C'moooon Down !! ! The last several days we've had a bunch of garden visitors, several that saw the listing on either tha HIPS webpage, or in ROOTS, but most were just "drive - bys". One coming from Wisconsin, tomorrow, and a couple MORE from Wisconsin, on Friday...........I need to get Tom to sign up as a Display Garden, too, and save all those "cheese heads" the long drive !

Yah dat! Not much to see here yet! How do you sign up for a display garden? But I don't have anywhere near the historics you have.

Moonlit Sea is captivating, I love luminatas, and its cool to see an early one.

Moonlight Sea is purty!!

I will be a display garden with I can put up a big donation box and get volunteers to get the beds ready for visitors.

Hey! Good idea!

I would have to give out waders and umbrellas this year to play find the rice fields, er.... iris beds.

Yeah, Bonnie. Gotta watch that spellcheck.

Most of the "Branches" of the AIS have them, Tom: HIPS, The Median Iris Society, and The Tall Bearded Iris Society, for sure do. You must be a "member', and meet certain requirements, depending on which 'group" you're with. Last year was my first year as a HIPS display garden, and I had a blast doing it ! I'm considering applying for one in the Median Society, also. In for a penny, in for a pound

a few more from today:


Bride's Halo



Camelot Rose



First Interstate



Latin Lover



Monsignor



Persia



Plumeri



San Gabriel



Sherbert



Stepping Out



Summer Bluetints



Violacea Grandiflora

Just beautiful. If I were closer I would definitely come see the display garden! More than once!

I think I may have posted this historic before - Quaker Lady (the one everyone has) but she was looking really pretty in the sun:

Some over past couple of days:

Midgard


Mrs Willard Jacques


Nassak

It's been such a weird year.. I still have some opening up..
'Majorette'

That is a pretty one. Mine are out of sync too here.

Dotted Swiss



Gay Stripes



Giant Rose



Mary McClellan



Mme. Cheri



Rameses



Shannopin



Thotmes III



Victorine



Vishnu



Wyomissing


Accent



Brising



Chivalry



Eldorado



Flavescens



G.P. Baker



Junaluska



Jean Cayeux



Helen Field Fischer



Mary Geddes


Mexicana



Mist Glow



Mme. Chobaut



Mme. Louesse



Navajo



Nibelungen



Othello



Pink Opal



Pink Satin



Prairie Flame



Princess Beatrice



Prospero



Red Cloud



Rhages



Rhine Nixe



Rosy Wings



Sachem



Sir Michael



Sparkling Sunrise



Sudan



Snow Maiden



Swertii



Vingolf



The Red Douglas



Wabash




Wyomissing


Bride's Halo



Nibelungen

Nibelugen puts on a nice show.

Oh well fine then Arlyn - NOW I have to have several more historics!!! Hope I can find them!

Honestly though - they are beautiful and I really do have several I am going to need to find and add to my gardens.

Please add your picture of Thotmes III to the database - there are no pictures of it!

Vishnu is very cool and unusual!

Wow! Arlyn, that show blew me away! Wyomissing is precious, love Princess Beatrice, Giant Rose, Gay Stripes, Rhages, and all the similar orchid-pinky ones! Glorious!

I agree Tom, I love Vishnu!

Haha Neal, You like the same ones I do! I've got Vishnu on order from Superstition.

Arlyn, is Giant Rose really a big flower? Would you compare it with Wm. A Setchell in size? Mary Geddes also has a nice bend of colors, and Mexico is cute.