Post Your Early Bloomers II

Weegy12 Started this thread and it grew a little long. Here's where we came from: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/823509/

Carol

Thank you Carol, after restarting Dave's, it seems to be running a little smoother.

Here's Select Circle...

Rustler.

Witching.

Bronze Fawn.

Mystique.

Weegy - I love Witching! Where can I buy that one?

Keep those photos coming!!!!

I love Rustler! Don't know where I would plant it but of course I need it! LOL!

Breakers. (I sure love those blues!)

LOL, I bet you'd find a spot cactus!

Certainly Certainly.

Keep them coming weegy!! You have some awesome iris!!

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If I keep them coming, I'll never get anything done! One more and then I gotta get busy!

Luv Rustler! I'll trade you an Autumn Prince for it.

Carol

Oooooh, tempting. I don't think I have enough to divide this year though.

Phooey. Maybe another Iris then. I have about 25 of Autumn Prince blooming right now.

Carol

I think I bought Witching from Hank's last year:) It's been in a big pot all winter and looks great...probably won't get much this year but I love that one. The flower looks a bit odd--is it a particular iris form?

It may be the angle at which I took this shot that makes it look different, I looked in the PF and they all seem to look normal. I don't think it's anything but a tall bearded.

TB Iris "In Town"

tracie

Love it Aggie!

Carol, I'll trade you for Autumn Prince, see any of mine that interest you? (Besides Rustler that is!)

Great photo Aggie - the falls look like velvet!!

thank you! it is even prettier in person (arent they all), it is a little hard to tell, but there is a nice sparkle all over the flower.

tracie

I can see the pretty sparkle!

Cherokee Heritage, a new addition to my garden.

Here's Burst.

This is good old dependable Istanbul, never fails to bloom nicely for me.

weegy, maybe you can help me.

I bought from several different farms and individuals last planting season....planted like I am supposed to.......but several of my first bloomers are blooming on very short scapes, I really haven't yet checked to see if they are from the same farm...is this normal for first year plants?

Jackie, I have some that are doing the same thing and they've been in my garden for 5 years. It's just the first bloom though, the others after that are coming up normal. I have one that's been blooming for about 2 weeks, all the first blooms were very short, almost at ground level but now the blooms are standing up where they belong...I really don't know what causes that. Someone told me once and I've forgotten. Maybe someone else knows why that happens.

I asked about irises with short stems at the AIS Convention last year. Apparently, short stems are commonly caused by being nipped by frost as they prepare to bloom.

Paj, that could very well be the problem, we did have a little frost right as these were opening up.

here's Plum Perfect's first ever bloom in Oklahoma

and Rock Star

Blast was really puny

here's a pretty clump of old style noids planted last summer

Love that Plum Perfect!!

Jackie, you know that Blast is an IB, not a TB, right? It has a difficult time in my climate, unfortunately, since I do enjoy its color combo.

Laurie

Blast never did well here so we no longer have it. I think it was fine in MO and original home in CA.

The scape on Blast was maybe 10 inches...you'd think with our mild weather here it would do well.......experience is key, I learn all the time and thanks to you my gardening friends...
Look! One of my favorites, Frequent Flyer is just about ready to bloom

here is a NOID that i just got in and planted about a week ago. imagine my suprise when i found the strange bloom this morning!

tracie