There is a plant exchange forum, but traffic there is pretty low.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/exgard

You might have better luck on the iris forum on garden.org.

https://garden.org/forums/view/irises/

Best wishes!

TY!

Your post reminded me of this one about historic iris:

Benton House (1873) Historic Garden, Indianapolis, IN.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/5585591/pre-1900-iris-species-cultivars#n=4

Yes, I saw that on here earlier. There are a lot of beautiful old homes here. Some have a few iries. Of coure they should have more!

I visited this iris farm this summer and I just noticed they advertise some historic iris :

https://www.willowbendirisfarm.com/historic-iris-c-42.html

Ty!

You're welcome. They appear to be mostly sold out for this season, but maybe you can check them out next season. I purchased two iris from them. I will be picking them up the second week of August so I can comment on their plant size/health then. Touring their property was definitely awesome.

EIScoloradosprings Irissociety <eiscosprings@gmail.com>. I just purchased iris from this group of home growers.

https://craftonhillsirisfarm.com/  take a look here. I see historical here.

Thank you! I just looked and most of their historics are younger than 1940, one is sold out, and I have already purchased one of them from elsewhere. I do appreciate your help though.

I want to thank you for starting the post, Deborah. We bought a house in 1980 that was built in 1965 and it had some irises. Of course I never knew the name. I will never know for sure, but one listed on both of the sites above looks exactly like them. They have spread over the years and I have hundreds.

https://www.willowbendirisfarm.com/tall-bearded-(a-b)-babbling-brook-p-259.html

Checked that site, they are sold out. TY!

EIS Colorado Springs had a mail order sale this past weekend. It appears it is over. TY!

I am new to named iris{NOID resues in picture}

and got a end of sale last year box. It was fun having a garage sale box. I was invited this year. so got 6 I found . now if I can figure. out the perfect places for each one. on facebook their is a group that helps idenfiy irises. most members the page are from Germany.

I was going to suggest joining the Historic Iris Society as well. https://www.historiciris.org/ Membership is $13 a year... You get advance notice of the irises they have available for their live on line sale in July.. As a member you also get to order before the general public.. They usually sell them at $ 6.50 each and that includes shipping.. Well worth the membership fee..

Ty, I have been a !e!ber for quite a few years. This year I bought some and also bought one of the mystery boxes.

Do you need 'Evolution'? 1929

I have an old lavender grape scented one. Not sure of the name. I have another older one that hasn't bloomed in years. Obviously I need to move them. If I remember how they look correctly, I think it might be Rameses.