Sherry, your grape echo is amazing.

My Grape Echo is sending up a stalk, but I doubt if it will bloom before it gets colder. Another two weeks like today was, and it would bloom!

Yeah, Tom. The cold is coming. (Shudder). I have Patty Ann with some color showing on the bud. I'm thinking of cutting it before the deep freeze. So, how is your grape echo growing? It's one of my highly coveted irises.

I Got my Grape Echo last year from Sherry, and it bloomed last fall right away and had two increases. It's Growing nicely and maybe I can share some next year, We'll see

I still have a single bloom stalk on my newly planted Cantina - although the stalk was there when we last flew to France on 27 October, the buds have still to open! There is at long last a bit of colour beginning to show on a couple of the buds. I think it's taking its time because of the low temperatures (hovering around 50 F). I also have four bloom stalks on the ever-reliable Rosalie Figge (which I have both here and in France) - I hope the buds open before it gets too cold for them.

Autumn Twilight [GP Brown] is still showing its colors, as is Bountiful Harvest [Hager] in one of itse locations. Sugar Blues [Zurbrigg] has finished, as has Baby Blessed [Zurbrigg]. Eleanor Roosevelt just decided to join the party a bit late. Should get at least one bloom fully open before the next heavy frost expected on the weekend.

I just came back from the polling place, and wouldn't you know it, there were some large clumps of Eleanor Roosevelt in bloom, and I didn't have my camera. Lots of blooms too!

I love the new and frilly iris as much as anyone, but it is so nice to see a plant that will rebloom consistently in the Fall. It doesn't matter to me if it is an oldie.

gemini_sage said:Awesome Mary Ann! Since we're having such a mild fall it looks like they may finish their rebloom cycle before getting frozen.

Wow, KY must be warmer than us then. We have had a few nights of frost and freeze this week. So am happy that Again and Again, and Las Vegas are not trying to bloom this fall.

these are my pictures of the irises that are trying to bloom
'saxon'
'tiger play'. i think there maybe 3 bloom stalks? the center and one on each side? or am i seeing things? how would you describe what i am seeing on the confused 'tp'?
maybe it'll become a rebloomer in our area?

Somewhere on here I posted some photos of a piece I dropped in my field that was putting up a bloom stalk. It opened up and it's Echo Location. There's another iris in one of the new beds putting up a stalk now too.

Your irises are looking nice and healthy Daphne. The multiple bloom stalks on one rhizome happens here too. Good to see yours also put out some increases. If Tiger Play has already bloomed for you this season and it's doing it again, then it's reblooiming...otherwise, it's just a bit confused.

difficult to see, perhaps a 2nd stalk or a 2nd bloom on the same stalk.

@UndertheSun said, "If Tiger Play has already bloomed for you this season and it's doing it again, then it's reblooiming...otherwise, it's just a bit confused.".


it's just confused...i only got that iris in late july. it didn't start growing for four weeks or so, and now it's putting up blooms? i will have to take notes to see if it does this again next year.

Double Shot went ahead and opened -- it's a pretty thing:

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Managed to get a shadow on that second shot, though I tried not to...........

Hmm -- the second picture didn't post -- trying again:



There we go!!

Leslie, first frost came late here this year, but the last few nights it has gotten down around 30F.

Mary Ann, that is gorgeous! There is something unique about it, not like typical purple plicatas.

I agree Neal -- I just love it, and I'm so happy that it's in my garden. It has earned a spot in Iris Lane, for sure!!

Muddymitts said:Hmm -- the second picture didn't post -- trying again:

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Double Shot')
• Uploaded by Muddymitts

There we go!!

I love trying to take pics at shadow:30 . The best sun yet most annoying and difficult ti'mean with the sun looking over your shoulders

Yup.

I hate it when I think I've taken the perfect picture, then download it and find I've got a good one of my foot. I can forgive a shadow