I have scoured the web, and best I can tell it is a combination.

Thing is, the lady I got them from said they were a rich dark purple in her yard.

Planted 2014; no blooms 2015
This year was the first :D
I love them! Really great experiance. I need to cut them but want to make sure I do it right! Thanks for your help :)












Ok im still learning the site and not entirely sure how to respond individually lol. I added the 3rd photo per daisyl's request. It's the bezt I have right now I can get a better one tommorow. All of the other plants in the picture are the same Irises, 3 of them bloomed this year, the other two closer to my porch did not. I assumed this was due to the shade. There are tiger lillies also coming up with the Irises, as you can see I severely misjudged how big they were going to get ha! Also mixex in by surprise are American Blue Eyed Grass ( which I literally just identified )

Thanks for the other responses I did check the Iris forums here which made me think it was a combination.

They are tall however I really am terrible at judging the height. I am 5'1 and they come up to my hips, much like my 3 yr old. :)

Thanks again for the responses, Im looking forward to growing with you guys 😊

Hi Nicole and to NGA

Can you add one more photo showing the whole plant?

Daisy

It is a bearded iris
Maybe tall looks like a possibly historic (old type)

We have an iris forum here with very knowledgeable people they may be able to give it a name.

You may also want to visit the Iris Forum to find out the best care for your plant also,

http://garden.org/forums/view/...

It's possibly Gracchus? There are a few that look like this one and the standards don't appear the right color. Let me look a bit more and I'll get back with you.

I'm not having any luck finding anything for you. I would head on over the iris forum and ask the experts.

I was looking through the historic thread and looks a lot like Gypsy Queen
but I am no iris expert and so many look a like.

Gypsy Queen starts with the standards kind of a light brown and changes to yellow. Did yours do that?

Check out MTB's too as it looks like it has the smaller bloom size associated with Miniature Tall Bearded iris. And a lot of those have the stripes/veining on the falls such as your has.

Looks like an historic, not MTB to me.

Do some looking around on this site :http://irisparadise.com/Iris/index.htm
there is an "English" button, to make it easier. I'm sure it's a Historic, and I'll bet you can find some here that are close.

I fixed your link, Arlyn. The colon needed a space between it and the link.

http://irisparadise.com/Iris/e...