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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Last week was the peak of the Iris season in my garden. I'm finally getting around to downloading some of the photos of the tall bearded ones. About half of them bloomed for the first time this year and what a joy it was to see those new beauties! Here is part of my back Iris bed. In the back are Princess Bride, Red Hawk, and Return Address. In front, Hot Spiced Wine, Ocean Pacific, Splash of Raspberry and Return Address.

Susan

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Here is a close up of Return Address. I really like it.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Supreme Sultan, an old favorite. Always really large blooms.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Princess Bride. I'm undecided about this one. The blooms are rather short and dumpy looking, but it does seem to have a high bud count. Cute in it's own way.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Orange Blossom Special. Lovely creamey orange.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Fjord. Nice light blue.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

The Iris in my front bed are all ones I've had awhile; The lavender with varigated leaves is pallida, the purple and white one is Stepping Out and the yellow and white one is Wedding Frills.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

sorry, double post.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Fantasm. Not a very good photo, but very unique.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Sorry again.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Back Iris bed.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Back Iris bed again. The red one on the left is Red Hawk.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

This one I think may be my favorite. Xanthippe's Halo.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Devil's Fork. Prettier than it looks here.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Ocean Pacific, Hot Spiced Wine and Splash of Raspberry.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Splash of Raspberry and Ocean Pacific again. OP in one of my favorite blues.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Gay Parosol. Very pretty one from a DG member.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Breakers is a very large vivid blue one.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Trillion has it all!

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Ostentatious put on a great show! Another favorite.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Millenium Sunrise. A very bold saffron yellow.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

This is Return Address in front and Red Hawk behind it.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Sorry, I'm having problems with double posts today!

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

The same area from the other end. This is Splashacato in the front, with Millenium Falcon behind it. They are so much alike in color that I need to move one.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Hot Spiced wine is not a large flower, but is a great very saturated color of reddish wine.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

This is a planting of Siberian Iris that are at the top of a waterfall in the park across the street from me.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

And my very dirty dog sitting in front of the waterfall.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Sun Power. A very small bright yellow one. May be small because it's not in the best location.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

A better one of Trillion.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Queen's Circle.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Jerrassic Park

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gingerjar La Plata, MD(Zone 7a) May 27, 2006

Those are really beautiful, Susan. You have a great collection. Glad I strayed from the daylily forum and discovered them.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

A lovely peach one, Laurel Park.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Thanks Don! I just got a new camera and finally figured out to download it, so I have a lot to post. I like Iris almost as much as daylilies. This is Romatic Evening.

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seedpicker_TX (Taylor) Plano, TX(Zone 8a) May 27, 2006

Love that trillion. I have that one, but it is just getting going...

I wanna see more pictures of that waterfall!!
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lilyfantn Kingsport, TN(Zone 6b) May 27, 2006

Oh Susan - what a wonderful garden you have!! It makes me a little homesick for Lincoln to see your pictures. We lived there for about 5 years back in the 80's. You must have the prettiest garden in town. Thanks to your pictures and lots of other Dave's iris posters, I now have about 50 iris ordered for late summer and am working feverishly on getting their beds ready lol!

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caitlinsgarden McGregor, IA(Zone 4b) May 27, 2006

What a lovely rainbow of blooms! You must have the prettiest devil's strip in town!
I like the way Princess Bride photographs with a slight greenish center. A nice contrast to your others, IMHO.
Sharon

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SteveIndy Greenwood, IN(Zone 5b) May 27, 2006

Wow lincolnitess - fantastic pictures.....you did a great job. Thanks for posting all of them...I am very impressed.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 28, 2006

I looked at the photos again and realized that I had Sonata in Blue and Ocean Pacific mixed up. Think I got the names right now. This one is the real Sonata in Blue.

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lincolnitess Lincoln, NE(Zone 5b) May 28, 2006

Today was the first bloom of Social Graces.

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