Wants & Offers
Members’ Wants & Offers
Members wants and offers are posted below. If you are a member and would like a post on this page, please send copy to info@britishirissociety.org.uk This is a service for members and the Society is not responsible for any transactions that may occur.
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 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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