I was visiting my parents in North Carolina last week when I concluded that the "Thelma's" that Leslie & Gabe were talking about was just under an hours drive away. So I suggested to my mother (the source of my iris "condition") that we go. Very little arm bending was employed

I wanted to take pictures of everything that was blooming, but I had other commitments later in the day in South Carolina, so we only spent about three hours there. Taking pictures slowed me down as to seeing them all and deciding what to buy. Thelma is 95 years young. I did not see/meet her, but heard she was out on her "Golf Cart" the day before supervising a weeding effort!

I may go back in July and get more, but not sure. It depends on how long they will be around. My guess is that they will not do anything this year so I would expect a 2017 bloom season. Who knows.

I took tag pictures and then pictures of the plants. The tag has the row number and the row position of the cultivar. This info is what they use to dig.

Arctic Age



Schreiner 1999 TB

Rajah Brooke



Norton 1944 TB

Palace of Thoughts





Ernst 2000 TB

Laurel Park






Gaulter 1978 TB

Frivolous





Ernst 1991 TB

Meda Lee





Boen 1978 TB

Latin Rock







Schreiner 1984 TB

Aztec Treasure





R. & L. Miller 1984 TB


NOTE: Notice that they spelled the name wrong as it is on the sign as "Aztex"

Coral Satin





Hamblen 1981 TB

Nice ones; I should have sent my order!
thanks

Olive Branch





Ernst 1990 TB

Mango Entree





Blyth 1996 TB

Really nice ones Greg. You caught different ones than I did. I will have more to post too. I am guessing you have more?😎

yup, not as many as I wanted to as the time ran out.

I have 28 more to go. One of which is in my opinion not correct; therefore a NoID. I was trying to take pictures of cultivars that may not have had any pictures in our database. Three of the first 11 I posted did not have a picture; so already a smashing success! More tomorrow!

Some of the signs got messed up with the flooding near the road. And some are not for the iris right by the tag. It for ones on the other side.

Really nice, Greg ! Thanks for posting the pictures!

Most of my pictures were taken in the back/middle. My mom and I were amazed at the erosion dug into the front rows. That had to be huge when it happened.

Wow! Nice. Good prices, too.

Thanks for the photos and with field labels to boot. I am documenting the historic irises that Thelma's has and your photos are great to reference! And GREAT to hear Thelma was out on the golf cart recently supervising weeding! I have met her and she is neat. You gotta love her.