I personally buy more from Brent and Becky as they grow better than the other place. Now they will not always come back in zone 7 but I buy the cheaper ones and put them in pots to enjoy where I want color at the time they are in bloom.

I agree with Harmony and also Natasha has rotted twice on me so not going to buy that one. Since I like these for my gardens, I get the cheaper ones and enjoy the early iris bloom.

I now have about 5 Louisana Polly so trying them, if they become invasive here in OR they will not stay, as the OLDER ones I would have to thin them down monthly as they all came with bags and bags of baggage,.

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An unknown purple reticulata in bloom. Probably got it in a bag from Schafer/Sachs at last fall's meeting.

Louisiana

Iris reticulata in my neighborhood.....

Paul, those are wonderful. The last one is my favorite!

Very Beautiful Paul.

Just wonderful!

Wow , they sure are stunning in mass.

Incredible colors, Paul -- love them!

Oh so very cute ! ~Jan

ooooops, my bad.

Ours have just been singles. Great in a mass clump.

First TB buds. Should be the dark purple with the white beard germanica variant.

Eight days after my previous post and my reticulata are up and blooming in full force. I have to see if I can get some like those purplish irises in Paul's post!

Love these! Just ordered some. Do you plant these in spring or fall?

In the fall. I'm surprised anybody is selling them already unless it's a preorder for fall delivery.

Probably. I didn't even ask, gotta enough to do right now.

Brian, that's a great looking drift. Steady increasers? My reticulata are just getting ready. Katharine Hodgkin planted last fall just seemed to explode all at once. It's much paler than I thought.

Well, now I am getting some good ideas. Is this a rock garden?