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(Zone 7a)       arilbred Sep 30, 2013 3:03 PM CST |
| just curious what new treasures have you added to the garden this season i have 48 new to me or replacements of must haves just in case double exclaimations mark the replacements !! mine are abbodonza absolute treasure adoree american beauty american maid barbara my love benton bluejohn burst check it out crows feet cumulus different flavors double ringer enchanter expose !! fancy aflutter firecracker !! ginger ice glorious grace golden panther !! grateful red gypsy lord honey fruit cocktail honey house jamaica me crazy keeping up appearances lindas child looking for love mystic jewel misty ridge montmartre pirate ahoy popstar parkhill 04-504 parkhill 03-510 greenbriar pinnicle x gypsy lord-parkhill racing heart roadmap romantic gentleman safari sunset skinny dippin splashcata !! star woman sun power tango amigo temple of time terrracotta bay wild angel |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)           tveguy3 Sep 30, 2013 5:21 PM CST |
| You have a nice bunch there. They should give you a nice show next year. Here are the iris I added this year. Adoranova Air of Mystery Aleutian Islands All Night Long Amazing Don Amber Essence Avenue Of Dreams Beach Dance Beacon Of Light Beauty Contest Blue Eyed Baby Bluebeard's Ghost Bowled Over Brevity By Dawn;s Early Light Café Moca Captain Thunderbolt Catillion Gown Celtic Faerie Chocolate Halo Class Ring Crown Him King Cupid's Arrow Dancing Days Devilicious Dialect Dodger Blue Don't Stop Bellieving Dusky He Man Fancy Idea Fashionista Flame Amber Flash Of Light Fly Your Colors Foolish Dreamer Gates Of Rome Global Crossing Got The Look Greatest Show On Earth Gypsy Lady Hollywood Lights House Afire Illusionist I'm All Shook Up Ink Patterns Jacob Jamaica Me Crazy Jeanne Clay Plank Juicy Rumors Just Sassy Life Song Sings Lunch In Madrid Magical Make Mine Magic Matters Of The Heart Mayan Mysteries Men Are From Mars Merry Amigo Midnight Passion New Found Glory Noble Gesture North Pacific Seas Open Sea Oreo Other Side Of Heaven Out and About Overview Peebee and Jay Precious Halo Pretty Woman Project Runway Pulsator Purple Ritz Pussy Cat Pink Raspberry Jam Rippling River Romantic Gentleman Samarkand Road Shadows Of Night Shouting Match Show Your Colours Soal Mate Sparks Fly Special Love Spedthrift Spice Trader Style Traveller Super Model Sweet Geisha Sweet Kisses Taking Chances Tempo Rouge Tickle Me Pink Tu Tu Turquoise Undercurrent Uninhibited Viking Dancer Volcanic Glow Waterlilne What Again White Hot I got some replacements/additions as well below: Devoted Decadence Carnival Capers Bravery Expose Italian Master Trillion Now we need to see what Arlyn added this year! That will take him about a week to type them all in, as I think he's still planting!  I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. - Alexander the Great |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b) tveguy3 Sep 30, 2013 5:55 PM CST |
| OK, So I totally forgot another order. Woops! I wouldn't doubt I'll find a few more if I keep looking. Temporal Anomaly Alsea Falls Teenybopper Pop Tart Storm Rider Grace Upon Grace Nebraska Big Red I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. - Alexander the Great |
Name: Mary Ann Kentucky          Muddymitts Sep 30, 2013 7:31 PM CST |
| So Arilbred -- got a name? I do like to talk to real people..................... I added a bunch this year too -- totally not intending to -- and mostly thanks to the generosity of several guys on the list here.  Alien Mist Immortality Uninhibited North Pacific Seas I Must Have It Catwalk Queen Foreign Scandal Boy Genius Amber Essence Fly Your Colors Spice Trader Open Sea Merry Amigo Illusionist Afternoon in Rio Ballerina Queen Adriatic Waves Carismatico Crackling Caldera Coffee Whispers Country Kisses Color Fusion Crazy For You Crowned Heads Double Click Dearie Dusky He Man Italian Master Show Your Colors Romantic Gentleman Romantic Evening Hollywood Lights Masai Warrior Lovely Senorita Ostentatious Unchain My Heart Rippling River Aleutian Islands Alpenview Ballerina Queen Boy Genius Bravery Brilliant Disguise Drinks at Sunset Dusky Challenger Enchanter Expose Glamour Pants Golden Panther June Krausse Local Color Louisa's Song Mastery Matt McNames Open Sea Rasputin Rustler Spice Trader Star Appeal Supermodel Tokatee Falls Trillion Wearing Rubies Wintry Sky Wonders Never Cease I also got Viking Dancer and Burst of Glory -- but they died. :-( Not bad for someone who was determined not to add any new Irises this year, eh?  Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com) |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b) tveguy3 Oct 1, 2013 8:24 AM CST |
Mary Ann, I can think of 10 more you forgot to add to your list!  I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. - Alexander the Great |
Name: Mary Ann Kentucky Muddymitts Oct 1, 2013 10:46 AM CST |
| Oh no -- what did I forget???? Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com) |
(Zone 7a) arilbred Oct 1, 2013 11:16 AM CST |
| hello all i am arilbred (randall dixon) i can tell by the long lists here im not the only one with the virus gotta run theres at least 50 iris here i need to look up dont know the names thanks for the imput |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b) tveguy3 Oct 1, 2013 12:04 PM CST |
| I didn't see the 10 I sent you, but mybe they are hidden in there somewhere and I missed them. Cat Call Champagne and Strawberries Ecstatic Echo Regal Nave Sharp Shooter Slovic Prince Whispering Spirts Brazilian Art Sharp Dressed Man Ring Tone I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. - Alexander the Great |
(Zone 9b)   UndertheSun Oct 1, 2013 12:29 PM CST |
Those are some nice additions!  I fear what my shopping list will look like next year. It's all this forums fault...yep, that's my story and I'm sticking to it. |
Name: Arlyn Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)    crowrita1 Oct 1, 2013 12:34 PM CST |
| Well, I'm not going to try to list the "new' ones! Suffice to say that I grew about 200 cultivars( counting NOIDS), and It's more than doubled this year! (WAY more than doubled!!).Good thing is that the "wish list" is WAY down, too, so next year, I should be adding only a few!( )...Arlyn |
(Zone 9b) UndertheSun Oct 1, 2013 12:45 PM CST |
| I'm glad nobody posted any photos, or my list would grow. ...and grow... |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b) tveguy3 Oct 1, 2013 1:20 PM CST |
| Well Rob, you can just go to some of the earlier posts of blooms as they opened this summer, and see lots to add to your wish list. It's not hard to do, and what else will you have to do this winter????? Arlyn, I've heard those words before. I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. - Alexander the Great |
Name: Debra Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a) Service dogs: Angels with paws.          lovemyhouse Oct 1, 2013 2:41 PM CST |
 This, too, shall pass. |
Name: Mary Ann Kentucky Muddymitts Oct 1, 2013 2:45 PM CST |
Omigosh Tom -- I took my list from my database of Irises planted in the temp bed next to the garage. I must not have added yours to my database!!  See what happens when you have so many Irises? You lose track of things!!! Now I've gotta go out there and make sure that they're there!!! Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com) |
Name: Lucy Hamilton, MA (Zone 6b) irises      irisarian Oct 1, 2013 3:00 PM CST |
| MDBs - Beetlejuice Keeno Sapphire Jubilee Dragon flamedart Candy Dragon SDBs Black Lightning Bennett's Star Matadore's cape Short film Pretty Priscilla With castenets Brom Bones (replacement) I Know You Reddy Freddy Perfectionist IB Midnight Ice Midnight Run BB Grace & charm TB Party's Over Janet Price New rules Parisian Dawn MTB Sun Charm Species Dash It All I verna alba (not sent as not available) |
Name: Lucy Hamilton, MA (Zone 6b) irises irisarian Oct 1, 2013 3:01 PM CST |
| Those are the fewest SDBs ordered in a long time. Fewer next year as we cut back more. |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b)    Misawa77 Oct 2, 2013 6:31 AM CST |
| Here are my 2013 acquisitions (so far)! Almaden Amazon Bride Amplified Antiquity Ask a Lady Attention Please Autumn Nectar Autumn Years Beverly Sills Black Tie Affair Blackbeard's Daughter Blue on Blue Blue Rhythm Bravery Brazilian Holiday Bronzette Star Butter Pecan Cajun Rhythm Can Can Dancer Capricious Candles Carefree Days Carnival in Rio Cashmere Rose Cast A Spell Cayenne Capers Change of Millenium Change of Pace Chardonnay and Ice Cherry Cheeks Child of Royalty Color Fusion Copatonic Cowboy Girl Crow's Feet Cut Above Desert Echo Dotted Swiss Drama Queen Dressed to Kill Dusky Challenger Elizabethan Age Emblematic Epicenter Flying Circus Fogbound Frosty Elegance Full Figured Glad Handsome Happenstance Hello Darkness High Master Hold That Tiger Honeycomb Into the Night Jubal Kah-Nee-Ta Lady of the Night Lemon Fever Lights Camera Action Lloyd's Choice Lullaby of Spring Masterwork Mesmerizer Miles Ahead Montclair Remembers Mother Earth Nickel Orinoco Flow Parting Glances Peekaboo Zebu Perky and Pretty Pooh's Dream Rimaround Ring Around Rosie Romania, Romania Rustic Royalty Rustler Safari Sunset San Francisco Sea Power Seedling # 2656 Sentimental Rose Sharp Dressed Man Shouting Match Showcase Smart Aleck Smoked Gouda Spendthrift Starring Sterling Flurry Strozzapreti Subtle Announcement Sunrise Elegy Sweet Ambrosia Taffy Confection Taste of Honey Tennison Ridge Treasure Trader Venita Faye Waimea Canyon Sunrise War Chief Witching Note: the "Seedling # 2656" is a Joan Robert's seedling that she will not be introducing. So the number is 102 not counting the seedling! |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b) Misawa77 Oct 2, 2013 7:12 AM CST |
| As some of you may be aware, I wrote an article that appeared in the Jan/Feb 2013 AIS Bulletin about my efforts to limit my iris cultivar collecting by creating a "theme" that I could follow. The idea that the theme would severely limit/cut down on acquisitions. Hmmmm........how did that go? Well, think of this as a College student. My major is "Sterling Innerest". I have a minor in: Joan Robert's. AND Dykes medal winners. The problem is that had trouble following my self proclaimed road map. First issue is that I added another "theme". I added "J. Griffin Crump". So what is the count? Innerst = added 4 cultivars. Joan Roberts = added 6 cultivars and two promptly bit the dust -they were small and rotted out in the Spring) Dykes Medal = added 8 cultivars. Crump = added 5 cultivars. So I added 79 cultivars outside my limiting parameters!!!!!  (so 80% missed the criteria)Why? How did this happen? Can it be stopped or fixed? Lets break it down: I picked up 18 from my local Iris society sale and picnic. I picked up 7 directly from Roberts & Crump. I picked up 4 from Stoney Creek Iris for helping at an event. I picked up 15 from Dee and the PNW sales. I picked up 27 in two trades with Andrea & Brett. I picked up 1 from Rainbow Iris farms. I picked up 1 from AIS President Jim Morris. I picked up 30 from 2 local iris gardeners. was this year an anomaly? |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b) tveguy3 Oct 2, 2013 7:22 AM CST |
| No Greg, it's an addiction, like the rest of us, don't waste valuable time trying to figure it out, just get the shovel going and get another bed made. You know you'll fill it! Themes are for beds, not whole collections. My theme is "How many can I cram into this space" I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion. - Alexander the Great |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b) Misawa77 Oct 2, 2013 7:40 AM CST |
| So I did more research to try and find out what happened this year. Lets compare the numbers over the last few years to see if anything jumps out; shall we? Iris cultivar acquisitions since 2008. 2008 9 2009 33 2010 143 2011 101 2012 83 2013 102 Note: I started out with 29 cultivars from my mother in 2005; mostly NoIDs which I was able to get the names for half of them. I only started buying in 2008. 2010 was when I decided to collect Sterling Innerst cultivars and got lots. 2010 8 Dykes; 4 Joan Roberts; 27 Sterling Innerst 2011 0 Dykes; 1 Joan Roberts; 65 Sterling Innerst 2012 9 Dykes; 5 Joan Roberts; 21 Sterling Innerst; 2 Crump Looks like a cure is unlikely. |
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