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  1. UK Gardens
  2. UK Nurseries
  3. UK Plant Collections
  4. European Nurseries
  5. Other Nurseries
  6. Societies
  7. Blogs
  8. Web Forums

UK Gardens
www.auldenfarm.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Siberian Iris, Garden & Nursery with a general range of irises.
www.botanic.bham.ac.uk National Collection of Iris unguicularis in the Winterbourne Botanic Garden.
www.claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Bearded Iris and nursey, garden & display fields. Principally bearded iris, but also some beardless.
www.irises.co.uk members symbol Seagate Irises. National Collection of Historic Irises, nursery and display garden. Bearded irises, together with Siberian and bog/water irises.
www.kew.org Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. National Collection of Iris subgenus Scorpiris (Junos) held - a selection can be seen in the Alpine House when in flower.
www.leevalleypark.org.uk Myddelton House Gardens. Historic garden created by plantsman E A Bowles, now home to the National Collection of Iris (Dykes Medal Winners)
www.marwoodhillgarden.co.uk National Collection of Iris Ensata, garden and nursery. 20 acre garden with 3 lakes and a stream, created by the late Dr. Smart.
www.theirisgarden.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Space Age Irises, nursery and garden. Bearded iris together with Siberian, Spuria and Louisanas.

UK Nurseries
www.auldenfarm.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Siberian Iris, Garden & Nursery with a general range of irises.
www.binnyplants.co.uk members symbol A general nursery near Edinburgh with a good selection of irises. Also mail order.
www.broadleighbulbs.co.uk members symbol Nursery whose range includes the smaller bearded irises as well as their own Pacific Coast hybrids.
www.claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Bearded Iris and nursey, garden & display fields. Principally bearded iris, but also some beardless.
www.desirableplants.com members symbol A general mail order plant nursery with an interest in iridaceae.
www.irises.co.uk members symbol Seagate Irises. National Collection of Historic Irises, nursery and display garden. Bearded irises, together with Siberian and bog/water irises.
www.irisesonline.co.uk members symbol Principally bearede iris, but with some beardless.
www.irisofsissinghurst.com members symbol Nursery specialising in Bearded Irises, together with some Siberian and Japanese iris.
www.kelways.co.uk members symbol Kelways - principally known for their bearded iris displays at Chelsea, but also stock some beardless irises.
www.marwoodhillgarden.co.uk National Collection of Iris Ensata, garden and nursery. 20 acre garden with 3 lakes and a stream, created by the late Dr. Smart.
www.rowdengardens.com National Collection of Iris (fulva, pseudacorus, versicolor, virginica & laevigata cvs.), nursery & garden
www.theirisgarden.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Space Age Irises, nursery and garden. Bearded iris together with Siberian, Spuria and Louisanas.

UK Plant Collections
www.auldenfarm.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Siberian Iris, Garden & Nursery with a general range of irises.
www.botanic.bham.ac.uk National Collection of Iris unguicularis in the Winterbourne Botanic Garden.
www.claireaustin-hardyplants.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Bearded Iris and nursey, garden & display fields. Principally bearded iris, but also some beardless.
www.freespace.virgin.net/almond.jim/index.htm National Collection of Iris subgenus Scorpiris (Junos).
www.irises.co.uk members symbol Seagate Irises. National Collection of Historic Irises, nursery and display garden. Bearded irises, together with Siberian and bog/water irises.
www.kew.org Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. National Collection of Iris subgenus Scorpiris (Junos) held - a selection can be seen in the Alpine House when in flower.
www.leevalleypark.org.uk Myddelton House Gardens. Historic garden created by plantsman E A Bowles, now home to the National Collection of Iris (Dykes Medal Winners)
www.marwoodhillgarden.co.uk National Collection of Iris Ensata, garden and nursery. 20 acre garden with 3 lakes and a stream, created by the late Dr. Smart.
www.nccpg.com Plant Heritage. Please visit their website for other National Collections which do not have a dedicated web site.
www.rowdengardens.com National Collection of Iris (fulva, pseudacorus, versicolor, virginica & laevigata cvs.), nursery & garden
www.theirisgarden.co.uk members symbol National Collection of Space Age Irises, nursery and garden. Bearded iris together with Siberian, Spuria and Louisanas.

European Nurseries
www.biancoiride.it/html_en/index_en.html members symbol An iris nursery in Iltaly.
www.bourdillon.com Principally bearded irises, but also some Japanese, Siberian, Spuria and water loving irises.
www.graefin-v-zeppelin.com Staudengartnerei Grafin von Zeppelin - A general nursery with good stocks of bearded irises as well as some Siberain and Spuria irises.
www.iris-cayeux.com members symbol French nursery principally known for their Bearded irises (including hybrids raised by themselves), but also a good range of beardless irises.
www.tamberg.homepage.t-online.de members symbol Dr Tomas Tamberg is a leading hybriser of beardless irises. He has done pioneering work on interspecies crosses.

Other Nurseries
www.chapmaniris.com members symbol An iris and mail order nursery in Canada.
www.eartheartgardens.com exporters symbol Nursery founded in 1993 to offer hybrids of the late Dr Currier McEwen - both Siberian and Japanese irises.
www.ensata.com exporters symbol Ensata Gardens - American nursery specialising in Japanese, Siberian and species irises.
www.fieldstonegardens.com exporters symbol A general plant nursery, but with the Siberian Iris introductions of Jeff Dunlop and Dean Cole.
www.flowerfantasy.net members symbolexporters symbol Nursery with a wide range of irises, including many irises bred by Terry Aitken
www.jpwflowers.com members symbolexporters symbol Joe Pye Weed's Garden. American nursery specialising in Siberian, Versicolor and species irises.
www.reticulatas.com members symbol Alan McMurtrie is the leading hybridiser of Reticulata Irises.
www.schreinersgardens.com exporters symbol Schreiner's Iris Gardens - an American nursery since 1925 specialising in Tall bearded iris, but also some shorter and some beardless.
www.tempotwo.com.au exporters symbol Tempo Two Nusery - an Australian nursery principally growing bearded iris, including those raised by Barry Blyth the owner.

Societies
www.arilsociety.org The Aril Society International devoted to promoting Aril and Arilbred Irises.
www.beardlessiris.org The Group for Beardless Irises specialising in Japanese, Siberian, Spuria & Pacific Coast along with the other beardless irises and iridaceae
www.cdn-iris.ca The Canadian Iris Society
www.hips-roots.com The Historic Iris Preservation Society
www.iris-bulbeuses.org The Iris and Bulbous Plant Society for the promoton of iris, other irides and bulbous plants.
www.irises.org The American Iris Society
www.irises.org.au Iris Society of Australia - the covering organisation for all the regional societies of Australia
www.irisfirenze.it Sociera Italiana dell'Iris - the website of the Italian Iris Society
www.louisianas.org The Society for Louisana Irises is an American based society for the promotion of Louisiana irises.
www.medianiris.com The American based society for median bearded irises (Border Bearded, Intermediate Bearded, Standard Dwarf Bearded and Miniature Tall Bearded.
www.nziris.org.nz The New Zealand Iris Society
www.pacificbulbsociety.org Started in 2002 for bulb lovers around the world. Includes iris and other iridaceae.
www.pacificcoastiris.org The Society for the Pacific Coast Native Iris
www.rebloomingiris.com The Reblooming Iris Society Website, both bearded and beardless.
www.ruiris.narod.ru The Russian Iris Society website.
www.signa.org The Species Iris Group of North America
www.socji.org The Society for Japanese Irises
www.zyworld.com The Dwarf Iris Society of America

Blogs
www.historiciris.blogspot.com The historic iris blog of New Zealand based Terry Johnson.

Web Forums
http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/iris/ The iris pages of a general gardening forum.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Bearded_Irises/ A more recent Yahoo group looking at bearded iris cultivation.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MIS-Robin/ Yahoo group dedicated to Median irises.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ARILROBIN/ A Yahoo communications forum for pure Arils and also hybrids between Arils and other bearded irises.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/BeardlessIrisPhotos/ A Yahoo group for the echange of photos of Siberian, Japanese and beardless species.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Louisiana-Iris/ Yahoo group dedicated to Louisiana Irises
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/SpaceAgeRobin/ Yahoo group for those interested in growing and hybridising 'Space Age' irises.



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