I have more bud stalks popping up every day. I'm impatient - I think this may be the hardest time to wait, knowing that bloom isn't far away.

Andrea - For real!

Iris photos taken this week:

SDB Spirited (fourth year bloom)


SDB Perfectionist (first year bloom)


NOID (Second year bloom)


SDB Greenback Kid (first year bloom)


SDB Blue Hues (second year bloom)


TB Double Shot (first year bloom)

IrisLily said:

@IrisLily What is the name of that huge white daff? Beautiful.

lauriemorningglory said: @IrisLily What is the name of that huge white daff? Beautiful.

I have no idea! I wish I knew, because I would like more of them. They were originally from Brecks (ugh). This is the only that survived. I have had it since 2019.

Brecks 🤢

I looked around the internet...I wonder if it might be Falmouth Bay. This is described as a very large white daffodil---resembles yours. Brent & Becky's Bulbs carries it---I've been buying bulbs from them for a number of years now and would recommend them. I wonder if I should add to my 2024 order..... again!
https://brentandbeckysbulbs.co...

Or Stainless?



Blooms supposed to be 95 mm wide (almost 4" wide).

The others I just bought from daffodils.com I only ordered two five packs. I got an extra pack plus more than five bulbs. I ordered ten and got twenty huge bulbs for the same price. Almost every bulb flowered as well.

'Falmouth Bay' blooms are 120 mm (4 3/4 inch). Has a nice wide, frilly cup.

Another possibility: 'Impreza' blooms are 110 mm ( 4 1/3 inch). With a wide, frilly cup.

'Princess Zaide' is another possibility, which I found on Brecks site. I couldn't find a bloom size but it has a similar look with a wide, frilly cup.

I suppose there are many more possibilities!

I have two more intermediates, one dwarf, and my one and only PCI blooming:

IB Bottled Sunshine - a bright and cheerful little thing.


IB Ruby Sands - blooms every year, increases very well - I just wish it excited me more.


SDB Hot Lava


Blue a Fuse PCI

Nice blooms, Andrea!

No new blooms for me, but more to open tomorrow. More and more stalks showing up!

My first bloom is MDB Rainbows, growing in a warm microclimate near the house. The falls have much more purple/brown streaking in them than last year's blooms. Not sure if I like it as much as the more yellow version.

Does anyone know about the lady that had so many dwarf iris? I haven't seen her post in a long time.
Granny something?? I had my first bloom yesterday but didn't get a pic.

I think that is Bonnie. And I don't think she has posted for a very long time. Anyone know?
@grannysgarden

Grannysgarden. I haven't heard anything from her in years here.

I am starting to wonder if something happened to her. She is a very pleasant lady!

She hasn't posted for several years. She has a wonderful sense of humor - I miss her.

First TB of 2024 and it's a maiden bloom for me. I sure do like it too. Cinderella's Secret.

Also got Probsts IB Leave the Light On blooming.

and Three SDBs opened today:
A Little Good News, Feel the Heat and Stylish Blues.

Beautiful blooms, Gretchen! Your pic of Leave the Light On makes me wish I still had it...darn critters!

A lot of blooming going on! So nice to see all of them. All I get to see around here is rain and snow it seems. A few daffs have survived this messy weather.

A few irises have also bloomed:
iris stolonifera hybrid :



seedling from AIS seeds 2019-50
Parents: ((susiana x (Teucros: (I. korolkowii var. concolor x I. iberica) x lortetti)) X ((susiana x sari) x (gatesii x mariae))
donor - Peter Gras, Australia