The last garden our group visited was Will Plotner's Wildwood Gardens. I think he has been on all three convention tours that I have been to in Oregon. This one and the last one for sure. Will has been hybridizing since 1979. He has been very active in the American Iris Society and also SIGNA. He has served as president of SIGNA for 11 years. The last couple of years have been hard ones for him. He recently lost his wife. That he was on the tour at all is a testament to his dedication to the world of iris. Most of his plantings were not the usual two or three year clumps. Still, things were blooming. He did have heavy rains the night before and they took their toll on the blooms.
It was also the last garden on the last day. We were all pretty irised out. Looking to name an iris that I got the wrong name on I realized that my wife got pictures of iris I didn't see and I got pictures of iris that she didn't see. And it was a very small planting. That's the way of these conventions-"been there, missed that".
His mailbox made a logical first picture. No ambiguity about what garden we are in.
The iris are always the first priority (except coffee in the early mornings).
Here are the iris that I found blooming.
Looking at my wife's pictures I realized I missed a bunch.
After I thought I had taken all the iris I went further back on the Property.
With all the heavy rain, it was a muddy mess, but beautiful.
Last garden on the last day, chairs are at a premium.
As we say goodbye to Wildwood Gardens, that brings us to the end
of the garden tours of the AIS 2015 National Convention.
All that is left is the final banquet and awards.
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