RICHMOND IRIS GARDEN 20162016–––– 2017 CATALOGUE NEW INTRODUCTIONS TB ATTAGIRL TTTBTB COOL ECHO TB SOLID ENERGY TB RICHMOND TRYST WWW.WWW.IRISGARDENNZ.CO.NZIRISGARDENNZ.CO.NZ RICHMOND IRIS GARDEN ESTABLISHED 1950 BEARDED IRIS SPECIALISTS 376 Hill St., Richmond 7020 Nelson New Zealand Specialist Growers and Hybridisers of Beautiful Bearded Irises Catalogue Issue 66 2016-17 ALISON & DAVID NICOLL PHONE & FAX [03] 5446513 376 HILL STREET RICHMOND 7020 NELSON [email protected] www.irisgardennz.co.nz Dear Iris Growers, This, our 38 th year and the 66 th of the Richmond Iris Garden, will be our last commercial year of operation. When we send out our last orders in March we will be sadly closing the iris garden. It has been a wonderful experience growing and selling the bearded irises, meeting all the wonderful people who purchase, photograph, paint or just come to look at our displays. The garden grew and grew and the irises moved around a large portion of our property over the years. The displays becoming larger and more impressive, probably peaking at about 1.5 acres of bloom. Over the last 5 years we have been shrinking the beds to reduce the work load as we slow down and try to cope with our aging bodies. Now we are surrounded by houses, our country life style gone, with some finding it difficult locating us amongst housing, on what appears to be a back section. We would like to thank our customers for their support over the years, for the many wonderful letters we have received and we hope the irises you have in your gardens will continue to give you pleasure for many years to come. We put our hearts and souls into the irises and have been rewarded by the results. It has been a wonderful journey. Our hybridising efforts have been rewarded too with Alison attaining the highest award, the Dykes Medal, for her iris Atavus. David initially focussed on breeding early blooming irises and we have been rewarded with very colourful blooms two to three weeks earlier than the main bloom. Selecting for vigour has also resulted in strong growing plants. We intend to continue our hybridising programme while we can and these may find their way onto the market in the coming years. It will be nice to know that some of our irises will continue after we have gone. We are not opening the garden to the public this year. If we do find we can manage a weekend or so we will advertise on our web site or in the local papers. _______________ David & Alison Nicoll 2 We strive to offer gardeners maximum choices of quality, easily grown Bearded Irises, carefully selected from our innovative breeding program and from our stock plants. Member New Zealand Iris Society Member American Iris Society. Member British Iris Society ABBREVIATIONS IN CATALOGUE S - Standards = upright petals F - Falls = horizontal or falling petals Bds - Beards = the fuzzy protrusions on the upper falls S/A – Space Age irises have horns &/or spoons as extensions of the beards. KEY : E - Early flowering. VE – Very early flowering M - Mid-season flowering. L - Late flowering. * - New varieties OUR IRISES It can be helpful to know the names of the hybridisers and the year of registration - these follow the name of the iris. The irises bred here in Nelson by David and Alison Nicoll have been selected because they grow and flower well here in New Zealand NEW INTRODUCTIONS 2016 - 2017 We have great pleasure and excitement to introduce the following new Bearded Iris for Alison and David Nicoll. Pictures of these are on the cover front and back and many others can be seen at www.irisgardennz.co.nz Tall Bearded (TB) at $30.00, all others at $20.00. The new irises listed here are also identified in the catalogue by an asterisk. TUTAKI (TB) (D. Nicoll ’15).Light purple standards fading towards the edges. Falls are dark crimson- red-wine with narrow light edge. Orange-red beard. ATTAGIRL (TB) (A. Nicoll ’16 At last a nice seedling from Atavus. Cream standards and pinkish falls with a cream rim. The strong dark reddish markings on the haft of the falls make this an unusual iris! Child of Atavus! COOL ECHO (TB) (A Nicoll ’15) Seed from Keith Keppel. Unusual colouring with pale blue standards and broad rounded creamy falls with a clear lemon border. Eye catching. SOLD OUT DARK LORD (TB) (A. Nicoll ’16) Intense Dark blue, ruffled with prolific bloom and good increaser. A seedling from Rippling River. RICHMOND TRYST (TB) (A. Nicoll 2016) A sibling of Timely Tryst – seed from Keith Keppel. Attractive pink standards above lilac pink and purple flushed falls. Pleasantly ruffled. SOLD OUT SOLID ENERGY (TB) (A. Nicoll 2016) M. Icy white standards over dark violet falls lifted by the blood red beard. The white mist often hanging over the brooding mining plateau of the South Island West Coast. Where much blood sweat and tears have been spent. Lots of bloom and good increase. SOLD OUT 3 THROSTLE SONG (TB) (A. Nicoll 2016) Apricot pink standards over wide, lightly frilled violet washed falls. Attractive. SECRECY : (SDB)( Nicoll 2015) Not quite tall enough to be a Miniature Tall Bearded but still an attractive white with slightly open falls revealing the lovely blue of the style arms inside. Sweetly fragrant. BABY BIRD (SDB) (A. Nicoll 2015) Another SDB not quite tall enough for a Miniature Tall Bearded – perhaps some more crossing may bring forth an MTB. This one has a purple plicata patterns on white. MINI PETITE : (SDB) (A. Nicoll 2015) This SDB has a wide lilac-blue border on white with a greenish midrib on standards and a fine blue centre line on the falls Rounded form. MISS NIDDLES : (MTB) A.Nicoll (2016) A cute little MTB with sharp white standards and the purple falls have a white centre stripe and red purple veining. RAIL RIDE: (AB) (A. Nicoll (2015) A sturdy purple and white from Esther the Queen. The standards have a chocolate band around the purple centre. Falls have a purple plicata pattern with strong tram lines on the white blade. SPECIALS FOR 2015- 2016 Tall Collection Worth $88.00 Pay $76.00 Save $12.00 DARK PASSION FOR GRETCHEN PACK ICE MEGABYTE EARLY EMBERS MT. STARVEAL PASTEL PRINT THORNBIRD Intermediate Collection Worth $74.00 Pay $64.00 Save $10.00 ANGEL HEART INDIAN DOLL MAUI MOONLIGHT NIC JACK HOT FUDGE LEVITY MIKE’S LADY MATARIKI Standard Dwarf Bearded Collection Worth $70.00 Pay $60.00 Save $10.00 BELINDA BABE HOMA GOLD RICHMOND WHITE WAIATA ACTION MAN HELMSMAN RUBY RUSSET WALKING ON SUNSHINE TALL BEARDED IRISES 71 cm & up. Flower - October/November. Tall upstanding stems with fabulous elegant flowers, blooming after the spring bulbs and before the summer perennials. If you have room, these are just the best. ABOUT TOWN : M (Blyth ’96) Silver lilac S, red violet F, edged silver lilac. Tangerine bds. $9.00 ACRYLIC: M (D. Nicoll ’05) S. Creamy yellow. F. have red wine wash over copper-brown. Bright orange beards. $9.00 ADOREGON : M. (Keppel ‘03) S. Vervain, base deeper violet. F. Silvery blue. Bds. Blue/white tip – the rest melon pink. Sweet fragrance. $14.00 ALPINE REGION : M/L [Blyth ’96] S. Lemon, F. creamy white. Sweet fragrance. $12.00 4 APARIMA: (D. Nicoll 2013) E. Vigorous, multi-stemmed. The reddish purple blooms are enhanced by the bright red beard. Plenty of stems; plenty of blooms. $15.00 ATAVUS: L (A. Nicoll ’06) S. Cream with central lilac flush. F. Tan hafts and border with strong lilac centre. $14.00 *ATTAGIRL (TB) (A. Nicoll ’16 At last a nice seedling from Atavus. Cream standards and pinkish falls with a cream rim. The strong dark reddish markings on the haft of the falls make $30.00 this an unusual iris! AUTUMN CIRCUS : E (Hagar ’90) White ground peppered purple. Re-blooms. $9.00 BERLIN BEAUTY : M (A. Nicoll 07) S. White, F. white centre merging to lavender blue edges. Mandarin red beards have a white tip. $9.00 BERLIN DANCER: L (A. Nicoll 07) Lovely white with a greenish tinge on falls. Lemon in the throat. Beard cream with white tip. $9.00 BEYOND RICHES: (A. Nicoll ’07) S. pale lilac blue with fine gold edge. F. Purple blend on magenta, white area around tangerine bds. $9.00 BLACK SUITED: (S. Innerst ’00) Tidy black self. $12.00 BRAGADOCCIO: L (Keppel ’97) S. Salmon, F. wine, orange beard. Striking. SOLD OUT $9.00 BRICKWORKS: (D. Nicoll ’07) Medium red brown with orange bds. SOLD OUT $9.00 BRONZE PEACOCK : E/M (J. T. Aitken ’03) S. Medium bronze. F. Violet with bronze rim. Bds. Ochre yellow. $10.00 BUTTERSCOTCH EARLY : VE (D. Nicoll ’04) S. Light apricot, slightly violet at midribs. F. White washed violet with medium butterscotch edges and red beards. $9.00 CHASING RAINBOWS : L (Hagar ’95) S. Peach pink, with purple blush at centre, F. buff, tangerine bds. $9.00 CAPTAINS JOY: M\L [Schreiner ’94 ] Ruffled blue bi-tone. $9.00 CONNECTION: (Joseph Ghio, R. 1999) TB, 36" (91 cm), ML S. blue white; style arms yellow; F. purple, shoulders blended with red; beards red. HM 2002. $12.00 *COOL ECHO :(A Nicoll ’15) Seed from Keith Keppel. Unusual colouring with pale blue standards and broad rounded creamy falls with a clear lemon border. Eye catching. $30.00 SOLD OUT *DARK LORD (A. Nicoll ’16) Intense Dark blue, ruffled with prolific bloom and good increaser. A seedling from Rippling River. $30.00 DARK MESSENGER: TB (D.