Want to tour a garden featuring aril or arilbred irises? Or are you looking for where to buy some of your own? Then you’ve come to the right place.
The following Display Gardens feature arils & arilbreds and are open to the general public at certain times of the year. An appointment may be necessary so please contact them in advance of your visit.
We have also compiled a list of commercial sources for arils and arilbred irises. Nurseries marked with an asterisk * indicate that they are specialists in arils and arilbreds.
Would you like to become a display garden? Please download the application form for details. Or you can contact our Display Gardens Coordinator via email at danabrown@peoplepc.com
Garden Application
Display Gardens
- PICACHO MOUNTAIN IRIS
130+ arilbreds and 100+ arilbred seedlings
Howie Dash
1534 Arco de Goya
Las Cruces, NM 88007
Phone: 575-652-7550
hdash@picachomountainiris.com - John Baumfalk
specializes in aril species and hybrids, some arilbreds
1001 Madison
Newton, KS 67114
USA
Phone: 316-215-1324
johnb002@cox.net - Peter McGrath
aril/arilbred hybridizer; using unregistered Howard Shockey seedlings
11208 Eagle Rock Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87122 USA
Phone: 505-362-3249
email: petermcgrath777@comcast.net < li> - Seandel Iris Gardens
Dell Perry
800 Purcell Dr.
Plano, Texas 75025
U.S.A.
Phone: 972-816-3418
seandelirises@yahoo.com - THE SHADY SPOT
180+ arilbreds, and a few arils
Judy Schneider
1778 County Road 107
Whitesboro, TX 76273
Phone: 940-594-5557
jlkapps@hotmail.com - PRAISE THE LORD IRIS GARDENS
50+ arilbreds
Mike Bale
8714 S. Lost Creek Lane
Perkins, OK 74059 USA
Phone: 405-880-0885
email: mike.bale@okstate.edu”
Guest iris are accepted
Commercial Gardens
- Aril Society International (members-only plant sale) ASI members receive plant sale booklet in early June.
- Kary Iris Gardens
Ardi Kary
6201 E. Calle Rosa
Scottsdale, AZ 85251
ArdiKary@aol.com - Mid-America Garden
Paul Black & Tom Johnson
P O Box 18278
Salem, OR 97305-8278 - Odyssey Bulbs
Russell Stafford
P.O.Box 382
South Lancaster, MA 01561 USA
978-333-0139
mail@odysseybulbs.com - Seandel Iris Gardens
Dell Perry
800 Purcell Dr.
Plano, TX 75025 USA
972-816-3418
seandelirises@yahoo.com - Superstition Iris Gardens
2536 Old Highway, Dept. A6
Cathey’s Valley, CA 95306
randrcv@sti.net - Willow Bend Farm
1154 Hwy 65
Eckert, CO 81418
willowbend@kaycee.net
Gardening Societies which occasional distribute Arils & Arilbreds through their seed sales
- Aril Society International (members-only seed sale)
ASI members receive seed sale list in September. - Species Iris Group of North America
(members-only seed sale)
SIGNA members receive seed list in late December or early January. - British Iris Society
(members-only seed sale) - Pacific Bulb Society
(members-only bulb & seed exchange)
PBS BX occurs randomly, frequently, continuously through the calendar year, arils & arilbreds are offered on rare occasion - North American Rock Garden Society
(members-only seed exchange)