Irises: 75% discount need advice, 1 by Betja

Betja wrote:
I purchased my first 6 iris rhizomes from Lowe's for starters back in the early 2000's, they looked absolutely horrible and I couldn't see any green (didn't know enough about them to realize there should be some), and yet they did all finally bloom -- but it took more than two years to see any flowers. And what I found was that 4 of the 6 were not what they were supposed to be. That was a bummer, but I will say that the ones I ended up with were very nice and I wasn't really disappointed, although I finally gave away all but one because it really bugs me to have an iris I don't know the name of. Here's the one I've kept all these years -- was supposed to be MARY FRANCES, a beautiful lavender iris. But I really recommend you purchase from an iris specialist if possible so you won't have to go through all that. And I must say that when they finally did bloom I was really hooked, and I now have over 400!