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Hillcrest Iris Garden 2013 update The much anticipated American Iris Society annual convention takes place this year in Dallas during mid April. Our home garden and Mesquite growing field garden will be on tour for the National Convention or the Society for Louisiana Irises mini-convention this year. Over 5,000 first year Louisiana seedlings should be at peak bloom for the AIS Convention tour day at Mesquite on the Friday day for tours. This year the Redbud Lane Iris Gardens of Melody and Jerry Wilhoit from Kansas , Illinois will be introducing part of our 2013 Louisiana Iris Introductions. These four new Louisiana cultivars are cold hardy and perform well both in the Northern and Southern Gardens. Heartbreak Warfare and Valentine Passion are sister seedlings each being distinctly different in appearance. Reverchon Snowfall is an elegant somewhat tailored white self. Melody Wilhoit is a breathtaking deep ruffled dark yellow self with enormous flowers on well branched stalks sporting 8-13 buds per stalk. We look forward to seeing many of you during our day of tour at the National AIS Convention this year. Remember, you will see bearded guest irises as well as hundreds of first year Louisiana seedlings at Mesquite. You will tour the home garden during the SLI mini convention tour to see the named Louisiana cultivars, guests, and selected Nichols seedlings. Hooker
& Bonnie Nichols Hillcrest Iris Gardens ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013 LOUISIANA
IRIS Introductions * The Louisiana Irises listed below are only available through Redbud Lane Iris Gardens, 2282 North 350th Street, Kansas, Illinois 61933. (217) 948-5478 HEARTBREAK WARFARE #Lab 10 (H. Nichols) M-L 36” 2 Branches with 6+ buds (Chuck Begnaud X Jacaranda Lad) Standards are rounded medium red-rose with creamy white under wash with deeper red-rose lines throughout the standards. The style arms are yellow blended red rose. The slightly rounded falls are red-rose with some ruffling. Gold signals. MELODY WILHOIT #Lab 11 (H. Nichols) E-L 36” 8+ buds. (Ada Morgan X Spanish Ballet) This new cultivar is the namesake for one of the most charming bearded and beardless iris supporters you will find. Magnificent huge flowers are almost saucer shaped and are displayed on multi-branched and budded stalks. A deep yellow self with the style arms showing some green. Raised gold signals complete the artwork found on these flowers. An iris with personality this is definitely destined for glory in its class. REVERCHON SNOWFALL (H. Nichols) M-L 38+” 2 Branches with 6 buds. (Wahai Wedding X Crushed Ice) The lovely flowers are white with green and white style arms and yellow signals. Named for a park located near downtown Dallas. Mr. Reverchon was the great-uncle of Marie Caillet and the Reverchon family were among the first early French settlers migrating to the Dallas area. VALENTINE PASSION (H. Nichols) M-L 36” 6+ buds. The standards are serrated cream blended turkey-red and peony purple. Style arms are yellow. The very rounded serrated falls are deep turkey red blended peony purple edged creamy white. Starburst gold signals complete the flowers. Sister seedling to Heartbreak Warfare. MESQUITE AIS TOUR
GARDEN Welcome to the hybridizing garden of Hooker and Bonnie J. Nichols. The original five acre garden was vastly reduced to accommodate several hundred bearded guest plants for the 2013 and 2014 AIS National Conventions. Visitors will also be able to view approximately 700 first year blooming Louisiana seedlings. The irises are planted in long rows to enhance evaluation by the convention visitors. Re-selected bearded seedlings from both Bonnie and Hooker Nichols can be seen and evaluated. There are no named Louisiana cultivars guests, or re-selected Louisiana seedlings in this garden. Those cultivars can been seen in the home garden of Hooker and Bonnie at 3365 Northaven Road during the Society of Louisiana Iris mini-convention tour immediately following the close of the AIS Convention. The Northaven garden is ten minutes drive from the convention hotel. This garden is a no frills garden. Visitors will note that the garden is in full sun. Texas bred iris are truly tested while under evaluation for future introduction. Our summer heat spells definitely weed out those cultivars which are not heat tolerant. Enjoy the food, drink, and fellowship while touring our garden. |
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