I collect plants with KY in the name. I saw a beautiful L. iris that is so vivid, does anyone grow Kentucky Cajun?

I grow SDB Kentucky Blurgrass. Do you have thst one, Teresa?

No, I don't Bonnie, I did see it in the database it is a cutie!

I will put your name by it for shares.

The Database shows only 14 irises with Kentucky at the start of their name. I would have guessed there would be more than that. I don't have any Kentucky. Just one Michigan (Pride) and one Tennessee (Gentleman).

Kentucky Blurgrass, eh Bonnie? Hmmmmmm -- must be a new strain.....................

LOL. My prose leaves much to be desired at anytime, Mary Ann, but in my defense, today only, I drove 80 miles very early and spent the day at a pumpkin patch with nine 4 -year olds. I am so tired my backside is erasing my tracks as I walk..... I have it on good authority that the hybridizer meant to name his iris Blurgrass and just misspelled it. (May have something to do with my photos of it too)

I was sent one as a bonus called Kentucky Coal but when it bloomed, it was like a very pale Edith Wolford. It is supposed to be a blackish-purple.
I do have one called Spectacular Bid which is a famous race horse though.

I should have a good amount of Kentucky coal to share next year.

OMG Bonnie -- nine four-year-olds????? Why-oh-why would you subject yourself to that? Much less, drive 80 miles to do it?????

Girl -- have you taken leave of your senses????

Add 9 more 4 year olds, and you will have a small taste of what it's like to be a 4 year old Kindergarten teacher!

I'm alive! I think to be a kindergarten teacher.... it would have to be a calling. Thankfully, I was not called. smiles

That's exactly what I wanted to be -- a kindergarten teacher. But -- life took other paths..............

My niece just started teaching pre-K in a school in South Chicago. The first day she had 32 kids in the class, and almost had a nervous breakdown. Was a shock to her confidence to control that many kids without a helper. I heard the ones from the projects were some foul mouthed tough guys already. To her credit she is still sticking it out.

Have been there and done that both teaching preschool and inner city school for many year. Try taking 30 inner city kids to a field trip pumpkin patch and corn maze!!! Yes, it is a calling as the pay is not that great.
Thankfully I am now retired and can play with iris babies instead. I have also accompanied my grandson's preschool on a pumpkin patch visit but was not in charge, whew!

Isn't that crazy 30 kids in a kindergarten with no help! In a rich suburban school district where I was the principal for 13 years, we tried to keep the K classes under 20, and they always had a full time aide who was also a certified teacher. Now lets test these kids and compare them to the 30 inner city school K classes and call the lower achieving school a failure! Why not! Don't get me started! OK, I'll quit.

I know how you feel Tom! I used to train people to score the written parts of state assessment tests for English, Math and Science. You could really tell the difference between the school districts in how well the students did on these tests. You would be surprised how much it varied by state too.

Here are a few irises with Kentucky in the names.

BLUE KENTUCKY GIRL (Schreiner, R. 2002) Sdlg. DD 145-1. TB, 40" (102 cm), E
KENTUCKY ARABIAN (Sam Norris, deceased, by Jim Hedgecock, R. 2014) Sdlg. SN-1. AB (OGB), 22"-24" (56-61 cm), E-M
KENTUCKY BEAUTY (No description available for most 1939 & 1949 registrations)
KENTUCKY BLUEGRASS (Bennett Jones, R. 1970) Sdlg. M192-4. SDB, 12" (30 cm), M
KENTUCKY CAJUN (Samuel Norris, R. 1994) Sdlg. T-88-AH. LA, 30" (76 cm), M
KENTUCKY COAL (G. Slade, R. 1984) Sdlg. 78-19-1. TB, 34" (86 cm), M
KENTUCKY COLONEL (Mrs. Wm. Carter, R. 1924) ,
KENTUCKY COLONEL (Stambach, R. 1955) Sdlg. 36-51-3. TB, 40" (102 cm), M
KENTUCKY DERBY (D. Mohr, R. 1974) Sdlg. C-39-71. TB, 35" (89 cm), M-L
KENTUCKY FROST (Mark Cook, R. 1996) Sdlg. 101. SPEC (pseudacorus), 25" (64 cm), ML
KENTUCKY HILLS (Hinkle, R. 1968) Sdlg. X-5-2. TB, 32" (81 cm), M
KENTUCKY MADE (Rita Adkins, R. 2004) Sdlg. E-DBD-A. SIB, 32" (81 cm), M
KENTUCKY MOONBEAM (Mark Cook, R. 1995) SPEC (pseudacorus), 16" (41 cm), M
KENTUCKY SKIES (Ken Mohr, R. 1990) Sdlg. L-92. TB, 37" (94 cm), M
KENTUCKY SUNSHINE (No description available for most 1939 & 1949 registrations)
KENTUCKY THOROUGHBRED (William Bruner, R. 2002) Sdlg. 98-5. LA, 33" (84 cm), ML
KENTUCKY WOMAN (Schreiner, R. 1997) Sdlg. AA 1666-A. TB, 36" (91 cm), ML

Superstition Iris Gardens did the work for us here. Many thanks!!!

Wow, thanks Bonnie you have done your homework lol. Speaking of children, I picked up my great niece early this morning. She just turned 7 and is a live wire! Ohio Co is out for Fall break. We had a great day together. A long walk to the river, Go Fish card game, plus a drive to the local park in town. A trip to Sonic for ice cream. I really miss having small children at home, but I was sure glad when her mom came at 5 !!

yes, they are loves, but take a bit of time to adjust to them.