Siberians and species part 3

Your pseudatas appear to be very happy!

Yep. Aichi has buds too.
Mauve Majesty. hey, it has 6 falls!

Boojum you have some beautiful Iris. You really have a green thumb with them. Keep em coming.

Thanks, rebloomnut! The japanese irises are still lookin good here.

And the other direction. The clumps of green foliage are sibs. I am still cutting down their bloom stalks. Takes me forever!
I am mostly done with a new bed on the other side of this big garden-so it will be horseshoe shaped.

It is just as well that I don't grow JI as we now have a total ban on watering! I can't believe that I live in the wettest area of eastern North America and we have a watering ban. I am sneaking at night to water pots but the rest of the garden is on its own.

Meanwhile I am still on the tail end of the siberian season....here is Harpswell Happiness

an unknown sib that shot up in my clump of White Dove....the flowers are twice the size of White Dove on taller stems...maybe a spontaneous tetraploid!

Here is another of my sibcolor hybrids....it is much later than the rest which are now just about finished.

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Here is my versata....similar to Polly's Night flash

I can't take credit for this one...it is a pseudata X virginica, supposedly...I'm not convinced.

This is my virginica Dottie's Double X versicolor 'Murrayana'...I guess it is a X robusta

Here is Dottie's Double itself

This was a wild card...I crossed I. versicolor 'Pink Peaks' with I. chrysographes....didn't think it would take but the pod was full of seed. Here is one of the offspring...the rest looked like Pink peaks so I'm thinking this one is just a versicolor too...albeit a nice-coloured one....if it sets seed itself, then my suspicions are confirmed...if it is sterile, well.......

/wow is all I can say! Keep it up and hope to see many in the USA soon

D

Wonderful crosses, Todd. The one in the White Dove clump looks like a spuria. Any chance?

Fabulous, Todd! Love your versata and robusta. I am also looking forward to seeing them in my garden some day! I read that murrayana is indigenous to Newfoundland, so why did you get the seeds from Marty and Jan? Just curious or nosey!

We need to get Todd marketing these!

Interesting story about Murrayana....the plant was found in Newfoundland in the 1930's. The gentleman, Mr. Murray, sent plants to Agnes Marion Ayre, a local amateur botanist. She described it to Fernald who names it Murrayana. She also sent it to her sister (or a friend) in England, where it was grown and passed around. Eventually it made it to the States. Meanwhile, the only plant ever collected and seen locally was the one dug to give to Agnes, so our local plant was extirpated. I met a friend of Marty and Jan in Newfoundland and told them about the Murrayana...they contacted Marty who then sent me 3 plants! I hope to re-introduce it to the wild some day.

More biverstatas opening...this was my above versata crossed back to versicolor.....this one seemed to retain more of the ensata parent than the other biversata offspring.

Another seedling from the same cross....I love the intense colour, but it looks more like versicolor.

Todd you have a wonderful collection there. I love the idea of putting Murrayana back into the wild. We have lost to many already. You have a lot of knowledge. Thank you for sharing. Steph

Thanks for filling us in, Todd. Great story and I hope you do get to re-introduce it.
I love the yellow signal line on the biversata.

Memorial Tribute.

Oriental Eyes.

El exejente approves.

Dirigo Blue Plate opening.

My Kathleen.

Opening. Love this one. It's one from Steve Smith that JPW is selling.

R. Giskard with the filipendulas.

Are the tall pink ones filipendula? My daugher said they look like cotton candy. She wants to grow some in her garden with billowy pink and blue iris, lol. It is very pretty. One more I have to look up. So many of the norther plants just won't grow here.

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JI Silent Thunder

Nice one!!
Geisha Ogi. Just got this from Andrew's field last week.

Sing the Blues just opened.

View with Ocean Mist. Sounds like a travel brochure.

My Kathleen with filipendulas.

Aichi-No-Kagayaki.

My Aichi has been very slow growing for some reason. Love Sing The Blues!

I am just drinking all this up. And it sure is delicious!

Just one thing to add: I have a friend here in Minneapolis (zone 4) that has grown the straight species Iris brevicaulis and I. fulva for more than a decade. She keeps the garden moist, but it's not in a wet area. I think you should try the Louisiana iris, Todd.

My Aichi is short this year and I think it bloomed later than last year. Nope, just checked and it bloomed on the exact same date last year 7/13/08!!

Looks like I am sending 3 of my hybrid sibtosa/sibcolors hybrids to the 2011 meeting in Victoria. Guess I will have to plan on attending!

Wow, great, Todd!

I just got my first sibtosa. I did a trade with Cristy Hensler and got Loophole.