Brad if things continue like they are here we will be on schedule for bloom.
You coming to Nationals?
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Dee, I'm loving the photos you've been posting on the fb Iris lovers page! 'Just Sassy' is awesome!

I got Just Sassy the year it was introduced, hoping it blooms this year, it was a pretty big clump already going into fall.

Dee - Are you going to add any of your pictures to the database for your introductions? There are bunch that don't have a single picture

Mary Ann.. hope it blooms for you this year. I have enjoyed that one every spring it was Awesome in it's home garden. He is a genius gardener and a fun guy to talk Iris with Dad and I had a good time visiting with him.

Dee.. I am coming again this year and sure hope the bloom time is peak for National's it sounds like California is going to be early unless they get a cold spell. Looking forward to walking the convention beds again

For those in California and or visiting Wine Country in the spring John and Lesley's Napa Gardens are Beautiful and a must see for us we really enjoy the drive from Santa Cruz to Napa it is awesome looking at all the winery's tucked in and the scenery to there Gardens it makes for a fun day



A bonus for the local's visiting there garden is they potted Iris as well so with the additional growth on them in a pot it's like getting 3 or 4 bulbs for the price of 1 and you can pick out your own


They have had some really good new intro's the past couple years while a lot of them were not open yet when we visited or were just starting to come on so I did not get pictures of all the new ones but these were beautiful especially the 1st one (Heart's On Fire) it was added last year.

Heart's On Fire


Planet Hollywood


Double Chocolate


Under The Boardwalk & Jazzberry


Dramatic Encounter


I was impressed with the great selection from all over the country so many terrific plants we left wishing we had a couple more days to stay and enjoy the show. These were the plants that looked exceptional blooming while we were there some of them I had at home and lost over winter so it was a real treat to see them again at Napa.

Enter The Dragon & Bottle Rocket

Bottle Rocket & Black Bird Landing

Volcanic Glow & Italian Master

House A Fire & Brouhaha

Bowled Over & Strawberry Freeze

Chocaholic& Cranfil's Gap

Ruby Moon & Starring

Navy Blues & Ben's Finale

Copper Clouds & Halloween Trick

Charismatic & Sharp Dressed Man

Great Balls Of Fire & Bamboo Shadows

Cast A Spell & Darn Tootin

Enchanter & Cherokee Blaze

Brilliance & Scottish Reel

Platinum Jubilee & Expect Wonders



My Favorite of them All if I could only pick 1 this is it (Magical)

I got Magical last year and hope it blooms this spring. That would be Magical!

Brad, I'm thinking that I might be able to induce hubs to drive me down to Napa
this year. Your photos of their gardens are inspirational! And they're under two hours away!

I've already ordered from Napa this year:
Curtsy Queen
Crowned Heads
Grace Upon Grace
Hysteria
Jennifer Rebecca
Vienna Waltz.

But I'd like to get some of their "potted up" varieties .

Worth the trip Jan! I moved up here 4 years ago and have gone the past two years and always enjoy the drive and scenery!

This year I plan to go to Superstition. and maybe a few others if I can squeeze it in between days I work.

I want to try to make it out to Napa this year too. I'll make sure to visit the irises before I go wine tasting. Who knows what would would happen if I did it the other way around.

Oh go have some wine first Rob, that way you won't mind seeing all the pretty PCI's you will end up buying!

Thought I would share something new for you guys tonight from Napa they have some gorgeous new Introductions some were not blooming but my favorite of all them so far was this ruffled pink one a beauty coming from Joe's (Picture Book) it is really throwing some good looking plants.

(Splendid Spring)


(Quintessa)


(Vibrato)


(Carmel N Chocolate)


Here is some of the Awesome seedlings growing in there garden last year, I had high hopes for a lot of these getting names this year because the majority were so different than anything else out there on the market today and it was about impossible to choose a favorite so here is a preview of what could be coming in the next couple years

love all of them!
Brad, Thank you for posting all these awesome pictures! I hope each one gets introduced.
Barbara

I love them all too...but my favorite is the first one...followed by the second one.

I LOVED several of Napa's seedlings, especially this one which looks like the same one Brad posted above. I went about a week after he visited if I remember right.



and these two:

...this one...{{{sigh}}}

ARUBA1334 said:Here is some of the Awesome seedlings growing in there garden last year, I had high hopes for a lot of these getting names this year because the majority were so different than anything else out there on the market today and it was about impossible to choose a favorite so here is a preview of what could be coming in the next couple years

There are many of the seedlings that I love.

I really like the purple on the falls and dark beards of this pink.

http://garden.org/pics/2015-02...

I liked that one, too, Leslie.

There will never be an end to the ones I have to have!

(swooning) 7th row down on the right

I love them all!

Thanks for sharing more seedling photos!