Yesterday my first Tall bearded iris opend, it's about 3 weeks earlier then most years. I should have a couple more in a few days, as it's supposed to be in the 80's for a couple days, of course the accompanying thunder storms are predicted, ugh.
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Oh that's pretty. No TB open here yet - but Olympic Challenge I expect will open by the weekend, 4 weeks earlier than last year. I am also seeing a lot more scapes coming up over the last few days. I imagine the T-storms & warm temps will change this dramatically. ~Jan
Tom that is a great pic we are just starting to bloom I lost a lot of the early stalks to the cold nights we had but have a lot coming on now Im looking forward to your pics so I can see what else is growing well in the midwest.
Thanks Aruba, but I am not sure if this will be a good bloom year here or not. The iris near the house seem to have normal stalks, those farther out seem to be stunted some. They may not end up being very "tall" bearded. But I'll take what I get. I see that Mexican Holiday has a bloom this morning, but we have a big thunderstorm looming in the west, so we'll see what's left of it when it gets light out.
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Tom I like that Mexican holiday good color I wont worry about the stalks yet mine did the same but the past week with a little heat they are shooting up like normal.
Got a couple more to share, one is Harvest of Memories, it's a re-bloomer that makes it up here every few years when the fall is late. The other is a seedling that was a volunteer. It's pod parent was a black NOID iris, don't know who the pollen parent was, but I only had Liaison and the black one at the time, so it's either self fertilized, or by Liaison. I keep it because of the deep purple, and it has a really nice strong fragrance.
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.