World of Irises

By Susanne Holland Spicker The American Iris Society Blog, "World of Irises," extends a hearty welcome to all iris lovers and ...

by Betty Wilkerson It's winter.  Time for me to grab the pom poms and start cheering for irises and reblooming irises in par...

by Betty Wilkerson As I write this, I'm just coming off a spring season that was among the strangest I've seen in thirty plus y...

by Betty Wilkerson Just a reminder for those that are following this blog about 'Over and Over': many breeders do not consider ...

by Betty Wilkerson In the world of iris hybridizers we often hear "you can't do that!" Gather information, learn all yo...

by Betty Wilkerson Once again I've found an article to wrap around 'Summer Radiance.'  I'll never forget the first time ...

In this post we're dealing with dominant (selfs) and recessive (plicatas) traits and the resulting seedlings. There are many dominant tr...

by Betty Wilkerson A few years back, my breeding program switched from rebloomers in general to trying to produce summer rebloomers.  I&#...

by Betty Wilkerson Over the past thirty years, I've grown most of the irises reported to rebloom, and used many of them in breedi...

by Betty Wilkerson My current goal, for breeding better rebloomers in my garden, is to use a handful of good looking seedlings as pod par...

by Betty Wilkerson 'Earl of Essex' has been used by many people and it has produced many rebloomers, but I'm not sure it...