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Henhouse said:As I'm going through my planting beds of Iris, there are many that just don't work for me.. Some were door prizes, some were ones whose pictures out-dazzled the actual Iris.. Many were from our free for all July picnic where rhizomes were $3 each at one point, and free at another.. A couple were bonuses from orders (from companies I'm not doing business with now...

I'm just starting to get a list together.
'Betty Christine' didn't excite me last year, and I like her less now.

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Betty Christine')
• Uploaded by Calif_Sue

'Coyote Ugly' did a really neat split colored fall one time, but that was the last excitement I had from it.

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Coyote Ugly')
• Uploaded by Henhouse

'Bewilderbeast' is another broken color that no longer enchants me.

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Bewilderbeast')
• Uploaded by needrain

'Tiger Honey'I got as a companion sor 'Striped Tiger', but it's colors are a little wimpy for me.

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Tiger Honey')
• Uploaded by Henhouse

'Girly Girl' was a bonus piccata from Schreiners a couple of years ago. It's nice enough, but it doesn't make me do the happy dance.

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Girly Girl')
• Uploaded by Henhouse

Of course, these are mostly for the asking..

I'll post some more tomorrow afternoon.

Yes, I have to agree, you have a few that I definitely would put on my 'culling' list. 'Bewilderbeast' is probably the most hideous Iris I have ever seen, next to Batik, which is a close 2nd. "Coyote Ugly" is just bizarre, and I wouldn't think of giving it garden space in my gardens. I was thinking about this recently, and really did come to the conclusion that there really are in existence a lot of Iris that to me are downright Ugly. I'm waiting for mine to bloom next month to see which ones will be 'culled' out of the gardens.