I'm confused! Amas and Anne Newhard

I think they look the same. Both are blooming and both look the same, but I think Anne Newhard has a smaller bloom. Am I right? Can anyone give me other things I should be looking for to tell the difference between the two?

Sue, I don't have any pics of the two yet this year, but my 2005 pics show a definite bluish cast to the Amas with drooping falls and distinctive white shoulders..

The Anne Newhard has more of a rosy cast with velvety falls and pronounced gold beard. Anyway, that's how these two are marked in my garden. Very differnt in color, but both large blooms.

You can find a pic and description of AMAS on the HIPS site here:

http://www.worldiris.com/public_html/Frame_pages/QFix.html

Thanks Ladies. Laurie that is a cool website, it helped me to identify another one of ours. :)

Just remember, please, that you can not confirm the identity of an iris by a photo and/or written description alone. If you think you have found a match for an unknown, you should purchase the potential match to grow side by side with your unknown in your own garden so that you can make comparisons of all physical features (not JUST the flower) and growth characteristics.

Laurie

This message was edited May 17, 2006 2:12 PM

Very good point.

that is so true and I have really learned that lesson this year. I have iris that look quiet different in regard to color/shade compared with last year due to different weather conditions.

Just FYI, color is the very LAST thing anyone should try to compare using internet photos when trying to research possible matches for unknown irises. It's much more important to compare flower forms, markings, and patterns than color. Color is far too variable in living plants under different growing and lighting conditions, in either digital or hard copy photo formats, and in different browsers on different computer monitors. Color is the absolute least reliable aspect of identification in iris photos.

Laurie

I notice color changes in my own beds with the same clump of iris from year to year. "Words & Music" was cream last year & definitely peach this year!