Inspiration

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.

Two articles by Marie Caillet

“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.

Two articles by the late Benny Trahan on exploring for wild irises

“Wild Irises: Still Out There, Still Beautiful, More Endangered Than Ever.” SLI Newsletter, 2007

“Find of a Lifetime.” Fleur de Lis, 2008.

The lost history of iris activity in New Orleans before SLI was created

The Louisiana Iris Conservation Society: A Lost Chapter in Our History’.” SLI Newsletter, Winter, 2012.

1932 – 1938

The iris legacy of the extraordinary Nelson and Hutson families in old New Orleans

“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.