Iris Nurseries

There have been many Iris nurseries through the years. Their illustrated catalogs have been a great source for the Encyclopedia; the following is a list of historic Iris nurseries: Be a part of Iris History, add your nursery (instructions)

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Catalogs can also be found by decade

• 4-Square Iris Gardens

A

• Abbey Gardens
• Acres of Iris, Anderson
• Adamgrove
• Ainsley, Gordon
• Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden
• Altha Hall Gardens
• Jacques Amand
• American Colony Stores, Jerusalem & Palestine
• The American Rose and Plant Co.
• Andorra Nurseries
• Andrus Nursery
• Appalachian Nursery
• Arends, Georg Arends
• Arils of Paradise
• Aril Patch
• Armstrong Nursery
• M.C. Arny & A.K. Arny, Treasure
• Arvista Gardens
• Roy C. Ashley
• Edward Auten Jr.
• Benjamin C. Auten
• Avonbank Gardens (Lloyd Zurbrigg)
• Avon Bulbs
• Ayers, Charles W.
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B

• Babcock Peony Gardens
• Ella V. Baines
• Baldwin's Iris
• Barr & Sons
• B.F. Barr Co.
• Bartram; John Bartram & Sons
• Bay State Nurseries
• Bay View Gardens
• H. H. Berger & Co.
• Berlin Botanical Garden
• Tina Berndt Irises
• Samuel Stillman (S.S.) Berry
• Biltmore Nurseries
• Bliss; B.K.Bliss Nursery
• Bluebird Haven
• Blue Hill Nurseries
• BlueJ Iris Garden
• Bobbink & Atkins
• F.B.Bobbitt
• Bois D'Arc Iris Gardens
• Bolgiano Nursery
• Bommersbach, John N
• Bonnewitz (Van Wert Gardens)
• Borboleta Gardens
• Bornimer
• Boswell Iris Garden
• Brand's American Peonies
• Brecks
• Breezeway Iris Gardens
• Bristol
• Broadleigh Gardens
• Broadway Gardens
• H. M. Brook Gardens
• Brooks Bros.
• Brown's Everblooming Iris Garden
• Brown's Iris Gardens
• Brown's Sunnyhill Gardens
• Orchadotte Nursery, Brunt's Garden Guide
• Buechly
• Buena Vista Iris Gardens
• William Bull
• Bunyards
• Burch Iris Garden
• Burges Iris Garden
• Tom Burseen, The Lab
• George C. Bush (see also Magnolia Iris)
• Busse Gardens
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C

• C. and T iris Patch
• C. Iris On Pond
• Campbell; Frank W. Campbell Nursery
• Campos Altos Nursery
• Canoga Iris Gardens
• Cape Iris Gardens, Dave Niswonger
• Cardinal Iris Gardens
• Carpenter, Sam
• Carter's Tested Seeds
• Cascadia Iris Gardens
• The Cassel Nursery
• Cayeux
• Cedar Hill, NY
• Central Experimental Farms, Ottawa, Canada
• H. F. Chase
• Chautauqua Flowerfield
• Cherry Hill Nursery, T.C.Thurlow's Sons
• Cherry Lane Gardens, Glenn Corlew
• The Chevy Chase Iris Gardens, Marion Shull
• John Lewis Childs
• Child's
• Cleveland, Frances E.
• Clibrans
• Cobble Cottage
• The Cole Nursery Co.
• Comanche Acres
• Come N' Look
• Contemporary Gardens
• Conley's Blossom Farm
• Cooley's
• Cooper's Garden
• Cordon Bleu
• Correvon, Floraire Nursery
• Cottage Gardens (Queens, NY)
• Cottage Gardens (Denney & McWhirter)
• The Court Of Iris
• Craig's, Tom
• Cramer's Iris Gardens
• Crawford, Mrs.William
• W.L.Crissey
• Cromwell Gardens, A. N. Pierson
• J. W. Crow Limited
• Cypress Knee Nursery
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D

• Dammann & Co.
• Dare's Gardens
• Mrs. Rosalie M. Davis
• Dean Iris Gardens
• Delkin's Puget Sound Bulbs
• Diane's Iris Garden
• Dickson's Nursery
• Diehl's Gardens
• Draycott, Carol Warner
• Dreer
• Dunderman, Mary Louise
• Dunroamin Nurseries
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E

• Eartheart Gardens
• Easy Breeze Gardens
• Echo Dale Gardens, Wilmer Kearns
• Henry C. Eckert
• Edenwald Gardens
• Eddie And Gamwell
• Edgewood Iris Gardens
• Georg Egger
• Elliott; B.A. Elliott
• H. E. Elliott
• Ellwanger & Barry, Mount Hope Nursery
• Elm City Nurseries
• Emigholz
• W. J. Engle & Son
• Englerth Gardens
• Ensata Gardens
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F

• Fairmount Gardens
• H. W. Groschner-Fairy Gardens
• Farquhar's Nursery
• Farr's Hardy Plants
• Orville Fay
• Ferry: D. M. Ferry Co.
• Henry Field Seed Co.
• First National Nurseries
• Five Oaks Nursery
• The Flesh Gardens
• Fleur De Lis
• Floral Gardens
• Flowerfield Bulb Farm
• Flower Lane Gardens
• Karl Foerster
• Forest Heights, T.A. Kenning
• Foster Iris, Doris Foster
• Fottler, Fiske, Rawson, Co.
• Franken Bros.
• Freudenberg Iris Garden
• Friendship Gardens
• Fryers
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G

• Gaddie's Gardens
• Garden of the Enchanted Rainbow
• Gardenside Vermont
• Garden Studio
• General Bulb Co
• Genotypes Unlimited
• Germain Nursery
• Germantown, Thomas Meehan
• Chas. E. F. Gersdorff
• Gieses Bulbs
• Gillett; Edward Gillett, Southwick Nursery (N. America Native species)
• J. N. Giridlian, Southland Iris Garden
• Glad-Iris Gardens
• Glen Road Iris Garden (Sturtevant)
• Goos & Koenemann
• Graham Iris
• Grand View Iris Gardens
• Green Gate Garden
• Mrs. R. E. Greenlee
• Gretchen's Iris Corner
• H. W. Groschner-Fairy Gardens
• Groveland Gardens
• Grullemans, Lisle, Holland
• A. Gude Sons Co.
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H

• Hahn's Rainbow Iris Garden
• Hall: C.H.Hall
• V. H. Hallock Son & Thorpe
• Hall's Flower Garden
• Hallcroft, David Hall
• Elizabeth Hardee Iris Garden
• Alan Harper's Top O' the Ridge
• S.G. Harris
• Harrison; C.S.Harrison
• Hastings
• Henderson: Peter Henderson
• Hermann Hesse
• Hildenbrandt's Iris Garden
• Hillcrest Garden
• Hill; H.M. Hill Iris
• Hillview Gardens
• Hoffman Peony Garden
• Hoopes
• F.H. Horsford
• Houdyshel, Cecil E.
• Hovey
• Hubbard: Clarence Hubbard Nursery
• Hudelson
• Chester J. Hunt
• Huron Valley Iris Gardens, Sam Burchfield
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I

• Ilgenfritz' Sons
• Impressive Irises
• Indian Spring Farms
• Iris 4 U
• Iris Acres
• Iris City, Kirkland
• Iris City, new,
• Iris Colorado
• Iris en Provence
• Iris Fields, H.S. Jackson
• The Iris Gallery, Jay & Terri Hudson
• The Iris Garden
• Iris Madness
• Iris Sisters Farm
• Iris Test Garden (Alexander Maxwell)
• Iris Test Gardens (Austin Morgan)
• Iristyles
• Iriswarehouse
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J

• J&L Iris
• H. S. Jackson, Iris Fields
• Jackson, Robert T.
• J.C. Jay
• Japanese Nursery
• Joe Pye Weed
• Joni's Dance-In-The-Wind Iris Garden
• Frank Josifko
• Jubilee Iris Garden
• Heinrich Junge
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K

• Kalmia Farms
• A. B. Katkamier
• Mrs. F. E. Keller
• Mrs. L.W. Kellogg (Over-The-Garden-Wall)
• Kelway & Sons
• J. A. Kemp
• Kenwood Iris Gardens
• Keith Keppel
• W.H. Kingsley
• A. C. Kinsey
• Kirkland Iris Garden
• Knopf
• Koch's Iris Lawn
• Frank Koehler, Rosedale Hardy Plant Farm
• Kotaka-En
• Krelage,E.H. & Son
• Kunderd
• Kyoto Noyen Nursery
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L

• LaCresta Gardens
• Lark Meadows Iris Gardens
• Lauer's Flowers
• George Lawler, Lawler's Bulbs
• Mrs. C. R. Stewart Leckie
• Legron Floral Co
• Leichtlin's Garten
• Lémon
• Lester Rowntree
• Linwood Iris Gardens
• Lone Star Iris Gardens
• Longfield Iris Farm
• Long's Gardens, Colorado
• Lorraine's Iris Patch
• Los Robles Co. Bulb specialists.
• Louisiana Iris, Sidney Conger
• Louisiana Iris Gardens, Upstate New York
• Lovett's Nursery
• Lyon's
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M

• Mac's Iris Gardens
• Magnolia iris Farm (Geo. C. Bush)
• Jacob W. Manning
• Maple Road Gardens, Jacob Sass
• Maple Tree Gardens, Larry Harder
• Maple Valley, Agnes Whiting
• Marble Iris gardens
• Mariposa Iris; Doug Kanarowski
• R. Marshall
• W.E. Marshall
• Joseph F. Martin
• Walter Marx Nursery
• Mayfair Nurseries
• Franklin Mead
• Meadow Mountain Bulb Farm
• Median Iris Gardens
• Thomas Meehan & Sons
• Melrose
• Henry F Michell
• Mid-America
• Miller's Manor Gardens, Lynda & Roger Miller
• Millet & Fils
• Milliken Iris Gardens
• Milton Nursery Co.
• Mission Bell Gardens
• Mission Gardens
• Mitsch, Grant
• Mohr Gardens
• William H. Moon Co. Glenwood Gardens
• Moonshine Gardens
• Moore's
• Mount Airy
• Mount Desert Nurseries
• Mount Pleasant Iris Gardens
• Movilla Gardens
• Mrs. Pattison; Quality Gardens
• Muhlestein; Tell's Iris Gardens
• Muller-Sealey
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N

• Napa Country Iris Gardens
• National Bulb Farms
• National Iris Gardens, see Weed's
• Neubert's Flower Garden
• Newburn's Iris Gardens
• J.C. Nicholls Gardens
• J.C. Nicholls Jr., Royal Gardens
• Nicholls Gardens
• Nola's Iris Garden
• Northbrook Gardens
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O

• Old Brook Gardens
• Old Colony Nursery, B.M. Watson
• Old Douglas Perennials
• M. Oliver Flower Farms and Milliken Gardens
• Orchadotte Nursery, Brunt's Garden Guide
• Oregon Bulb Farms, De Graaff
• Orinoco Nurseries
• Ovid Iris Garden
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P

• Pacific Coast Hybridizers
• The Palisades Nurseries
• Paradise Gardens
• Pattison; Mrs. Pattison, Quality Gardens
• Rex. D. Pearce
• Ansom Peckham
• Perry Plant Co.
• Perry's Hardy Plant Farm, Amos Perry, England
• Peterson Nursery
• Pfeiffer Nursery
• Picacho Mountain Iris
• Pilley's Nursery
• Pine Shadows Gardens
• Pleasants Valley Iris Farm
• Pleasure Iris Gardens, Luella Danielson
• The Plumfield Nurseries
• Porter-Walton
• Prince: William Prince
• O. M. Pudor Irises
• Puget Sound Peony Gardens
• Purdy: Carl Purdy
• Puyallup Iris Nursery
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Q

• Quality Gardens; Mrs. Pattison
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R

• Rainbow Hybridizing Gardens (Lloyd Austin)
• Rainbow Iris Farms, Bedford, Iowa, Norris family
• RainbowIrisGardensOf JohnCrooks
• Rainbow Iris Gardens, Ohio
• Frederick J. Rea
• Reading
• Redbud Lane Iris Garden, Melody & Jerry Wilhoit
• Edwin Reeves
• Reinhardt's Iris Garden
• Rialto Gardens
• Richmond Iris Garden
• Jayne Ritchie
• Riverby Iris
• Riversdale, Australia
• Riverview Gardens, A. J. Wilkus
• E.C.Robbins; Gardens Of The Blue Ridge
• Rockmarge; Mrs Edith H. Banghart
• Rockmont Nursery, Darwin Andrews.
• Julius Roehrs Co
• Ross Road Iris
• Mrs. Caroline Rowell
• Royal Iris Gardens: J.C. Nicholls Jr.
• Royal Palms
• Jānis Rukšāns
• Russell's Sunny Crest Gardens
• Rynveld's
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S

• Sakata Nurseries
• Salbach; Carl Salbach
• Sarah Toedt's Springtime Gardens
• Sass
• John Scheepers Inc.
• Schliefert's Iris Gardens
• Schreiners
• Shady Hill
• Shanunga Iris Gardens, Mrs. Walter Tobie
• Sheets, Earl Wooddell {Treholme Gardens}
• Shenandoah Nursery
• Shepard Iris Garden
• W. E. Sherbrooke
• Shiloh Gardens
• Ralph Shreve
• Shuho-En Nursery
• Marion Shull
• Sibley
• Sil-Mar Iris Gardens
• H. P. Simpson
• David B. Sindt, Irises
• George N. Smith
• Snyder Bros.
• Southern California Iris Garden
• Southern Meadows
• Carl Starker
• State Nurseries
• Helen von Stein-Zeppelin
• Stockton Iris Gardens, J. McWhirter & A. Feuerstein
• Dorothy Stoner, The Iris Garden
• Storr's & Harrison
• Stumpp & Walter
• Sturtevant, Grace
• Sundorne Gardens, E. G. Love
• Sunny Acres, W. F. Christman
• Sunnybrook Farm
• Sunnyside Gardens--L. Merton Gage
• Superstition Iris Gardens
• Suttons
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T

• Tell's Iris Garden
• Tempo Two
• The Hoosier Gardens
• The Iris Place
• The Shady Spot
• Theodore Payne
• Thorburn
• Tingle Nursery Co,
• Tip Top Gardens
• Mrs. Walter Tobie
• Toko-En Nursery
• Top O' the Ridge (Allen Harper)
• Totty's, (Charles H. Totty
• Treasure Oak Nurseries
• {Treholme Gardens}Sheets, Earl Wooddell
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U

• United States Nursery Co.
• University Hills
• Upton Gardens Mrs. G. R. Marriage
• Uranium Country Gardens
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V

• Van Bourgondien Bros
• Van Houtte Nursery
• Van Tubergen
• van Waveren
• Steve Varner, Illini Iris
• Vaughans
• Veitch & Sons
• Vilmorin-Andrieux
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W

• Wagner Park Nursery Co.
• Robert Wallace, R. Wallace Co.
• Wallace Iris Gardens, Utah
• Bee Warburton
• Ware, Thomas Ware, Tottenham Nursery
• Charles F. Wassenberg
• Hosea Waterer
• Robert Wayman
• Wayside Gardens
• Weber's Nursery
• Wedgewood Gardens
• Weed's Iris Garden
• Weller
• Wellesley Nurseries
• Western Iris Gardens
• Westover
• C. N. Wettengel
• Harvey Whipple
• Whitelegg; G.G.Whitelegg
• Whiting, Agnes: Maple Valley Iris Garden
• Wild Bros. (Sarcoxie, MO Nurseries)
• Wildwood Gardens, Will Plotner
• Willmott: Miss Ellen A Willmott
• Windwood Gardens, Bob & Judy Hollingworth
• Wing Seed Co.
• Winterberry Gardens
• A. E. Wohlert
• Woolson
• Wyatt And Quarles
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X

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Y

• Yarrabee Gardens & Iris
• 'Yokohama Nursery
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Z

• Zebra Gardens
• Zydeco
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-- BobPries - 2014-06-27