DaveinPA said: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.

I will send you a note. I am anxiously awaiting the HIPs sale. I joined at the beginning of this year.

DaveinPA said: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:

Really like these too!

Dandelion (Warburton 1972 / 73)


Pocohantas (Farr 1915)



Amethyst Flare (Brown, by Boushay 1975)



Ma Mie (Cayeux 1906)

Arlyn ~ I just noticed that the database has no picture of Amethyst Flare... (hint, hint...)

I did not check the others. There are a lot of historics in there with no pictures...

Dandelion is such a clear, bright, even color, very nice!

Of the few Iris I have one is from 1884 - Gracchus

Picture Bouquet 1955 Opal Brown



Samurai Warrior 1981 Schreiner

BLUE HILL (H.P.Sass 1931)


IMPERIAL BLUSH (H.P.Sass 1931) {I doubt this is correct, but this is what they sell it as !}



PRAIRIE GOLD (Sass 1927)



WAMPUM (Ensminger 1982 / 83)

Love those "oldies". So graceful with charming forms and colors.

Still wet blossoms:

White City, Murrell, with rain smashed stds

Airy Grace, Stevens

clump of Airy Grace just opening

Country Butter, Sass, in rain

Frosted Glass, Becherer

Miss Aravilla, Sass

Very nice Dave.

I think so too!

Liking Miss Aravilla!

My earliest-blooming iris; it always flops without staking. NOID; anyone know what it might be?



More NOIDs (both fairly short, especially the second one):

BENBOW (Bliss 1917)



HELEN FIELD FISCHER (Jacob Sass 1939)



GIANT BALDWIN (Hans Sass 1932)

Carol, your noids look like oldies for sure.

Arlyn, add Benbow to my list of swaps please.

From yesterday between rain showers:
A "cutie" that grows well, Mexicana, Salter, 1859, IB

MTB, Sherwin-Wright, 1915, Kohankie

Gottcha covered, Dave

MEMORIES (Henry Sass 1952 / 53)



PINK LACE (Sass Brothers 1945)

two very similar "pinks" from the Sass family!

A few that aren't too tattered after the days of rain:

Ultrapoise, Noyd

Mystic Shrine, Weed/National

Melody, Sass

Memories I love the beard colour a little more than Pink Lace.