Welcome Kathy! Yes, of course, I have heard of Clanwilliam. Now, who lives there that I know....hmmmm... Did you join the Daylily Canada group on Yahoo just recently? I live just west of Brandon, also on an acreage, just like Laurie. Craig and Kathy, do either of you attend any garden clubs? Laurie and I are members of the Westman Gardeners, who meet once a month in Brandon. Westman Gardeners club members are from all over the Brandon area, from Carberry and Minnedosa to Kemnay, as well... lots of members live in the city. If you email me privately I can forward you our program for the year and also let you know info about our hort day coming up on April 25. We have some excellent speakers driving in from the Winnipeg area to speak that day. Brenda

Ok, I'm chompping at the bit!!!I sometimes check my Iris two or three times aday to see if any are about to bloom. Finally this morning I found a few more bloom stalks on some of my newer ones. I had the older white one bloom this past week. The older purple that everyone has, is about to bloom out, maybe by Sunday. Total Recall, my favorite, should be blomming in a week and I found some stalks on a few unknowns. Yes, finally!!!Blooms! I'm quite sure I',m rushing the blooms season, it's only March but when it gets to be 80 outside I really need to see blooms. Your pictures are so very great. I've wanted "DogRose" for years. Maybe this year. Thanks so much for sharing,and may God bless each and everyone with his loving Grace, Mona

Bronze Fawn looks dead on! Thanks Laetitia. - HershiGrl

You can find Lots of TB pics at Snowpeak (hot link below) and to see Dutch iris, which grow from bulbs, do a google image search. I have heard zone 6 is too cold for Dutch iris to naturalize as kprp says. As for differences, Dutch iris take less space, are shorter and are wonderful cut flowers for mixed spring bouquets. TBs form much larger clumps, are much taller and aren't too great for bouquets. One stem is quite dramatic but make sure it isn't one that 'drips' after cutting. Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.snowpeakiris.com/newweb/navpage.htm