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Name: Mary Ann Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)              Muddymitts May 26, 2015 6:56 AM CST |
Ahhhhhhhhh -- perfection, then!!!  Lori and Arlyn -- only a little bit...............   Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com) |
Name: Patrick Toms River, New Jersey (Zone 7a)        Denman55 Aug 17, 2015 12:34 PM CST |
| I find myself going back to this thread because of the beautiful photo's and gardens that all of you have posted here - I am in awe when I look at the beauty you have all created. You all have truly beautiful gardens, beautiful clumps of iris in bloom and I love your photo's - so "Thank You" Lori, Arlyn, Ann, Leslie, Debra, Dave, Celia, Sherry, JoAnn, Neal.  |
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter.        janwax Aug 20, 2015 7:40 PM CST |
| How did I miss this thread!!!? Such beautiful clumps. I'll never catch up with you guys. But I'm trying.  Life is a Gift ! |
Name: Celia West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)      Zencat Aug 20, 2015 8:39 PM CST |
| Jan, there's always next go-around! |
Name: Mary Ann Western Kentucky (Zone 7a) Muddymitts Aug 20, 2015 8:46 PM CST |
Everybody starts somewhere, Jan!!  Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com) |
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter. janwax Aug 21, 2015 9:53 AM CST |
| I have clump-envy, Dr. Freud! Life is a Gift ! |
Name: Leslie Durham, NC (Zone 8a)     Lestv Aug 21, 2015 5:36 PM CST |
| Jan - if you planted some smalls and medians like MTB's you will have clumps in no time at all. The talls take a bit longer unless they are historics like my Quaker Lady. That clump in the pics above is only two years old. "The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black |
Name: Sherry Austin Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9a)       Henhouse Aug 22, 2015 12:51 AM CST |
Absolutely! I've got some modernTB's that are great bloomers, but I don't think any of them pack this many blooms in a clump... Quaker Lady is exceptional in that category. The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. |
Northern CA (Zone 9a)  iciris Aug 22, 2015 1:10 AM CST |
Henhouse said:Absolutely! I've got some modernTB's that are great bloomers, but I don't think any of them pack this many blooms in a clump... Quaker Lady is exceptional in that category. Gorgeous clump! • “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous |
(Zone 9b)  UndertheSun Aug 22, 2015 1:22 AM CST |
| I don't think I've ever seen a clump bloom like that. |
Name: Teresa Felty Barrow South central KY (Zone 6b) Consider the lilies of the field    bluegrassmom Aug 22, 2015 3:53 AM CST |
| Wow, that is a multitude of blooms! Bee Kind, make the world a better place. |
Name: Mary Ann Western Kentucky (Zone 7a) Muddymitts Aug 22, 2015 7:56 AM CST |
| Amazing, Sherry!! Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com) |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)   tveguy3 Aug 22, 2015 9:44 AM CST |
I think that some of the historics make tighter clumps with more blooms close together, maybe due to their smaller rhizomes?   Voltaire: "Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities," |
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter. janwax Aug 22, 2015 10:40 AM CST |
| Thanks for the suggestions about intermediates and smalls making clumps quickly, Leslie. Maybe next year I'll give it a try. Life is a Gift ! |
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter. janwax Aug 22, 2015 10:54 AM CST |
 I just used the handy-dandy search feature in the database , anddiscovered that I have 17 intermediates!! Most have been planted this year and haven't bloomed yet, and a few from last season didn't bloom - but I may have clumps in my future! Many were gifts! These are my intermediates: Aeolius Baby Blue Marine Bless You Concertina Crimson King (has bloomed beautifully and made a clump!) Dazzling Fantastic Blue Fast Forward Jane Eyre Lakota (now wouldn't I love a clump of this colorful baby!) Londonderry Miss Mauve Red Zinger Ruby Slippers Spectator Starwoman Sue Zee (recently planted -doing great - thank you Suzanne!) Life is a Gift ! |
Name: Arlyn Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)    crowrita1 Aug 22, 2015 11:05 AM CST |
| When that clump gets big enough that it needs split, I'll have to "trade you out of" a piece of Lakota, Jan !! |
Name: Jan Wax Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a) I'm a semi-retired studio potter. janwax Aug 22, 2015 11:20 AM CST |
| You got it, Arlyn! Fingers crossed! Marky Smith has created some wonderful irises! Lakota's a beauty. Just notice that her Starwoman got the Dykes Medal a few years ago. Life is a Gift ! |
Name: Bonnie Sojourner Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a) Magnolia zone        grannysgarden Aug 22, 2015 3:54 PM CST |
| Jan, those are some beauties. IB's bloom before the TB's as a rule and extend your bloom season. They may bloom erratically in the first year but they will settle in and make your garden lovely. Also, they are shorter and can be planted in front of TB's. Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing? |
Name: Neal Linville Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)     gemini_sage Aug 22, 2015 4:05 PM CST |
| I'm a big IB fan too. Not only is it so great how quickly many of them form thick clumps full of bloom stalks, but when sharing time comes around its usually 3-5 rhizomes we send a friend for an instant starter clump! I love that they never need staking, and their vigor makes them great for the mixed perennial garden- they seem to play particularly well with others. I'm looking really forward to Fantastic Blue, Baboon Bottom, Sue Zee, and several others next spring! "...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi |
Name: Lucy Hamilton, MA (Zone 6b) irises    irisarian Aug 22, 2015 9:20 PM CST |
| Nice clean foliage on Quaker Lady also. |
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