World of Irises

  'MELODY WILHOIT ' The  DeBaillon Medal  is restricted to Louisiana (LA) irises. It is named in honor of  Mary Swords DeBaillon  (1...

'WATERMELON WIZARD ' The  DeBaillon Medal  is restricted to Louisiana (LA) irises. It is named in honor of  Mary Swords DeBaillon  (...

 By Hooker Nichols The Winter Watch season is about to begin for us particularly in the Southern states. You might ask yourselves what is he...

By Hooker Nichols This past spring here in north Texas was very cool and rainy. Our median bloom was about three weeks early beginning...

By Hooker T. Nichols Planting iris seeds in our warm Texas climate occurs this time of the year for me.   Usually we have very mild ...

As the editors of The World of Irises blog look back on 2017, these were the most viewed posts. To view the email, just click on the title...

By Hooker Nichols One of the most delightful classes of bearded iris one can grow is that particular group of iris known as the stan...

By Bonnie Nichols “What are Novelty irises?” ………. I get this question almost every judges training class I teach. I tell everyone “accord...

By Hooker T. Nichols 'Great White Hope' (Haymon)--image by  Robert Treadway One of the easiest ways to extend your ir...