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Iris gardens/growers in MD?

sujiwan_gw 6b MD/PA

11 years ago

I have a few passalong iris and mentioned in one of these forums before that I was looking for historic iris for my PA farmstead. I was thinking along the lines of 1940's and earlier.

Other than Superstition, most of the places I've seen that tout historic iris seem to be later than this. I was told that it was better to buy local iris than to get them from the west coast as they would be adapted to our area.

So, who grows iris in the MidAtlantic? Are there gardens to visit in Maryland that have extensive iris gardens and who sell corms?

I can relax my strict sense of the historic for my Maryland house (almost 1960's) so for here it doesn't matter.

Advice welcomed.

Comments (2)

klovesirises
11 years ago
Sujiwan,
I'm a newbie on here, so I'm learning from others. However, just wanted to pass along a website I found that has a lot of historic irises. http://www.argyleacres.com/ I love the old historic irises too! I want to order some from this site. I found this site off an Iris Society website. Most of my irises are the pass along ones & I'm trying to find out their names! I just found the new varieties & have ordered some new ones!
Kay
hosenemesis
11 years ago
Carlos has a webpage that lists growers with info about what and where they are. He's in Chicago, and here's the link.
Renee

Here is a link that might be useful: Carlos's irises in Chicago
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