>http://www.britishirissociety.org.uk/juno.html > >http://www.junos.ca/ > >and of course : http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > Dear Lee, All good suggestions from Luc. Thanks Junos are poorly represented in gardens. Unlike all the rest of the genus, bulbous iris are not part of either the British Iris Society or the American Iris Society. Although the latter is the official registrar of iris, bulbous iris are handled by the Royal Dutch Bulb Growers and as such with less commercial bulbs, generally ignored. A few years ago I edited a publication called 'Gardening with Iris Species, as part of an International Symposium at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. We arranged for Alan McMurtrie* to write a good summary of Junos which you can read on line by going to http://www.junos.ca/HTML%20Pages/articles.html then scroll down about 3/4 of the page to Junos: An Overview. The article page also has links to a variety of hybrids and species in pix. Junos make up about 1/4 of all iris species, but few people grow even half dozen forms. Mine are mostly finishing up. I can recommend Jane McGary as a source for the easy and beautiful 'Sindpers' hybrid and I magnifica grows readily in most garden soils. Same for I bucharica and others. You should be able to grow at least some of them very easily in Mediterranean climates. Best Jim W. Alan, a Canadian grower and hybridizer, is best known for his advances in Reticulata Iris hybrids, but his web site cover lots of 'edgy' irises. Start with http://www.reticulatairis.com/index.html and enjoy. -- Dr. James W. Waddick 8871 NW Brostrom Rd. Kansas City Missouri 64152-2711 USA Ph. 816-746-1949 Zone 5 Record low -23F Summer 100F +