Friday, March 25, 2016

ADVANCE NOTICE 'BLISS IRISES' THE BOOK

BLISS IRISES FAMILY AND FLOWERS; THE JOURNEY TO A NATIONAL COLLECTION Anne Milner Watercolours by Fern Harden Anne Milner presents her family history intertwined with the history of Bliss irises, which are now part of the Plant Heritage family of National Collections of plants worth preserving. The collection was featured in the second series of The Great British Garden Revival on BBC2 in January 2015. Bliss Irises combines family history and gardening in a unique and very personal journey. Initially...
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Monday, March 14, 2016

Tall Bearded Historic Iris DEMI-DEUIL

      Demi-Deuil bred by Fernand Denis was eventually in 1931 placed on the American Iris Society 'Black List' one of the most crazy surveys in the Iris world, and in my opinion it was the iris equivalent of 'Burning Books'. It was a decade of 'Iris Shaming'. William Caparne was so concerned with the American Iris Society encouraging the discarding of older Iris varieties for the best new varieties that started in "The Flower Grower" in 1919-1920. In his article 'On Discarding Irises' I think he summed...
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