Mary Cameron Frey, Chicago Sun-Times, April 29, 2001
[This is an] excellent book to buy and keep for future guidance and reference.


Ken Smith, The London Free Press, June 16, 2001
Fascinating facts about these fantastic flowers, considered by many as regal, rugged and refined.


Book Description
This guide to the beautiful iris makes clear distinctions between the many types of iris and gives the information gardeners need to provide the best conditions for those they covet. Superb photographs provide inspiration for both novice and expert gardeners. Written for North American gardeners, the expert text is concise and informative, including interesting anecdotes about the long history of the genus and advice on: - planting, cultivation and propagation - using irises in garden design - bearded irises - bulbous irises - beardless irises - Pacific Coast or Californian irises - Louisiana irises - Japanese irises - Siberian irises - Rocky Mountain irises - Juno irises - water-loving irises - Evansia (or crested) irises - picking and caring for blooms - pests and diseases. With over 95 beautiful full color photographs, a selection of more than 120 plants is recommended by the authors. A glossary, a bibliography, and mail-order sources are valuable features of the book.


About the Author
Pamela McGeorge is a freelance writer and was an editor of New Zealand Gardener magazine for several years. Alison Nicoll has grown bearded irises commercially since 1978. A member of the American Iris Society, she is also a senior judge for the New Zealand Iris and a member of the British Iris Society. In 1977, Alison was invited to join a panel of judges at the International Iris Concorso in Florence, Italy.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This guide to the beautiful iris makes clear distinctions between the many types of iris and gives the information gardeners need to provide the best conditions for those they covet. Superb photographs provide inspiration for both novice and expert gardeners. Written for North American gardeners, the expert text is concise and informative, including interesting anecdotes about the long history of the genus and advice on:

- planting, cultivation and propagation

- using irises in garden design

- bearded irises

- bulbous irises

- beardless irises

- Pacific Coast or Californian irises

- Louisiana irises

- Japanese irises

- Siberian irises

- Rocky Mountain irises

- Juno irises

- water-loving irises

- Evansia (or crested) irises

- picking and caring for blooms

- pests and diseases.

With over 95 beautiful full color photographs, a selection of more than 120 plants is recommended by the authors. A glossary, a bibliography, and mail-order sources are valuable features of the book.

Author Biography: Pamela McGeorge is a freelance writer and was an editor of New Zealand Gardener magazine for several years.

Alison Nicoll has grown bearded irises commercially since 1978. A member of the American Iris Society, she is also a senior judge for the New Zealand Iris and a member of the British Iris Society. In 1977, Alison was invited to join a panel of judges at the International Iris Concorso in Florence, Italy.

FROM THE CRITICS

Ken Smith

Fascinating facts about these fantastic flowers, considered by many as regal, rugged and refined. —London Free Press

Iowa City Gazette

A comprehensive resource on these fantastic flowers ... generously illustrated with Russell McGeorge's lush photographs.

Mary Cameron Frey

[This is an] excellent book to buy and keep for future guidance and reference. —Chicago Sun-Times

Iowa City Gazette