I just got a lot of new reds this year too. Spartan, Lest We Forget, Nebraska Big Red, Red Velvet Cake, Red Zinger, Swordsman, Gerry Atwell, Red Skies, Dragon Flamedart, McSeedman Sees Red, Bev's Babe, Drunks At Sunset,(How funny, my phone automatically changed it to Drunks from Drinks!l just to name a few. And red mixes too like Bruneau Jasper and Hello Gorgeous, Infernal Fire, Tiger Play, Darcy's Choice, Color Strokes, Plot Line, Red Heart, Sparks Fly, Thundering Ovation..... I seem to have had red on the brain!! And I have left some out even!

Spartan is quite popular in this area.

On my way home today I saw a pretty white IB blooming in someone's yard. It ticks me off when I see rebloom in the grass and weeds, but none in my tended beds, LOL.

I planted the rhizomes that Sherry sent today, and tried something new with them. I had soaked them for a short while in H2O2 solution, but not as long as I'd like. So I watered them in with H2O2 solution really well too. I've seen great results from soaking in it, curious if watering with it will show positive results.

How much per gallon, are you using, Neal ?

I like Spartan. I should add it some day. Nice to know it does well here.

Arlyn, I use 1/2 cup peroxide per gallon of water.

Spartan is such a nice red red. Schreiner's is always trying for a true red, but in my book this one is pretty darn close to true red. Then again, you could ask 100 people to show you true red and would probably get 100 different shades!!

Neal. What difference do you see? Just curious.

I too am curious.

We need a "Me Too" sign.

I found a really dried rhizome that had fallen behind the table where I stage those that are about to be planted. It was small to start with and had been back there for weeks.I soaked it for 24 hours in H2O2 solution, and that baby had new roots forming! Same thing happened with a daylily that didn't have a lot of roots.

Thats very impressive Neal.

I got 'Masada' as a bonus a couple years ago from Bluebird Haven. I thought it was a pretty nice red...

Lestv said:Spartan is such a nice red red. Schreiner's is always trying for a true red, but in my book this one is pretty darn close to true red. Then again, you could ask 100 people to show you true red and would probably get 100 different shades!!

Yes, I think "Spartan" is what I was looking for all along, but ended up buying deeper and darker Reds, when infact what I wanted was a true Red. That's why I put it on my Wish List for next year.

'the closest in red are Louisiana irises. they are beardless. 'Spectrum red' doesn't exist in beaded irises, we can only get so close.

I happened to find a "bare spot" in my one Iris garden .... So, I planted a rhizome of "Indian Chief" there !

irisarian said:'the closest in red are Louisiana irises. they are beardless. 'Spectrum red' doesn't exist in beaded irises, we can only get so close.

I have 2 Louisiana Iris planted in my garden - one is "Tickfaw" and the other is "Red Echo".
Right now they are growing like mad !

I am excited to add Lion King today. It is a Japanese Iris, I plant mine where that I can water them often. I have a couple Noids but this is my first named variety. Below is a picture of it. It has these awards also. Thanks for the trade Paula!


Honorable Mention: 1999
Award of Merit: 2001
W. A. Payne Medal: 2003 (tie)

Lion King

I trying Neil's special Iris soak now. We'll see how this works! Feed back to come! Neil I'm holding you to this. Lol

At least iris lovers have a TRUE BLUE the daylilly hybridizers are still trying and we can only hope for a bit more blue.

Jen did you get an order in that you are soaking?

I have 5 dls soaking from a trade today.