Iris cristata
Jane McGary (Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:43:53 PST)

The cover subject for the spring 2006 issue of the Rock Garden Quarterly
will be Iris cristata. I searched the archives for an appropriate article
to reprint and found nothing except a 1982 piece by Roy Davidson, which is
mostly devoted to comparing the species with other crested irises.

Would someone like to write up a current view of Iris cristata, with
mention of the cultivars now available? Davidson mentions 'White Pearl',
'McDonald', 'Millard', 'Whisper', 'Crested Ivory', 'Skylands', 'Crested
Fairy', 'Gold Crest', and "Abbeys Violet' as having been grown. I remember
seeing the last named. Are any of the others still in gardens? Are there
new ones now in commerce?

Perhaps one of you can write about these, or direct me to someone who can?

Thanks much,
Jane McGary
Editor, NARGS