2010 Iris Season Begins ....Part Two

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Iris prep picture
1. Write name on foliage., remove from garden and wash off. I use a scrub brush on the rhizomes.
2. Soak in a 10 percent solution of bleach water, one cup bleach to nine cups of water. for 10 minutes,
3. Trim foliage and discard, do not compost. Let dry. I usually package in a brown paper bag with a picture of the bloom and a garden marker. Vinyl blinds make great markers.

Watch out for 'bleach splash'. I now have a pair of couderoy pant s which have perminent brown spots on them as the iris fell into the continer of wash & have to be used for gardening only.

Thank you! Now I can do right by my poor rescued babies as I get them sent to new homes.

dragonfly62.....your NOID looks like Champagne Elegance.

agreed

Here's a hint for identifying noid irises. Once you think you have found the correct name, ask for it from someone that is already growing it in your zone. Plant it next to yours and wait until it blooms to be sure it blooms at the same time, and looks the same. If not from your zone, you may have to wait two years before the characteristics match. I have identified both Wabash and Flavescens this way. I am currently looking for Gingersnap being grown in zone 5. I am trying to help Happydad id some of his.

Dragonfly62 -- Yes Village Gossip is a small flower. I was disappointed the first time it bloomed because I usually love the big ruffled ones. But it more than makes up for it’s size. The contrasting colors really stands out even across the garden people notice it first.

TroubleX2 -- I got my Bewilderbeast from Shreiners several years ago. Don’t know if they still have it.

Betja – Thanks for the info on Merchant Marine. Yes my NOID does look like Gracious Curves….but the standards are definitely a pale, pale pink.

Chapeau is starting to unfurl...

Pass the Wine...

Oasis Danica...

Fortunate Son...

No earthly idea whatsoever as to what this one is...

A beautiful noid.

Another beauty

These are stunning.

Love that!!! Nice pics all!! BEV

Bea, Are those the same as mine. Anytime you want to trade three fans of your black beauty just dmail me WOW!!

I second the WOW on Bea's black beauty!

Thanks DF. I just love the beard on the black beauty. The plant may be large enough to divide next year. Let ya know. Our blue ones look similar although yours look a bit more on the lavender side.Mine are more blue in person. Maybe the cameras we have capture the color differently.

I am looking for a white ruffled one with an orange beard. I gave all mine away and didn't know it till I had none about 12 yrs ago.

I have learned that cameras do do that. Thanks

av_ocd_girl
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Do you ever trade for Daylilies?
April

Fall Fiesta is still looking good in my garden. My TB show is almost over :(

Edith Wolford

Evening Tidings

Looking good after a day of rain

Made of Magic finally opened

Laced Cotton

Tumalo Sunset again. Love this one! I hope it increases fast :)

Trouble X2.............Yes, I used to trade my daylilies all the time, then I realized I never had many blooms or had any clumps, 'cause they were always getting dug up....LOL

It's been several years since I've dug any so D-mail me and we can do a trade. I actually have a few in pots that I could trade also.

This is one of my un-named seedlings.
Need to think of a good name for it.

I love suggesting names if you don't mine. LMK.
Pink Poise, Energizer Honey, Tickles Me Pink. Can't help it. BEV

What about 'Pink Dreamer'?

"Local Color"

I love those names............Keep 'em comin' !!!

I'll have to check the database and see if they've already been used.

av_ocd_girl
I meant me send you some daylilies for Bewilderbeast. What I should have said is will you trade iris for daylilies.

One of my favorite historics -- W.R. DYKES (Dykes-Orpington, 1926)

Our 'Golden Panther' bloomed today...

Golden Panther! WOW!!! Love it!

I'm especially excited about the "broken color" irises that are giving me their first blooms this year!

Here's 'Batik', a deeper royal blue than this photo shows (those blue/purple colors are hard to capture!)