Posts by Alun
Moorcroft Pottery for West & Midlands Iris Group’s 50th
Moorcroft Pottery have kindly created a range to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the West and Midlands Iris Group. This has been on display at some of the BIS shows and of course their own show. If you haven’t seen it, you can download a brochure here to browse or just keep as a souvenir.…
Read MoreAGM & Lecture Day 2024
We are pleased to announce the details of our 101st AGM to taken place at Holton, Oxfordshire on Saturday 21st September 2024 which will also celebrate the West and Midlands Iris Group’s 50th anniversary. There will also be a talk by Paul Lewis on his breeding work with Gladioli and Crocosmia, followed in the afternoon…
Read More2023 Virtual Show Winners
British Iris Society 2023 Virtual Show Results Class 1 Bearded Iris 1st:75 Julie Scott -‘Constantine Bay’ 2nd: 76 Jane Stevenson Ingram ‘Chantilly’ Joint 3rd: 51 & 71 Stephen Huggins – ‘Merry Amigo’ Jeremy Handy – ‘Sunny Sonatina’ Class 2 Beardless Iris 1st:59 Julie Scott ‘Lincolnshire Orpheus’ 2nd: 58 Julie Scott ‘Here Be Dragons’ Joint 3rd:…
Read MoreMembers’ Wants & Offers
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Read MoreTrying to Restore My Dear Friends Collection
I rescued my original iris collection via a lifelong friend after his mother – passionate iris collector, BIS member, exhibitor, and hybridizer Jane Cole – died of cancer. Jane’s iris ‘Lambourn Hills’ is one of the most treasured and beautiful irises that I grow (a true sparkling silver!). I have been on a mission…
Read MoreJohn Salter bearded Iris and early ‘natural’ hybrids
I am collecting John Salter Iris and any information about him and his Irises. Salter had nurseries in Hammersmith London 1848-1870 and for a while in Versailles France 1838-1848. The AIS website https://wiki.irises.org/Main/Bio/HybridizerSalterJohn lists only 20 varieties and it looks like maybe only about seven are still in cultivation (I have found photographs of these…
Read MoreChelsea 2022: Stand GPE193 in the Great Pavilion
Tuesday 24 May – Saturday 28 May We were delighted that the team won a gold medal for their hard work in our centenary year. Here are some photos to whet your appetites – do come along and say hello. The last photo shows Rachel de Thame, our new Patron, with the team. Below, you…
Read MoreFerdinand Cayeux Irises
I am trying to collect as many irises as possible bred by the French hybridiser Ferdinand Cayeux. If any members have any irises that they either know or suspect to be Ferdinand Cayeux introductions (including those introduced posthumously by his son Rene) then please contact me here At present I can offer the following in…
Read MoreA quest for Suffolk raised irises
Having had the idea planted in my mind recently by Sarah Cook (of Sir Cedric Morris fame) I am undertaking the challenge of collecting irises that were hybridized in my home county of Suffolk. As well as the well-known Sir Cedric Morris there are others that deserve to be collected and preserved alongside these. The…
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