evans 10/23 Joe Ghio 10/26 Helen Bliven 10/28 Chad Schroter 10/28
Minutes continued
The possibility of the 2019 AIS Convention being held in the Bay Area was discussed and Regional VP,
John Pesek, asked for a show of hands to find out how many people would volunteer with assisting in the
planning of the convention. Kitty Loberg is the chairperson of the exploratory committee.
The Reno Fall Regional will be October 4-5 at the Atlantis Resort Hotel and Spa. Cathy Chilton is the
guest speaker.
Our Spring Show will be April 25-26. Dave Henley has agreed to be a co-chair with me and Lisa Ayala
will be artistic chair.
The meeting was adjourned after the raffle and door prize drawing.
Respectfully submitted,
Carol Dahout, CBRIS Secretary
Reminder
Region 14 Fall Regional is this week-
end (October 4-5th) in Reno. It is
being hosted by the High Desert
Society. The cost at this late date is
$85.00. Registration includes the
luncheon on Saturday with Kathy
Chilton as the guest speaker, judges
training on Sunday and a continental
breakfast. All activities are at the
Atlantis Resort Hotel.
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Tidbits from Scotland
From ghoulies and ghosties and long leggety beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord, deliver us!
--Scottish saying
Lynn Stuart will conduct the October meeting while John and I are at the Fall Regional in Reno. I offer many thanks
to Lynn for handling her job as Vice President as well as mine. Last we heard Wayne and Carolyn Craft are
attending the Regional, too.
Please check out the proposed budget in this newsletter.
There will be voting to accept it at the October 3rd meeting.
Barbara Pesek, CBRIS President
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Treasurer’s Report
Beginning balance, September 1, 2014 $ 12,566.87
Income/additions: Donations 70.00 Dues 252.00 Plant tags 36.00 Rhizome sales 14.00 Raffle 7.00 Expenses: -0- Ending balance, September 30, 2014 $ 12,945.87 Mary Collins, CBRIS Treasurer
Refreshments
Helen Bliven
Kalpana Shyam
Mikey Lango
Drinks
Alice Gary
Halloween Halo
John Weiler 1991
schreinersgardens.com/halloween-halo
Wayne Craft & John Pesek Mary Collins & Dave Henley Philippa & Jack Alvis
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Clara B Rees Iris Society Budget for 2014-2015
8/25/2014
Sept 1, 2014 through Aug 31, 2015 Budget Actual Budget
EXPENSES:
2013/2014 2013/2014 2014/2015
1. Chairperson Expenses
A. Christmas Party
65.00 18.48 25.00
B. Hospitality
50.00 1.92 35.00
C. Advertising (bookmarks)
100.00 92.44 100.00
D. July Picnic
350.00 385.85 375.00
E. Librarian
0.00 0.00 0.00
F. Membership
G. Spring Show/ Exhibition
1000.00 921.83 1000.00
H. Sunshine
30.00 47.80 40.00
I. Yearbook
25.00 0.00 10.00
2. Club Officer's Expenses
A. President
300.00 140.00 300.00
B. Vice-President (Speakers/Programs)
400.00 58.00 300.00
C. Secretary/Treasurer
3. Fund Raising Expenses
A. Harvest Festival
0.00 0.00 0.00
B. Master Gardener Spring Garden Market
25.00 25.00 25.00
C. Sales tax (State Board of Equalization)
225.00 189.00 165.00
4. Club Purchased Iris
A. Bearded Iris
1000.00 808.46 1000.00
B. Beardless iris
100.00 100.00 100.00
5. Copies/Literature/Educational Materials
150.00 $0.00 100.00
6. Donations (Reg. 14) 7. Hall use
275.00 275.00 275.00
8. Iris Pots (and potting mix)
70.00 67.14 100.00
9. Web Site
145.00 119.88 125.00
10. Shirts, Sweatshirts 11. Memorial Gifts
100.00 100.00 100.00
12. Miscellaneous
0.00 130.80 25.00
13. Newsletter
0.00 0.00 0.00
14. Outgoing President's Gift
0.00 0.00 75.00
16. AIS Contribution & Region 14 Membership Donation
220.00 25.00 175.00
$4,630.00 $3,506.60 $4,450.00
2. CBRIS Logo Shirt Sales
46.00 15.00 40.00
3. Fund Raising
A. New rhizome sale location
300.00 0.00 600.00
B. Fall Regional
0.00 673.03 0.00
C. Master Gardener Sale
500.00 507.01 535.00
D. Raffle Baskets
200.00 32.00 100.00
E. Yamagami's
850.00 547.45 600.00
F. Other Rhizome Sales
200.00 0.00 200.00
4. July Auction and Raffle at Picnic
500.00 693.85 700.00
5. Donations to CBRIS
100.00 13.00 25.00
6. Membership Dues
750.00 447.00 600.00
7. Miscellaneous
84.00 306.50 50.00
8. Spring Show or Exhibition 1000.00 801.00 900.00
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Clara B Rees Iris Society Budget for 2014-2015
8/25/2014
(Continued)
Sept 1, 2014 through Aug 31, 2015
Proposed Actual Proposed
INCOME:
2010/2011 2010/2011 2011/2012
1. Beardless Raffle
50.00 50.00 50.00
2. CBRIS Logo Shirt Sales
46.00 15.00 40.00
3. Fund Raising
A. New rhizome sale location
300.00 0.00 600.00
B. Fall Regional
0.00 673.03 0.00
C. Master Gardener Sale
500.00 507.01 535.00
D. Raffle Baskets
200.00 32.00 100.00
E. Yamagami's
850.00 547.45 600.00
F. Other Rhizome Sales
200.00 0.00 200.00
4. July Auction and Raffle at Picnic
500.00 693.85 700.00
5. Donations to CBRIS
100.00 13.00 25.00
6. Membership Dues
750.00 447.00 600.00
7. Miscellaneous
84.00 306.50 50.00
8. Spring Show or Exhibition
1000.00 801.00 900.00
9. Potted iris sales, misc. locations
50.00 0.00 50.00
$4,630.00 $4,085.84 $4,450.00
Gain for the year
$579.24
Loss for the year, not counting Fall Regional income
-$93.79
Mary Collins, CBRIS Treasurer
Budget
Please read over the budget before the next
meeting. It will be discussed and voted on
at that time.
Mary Collins, CBRIS Treasurer
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CBRIS DOOR PRIZE IRIS FOR 2014 - 2015
All 2014 unless noted
Updated list
SEPTEMBER 2014/ MARCH 2015
DECEMBER 2014/ APRIL 2015
Apple Crisp
IB
Bahama Blues
IB RE 2000
Arrivederci
Body Painting
IB
Betty Ford
Boston Cream Border Skirmish BB
Dark Icon
Coralina
Die Laughing Cosmic Blast
Diva Dreams
Cruise to Autumn RE 2001 x2
Grape Echo
RE 2000
Echo Location RE 2005 x2
Heartbreak Point RE 2004
Good Morning Sunshine
Heavenly Host Ruby Sands RE 2010 x2 IB
Holiday in Mexico MTB 2012
Seasons in the Sun
In the Loop Spiral Galaxy
Lest We Forget
RE 2008
Winning Streak RE 2004 x2 BB Midnight Velvet
Peggy Sue
RE 2006
additional iris for March only
Pink Boogie
RE 2004
list revised 9/12/14
Stuart Little
SDB RE 2012
Three Part Harmony
St. Petersburg RE 1989
Risk Taker
Variegated Wonder
Stuart Little
SDB RE 2012
Winning Streak BB RE 2004
Vow of Silence ZZ Zanzibar SP RE 2005 ZZ Zanzibar SP RE 2005
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CBRIS
Meeting
Sept 2014
Carolyn Craft & Jane Reiter--Kalpana Shyam & John Pesek--Jane Kwant & Elaine Fischer
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JANUARY 2015/ MAY 2015
FEBRUARY 2015/ JUNE 2015
Crowned in Glory AB OGB
Again & Again
RE 1999
Cruise to Autumn RE 2001
Bahama Blues
IB RE 2000
French Lessons
Boston Cream
2013 Gambling Man
Clash of Titans
Going Big Time
Commanding Presence Golden Immortal RE 1996
Escape from Boredom
Good Morning Sunshine
Favorite Beau
2011 Heartbreak Point RE 2004
Gentle Reminder
Lest We Forget RE 2008
Holiday in Mexico MTB 2012
Ready for My Close Up
Mint Mark Ruby Sands
IB RE 2010
Peggy Sue
RE 2006
Smokin' Hot
Pink Boogie
RE 2004
Spiral Galaxy
Rare Coin St. Petersburg RE 1989
Risk Taker
Variegated Wonder
Stuart Little
SDB RE 2012
Winning Streak BB RE 2004
Vow of Silence ZZ Zanzibar
SP RE 2005
ZZ Zanzibar
SP RE 2005
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Helen Barbara Grace Bliven Pesek Keng
Rosemary Jean Chivers Hawkins
Kalpana Cara Jane Shyam Vainish Jordan
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Iris Companion Planting
I opened an email from Schreiner’s Iris Gardens and it was just what I was looking for! The subject line – ‘Irises play
well with others’. To quote: “The emergence of long-awaited Iris blossoms in the spring can become even more
powerful when those blossoms are accompanied by an array of form and texture offered by spring and summer-
blooming perennials.
Now is the time to be planting the bulbs that will go along with your blooming irises next spring. “As you plan and
purchase bulbs for fall planting, consider their bloom season. It's great fun to coordinate late blooming tulips and
daffodils with early-blooming Iris, for example. With a bit of cross-checking, you can build yourself a non-stop wash
of bloom from early spring to early summer...With reblooming Iris, the potential is there for Iris and companion plants
blooming clear into fall!”
Susanne Holland Spicke has a good article on companion planting titled “Tall Bearded Iris and Companion Plants”.
The piece can be found on the “World of Iris” blog at http://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2013/10/tall-
bearded-iris-and-companion- plants.html?utm_source=OrderCutOffReminder_090251014&utm_
campaign=CutOffDates_ 09252014&utm_medium=email.
Susanne says that “one of the most enjoyable aspects of growing tall bearded irises is the countless ways we can
use them in our gardens. Using a variety of COMPANION PLANTS for texture, shape, height and color can
enhance the beauty of a garden.”
“By using the early, mid and late blooms of the irises, there are several plants that fit into their window of bloom.”
Some of the flowers that she suggests using are allium, clematis, delphinium, Dutch iris, columbine, forsythia,
foxglove, early gladiola, lilac, lupine, monarda, pansies, peonies, poppies, early tea roses, snowball bushes, late
tulips and verbascum. These companion plants “Go well with irises and provide an eye-catching bed. The good
thing about all of these perennials and bulbs is that their growing conditions are compatible with the conditions
needed for tall bearded irises.”
Read Susanne’s ‘Tall Bearded Iris and Companion Planting Part II’ at
http://theamericanirissociety.blogspot.com/2013/12/tall-bearded-iris-and-companion-plants.html.
It is interesting reading and the article has good suggestions for a more complete garden.
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2013 AIS Registrations & Introductions The 2013 Registrations and Introductions booklet is now available. Published by AIS and compiled by John Jones and Joanne Prass-Jones, the AIS Registrar-Recorders†, the 2013 booklet has 108 pages and is a valuable source of information about all irises registered and introduced during the last year, together with the names and addresses of all the hybridizers and the irises which they registered/introduced. Here’s some interesting statistics: The booklet contains registration data for 1218 irises originating in 15 countries, with 45.2% of the total originating in North America (USA 520, Canada 30). Other countries represented are: Russia (190), Czech Republic (108), Australia (90), Ukraine (84), France (60), Poland (34), Germany (29), Netherlands (28), New Zealand (14), United Kingdom (13), Italy (11), Slovak Republic (4) and Slovenia (3). AIS is slowly becoming an international organization. All irises registered by AIS are eligible for AIS Awards. Of the 1218 new registrations, 60.7% are tall bearded irises, 26.4% other bearded types, and 13.0% beardless or species or species hybrids. Total by class are as follows:
739 Tall Bearded 60.7% 171 Standard Dwarf Bearded 14.0% 79 Intermediate Bearded 6.5% 47 Spuria 3.9% 38 Japanese 3.1% 30 Border Bearded 2.1% 26 Louisiana 2.1% 23 Pacific Coast Native 1.9% 7 Miniature Dwarf Bearded 1.4% 6 Miniature Tall Bearded 1.3% 9 Species 0.7% 8 Siberian 0.7% 8 Arilbred 0.7% 7 Species Hybrid 0.6%
In addition, introduction data is included for 762 varieties including: 1 introduced in 2006, 15 introduced in 2011, 33 introduced in 2012, and 713 introduced in 2013, which were never before included in annual Registrations and Introductions publications. The 2013 Registrations and Introductions booklet is available for $13 (includes shipping and handling; make check to The American Iris Society) from the AIS Storefront, John and Kay Ludi, PO Box 956, Sandy, OR 97055. Can also be charged on VISA or Mastercard – see details at the bottom of page 51 of the Spring 2014 issue of ”Irises” or under AIS Storefront at www.irises.org. †Previous AIS Registrars were Charles E. F. Gersdorff, Robert E. Allen, Mrs. George D. Robinson and Mrs. Walter Colquitt, J. Arthur Nelson, Kathleen Kay Nelson, Keith Keppel and Anne and Mike Lowe. These folks handled over 60,000 iris registrations and introductions, first on 4x6“ cards and then, from about 1980, on computer. Thank you! R & I compilers John Jones and Joanne Prass-Jones Thank you Jane Jordan for the suggestion to print this and to Anna Cadd for submitting it to the Santa Rosa Iris Society newsletter and to Alleah Haley, the SRIS editor, for having the article ready to print. I appreciate all the help.
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October 2014 Beardless Door Prize Iris
Japanese Iris
Angel Mountain (Bauer/Coble '00) White, sanded and veined red violet.. 6F. HM'05
Avalanche Express (Harris '00) Tall, multi-layered pure white. 9+F.
Cascade Crest (Aitken '88) White banded soft blue-violet. Dark styles. 6F. PM'95
Dirigo Red Rocket (White '01) Red violet w/white rays. White blaze below sig. 3F. AM'06
Frosted Intrigue (Bauer/Coble '97) Blue violet shaded to red. White styles. 6F. HM'00
Pink Dimity Reid '87. Medium pink with darker veins. Mauve styles. 6 falls. PM'01
Louisiana Iris
Faubourg Saint John (O'Connor '04) Ruffled reddish purple.
Inn-Keeper (Taylor '98) Ruffled violet-blue w/gold dart signal. Great!
Land of Cotton (M. Dunn '00) Ruffled white; green tipped styles. HM'05
Peaches in Wine (H. Pryor '98) Peach stds., ruby red falls, peach rim. DEB'06
Queen Jeanne (H. Pryor '03) Intensely ruffled deep blue-violet; white styles blushed violet
Red Velvet Elvis (Vaughn '97) Lightly ruffled velvety dark red. DEB'05
Siberian Iris
Blueberry Fair (Hollingworth '97) Ruffled mid blue violet; white sig. (Tet) M-W'04
Joyce Cole (Cole '06) Ruffled creamy white. Greenish veins & hafts. (Tet) HM'10
Roaring Jelly (Schafer/Sacks '92) Lavender to deep maroon; blue flush. (Dip) M-W'99
Ruffles and Flourishes (Hollingworth '02) Brt. red. Gold blaze & blue halo. (Tet) M-W'09
See Ya Later (Hollingworth '06) Medium red w/yellow underlay on falls.. (Dip)
Simon Says (Hollingworth '07) Smooth deep purple; white wire rim. (Tet)
Carl and Marilyn Boro
If you want to look at photos of these irises go to Aitken’s Salmon Creek Garden web page at http://aitken-garden.goodsie.com/.
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