These are some very nice purples you have posted. Here's a couple that haven't been mentioned that I like too.

Fancy Dress Keppel 1998
Much like Moonlit Water, but an early bloomer.


Rhages Reidel 1934


Rite of Spring Hager 1996



Riversong Marryott 1999



Dark Vader DWF Miller 1985

There is a 'DarkVader' child called 'Widows Veil' which does quite well for us.

Super Model


Raging Tide



Stellar Lights



Dark Hallow



Fancy Stuff





Hello Darkness



Dakota Smoke



Mary Frances

Nice pics! Is Steller lights fragrant? It looks like one of the NOID's I have, but mine is very fragrant. Do you have a real close up of the beard? Love Dakota Smoke, and that Super Model sure is lacy!

Another purple one I like is Plum Pretty Whiskers - Spoon D. 2003

I love that one! I don't seem to have much luck with growing the Spoon irises, though, except for DAUGHTER OF STARS. Otherwise I would definitely be growing it because I love those markings.

This one is a very vigorous grower, sending out lots of new increases each year. I wonder if it would grow for you. Might need the chill thing.

Oh pretty Tom, I got that one this summer, look forward to see it bloom in person!
You know, if you enlarge your images, you can click on the [Propose image for the plant database], and add the name, you can instantly add them them to the database and we would be eternally grateful to not loose these pretty shots in the forum thread.

Well Sue, I did submit it to the data base. I hadn't done that before, so I wasn't sure how that worked.

Pretty easy! But you can also just go to the database tab, search iris and the cultivar name and add it that way too with the link located near the bottom of the entry.

Tom, I don't see any images of yours, did you click all the way through and hit the submit button?

Well, I though I did, so I tried doing it again, and it says it's already submitted. Not sure if it takes a while to be accepted?

Whoops, my mistake! I looked in the Pending Images queue but when you submit from a thread, it puts them in the Misc. Proposals queue so there it was. Polly or Dee should come along soon and approve it and then you will get notification of it on your home page.
So now don't forget all your other photos!

I am dreaming of bloom time!