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Welcome
to the official Canadian Iris Society (CIS) website
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Photo: ...another reticulata iris introduced by Alan McMurtrie, this is Orange Glow, these type of irises are real harbingers of Spring. |
Welcome
to the official
Canadian Iris Society (CIS) website
Who belongs to the Canadian Iris Society?
...outstanding iris
specialists, gardening experts and horticulturists are all members but the
Society is primarily for the amateur gardener who enjoys growing irises.
Mission Statement
The Canadian Iris Society (CIS) is a non-profit
organization with the objective to encourage, improve and extend the
cultivation of the genus iris and to collaborate with other societies
for this purpose.
Love irises? Would you like to become a supporting member of the CIS?
Please go to the Membership area
of the CIS website for full information.
Thank you for being a CIS member.
Looking for a Canadian local or regional iris club/society?
Connect with
other iris people in your own area. For
information on this please go to the Regional
Iris Societies area of the CIS website. Listed here you will
find local iris/regional iris societies listed by province, plus various special interest
iris societies with a focus on a specific type of iris.
2013 CIS Purchase Program:
The annual CIS Purchase Program is currently underway as of April 1, 2013.
This year the CIS again offers a selection of special high quality iris plants for your growing pleasure. This program helps support the activity and function of the Canadian Iris Society (CIS) and its registered affiliates, a further plus is that you get yourself some very nice flowers at the same time too!
In the 2013 program we have a limited number of reblooming irises on offer that are specifically noted for reblooming in cooler climatic zones. These irises are marked in the listing with an R= reblooming.
All the program details are available now on the CIS website.
Go to the Iris Sales Events area and you can obtain a list of the available irises for 2013, a color mini-catalogue of the varieties and an order form.
Some varieties are already sold out, please check the sold out listing prior to placeing your order. The sold out listing is on the Iris Sales Events page of the website along with all the other sale details. |
Happy Gardening in 2013!
CIS website updated:
April 8, 2013
Canada Weather
Check the weather across Canada from coast to coast from here:
Forecast: ...we are moving rapidly towards real Springtime weather and gardening time!
... the days now get longer.
Spring officially begins with the vernal equinox at 7:02 A.M. (EDT) on March 20, 2013 in the Northern Hemisphere. The Vernal Equinox brings increasing daylight, warming temperatures and the rebirth of flora and fauna. The word equinox is derived from Latin meaning “equal night.” The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.
CIS Newsletter: (March 2013)
The Winter 2013 CIS Newsletter has been published and sent out to you if
you are a current CIS member. As always, we hope that you will find the latest issue useful,
interesting and informative. The CIS Newsletter is published four times
per year.
CIS members receive the CIS Newsletter issues either electronically via
e-mail distribution or via regular postal mailing. Bonus of the
electronic version is that is comes to you sooner and has full color
images throughout whereas the printed version is black and white only. You may change your preference any time by communicating your choice via
e-mail to the CIS Membership chairman: e-mail: cdniris@gmail.com
If you are a CIS member and for some reason did not receive your issue please contact us. (via e-mail is best.)
For information on becoming a member of the Canadian Iris Society (CIS)
please go to the membership area of the
website. |
 Quick Tip on Iris Growing for Spring (March-April-May)
Springtime is a time of the gardening year that is awaited with great anticipation by iris growers and general gardeners alike. There is an intense inner enjoyment to be had from viewing the new years growth of foliage emerging from the recently frozen ground. Some nice iris bloom is just around the corner.
Specifically regarding irises, there are a few items that need attention. First, a clean up is in order of any garden debris that accumulated over the winter, as you do this check the plantings for any signs of winter damage and resolve these. Types of things to look for are; winter kill (botrytis, a grey-black fungus) carefully remove and dispose those afflicted/do not compost these. Look for winter heave, that is your iris plants standing up out of the ground by the roots! This happens mostly on new plantings …push them back down and perhaps add extra soil as required. Time to treat for iris borer if you control with chemicals, if you are controlling manually then the debris removal helps to remove any borer eggs that are typically found on the debris.
Time to check your garden signage with your plant map in case any moved or disappeared over the winter. Also this is the time to put down any fertilizer around the iris plantings. They will respond well to the extra nutrients. A suggested fertilizer values for iris would be along the lines of 6-10-10, avoid using high nitrogen fertilizer as it can encourage rot problems. Lower first number which is the nitrogen, higher on the other two numbers will help to boost flower production and growth and contains enough nitrogen to provide optimum growth with a lower risk of bacterial soft rot. Take it easy on the fertilizer, a little goes a long way. Alfalfa is also an excellent supplemental addition that provides nice results. (For more details on specifically fertilizing irises please go to the "Garden Diggings-Decoding Fertilizer" article in the Editorial section of the website)
Go to it! Happy garden diggings in 2013. CH
For more please see the Cultural
Information area of the CIS website.
Further items regarding iris
culture are also available in the Editorial
section of the CIS website.
Index CIS website:
We welcome you to explore our CIS website and hope that you will find it a useful
resource of information on all things iris! Follow the links that appear
across the top of every page to navigate the various areas of the
website. Happy Gardening.
History - information on the
Canadian Iris Society (CIS), includes historical background.
Calendar of Events - Calendar of Events 2013
Membership - 2013 CIS membership information
Admin/Contacts- CIS Board of
Directors listing and contact information, CIS Board meeting schedule,
CIS Committees, CIS Constitution.
News news of events
past, present and future
Editorial various Garden Diggings
items
Awards -
CIS Awards and also an explanation of the AIS iris awards and a detailed listing for
the years 1996-2008 inclusive.
Articles Index - follow this link to find a sub-index of many interesting and useful iris
related articles
Cultural
Info - follow this link to find growing information/tips and advice on various types of iris: Bearded, Siberian,
Japanese. Also a glossary of iris terms; helpful to the understanding of the terminology used when reading iris catalogues and or
iris related articles.
Iris Sales Events - details on upcoming various iris sales
events
Regional Iris Societies - a listing of Canadian
local/regional iris clubs/societies and special interest iris societies
AIS/Canada Information - section provided for the AIS regions functioning within Canada and general related American Iris
Society (AIS) information.
Links to further iris information on the Internet.
Includes info on Iris-Talk an internet mailing list devoted
to the discussion of garden irises. Lots of fun and interaction with
people who love irises! Find out how to join in.
 Contact the CIS by e-mail at: cdniris@gmail.com
Leave us a comment/message/question and we will get back to you ASAP. Many
frequently asked questions regarding iris or growing iris are answered in the articles contained on
this website. Please look for information on the website first.
Website created, produced and maintained by:
Christopher Hollinshead
Wolf Marketing Communications, Mississauga, Ontario Canada.
e-mail: cdniris@gmail.com
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