I guess girls keep their toots to themselves.

That reminds me of something my Dad always said, Leslie.....but, "I better not go there " !!

I have not been on line much lately. Adding sand to soil: less than a cup & blend it into the sail you have. Certainly a full cup if it is clay.

Ordered 'Breathtaking' this year. Brag, brag. It should go near Dallas Alice.

Lucy, I am hoping to order Breathtaking next year.

And to think that "Breathtaking" was a leftover that I lucked into!😃👍

Consider that very good luck Greg! Lives up to its name for sure.

The "extra" six. I did not research them before hand because they did not appear to be "in play" as it were. They looked like they were from one member to another member. If I had done some research, I would have skipped the IB Brazen Gold and picked Breathtaking based on HighDesertNiki's picture. Don't know what else I missed, but it is all good

I'd say you *dun great*!!!

...'Breathtaking' going on the list!

Yes, I thought of 'Alien Mist' too, though on closer inspection, mine seems to have some brown in the blue:

Wow -- yours has a spoon!!!

Picture is a little blurry -- but mine has brown back in the throat of the beard too!

Some of them have spoons, others do not - but then my 'Alien Mist' acted rather peculiar this year and bloomed on 3 stalks from the same rhizome, but way down in the foliage:


(Nvm the sign, just a tag to mark a cross which didn't take)


Looking through my pictures, I found another TBI with a nice dark blue beard:

TBI 'Mythology' (Thomas Johnson 2003)

The issue is that blue beards for Tall Bearded irises come with blue flowers (Falls & Standards) while blue bearded SDB's come in lots of different flower colors and therefore the beard stands out even more!

Yes, I can't think of an exception... but then my experience is limited...

Well, the database comes up with 1498 TBs with blue/blueish beards, most of which have blue standards and/or falls. A few are white(ish) with very pale blue/purple beards.

Best one so far, I think you'll find look familiar:

Bahama Blues

Oooh! Good one, Rob!

I'm still looking through the TBIs:

Those are lovely.

This one looks like it has even better contrast:

...and a spaceager no less: