WELCOME TO THE IRIS HAVEN WEBSITE
IRIS HAVEN
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
PEACHES IN WINE, the second Australian-bred (and only the third non-US-bred, Louisiana iris) to win the coveted Mary Swords Debaillon Award from the American Iris Society. Hybridiser: Heather Pryor of IRIS HAVEN
PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS HAVE CHANGED AS OF 5.5.09. OUR TEL NUMBER IS NOW (02) 8883 5953 AND FAX NUMBER IS NOW (02) 8883 5954. OUR P.O. BOX DETAILS HAVE ALSO CHANGED. PLEASE SEE DETAILS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE. PLEASE AMEND YOUR RECORDS TO INCLUDE THESE NEW NUMBERS. THANK YOU
BLUE MOUNTAIN MIST - our Premier Release for 2009/2010.
Welcome to the 2010/2011 season version of our website. All new 2010/2011 season pages will be pale lemon in colouration. If the page you are looking at is still pale blue - then it has not been undated for the 2010/2011 season as yet. Please be patient, as we will endeavour to have all of the new season pages updated before 1st September, 2010.
Heather's beautiful cultivar, PEACHES IN WINE, has been awarded the Mary Swords Debaillon Award by the American Iris Society for 2006. We are particularly excited at this recent news, as PEACHES IN WINE has been a favourite with our customers for many years. With two MSD Awards heading Down Under to Iris Haven in the last few years, it would appear that we must be doing something right with our hybridising...
We are pleased to advise that PEACHES IN WINE is once again available for sale in limited numbers during 2010/11. The 2004 MSD Award winner, HOT AND SPICY, can still be purchased from the "Louisiana iris General listing page A-L". Just scroll down to HOT AND SPICY.
HOT AND SPICY - the first Australian-bred (and only the second non-US bred) Louisiana iris cultivar to win the coveted Mary Swords Debaillon Medal from the American Iris Society. Hybridiser: Heather Pryor of IRIS HAVEN
IRIS HAVEN is a specialist, mail-order, Louisiana iris nursery, located in Sydney, Australia.
Proprietors, Heather & Bernard Pryor, are hybridisers of world-class Louisiana irises. IRIS HAVEN was created to enable them to share their gardening passion with others.
Welcome! Well, we are back again for our fifteenth cyber version of our website. We hope that you like the improvements; the clearer photos and the additional information we have recently incorporated into the pages.
The 2010/2011 season will celebrate a wonderful new release by Peter Jackson, as well as our own cultuvars. Peter is releasing one of in his latest offerings, PIXIE POLKA. We had the pleasure of seeing this lovely cultivar when it was still a seedling, so can highly recommend it to you. PIXIE POLKA is in short, limited release - so if you want one - please let us know.
Our little family, which started out in 1990 with just Heather & Bernard as hybridisers and IRIS HAVEN as our only sales outlet has grown a little over the years... In 2010 it has now grown to encompass Greg and Macey McCullough of IRIS CITY GARDENS in Nashville, Tennessee, USA - plus RIVENDELL IRIS GARDENS in New Zealand. We also have avid supporters in South Africa, Taiwan and Japan. The number of hybridisers that we promote has also grown - as noted above. Who would have thought that something that was initially so small could grow to span the Pacific and Indian Oceans, plus incorporate hybridisers from around Australia in our national and international efforts? We have a happy family indeed - and are proud of it!
Our northern hemisphere shipping period will re-open from about mid March, 2011 onwards and will close at the end of July, 2011. Customers from the United Kingdom and Singapore joined our 'family' of avid collectors this year - and we welcome you to the exciting world of Louisiana iris growing!
Southern hemisphere shipping will re-commence from approx. 10th December, 2010 onwards until approx. 30th JUNE, 2011. This is a closure approximately one month earlier than normal.
Please contact our US agents, Iris City Gardens, if you wish to obtain any of our cultivars - and if you live in the USA. If you live elsewhere in the northern hemisphere - please contact us to ascertain current stock listings. Similarly, please contact our NZ agents, Rivendell Iris gardens, if you wish to obtain any of our cultivars - and you live in New Zealand.
As in the past, we have split our General Louisiana Iris Catalogue listing into two sections. Page 6 is the listing of cultivars available from A-L inclusive and Page 3 is the listing of Louisiana iris cultivars from M-Z inclusive. By splitting the pages we've been able to load more photos.
However, both our regular-height Louisiana iris cultivars AND our shorter-growing 'Water Sprite' cultivars are grouped in straight alphabetical order on the two pages noted above. All of the shorter-growing 'Water Sprite' cultivars are clearly denoted as such.
We have done our best to load as many photos as possible onto these pages, but we have reduced the photo size to allow ease of loading for our non-broadband customers. Should you wish to receive a larger photo of any cultivar, just email us at irishaven@pip.com.au - and we will be happy to send it to you via email.
We've also expanded our Water & Bog Iris/Water & Bog Plant page (page 7) to include an expanded ragne of iris Virginica cultivars - some of which are from our own breeding programmes.
Customers in Australia need to note that all prices on this website are listed WITHOUT GST. When ordering, you need to add the GST payable. Our overseas customers can just work with the prices as listed, as there is no GST payable on export shipments.
AUSTRALIAN CUSTOMERS WILL NEED TO ADD 10% GST TO THE PRICES NOTED ON THIS WEBSITE.
IRIS HAVEN cultivars have been awarded many certificates and awards, both in trial gardens and on the show benches over the last bloom season. Details of these achievements will be listed later.
We have also moved house during 2009 and are now just 7 minutes from our gardens instead of 45 minutes. Please note our change of postal address and telephone numbers below.
Our nursery will remain closed to the public during 2010/2011. We will, however, continue to provide our efficient mail order service to every customer. By keeping our premises closed, we are able to keep our running costs down to a minimum - and this translates to better prices for our customers. I need to note here a very friendly reminder that we are not open to the public, as our premises is not set-up for public visitations. Please don't ask us to open for you to inspect our premises, as we are a mail order nursery ONLY.
Heather will continue with her programme of garden club visits during 2010 (albiet in a smaller, less exhausting way!). If you are intending to visit any of the events listed on the 'What's Happening' page, please drop by to say hi. Details of Heather's outings - and IRIS HAVEN exhibition details can be found on our "What's Happening At Iris Haven" page (page 8).
NEW INFORMATION! The folk from STAR WARS have recently asked Heather to provide them with an article about the Iris Haven Louisiana iris cultivar PRINCESS LEIA. If you are a STAR WARS fan (and who isn't?) then you may like to check our Links page, click on the link to the STAR WARS website - and read the article. We are thrilled at this most recent event and hope that you enjoy reading the article. We have plenty of stock of PRINCESS LEIA - see page 3 for the listing.
If we can assist you further in any way - please don't hesitate to contact us via email, telephone or fax. Until then - happy gardening to one and all.
Heather & Bernard PRYOR
IRIS HAVEN
HEATHER PRYOR (left), her namesake Louisiana iris (centre) HEATHER & BERNARD PRYOR (right).
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LINKS PAGE for other iris-related information here
RENEE FLEMING - our southern hemisphere premier release for 2005.
QUEEN JEANNE - our premier release for 2003
IRIS HAVEN
P.O. BOX 6070
BAULKHAM HILLS BUSINESS CENTRE
NSW 2153
AUSTRALIA
TEL (02) 8883 5953 FAX (02) 8883 5954
(International callers need to add their own countries international access code, then add "61" for Australia - and then delete the "0" in the "02" code before calling. ie. 612 8883 5953 is preceeded by your own international access code to call us.)
EMAIL: irishaven@pip.com.au
WEB: www.irishaven.com.au
This page was updated and uploaded on 1st September, 2010
