I didn't have anything new in actual bloom this morning, but I have lots & lots of stalks, including on irises that have never bloomed for me before!
Here's a yellow NoID. This iris has NEVER bloomed. When I planted it like 5 years ago in the fall, the following spring I had to hire a bobcat to move 21tons of dirt & he squished my irises flat. So I've never seen this color bloom before. They always grew, just never bloomed.
And my row of NoIDs. These are all from either Freecycle or Craigslist.. I don't really care about names of irises .. if I don't know them, I'm not going to die or anything. There's peach colored & white w/yellow beards (I think), plus the black/purple ones here (I think!).
And a straight-down shot of a barely opening purple/black.
Mary Ann - I didn't have any German rollers. Some of my "American Singers" did sound very Roller-ish, but I never purchased any. Main reason is that they're not that commonly available here! Mostly Spanish Timbrados or "kitchen canaries". And unfortunately I don't have my babies any more. Had to make a decision: keep my cats or keep my canaries. Cats won out. I had at one time up to 33 canaries and they were becoming expensive cat-snacks. Plus it is SOOOOOOOOOOOOO hard to find decent stock here in Colorado!! Regular "kitchen canaries" are between $60-$120, depending on the color (green/yellow/variegated). Red/orange were a minimum of $125. There was one breeder of Russian Singers (*swoon!!*) and they were commanding $400/each!!
Needless to say, I didn't get any. I still have a ton of cages & supplies that I need to sell off, though.. my big flight cages. Know anyone who'd want to buy any?
