Iris

How to Pollinate an Iris
Where do New Varities of Irises Come From?
New types of Irises are created by cross pollinating, and then growing a new Iris plant from a seed. Cross pollinating an Iris, is very simple, once you know how. Below is a step by step, how to guide, with photos. Crossing one Iris with another is call Hybridization, and the resulting plants are called Hybrids. Photos: All photos my own, except Amazon products. Intro photo available at Zazzle.com

Iris Flower, Types of Irises and Irises for Sale
Irises are very beautiful for a flower that is so easy to grow.
Most people who grow flowers, have a few Irises. The most common type grown, the Bearded Iris, flourish sometimes, even when they are ignored, or neglected. There are literally hundreds of Iris varieties, and over 200 Iris species. Listed here are only a few of those.

Iris Flowers
The Beautiful Iris Flower in Many Forms
From bulbs to scarves, jewelry to stained glass, and even a quiz, this lens is devoted to the iris flower. I've always been around iris. My maternal grandparents dabbled in hybridizing. My mother had iris everywhere when I was a little girl. I remember how the dark colored flowers smelled like grapes. Now I grow some of them myself, although if I'd known how grass likes to get up right between the rhizomes and make it hard to keep them weeded I might not have gotten started with them. Oh wel...

Decorating with Irises
Using Irises as Home Decor
When I was doing the research for my page All About Irises, I could not believe all of the beautiful things I have seen with irises on them. Since I am a newbie Iris grower, I thought I would put together a page that is highlighting the iris as home decor. What I am going to try and do is post different modules for different rooms in the house. When I look at an iris I am so drawn in to its beauty that it is hard to explain. Inside the iris is like a completely different world, photographing...

All About Irises
It's Springtime, Let's talk about Iries
Brief History of the Iris Before this year (2012) I have never grown an Iris. Now, I am totally hooked on the flower. I love their multi colors, the softness and gentleness of their petals and the beauty each flower portrays. I hope you enjoy this lens that is totally devoted to the beautiful flower, the Iris . Fleur-de-lis is French for Iris: According to Wiki: Fleur means flower and lis means lily or Iris. The Iris or Fleur-de-lis has appeared on countless European coats of arms and flags ...