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Name: Betty Bakersfield, CA             Betja Apr 22, 2012 2:49 PM CST |
| I'm now waaaay behind, and these pictures are from Tuesday the 17th through today, the 22nd. And I'm probably going to have to do in more than one post because I have so many. But I have about five exciting new ones I'm dying to share that I'll start with. SPECTACLE - Ghio, 2011 - WOW! Love those bubbly curls! ITALIAN MASTER - Blyth BATTLE OF THE BANDS - Mike Sutton, 2011 LUXURIANT LOTHARIO - Blyth GLAD ALL OVER - Blyth PRETTY SWISH - Blyth - Looks quite different in sunlight and in shade BLUEBERRY FUDGE - Richardson, 2010 YAQUINA BLUE - Schreiner's -- My favorite blue! BOLD VISION - Kerr - One of my favorites! BUBBLE BUBBLE - Ghio - Another of my favorites! SAMMIES JAMMIES - Burseen LA SCALA - Keppel I'll stop here for now -- time for lunch! Betty |
Name: Stacey Utermoehlen Warfordsburg, PA (Zone 6b)            starwoman Apr 22, 2012 6:07 PM CST |
| Just love your photos, Betty! We both have nearly identical taste in our favorite iris plants. I have quite a few the same ones as you but since they are only one or two years old I'm still waiting to see how they will look. Sure hope they will look as lovely as yours do. |
Name: Betty Bakersfield, CA Betja Apr 22, 2012 7:20 PM CST |
Stacey, just looking at the iris bed in your avatar I can tell that you're a much better iris grower than I am! And those first five have been in the ground for less than a year, so they seem quite vigorous, Here is a picture of my front iris beds (there are three going up the hill) taken about a week ago, and I think your irises look better. My iris bed in the back yard doesn't have hardly anything in bloom there yet, although four out of those five are in that bed. I'm really noticing that I'm getting some really tall stalks this spring, and I'm wondering if it's because our weather has been fluctuating so much. I used up all my stakes in our last big wind, and some of the new ones are kicking up their heels and keeling over because they're so tall and top heavy with blooms. Amazing! Betty |
Name: Brad iowa (Zone 5a)   ARUBA1334 Apr 22, 2012 8:26 PM CST |
| Betty those are beautiful thats the first pictures I have seen of Italian Master besides the catalog pics and I think yours is even better then the catalog pics Thanks for posting them I really like Spectacle and Sammies Jammies great colors on both. |
Name: Debra Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a) Service dogs: Angels with paws.          lovemyhouse Apr 22, 2012 8:28 PM CST |
Ooh, Spectacle!  You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. |
Name: Betty Bakersfield, CA Betja Apr 22, 2012 8:44 PM CST |
| FIERY FIGURE THAT'S ALL FOLKS ENCHANTER DREAMLIFE WEDDING NIGHT LEMON CLOUD GRACIOUS CURVES MARBELLA  DANDY CANDY - The second two pictures have the more orange tones in the falls - love this interesting iris! LADY LAREE BLACK MAGIC WOMAN EXTROVERT More later... Betty |
Name: Debra Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a) Service dogs: Angels with paws. lovemyhouse Apr 22, 2012 8:57 PM CST |
Fiery Figure!!!  You can tell a lot about a person by the way they handle these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights. |
Name: Paul Utah (Zone 5b) Grandchildren are my greatest joy.        Paul2032 Apr 22, 2012 9:08 PM CST |
Betty...is that a little unneeded lawn I see in your front yard. What a waste  Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah |
Name: Betty Bakersfield, CA Betja Apr 22, 2012 11:34 PM CST |
Isn't that the truth?  But unfortunately it's like a ski slope. My husband very graciously built my three beds there on the one end of the yard, and to be honest I don't want any more flower beds than we already have -- I can't even keep up with what we have! I guess I'm getting old now and starting to think about scaling back a little -- at least on the iris. And I'm really going to have to plan my daylily crosses carefully now -- very little space. So no crosses without teeth, mini's or complex eye patterns involved!Betty |
Name: Tom Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)     tveguy3 Apr 23, 2012 4:27 AM CST |
| Betty, you have my mouth watering! lol. It keeps freezing here during the night, I sure hope that stops soon, as the TB's are sending up their stalks. and it won't be long. Some of my SDB's had their blooms frozen and they never opened. One called Dark Crystal that I wanted to see. Still has some newer buds coming, so if it stops this cold stuff, it might show its face yet. It finally warmed up a bit yesterday (50's) so I was able to dig in the beds a bit. I'm getting behind with this cold and wet weather we've had. 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: Jan Hustisford, WI  philljm Apr 23, 2012 5:25 AM CST |
| <drool> |
Name: Betty Bakersfield, CA Betja Apr 23, 2012 7:59 AM CST |
| Oh Tom, I'm so sorry you're losing blooms to -- freezing weather? We were at 98 yesterday and I had a lot of blooms wilt, unfortunately. It's either one extreme or the other lately! And we're supposed to go down to the 70's by tomorrow, and maybe even the 60's. All I know is, I spent a good portion of the last three days either here at the computer, trying to post pictures here and in the ATP and Irises Cubit's databases -- or outside hand watering just about everything. The one that totally impresses me is SPECTACLE -- I believe it was a bonus plant from Joe Ghio, and it seems like it just popped up out of nowhere and is a big, beautiful, elegant flower -- the stalk was tall too. I think this fluctuating weather has produced more than my normal amount of tall stalks this season -- I used all my stakes early on and had to leave some to lean over, and that has never happened before. Betty |
Name: Paul Utah (Zone 5b) Grandchildren are my greatest joy. Paul2032 Apr 23, 2012 8:04 AM CST |
Spectacle coming this year with Ghio order  Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah |
Name: Betty Bakersfield, CA Betja Apr 23, 2012 8:06 AM CST |
| Fantastic! Betty |
Name: Paul Utah (Zone 5b) Grandchildren are my greatest joy. Paul2032 Apr 23, 2012 8:10 AM CST |
| Betty..I always love your pictures and often see what I have coming. What a treat. I went crazy with ordering Ghio iris this year. Paul Smith Pleasant Grove, Utah |
Name: Dee Stewart Willamette Valley OR Snowpeak Iris     irisloverdee Apr 23, 2012 8:26 AM CST |
| You know Betty everytime I have gone to order Bold Vision it is late in the season and always forget early on to order because that is something that will be great to use on hybridizing,. Thank you for posting and reminding me to order EARLY D Denise Stewart 541-259-2343 Snowpeak <url>http://snowpeakiris.com</http> |
Name: Betty Bakersfield, CA Betja Apr 23, 2012 9:10 AM CST |
| Me too, Paul! Dee, I'm so sorry to put all this extra work on you to have to take time to approve all these pictures -- and I still have a lot more to post. The iris are really going crazy right now -- was 98 yesterday, and some things wilted, but everything seems to be opening right now! BOLD VISION never disappoints me, even though it's a shorter TB, and I believe it's one of the parents of Keith's SUMMER SHADOW. Betty |
Name: Stacey Utermoehlen Warfordsburg, PA (Zone 6b) starwoman Apr 24, 2012 6:23 PM CST |
| The chilly weather in the Northeast has really slowed down the bloom here at my location in southern PA. We had frost the past two nights with one more to go. At least we got a nice rain the past couple days - It was really dry and my iris are much shorter than normal. |
Name: Mary Ann Kentucky      Muddymitts Apr 24, 2012 7:08 PM CST |
| Betty -- your Irises are gorgeous -- as always. I'm partial to Fiery Figure and LaScala myself. Of course, Spectacle is outstanding!! How I would love to stroll through your Iris garden!! Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com) |
Name: Suzanne/Sue Sebastopol, CA (Zone 9a) Sunset Zone 15      |
| Oh Betty, really enjoying your fantastic blooms!! Hope you don't mind my tagging onto this thread, I was gone for a couple of days at my Mom's and came back to brand new blooms, it's an exciting time for me, seeing new blooms since I started collecting the last couple of years! As you can see, I favor the deep rich colors. SECRET SERVICE    SPICED TIGER  This one below hadn't bloomed the last 2 years and the tag went missing with the move so I was so excited to see it this morning and that it's survived the move and is doing fine, despite still in a large 3 gal. pot. DECADENCE    ENTANGLED~ Ghio sure creates some rich colored blooms! The weather is overcast here so it seems the colors are all deeper. STROZZAPRETI And I shared these already in another thread but I took more shots, such yummy blooms!! Oh I am in love! MESCALERO CHIEF CONNECTION |
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