Irises 2007
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northspruce
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI think that's KING, I will do some digging about the other one. It rings a bell. Dang girls you have some gorgeous irises!! I'm really liking the reds this year, especially Cranapple and Jungle's Gem. I also love Jilleroo still Brenda, I can't wait till the one you gave me blooms :0) It's growing nicely.
I have a few blooming now, here's AUTUMN CIRCUS (yet to be reclaimed from Mom's house)... this thing is huge. It's like 7" across.
Here's my KING... I think. Mine seems to have a little more white on the falls than Laurie's. I don't know if they are the exact same iris. They also look like Brenda's Honorabile.
{{gwi:698830}}This must be another historic, I see it around a lot. I really like the look of a clump of these. Anyone have a name?
{{gwi:698832}}Crazy_Gardener
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Successes and Failures for 2007
Comments (26)I think I may have to get some grape vines too! Your's look wonderful Don. ☺Successes Yes, deciding to join into the Farmer's market with Brenda, turned out to be great idea. I've met lots of new people and made some coin as well.....surely a win/win situation. Most of the plants made it through last winter, so that's always a plus. I think I only had one iris die, so that was pretty good. Most of the roses bloomed well. Whether the alfalfa tea that I gave them was the cause or not, I'm not sure, but I liked the end results either way.;0) The lilies bloomed really well this summer too. 'Red Dutch' and 'Fancy Crown' didn't do well this year. Fancy Crown just didn't come up at all, so I may have to replace it yet. Forever Blue iris bloomed in the beginning of September. The Pineapple Lily that I thought was rotten this spring and then just tossed into the veggie garden to be tilled under, I found growing in the peppers. So now, it's potted up and will grow happily in the living room for the winter. Got my first seeds from a Tet daylily 'Quest of Dreams'. And I also got a few seeds from Red Ribbons and a noid pink daylily too. I'm not sure why Tets are harder to set pods on, but hopefully I'll be able to get a few more next year. Failures Dahlia barely got blooming before frost. And the cannas never did bloom at all. The veggie garden didn't do overly well at all. I think that the poplars and spruce that we planted on the east side, are taking too much of the water and shading it for too long in the morning. So next spring, it will be time to re-evaluate where things will be going. There were quite a few daylilies that had spring sickness, and for some it extended into the summer as well. There are maybe 3 or 4 that I'm not sure if they will make it through the winter or not. Keeping my fingers crossed on those. So therefore, the amount of daylily blooms was a bit disappointing. Cabbage worms did a number on my ornamental cabbages....grrrr. All in all, it was a successful year for me in the garden. I added quite a few new perennials this year, so I'm quite excited to see how well they all do next year.☺...See MoreCentral Ohio Fall Plant Swap/Potluck-September 8th, 2007
Comments (84)Hi everybody, Sorry I didn't get these pictures posted earlier, 'puter has been acting testy and I still don't have email working, but at least I'm back to posting! Here's some pics... Margie, I brought the Chocolate Dip, just love the foliage. They come true from seed, I started a pack of 20 seeds over the winter and 4 came up but one died from overwatering and I planted out 2. It's an outdoor plant, supposedly perennial, full sun to part shade. I don't know how it will do with reseeding, I was afraid of the name Hawkweed so I made sure to collect as much of the seed as I could! Hope you enjoy it!...See More2007 Iris Photo Contest
Comments (0)WeÂre doing our 2nd season of the AIS Photo Contest. Last yearÂs contest was fun, and IÂm looking forward to some more great pictures this year! Info about the contest is on two web sites, www.aisregion14.org, and www.irises.org. The deadline for the contest this year is moved up a bit, the deadline is June 30th. Winners will receive a new introduced iris and runner ups receive a 2005 or 2006 iris. There are six categories, including photos with art effects I hope to see your photos soon! Kitty...See Moremoving with irises
Comments (1)I would think the iris are the easiest. You are basically kissing this years bloom goodby. Trim back the foliage and wash the dirt off the roots and pack them in a cool DRY place. You will notice when you buy them that they are usually shipped in coir. This makes a good packing medium for them in that it breathes well. The daylily forum could probably give you some specific recommendations for them as they prefer damper roots in shipping. (The problem is avoiding mold) The Siberian iris I would trim the foliage back, give the plant a good soaking, dig as much of the plant as I wanted to take and pack it dirt and all in a box with sawdust in it. The Shasta daisy should be easy to replace down there and cheaper to replace than move. Hopefully the weather will be cool while you're moving....See Moresazzyrose
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoLaurie_z3_MB
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoSharon, it sure may be Gracchus. The colouring on mine is a little paler/washed out than the photos on that site, but maybe that could be due to soil and/or temperature? Or it also could be just the way the camera captured the colours. The colours on mine(on my monitor anyway) are what it really looks like to my eye anyway.
Gillian, that Autumn Circus is a real stunner too! You gotta love flowers that huge.:0) And I think I may have the same historic as in your last photo. I don't have a name for it yet either. Gee, if we can get that one named, I'll only be down to having one noid left, and from the looks of it, it may not even bloom this year.
Yes, there's something just so elegant and classy about Rhein Nixe isn't there Shelley?
Little Showoff finally opened up tonight......it took 2 days for this guy to unfurl......talk about testing my patience!LOL
Btw, Sharon,
"Well if you gals can wait a year or two, I should have some extra CRANAPPLE rhizomes ;) "
Can I hold you to that?!;^)
valleyrimgirl
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoBetter get some more posted before I am feeling 100% and spend all day in the garden...
So, here are some more irises...
Klingon Princess (SDB). I love the frills around the outside of the falls, it's almost like a little skirt.
Lime Mist (SDB)
Little Annie (SDB)
Little Episode (SDB). Everyone comments on this one.
Live Coals (SDB). After a rain the other morning.
Nancy Butterfly (MDB)
Navy Doll (MDB) had one bloom this year for its first time. I like it!
{{gwi:701264}}Neutron (SDB). I like the frills around the falls on this one and how the falls are perfectly horizontal.
Northern Exposure (SDB?) bloomed for the first time this year.
Olive Garden (SDB)
Over Easy (SDB)
Party Animal. I like this picture of Party Animal (SDB).
Pele (SDB) is a multicolored iris. Love the oranges in it.
Pixie Pirate (MDB)
Prince of Burgundy (IB) is one of my favorite irises. I am sharing/trading with friends on this one before I sell any at my perennial sale or at the farmer's market.
Raspberry Jam (SDB). I have 3 large clumps of this one.
Rhein Nixe. I also like the contrast between the standards and the falls. The standards are so pure white and the purple on the falls is so rich looking.
Roanoke's Choice siberian iris.
Royal Bee (MDB). I like the large blue-violet spot on the falls.
Royal Overtime (SDB) is a very very dark iris. Love it!
Ruby Eruption.
Ruffled Velvet Siberian Iris has the richest velvet looking falls I have ever seen.
Hope you enjoyed these irises. More to come later again.
Brenda
northspruce
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16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI have some new irises blooming again. I took more pictures of each and they are in my album if you want to see other views of these irises.
Here is...
Aachen Elf (MTB)
Az Ap(IB). This one just got identified. I love it!
Bantam (SDB). This one also just got identified.
This one was just called Cherry. Since I could not find any other pictures to compare it to I will assume it is blooming correctly.
Kaleidoscope (MTB) is quite interesting.
Merit(MTB)
Loreley (IB) blooming this morning...
Brenda
Crazy_Gardener
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agovalleyrimgirl
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI was planting some perennials into one of the flowerbeds yesterday and found 3 bee pods on the irises in that bed. 2 on Party Animal (SDB orange with large red-brown spot on falls) and one on Little Episode (SDB dark violet with lighter violet edge).
The other irises in the same bed that bloomed at the same time are...
French Wine (MDB dark purple)
Gleaming Gold (SDB dark yellow)
Joanne Taylor (MDB with white standard and falls with deep violet spot on falls)
Olive Garden (SDB lime greeny yellow)Could be quite interesting to see what kind of combination there would be from these parents.
For those who have never seen a bee pod of an iris, this is what they look like. This one is about 3" long.
Brenda
Laurie_z3_MB
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16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoSharon, I am not sure what you have there. I agree with Laurie, it is similar but the Grandis seems to have wider falls.
Here is a picture of Grandis
This is the iris, Painted Desert that Laurie was mentioning. I was having a hard time from a distance telling them apart. But when I inspected them closer the Painted Desert has a bluer coloring to it and the white spot in the center of the falls is not as large as Grandis. Also the yellow at the top of the falls is solid whereas the Grandis seems to only have it on the sides.
Also blooming today are two new ones in the yard...
Caesar's Brother Siberian Iris...
Dear Delight Siberian Iris...
Brenda
Crazy_Gardener
16 years agolast modified: 9 years ago
marciaz3 Tropical 3 Northwestern Ontario
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoBesides Rhein Nixe, this is the only iris i have blooming now:
It's a Siberian Iris from a mix i bought a couple of years ago - i think they're a mix of the same plant because they're all the same!I keep forgetting to take a picture, but in one patch of Rhein Nixe, there's a renegade yellow and purple one. I'll have to get a picture tomorrow and maybe someone will know what it is.
valleyrimgirl
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoReady for a few more iris pictures?
Here is Sheldon Butts
Show me Yellow
Skywings Light Siberian iris should be opening any day now.
Snow Queen Siberian Iris
Sparkling Chablis
Sparks Fly
Spartan
Spice is Nice
Spot of Tea
Spring Bonnet
Stitch Witch
Summonded Spirit
Sweet Dalmation Variegated Iris. The foliage is variegated creamy yellow and green but the pale purple flower is nothing to speak of.
Hope you enjoyed these pictures. More to come in a week or two to finish off the alphabet of the irises that have bloomed or are currently in bloom in my yard.
Like I have mentioned before you are welcome to just go to my album in Photobucket to see more pictures of irises (or lilies or daylilies or other perennials) at...
http://s11.photobucket.com/albums/a184/valleyrimgirl/irises/
Brenda
Crazy_Gardener
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16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI love the veining on Sparkling Rose Shelley....very pretty!
Savona, that's a lovely iris, but I haven't seen anything quite like it before, sorry.
Here's pic of Buddha and species iris Setosa.
A close up of Setosa
{{gwi:702568}}Laurie
northspruce
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoLaurie I love your iris with the Buddha. He looks like he is meditating on it... LOL.
Here's my latest, BLUEBERRY ICE
sazzyrose
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agomarciaz3 Tropical 3 Northwestern Ontario
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16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoImmortality is very pretty Marcia. I hear that some of those TB's can take awhile to settle in and bloom, so hopefully it'll bloom every year for you now.
Siberian 'Chilled Wine' opened up today.
I'm still waiting on one more siberian iris to bloom, and then after that, I think the iris season is all done for me.:(
Crazy_Gardener
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoCrazy_Gardener
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agovalleyrimgirl
16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoTo finish the alphabet from my yard...
A few from the A-S's that have bloomed recently...
Blue King, siberian iris. I love the rich dark blue falls on this first time bloomer.
Mother Earth, TB is still blooming in the yard. This is the first time it has bloomed here. I love it.
Now, for the T-Z's...
Tantara, SDB
Tippy, SDB
Toy Boat, SDB has a hint of blue in the white on the falls.
Twilight Mood, SDB
Velvet Toy, MDB
Vintage Rose, SDB
Vision in Pink, TB
Wacko, SDB
What Again, SDB
Wimple, SDB
Windrose, SDB
Wizard of Hope, SDB
Yankee Skipper, SDB
Yellow Flag, (I Pseudacorus)
Yippy Skippy, SDB
Still blooming in the yard...named irises...
siberians...Painted Desert, Roanoke's Choice, Dear Delight, Ruffled Velvet and Skywings Light.
TB's...Mother Earth, Breakers and Crimson Snow.
Plus other noids.But now, I am anxiously waiting for all the lilies to open. I have one open right now. I will post it on the lily thread tomorrow. I have 3 kinds of daylilies blooming. Of course, all the roses, alliums, sedums, poppies, peonies, gas plant, catmint, shasta and painted daisies, delphiniums, columbines, dianthus, spireas, lilacs, coralbells, masterwort, feverfew, etc are all blooming right now also. What a pretty picture. On Sunday morning, friends are coming over to have their family pictures taken in our yard. Perfect time of year...grass is green and flowers are blooming.
Brenda
Crazy_Gardener
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16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoMy last iris to bloom is the Japanese iris, Picotee Wonder. Each year it has one or two blooms. This year only one, but, it is well worth waiting for. It is planted on the south side of my house, over top of the cistern and gets lots of snow cover in the wintertime. I bought it in 2003 and it seems to like it there, although it is a slow increaser of fans for me.
Brenda
sazzyrose
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16 years agolast modified: 9 years agoI'm quite shocked to see this blooming today. I purchased this one just this Spring.
COLOR BURST TBSharon
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