World of Irises

 by Tom Waters It is said that a little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing. One manifestation of that pervasive truth is slapping botan...

by Tom Waters This is the conclusion of a three-part posting describing projects with miniature dwarf bearded (MDB) and standard dwarf beard...

by Tom Waters I’m a hobby hybridizer, working on a very small scale (I can only raise about 200 seedlings each year). So from the outset, ...

 by Tom Waters When I'm not writing blog posts, one of my many other iris-related activities is serving as checklist editor for the Aril...

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 Heather Haley In this post, I'll continue sharing the story of a growing iris resource on YouTube. The  American Iris Society  (AIS) ...

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