Thank You Everybody glad you like the pictures they really had some beautiful and unique flowers this year and I am excited to see what gets a name the 2 you guys like are relatively new and still be evaluated so will be a while before we get a chance to grow them at home but we can have some fun this winter going through them all.

Robin.. The keppel pictures are also all newer seedlings except for number 4# the red one it was mentioned as a possibility in the catalog and I thought it looked really good this spring in his garden we will see what happens with it when the catalog comes out in January

Cory.. You will enjoy the pictures more in December when were all going through cabin Fever

Les.. I had excellent germination on last years crosses and hoping winter is kind so we can see them most are showing really good increase so we stand a good chance of them blooming or at least I hope so. I currently have way more than I can take care of by myself the weeds were tough to keep up with this year but if half of them bloom it should be a lot of fun in May. still have thousands from previous years that are now clumps that have not bloomed it should be a good spring.

Bonnie.. It was a tough season here but it sounds like we were not alone and the weather was tough everywhere things look much better here now and I'm due for a excellent bloom season in 2017

Niki.. It is hard to see it all in a day the whole Salem area is Awesome in the spring

Thanks Brad. I like numbers 4 and 5 the most.

I want all of them!

Oh wow Brad! Just finished reading through this tread and what a lot of beautiful irises!!

I liked so many of them, both your seedlings and the commercially grown ones. Looks like we have a lot of goodies to look forward to in future!

It is all but impossible to pick just one favorite, but I did anyway . The one I would order first, phyto-certificate and all would be this one:

ARUBA1334 said:I had good luck with (Electric Candy) this year it has given me some good plants to work with..

(Electric Candy X Friendly Advice) 13-27

...so if you culled it, or it culled itself - please don't tell me!

ARUBA1334 said:

Aaahhhh! Need this one! and a few others.....


I have been trying very hard to not look at this thread......not enough will power.......What is seen cannot be unseen. I wonder if they need an East Coast test garden?


Thank you Brad! Looking forward to this winter and pictures of your amazing seedlings next spring!

That was my second choice, Pam, after the pink one. Can you believe those ruffles!?

Snork said:

Aaahhhh! Need this one! and a few others.....


I have been trying very hard to not look at this thread......not enough will power.......What is seen cannot be unseen. I wonder if they need an East Coast test garden?


Thank you Brad! Looking forward to this winter and pictures of your amazing seedlings next spring!

That one is for sure on my must have list as soon as it's introduced!

very nice, Brad.

Brad, I hope you are going to start a new thread for the 2016 season or even two, one for your seedlings and one for the West Coast gardens. We only had one thread this last week in the report. Love all your pictures. This year I'll try to comment on each cross.

with Pam, Bonnie and Tom! That iris is a must have from the ruffles to the Belle Epoque colours!

KentPfeiffer said:

I have it listed as 09-88K (assuming it's the same one and I got the label right)

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Handsome Devil')
• Uploaded by KentPfeiffer

Sign me up for one of these, STAT.

It's gorgeous, isn't it. Grace. Hopefully it will be a new introduction in the
future!

tveguy3 said: That would be my pick too! Great form and loads of ruffles. Nice color too.

What's with the small window when I click on a picture lately. Can't get a good view as you get this narrow window that you have to scroll. Not liking that!

Mmmm...is this beautiful iris available anywhere?

In all the time I have been on this site I don't know how I missed this thread! But thanks to Kei's post today, it came up on my list of unread threads. So I have spent hours perusing all Brad's wonderful pictures and seedlings. All I can say is that if Brad ever wants me to test any of his seedlings there are quite a few I'd love to have in my gaden!

DaisyDo said: In all the time I have been on this site I don't know how I missed this thread! But thanks to Kei's post today, it came up on my list of unread threads. So I have spent hours perusing all Brad's wonderful pictures and seedlings. All I can say is that if Brad ever wants me to test any of his seedlings there are quite a few I'd love to have in my gaden!

Where does Brad sell his beautiful irises?

I've been wondering that, myself. @aruba1334 ?

I visited Brad's gardens last summer. He has some amazing seedlings, and it looks like he will some day be going commercial and start selling them. I'm not sure what his time line is on that. I have several of his seedlings in my garden, and they are doing very well. He lives in Iowa.

A couple shots of some his seedling beds.

The nice blue/purple one in the center is his 13-102

Here's a closeup of 13-102 in my garden, I love the powder blue beard.

12-12-A is the one in the center of this picture.

Here's a close up of 12-12-A in my garden, each bloom can vary in pattern.

Here's a shot of his gardens.
It was a cold drizzly weekend when I visited. It was well worth the trip, I had visited his gardens a few years prior to this visit. I think he has some really exciting new ones coming down the pike.

Right now, Rocky Top garden has some of his earlier intoductions.

tveguy3 said: I visited Brad's gardens last summer. He has some amazing seedlings, and it looks like he will some day be going commercial and start selling them. I'm not sure what his time line is on that. I have several of his seedlings in my garden, and they are doing very well. He lives in Iowa.

A couple shots of some his seedling beds.

The nice blue/purple one in the center is his 13-102

Here's a closeup of 13-102 in my garden, I love the powder blue beard.

12-12-A is the one in the center of this picture.

Here's a close up of 12-12-A in my garden, each bloom can vary in pattern.

Here's a shot of his gardens.
It was a cold drizzly weekend when I visited. It was well worth the trip, I had visited his gardens a few years prior to this visit. I think he has some really exciting new ones coming down the pike.

Amazing! such gifted hybridizer needs to be known!

irisarian said: Right now, Rocky Top garden has some of his earlier introductions.

Thank you Irisarian. They have terrific irises! wow I just looked and got in love of some irises by Nicodemus... I need more money..and space!

What is Brad's hybridizer name? I don't know how to look for his irises...