World of Irises

by Kathleen Sayce Iris douglasiana seedling at Atlanta Botanical Garden In January 2022, Raleigh Wasser, Horticulture Manager, Atlanta Bota...

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 ...

By Kevin Vaughn I was most happy that the seedlings had taken after ‘Banned in Boston’ for having large and wide flowers as seedlings f...

By Griff Crump Beginning hybridizers are often advised not to make decisions about new seedlings in their first year of bloom.   This is g...

By Ron Killingsworth When you take pollen from one iris and put it on another iris, you are said to be "hybridizing" an iris or...

By Ron Kiingsworth When I first became active in   Society for Louisiana Irises   (SLI), I became friends with three long-time member...

Rebloomers tend to be among the first tall bearded irises to bloom in the spring, and they often color the garden for a week before the o...

First, I want to confess my ignorance in the various new classes that are developing in plicata breeding. Sure I know what a plicata iris pa...

During the winter the hybridizer does not hibernate.  He plans.  (So does she.)  Reviewing his goals, assessing their degree of achievemen...