Building the EXCITEMENT for bloom season 2014!!!

I can hardly wait!! Sharing pictures from 2013! Kisses from Kansas to all my BIF! (best iris friends) Kisses from Kansas! See Nickys Iris on facebook also Iris Lovers! pic Babylon Queen

Wester Ambience!!

Wright's Flight

Yes!

Trumped!

Toucan Tango

This is a picture that shows my insanity!! This will be my third bloom season at this location. Ran out of room in our yard, so bought 5 lots at auction!

Amazing thing to do. good luck with them all.

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one to buy more ground just to plant iris !!looks good ! If the snow ever melts, maybe we'll have bloom in 2014 !...Arlyn

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Tobacco Chew Happy Friday BIFs!! Hope your snow melts@@spring!! LOL I just hope I sell more $ than I buy this year.

My Favorite Iris from 2013 Was OYEZ, I just love the veins on it its really amazing, we got it from willowbend in 2012 and it bloomed 2013. we have it planted at the bottom of the front yard in front of two big clumps of INDIAN CHIEF. Our 2ND favorite one from 2013 was this TALL BURGANDY NOID that came up all by itself in the Indian Chief and towered over it like it's guardian at 52" tall. We got the Indian Chief as a large flat of cut fans from a women In Ohio 3 years ago and this one that came up this year as Tall Burgandy Noid was one that she accidently pulled next to the indian chief that was also one of her grandmothers'. It's similar to the Red Douglas, but much taller and larger bloom.

Better form than 'The Red Douglas'.

I Agree, and Also we had never seen an Iris So tall that was an Historic besides ALTA CALIFORNIA, which also bloomed for us the first time this year after we got it from an elderly couple a few blocks over from us. It also topped out at 52" tall! those are the only 2 we have that tall historic or modern.

CREOLE BELLE Nicholls 1934

last ones..KENTUCKY COAL 1984 and NIGHTFALL 1942 BY Hall are tied as the 4th Favorites of mine 2013 after Creole Belle as my 3rd Favorite.

This is Butterfly Baby, one of a few historics that I grow. It is feeling like spring here! 60 degrees.

Tom Johnson

No spring for a long time. Plenty of snow even if the temperature is up later in the week. We are having our regional hybridizer's meeting this week end so we will have a great time talking plants.

Your BUTTERFLY BABY is Absolutely Fantastic Nicky!! I had not heard of it before, it is pretty rare! here is the link for it http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/131973/ Its From 1966 By Herd. The Veining on it is Spectactular! I have one coming this summer thats similar called Stripped Butterfly thats an old arilbred but I dont think its as nice as yours, but very similar color, veining, and characteristics!

It actually sells pretty well! for being an oldie!! Here is a better picture. Happy Friday to all!

Brook Flower, another of my oldies!

I brought some heirloom irises to Florida to grow them up a bit before sharing them with family and I must say the foliage is looking pretty good. The only things blooming are my hibiscus and poinsettias.

Nickisiris,
Your Toucan Tango looks very different from mine. I purchased mine from Scheiners. It is one of my streaked favorites.

Edited to add that no flowers are streaked the same.

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I have these blooming so far already...we're in south-central Texas, and our season starts early.

Dauntless, and ??? (if anyone knows what it is, feel free to say. :~D)

I think mine was purchased from Zebra Gardens. If you click on it, it looks more like yours in a close-up!! LOL pic Scented Wonder

HEARTBEAT AWAY by Christopherson 2002 was our first yellow iris and modern space age with it's long blue-purple horns. Although we are usually partial to the historics. I think this is our favorite yellow.

INDIAN CHIEF at Sunset here in NC, May 2013.

Love your HEARTBEAT AWAY. I have one called TRIPLE WHAMMY see first photo.

I also have a hand pollinated seedling that passed on the horns.

I am looking forward to the blooms of all my iris seedling. Many bloomed last year, the est should bloom this year. Likewise daylily seedlings.

Sunrise Promenade!

Spring Madness!!! It is getting closer!!

You folks with blooms already are making me crazy! Lol I have a couple more months for mine so I'll have to be content looking at yours.

same here I.pumila blooms in April. We should get the reticulata by then also if the snow ever leaves.

I also have these blooming right now...Dauntless, Celebration Song, and Drama Queen. And I've learned that the blue/purple ones I posted earlier are "Grandma's Blue Flag".

Very pretty!

Last year's bloom:

SDB Lemon Chill

@Blooma, thanks for the compliment! Both Your TRIPPLE WHAMMY and My HEARTBEAT AWAY, are both Children of SKY HOOKS, I believe, from Osborne 1979. It has the lovely palest sky blue on the beard and also sky blue horns recieved it from BlueJ in Nebraska two years ago.

CALLIOPE'S DREAM from Ladislav Muska, is our Favorite Modern Space Age. It has the most wonderful fragrance of Grapefruit Citrus. I have smelled Orange Citrus, or Lemon scented irises before, but never Grapefruit fragrance, it is really unique. one of the first irises we ever ordered from Sheri at Blue-J.

IrisMA's Very Pretty SDB LEMON CHILL reminds me of this ancient MTB historic we grow that gets about 18-21 inches, that was here when we moved in in 2006 called SHERWIN WRIGHT. It blooms longer than any other iris we have from ML Season to Very Very Late Season. last pic shows all the papery spathes from the bloomed out mostly sweet iris and and Alcazsr with SHERWIN WRIGHT still blooming till the daylilies start opening up.

A long bloom season is handy.

I shouldn't have looked at these. Now I'm itching to plant some new Iris. I've tried to narrow it down, but not having much luck.