While breeding irises is all consuming, Cole has a day job as a jeweler. He designs jewelry at his store, D. Cole Jewelers, ...

The flashy flowers of Regina walking Iris can be grown outdoors in warm climates or in container gardens further north.

Iris Samuels is a reporter for the Anchorage Daily News focusing on state politics. She previously covered Montana for The AP and Report for America and wrote for the Kodiak Daily Mirror.