News

08 August 2019 Reconstruction of the place «Japanese Irises»
The place with the garden group Japanese irises has been under reconstruction for 3 years. It was necessary to replace

02 July 2019 International Expedition to the Far East.
From June 1 to June 16, 2019, a joint international Mongolian-USA-Russian expedition took place.

26 June 2019 Japanese Irises are blossoming
It is time for the garden group of Japanese Irises to blossom. Iris ensata Thunb is the botanical name of the iris – forerunner of numerous sorts of this group of irises.

10 December 2018 A new article in в Turczaninowia
Article was published: New species of Iris L. (Iridaceae) from Mongolia.  Turczaninowia, 21 (4): 145-149 (2018).

10 October 2018 International Conference.
From October 3 to October 7, 2018, the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference "Botanical Gardens in the Modern World: Science, Education, Management"

10 September 2018 Replenishment of the collection in 2018
In 2018, 152 taxa were added. Of particular value are plants from the nature of Altay

01 August 2018 Practice students.
From May 25 to July 19, 2018, students of the St. Petersburg State Agrarian University, Pushkin - A. A. Zhemchuzhnikova and A.E. Konakov held an internship at the Iridarium

10 July 2018 International Expedition.
From June 11 to July 3, 2018, a joint international Mongolian-Russian expedition took place. The expedition was attended by scientists from

17 May 2018 The 2nd National Irises Conference Shanghai Botanical Garden.
From May 13 to May 15, the National Scientific Conference "The 2nd National Irises Conference" was held in the Shanghai Botanical Garden (China). More than 130 specialists representing scientific and educational institutions of China, Jerusalem and Russia took part in the conference.

05 Martha 2018 A new article in Phytotaxa 340 (3): 201-216
Article was published: A taxonomic revision of the Iris section Psammiris (Iridaceae) in Russia. Phytotaxa, 2018. 340 (3): 201-216.

28 February 2018 A new article in SIGNA 96 (Winter 2017): 4465-4468.
N. Alexeeva, G. Firsov, P. Zhurbenko. Irises of Russia. The Collection of the Pyatigorsk Ecological-Botanical Station /SIGNA, USA, N 96, Winter, 2017. C. 4465-4468. This article is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Anatoly D. Mikheev, an expert

11 December 2017 Japan. A festival of chrysanthemums and maple paints.
In Japan, we were from 11 to 24 November. We were lucky, we found the end of the flowering of chrysanthemums and maple paints in full swing. Exhibitions of chrysanthemums

07 November 2017 International Conference.
From October 30 to November 3, the International Scientific Conference "Floriculture: Theoretical and Practical Aspects" was held in the Nikitsky Botanical Garden. More than 70

20 October 2017 Replenishment of the collection in 2017
In 2017, 81 taxa were added.

11 September 2017 Plants grown by in vitro method
The works on microclonal propagation (with Dr. E.V. Andronova)

28 August 2017 A new exposition on the Iridarium
A new site was exposition, the species of the subgenus Limniris

06 July 2017 Lecture «Iridarium. Species. Garden groups. Methods of propagation»
6 July 2017.  An open exposition Iridarium a presentation for the stuffs on “Iridarium. Species. Garden groups. Methods of propagation.”

15 June 2017 Bearded and Siberian Irises are blossoming
15 June 2017. It is time for the garden group of Siberian Irises to blossom. On Iridarium they bloom everywhere.

25 May 2017 Are blooming rare irises
May 25, 2017. On the are blooming rare irises from nature: Iris glaucescens,  Iris humilis, Iris bloudowii, Iris kemaonensis in Iridarium.  

26 April 2017 Visit at the Univesity of California Berkeley
26 April 2017. For three weeks, post-gratitude student Peter Zhurbenko studied at the University of California, Berkeley.