2023 BIS Virtual Show
Welcome to our 2023 Virtual Show. Members have submitted their images under the above classes. Please use the navigation buttons above to see the entries. We are pleased to announce the results below. Congratulations to the winners, but thank you all for taking part.
| Class 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 75 | Julie Scott | 'Constantine Bay' TB | |
| 2nd | 76 | Jane Stephenson Ingram | 'Chantilly' TB | |
| Joint 3rd | 51 & | Stephen Huggins | 'Merry Amigo' TB | |
| 71 | Jeremy Handy | 'Sunny Sonatina' SDB | ||
| Class 2 | ||||
| 1st | 59 | Julie Scott | 'Lincolnshire Orpheus' (sib) | |
| 2nd | 58 | Julie Scott | 'Here be Dragons' (sib) | |
| Joint 3rd | 52 & | James Watson | Iris graeberiana x magnifica | |
| 61 | Jane Stephenson Ingram | 'Pretty Polly' (sib) | ||
| Class 3 | ||||
| 1st | 50 | John Mullen | 'Whitehall' | |
| 2nd | 54 | Julie Scott | 'Benton Olive' | |
| 3rd | 51 | John Mullen | 'Salonique' | |
| Class 4 | ||||
| 1st | 50 | Jeane Minx | ||
| 2nd | 54 | Brenda Nickels | ||
| 3rd | 52 | Stephen Huggins | ||
| Class 5 | ||||
| 1st | 58 | Julie Scott | Iris Verbascum | |
| 2nd | 57 | Julie Scott | A fan of iris | |
| Joint 3rd | 49 & | Carol Poulton | ||
| 56 | Clive Sergeant | Flying Circus | ||
| Class 6 | ||||
| 1st | 72 | Chris Jarvis | Neomarica caerulea | |
| 2nd | 68 | Brian Mathew | Iris speculatrix | |
| Joint 3rd | 54 & | James Watson | Iris iberica ssp. lycotis | |
| 58 | Sue Bedwell | Moraea aristata | ||
| Class 7 | ||||
| 1st | 53 | John Mullen | 'Rhapsody' | |
| 2nd | 52 | Laurie Everest | 'Pixie' | |
| 3rd | 55 | Jill Whitehead | 'Scent Sational' | |
| Class 8 | ||||
| 1st | 51 | John Mullen | 'Yellow Mammoth' | |
| 2nd | 59 | Chris Jarvis | Crocus banaticus | |
| 3rd | 57 | Alun Whitehead | ||
| Best in Show | ||||
| Class 6 | 72 | Chris Jarvis | ||
The original schedule is given below.
Open to all BIS members and also to members of the six groups
Class 1. Any bearded iris.
Class 2. Any beardless iris.
Class 3. Any type of historic iris. Please give the date of registration.
Class 4. A garden scene which must include some type of iris/Iridaceae.
Class 5. An abstract/ creative photo of an iris or Iridaceae.
Class 6. Any species iris or Iridaceae.
Class 7. A reticulate iris.
Class 8. A crocus.
We would welcome other iris related photos which can be displayed alongside the
competition, these would not be judged.
To enter:
Choose a photo of an iris that you have grown that fits one of the classes above.
Three different irises can be entered for each class.
For classes 1 to 3, please send a photo of the whole stem and a closer one showing one of
the blooms on the stem, unless these features can be clearly seen in one photo.
Please do not use Photoshop, but cropping of an image is allowed.
Photos must be taken during the 2023 flowering season, up to 1st October 2023. Also,
photos of entries to ‘live’ BIS shows are not permitted. Please note this rule does not apply
to classes 4 or 5.
Give the name of the varieties you are entering, unless they are seedlings.
Send your entries to info@britishirissociety.org.uk by the 1st October 2023. Entries will be
numbered so that they are anonymous when they are judged. After that date, we will ask
our BIS judges to make their choices.
We would like to use any photos submitted for publicity purposes, e.g. Newsletter, Yearbook
or Facebook. Please let us know if you are not happy with that.