I'm having another day when this web page isn't loading. I can't see any of Jan's pictures. Ugh Not sure if I can even post this comment, we'll see.

Jan -- I love your *Quaker Lady* -- very elegant.

Tom your post came through. Hope it's working for you now.

And I got your Tree Mail Tom. So you are doing something right!

Mary Ann, thanks for the comment about Quaker Lady. it's the only true historic that I own. The other one I have is my Dad's iris - which was never registered and won't bloom this year. I hope to register it in the future once I get some good stats on it. It is significant only to family members.

I do hope to acquire some more historics in the future - it is fun to see the differences, and very obvious from this gentle historic to the amazing ones of today ~Jan

Now I got to see your pics, I think I have one like quaker lady, not sure. Mine hasn't bloomed yet, but might be different. I'll try to load a few pics.
French Riviera - T Johnson 2009 and Gitano Clump

Dutchman's Dream - Van Liere 2005 and Fancy Brass - Schreiner 1987

Grateful Heart - Van Liere 2005 and Kids Clothes - Burseen 1993

Kiligazam - Grosvenor 2002 and Laced Cotton - Schreiner 1990

Magic Raiment - Kerr 1997 and Moonlit Water - Keppel 2005

Pamper Me - Blyth 2008 AND Paul Black - Johnson T. 2003

Piccadilly Circus - Sutton 2003 and Sharp Dressed Man - T. Johnson 2010

Sharp Edge - Sutton 2011 and Snowed In - Ghio 1999

Wow, you have some real beauties Tom! Well, really, aren't they all beautiful?!! That's why we're here!

Boy, Kids Clothes just glows! And I got Quaker Lady as a freebie from the Madison Iris Society sale last summer. ~Jan

Oh my -- *Gitano*!!!

I've got some pictures from this morning, but it won't let me upload them I'll have to try later

Now it's letting me, go figure,
Bold Encounter - Black 2003 and Brazilian Art - Keppel 2009

Coastal Mist - Schreiner 1998 and Gypsy Lord - Keppel 2006

Magical Moment - Black 2009 and Knock Em Dead - Baumunk

Liquid Crystal Compass is an IB with horns here. It got caught in our strange spring & bloomed a bit short. However the horns & the nice color were there.

Beautiful irises, Tom! I think BRAZILIAN ART is one of my favorites now -- very beautiful and dramatic!

I also like Pamper me and the clump shot of Gitano that one will be going on the list this year

I should have some of each to share. We've had very strong winds today, beating the hack out of things here. Lost a stalk of New Face, that had a seed pod going from a cross I made. You must have heard me swearing in Calif! I quickly put up some supports on the rest of them. Pamper Me is one I had imported from Australia a couple years ago. It's falls are white on the under side.

Barry Blyth puts a stem carrying a seed pod in the dirt. You might try it.

I actually spent some time at Tom's this afternoon - his Iris are as beautiful in person as the photos he posts - and thanks for the clump of Immortality, I am headed out to plant it now. It was great meeting you Tom ~Jan

Jan, Glad you enjoyed the blooms, windy as it was here. The cookies are great! Thanks.

Lucy, I put it in water, but haven't had any luck in the past with that. I wonder how it stays alive in the dirt? Must have to keep it wet. Planting soil in a pot? Not sure how I'd do that, but would try it if I knew how.

Oh Tom -- now you've got me in trouble -- can I pleeze-pleeze-pleeze have a rhizome of *Gitano*? And if I ask for anything else, please tell me NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (I am so sick)

Barry puts it in the soil right next to the plant. People have also stuck stems in a potato to keep it viable.

HMMMMMM That sounds interesting, but what do I have to loose. I'll try putting it in the ground.

Mary Ann I think I can spare a Gitano Rhizome, let me know when you want it. One more or less at this stage of the game is hardly noticable. That's what happens when you get over 20 horses too!

Tom -- stop the presses please! *Gitano* was nagging me in the back corner of my brain. This morning I went out to check my holding beds (where I plant new arrivals until they bloom to see if they merit going into my Iris Lane bed) -- and there, big as life, was a nice plant of *Gitano*. I got it last year, it didn't bloom this year, so I forgot that I had it. So thank you for your offer -- please send that rhizome to someone who doesn't have one.

At least I proved to myself that my taste in Irises is consistent!!