Tom ~ What a bunch of beauties!

I especially like Smell the Roses with its subtle coloring, Frankenberry looks good enough to eat, Pumping Iron and Leopard Print. You have a stunning collection of littles!

tveguy3 said:

That only shows half the clump, it's gotten out of hand, I'll need to reduce that one by a lot. It's growing into it's neighbors.

That is a pretty stunning little iris.

Tom: Your Irises are so healthy and the colors are so rich and bright. I grow both Cats Eye and Bluebeard's Ghost and mind you, I really love my blooms. But yours are at another level!!!

Tigers Eye. I can just see him hovering around you...Pic me, pic me(misspelling intended)

I've had so many new blooms, but have been so busy trying to get ahead of some weeds that I'm way behind in posting. I'll try to catch up, hope it's worth your while. It can sure consume a lot of time on my end.

So many of my darker little ones are not as dark this year, wonder if it's the lack of rain?
Robin's Nest, gift from a great friend on NGA

Seedling 11 E 2, a member of our Iris club's seedling.


Devoted, really small blooms this year.

Sun Sprite, very bright spot in the garden, by our own Lucy!

My Seedling 15-14 B, It's been blooming for a while, and I haven't looked at the seedling bed in a while so I missed it's first blooms.

Bedford Lilac, Thanks Jan

Gotta take a break, I'll add more later.

Serendipity Elf, a gift from a good NGA friend.


Little Blue Eyes, another gift from the same friend.


Drambuie yet another gift from this friend.


Dragon Flam Dart, some of the first blooms have the dart, but the later blooms do not. Thanks Dirt.




Maui Sunrise sure is a bright one, Gift from NGA Friend.


A bed shot of some little ones.

Tiger keeping me company this afternoon.

for tiger and the littles, tom.

tveguy3 said:

A bed shot of some little ones.

Tom - What's the lime grassy plant in this photo?

Maui Sunrise

Bloom size is smaller, here, this year, too, Tom...I, too, suspect it's a "low moisture' thing

Dragon Flame Dart never darts for us. that is the 'dartiest' photo of it which I have seen. Glad that S.S. is doing well for you.

I may have to try Dragon Flame Dart some day!

Tiger

Totally_Amazing said:

Tom - What's the lime grassy plant in this photo?

Maui Sunrise

That lime grassy plant is a spider wart, this cultivar is called "Sweet Kate". I like the color contrast, but it seeds itself all over and the seedlings are a mixed bag of color, some light like the parent, and some darker green. It is a bit invasive, but I keep it because I like it.

Catching up on a few pictures. 32 degrees this morning and frost predicted for Friday night, so things may slow down a bit.
Here's Alamo Joe. A good grower and bloomer here.


Cosmos, very much like Boo, but later blooming.


Reddy Set, another one of Lucy's little ones.


Rainbow Rim, so colorful, and reminds me of the friend I got it from.


Elf Esteem is such a good grower here.

ALL RISE! The Earl of Essex has arrived!

First TB of the season. 12 days earlier then last year. It's been the first one to open for many years now.


Also showing up are:

Jive, such a bright spot in the garden but very hard for me to get the color right in a picture. Thanks Bonnie!

Bluebeard's Gold

Naple's Syrup Another Southern Bell!

Lovely, Tom!

Beautiful irises Tom.

My cousin in NE Kansas had his first TB open today: Absolute Treasure. His weather is usually a couple days ahead of ours, so I am expecting my own to start opening in 2-3 days. I have, so far, 34 TB cultivars budded on my tiny quarter acre. I am so excited, I can hardly stand it!

Daisy ~ We are looking forward to seeing your pictures!

I had another garden friend show up while weeding today.

tveguy3 said:I had another garden friend show up while weeding today.

How cute. I haven't had any in my garden this year … at least none that I've seen. I miss seeing them.