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Comanche Acres
Iris Gardens is located in the gently rolling hills of Northwest Missouri near
Gower. Jim and Lamoyne Hedgecock are the owners and 2001 marks their 21st year
in business. The Iris gardens take in some 20 acres. Tall Bearded Iris are, and
always will be our mainstay in irises. We grow over 2000 named Tall Bearded
varieties, as well as several thousand seedlings. Spuria irises, the king of the
landscaping irises, are exploding in popularity. We grow over 200 varieties of
Spuria irises, as well as several thousand Spuria seedlings. Louisiana Irises
are very popular with the water garden people. Our Louisiana iris stock include
75 varieties, as well as a few seedlings. Missouri is well known for it's wide
range of weather conditions, for this reason, we have found that our irises do
well in just about all of the United States.
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Comanche Acres Iris Gardens "Green"
statement:
Comanche Acres
has always been committed to a clean environment. Here are a few of
the steps we have taken to help:
The only
chemical we use on our farm is fertilizer. This prevents chemical
runoff into the surrounding environment.
We use 100%
shredded recycled paper for packing.
We use overrun
and overstocked boxes for all our shipments. These reclaimed boxes
prevent making new printed boxes.
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Our new building at Comanche Acres. |
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Cheyenne, our Jack Russell Terrier. She's the real farm boss. |
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Customers admiring iris in our fields. |
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Jim and Lamoyne admire a new seedling. |
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A view of one of our landscaping islands. |
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Our 100 year old iris planter. We still use it. |
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Another landscaping pond view. |
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A view of our production fields. |
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Another field shot of iris in bloom. |
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One of our special water features. |
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A view of landscaping overlooking our fields. |
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Landscaping pond at Comanche Acres. |
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