I forgot to ask...What was the name of the second place winner? Now bear in mind that there are numerous divisions and classes...like about 200 of them. A bloom in a particular class might have no competition, or there might be numerous entries in it. At any rate, regardless of how many entries there are, the First Place is only awarded if the bloom earns it, otherwise it might get a second or third, or honorable mention, or nothing. The other bloom that won a second place was in Division 13, Species and Wild Variants. The bloom was poeticus, var poeticus. I'm not sure what was supposed to be capitalized there. It is past its prime, but I just picked one for this pic. Sue

(next time, if you number them in the gallery, it makes it a whole lot easier to number them/indicate which we're talking about in our ID's) 1. May be a geranium. Hard to tell without any foliage in the photo. 2/3. Corydalis lutea 4/5 etc. Aquilegia (columbine), probably A. Canadense. 10/24. Geranium, probably 'herb robert'. 11/12. A lonicera, honeysuckle 13/14. A Euonymus of some sort. A veronica of some sort. Conopholis americana

The second plant resembles 'Euonymus alatus', winged Euonymus. Here is a webiste with some helpful ID tips. Look for the corky wings on the larger stems. I kind of hope I'm wrong because E. alatus is considered very invasive in the Northeast. Here is a link that might be useful: Euonymus alatus

I was hoping you would see this, Renee, I know you have Total Recall. Also, lots of people rave about how well TR does, & this one I'm not impressed with. It will go out of my garden this year. Nordica seems like a good possibility on the other one. I looked up pictures, the veining on mine seems more pronounced than on some photos, but on others it looks exactly right. Nordica is suppposed to have 9-11 double socketed buds, too early to go out & count, but I noticed this had obvious double socketed buds. I wonder how common this clue would be. I have never used this as a method of identifying before. wielsaw59, I have Vanity too, & realized yesterday it looks very close to it. It is a perfect match "except" the bloom is smaller & it started blooming almost 2 weeks later than Vanity. Both are planted in my front yard in same sun conditions, so I don't think it can be Vanity, but I hope this will be a clue for someone else. klovesirises-other than poring over the internet at various sales sites, I don't know of a better place to ask than here. I don't have a lot of hope on the 1st iris, & really, as little as it has bloomed over 4 years, not worth it. Places that sell iris may doctor their photos too, so very hard. If you have old iris, The Historical Iris society has a lot of photos. Later in the day I looked at the last iris. It has developed a bit more color, there are noticeable splashes of yellow, I'll try to get a better picture. Thanks for your help Renee & wieslaw59 Here is a link that might be useful: historical iris society