Hi,
I picked these up at an end of season sale a few years ago and promptly forgot about them. Great surprise in the spring. The bag labels are long gone and I have no idea what they are, except that they are a dwarf variety.

I noticed in the Iris database that all plants are listed by botanical name, and cultivars alphabetically at the end. What would be the best way of identifying my irises?



Dora

Oh dear, I think that you are lost. By this time it would be impossible to find the registered cultivar name unless there are tags. Just know that they are SDBs (standard dwarf bearded irises).

Good luck with that Dora. I go to an iris farm every spring.We can dig our own for seven bucks a clump.
I become so distracted with looking and digging I forget to make label notes.
I have searched the net for an id for this one and just gave up.

Lucy is right,just e satisfied you know they are SDB's.



last one

Thanks. Irises don't need a name to be loved I guess.
But maybe I'll call it Harry.
Dora

When they bloom again, try for a pic "straight down", like Jo Ann's last photo. That angle seems to show the falls very well on SDBs.Make good notes of height, foliage coloration ,etc.Then, browse the vendor's web catalogs for likely candidates.Then you'll have to either purchase the one or two most likely ones to grow for comparison, or find someone who grows them, and do a" swap" for comparison.Or, just call it a pretty NOID , and use it as a reminder to keep better records! Positive I.D. is REAL hard to come by!...Arlyn

I have been cruising vendors catalogs and gave up after 5.
I call mine Danas Weeblue

Hah!! Harry!!

I would call it Hairy, instead of Harry....'cause it's got a beard! ....Arlyn

Good pun!
Anyway, I shall be content with NOID for now, but keep an eye out. There were actually two types in the bag, and this was the other one,



Dora

Try this catalog.It has a large selection of Dwarf Iris.
http://www.schreinersgardens.c...

the irises which you dug may not be registered.

I suspect so. He breeds iris and has his varieties on his website but no other registered iris.
He does sell registered iris from his fields.Its a krap shoot either way.
I am slowly giving up on names.Just every now and then my "need to know" button goes off and I start the hunt again.
This is the farm where Polly and I dig every spring
http://www.borglumsiris.com/

I took a look. The petal color is easy to match but the beard isn't. The closest I've seen is from the Chapman site, Jane's palatte: http://www.chapmaniris.com/id1...
Dora

Dora ! why did I look at that. I have bookmarked it and will cruise thru it again.