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Name: Liz Best Elizabeth Colorado (Zone 4b)              LizinElizabeth May 28, 2017 8:22 AM CST |
| Hello all, just wanted to introduce myself! I'm LizinElizabeth, have been reading your posts and drooling over the beautiful flowers for the last several months. I have a few irises but most of my gardening effort has gone toward peonies up until now. Branched out into a few dahlias last year; gorgeous flowers but such effort to get them out in the spring then dig and store in the fall. I have a bunch of them waiting to be planted out now but wanted to grow elsewhere as well so this year I'm building my iris collection! Thank you all for your generous sharing of your favorite suppliers! I have orders in with Shady Spot, Stout Gardens, Sutton's Iris Gardens and Schreiner's. Also have a couple of trades in the planning stages with a few people here, love dividing and passing on my plants! So far this year I only have a few irises blooming. My season here in CO is pretty late--we're considered a zone 4b because of our altitude, nearby towns not at altitude are an easy zone 5 and flower weeks earlier. Our nights are still down in the low 40s so blooming is just starting for both irises and peonies. Luckily our crazy weather hasn't seemed to negatively impact the irises, noticing that fact over the last couple of years is what got me interested in growing my collection. Another wonderful thing is (knock on wood) we don't seem to have any pests that feed on iris here. I should probably say that in a whisper as to not attract any unwanted attention to mar what, up until now, has been a genus with no draw backs in my garden.... Baby Blessed--1st to open here, was blooming 1-2 weeks ago  tall white NOID--badly needs to be divided! Task for this year...  Monsignor (I think!) The tag disappeared and I semi-ID'ed it by pictures here on the forum and in the Plant Database. The name sounded familiar but if you think it's wrong please suggest alternatives!  LizB |
Name: Pam Pennsylvania    Snork May 28, 2017 8:25 AM CST |
 Liz! |
Name: Barbara Northern CA (Zone 9a)    iciris May 28, 2017 8:32 AM CST |
Liz, I think you will enjoy it here. Lots of great information shared on the iris forum.  • “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous |
Name: Charlotte Salt Lake City, Utah (Zone 6b) genealogist specializing in French      cbunny41 May 28, 2017 10:23 AM CST |
| Liz from your neighbor to the west in Utah. |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)      tveguy3 May 28, 2017 10:51 AM CST |
| Liz 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 May 28, 2017 10:56 AM CST |
| Hi, Liz! So good to see you over here! ~~~   This, too, shall pass. |
Name: Mika Oxfordshire, England and Mento         cliftoncat May 28, 2017 11:31 AM CST |
| And from England, too, Liz! |
Name: Arlyn Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)   crowrita1 May 28, 2017 11:37 AM CST |
| Liz ! Sorry to say, that's NOT "Monsignor" (check out "Lent A. Williamson", and see what you think of that) |
(Zone 9b)  UndertheSun May 28, 2017 2:47 PM CST |
| Welcome Liz! |
Name: Marilyn, aka "Poly" South San Francisco Bay Area (Zone 9b) "The mountains are calling..."      Polymerous May 28, 2017 3:06 PM CST |
| Hi and welcome, Liz. It's daylily season! |
Name: daphne san diego county, ca (Zone 10a)  shizen May 28, 2017 3:08 PM CST |
| to the iris forum, liz. i'm struggling to grow irises at the opposite end of the spectrum; 10a. whilst you may be at the beginning, i'm at the end. 😟. i'm sorta sad, but then i'll be able to enjoy other posted flowers vicariously. have lots of fun with your new 'addiction', and i think you'll find this iris group very entertaining. |
Name: Robin Melbourne, Australia (Zone 10b)   Totally_Amazing May 28, 2017 5:39 PM CST |
| Liz from Australia. |
Name: Scott Elburn, IL (Zone 5b)    BlueFlagFan May 28, 2017 8:39 PM CST |
| Welcome Liz! “A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.” -Aldo Leopold |
Name: Joshua Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (Zone 10b) Köppen Climate Zone Cfb       |
| Liz! Plant Authorities: Catalogue of Life (Species) --- International Cultivar Registration Authorities (Cultivars) --- RHS Orchid Register --- RHS Lilium Register My Notes: Orchid Genera HTML PDF Excel --- Lilium Traits HTML PDF --- Lilium Species Crosses HTML PDF Excel --- Lilium Species Diagram The current profile image is that of Iris 'Volcanic Glow'. |
Name: Barbara Northern CA (Zone 9a) iciris May 28, 2017 9:03 PM CST |
| I think that was an awesome welcome wagon! • “Whoever said, ‘Do something right and you won’t have to do it again’ never weeded a garden.” – Anonymous |
Name: Liz Best Elizabeth Colorado (Zone 4b) LizinElizabeth May 28, 2017 9:31 PM CST |
| Thanks for the welcome, wow!!! And thanks also for the clue about my NOID! LizB |
Name: Celia West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a) Pour vivre parmi les fleurs   Zencat May 28, 2017 11:31 PM CST |
| Another from another from Utah! |
Name: Niki Bend, Oregon (Zone 6a) Flowers are food for the soul.     HighdesertNiki May 29, 2017 12:07 AM CST |
| Liz! "The Earth laughs in flowers." - Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Name: Arlyn Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a) crowrita1 May 29, 2017 6:43 AM CST |
Now that I'm on the "real" computer, and can see the "big" picture....I steered you wrong with that clue ! It's still not "Monsignor" MONSIGNOR (Vilmorin 1907) but it isn't Lent A. Williamson, either  !when things slow down, a bit, I'll check some "maybes". |
Name: Liz Concord, MA (Zone 6a)      Dachsylady86 May 29, 2017 6:46 AM CST |
from one Liz to another  |
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