This page is a place to find a few standout articles and other items that are special. You may turn them up scouring the web, but we’ll make it easy and add to this list from time to time.
“Louisiana Irises: A Natural for Water Gardens.” Pond & Garden, May – June, 2001.
“Jazzy Louisiana Irises: Shapely Blooms and Mardi Gras Colors Spice Up Gardens North and South: Fine Gardening, July-August, 1996.
“Wild Irises: Still Out There, Still Beautiful, More Endangered Than Ever.” SLI Newsletter, 2007
“Find of a Lifetime.” Fleur de Lis, 2008.
The Louisiana Iris Conservation Society: A Lost Chapter in Our History’.” SLI Newsletter, Winter, 2012.
1932 – 1938
“A Window Into Our Iris Past: The Extraordinary Nelson and Hutson Familiies of New Orleans,” Fleur de Lis, Fall 2019.
Wild iris painting by Ethel Hutson.