World of Irises

by Tom Waters Dwarf and Median Bearded Irises: Jewels of the Iris World Kevin C. Vaughn Schiffer Publishing, 2022 ISBN 978-0-7643-6389-4 144...

By Tom Waters Before 1958, the now familiar American Iris Society (AIS) horticultural classes for bearded irises did not exist. Certainly t...

By Tom Waters This time of year, most gardeners in the northern hemisphere are patiently (or not) waiting for spring to come. If you are a b...

 by Tom Waters Forty-some years ago, when I was a precocious iris-obsessed teenager, I convinced my mother that our vacation to California...

 by  Tom Waters The world of dwarf and median irises was revolutionized in the 1950s when Paul Cook and Geddes Douglas crossed the dwarf spe...

…and why are dwarf lovers so persistent?  Tom Waters 'Icon' (Keppel, 2008) In the beginning, there were no class d...

by Tom Waters Dwarf bearded irises may be found growing wild throughout much of southwestern Europe, from Spain and Portugal, through ...

Susanne Holland Spicker Please join with us in congratulating Michael Sutton as the winner of the 2017 Cook-Douglas Medal for his beautifu...