Oh, the wrong Melanie is not SE. It is not at all that bright.

This is 'Strut Your Stuff'. Just a stunning Iris.
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I need Strut Your Stuff! Absolute must have, no question about it, Gorgeous Iris.
Sherry, thank you for posting this picture.

It really looks to be strutting! What a cutie!

Strut Your Stuff is one very nice iris, and is a good grower and bloomer here too. Your picture is great, I always seem to have trouble getting a good picture that represents it color.
Along those same lines is House Arrest, Similar to Strut Your Stuff, but a bit more ruffly. This was a new one for me last year, and already it has several increases. Should be a small clump next year.

Florentine Silk always takes my breath away. Really love this one.

And a newer updated similar one is Arrivederci This was new to me last year and seems to be growing well.

Strut Your Stuff- Wow! That burgundy adds to the richness of the purple and the lighter flash on the falls makes it glow- a real stunner!

Florentine Silk is such a beauty- I was thrilled to see a maiden bloom this spring. Peach and purple are so lovely together to me- this year I planted Center Line and Gitano near Florentine Silk to continue that color combo

I also have Strut Your Stuff -- a gift from Tom several years ago -- and it's one of my favorites. The coloration is a little different on mine -- more red.

Keeping my program of oldest first --

Bengal Tiger (Marriott 1981) -- an early bloomer, and a burst of color in the spring:


Beverly Sills (Hager 1979) -- gorgeous pink:


and Chickasaw Sue (Gibson 1983) -- a big-box store purchase in 1997 that turned out to be what it was supposed to be!


And there's my three for today!!

irisarian said:We once grew Smart. It is the pod parent for my one arilbred cross. I decided I was too old to get into something new & should continue with the projects I had so did not keep on with those.

Lucy - do you still grow any of the crosses?

Well my Strut Your Stuff falls in the redder category with Mary Ann, and I too got it from Tom. Wonder if it is all the iron in the clay around here?

Love the Sun (thank you for the ID, Sherry )




Merchant Marine. Love, love, love this one.




Milestone. Thank you, Jan.

The MM you sent me, Debra, is growing well. I hope to see it bloom next spring. smiles

You have all been posting some breathtaking photos!

I think I will go spotty today:

SDB Tremors (little spotted)



Exactitude (colorful spotted)



Tanzanian Tangerine (crazy spotted)

Ohhh milestone is going to me a must add to the garden!! How beautiful!!!

Well, Jen, I have a ton of it! I should probably make up a Milestone list.
Happy to share.

You're welcome, Debra! Really nice photos of Milestone!

Leslie -- I love your Tanzanian Tangerine. Love all those little dots. So how can I love the dots and hate the stripes? Dots are a different type of broken color, are they not? Sometimes I don't understand myself.............

Well the dots are plicata, and often have an overall pattern. Tanzanian Tangerine has a complete spray of dots over the falls as it's pattern. Broken color has random patterning, and most often 3 or more colors in the mix. I think you dislike the random splotches in a broken color.

I think you're right. A very wise girl are you!!

I love all the different looks of Strut Your Stuff!

Mary Ann- gorgeous clumps, Bengal Tiger is a beauty! Y'all are making me like autumn colors more every day! *note to self: no more new beds, no more new beds, .....

Debra, your Merchant Marine pics are gorgeous. I received that one from Brad this summer and they're looking really happy- seeing these photos of varieties you folks have sent me and I haven't seen bloom yet is so exciting!

Tanzanian Tangerine- yummmmmm!

Jan, please add my name to the Milestone list- that's a winner I should be growing