Irises: The first iris bloom is six days early , 1 by Mainer

Mainer wrote:
Now this MTB is Honorabile by Jean Nicolas Lemon, 1840. It changes in color intensity each year so some years it is very dark, others very light, it is all over the country as a noid and many sports have come off of this plant. I do own several sports like Joseph Coat Katkatamier, Kaleidoscop and unfortunately my Sherman-Wright died this winter in the ice storm because it was only planted last July and never bloomed.

I can show the sports if you want to see the difference because they did bloom last year.