Same here with no stalks. Only 1 bud peeking up on a tulip and a daff, nothing else. Maybe after the 2 days of much warmer temp something will show.

daffs trying, but temperature in the 40s tomorrow. winter again?

Lucy ~ Old Man Winter took a little vacation in February, and now he keeps popping in. It got up to 57° today, and it is supposed to be up to 63° tomorrow! Then the next day rain, then the following day snow!

No wonder I don't even have any stalks or blooms! The daffodils are in bloom today.

The summer showed up enough to have one SDB show its colors, but still no tulips or daffs. More winter coming soon though.

Blue Doll, Warburton, 1958

I had my first standard daffs open today, but the irises are a long way off, except the reticulatas which are almost done blooming.

12 days since first SDB showed up and now several others are showing their colors:

La Perle, 1901, Caparne, MDB

Red at Last, 1970, Mahood, SDB

Baby Snowflake, 1963, Peterson, SDB

Cosette, 1934, Sass, IB, very short and very early

Baby Blessed, 1979, SDB, Zurbrigg, clump in Apr 2018

and same clump in 2017

DaveinPA said:Jane,
It appears to be Iris Germanica, named by Linneaus in 1753. Mine also is about 26-27" with leaves about 15-17", fairly early, but of yellow on beard in throat. See http://www.missouriplants.com/... for good write-up on it. My colors below are not as dark as the real thing.

The Iris germanica collected by Linnaeus has super long falls.

Found it growing "wild" in my brother's shrub and flower bed outside his east TN house; a good survivor.

Here are a few:

Siskin, EB Williamson, 1934

Andalusian Blue, Schreiner, 1937

Susa, Sass, 1933

There is something so elegant about the historics.

Totally_Amazing said:There is something so elegant about the historics.

I was told this might be a historic, it's a transplant from a long-standing farmhouse garden. My first bloom of the season!


There are at least 4 other buds in this cluster at the moment.

I like the nice subtle colours

Sara, I think you have historic iris, 'Florentina'.

Species Iris (Iris x germanica 'Florentina')

Leon, I believe you're correct! Thank you!!

Totally_Amazing said: I like the nice subtle colours

Aren't they lovely??

DaveinPA said:Here are a few:

Andalusian Blue, Schreiner, 1937

Another for my historic iris wishlist.

DaveinPA said:12 days since first SDB showed up and now several others are showing their colors.

Red at Last, 1970, Mahood, SDB
Baby Snowflake, 1963, Peterson

Wow😮, these two are lovely.

Mary, send me a note later, late June to mid-July. I will be splitting clumps for the Historic Iris sale.
Also check historiciris.org; they just posted info on the upcoming sale. Will be in July. Members get a 2 day head start. Last year there were around 500 varieties I believe.
Have waited 3 years for this one to bloom:

Fairy Fancy, Sass, 1953. It is now posted in database.

Another Sass, Banded Beauty, 1946:

Dave ~ Banded Beauty is that!