evelyninthegarden said: Nothing to see here.

We ended up with a couple of inches of snow in MAY!!!
There were stalks and buds, but now I don't know if they will open normally. I don't recall having snow this late before. We are now going to be on a warming trend. Hopefully it will continue to be warm.
¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo!😊

Wow Evelyn!
California?
Let us know if anything makes it.
We had 34 degree night a few days ago. Highs in the 60's, lows in the 30's.
I mean, this is Arizona. It should be 50 at night, 80, crowding 90 during the day.
It seems the entire west had a cold snap.

Another mislabeled AIS dollar sale lovely:

It's definitely NOT Easy Being Green.

It is a a bit lighter than the photo appears. Ideas, anyone?

I have one, but I don't want to say it and divert someone who might have a better idea.

https://garden.org/plants/grou...
Look at these.

That helped. I had searched Peach Bicolor, because I didn't recall what :amoena" was. My photo made it look more orangey than it really is. So I searched amoena/peach TB irises and came up with this:

Here's mine again with colors closer to what it really looks like to me:

The database photo matches my bloom's colors even better than my photo does.

Finding a Niswonger iris in my club's sales is not a surprise, since he founded our club.
(What I was thinking earlier wasn't even close...)
The description "pink beard" is over simplified, but the one database photo is a match to the live flower. Now to check with the club members!

My most expert club member told me where Easy Being Green had been dug up was a labeling nightmare. He thinks it is Champagne Elegance. (That was my first thought, but the "violet falls" threw me - he said the violet fades out quickly.)
AIS Wiki had our database photo of Tranquil Beauty, but the other photo shows a genuinely pink beard.
Here's AIS Wiki's Champagne Elegance:


However, my bloom looks more orange and has a brighter beard...


Now that mine is opened fully, I can see dark speckles on the lower inner surface of the standards. However, I have yet to locate a photo showing that:

Yeah, and I don't think yours has the same form as Champagne Elegance. The standards of yours are much looser.

, Daisy.
Do you have any ideas?

Could it be Pumpkin Cheesecake?

For my business today, I went to Lowe's and was shocked to find irises there. I picked up TB Earl of Essex, which I already have.

I know getting from big box stores is a bit of a risk, but if it doesn't bloom true, it's still an iris. I'll move it to the NOID bed where it can bloom and prosper

Diana, no ideas. Just that it doesn't look like my Champagne Elegance, which has standards that always bow in perfectly at the top.

No ideas on the identity, Diana, but it is a yummy-looking iris!

After an early start to spring, temperatures have been fairly cool for several weeks. My irises seem to be blooming with deeper, richer colors this year.

On the negative side, I had a few clumps showing some scorch as leaves were growing earlier this spring. Often the scorched leaves are short, too. The rhizomes seem firm, but when I dug up a few, I found few live roots. No rot. I suspect these clumps got too much water last fall, which killed off the roots. I'm leaving the affected clumps alone and will see if they recover this year or even next year.

lauriemorningglory said: After an early start to spring, temperatures have been fairly cool for several weeks. My irises seem to be blooming with deeper, richer colors this year.

I had the same experience last year. We had an unusually cool, rainy spring and the irises bloomed a later than usual and with darker, more intense colors. Interesting what a difference temperature makes!

DaisyDo said: Diana, no ideas. Just that it doesn't look like my Champagne Elegance, which has standards that always bow in perfectly at the top.

I noticed that shape of the standards in nearly all the AIS Wiki photos. I was hoping someone who actually grows Champagne Elegance would confirm the dissimilarities. Thank you Daisy, I think we can safely scratch that one off the list.

Monty,
I took another look at Pumpkin Cheesecake. My iris' falls definitely match those in the peach category better than orange, which is what Pumpkin Cheesecake is. Other than that, it is nearly identical. The search goes on...

Got some weeding in my garden. One of my Dad's SDBs bloomed today.

Cute little iris! I looked up the "meaning" of Naumkeag. Wikipedia says it means "fishing place." There is an estate and gardens of a historic home in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, named Naumkleag. There is also a tribe of native Americans known as Naumkeag who lived in what is now northeastern Massachusetts.

Lucy, do you know what your dad named it after?

I believe Salem, MA was once known as Naumkeag. I can't ask as he passed in 2021.

ratchet said: Wow Evelyn!
California?
Let us know if anything makes it.
We had 34 degree night a few days ago. Highs in the 60's, lows in the 30's.
I mean, this is Arizona. It should be 50 at night, 80, crowding 90 during the day.
It seems the entire west had a cold snap.

Rachet ~ None of the irises are any worse for wear, due to the late cold spell. In fact a few have opened. I will post them later.

Today, I just began weeding. Previously, it was either too cold or too wet.

I'm still trying to get my potted Iris put into raised beds. It has been a very slow process. I just don't have the energy I once did and now I need a hip replaced and don't want to go there. So I will keep plugging along.

Here are some SDB's that have bloomed for me. I now have Teagan in 4 or 5 different areas which I did not know about. Thank you goes out to a special person who gifted me this Iris. Now I can pass it along to others.

What Again

Two Thumbs Up @tveguy3 Thanks Tom for gifting me this Iris.

Raspberry Jam

Blazing Garnet

Fires of Fiji (I was afraid that I was losing this sdb but it has bloomed in at least 4 nice clumps in different areas.)

NoID It has showed up in at least 2 places.

Charmed

Forever Orange (This bloomed today and I was totally surprised. I did not realize that this one was still here.) I got this from a member. Thank you and I love it.