Lestv said:

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Shattered Glass')
• Uploaded by KentPfeiffer

Yep, gotta have that one too.. Stunning!

Henhouse said:

Yep, gotta have that one too.. Stunning!

Oh boy -- me too. Here I go again..............

There are three pictures of this in the Database. All were taken at Mid-America. Look how different the coloring is. Would think that the catalog picture in the middle would be the right one, but????

Those kind of discrepancies are why I search Google as well as ATP to get as comprehensive a view as possible. Sometimes it's a coin toss.


Lots of folks got Swoosh as a bonus with the PNW sale last year. Sure is pretty in this image.



Got Starring this year.

cbunny41 said:There are three pictures of this in the Database. All were taken at Mid-America. Look how different the coloring is. Would think that the catalog picture in the middle would be the right one, but????

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Tickle My Fancy')
• Uploaded by KentPfeiffer

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Tickle My Fancy')
• Uploaded by Calif_Sue

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Tickle My Fancy')
• Uploaded by ARUBA1334

Pictures in the Mid-America catalog are always excellent but, as a general rule, catalog pictures are the last ones you probably want to rely on.

While my pictures of Swoosh don't look quite that nice I have to say I was pleased how nice it turned out to be. A pleasant bonus surprise indeed!

I always rely a lot on the iris description on the AIS site. Sometimes along with a photo you have a clearer idea of what the iris should look like. A vendor may say it is a 'fantastic blue iris' and when you read the description it is described as having lavender falls.

Hmmmmmmmm, that is a lot of fluffy style arms for a flattie. Makes it look like it has minature standards. Intriguing iris, yes indeed.

Fluffy...good description.

Look also at Brad's photographs of this one. Between Kent and Brad...I want it.
Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Why Be Normal')


Yours Truly has been on my list for a long time. This one would have added it if not.

I do love flatties. So remind me of the Japanese iris. The new ones like this with the fluffy centers remind me of peonies as well.

I think I'm going to invest in some flatties. There are so many pretty ones out there.

Like Clydesdale.
http://aitken-garden.goodsie.c...
http://wiki.irises.org/bin/vie...

Ahhhhhhhh Debra. That is my favorite. If it weren't $35. Sells out quickly too. Some year soon it will be mine!

Wouldn't Clydesdale and Why Be Normal be fabulous together, along with a solid dark black-plum, a solid caramel, and a lacy white?

Clydesdale is on my Someday list.

I'm afraid that I don't care for the flatties.

I have one called 'Flat Broke' but did not like it much when it bloomed. It is in a neglected area now and has not bloomed for two years. There are so many forms of blooms and to me the iris. with three standards and three falls, is unique and I guess I just like that form the best.