What am I ?

newbie, I love iris. Anyone know what this is?
thanks charlotteda

Are bearded Iris like daylilies? So many kinds they are hard to ID ?
charlotte

How about Best Bet or Congraulations?

Cathy

I think there are over 10,000 registered irises. Not as many as daylilies, but still confusing enough. I purposely give away irises that bloom too close in color so I can keep them all straight. I'm lazy that way.

I am leaning towards Best Bet too. This is what mine looked like:

thank you Ginger MA

this is my congratulations.

There are actually more than 54,000 registered non-bulbous irises. It is virtually impossible to positively ID an unknown iris through photos alone when there are dozens, if not hundreds or thousands, of cultivars which look very much alike. I'm afraid the best you can hope for is to develop a list of possible matches that you can purchase and grow side by side with your unknown to make in-person, in-garden comparisons over the next couple of years. That's really the best way to attempt to positively ID an iris.

Good luck,

Laurie

Laurie, You're right. Not even color photos work due to discrepancies in processing or scanning. Just hold onto the tags of all the ones you plant!

Years ago someone said they always bury a big label under each iris so even if you lose the above ground label, you can eventually ID when dividing. However, make sure it is a very long label if you use venetian blinds when you plant siberians. Small tags get lost in the root mass. I started out using old pill containers (waterproof you know) That was a bad idea. Long labels work much better.
Inanda