Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15
I keep going back over your shots Tom, after my visit to Napa Iris, I do think I need that Strut Your Stuff so it's on my wish list. Love that Sharp Dressed Man too, love purples with intense orange beards.
I think Strut Your Stuff is one of the better irises by Black, I just love the color, however, I find it hard to get a picture that does it justice. Sharp dressed man was just planted last year, so I think it will be more impressive next year when it's better established, and maybe a few more stalks to make a clump.
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15
I bet it would be stunning in a clump!
Are you adding your photos to the database Tom? Easy to do right here from the thread. If any entries are missing, let me know and I can create one or it's also easy to propose them yourself. Want to make sure we get these lovely shots in the database!
I discovered something last year when I had BLACK MAGIC WOMAN and SHARP DRESSED MAN both planted very near each other. BLACK MAGIC WOMAN bloomed earlier, and I actually like its form a little better than SHARP DRESSED MAN because the standards stay together better, but they are both very similar. And after it finished blooming, here came SHARP DRESSED MAN and it bloomed for most of the rest of the iris season. So I really recommend getting them both if you can and planting them near each other, and that way you'll have those gorgeous deep blooms for almost your entire iris season!
I probably should have let Exclusivity open up a bit more. Moonlit Waters has bloomed every other year so far. Not a rapid increaser, but it had to survive an infestation of borers last summer, so it's not it's fault!
Here are a few more.
Quiet Reflections and Van Liere 2005 and Perpetual Joy - Schreiner 2008
This is a NOID Red, I keep it because it has a really nice fragrance, one I got long before I went crazy
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.
Few more today. The Picture of Fashion Magic does not do it justice, I will try again after the sun is lower and it's more relaxed.
Before the Storm - Innerst 1988 and Coastal Mist Clump
Echo Madrid - Peterson 1973 and Fashion Magic - J. Painter 2009
Magharee - Blyth 1986 and Poem Of Extacy - Hager 1997
Splurg stalk and Whispering Spirits - Ernst 2001
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.
The name shook me a moment as I was thinking of 'Gala Madrid. BB seedlings are out but no TB flowers as yet. We don't grow very many & I think that they are going to be short.
350 named give or take a few NOIDs. Don't worry, I'm not including pics of them all, and sice I moved a lot last year, there are many that are not blooming this year. Yes I know how crazy that is,
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.
Well, when it's cold and the snow is blowing, I might have time to post some of the ones I didn't do or that I have file pics of that didn't bloom this year, but right now I have got to get my vegie garden going.
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.
Easy to do right here from the thread. If any entries are missing, let me know and I can create one or it's also easy to propose them yourself. 
Want to make sure we get these lovely shots in the database!
