Celia, Thanks for posting Indian Chief. I am sure that is the noid we inherited from the former owners.

OOOOPS Not the same, but if anyone has a idea about our noid, chime in.

Catch My Breath is the Tom Johnson iris I can't wait to see.

The Ghio I want to see is Down To The Wire.

Absolute Treasure is the Tasco iris I want to see, and I should thanks to Sherry

I love Absolute Treasure! Plan to order it from Superstition when the catalog gets here. I already did my pre-order with them so need to see the damage I have caused to my wallet before I go crazy with more.

Tom, I'm anticipating your new blooms too! You've got several there that have caught my eye in catalogs! Absolute Treasure is on my Superstition order

JoAnn, the chances of finding an accurate id of your historic are pretty slim- there are loads of historic neglectas out there, as well as plenty of unregistered seedlings. I was curious and did a google search for "historic neglecta irises" and got a quick view of a lot of options.

https://www.google.com/search?...

I received about 67 dwarf irises last year, some bought, a whole bunch as bonuses and postage boxes. I was excited as can be by many of these so I can going to break it down by source:

Stout's:
and loved getting Trey Stout as a bonus

Iris Sisters:
and a shout out for sending me Little Stitches that they didn't introduce until January

Aitkens: A bonus! Dragonet:
http://dxkdul4cprxwx.cloudfron...

Blue J:

Arlyn:


Tom: His have the honor of being some of the fastest increasers in my garden


Bonnie:

I love green dwarfs!

Dee's sale - she sent me a real big assortment, hard to choose but these are special:


Legolas - no pictures of this bad boy - hope to take care of that!



I also want to thank Dee for this little MDB creation of hers - so cute and she sent 16 of them!!!

Received Trey Stout as a bonus, too, Leslie, and promptly lost it to rot.

Oooh, Dragnet!


Blyth I am most looking forward to seeing:

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Ghio

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Two Keppels.

Last year, Suzanne (CA Sue) gave us a tour of her beautiful garden
and I went home with many dwarfs that she'd divided.
Looking forward to seeing them bloom this year!
Thanks again, Suzanne!

Some nice looking little guys!

Okay - I am up to the medians now.

MTB:

MTBs are such adorable little guys! These were just planted last summer (thanks Arlyn and Bonnie!), but look happy and I expect to see blooms this spring!

There are so many I'm looking forward to seeing bloom! So I'll pick out a few every day...

Core Values
(Picture taken at Napa)

Edge of the World
(Thank you!)

Gerard Briere


I'm All Shook Up
(Thank you!)

Since it's slow today, I'll post some more.

Jeanne Clay Plank
(Thank you!)

Just Crazy
(Thank you!)

Midnight Ice


Rare Coin

I just started my first iris garden this past summer so I am looking forward to EVERYTHING blooming (all 250 of them, hehe). In people's past experience with new irises, how many typically bloom their first year? I know that I will probably get significantly less than I am hoping for, plus the Northeast had such a strange fall and winter this year.

Thanks!

Liz

Liz!

Liz, I am new at Iris, myself; however, using three years or so of focused Iris experience, I'd say...it depends. We do have many deeply experienced Iris folk here who can give you a more definitive answer, but I wanted to say welcome and looking forward to your photographs.

Liz! Wow, 250 is an amazing start!!! They say to expect less than 75%. My first year I had about 90%, since then about 70%. If they are happy in their garden they will probably give pretty good bloom. Again, I am impressed by that number!