Irises: Arilbred Iris Hybrids, 0 by KYBRED

KYBRED wrote:
laurief should know about hardiness being in zone 3. I live in zone 6 and have never lost one to a bad winter due to the temps. but I have lost them due to a wet winter. These hybrids that I have on my tradelists are halfbreds and 3/4breds. They are tetraploid. These arilbreds were developed and bred by a man named Samuel Norris. Sam with a combined effort from John Holden developed the tetraploid strain of arilbreds. Mr. Norris bred these iris to act like tallbearded iris. Anywhere you can raise the tallbearded you should be able to grow these arils regardless of how much aril is floating around in their genes.

Thank goodness some gardeners are willing to push the so called limits of some plants. Otherwise all our gardens would look the same!