very beautiful Kathy.

Too!

Thank You! I'm not sure how to answer you folks personally (if that's possible) So...I'll pull up a few more

Nebraska Big Red with Rock Band



Purple Noid, Sheer Ecstasy, Rosie'sClick



Artist's Time with Fragrant Lilac



Artist's Time



Louisa's Song



Temple of Time with Toronto



Skating Party..it really bloomed spectacular in 2019,with Dangerous Mood



Jazz Band

Artist's Time flickers like a firebird !!!!
Louisa's Song -Queen of irises !!!
Nebraska Big Red - delicious red!

Kathy: You answer us however you want But more bloom pics are always welcome and appreciated here!! Your Artists Time is amazing and your yard is so green and beautiful!!

Kathy ~ again! Just beautiful!

Absolutely beautiful yard and irises Kathy.

Three for emphasis , very lovely.

Kathy...beautiful photos of beautiful irises!

Here are a few more of my favorites....all bloomed the first year!

Evelyn I grow 'New Face' too, and it was kind enough to bloom for me in its first year as well. I really liked it.
Got to love when irises bloom right from the start.

'Haunted Heart' also bloomed the first spring here, although it gave me a scare as it didn't have any increases. Turned out it was a false alarm, as I got some increases later, but still it wasn't nice of it to scare me like that.

William ~ It's name is Haunted Heart!

(It "haunted" your heart!)

It sure did!

Evelyn...excited to see your last photos! I bought New Face two seasons back &lost it's label. I believe this is it!!!!




My Haunted Heart finally decided to make a rather "scarce" show 2019 (the giant bud is another iris)
William, Evelyn said it well...key word to this Beauty is "Haunted"
Let's hope this Spirit pays us all a visit in 2020!!

FAIRYROSE said:...key word to this Beauty is "Haunted"
Let's hope this Spirit pays us all a visit in 2020!!

Kathy ~

A couple of Robert Van Liere irises I received a a bonuses from Iris4U in different years, but that bloomed for the first time last year:

'Cosmic Adventure'


'Ricochet Ranger'. For an iris registered in 2015, I'm thinking that the falls perhaps are a bit too old fashioned looking?


Maybe a drink would be a good thing for the weekend, but unfortunately I don't grow 'Drunks at Sunset', like everyone else seems to do, so here is the tulip 'Aperitif' with a bit of a sunset mood instead:

William said:A couple of Robert Van Liere irises I received a a bonuses from Iris4U in different years, but that bloomed for the first time last year:

'Cosmic Adventure'

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Cosmic Adventure')
• Uploaded by William

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Cosmic Adventure')
• Uploaded by William

'Ricochet Ranger'. For an iris registered in 2015, I'm thinking that the falls perhaps are a bit too old fashioned looking?

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Ricochet Ranger')
• Uploaded by William

Maybe a drink would be a good thing for the weekend, but unfortunately I don't grow 'Drunks at Sunset', like everyone else seems to do, so here is the tulip 'Aperitif' with a bit of a sunset mood instead:

• Triumph Tulip (Tulipa 'Aperitif')
• Uploaded by William

William ~ Cosmic Adventure is a pretty one.

I agree with you on Ricochet Ranger. But if you like it a lot, then who cares?

William ~ I was a bit disappointed in Drunk's first year bloom. It was a bit short, the blooms all bunched up together and not well-formed. Maybe it will do better this year.

Evelyn, I think Ricochet Ranger at the very least need to be very vigorous, rain tolerant and floriferous to stay long term. There are so many others that I like more and to little room.
Still, I guess the hybridizer must have had some reason to introduce it!

I think and hope your Drunks will improve. It does sound like it was a bit stressed, with that short stem. Bunched up flowers are never fun. At this time I'm not even super happy about show stems. The more flowers there are open at the same time, the larger the risk is that the entire stem will fall over.

William said:
'Ricochet Ranger'. For an iris registered in 2015, I'm thinking that the falls perhaps are a bit too old fashioned looking?

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Ricochet Ranger')
• Uploaded by William

Maybe a drink would be a good thing for the weekend, but unfortunately I don't grow 'Drunks at Sunset', like everyone else seems to do, so here is the tulip 'Aperitif' with a bit of a sunset mood instead:

• Triumph Tulip (Tulipa 'Aperitif')
• Uploaded by William

Ricochet Ranger- he has an unusual dense raspberry color. For this, falling fouls are forgiven him.
A lot of fun about an aperitif!