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Muddymitts

Jul 3, 2016 7:40 AM CST

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

I love that one, Leslie!!

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

| @Muddymitts | Post #1200953 (1)

gemini_sage

Jul 3, 2016 7:41 AM CST

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

I absolutely love Devil's Waltz Leslie! I'm intrigued by smoky purples.

"...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 #1200954 (2)

Muddymitts

Jul 3, 2016 7:42 AM CST

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Me too, Neal............

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

| @Muddymitts | Post #1200955 (3)

Lestv

Jul 3, 2016 7:47 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

And it has that in spades you two. A really nice 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 #1200961 (4)

irisarian

Jul 3, 2016 1:54 PM CST

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

bloomed here this year, but needs more space.

| @irisarian | Post #1201248 (5)

Lestv

Jul 3, 2016 2:27 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Mine needs more space too. I have too many medians in one space and they all grew much larger than expected. Will have to move three or so to another garden.

"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 #1201287 (6)

Lestv

Jul 4, 2016 8:46 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Happy Independence Day everyone!!!

I was paid off for patience this year with this little MTB. The first one I bought rotted while I was out of town. I decided I really wanted it and ordered it again, and this time it bloomed and bloomed!

One of my favorite medians of this year - Redrock Princess:

Sun and rain:

Miniature Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Redrock Princess')
Uploaded by Lestv

Sun and shade:

Miniature Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Redrock Princess')
Uploaded by Lestv

"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 #1201898 (7)

irisarian

Jul 4, 2016 8:59 AM CST

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

We have lost ours so perhaps it needs a very good start to get going. It is available from Aitken's Salmon creek garden.

| @irisarian | Post #1201910 (8)

Zencat

Jul 4, 2016 9:33 AM CST

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

Oooooo! I think I need that one for my country/western bed!

| @Zencat | Post #1201958 (9)

crowrita1

Jul 4, 2016 9:43 AM CST

Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)

It's a nice one, Leslie

| @crowrita1 | Post #1201967 (10)

Lestv

Jul 4, 2016 9:56 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Lucy - that is where I got mine from last year.

"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 #1201981 (11)

Lestv

Jul 30, 2016 7:55 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

I was so excited to get this one last fall. I love it. The heavy rain took out some of it's buds, and I missed some of the bloom, but it kept a couple for me to see when I got home.

Mine was never as brown as most pictures, but it was also in shade much of the time. I underestimated how much shade would be cast by my Rose of Sharon.

Border Bearded Iris (Iris 'Thundery')
Uploaded by Lestv

I find I really like iris with the rounded form.

Border Bearded Iris (Iris 'Thundery')
Uploaded by Lestv

"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 #1228678 (12)

gemini_sage

Jul 30, 2016 11:42 AM CST

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

That's a real beauty Leslie!

"...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 #1228914 (13)

grannysgarden

Jul 30, 2016 11:54 AM CST

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

I really like Red Rock Princess.

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 #1228929 (14)

Muddymitts

Jul 30, 2016 12:31 PM CST

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Leslie -- I think those are the prettiest pictures of Thundery that I've ever seen!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

| @Muddymitts | Post #1228964 (15)

Lestv

Jul 30, 2016 7:00 PM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Thundery is a late bloomer but really worth the wait. It has an iridescent sheen that I couldn't quite capture in pictures. Really a lovely flower. Blyth does amazing medians so it is sad so few make it stateside.

Bonnie, I love Redrock Princess too. It is adorable.

"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 #1229334 (16)

tveguy3

Jul 31, 2016 3:54 AM CST

Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)

My Iris club imported a bunch of Blyth Medians, but I didn't choose any as I didn't have a place right now to put one, Now I wish I had, I could have sent it to you. They were in pots though. Not one took any, I probably could have had several of them.

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

| @tveguy3 | Post #1229490 (17)

grannysgarden

Jul 31, 2016 4:24 AM CST

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

Free Blythe medians....... no one took them. There is definitely something wrong with your iris club people.

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 #1229493 (18)

gemini_sage

Jul 31, 2016 6:22 AM CST

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

Tom, that just made me ache reading that!

"...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 #1229530 (19)

Lestv

Jul 31, 2016 6:35 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

No one? That is sad sad sad. Considering the really nice door prizes you got I can imagine that they were lovely ones.

"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 #1229534 (20)

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