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Name: Patty Washington State (Zone 8b)    Patty Jan 10, 2014 12:08 PM CST |
| What are your most favorite Plicatas (in the blue or violet range) ? Are you growing any of the newer ones? I need to thin out some of mine to make room for new ones! Plicatas are my favorite but I have a lot that are too similar. I am thinking of getting rid of Rare Treat and Blue Staccato (lookalikes), Freedom Song and Got the Melody. I like Stepping Out and Take 5 but I have to stake both of them, so I prefer to replace them too. My keepers are American Classic, Art Deco, Oreo, and Orinoco Flow, a BB. Last year I added some maroon ones (Class Ring etc) Patty 🌺 |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b)        Misawa77 Jan 10, 2014 1:31 PM CST |
| Hmmmm. I have from your list: "Art Deco", "Stepping Out", "Orinoco Flow", & "Got The Melody". "Oreo" looks like a keeper, so on my list it goes (oh wait, it is already there!). Here is a list of what I have as I too like Plicatas. Crinoline Creative Stitchery (lost) Going My Way (lost) Spreckles (lost) Spatzel Rare Edition Rumbleseat Sidestitch Deep Currents (lost)  Classic Look Loop The Loop Lady Laree Aunt Mary Mme Chereau Carriwitched Cee Jay Colortart Colorwatch GiGi Frothingslosh Heepers Heather Hawk Over & Over (RE) Zee Starwoman Spice Lord Sterling Blush Sterling Flurry Sterling Mistress Sterling Prince Sterling Stitch Ted Shiner Splashacata Hokey Pokey Attention Please Tennison Ridge Dotted Swiss Epicenter Cayenne Capers Cashmere Rose Rimaround Cowboy Girl Drama Queen Atomic Flame Llama Mama Quiz Show Progressive Attitude Heart of Africa Desert Echo ********** Showcase ********** Showcase would be my favorite. I am sure I missed a few. |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b) Misawa77 Jan 10, 2014 1:33 PM CST |
| Favorites (in order top to bottom) Showcase Colorwatch Zee Spatzel Deep Currents |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b) Misawa77 Jan 10, 2014 2:01 PM CST |
| Showcase Colorwatch Zee  Spatzel  |
Name: Patty Washington State (Zone 8b) Patty Jan 10, 2014 2:10 PM CST |
| Wow I LOVE Deep Currents and may have to track it down. I really like Spatzel too. I've thought about Penguin Party but haven't seen it in person or know anyone who has it. Patty 🌺 |
Name: Patty Washington State (Zone 8b) Patty Jan 10, 2014 2:12 PM CST |
| I like Zee too! Patty 🌺 |
Name: Paul Utah (Zone 5b) Grandchildren are my greatest joy.            Paul2032 Jan 10, 2014 2:43 PM CST |
| I really like Ink Patterns. My pictures of it aren't the best but there are some good ones on the data base, It won a top AM and a Wister Medal. Foolish Dreamer shows promise also. Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah |
Name: Lucy Hamilton, MA (Zone 6b) irises       irisarian Jan 10, 2014 3:10 PM CST |
| Since we like medians I love 'Carriwitched' which is an IB. Another IB is 'Prince of Burgundy'. |
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone           grannysgarden Jan 10, 2014 3:15 PM CST |
| Hello Patty. I can add a few names here, however, they may not all be classified as plicatas. starting with the MDB's Wiggle Knick Knack and going on to the SDB's Broken Halo Buster Cute or What (may be a rim but with the streaks and freckles it looks like plicata) And to MTB's Preference Zula then IB's Gnu Rays and BB's Parquet Lady and of course the TB's Ballerina Girl Barn Dance Belvi Queen Cowboy's Journey Etched Burgandy French Gown Huckleberry Fudge Paprika Fonos I know I have probably added names that do not belong but sometimes it is hard to tell where stripes leave off and rims begin. lol Here are a few pictures of NOID plicatas growing in my patch.    I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned. |
Name: Patty Washington State (Zone 8b) Patty Jan 10, 2014 3:15 PM CST |
| Ink Patterns is one I was thinking of getting which is one reason I'm getting rid of some of my older ones, like Blue Staccato. Do you think, in general, newer varieties are better as far as disease resistance, sturdiness etc? Patty 🌺 |
Name: Patty Washington State (Zone 8b) Patty Jan 10, 2014 3:18 PM CST |
| Bonnie I love the ones in the last pic! So do you have a favorite (or two or three)? Patty 🌺 |
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone grannysgarden Jan 10, 2014 3:31 PM CST |
| Patty, I will have to confess that when I first saw a plicata it was not my favorite iris pattern. Also, it was purple which was so common during my childhood, in neighborhood gardens, I was not impressed. I got one because I had the room and it was lovely. Over time they have grown on me. My favorite iris are the medians and they now have so many tiny guys with little rims and plics and they are beautiful. One little SDB Hee Haw is white with rosy purple plicata and its coloring. along with its form, make it gorgeous. I have put a TB on my list to order this year called Halloween Moon. It has a yellow ground with smokey lavender plicata and dots. I have considered it for two seasons and I know I will love it. I have a TB NOID that opens white with lavender plicata on standards and falls and within a few hours becomes white with pink plicata. It stops everyone who comes to visit my iris. I look forward to its bloom each spring and would not like to be without it. smiles I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned. |
Name: Kent Pfeiffer Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)       |
| I wouldn't make a general statement about older versus newer varieties, but Ink Patterns in particular is a great iris. There are hundreds of plicatas with white ground and bluish/purplish stitching, but not many that I've grown were even close to Ink Patterns. It grows very well, blooms heavily, and the flowers have beautiful form and ruffling. |
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone grannysgarden Jan 10, 2014 3:56 PM CST |
| If I had to name one favorite that I consider a plicata I would have to say Buster by Blyth. It is a 14 inch SDB with deep purple coloring around white falls slightly tinted yellow and lighter blue/purple beards. It does not jump out at you across the garden like so many do but it is worth going out to see. Now if you ask me next year what my favorite is it will be something else. My favorite always changes (I should have a BB bloom this year called Honky Tonk Hussy and I can't wait!).........fickle? I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned. |
Name: Patty Washington State (Zone 8b) Patty Jan 10, 2014 5:41 PM CST |
| Kent ~ thanks for the info, this is exactly what I'm after, in order to narrow the field a bit, space being a factor. Ink Patterns it is, then! Bonnie, I love Buster!!! I am putting on a future list since I ordered a lot of medians last year. Hee Haw is very nice too! Thanks! Patty 🌺 |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b) Misawa77 Jan 10, 2014 5:52 PM CST |
I am with Lucy on Carriwitched. It is in my top 10. Of course, it is a "Sterling Innerst" cultivar!    |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b) Misawa77 Jan 10, 2014 5:55 PM CST |
| It is interesting to note that "Ink Patterns" has "American Classic" as a parent. Have you considered Jo Ghio's "Wedding Night"? |
Name: Greg Hodgkinson Hanover PA (Zone 6b) Misawa77 Jan 10, 2014 5:58 PM CST |
| Another interesting note. I just looked at "Blue Staccato" and saw its "kids". Rare Treat & Orinoco Flow two of the six registered offspring. |
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone grannysgarden Jan 10, 2014 6:15 PM CST |
| I forgot Ominous Stranger. It is an Innerst Iris I think. Got it on my wish list. Are its falls considered plicatas or rimmed and dotted? I dream of a world where chickens can cross the road without having their motives questioned. |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)         tveguy3 Jan 10, 2014 6:20 PM CST |
| I have a quite a few plicatas, here's a few to look at Queen In Calico and Tanner  Circle of Light and Clasic Look   Ball of Confusion and Carnival Song Drama Queen (One of my favorites) and Exactitude (Innerst)  Kid's Clothes (another one I like alot) and Magic Pallet   Broadband and NOID Instructor wannabe!   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 |
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