World of Irises

 by Tom Waters This is the second of three posts on my experimenting with various species in breeding miniature dwarf bearded (MDB) irises...

 by Tom Waters Most of us are quite familiar with the gorgeous hybrid bearded irises grown in so many gardens around the world. Whether dwa...

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...

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 Four years ago, I wrote a blog post here titled “The Untapped Potential of Iris reichenbachii ”. At that time, I could co...