Popularity Polls

Tall Bearded Symposium

Most years the sections and cooperating societies focused on a special type of Iris conduct popularity polls among their membership. The AIS conducts a Tall Bearded Symposium among its membership. Lists of the results for each year from 2007 to 2016 are available as PDFs. You can see a photo gallery of the 100 favorite Irises for 2011 or the 2010 Symposium by AIS Tall Bearded Symposium clicking on the image to the right. Additional Links may be provided for these symposia in the future.

Other Popularity Polls

Many of the sections conduct their own popularity polls; See 50 Favorite Dwarf Irises, the Spuria Popularity Polls for 2012, 2013, and 2014, and the Japanese Iris Popularity Poll for 2013.

You can vote for your favorite Tall-bearded by becoming a member of the American Iris Society; You can vote in the Dwarf Iris Symposium if you become a member of the Dwarf Iris Society Section of the American Iris Society; You can vote in the Median Symposium if you are a member of the Median Iris Society section of the American Iris Society;

To see the 100 favorite Intermediate Irises for 2010 go to IBs under construction

To see the 100 favorite Miniature Tall Bearded Irises go to MTBs under construction

To see the 100 favorite Standard Dwarf Bearded Irises go to SDBs under construction.

Regions also conduct various popularity polls. As an example, see the Region 1 "no-holds-barred-no-class-excluded" poll from 1998.

Historic Popularity Polls

The first popularity poll for tall bearded Irises that we know was done before the existence of the American iris Society in 1917. For historic polls see articles in the Historic Iris web.

-- Main.RPries - 2010-09-14