I have one Noid. It never bloomed in the 18 years before I moved the rhizomes semi buried under a maple tree (this was in with my Acoma). Boy was I surprised to see yellow in the middle of my white and purple!
It looks a bit New Moon/Goodnight Moon-ish
"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone
I don't think my New Moon had that many ruffles. It's a beauty, Leslie. I love yellow at this time of year. Sometimes I wonder why I bought a certain color of blooming plant and then have to remember what time of the year I bought it. LOL
Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone
Those are gorgeous Deb. I will post one that a fellow gardener dug up in a bog calling them little yellow flags. It was added to a fall/winter tub of flowering kale, violets and ornamental grasses for winter color. In the spring after the kale bolted and the violets grew sparse I moved the tub to the back fence and the little yellow flag put up a bloom stalk. it grew and it grew and it grew. then it bloomed
Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone
I don't know Lucy. Some of the LA's have such diverse form it is hard for me to tell. The named LA's I grow have big flat blooms with all petals being wide. Perhaps this is species LA. I have one of those too taken in its natural form and named and sold.
here are a couple of hybridized LA's that I grow
Bonnie, that violet with white beards looks like one I have. Love the contrast of the white! Love the Louisianas! They really have come closer to true red than any other Iris I've seen. Do you grow Sinfonietta?
This pic is a very true representation of the color- it's the bluest Iris I've seen or grown.
I feel sure I have that amazingly tall Sib too, what a stately presence in the garden!
Debra, you've got a beautiful bunch there! I think the grape soda scented one is a pallida, I keep some around because they were the first Irises I loved as a kid. That wonderful yellow, that I suspect is a spuria, is a ray of sunshine! That is one of the happiest looking Irises I've ever seen- just makes me smile!
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
Something I'm enjoying about seeing these noids of varying ages, is that I start seeing patterns that are clues to the time they were introduced. Rob, #s 2, 10,12, and 16 look like the oldest varieties to me, like pre 1900, 11 and 14 make me think 40s or 50s. 3-9 make me think 60s and 70s, and #2 looks after 1980. That's all a guessing game of course, but it is cool to note traits that started becoming prominent at various points in time.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
Bonnie, don't buy it, I've got so much there's a pile of them at the edge of the yard I thinned out! They're going to start growing where I tossed them! And I left 2 large clumps in the garden, so I can send you as many as you'd ever want, LOL.
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
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#2 Smells like grape
#3 Smells like black licorice
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#5 Smells like grape
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#16 Very similar to #1, but taller
