here here, lucy. i am in agreement because i've learned the hard way.

shizen said: here here, lucy. i am in agreement because i've learned the hard way.

Brecks is a bulb specialist. Any company that refers as iris rhizomes as bulbs, doesn't know squat about them. I agree. Get your irises from iris growers who know what they're about! I'll get my tulips, daffodils, grape hyacinths, squills, lycoris, ornithogallum, colchicum, and bluebells from Brecks, but nothing that isn't a bulb. Learned my lesson on this almost 40 years ago.

Bulbs ,yes.Rhizomes NO!!

You guys got me worried now. I've bought some from a local nursery last year already in or near bloom. They were amazing. They were pricy though [about $30]. Figured i'd go cheap and get a lot more. My gut feeling is this will be a lesson learned.

jpm995 said: I'm waiting for 10 'dinner plate' Japanese Iris's from brecks along with Siberian iris 'So Van Go'. Hopefully some will bloom this season.

You will adore So Van Gogh I bought this one from Joe Pye Weed's in 2007 (along with a further 135 or so others, since ) and it's such a good doer.

I finally found some time to go through everyone's orders. I love all the beautiful irises from Mid America, Suttons, Iris Sisters and Keppel and hope our Australian importers are planning a trip to USA this year .

If I was able to purchase from those nurseries, I would definitely get Courageous One and Absolutely Yes
https://www.mid-americagarden....
https://www.mid-americagarden....

I don't grow arils, but if I ever change my mind Perry Dyer would be on my list

I would also grab Golden Illusion. The V pattern around the beard is interesting.
https://wiki.irises.org/Ab/AbG...

Robin: Those Arils are both beautiful!!!

It's been a while since I posted here in the forum. I, too, have been very naughty with my iris purchases this year (so far). Instead of listing each here, you can see my list and see WHY I can't just list it ALL here:

https://garden.org/lists/view/...



I have also put in the orders for my iris societies "Christmas In September," It's gonna be a fun meeting!!

Richard ~ You have been busy while you were away from us.

Richard ,you have definitely been busy with those orders.

Well surprise surprise! I have indulged my iris addiction AGAIN!
Obviously I was not through!
Added to my Sutton order :
1.Spiced Up-intro
2.Incredible
3.Huckleberry Pie
4.Pure Innocence
5.Roaring Twenties- replacement
Thinking about another intro:Red Cliffs

Fixing to add to my Mid-America order:
1.Painted Sky
2.Fan Letter
3.Made Me Shiver
4.Autumn Jewel
5.Football Hero --replacement
6.Higher Love

I've had such fun agonizing over what to whittle it down to this year.
There is something really optimistic about looking at pretty pictures in the winter and imagining the spring garden in two, three, five years after relocating this and that and creating new spaces

And then of course there are all the ones that I just had to have --cuz WOW-- and I have no actual vision yet where they need to be in the grand scheme of things, except that they need to be in my yard somewhere, as soon as possible, can't wait, need to have it!
lotta work in the heat of not-spring, though, and that's not quite as much fun ...

dirtdorphins said: I've had such fun agonizing over what to whittle it down to this year.

So Dirt ~ What did you settle on?

I'm headed to bed--gotta go to work in a few hrs and need sleep--will tell ya in a couple days when I get more time

Taking the advice from many here i'm ordering some Iris from Iris vendors. My situation is i have a stream running the back of my property. I tried planting next to the stream but during storms everything gets uprooted and much dirt is washed away. I just finished a low retaining wall about 75' long. It stays pretty wet so i want to plant Jap and Louisiana iris along with cardinal flowers and other water plants. I bought from Louisanairis.com last season and the rhizomes looked great but i'm not sure where to order Japanese iris. Cascadiairis looks like a good site but would like opinion of the experts here.

Vals_Garden said: You will adore So Van Gogh I bought this one from Joe Pye Weed's in 2007 (along with a further 135 or so others, since ) and it's such a good doer.

135 more? I'm getting the feeling most on here are addicted to Iris's. Worse i feel myself searching Mid America, Sutton and Keppel web sites studying the different species. Is it contagious? Any known cure?

Sorry, no cure. The only thing that stops it is getting too old to wield a trowel or small shovel. However the upside is that gardeners do live longer, and that means more springs in which to anticipate and glory in spectacular beauty and fragrance.

I am so looking forward to spring!

DaisyDo said: Sorry, no cure. The only thing that stops it is getting too old to wield a trowel or small shovel. However the upside is that gardeners do live longer, and that means more springs in which to anticipate and glory in spectacular beauty and fragrance.

I am so looking forward to spring!

The good news, it's getting close, got my first snowdrop bloom today!!! Plus seeing a lot of daffodils and crocus breaking through the ground. I planted a ton of spring bulbs last year, really looking forward to spring.

Chad Harris in WA sells great Japanese plants.

@jpm995, please add your approximate location and agricultural zone to your profile so we can know where the snowdrops are now blooming. It's helps us all to know how long it may be before they are blooming where we are! A nickname that we can all know you by would be nice, too, even if it is not your real name.