Trying to identify this lovely TB iris. Does anyone have ideas?
I have had this gorgeous gal in my garden for YEARS, and she's one of my very best bloomers. Very prolific, and amazing to look at. I got her from a friend who gave me some other known Intermediate Bearded iris, 'Freely Given'. I got the Freely Given, but this one came along for the ride. Freely Given wasn't so good in my garden for some reason, but this one has been incredible... VERY tough and very prolific. It even survived a scrape with a careless application of Round-Up. It's super tough in our Texas droughts. Season wise, it is one of my later bloomers, blooming toward the second half of our TB season. It's very tall, getting close to 48" sometimes, but averaging around 44". Fragrance isn't all that impressive like some of my others, but it's a real visual treat. The beards are reddish-tangerine, with a golden-tan shading to the hafts, and some veining. Buds appear golden when tight, but then shade out to the light peach. These photos are reasonably close to the actual color (on my monitor, anyway). It's also SUPER prolific and throws increases like no one's business, LOL! I have to divide it about every 3 years or it will crowd itself out!
I sent several other pictures of this one to our local Iris club and to the American Iris Society to see if anyone had ideas for me, but no one responded.
Does ANYONE recognize this incredible iris?
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Megan McGowan (USDA Zone 8A)
3 years ago
Here's another picture that I tried to include in the first post, but it didn't take. Gives a better look at the smaller details and clues, like style arms and style crest, and the hafts.
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
3 years agoRelated Discussions
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Comments (9)This iris is SPIN-OFF. I introduced it in 1987. If you go to GOOGLE, then MORE and choose Google Images and type in [spin-off + iris] you can see several images of it. My last iris introduction was THAT'S ALL FOLKS in 2005. We are devoted entirely to daylilies now. You can see my daylily efforts by clicking on "coming attractions" on daylilygarden.net. Enjoy! Bill Maryott Here is a link that might be useful: Maryott's Gardens...See Moredoes anybody else love dutch iris
Comments (24)They don't make it up here. Makes me sad because I do like them. Sometimes some come back for a couple years but less and less and even less blooms and then nothing. If I planted 100 I can expect to see 50 live through the winter and wet spring. Only half of those 50 bloom and the following year it's halfed again the same way. I was kind of hoping Walmart was going to get some in as spring bulbs this year but they didn't. Last year they had a big bag for next to nothing but I passed because I was too busy. The notheast I think is just too cold and wet for them. I kind of see a bit of a pattern here. TX is dry compared to the east, so is most of CA. MS is a wet state, same for NJ and NH. MS is certainly mild enough but lots of rain. Anybody have luck in the northern plains states or provinces? They are treated as annuals here. Cheap enough so you don't bother digging and storing them. I really don't remember but I think walmart's cheap bag was 250 of them for $3.88. My husband bought some for the gardens at the state prison and kind of got mad at me when I told him they wouldn't make it. Couldn't understand why walmart would sell something that wouldn't survive. Actually Walmart's plant dept is full of perennials and shrubs that won't make a harsh winter up here....See MoreDoes hardiness vary from iris to iris?
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoHi Ken, thanks for your input. I'm a beginning hobby-hybridizer, and intend to register some of my new ones so it's helpful to know the cultivar name. AIS actually pretty much requires it.
The majority of my collection are named cultivars. It's helpful to have the pedigree so that I can look back into the lines to see what patterns, colors, etc. appear in the lineages of the parent cultivars. I'd like to use the "unidentified" peach iris in breeding, so I'm anxious to know who she is. I've had her for many years. She's an outstanding iris, very sturdy and tough, and prolific. She pretty much shrugs off everything that's been thrown at her and comes out looking great. I had a cluster planted in another section of my gardens only for a careless grounds crew to hit things with a "wild" spray of Round-Up. I lost several good irises in that event, but that BIG peach one survived... damaged, flowers toasted for the season... but bloomed like a crazy plant the following spring, and just keeps on going. The "white" is just a trick of the light. This iris is actually a self peach... peach standards, peach falls, peach style arms and style crest. All peach, except for the golden-tan shading and veining on the hafts.
This one is my new arrival for 2021. "Her" pollen parent is 'Surf Lady' and her pod parent is 'Chasing Rainbows'. I have a name selected for her, which is being kept proprietary until registration.
Next up, this is 'Surf Lady'... pollen parent
This is 'Chasing Rainbows', pod parent
Megan McGowan (USDA Zone 8A)
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3 years agolast modified: 3 years agoken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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