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Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a)              evelyninthegarden Dec 25, 2019 12:49 PM CST |
Everyone please share some of your favorites from spring to get us through the winter. I know you have been looking in the online catalogs, but some of our pictures are better, or at least as pretty.  Reckless Abandon - Ride the Tiger Spice Trader - Thunder Spirit Strange Brew - Cool Operator "Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b)  AndreaD Dec 25, 2019 5:02 PM CST |
| Good idea, Evelyn. What the names of the cultivars you pictured? |
Northern CA (Zone 9a)    iciris Dec 25, 2019 5:12 PM CST |
The last image is Cool Operator.  Because I see it's name is in the image. • “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous |
Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Dec 25, 2019 5:20 PM CST |
Andrea and Barbara ~ Thank you for reminding me.  I added the names."Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b) AndreaD Dec 25, 2019 7:09 PM CST |
Just had a real scare! I went to my photo site to find pictures of irises to post and found that all my photos had disappeared. Ack! My computer ate all my pictures!  Fortunately, DD aka Tech Support was home for Christmas and retrieved them.  I will post some of my favorites tomorrow. |
Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Dec 25, 2019 9:23 PM CST |
Andrea ~ Whew!   "Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
Name: daphne san diego county, ca (Zone 10a)   shizen Dec 25, 2019 9:57 PM CST |
| that would have been a scare if all my pictures disappeared.... i don't have any tech support. |
Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Dec 25, 2019 10:18 PM CST |
| Nor do I! "Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b) AndreaD Dec 25, 2019 10:20 PM CST |
| It would have been terrible. I have my photos labelled by name, height, and bloom season. They are also sorted into albums according to color, bloom season, and planting locations which represents a lot of work which I really didn't want to do again! So grateful to DD! |
Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Dec 25, 2019 10:23 PM CST |
| Andrea ~ Do you have a paper copy of your records? Like printouts or a master notebook? Sometimes computers fail us. "Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
Sweden        William Dec 26, 2019 10:09 AM CST |
| Evelyn, this thread is perfect for me. I actually just recently finished processing and selecting the remaining photos for the year and I was looking for a good place to put them after I upload to the database. The 2019 bloom thread starts to feel a bit outdated at this time of year, so this will be much better. Starting light with a couple of SDB's: 'Cat's Eye', the richness of the colors this year was very satisfying, probably because it was cooler during bloom than the last two years. This actually was the first time I saw this iris looking really good in my own garden. I know it looks good in other peoples gardens, but it has never been so good here before. This is a long exposure, 1.3 seconds at ISO 200, very late evening, so this helps to emphasize the richness of the colors too. 'Ostinatamente', a Loic Tasquier iris. The beard on this deep purple SDB often looks darker purple, but it can also look blue, as it does here in early and warm evening light. |
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter.         janwax Dec 26, 2019 11:20 AM CST |
| That's a lovely photo of Cat's Eye, William! Here's Gilt by Association from this past May. Life is a Gift ! |
Name: Jane H. Kentucky (Zone 6b)     janielouy Dec 26, 2019 8:18 PM CST |
 Thundering Ovation Need You NowCranberry Cloisonne  Don't Stop Believing Born This Way Absolute Treasure Strawberry ShakeFor some reason these photos do not look as bright as they do on my picture folder but here they are. I have tons. |
Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Dec 26, 2019 8:27 PM CST |
| William ~ That is an excellent picture of Cat's Eye. Jan ~ I do not recall seeing Gilt by Association. It is lovely. Jane ~ Those are all very pretty! "Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
Los Altos, CA (Zone 9b) AndreaD Dec 26, 2019 9:44 PM CST |
evelyninthegarden said:Andrea ~ Do you have a paper copy of your records? Like printouts or a master notebook? Sometimes computers fail us. I have maps of what I have planted where and I also keep the packing lists from my iris orders. Those are my only hard copy records. Otherwise, I rely on computer records. I could reconstruct my records from those hard copies - I just don't want to. |
Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Dec 26, 2019 10:13 PM CST |
| Andrea ~ I understand. It is very time-consuming. "Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
Sweden William Dec 27, 2019 8:17 AM CST |
Jan, 'Gilt by Association' is such a beautiful small flowered TB. I just loved mine this past spring.  Jane, 'Absolute Treasure' is a mega favorite here. |
Name: Jane H. Kentucky (Zone 6b) janielouy Dec 27, 2019 1:35 PM CST |
 Miami Beach Toasted Watermelon Crowned in Glory with I Feel Lucky  Rite of Spring with Hollywood Nights |
Northern CA (Zone 9a) iciris Dec 27, 2019 3:36 PM CST |
| Your Toasted Watermelon is just beautiful. • “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous |
Name: Evelyn Sierra foothills, Northern CA (Zone 8a) evelyninthegarden Dec 27, 2019 3:56 PM CST |
iciris said:Your Toasted Watermelon is just beautiful.  but actually all of them are beautiful!I have never seen Toasted Watermelon before! (I don't think I would eat it though! )"Luck favors the prepared mind." - Thomas Jefferson |
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