Mary Ann I hope you make it we certainly don't have anything close to what is in Oregon but between Dad's gardens and mine we should have something blooming you have not seen before. I just left from the greenhouse looking at the new seedlings and I think it is going to be a good year for them I stopped counting at 400 and then realized I don't have anywhere near enough dirt needed for all these and still not sure where I'm going to put them all it's looking like May is going to be busy now if we can just get a little heat and sunshine here, our forecast this week is back to the single digits again with more snow.

Patti Absolute Treasure is one of my favorite blues it is such a nice color in the garden and it grows really well here for me you will like it.

Here are some more Eye Candy tonight We are starting to come to the end of these just a few nights left of them.

Oh. I would sell my soul for 1L. Period. End of sentence.

2L and 2R would find a home in my garden too. This is just impossible. I'm doomed.

Thank you Brad -- I hope I can make it too. Seeing all those wonderful Irises. Meeting you -- and hopefully Tom too -- and maybe Lori too -- well, that would just be a treat. Hopefully it will work out.

I like 1 L too, very nice, Love the burgandy veins on the gold standards of 2R, and the bronze beards on 3R, 5R is interesting too. Love the ruffle on 7R, 8R is nice to with the blue beards. I need to win the lottery!

1L is it! I like the color of 1R but I don't know that it or any of the others are different enough that I would carve out more lawn for them.

My favorites are 3R, 5L and 7L and I also like 8L. Love the blue and black combo on 3R and the beards on 5L.

Speaking of beards -- lookit the beards on 2R -- they look like caterpillars!!!

Ooooo. 8L is tasty.

Yes it is! So is 8R -- very pretty lavender/blue beards of that subtle pink beauty!

Fact is -- I can find SOMEthing to admire about just every single Iris out there.................

Mary Ann 1L is awesome I hope it makes it, that one has a beautiful color.

Tom I think we both need to win the lottery and every year it get's worse, I have been going over the catalogs that I have trying to figure out what I want this year but there are too many good ones to chose from. I think that is good problem to have

Thanks all for taking the time to comment hopefully these are helping get us a little closer to bloom season in our own gardens, I keep telling myself one more day down and the countdown to spring is looking better and also give us somewhat of a glimpse of what could be coming and all the new exciting patterns to come. I think we need to take a vote when we get to the end of these and find out if there is one or two favorites that everyone in the group would want to grow

This is the last set I have to share of Seedling pics, I almost made it March

In this last group I like 1R best, nice one, like the edge on the standards, 5L is a nice dark plicata. 2L is a nice luminata, looks like Fancy Dress, which is one of the older ones, and a really strong grower for me. 10 L is a nice one too. Are you sure you haven't got more pics of seedlings????? It's going to be another long cold week here

The stand-out to me, in this group, is 2L. But then -- I love luminatas!!

I love the colors on 3R -- but the bloom form, and placement on the stalk don't appeal. Would have to see another stalk, another day to be sure.

4L and 4R are both Irises I would purchase. I've been a picture of 4R elsewhere and just loved it!

I also admire 9L -- I love the combination of peach and lavender in Irises, and this one is especially nice!!