Irises: What I've Learned on DG, 0 by hespiris

hespiris wrote:
I love the old 'whites' and have a garden of many not-identified. I put together a collage of Gudrun and I. florentina and this is a trial to see if the details is good-enough.
Gudrun is a large bloom on a relatively short stalk, overall heftier than florentina in both bloom and plant. Gudrun just happens to be one of my favorites and I thought your unknown looks very similar in the 'frilled edge' on all the petals and the way the spathes are plentiful and tucked close to the stem. I puts up a nice show in the garden. In terms of the color, there is more yellow in Gudrun (warm) and blue in florentine for a 'cool white'.
Because it is so hard to tell the size of blooms in pictures, I often compare it to a handy item like a pen... or my finger for my picture records.
Happy hunting!