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Mar 7, 2017 1:36 PM CST

Thread OP

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

Thanks for noticing that Leslie. I edited to add its name... Little Blue Eyes.

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 #1384602 (3)

Mar 7, 2017 2:00 PM CST

Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)

Perfect name for it!

Touch_of_sky on the LA
Canada Zone 5a

| @touchofsky | Post #1384625 (4)

HighdesertNiki

Mar 8, 2017 12:02 PM CST

Name: Niki
Bend, Oregon (Zone 6a)
Flowers are food for the soul.

I just received Schreiner's catalog and they have 'Cameo Keepsake' if you are still looking for it Bonnie. It is wonderful to see bloom season has begun for you.

"The Earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

| @HighdesertNiki | Post #1385231 (5)

Mar 8, 2017 1:03 PM CST

Thread OP

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

Thank you for spotting that one, Nikki. I am trying to research where I can fill my want lists at fewer places. It is like a puzzle and sometimes late at night I think I should just throw my laptop out the door and forget it. But..... I am still working on it.

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 #1385267 (6)

lovemyhouse

Mar 9, 2017 7:54 AM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

I have complete faith in you, Bonnie.

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

| @lovemyhouse | Post #1385716 (7)

Mar 9, 2017 10:54 AM CST

Thread OP

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

I just had to post this pic. This is Blue Doll an MDB that Bee Warburton introduced in 1958. Not yet open but can you see the blue peeking out of the foliage?

I put the quarter in the pot for size reference. This will be its first bloom for me. I may have to bring this pot in before the freeze gets here.

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 #1385859 (8)

Mar 9, 2017 10:57 AM CST

Name: Lilli
Lundby, Denmark, EU

Please save that cute little thing!!

Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice!

| @IrisLilli | Post #1385861 (9)

Zencat

Mar 9, 2017 10:57 AM CST

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

I see color on it already!

| @Zencat | Post #1385862 (10)

Mar 9, 2017 11:00 AM CST

Name: Lilli
Lundby, Denmark, EU

Run! Run!

Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice!

| @IrisLilli | Post #1385865 (11)

Mar 9, 2017 11:01 AM CST

Thread OP

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

I will, Lilli.

I usually haul pots in and out for a few weeks in early spring but so many are almost ready to bloom that carrying all those pots would be a daunting task.

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 #1385868 (12)

Mar 9, 2017 11:03 AM CST

Name: Lilli
Lundby, Denmark, EU

Yay!

Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice!

| @IrisLilli | Post #1385870 (13)

Mar 9, 2017 11:32 AM CST

Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)

What a little cutie! I have a tiny historic that I call Mrs. Stewart's Wee Blue because I rescued it from Mrs. Stewart's farm (a local pioneer family in our area). It is now under about a foot of snow

so not peeking out like your little Blue Doll.

Touch_of_sky on the LA
Canada Zone 5a

| @touchofsky | Post #1385896 (14)

Mar 9, 2017 11:47 AM CST

Thread OP

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

Valerie, post photos when it blooms, please.

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 #1385906 (15)

Mar 9, 2017 6:03 PM CST

Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)

It will be about two months from now!

Touch_of_sky on the LA
Canada Zone 5a

| @touchofsky | Post #1386150 (16)

lovemyhouse

Mar 9, 2017 8:26 PM CST

Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi

We want to see them, for sure.

It’s okay to not know all the answers.

| @lovemyhouse | Post #1386294 (17)

Mar 10, 2017 5:39 AM CST

Name: Lilli
Lundby, Denmark, EU

Of course I talk to myself; sometimes I need expert advice!

| @IrisLilli | Post #1386412 (18)

Mar 10, 2017 7:46 AM CST

Name: Valerie
Ontario, Canada (Zone 4a)

I will certainly take pictures when it blooms. Mrs. Stewart lived in one of the original log houses in our area. A friend rented it for time after her death, and we saved some of the plants from the wildly overgrown gardens. The wee blue is the first rhizomatous iris in my garden to bloom.

Touch_of_sky on the LA
Canada Zone 5a

| @touchofsky | Post #1386450 (19)