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May 7, 2019 7:29 AM CST
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Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Did I get your attention? Well, I am guessing I will disappoint in that my volume will be muted this year compared to years past. Call it "Click Bait! Rolling my eyes.

I continue to lose garden space and plants. Some by design and others by neglect. I am cutting back because I don't have the time and there are other things to do. Maybe when I retire I will arrest this downward movement. The weeds are thick and nonstop. They have choked out quite a few irises. I have been moving the irises since April (Yes, I am sacrificing bloom this year in some cases as I move stuff around; but most of these moves are to "save" the cultivar (so I am starting a pot farm).

My first bloom was April 24th (Tessie The Tease). This beat my normal first bloomer "Rare Edition" by two days. A deformed "Roz" was next. Everything else came in May. Here are the pictures.
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May 7, 2019 7:30 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Tessie The Tease


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May 7, 2019 7:33 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Rare Edition IB Gatty 1980




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May 7, 2019 7:37 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Roz IB Innerst 1996


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May 7, 2019 7:39 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
more......."Tessie The Tease"


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May 7, 2019 7:41 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
More.......Roz


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May 7, 2019 7:43 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Diggles SDB Innerst 2000


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May 7, 2019 7:44 AM CST
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Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
more......Rare edition


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May 7, 2019 7:47 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Tribute To Rosalie TB-RE Roberts (Joan) 2008


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May 7, 2019 7:48 AM CST
Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)
Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Region: North Carolina Peonies Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Nice to see you back on the threads Greg! Looks like Roz is a good grower. Innerst's medians seem to do well around here. Grindelwald especially just keeps growing. I had a mini Muggles explosion this year as well.

So no new iris going to be added for you in the near future? Must be hard to cut back with all the beauties you were growing.
"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black
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May 7, 2019 7:50 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Nine Eleven Remembered TB-RE Roberts (Joan) 2004


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May 7, 2019 7:55 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Leslie - I did not even go to the club picnic last year which is a GREAT source for new irises (I usually get 10 plus eat time!!).

I lost both Muggles and Grindelwald and was hoping to replace them. My idea/dream for the "Innerst Collection" has taken a big step forward. My local club now has our Iris shows at the Hershey Gardens and we are in discussions to maybe start an iris plot/collection at their facility. Small steps at the moment, but it may come to be.
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May 7, 2019 7:56 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
more .......Roz


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May 7, 2019 8:05 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Pandora's Purple TB Ensminger 1980


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May 7, 2019 8:08 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Frosty Spirit BB Tasco 2017


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May 7, 2019 8:09 AM CST
Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)
Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Region: North Carolina Peonies Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Greg - I can probably help you out with a small bit of Grindelwald and Muggles. I think of your collection whenever I come across Innerst iris.


Ooohhh! Love that Frosty!
"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black
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May 7, 2019 8:10 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
More......Nine Eleven Remembered


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May 7, 2019 8:12 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Frosty looks sooo much better in person. All of these pictures have been taken with my iphone. I need to get my DSLR out and take loads more pictures!!!!!!
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May 7, 2019 8:21 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
Sterling Prince TB Innerst 1983


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May 7, 2019 8:22 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)
Garden Photography Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Region: Japan Region: Pennsylvania
still more ROZ


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