Finally some TB blooms in KY!!!

Rare Treat, was labeled Bountiful Harvest, but has very distinct PBF and is early like Rare Treat


Harvest of Memories rebloomer


Rosalie Figge rebloomer

The long wait is over Jane! Awesome!

Jane,
Yours is definitely not Bountiful Harvest. Mine tends to start early within a week of my earliest IB's and TB's. It is a nice reliable rebloomer, but the first hard freeze date is not as reliable so sometimes freezes the buds if they show up in October. Note the distinct center line in the fall.

Rare Treat has much more white in the standards, Also my Rare Treat has no PBF.

My Rare Treat is about to bloom. I don't remember it having so much purple in the standards. ?

I will defer to the experts. Whatever it is, I love it. Beautiful flower!

'Rare Treat' is a plicata as shown.

When we left for Chicago Saturday morning, there were a couple of blooms and a lot of bloom stalks in my Iris beds.

When we pulled in the driveway late yesterday afternoon, there was an explosion of blooms waiting for me. It was incredible!!! I had time to walk around and take a look at most of them, but no time for photos.

I'll try to get that done today. May not be possible -- three days of relative inactivity aggravated the crap out of my back, so I may not be able to bend over enough to take good pictures. But -- typically -- I'm miserable in the morning and just fine in the afternoon. So we shall see.

But it was so exciting to see new Irises that I've never seen before -- and there are quite a few of those!!!

I can't wait to see them!

Looking forward, Mary Ann and welcome home!

Me, neither, too, and either!!!

OK -- I have uploaded yesterday's photos. There were over 140 of them Of course, some of them were tag photos so I'd remember which Iris was which!! But I'm going to have to do this in small batches. So today's pictures will be Irises new to me!

First up, and SO exciting, is Dare Me:
This was my bonus choice last year from MidAmerica, and I beefed up my order to get it!!

Next is Reflections of Love:


Escape from Boredom:


For Lovers Only:


Thundering Ovation:


Urban Cowgirl:


Out Walkin':


Who Needs A Prince:


to be continued...............

Oooooooo! Does Urban Cowgirl increase well? Could you put me down for a teensy bit in the future?

Oh those are nice!

I love "Dare Me".

I wanted to get "Out Walkin" from the PNW sale, but did not end up with it. But it seems I like it less than last year. I really like:

Thundering Ovation
Who Needs A Prince
Escape from Boredom

(continued)

Crooked Little Smile:
Thank you Marilyn!!

Cowboy Caviar:


Chocolate Ecstasy:
Marilyn!

Ask A Lady:


Fashion Diva:


More later!

Dare Me and Fashion Diva! Also loving the Thundering Ovation.

Your Cowboy and Cowgirl have beaten mine to opening. Now I can't wait to see them!

Wonderful pics and blooms!

Celia -- I don't know if it increases well -- just planted it last fall. I'll put your name down in case it does.

Thanks Greg -- for whatever it's worth, that's not a great picture of Out Walkin. I'll try to get a better one. Also -- don't forget -- these are first-year blooms.

Also -- wanted to mention -- the colors on all of the above photos are washed out a little bit. They were in direct sunlight -- which has a tendency to lighten color. It was the only time of day that I had time to take those photos, though.

Thanks, Mary Ann.