I have Japanese Iris, foxglove, delphinium, and blackberry lily that you are welcome to for SASBE. Email me if interested. Kate

Hi, I have a number of different siberian iris lavendar and a very dark purple would be nice big trades and then I have white and super ego that I could send smaller amounts of. If your interested I was wondering if you have a list of the daylilies that are big enough. Thanks, Catrina

I'm in zone 7 Maryland, for me Siberians start blooming the middle of May, a week to two weeks earlier than the Japanese Iris. The foliage of Japanese iris is overall more subtantial than that of Siberians. The leaf is wider and thicker, and has a fat, rigid mid-rib that keeps it from being floppy. It also stays a nice medium green the whole season (not as dark a green as Siberians). If your Siberian foliage held up well for you, there should be no problem with the Japanese. I have actually left the foliage on the whole winter some years and it was a quite attractive gray-brown, standing tall until I cut it down in February or March. They (at least my Japanese iris) set a lot of seed, and the pods are also attractive. Letting them go to seed hasn't seemed to affect the amount of bloom I get year to year. Sometimes I deadhead, sometimes I don't. But, unless you are particularly interested in seeing the results of genetic recombination, make sure to remove the seed pods before they start to split open - three or four years ago I didn't and I'm still getting seedlings all over the place. One of the seedlings was actually quite lovely (I somehow missed it weeding, and it got to blooming size), having gotten a deep purple color and flat, round form from one parent and a stripe/stippling pattern from another, so I kept it; the rest have gone to the compost pile... - Steve

Thanks Laurie, After reading your post I went outside and felt the leaves of both my blue and the white. They DO feel ridgy (interesting, I never noticed that before) but I'm not sure I could say they have a DEFINITE center ridge, but the leaves are surely not smooth, so perhaps they ARE Japanese Iris. I might make a trip to a nursery and will bring a leaf and one flower with me. Perhaps they can identify the plant for me. Happy gardening! Donna