HERITAGE IRISES

Another of the beetroot red colour so popular  or is the word prevalent  within the Standard Dwarf Iris class. ' Alexandra Twilight...

Every spring the iris growers in New Zealand await the opening of the first iris flowers in their gardens. Sometimes, even w...

 A New Zealand Bred standard dwarf  iris from the '70's. Standards and falls are are a clean lime-wash apricot colouring ...

Widely regarded as significant parent 'Knotty Pine' is in the parentage of hundreds of irises. (Used in breeding SDB Plicatas ...

It is floriferous, first rate grower and well deserves a place in the Garden. I do not need to extrapolate the brilliance of thi...

BOSTON CREAM Keith Keppel Reg. 2014 E 31" (Snow Lion X ((97-88A: ((Handshake x (Cross Current x ((Snowbrook x Blackout) (Snowb...

'Wild Westy' another show stopper from one of New Zealand's premiere Hybridiser of Median Irises , Noel Lapham. Plant was ...

Blooming today. The registered colour description of 'Banbury Ruffles' is a rich blue self but really the colour is more of a ...

       More of the New Zealand Bred Standard Dwarf Bearded Irises hybridised by Noel Lapham as promised and available for sa...

Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Irwell Grace' flowering for me today.  Standards painted a bright blended salmon pink that ...

Flowering in Auckland yesterday, this stunning Iris is the first iris bloom of the season from the Ron Busch incredible legacy he left...

'Magic Ray' a Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris bred by the late Hilmary Catton of Hawkes Bay. An early stand out bloomer with a delig...

In 1999 Ron Busch released and registered 5 Standard Dwarf Irises which just disappeared below the Iris World radar. No photos, no re...

This heirloom iris now more than 35 years old and still has grace and charm. Growth is of moderate increase and has good plant health. ...

An absolute stunner!! This is the exciting Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris 'Alamosa' by Noel Lapham who is undoubtedly New Zealand...

Yesterday the future arrived, doesn't happen often but that's the outcome when Keith Keppel's Iris Catalogue arrives ...

In the afternoon sun today, the little Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris "Tonya" giving its all. Reports from up North (Auckalofa) ar...

THE BRIDE or BRIDE is a historic dwarf Iris that grows very well here at home.It is somewhat special to have a very small part of early B...

AMBER TIPS is ano th er outst a nding New Zealand Bred Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris. Just recently purchased last gr owing season this iris h...

'Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. Aldous Huxley, "Proper Studies", 1927 PUMILA THE GEM photo tak...