What a treat to wake up on a cold December morning and find these gorgeous pictures. Now I know where some of my favorite irises come from. Thanks Brad for sharing these great shots.

It was 6 degrees here this morning at 5:30 when I got up, and these pictures make me feel Little warmer! Keep 'em coming, it's a long time till spring!!...Arlyn

Brad -- what are the pink trees -- pictures 46 and 48?

The more I think about it,if those are spring pix of the "pink tree" it probably isnt Seriyu.Mine leafs green and doesnt turn until October

Leon you are welcome I wish I would of took more pictures of the landscaping but I got lost in the Iris Field I had it all to myself for a few hours

Aryln it has been horrible outside the past couple days, we needed moisture but not to this extreme the snow we got was wet and heavy, there are Trees down all over the city and thousands with out power at this time of the year it is a real mess.But every day is a step closer to spring

Mary Ann they are Japanese Maples but I did not get a picture of the name of that one, they are fantastic I just wish I could get them to live here there colors are my favorite. I am now working on Variegated Dogwoods those were the trees with the different color leaves in the pictures I am hoping they are a little more hardy.

Jo Ann they had a really nice sized Seriyu planted, that is another one that I Love I have bought 2 good sized ones and they look great for me through the growing season and fall but they don't wake up in the spring another reason Oregon is so impressive every time I go I find new plants that I want to try at home you can see fields of Conifers and Jap Maples growing everywhere which Enables me to continue to plant and try them thinking I am going to get lucky but very few like my back yard
Here is a pic of there tree

I look forward to there catalog coming every year it has great pictures in it and always good reading material especially for the newer intro's and they usually have a section in the back that goes over some of there Seedlings that show promise and awards there Iris won, It is a real treat and something that helps with the winter blues. The weekend I was there they were having a Garden show in the area for the different Hosta and Peony growers and there were a lot of people in the hosta gardens but the Iris fields were empty in full bloom at the time I didn't realize they were having there annual show but I was clicking on some pictures in the Peony thread this summer and Connie had some great pictures of there property and even managed to catch one of me in Iris Heaven walking the fields.I'm sure the look on my face was priceless when I opened that link and found a picture of myself Here is the link for her thread
The thread "Annual Volkswalk at Adelman's Peony Gardens 2012" in Peonies forum

My Seriyu isnt full grown yet but I have hopes it will look like theirs.
I had a whole series of photos of my tree but cant find any but this.

I think the other name for it is Lizard Bark.
I found 'em

I was hoping to see some of my favorites from the catalog in full bloom and was not disappointed, I think the printer did not do them justice on quite a few. It was really neat to see them up close, I am always looking for new color patterns and something different and they had quite a few that I am adding to my wish list, Here are my favorites from there gardens

Note To God & Dipped In Dots

Lynette Blue & Polar Mist

Patchwork Puzzle& Center Line

Au Contraire & Name Game

Kiss Of Passion & Gaudy Is Good

Wild & All My Dreams

Yahoooo they sent me Name Game as a bonus in Aug.
Your pix is so welcome.
I also like Polar Mist.
If we are just patient for 5 more months - - - .

I got Dipped in Dots last summer, can't wait for it, I sure do like Patchwork Puzzle and All My Dreams, They for sure have to go onto my wish list. Lynette Blue sure is ruffly! Think that's another one I have to consider. Not fair showing all these beautiful pictures when I'm suffering from Iris withdrawal! I need an injection of Iris! and I need it NOW!

Oh -- no fair Brad -- only the picture of your back............

But seriously -- PINK Japanese Maples? I never heard of that. I've got a red one myself. Good luck with the Dogwood -- I've never been able to keep one alive, and I live in a pretty gentle climate. They are tricky!! Be sure to plant it in the shade of another tree.

We have a flowering dogwood, but not the varigated foliage kind,and one thing that's a real "must" for any dogwood is slightly acid soil. It's a constant struggle for me, as ours is planted on the old railroad right-of-way, which is crushed limestone! I dug a hole about 5' deep and 6' in dia., filled it with "regular" soil and compost, and treat it heavy with soil sulfer and Mir-acid! It's doing "ok", but not "prospering", if you know what I mean.This year's drought has NOT helped, either!....By the way, Patchwork Puzzle would be my pick!....Arlyn

I have a Corallinum that is pink in spring but its not as tall as the tree in the pix.Its a slow growing shrubby type here.This was May

There are different shades of pink in Japanese maples.

Here is one of my sister's Japanese maples, which turns really hot pink each December. This picture was taken just as it was approaching the pink stage.


And here was my little Geisha, which unfortunately died this last summer. I really loved it and will probably order another one of these days -- but I'll have to find a better spot where it doesn't get afternoon sun in our summer heat. And I noticed that they had a little Geisha at Mid-America Garden back in 2010 too.


And this picture is of Shaina, taken in Vancouver, Washington during our 2010 trip.


And here is Beni schichihenge, taken in the mountains near Vancouver on the same trip -- and Mid America has at least one really big Beni schichihenge too. I love the foliage on this one, but my small one was decapitated when a table full of daylilies collapsed down on it. (Pronounced "Benny Shee-chee-hengay")


Needless to say, I love the pink Japanese maples!

Jo ann those are great pictures of your Seriyu I love the fall colors of it, I was interested in it because they told me at the time it was one of the only Lace leaf Jap Maples that grows upright like a tree, most look like a shrub with that leaf pattern think (Crimson Queen) and I also tried Coralinium no luck but wow what a awesome color in the spring. I saw quite a few of them in Oregon at Whitman Farms she is in the Salem area as well and specializes in rare trees, so I tried it with about 15 others and I got 2 of them to live. I think after Iris, Maples are my favorite if I could just have Vermont in the fall in my back yard it would be perfect. There is a website that has some great pictures of Jap Maples he does a blog every week through the growing season of different Maples and he has the most varieties I have ever seen. Here is the link for some good pics if you click on the link Maples on the Move he has like the past 4 years on there.
http://www.metromaples.com/map...

Tom I'm glad I can help feed the addiction LOL more to come

Mary Ann I was shocked when I found that picture I opened it up expecting to look at a field shot and did a double take I guess you never know when someone will be taking your picture but I couldn't help but think what a small world I was looking for pictures of Peonies and found one of myself in a Iris Field

Arlyn I have 2 so far both are just a couple of years growing here and I planted them in my berms with a french drain because of this rock hard clay I have in the backyard, I seem to have luck with some delicate plants as long as they drain but the Jap maples just won't take the cold here. I have only a few that seem to be growing at all most survive but not much growth. The 2 dogwoods I have one is variegated and the other is supposed to be fruit bearing it was called a Milky Way but it has not produced any. I wish I could find some of the white leafed ones like I saw in Oregon just not a lot of nurseries here that bring them in, I am guessing because they are delicate and they do not want them returned. I have been using Amur Maples there hardy and they have great fall color almost there with the Jap Maples.


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Betty Those are great pictures I was hoping to see some of your Jap Maple pics, I remember you said you had some this spring I think the Shaina would have to be in my top 3 favorites the color of it in the spring is 2nd to none it really puts on a show of color and a perfect little garden tree if only you could share some of your winter weather like last year I might be able to grow one.

Come on Brad, are you sure I'm not in any of your photos too?

Your landscape photos around the house are fabulous; next best thing to seeing it all in person.

LOL sorry Connie I was not paying much attenion to anything other than the field that day, I remember thinking Wow I have it all to myself for a little bit of time.

Kiss Of Passion, Wild, and All My Dreams are just what I need in a certain place in my garden.

Love the garden shots, so beautiful.

Thanks so much for the pretties, Brad!

Brad: The Seriyu is an upright and we just thinned out ours so it has a more open canopy.I am hoping it will reach 10 feet like the label said.It was planted to replace a scots pine that died.

Info really didn't absorb, until I read this thread twenty times. How very surprising that Pard got a pic of you in the iris gardens. Maybe it really is a small community here. How wonderful, and odd, to have those fields all to yourself.