Superstition Iris Garden's 2016 Introductions in the Irises forum

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janwax

Feb 7, 2016 12:57 PM CST

Name: Jan Wax
Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a)
I'm a semi-retired studio potter.

Superstition sends big vigorous rhizomes! Love these guys.

| @janwax | Post #1053590 (1)

irisarian

Feb 7, 2016 4:27 PM CST

Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises

They use irrigation in their garden. the west coast rhizomes are all big. You don't get that size here. Remember not to 'bury' the rhizome. They are a food storage stem, not a bulb.

| @irisarian | Post #1053797 (2)

HighdesertNiki

Feb 7, 2016 8:34 PM CST

Name: Niki
Bend, Oregon (Zone 6a)
Flowers are food for the soul.

I got my catalog yesterday. He has really good prices. I want more now. I was going through the pictures with company to see what her favorites were. So many people aren't familiar with modern iris.

"The Earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

| @HighdesertNiki | Post #1053999 (3)

Lestv

Feb 7, 2016 9:00 PM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Green! I love "green" irises. There are many SDB's with green, and I keep adding them to my collection. I would love a intermediate or TB that had the green veining of say, Snow Trees/Snow Peas. Or colors such as Granny Apple has. Yes, I know they are all Spoon iris in my examples but Don does great green iris!

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #1054011 (4)

irisarian

Feb 7, 2016 11:08 PM CST

Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises

Snow Tree was hybridized by Bob Sobek here in MA.

| @irisarian | Post #1054083 (5)

Lestv

Feb 8, 2016 8:39 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

My bad Lucy. I love Snow Tree. I think it would be beautiful in large form too.

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #1054194 (6)

Zencat

Feb 9, 2016 6:32 AM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

Dirt, I'm excitied to see what you get. It IS exciting when you order the 1st time!

Dirt has the most beautiful gardens around this area. As beautiful as the pics are, they're more beautiful in person!

| @Zencat | Post #1054829 (7)

Kitttty13

Feb 9, 2016 11:24 AM CST

Awesome photos of their new intro's, they have great prices and AWESOME rhizomes!!
I absolutely love these guys!!

| @Kitttty13 | Post #1054981 (8)

Misawa77

Feb 9, 2016 11:29 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)

I don't have a catalog yet. I am bummed out. I have 4" of the white stuff and it won't stop snowing for another 18 hours or so. I was away the last three days, so maybe my sister in law has it.

| @Misawa77 | Post #1054987 (9)

Misawa77

Feb 9, 2016 11:32 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)

is what to look for in your mail box!

| @Misawa77 | Post #1054992 (10)

Lestv

Feb 9, 2016 11:35 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

You can borrow mine too Greg.... if you can shovel yourself out....

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #1054995 (11)

dirtdorphins

Feb 9, 2016 9:07 PM CST

Name: Dirt
(Zone 5b)

Thank you Celia--that is so very sweet of you to say

I'm really excited to see what I get too

I ordered a couple pre-catalog, but now I'm having a really hard time deciding--too many to narrow it down to anything resembling reasonable

| @dirtdorphins | Post #1055362 (12)

Zencat

Feb 9, 2016 9:35 PM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

Give us your choices and we can help narrow them down.

| @Zencat | Post #1055376 (13)

irisarian

Feb 9, 2016 10:34 PM CST

Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises

Or make more suggestions

| @irisarian | Post #1055407 (14)

Zencat

Feb 9, 2016 11:29 PM CST

Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)

| @Zencat | Post #1055418 (15)

Henhouse

Feb 10, 2016 1:21 AM CST

Name: Sherry Austin
Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9a)

So Dirt, inquiring minds want to know what you ordered

And of course we're here to enable you to order even more

The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.

| @Henhouse | Post #1055443 (16)

grannysgarden

Feb 10, 2016 2:26 AM CST

Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone

dirtdorphins said: .......now I'm having a really hard time deciding--too many to narrow it down to anything resembling reasonable

What. What does this mean. narrow it down ... ordering irises ........no, doesn't go together.

Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?

| @grannysgarden | Post #1055449 (17)

tveguy3

Feb 10, 2016 5:21 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Yup, Narrow it down and ordering irises, that's an oxymoron for sure!

Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.

| @tveguy3 | Post #1055475 (18)

gemini_sage

Feb 10, 2016 6:59 AM CST

Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)

I had an email from Rick and Roger this morning letting me know they got the check I sent, which took 8 days to get there. He mentioned he's noticed folks saying they haven't received their catalogs yet and has been frustrated by the mail being so slow. Sounds like they should be arriving soon.

"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi

| @gemini_sage | Post #1055510 (19)