World of Irises

By Andi Rivarola A warm welcome to those who are seeing IRISES, the Bulletin of The American Iris Society for the first time. If you are a m...

 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 When I last wrote about my progress with hybridizing arilpums in September, I was eagerly anticipating this spring's bloo...

by Tom Waters When I wrote my previous blog post on arilpums early in 2019, I had to focus mostly on history and theory, as I did not yet h...

by Tom Waters Irises are not usually thought of as container plants, but they can grow quite well that way, and there are a number of adv...

The American Iris Society Announces THE CLARENCE G. WHITE MEDAL 'Dubai' 'Dubai'--image by Paul Black ...

by Tom Waters 'Aladdin's Gem' (Thoolen, 2002) OGB/ABD Most arilbred medians are produced by crossing standard dwarfs ...

by Tom Waters The Regelias are a group of irises native to central Asia, their range extending from near the Caspian Sea to the mountaino...

by Tom Waters 'Point Well Taken' (McAllister, 1998) at the Pountney garden On April 6 and 7, aril and arilbred enthusiasts ...

by Tom Waters 'Anacrusis' (Mathes, 1992), OGB/ABM There is a very interesting line of irises created by Harald Mathes of Germ...

Tom Waters 'Oyez' (White, 1938) I was recently contacted by an iris lover who had read my blog post on the classification of...