@Lestv - Glad you have enjoyed them Leslie.

As I mentioned before, I am grateful to everyone who takes the time to add to the database. All the photos I have added are 2019 blooms. For me, and I hope others also, a good iris season!
Here some bed photos of my iris this season …...



I also had a couple of pretty 'babies' in the seedling bed. Nothing spectacular but there are a couple that I'm keeping to work with. These crosses were done in 2017, my second year of hybridizing irises. I am hoping (expecting) better results next season.


Here are a couple of my seedlings that bloomed for the first time this year:
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17-19-07
17-16-08
17-04-09
17-20-01

Your garden is beautiful Sharlene I could sit there for hours admiring the view. Your seedlings are beautiful too.

Great beards on the first and third ones!

DraDiana said:@sunnyvalley,
I missed about 3/4 of your new database photos - probably due to our different time zones, and your photos getting buried by the time I open up the site.

Diana - You can view Sharlene's photos from her profile by clicking on her name in any of her posts and then clicking on "854 images" in the "Plant Database Contributions" section
https://garden.org/plants/brow...

Sharlene ~ I love ALL your photos, beds and irises!

I especially LOVE this seedling!

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sunnyvalley said:@evelyninthegarden
Evelyn - thank you and it is a pleasure. Just trying to play a small part in making NGA's iris database 'the best' around.

Sharlene ~ for sharing so many new photos! Keep up the good work! We all appreciate it!

Nice gardens, love the raised beds. Seedlings sure are fun aren't they?

Totally_Amazing said:

Diana - You can view Sharlene's photos from her profile by clicking on her name in any of her posts and then clicking on "854 images" in the "Plant Database Contributions" section
https://garden.org/plants/brow...

Thanks Robin - I had just done that already - that's how I found out how many photos of hers I had previously missed. 😉
Maybe it is time to check and see how many of your photos I may have missed!

Sharlene, your garden is breathtaking and I like the seedlings too.

They are beautiful!

DraDiana said:

Thanks Robin - I had just done that already - that's how I found out how many photos of hers I had previously missed. 😉
Maybe it is time to check and see how many of your photos I may have missed!

Thanks for the 52 thumbs Diana

You're welcome.

Sharlene, Your garden shots are an inspiration!

Sharlene: I too went through your entire collection of photos in the Database. What a beautiful colection of irises. Many I had never seen before, so that was an added treat. And your garden is just breathtaking, a work of art in itself.

You seem to be doing a great job with the hybradizing as well!!

@Totally_Amazing @DraDiana @evelyninthegarden @tveguy3 @IrisLilli @iciris @AndreaD @GreenIris

Thanks all for taking the time to comment. I really appreciate them since I seldom comment in the forums, just lurk, but often use NGA's database.
I am mainly on Facebook these days which has been a great for me. It is thanks to Facebook that I got to meet one of my favourite iris hybridizers in person this year - Augusto Bianco.

So if you don't hear from me for a while ……

I think lots of people do that (lerk) Sharlene! Afterall, we are all busy gardeners and there is lots fighting for our attention (like weeds) I personally think keeping the database populated is most important. I use it extensively to decide on the next years purchases.

With regard to the Hybradizers, we had one of my favorites grace us with his presence and wisdom this last Spring...Ghio. It was a wonderful surprise

What a treat, Elsa!

Just wanted to share my bluebird of happiness--it really did make me happy

so happy in fact, that I was devastated when I discovered that it had been overrun by sprawling neighbors when I went to relocate it this fall, then I had to get two more for insurance
soon I'll be over run with it and need to share. I put them all in a primo place!

I love this iris - love the contrast between the colors of the beard and the bloom.

Great gardens, Sharlene!!

Bluebird of Happiness is gorgeous!