Let's see those 2016 Dwarfs! in the Irises forum

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Lestv

Apr 19, 2016 12:42 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Yes, it is a real attention getter!

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

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Lilydaydreamer

Apr 19, 2016 8:22 PM CST

Name: Lisa Klette
Dayton, KY (Zone 6a)

Love Inner Space and Stilldew's clump shots!

Jungle gem

Nine lives

Blue-eyed Maiden- color is off in the picture, pink/ apricot with blue beard

Standard Dwarf Bearded Iris (Iris 'Blue-Eyed Maiden')
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Love what you teach and teach what you love!

| @Lilydaydreamer | Post #1121494 (2)

tveguy3

Apr 20, 2016 4:38 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

Carl, I have some Sparks Fly if you want some. It's really a good grower.

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

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coboro

Apr 20, 2016 8:11 AM CST

Name: Carl Boro
Milpitas, CA (Zone 10b)

OK. I'll remind you around digging season and send you a treemail.

Inner Space again.

Carl

| @coboro | Post #1121840 (4)

stilldew

Apr 20, 2016 1:46 PM CST

Name: Susan
Southeast NE (Zone 5b)

Blue Eyed Maiden is an interesting misty colored one. Like it.

Getting to the late ones here.

Snickers

Chubby Cheeks showing some rain damage.

| @stilldew | Post #1122198 (5)

irisarian

Apr 20, 2016 2:33 PM CST

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

What is all the greenery surrounding Chubby Cheeks? irises don't like their rhisomes covered.

| @irisarian | Post #1122236 (6)

stilldew

Apr 21, 2016 12:41 AM CST

Name: Susan
Southeast NE (Zone 5b)

Woops. Wrong photo. That is Russian sedum. I'll find Chuby Cheeks when I get home. I do have a lot of sedum Anglina that does cover the roots of Spark's Fly and it doesn't seem to bother it, but I do try to pull it back a little from the rhisomes.

| @stilldew | Post #1122848 (7)

gemini_sage

Apr 21, 2016 2:23 AM CST

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

I thought this was Cat's Eye, but the color looks wrong until I see it in photos, now I'm thinking it probably is. Do any of you notice a difference in color in pictures?

"...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 #1122883 (8)

tveguy3

Apr 21, 2016 2:26 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

It looks like Cat's Eye to me.

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

| @tveguy3 | Post #1122884 (9)

grannysgarden

Apr 21, 2016 2:47 AM CST

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

Me too. And it is a unique little guy with nice size blooms, color and growth habits. And it seems to like all zones. My kind of iris!

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 #1122889 (10)

stilldew

Apr 21, 2016 2:53 AM CST

Name: Susan
Southeast NE (Zone 5b)

Looks like Cat's to me too. Mine should bloom this week and I will post photos.

| @stilldew | Post #1122890 (11)

gemini_sage

Apr 21, 2016 5:40 AM CST

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

Do those of you who grow Cat's Eye find the color looks deeper in person than in photos? It looks brighter and more rose color in the standards in the pics, but appears more burgundy and wine in person.

"...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 #1122942 (12)

Muddymitts

Apr 21, 2016 7:27 AM CST

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Cat's Eye -- here in Kentucky:

Sparks Fly -- grows about six feet away from CE:
(sorry -- I don't have a glamour shot of Sparks Fly -- couldn't bend down that far)

Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)

| @Muddymitts | Post #1123024 (13)

grannysgarden

Apr 21, 2016 7:53 AM CST

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

Great little dwarfs, Mary Ann.

I agree, Neal.

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 #1123056 (14)

Lestv

Apr 21, 2016 8:31 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Neal - I think Cat's Eye often photographs "pinker" than it is. I have had to work to try to get true color photos of it.

"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 #1123110 (15)

gemini_sage

Apr 21, 2016 12:00 PM CST

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

Big Blue Eyes formed beautiful little clumps the first year

@Calif_Sue

"...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 #1123371 (16)

Misawa77

Apr 21, 2016 12:00 PM CST

Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)

Pippi Longstockings

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Calif_Sue

Apr 21, 2016 12:48 PM CST

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Name: Suzanne/Sue
Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a)
Sunset Zone 15

It looks fabulous Neal!! I have mine in a bad spot and it didn't develop any blooms so it has to be moved.

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tveguy3

Apr 21, 2016 12:53 PM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

I have a mini opening, should be open enough for pictures tomorrow. My little Pussy Toes is often the first of the season. This warm weather has lots of puffy blooms bulges showing up on my little guys.

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

| @tveguy3 | Post #1123424 (19)

irisarian

Apr 21, 2016 6:24 PM CST

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

A purple pumila species is in bloom today. MDB 'Blue Doll' is planning on opening in a day or two.

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