FORTHCOMING IRIS RELEASES
THINGS ' IN THE WINGS'
WALTZ KING (left), EDNA GRACE (centre) and FEATHER & FAN (right) - are all just waiting 'in the wings' for their turn to shine in the spotlight!
We are delighted to confirm that after several years of 'wandering in the wilderness' we have found a US agent for the co-release of our Australian-bred cultivars. Greg and Macey McCullough of IRIS CITY GARDENS in Primm Springs, TN have agreed to take on the task of growing-on many of our registered cultivars for eventual co-release into the USA. Greg and Macey worked with us with the co-release of the Pryor cultivars in the Pacific Flora collection, which were released in the USA in 2004.
Not only are the McCulloughs great nursery-folk, they are genuine people too - and we are thrilled that they are happy to work with us to ensure that both our northern and southern hemisphere customers are provided with interesting Australian-bred, IRIS HAVEN Louisiana iris cultivars for many years to come.
The co-release programme will work along these lines:
1) Co-release cultivars are released in the northern hemisphere spring time of any one calendar year by IRIS CITY GARDENS.
2) These same co-release cultivars will be released by IRIS HAVEN in a southern hemisphere spring time generally at least 12 months after release by IRIS CITY GARDENS.
So, if you live in the northern hemisphere you would do well to purchase any new co-release cultivars from IRIS CITY GARDENS. If you live in the southern hemisphere you can just order from IRIS HAVEN in the normal way - once we release the co-release cultivar via our website here in Australia.
What could be simpler?
Here are some photos of current IRIS HAVEN/IRIS CITY GARDENS co-release cultivars. You can ONLY purchase these cultivars from IRIS CITY GARDENS at present.
LILAC SERENADE (left), DONNA WOLFORD (centre) DARK AND DANGEROUS (right).
COBWEB CONCERTO (left), RICH AND RARE (centre) and TRULY SCRUMPTIOUS (right).
FROTH AND BUBBLE
This page was updated on 1st September, 2009
