Oh I know. I am not complaining by any means. I rearranged the list, ordered the 20 oldest cultivars and am hoping for the best. I will not be disappointed with anything I receive. The way I look at it I will be helping keep HIPS alive, I will be getting all historic irises, no matter the cultivar I receive and I will be a little further along on my collection.
The only negative is maybe I should not have ordered so many. I have outstanding orders from other places and I really can't quite remember how many I have coming. So with 20 more on the way I may have over done it a bit.
I would really like to someday be a HIPS garden, we will see. That is a might lofty goal for a newby. I have only been "into" irises for 5 years now so I have a lot to learn and a long way to go. But I have figured out that the oldies is the way I want to go. I want to help insure they are kept alive and thriving and not lost forever.
