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Since Daughter of Stars is a rebloomer, you might want to plant it by itself so you can give it the extra fertilizer and water without affecting the others.

Hey guys/gals! Finally wrapping up #'s for 2017 what turned into me only buying 10 rhizomes got thrown out the window in one order alone, not a shocker, lol. I've added 213 varieties through gifts and purchases for the ending season. Of that 192 were new varieties for me. Of all that survived I currently have 169 remaining and still in pots. That still makes me iris nuts to some degree. now it's time to update my inventory on the site. That's gonna be fun...

You have your work cut out for you, that is for sure.

If I recall correctly, I was On the Edge with 85 - but I recently added 12, which gets me to 97 - Still On the Edge!
My 5 new ones from: Iris Sisters:

Royal Mystique

Bond Girl

Eye for Style

Paris Fashion

Passionista

Jan, I think these go on next years total.
@tveguy does the count go from 9-30 to 9-30 ?

i think i have to have this one jan!

I love the flared falls on Passionista

Oh dear, I'm in trouble… yes, it is beautiful

Dachsylady86 said:I love the flared falls on Passionista

me, too, liz and barbara. i really love flared falls.....tho' many don't. i really enjoy them in arrangements, for that very reason.

the drooping falls remind me of a wilting flower. however, in the japanese iris the drooping falls were bred to be viewed from a distnce, and the flared ones were to be viewed from above. so i guess the same 'theory' could be applied to the bearded iris, as well?

So Gabe, I am curious...When you bought your new house, did you buy extra land for planting Irises. It just made me giggle in the past when I hear that people on some of these chats actually go by property just for their Irises. I just wondered if that was on your real estate wish list when shopping for houses.

shizen said:

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Royal Mystique')
• Uploaded by ARUBA1334

i think i have to have this one jan!

Isn't it gorgeous!

And I almost passed up Passionista- a recent Blyth. Iris Sisters isn't showing a photo, and none in our database - but after looking it up online, I was hooked!

Thanks for letting me know that my recent 12 will go on next year's
total, Barb. I'd missed that.

It actually is in the database. Mika posted a beautiful picture of it

Elsa - Land for irises was very much a part of Gabe's buying choice. He looked at a lot of houses!

Dachsylady86 said:It actually is in the database. Mika posted a beautiful picture of it

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Passionista')
• Uploaded by cliftoncat

Thanks, Liz. Don't know how I missed it! And such a good photo from Mika!

I caved and added it to my order

Thanks for the kind words, folks! If I remember rightly, Passionista was one of those irises that opened just on the morning of the day I was leaving for France, so I felt lucky to get a photo of it!

Lestv said:Elsa - Land for irises was very much a part of Gabe's buying choice. He looked at a lot of houses!

And it still makes me smile that people love this flower (well and of course gardening) enough to have that on their real estate wish list.