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 second of three posts on my experimenting with various species in breeding miniature dwarf bearded (MDB) irises...

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 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 No One Knows How To Say It As a passionate student of both horticulture and language, this is a subject I have strong interest...

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...

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...

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