Re: CAT: catalogs with lots of color pictures?

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Schreiner's catalog is full of gorgeous iris pics, but you pay for it 
if you order from them.  Their prices range from $6 for the old ones 
to $40 for newer.  The catalog costs $5, from:
        Schreiner's Iris Gardens
        3625 Quinaby Rd. N.E.
        Salem, Oregon 97303-9720
No pics at their web site.

My favorite is Sutton's, which has fewer pictures, but includes those 
of two reblooming collections and two space-age collections, as well 
as their introductions of course.  Their rhizomes are just as nice as 
Schreiner's or Cooley's, but cost a LOT less -- from $1.50 for older 
to a $5 average for newer, up to $15-$30 for the latest.  I can't 
remember whether I paid for the catalog originally, since I've 
ordered every year since so get it automatically, but you can check 
out their web site at http:///www.suttoniris.com.  There are glorious 
pictures there too.

Aitken's has fewer pictures but is also a wonderful source.  Their 
catalog is $2, from Aitken's Salmon Creek Garden
                    608 NW 119th St.
                    Vancouver, WA 98685
Their web site seems to keep changing names, but most recently I 
found it at www.flowerfantasy.net

Another HUGE source, with fine iris at rock-bottom prices, is 
Nicholson's Woodland Iris Garden, P.O. Box 578668, Modesto, CA 
95357.  I don't know whether there's a charge for their catalog, but 
their email address is iris4u@pacbell.net -- also not always 
reliable.  They list a huge number of irises at very low prices, 
though no pics.

Besides trying the AIS link, check out "Gardening Girl's" website, 
from which you can access many (including Aitken's) directly from the 
site.  Other picture-full sites are Nicholls, Beautiful View Iris 
Gardens, and Forquin Mountain Iris Garden (catalog $2).

Enjoy!  I began my online search from several engines using "iris 
growers" as my search words and found many I hadn't known of.  Bless 
these growers; otherwise, iris addicts such as myself would pine away.



--- In iris-talk@egroups.com, linda Mann <lmann@m...> wrote:
> A lurker sent me this question off-list - I can't really think of
> anybody other than Cooley's.
> 
> Check out the AIS website - it is linked to a lot of websites with
> pictures, if that will do, plus it has a link to a somewhat out of 
date
> list of catalog sources.
> 
> > As a new iris grower I's like to buy some nice catalogs that have 
lots of
> > Iris pictures.  I have the Schreiner's catalog and it is 
wonderful.  Can you
> > recommend any others?
> 
> Linda Mann east Tennessee USA zone 7/8
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