HERITAGE IRISES

'Summit' photo taken yesterday. Part of my program each season is to replace the older earlier photos on my Blog to portray a...

Is flat form of the Bearded Iris flower the archetype of all Irises?? I think the augment has an enormous amount of validity. 'CLEM...

Stevens Bros. Bastia Hill, Wanganui. Irises 1951-52 Catalogue. Novelties 1951-52 MYSTIC MELODY (Stevens) ...

Attributed to John Salter and in the previous post Peter Barr listed   'Queen of May'  in his 1874 c ollection, so I just h...

CHOICE FLOWER SEEDS MISS EMMA V. WHITE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. I R I S THE POOR MAN'S ORCHID "The Iris is the rai...

A cross of two irises attributed to Fernand Denis the pod parent was the violet rose with a white ground claw heavily striat...

A NEW RACE OF HYBRID ALPINE IRISES. The Garden Chronicle November 30th. 1901 This addition to the race of early spring flowerin...

It has rained a lot in the past few days with very strong winds. Checking the garden this morning the arilbred 'Witch Doctor' ...

'Pink Reverie' is an eloquent statement of strong pink with a distinct Apricot Salmon band on the edges of both the standards...

Perhaps one of 'thee' most popular Dykes Medal Irises that became equally popular among breeders as a fertile parent. This is on...