New Zealand Heirloom Tall Bearded Iris "WYCHNOR"

It may be interesting to some perhaps that the New Zealand heirloom iris 'Wychnor' was thought to be registered for decades, but when researching New Zealand iris history I found this to be not the case. A couple of days ago I dug out the file on 'Wychnor' and included were the toing and froing of correspondence by emails to John Vickers advising him of this oversight prior to John thoughtfully registering the iris in 2006. A white garden Iris which displays a lot of the colourations of 'Purissima'. Strong grower with flax green...

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New Zealand Tall Bearded Iris "IRWELL INDIAN MAID"

'Irwell Indian Maid' is another delightful concoction from Ron Busch. Lightly fluted Standards are a oxblood red with darker markings.  Falls also lightly fluted are coloured dark chocolate brown with a oxblood red pattern and have a dramatic overlay of golden yellow and white changing to a deep violet intensifies the pattern, accented with an old gold beard. Strong clean foliage that shows strong purple colouration at the base. I must admit that my first instinct was to class this Iris as a Plicata or a 'barely-plicata'...

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New Zealand Heirloom Tall Bearded Iris 'PINNACLE'

A collection of New Zealand bred Irises is just not complete without a good selection of Jean Stevens Irises, and a Collection of Jean Stevens Heirloom Irises would never be worthy unless it included 'Pinnacle' the Iris that epitomised Jeans imagination of an iris with a unique colouration, coupled with the many years of determination and self belief of her skill in line breeding by staying true to course. I still firmly believe that most New Zealand Irisarians have no real comprehension of the impact the outstanding iris "Pinnacle"...

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New Zealand Tall Bearded Iris "IRWELL FESTIVE LOVE"

In the modern 'barely-plicata' type Iris, the outstanding leaders of the pack are Barry Blyth's overlooked, but super beautiful 'Lipstick Lies' (1985), and more recently Paul Blacks internationally acclaimed 'Goldkist'(1993). We now need to add to this list of outstanding leaders,'Irwell Festive Love',(2007) another magnificent hybridizing achievement of Ron Busch, . The pure white standards are slightly open, ruffled and upright . Falls are also white with purple violet stitched on the shoulders fading to a lighter olive...

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New Zealand Iris Grower "South Pacific Epiphyllums"

Carol Rogerson is the owner of South Pacific Epiphyllums .The nursery is a small home based friendly family business, mail order only with an emphasis on quality of plants and service with a small but ever increasing range of bearded iris, particularly New Zealand bred iris.They have a good selection of "Irwell" irises and  is hoping to offer small numbers of a select few this season. Carol also sells epiphyllum hybrids and has her own extensive hybridising programme taking...

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