I can help ID some of your NOIDS. this is what they could be 1- Quaker Lady 2- California Gold 3- Love Story 4- eCity of lincoln or Cheerio Her is a photo record of what I have. Some of yours are very much a match. Here is a link that might be useful: Iris Gallery

I really appreciate you all looking and commenting on the garden. Kathi, it is easy to have a lot of iris bloom at the same time...have 2 or 3 hundred of them like the idiot in Alabama, and there are always a number of them blooming. I get embarrassed at the excess and quit posting them after a while. Cyn424, Actually, Julia Child blooms pretty well for me and she in in total shade due to New Dawn overgrowing her.Worth a try. Most of my roses get morning sun but afternoon shade...a good thing here in the heat. Mantis, what iris would you like to see close up? Midnight Blue does well for Rita in Long Island, and it is doing very well here, so with your skills it should be a winner for you. The color is pretty unique. the only one I have close to it is Cardinal Richelieu...and it's a once bloomer. Sandi, I am sorry the frost got your iris...like I told cyn424, buy a lot of iris, then you have blooms...awful answer, I know it. sorry. I'm glad you enjoyed the blooms and hope you get re-bloom on yours. Rena, the iris make clumps fast, then you have to divide. aargh! It was a spring to treasure though, it really was. Girlgroupgirl. Thank you, I got it as a band from Heirloom, and it was a teeny thing. It has a nice fragrance too. A year older, good rains, cool spring, and Mills Magic Mix have meant unprecedented bloom for me. I could hardly contain myself. Your garden is lovely, so I know you have had a wonderful spring too. kay

Beautiful pics! Was about to ask if that iris was Light Shine. I also have it blooming in my garden. Unfortunately, I can't remember how I posted pics from my old computer and haven't figured out how to do it from this one. Lots of iris blooming in my yard right now. Some pics in Photobucket via the link in the post "New irises...and looking for ID help". Very colorful! :)

Yikes, it's been a long time since I've been here. It's kind of obvious that you've been away for a while when people start talking about you in third person! :) push mow your old 2 acres, push mow the 1.5 acres where you live now (getting the house ready for your step-Dad's return from Afghanistan)...weed your iris garden, weed your vegetable garden, weed your club's gardens...dig in your old garden, dig in your new garden, work at a dig for the SWMIS club, dig with the ICSEM club, dig donated irises from a friend's garden for the ICSEM sales...plant your new orders, plant your club's orders, replant your old plants, plant at your club's garden...work at the ICSEM's sales (leaving the house at 4am)...water your gardens with gallon jugs then make your life easier by watering with a generator on your new well with 300' of hose, fill out your judges' activity report (and remember you still need 5 hours and 3 one-on-one trainings to become an accredited judge), vote the symposium, write an article on request, become the editor for your region's newsletter.......... busy. Thank-you everyone for your comments. It always makes me glad to hear that the photos are being enjoyed. Renee, your prediction made me lol. :) I'm so hopelessly taken with irises that I don't know that I'll ever have enough money to divert from my iris addi(c)tions! Shadow, thank-you for the link to Stone Cottage Gardens. I had never heard of them and now I plan to learn more.