Should have asked -- need a Kentucky garden to test grow some rhizomes for you?

wee will see,
this iris was blooming first time, so I have only one rhizome, wee will wait a little bit for more ;)
Actually our Lithuanian climate is not very friendly to irises (quite cold & wet), if they will still grow
& bloom, it's a big probability, that they feel good in Kentucky.

eko 123 welcome to All Things Plants. You will find some really nice people here as you cruise thru the forums.
Your avatar is really beautiful.I can see the Wolford in it.

Do you have an interest in other plants too?

Dear ge1836,
it's realy pleasant to be a member of All Things Plants :)
Main my interest is Irises. In my collection I hav more than
300 iris names (TB, BB, IB, SDB, MDB and Siberians).
Also I have some Daylilies but Irises are my lovely babies

Thats great,you have found the right place.

Oh my goodness Eko -- I didn't realize that you're in Lithuania! with JoAnn that you've found the right place here!!

OK -- I don't mind waiting "a little bit" for more rhizomes of your beauty! I hope they'll like Kentucky because I'll sure lke them!!

Eko, do you gave images of your gardens or other iris you grow.?

Welcome, Eko! It sounds like you have an interesting collection of iris! Do you find most of them "local"( in Europe), or do you import them? I'm mainly into "historis" iris( those older than 30 years), and re-bloomers, but my addiction is getting worse! I can't say "No" to any iris , now!....Arlyn

Polly warned me and now I know she's right.I thought I couldnt grow them here in clay 2 years ago.
It hardly matters now.I really have to hold myself back or risk running out of room.

Eko, welome, welcome!!!!!

As you are such an iris lover, please join us also at our sister station, Iris Cubits

http://cubits.org/irisforum/

We would love to hear more about gardening in your country, and as Jo says, any pictures would be nice.

Hi friends :)
I'm let we say not very young guy (actualy 58)
I'm lithuanian and my english is not very strong.
My job is computers and IT. My hobbies: photography and irises.
Approximately 20 years ago I was interested in guppies fish hybridizing and
my colleague aquariumist Gintaras Klimaitis (her his web page address:

http://irisai.eu/component/opt...

gave me a gift - two irises: "Tall Chief" and "Exotic Star" and there was a beginning .... ;)
Most irises I've got from Gintaras. Four years ago I decided to order some irises from US:
at first I ordered some ones from Itkens, after that - from one grower from Germany,
at least (3 years ago) from very kind and nice man - Paul Black.
That's my story how I became an iris hobbyst. I planting them in my garden.
I occupied ~ 2ares (200m2) to irises. It's my hobby, not business.
That's all in short

p.s.
I have some pictures of my collection, I'll show them time to time.
There are some 2012 blooming arrivals from Paul

There are some DWARFS from my collection
Absolute Joy SDB Aitken 06

Apache Carpet SDB Chapman 01

Baby Snowflake SDB Peterson 63

Baltabarzdis SDB Klimaitis 08

Be Happy SDB Aitken 90

Bedford Lilac SDB Jones 90

Bright Bacon SDB Peterson 66

Cat's Eye SDB Black 02

Fairy Ring SDB Meek 98

Webmaster SDB Keppel 96

Gatvinukas SDB Klimaitis 07

Hottentot SDB Smith 93

Yearling SDB Smith 98

Incription SDB Baushai 97

HOT SDB1989 Byers

Marksman SDB Smith 97

Mini Gold SDB Klimaitis 07

Minidragon SDB Smith 96

Mumis SDB Klimaitis

Orange Tiger SDB Jones 87

Rasalinukas SDB Klimaitis 07

Sauliukas SDB Klimaitis

Serendipity Elf SDB Niswonger 92

Spragtukas SDB Dambrauskas 99

Troll SDB Shreiner 72

What Again SDB Ensminger 90

Wise SDB Johnson 00

Note: The dwarfs take up less room. It is my husband's & my favorite class of iris. We no longer grow it, but 'Tall chief' used to be in our garden.
Note: my husband syas that he thinks there is a plant where it ought to be. Paul Black is a great person.

Wonderful pictures Eko. So glad to have you here. I see room for more iris in you first 2 pictures.

Dont worry about your English.I am a terrible speller and somehow we get the gist of what we are all talking about.We are just happy to see your plants.
I have just planted Cats Eye last summer and hoping for blooms in a few months.

Ok The irises are centerpiece

Paul -- we should have a little *devil* icon for your last message!! Hehehehe!

Ummmmmm Eko? Most of us are older than 58, so 58 sounds very young to us!!

And your English is pretty darn good. Better than *our* Lithuanian!!!!!

I enjoyed your story about how you got started with Irises. Probably pretty similar to most of us!

I was interested to read that you have spent time hybridizing guppies -- so have I!! Many years ago, in another life. I developed my own strain of green fan-tails -- it's been so long, I can't even remember what I called them! But I sold them to pet stores. That was a good memory you brought back to life.

Eco, you have some very nice irises. You will have to continue to share your pictures. How long is your growing season? Welcome to our group!