Intermediates Not too Tall, Not Too Short

I am overwhelmed again this year by the large blooms and short foliage of my Intermediate iris. They bloom between the Dwarfs and Tall Bearded--extending my iris season. the color range is nothing short of amazing!

Aardvark Antickz

Az Ap is as clear a blue as you can ask for with tons of blooms!

Beautiful!

Avanelle--white with a crisp form that is never wilted by heat or chilled by late frost.

Appleblossum Pink is incredibly soft and girlish---

Potluck just opened today with a flurry of mulberry & pale yellow cream blooms...

Sunshine Boy always make me smaile with blooms that are beautifully detailed and 5 inches across!

Oh Wanda. They are GO-OR-GE-OUS!
:-)

Az Ap just went on my 'want list'! They are all beautiful!

I like the height, the blooming period and the way they hold up. No fall over in strong winds!

Here's a soft orange--All Right

A cranberry plicata for a little variation--- Chatterbox

Concoction is somewhere between pink and blue--a beautiful color!

Here is an old Intermediate with a deep velvet texture--- Eleanor Roosevelt

Red Zinger just opened for the first time this morning. I've had it for 4 years waiting for a bloom--a hard freeze got the buds last year.

The violet color of Viola and the ruffles have really grabbed me this year!

Whoops--one of those sneaky dwarfs slipped in---delicate colors of Add it Up?

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The number of blooms on Az Ap is amazing. That looks like one blooming fool.

Susan

Az Ap usually blooms heavily for a month each year. it also increases quickly. I don't know how it manages it.

Harlow Gold is an IB Beauty!

Kermit is a "green" iris. People either love it or say "interesting..."

Peachy Face is just like silk---

Here is a good example why I like the Intermediates so much. lots of flower power in a contained area....

Fast Forward has a huge bloom in wonderful colors!

John is an Intermediate with a smokey gold color. I'm not sure if I like it yet.

Radiant Burst is REALLY gorgeous this year with it's brighly painted blooms!

Some of the Intermediates are small bloomed and others are comparable to many Tall Beardeds. Low Ho Silver has not only a large bloom, but is a consistent fall rebloomer in my zone 5 garden.

Raspberry Blush gives a nice big bloom in a sumptious color...

Moss Bay has a greenish tinge to it's smallish but crisply marked blooms.

This SIlver Strings only sees about 3 hours of sun a day as it grows under a small tree. Love that blue!

Lunar Frost is a clean white with a lemon center. Luscious!

Viola and Lunar Frost are both great. I love that shade of violet in the garden. I'm at work now and there are 4 vases full of Iris on the desk. Two of my co-workers and I all brought some in yesterday. I need to get some photos posted, but am having problems with my computer at home, so just have to enjoy looking at yours.

Susan

Susan, is is heaven or torture to have iris surround you but not be where they are growing?

Had several DGers visit my overloaded iris beds this afternoon & evening: Alwaysweeding, Pho, Linda_IA and my friend JoAnn. All had ulterior motives & making lists . Last year's frosted buds caused HUGE overblooming clumps this year. need to split them again....

I enjoy looking at the blooms in vases as well as outdoors, but I'd much rather be outside than in here. Your Iris seem to be making up for last year Wanda. Beautiful!!

In Spades! Tall Beardeds are blooming --250 colors--thousands of blooms on big clumps! I'm having an "Open Garden" for the next 2 days to look for new members for our CR Garden club.

Gosh Wand, you really have the magic touch!! I've never seen such healthy looking big clumps! (except maybe for yours lincolnitess :-) I am learning so much from you all at Daves and getting reinspired when I make mistakes. I think thats how I learn best though, by making all the mistakes that are possible lol!

This is a special year for iris all around here. I've just lukced out with 250 different colors all deciding to bloom hard the same year. Could be 10 years before it cycles this way again...