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Beginner's Corner

Beginning irisarians have a number of questions and the American Iris Society has a number of resources to help answer these questions. Here you will find links to many of these resources. One of the best resources for everything iris is your local club. You can find them by locating your geographic Region and following its link to Affiliates.

Selecting Irises

There are so many beautiful irises to choose from. A recent World of Irises blog entry recommended Fifteen Tall Bearded Irises For The Beginner. Others to consider are award winners, various popularity polls, and the Tall Bearded Iris Symposium.

Growing Irises

You can find videos to help with growing irises on YouTube and other services. The Iris Video Library has some of these for you. For example, How to Divide Tall-Bearded Irises and How to Divide and Re-Plant Irises (in New Mexico).

Learning More

The American Iris Society and the Iris Encyclopedia have many ways for you to learn more. One way to find these is using the Index to General Iris Topics which you will find in the left hand column of each page.

The Irises Bulletin published by the American Iris Society for members has articles helping beginners from time to time. Searching an index that covers up to July/August 2012 gave these suggestions for recent articles:

The January 2011 issue of Irises Bulletin, p 34-38 Iris Growing for the Beginner compiled by Rita Gormley.

An older one would be Siberian Iris Culture For Beginners by John Coble in the April 1999 issue, p 76-78.

Also: Beginner's Luck: Don't Count On It! Common Mistakes Beginning Iris Growers Make by Irene Otte in July 1984 issue, p 36-46.


 
 

-- WayneMesser - 2016-12-08

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