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23 May 2008 Results of the contest. Answer of Natalia Mazunina, the winner
Irises are perennial rhizome plants which belong to the family Iridaceae...

21 May 2008 Today is Nina B. Alexeeva’s birthday
Administration of the portal flower-iris.ru congratulates Nina B. Alexeeva on her birthday! We wish her strong health, happiness and success in all her projects including it-technologies.

19 May 2008 Results of the contest
Results of the contest on how Iris was called in Russia and other countries have been drawn. We thank all the participants. The prize (a flower vase with a picture of irises) will go to Perm to Natalia Mazunina. A consolation prize (a cup with a picture of irises) will be given to Nickolay Vasiliev on May, 21.

19 May 2008 New information has been posted
A new section Lectures, workshops, exhibition, has been created where you can familiarize with materials of The International Seminar on Volunteer Movement. A new photo gallery: Expedition to Baikal.

23 April 2008 Photo exhibition of Irises "Look at Irises!" 45th anniversary of the Iridarium!"
It is the unique opportunity to see the photo exhibition devoted to the Iridarium of the Botanical garden, Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences once again!

22 April 2008 Information on the expedition to Baikal has been posted
Baikal region is one of locations where the majority of species (11 species) of the genus Iris grow in the Russian territory.
Expedition to Baikal.

17 April 2008 Important information on the contest
The website administration apologizes that the mailbox which was given in information for the contest had not been created. All defects have been fixed and you can send your answers to info@flower-iris.ru and admin@flower-iris.ru.

06 April 2008 Information on the expedition to the Far East
Expedition to the Far East

15 Martha 2008 CONTEST!
In news dated from March, 14 definition of the word Iris was given. What were other name of Iris in Russia and other countries? The contest is announced: a person who sends the biggest amount of answers to info@flower-iris.ru will get the prize on May, 21, 2008. Answers are taken until May, 18, 2008.

15 Martha 2008 Information on the exhibition of irises is now available in the website
On February, 5 presentation of the photo-exhibition devoted to 45th anniversary of the Iridarium took place. All visitors had the unique opportunity to see at the same time all plants of the family Iridaceae blossoming in the Iridarium from April to October.

15 Martha 2008 International Seminar on Volunteer Movement
From  7th  to 11th of April the Botanical garden, Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (St. Petersburg) hosted the International Seminar on Organization of Volunteer Movement in arboretums, nurseries and reserves.

14 Martha 2008 The Iris
Recently many visitors of the website have become interested in what the Iris is!?We are happy to answer this question. The Iris is a genus of the family Iridaceae.

06 February 2008 The course of lectures at the Botanical garden
It 2006 – 2008 the Botanical garden hosted annual course of lectures “Days of Knowledge” delivered from January to April. In 2006 there were introductory lectures; basics of taxonomy, morphology, anatomy, introduction of the Botanical Institute and Garden departments.

01 February 2008 Photo exhibition of Irises "Look at Irises!"
Photo exhibition of Irises "Look at Irises! 45th anniversary of the Iridarium". The idea of the exhibition organization was to devote it to 45th anniversary of the Iridarium as well as 95th anniversary of two outstanding peopled devoted their life to this amazing perennial plant. Photo exhibition of Irises "Look at Irises!"

01 January 2008 A popular paper on I. ruthenica has been written
A popular paper on I. ruthenica has been published in the journal “In the world of plants”, 2007, №10, this species is largely spread in Southern districts of Siberia, it is introduced but is not used in selection.