what's your favorite mdb, sdb, ib, & bb iris??????

i would like to add mdb, sdb, ib, & bb irises to the borders of my garden. do you have a favorite?

Well, for IB's, I like:

Attitude http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/75058/

Blackcurrant http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/74097/

Delirium http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/73767/

Domaine http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/74098/

Frothingslosh http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/73542/

Hot Spice http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69585/



For SDB's, I like:

Beach Baby http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/72981/

Bloodstone http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69493/

Death by Chocoalte http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/71888/

Dot Com http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/71734/

Flirting Again http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/72232/

Jungle Gem http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69692/

Muggles http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/71740/

Pippi Longstockings http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69613/

Puddy Tat http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/74077/

Ruby Eruption http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/72879/

Sapphire Gem http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69627/

Serendipity Elf http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/71739/

Starbaby http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69642/

Trajectory http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69679/

Ultimate http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/71743/

Webmaster http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/74658/

Yearling http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/69690/


For MDB's, I like:

Aurora Sea http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/25651/

Cinnamon Apples http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/25967/

Tooth Fairy http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/78975/


Oh! How I'm longing for spring.....

laura, great choices!! a great variety of colors. bloodstone, muggles, & aurora sea were my favorite.

oh! i'm longing for spring, too..................it's so cold here!

add me to the list...it is very, very wet and I am tried of the webbed feet already.

Spring hurry up and get here

D

flowerfrenzy, you're a very BAD influence on me!! LOL I started writing down the ones from your list that I like the most and then I had to remind myself that I have absolutely NO MORE room to plant anything!

Wow Denise, you mean you haven't floated away yet? LOL I thought we were going to yesterday. Good thing we got a little break from the rain yesterday though. We had a small lake forming on the sidewalk in front of our house. I saw a beautiful double rainbow the other day though.....that's one nice thing about moisture in the air.....but then of course you need a little sunbreak to see them. ;-)

mgh~

Come on now, you know there's always room for one more! LOL!

Laura

Well for me it means another field...I was good this year, I did not order from Barry Blyth and that is the first time in 5 years..but turned around and ordered from Superstition. Will order from Keppel, Mid America and Ghio this year.

But the field is for more than one reason, one need to do crop rotation and then going to have an area for the new acquisitions, my own seedlings which this year is judgement time...

Now Mendy the driveway was completely under water all the way to the house! But did not get to the iris, sibs, ji or daylilies, this coming week will cover the potted plants for the balance of winter, just wish I was feeling human.

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays to each and every one of you on Dave's Garden

D

Definitely Concertina (IB)

Everyone in a warm climate should grow Lenora Perle. This IM blooms three times a year for me. And has a light fragrance too.

Those are gorgeous, doss.

Time to chime in--Love that Tiger Honey for the streaks & multitude of blooms!

I love Az Ap(IB) for giving me one month of heavily blooming clumps last spring!

wanda, both are beautiful!

Both will multiply too fast for you to keep up! Ha Ha I love this old historic TB Color Carnival for the distinct markings.

I haven't answered this thread because I don't even know where to start! I have soooooo many favorite dwarfs and medians. These will be listed in no particular order of preference.

MDB
Alpine Lake
Aurora Sea
Bit More
Blue Doll
Sparky
Western Circles

SDB
Snow Tree
What Again
Little Episode
Firestorm
Advance Design
Chanted
Chocolate Cupcake
Cute or What
Pele
Pilgrims' Choice
Tantara
With Castanets
Cat's Eye
Chubby Cheeks
Gentle Grace

IB
Az Ap
Clara Garland
Midsummer Nights Dream
Monsignor
Red Zinger
Sonoran Sands
Special Class
Starwoman
Tact
Triplet
Country Dance
Dream Indigo
Pink Kitten
Concertina
Protocol
Goddess of Luck

BB
Cranapple
Headline Banner
Orinoco Flow
Mini Champagne

You can see pics of all of these in the PlantFiles.

I'm also very fond of the MTBs, but you didn't ask about them.

Laurie

laurie, i have spent the last 2 hours looking in the plantfiles looking at everyones pictures. i have a long list. can you tell me your favorite MTB's? i looked at your home page, shadowood this afternoon. i bet your gardens are beautiful! belinda

Only two hours???? Get to work! LOL!

I'm fairly new to MTBs myself, but they do so well here that they are quickly becoming one of my favorite bearded classes. Here are some that I particularly enjoy:

Tyke
Merit
Concord Sprite
Aachen Elf
Carolyn Rose
Honorabile
Steffie
Crystal Ruffles
Smash
Welch's Reward
Fakir's Fire
Bangles

i'm still looking at the plantfiles. i have 3 window opens. one for plantfiles, one for my garden journal and one for google. that's doesn't count the hours, i spent at shadowood. the irises that are marked no longer grows here, could i ask the reasons why? belinda

p.s. how's pb doing?

I have to say that SDB's are my very favorite bearded irises. I love the TB's because they are very impressive when they're blooming. However, the medians are faster increasers, have less disease and/or rotting problems and come in a much wider range of color combinations. As long as they get a good winter chill, they're just awesome!

Belinda,

Most of the irises that fail here are modern TBs (and BBs) that just aren't tough enough to handle my severe climate and growing conditions. Frigid winters that often lack adequate insulating snowfall, summers that boil, borers that devour, clay that suffocates, native companion plants that crowd and choke, deer that graze and trample, a woefully (and shamelessly) lazy gardener - it's not an easy life for irises here. Even so, the dwarfs, medians, and many of the beardless irises do very well for me.

Wrong forum for PB talk, but he's doing wonderfully. We might even make graduation to fully integrated family member by 1/1/06!!!

Laurie

Hey, Belinda, I just realized you're in OH. If you're interested in dwarfs and medians, you have the premier hybridizers of such irises right there in-state! You REALLY ought to be getting in touch with the Willotts!

Laurie

laurie, wow! your zone must be terrible. i live on a farm, we have alot of deer. they don't bother my flowers. we're surrounded with corn fields and they like the corn better. i tried to google the willotts and i couldn't find them. do you know the name of their garden?

belinda

p.s. i know but i was just wandering about pb plus i love to read your stories!

The deer primarily only bother my irises in early spring before their natural browse leafs out and again in the fall after the browse defoliates but before the iris beds are covered with snow.

Tony & Dorothy Willott
26231 Shaker Blvd
Beachwood, OH 44122
(216) 831-8662
DWiris@aol.com

thanks, laurie. they are about 2hrs. from me. the deer like the daylilies around here.

Laurie is a truly dedicated Iris Lover! I don't have to put up with half those problems--just late frosts and keeping them dry in my mixed beds. Oh, and Walker the Wonderdog running thru chasing the rabbits that are eating my lilies & phlox.