@Linnea.... You're joking, right? *itch*
@arilbred - I've been there and done that with daylily shows, and yes, shows *can* be of interest to the general public.
Seeing as I now belong to the local iris club, and their show will be held not far from my house, I *might* display. Really, though, most of my irises have (up to now) been so neglected that it will be surprising if I get much bloom out of them. The two which I have tons of rhizomes of, I suspect may not be in bloom at the time of the show - 'Busy Being Blue' (early) and 'Sweet Musette' (mid late). (Anyway, even if I had scads of blooming scapes, I would probably only enter a few. I know all about the importance of grooming daylily scapes for shows, and I presume that irises are the same - in short, it takes a lot of time to primp up a scape. Not to mention that I will want the color in the garden. And DH would most likely be unhappy if I take any of the two dark purples, which he really loves.)
