World of Irises

By Bryce Williamson While recently researching a judges’ training program, I found myself reflecting on how some of the important iris perso...

'RED DELICIOUS ' The  Mitchell Medal  is restricted to Pacific Coast Native (PCN) irises. It is named in honor of  Sydney B. Mitchel...

by Mike Unser While exploring trails and State wildlife preserves in my local area several years ago, I found a wild population of Iris tena...

 By  Kathleen Sayce I wrote about the golden iris misses in my garden during my search for Iris innominata plants and or seeds from various ...

by Kathleen Sayce Rain was due on the night of May 1, so I went out before dark to take photos of first flowers that opened that day and the...

October 2018, Kathleen Sayce When I first started growing Pacifica Iris from seed, I collected several pods too early. The seeds w...

By Bryce Williamson Joe Ghio has been hybridizing irises for more than 50 years and is the proprietor of Bay View Gardens in Santa Cr...

By Kathleen Sayce  Among the dozen or so species of Pacifica Iris, foliage is outstanding in only a few. By outstanding, I mean not si...

By Susanne Holland Spicker Join with us in congratulating Joseph Ghio as the American Iris Society 2017 Sidney B. Mitchell medalist for hi...