I would love some...I have gas plant seeds,Cleome purple, pink/white,cherry queen, white, mixed larkspur,orange butterfly weed,antique rose peony poppy seeds, some of the seeds have grown single red.mystery iris,love in a mist blue

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.

I divide them about every five years, unless they get too crowded and stop blooming. If you plant them about a foot apart, it takes them a while to get crowded. For your zone, you should stay away from reblooming irises, since so many rebloom in late fall, too late for you. You can grow all of the median irises where you live, I believe. You may also be able to grow Siberians. Your photos are really beautiful- I'd love to see the rest of your garden! I have attached a link to my friend El's website in Canada- she grows irises that might do well in your climate. I wish I could ID those for you, but I'm not very good at it. All pink irises look like Beverly Sills to me. Renee Here is a link that might be useful: El's Canadian irises

I'm a sucker for the rimmed apricot/peach ones. And I don't have one! These pics are 10 years old. Hopefully there are new users of the forums who've not seen them. I shot for accurate color, not beauty, as in those days there were horrendous, inaccurately-colored, iris pictures online. One my monitor the color looks close to spot on. Abiqua Falls - TB, Schreiner'03, AM'07, gorgeous periwinkle! Schreiner's does the "blues" the best. Affaire - TB, Blyth'93, unusual new color combo of the time which unfortunately always streaked here. Affirmation - TB, Corlew'88, still questing for the perfect pastel yellow. After The Dawn - TB, Ernst'95, poor substance. Afternoon Delight again - TB, Ernst'83, AM'93, showing a triple socket and the fade. Color is off. Amour - TB, Corlew'82, I would love to find this one again, something about it . Apollodorus - TB, Tompkins'89, showy, soft orange and soft rosy maroon. Arc de Triomphe - TB, Kerr'95. Ask Alma - IB, Lankow'87, SASS Medal'94. Autumn Wings - TB, Ernst'89, rather pretty, I like those big veined hafts.