Irises: IDs?, 1 by themikesmom

themikesmom wrote:
Hi! your first pic appears to be either 'MISS CALIFORNIA' Salbach 1938 or 'MELANIE' Hill 1941, they both get very tall usually 48" but neither has bloomed for us yet so I dont know the bloom times that might be a way to see which on it is that you have. Superstition carries Miss California and we recieved Melanie from 1913cat. We have 'Easter Bonnet' and it bloomed for the first time for us this year and it has more of a lighter pink than yours, as yours is rosier, and Easter Bonnet has much more yellow at the beard and center and the bloom is very large and billowy. ill post our pic of it.Your second Historic one is what they call a variegata, which means it is yellow to cream on top standards and red to maroon brown on bottom falls. to me yours looks like 'Honorabile' Lemon 1840 and not Chenedolle as 'Honorible' has the rounded falls like yours. we dont yet grow that one, but its very lovely. all of your iris are very lovely. hope I could help.
Honorabile http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/33172/
Melanie http://www.hips-roots.com/photos/melanie-pv.html
Miss California http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/72285/

heres our Easter Bonnet pic May of 2013

This message was edited Nov 15, 2013 10:57 AM