Awards

Each year American Iris Society judges give their time to evaluate and cast their votes for irises they consider to be superior garden subjects. There are also overseas competitions that Thomas and I participate in. Judges were very good to us this year. Following is a list of those awards and at the end is a summary of those awards from the American Iris Society.


Paul Black

• Hybridizer’s Medal 2003

• AWARDED IN 2007
   

• GO FOR BOLD - Knowlton Medal

• PUMPIN' IRON - awarded the British "Award of Garden Merit"
   

• Award of Merit

  • CRANBERRY SAUCE    TB

  • CARL AND SISSY  TB

  • BOLD ENCOUNTER    TB runner-up

  • FIRES OF FIJI    SDB

  • BOURGEOIS    SDB

  • DANCING BUNNIES    SDB

  • BALLISTIC    SDB

  • CHEMISTRY    MDB

  • DOLCE    SPECIES-X 

• Honorable Mention

  • SHARPER IMAGE  TB

  • LIGHT AND SHADOW  TB

  • BATTER UP  TB

  • CITY OF GOLD TB runner-up

  • CONJURING CAT  TB runner-up

  • PADDED SHOULDERS  TB runner-up

  • FLEECE AS WHITE    BB

  • DIME    SDB

  • DEVOTED    SDB

  • CIRCUS CLOWN    SDB

  • SURROUNDED    SDB

  • EXPERIMENT    SDB
     

Firenze International Iris Competition

Held in Florence Italy, the Firenze International Iris Competition is a 3 year garden trial of TB & BB irises using codes instead of names to help insure fairness in judging.

BE MY BABY    BB	1st Place	Paul Black
BRUSSELS  TB	5rd Place	Thomas Johnson