Little Chestnut & the velvet one of Bennett Jones. Perhaps you can get in touch with Charlie Carver & see if he needs it. He is connect historic medians for conservation. He already has the ones he has. I will have to look up his e-mail.

Thank you, Lucy. I have been in contact with Charlie. I sent him Violet Lass, I think, last summer. If it is the wrong one he is supposed to email me and I have isolated a 'for sure' VL to send to him this summer. I have told him that he is welcome to any that I grow. I appreciate the people who are preserving our iris treasures.

He is doing great work.

Another wonderful group of little ones Bonnie! I love the colors of ruby Lines! Little Chestnut is cute! There are so many that I like...too many to name but a few that jumped out are Feel The Heat, Garnet Sachet, Hugs From Heaven, Vixen Elf, Fancy Sparkler, and Tingle. And the wishlist keeps growing.....!

Those are some of my favorites too, Marilyn. I like the old and the new, the pale and the bold. I have some bigger guys poised to open that I am really looking forward to.

I got Little Chestnut last year. http://www.walking-p-bar.com/s... All of the iris from that order have done very well over the winter. Dunno what will bloom in the first year. We'll see.

I think you will really be pleased with it Linnea. I love brown irises.

SDB Betsey Boo, Bee Warburton, 1974



This one is tall for an SDB at 15 inches. It makes great clumps.

SDB Alamo Joe, Paul Black, 2007

So far I have had three bloom as wrong ones. Fiesta Flirt turned out to be Iris Harp. IH is distinctive and easily recognizable. The second was Red Velvet Elf. The little bloom opened very pale but it opened the morning of the hail storm so it is hard to evaluate. I would say it is either white, cream or very pale yellow..... not Red Velvet Elf. I have another bloom stalk on it and will post it when it opens. The third, so far, was an AB named Dream Catcher and instead it turned out to be this little SDB



It has a white ground with plum coloring and a modern form. Does anyone recognize this little guy?

Are the style arms plum too??

Look at all those little beauties! After seeing more of them bloom this year my fear has become real....I love the little ones too.

When the raiding party hits your area, I'll remember to bring some snake boots.

Rob, have you been following the thread on the Arilbred irises? Donald and Carl have gotten me hooked on AB's! There are some gorgeous ones there too! So you may need to revise your raiding party route!

I will have to look at it tomorrow, Bonnie wore out my "thumbs up" button.

Ohhhhhh, I have been designated a stop on the R. R. R. - rhizome raid route! I am honored..... my irises are scared. It got pretty cold last night dipping down into the 30's and is not forecast to get out of the lower 60's today. That is going to slow things down a bit. But it will warm up next wee and set the garden in motion again. Have you ever noticed that weed growth is not slowed by anything?

I agree with Marilyn! The AB's that have been posted are making me quite envious. And the seedlings........ sigh.

Dachsylady86 said:Are the style arms plum too??

Liz, I think so but I am not sure. I will check today. I think I have seen this little guy for sale somewhere but I cant remember where.

Well, you probably know this, but check the place you got it from first. They may have it in their catalog/online catalog.

Like Rob, I wore out my *thumb button* -- so I gave up after 1-1/2 pages (with another 1-1/2 to go), and will simply say "Thumbs Up to every single one of them"!!!

SDB Ultima Neve, Augusto Bianco, 2011, 2014



This may be my favorite SDB Plicata this year. It is a beautiful little iris.

IB Smell Me, Leo Barnard, 1996



This little IB has a very pronounced sweet flower fragrance.