I wonder what you will come home with, I can't wait to see. I went out this morning &, like you, I see more spikes coming out on my tall beardeds. One that was already out for a couple of weeks & just stopped in its tracks is showing yellow at the tip. Not what is supposed to be there, so what else is new :) I swear those garden gremlins are out there moving my stuff around. I think I see purple showing on Daughter of Stars buds too. Coolish today, but supposed to be in the 70's & 80's the rest of the week, YAH! Should be perfect planting weather for all that you get. I don't think we will get a heavy enough frost to hurt iris buds. It has frosted a couple of times since the buds have been out on mine. Of course, the only tall bearded iris that has bloomed is Crimson King, & maybe that on is really an intermediate size. One plant has 2 severely twisted stalks. I don't know if that is due to cold or what.

Love the color of Kickapoo Kangaroo! Isn't it funny, my Siberian iris just started blooming, saw the first bloom yesterday. Well, just went back & saw where you said this is a very early one. I have Caesar's Brother & a yellow one, can't remember the name but very common. Butter & eggs maybe. I'm so glad your iris are starting to bloom, I'm looking forward to your photos!

Iris height may vary year to year with some cultivars. I don't know the growth patterns of these rebloming Intermediate Beardeds (IB) and I don't know of a site with that information. Don't know how tall either! Heights are listed at some sites like Blue J Iris. Also at the American Iris Society (linked below). For rebloomers Sutton's is a site to visit. They seem to specialize in RE and SA's. (some space-agers (SA) with the odd extended beard, which may even have a small ruffled petal, will have a normal beard some years. Others are consistant) Abbey Chant - yellow standards, white falls edged yellow, violet extended beard, Sutton'97 Blessed Again - yellow standards, white falls, white beard yellow in throat, Jones'76, HM'78 (19") Bugaboo - funny shade of mauvy-lav (?) with irregular darker fall area, fall edges lighter, beard orange, Keppel'06 (picture color varies a lot on Bugaboo) Constant Companion - rich purple-lav., shaded fall, pale lav. beard, Marsh'92 Maui Moonlight - moonlight yellow, Aitkin'87, Sass Medal'93 (oops. 23") Pink Pele - begins as peachy-orng. with lg. raspberry fall area, orange beard, HM'98 Viper - beige_ish in most pictures with lg. light fall area, strong lav. SA beard orng. in throat, Sutton'99 You may find an occasional shorter Border Bearded; 'Bubbling Ballet' is listed at 20". Did you have particular colors in mind? And are rebloomers preferred? Here is a link that might be useful: http://wiki.irises.org/

Annie, Your box went out yesterday morning. DC# 03062400000028162590 Hope you like everything. I sent you some daylily seeds also; saw on your trades page that you were getting started collecting them. There is nothing better than going out in your garden in the a.m. and seeing a daylily bloom for the very first time anywhere. Hope they turn out beautiful for you. You should store them in the veggie bin and plant in peat pots in a sunny window in Feb. or you can wait and plant them directly in the garden in early spring. Sorry these Iris are a little dry. When I dug up my clumps last month for trades my back started hurting soon after; so these have been sitting around waiting for me to get them replanted. You saved their lives!!! LOL They are dry, but not nearly as dry as the ones you buy in the stores. Don't you dare feel terrible about Jennid. It's my fault!!! Being a newbie I was just so anxious to get my new treasures I didn't wait long enough before contacting you. As we all know.....nobody's perfect; and I'm certainly not... by a long shot. :) I'm sure Jennid has forgiven us both; she is a really sweet person. Roxanne