Making Eyes


Candy Apple


NOID


Jewel Baby



Native Iris that is dwarf and grows wild in wooded areas.

I like the intense colors on Jewel Baby, and love the coloration of that last one.

Debra, we call the last one a Dwarf Cristata. I don't know if that is their official name. They are about four to six inches tall. They used to grow all over the semi-shady damp areas in rich Arkansas soil. People dug them up and planted them with bearded iris in full sun and they could not survive without shade and rich, damp soil. They are almost extinct in the wild here now. I have had my little clumps for more years than I can remember.

All I got left for you are NOIDs, Tom !










.....................Arlyn

They are beautiful, Bonnie.

I like Candy Apple and Jewel Baby, also the wild one, and Arlyn they are nice noids for sure

Wow, there are so many great pics! Good job Tom, on recruiting! Brad ~ I ordered Arrivederci this year so now the long wait to see it bloom... Do you have trial gardens?

David Schmieder in Concard MA hybridizes I. cristata.

Patty Congrats on getting Arrivederci it really is a nice flower comes from some of Kieth's Best pinks all combined and my picture of it does not do it justice. You should be able to see a really nice clump of it this year in his garden I don't have any trial gardens or plans for any as of now just friends and family I like to share with and after this winter I may have to raid there gardens looking for some bulbs back I planted somewhere around 800 seedlings last year that looked awesome going into winter and after going through them and clearing out the dead the past couple weeks I will be lucky to salvage a 1/3 of them. I have not given up entirely on my season here but will be a traveling year for me think I will spend my bloom season walking gardens in Salem maybe Dad and I will meet you at Kieth's we can all admire Arrivederci together

I know Arrivederci is on my wish list for sure!

Oh oh, I love this thread, I am going to have to go back through it and really go over all the gorgeous blooms and really try hard to not add any to my wish list.
Here are a few that have already bloomed in my new garden for me so far.

So nice, Blooms already, and we don't even have green grass here yet!

Absolutely beautiful blooms Sue!

Nice, Sue...especially the "oldies" ! ...
Here's "Prospero" , not the best bloom, but it was "spring -planted" last year, and bloomed in mid-June so the flower was rather small....Arlyn

Wonderful, wonderful!!! I have several of these Sue -- including a couple that haven't bloomed for me yet -- hopefully this Spring!!

A charming blossom nonetheless, Arlyn!

Those were last years blooms not this year Tom, only a few dwarf so far. I meant blooms so far from my fairly new collection.

Ok, so I am late to the party.

Deal with it!

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