Just back from a trip to the Smoky Mountians, these crested iris were in bloom along side a waterfall.




some dutch iris in a beautiful spring display garden at the Old Mill

Very beautiful Cinda.

Beautiful use of blues and yellows.

This was posted on facebook, it's a shade plant for Iris lovers.

Edelweiss Perennials
A charming plant for iris lovers with no sun. This is one of the darkest selections, each petal has a white patch and crest, with an orange mark. Contrary to some literature, this slow spreader is quite drought tolerant, especially in shade.
More at: http://www.edelweissperennials...

I hope the crested irises get more publicity. You can find some at Joe Pye Weed.

Is Joe Pye Weed a nursery??

Yes, they sell Siberian Iris. They hybridize their own introductions.

Yes, I saw them, I noticed' Dance Party' right away. How beautiful.
Are these the kind that need moist dirt or ponds?

Just regular garden soil. Siberian Iris don't grow in water. I have them (Siberian Iris) growing all around my garden and many of them are from Joe Pye Weed.

How pretty Cinda! Growing in the wild.

Joe Pye Weed Gardens are on the cutting edge as far as hybridization goes.

Well, I sure saw some pretty ones. Do you like them better than the bearded Iris? How do they compare to these and Reticulata?

I have a patch of crested iris in my garden ,but they are not in bloom yet. I purchased a division from a fellow gardener.

last years photo

Today the minis have started blooming



Jewel Baby

BEAUTIFUL

Susan, are you asking me if I like siberians better? I'm a siberian iris grower, so that would be yes, LOL.

Have a Best Bet to the far right that is coming into bloom for the first time. Since it is a remembrance plant, fingers crossed I was sent the right one!

Well, I haven't had time to do a lot of research, but basically in a nutshell what is the differences. Why are siberian iris better? How do they compare to bearded irises and the Reticulata?

Reticulata is a spring bulb. Bearded Iris usually have showey flowers and grow from Rhizomes. Siberian Iris also have lovely flowers, lovely folliage, but look very different than bearded iris.

Well actually it's the foliage that I don't like about the Bearded Iris, the flowers are beautiful but don't last long enough, and the ugly foliage is there all the time and it never seems to fit in, it's just too big.
Do you have a picture of the Siberian foliage? Maybe this will be a better solution for me, but I still like the cute little spring bulbs.

I personally dislike the looks of the bearded iris folliage myself also. But the flowers, at least on the Tall Bearded are so large and fancy that I can put up with the folliage. Siberians have beautiful folliage that looks great all year. Plus they are very easy once established.

The picture won't open. I know what you mean about the fancy flowers, I gave into four I bought on Stout Gardens.
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I will check out Joe Pye Weed tomorrow and see if I can pick out a couple.