We are always dismayed by the lack of interest there is in this country for these beautiful plants. In America, Japan and elsewhere they are highly acclaimed and very much sought after, with thousands flocking to the flower fields every year to see the wonderful blooms. The tradition of Iris growing in Japan goes back several centuries.

They are the easiest of plants to grow, needing no pruning, spraying or staking, and there are varieties for every situation from dry shade to sunny ponds. The colour range is without parallel, through all colours of the rainbow, and including almost black and pure white; and flower size can vary from the very dainty to the huge nearly a foot across blooms of some Iris ensata. If a selection of varieties is chosen you can have flowers from April to late July, and their seed heads are beautiful in the bare Winter months, or can be lovely in dried flower arrangements.

Over the past twenty years we have been developing a large range of aquatic and damp loving Iris, many in completely new colour breaks, which, apart from Iris laevigata ‘Richard Greaney’, Iris laevigata 'Liam Johns' and Iris laevigata ‘Violet Garth’ (Named after family members), all carry the ‘Rowden’ prefix.

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