I am looking for irises in the purple shades with white..such as rare treat, in reverse, cascade springs...or a light purple with dark purple, all dark but not the common plain purple, or whites with some purple on them. I don't want the really black/purple irises, too dark for what I am looking for. I also don't want burgandy shades or bluish shades, just purples. These do not really need to be named, but I would like to have some idea what they look like. I am going to be planting about 50 feet of mixed purples and whites, so looking for larger trades. I have japanese maples and redbuds to trade, a few daylilies, some unnamed peonies and crinums. Thanks!

Hi Saralee Laine 2 here I will have some purple/white iris. If it's not to far watch for the postings of plant swap Newmarket/Aurora area in Sept & tell your friends Thanks Elaine feel free to email me ok

Sometimes its hard to suggest things without knowing the rest of the story, so to speak. There are iris that are white, but some are bluish white and some are yellowish white, and they will look different depending on what they are planted with. Sometimes the bluish white ones can look sort of gray with the wrong companions. Everything Plus is nice and would be harder to figure out what would look good with it if you wanted to have a couple of iris together. I have Princess of Paradise which is sort of similar, and I have it planted with a dark purple NOID historic, Tom Johnson, and a orange iris, so not your color scheme. Some iris grow better in different parts of the country, and so it would be good to ask around where you are to see what grows well in your area. There are a lot of pink selections, and they range from orangy pinks to purpley pinks, and you might want to stay away from the orangy, coraly pinks depending on what else is in your garden. I saw a big bunch of Cherub's Smile at the Blue J gardens, and I thought it was really pretty, and isn't too peachy. I think a dark iris would be nice with the Everything Plus. I have Superstition, and it is a tough iris.

Well, I sent a long answer and Houz must of ate it. My iris are blooming now so I can at least let you know the colors of those that do bloom. Some have dug themselves in so deep they haven't bloomed. I have-white, light blue, dark and light pink, black, dark and light purple, yellow and a few that are speckled or streaked. See Day lily picture. I don't know which plants have which colors. I would have to wait until the end of May to know. I traded and bought about 20 more varieties that I don't have pictures of. I was wondering what colors you have?