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24 February 2023 Fourth Scientific and Practical Conference "Botanical Gardens in the Modern World: Science, Education, Management" (Peter the Great Botanical Garden, St. Petersburg, February 27 to March 3, 2023)
The conference will allow specialists from various botanical institutions to meet, work productively, discuss the topics that have accumulated lately and answer numerous questions of modern management.

11 November 2022 The book “Iris L. (Iridaceae Juss.) in the Russia” is posted on eLibrary in free access.
Remember, that in the book the general characteristic of all species of the genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) of flora of Russia

19 October 2022 The book “Mother: I loved flowers during my life…” (1998-1913) is out of print
Book about my mother. It is contain not only the joys and difficulties experienced by her and her family.

13 October 2022 Replenishment of the collection in 2022
In 2021, The collection was replenished by 62 taxa, these are plants collected in nuture, grown from seeds and bought in nurseries. Plants from nature from Dagestan

01 September 2022 Tour to Kamchatka
From 21 of September till 30 we had a unique trip to Kamchatka, where it grows Iris setosa,

29 June 2022 IV Moscow International Symposium in the Genus of Iris "IRIS L. – 2022" (Botanical Garden of Moscow State University, June, 14-17, 2022)
The symposium allowed irises specialists in to meet, work productively, discuss the topics that have accumulated lately and answer numerous questions of modern Iris growing.The symposium allowed irises specialists in to meet, work productively, discuss the topics that have accumulated lately and answer numerous questions of modern Iris growing.

13 May 2022 A gift for the garden at the Academy of Russian Ballet of the Iris ensata cultivar "Nikolai Tsiskaridze".
In early May 2014, Nikolai Tsiskaridze planted an oak tree in the courtyard of the Academy of Russian Ballet. From that moment on, the territory,

01 April 2022 Irises are blossoming
Iris cristata, Iris japonica, Iris tectorum and bearded: Iris  pallida and Iris kashmiriana

22 February 2022 IV Moscow International Symposium “Iris-2022”
At the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia) will be organized.

28 December 2021 Replenishment of the collection in 2021
In 2021, The collection was replenished by 62 taxa, these are plants collected in nuture, grown from seeds and bought in nurseries. Plants from nature from Altai (Korpacheva, Alexeeva), the Sakhalin Island (I. Pautova)) and

08 October 2021 "Camelian readings" in Barnaul
From September 27 to September 29, 2021, the 2nd International Conference "Kamelian readings" was held at Altay in Barnaul. The conference was attended by over

17 September 2021 International Conference in St. Petersburg
From September 14 to September 16, 2021 in the Botanical Garden of the Great Komarov Botanical Institute RAS in St. Petersburg was Seventh International Conference  

26 June 2021 Japanese Irises
This year, the garden group Japanese Irises bloomed two weeks earlier, these are the Iris ensata Thunb. Cultivars and

04 June 2021 Siberian Irises are blossoming
It is time for the garden group of Siberian Irises to blossom. In the collection of the Iridarium the Siberian iris species (10 species are described) and over 100 varietes from Russian and foreign breeders have been tested for introduction in different years. Two of the species

02 April 2021 The flowering of Irises began in the Botanical Garden of Peter the Great
Iris japonica Thunb. and Iris pallida Lam. was the first to bloom in the greenhouse of the quarantine nursery at the end of March. Once again,

09 November 2020 A new article was published in Phytotaxa
Manuel B. Crespo, Nina B. Alexeeva & Yue E. Xiao. Iris zhaoana, a new name for Iris potaninii var. ionantha (I. sect. Pseudoregelia ser. Tigridiae, Iridaceae) from China: evidence from morphological and plastid DNA data // Phytotaxa, 2020. 470(4): 282-289.

21 October 2020 The book “Iris L. (Iridaceae Juss.) in the Russia” is out of print
Many thanks to everyone who took part in the action - a book as a gift. The general characteristic of all species of the genus Iris L. (Iridaceae) of flora of Russia is given (232 p.). The complex

20 October 2020 A new article was published in Vavilovia.
Article was published: Seed morphology in the genus Iris (Iridaceae) from Russia // Vavilovia. 2020, 3(1): 5-28.

16 September 2020 Replenishment of the collection in 2020
In 2020, due to quarantine, there were no expeditionary trips. The collection was replenished

10 August 2020 Acidanthera bicolor, Gladiolus hybr., Tigridia pavonia, Tritonia crocosmaeflora will soon bloom.
The flowering of irises has ended, now in the buds of Acidanthera bicolor, Gladiolus hybr., Tigridia pavonia, Tritonia crocosmaeflora. Usually they bloom until late autumn, sometimes Acidanthera bicolor