Please ID this Iris ...?

or another one very similar?!

This is an iris from Monet's garden in France and I would like to find one similar for a garden project I'm working on....

Any ideas?

Or maybe I should place my question on the ID forum?

Thanks. t.

could it be mme chereau? I'm not very good at ID's, but maybe.......

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/35742/

Hi, T
There are several similar, but one name comes to mind. It is Autumn Tryst. It is listed as a rebloomer, but mine hasn't so far.

http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/34078/

I love MONET! Good Luck!

Teresa in KY

it looks like ( Stiched Right )1977 by M. Rogers

I think I found it ... AUTUMN CIRCUS

http://irises.homestead.com/autumncircus.html

If it was truly from Monet's garden, it ought to be an old French Iris, like Mme. Chereau. One way or the other it will be lovely in project. If you are only looking for something similar the others will do. Next closest is Autumn Circus.

Too modern for Mde chereau--Autumn Circus more likely--gardens do replace alder plants at times.

Anyone know of a similar iris in this Monet painting?

http://www.artquotes.net/masters/monet/monet-irises-painting.htm

Autumn Circus is very very close. I looked on Iris Sisters website before and totally missed it. Thanks for the link.

Madame Chereau looks pretty close. Select Seeds has it for sale, along with a few other historics.

http://www.selectseeds.com/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/0578.1.621383033877276198

I love the shape of these iris.

The iris in the painting looks to me like a japanese iris...no? That one could be tough to ID!

Thanks for all the help!

The painting looks like iris virginica:

http://www.missouriplants.com/Bluealt/Iris_virginica_page.html

Autumn Circus is darker blue than your photo

Madame Chereau has long narrow falls
this is a iris with stiff petticoat falls

it is at least after 1970.

i posted picture of it some where in iris forum about 3 years ago,when it rebloomed in fall

Hi, taz-- Thanks...

I did a google search and a DG search (in forums and plant files) for "stitched right" and couldn't find any picture. Did have a listing in PF though but no sellers listed.

Mmmmm....I wonder where I can find a photo of it? Any ideas anyone? t.

i did have picture of it when i enter it in iris show but since we moved while very ill .i am two years looking for things lot of missing things i had stacks for trash, stacks for sale ,stakes for move , i think the helpers may have moved wrong stacks LOL
if it shows up i will post it

heres another possiblity Circus Circus
in plant files maggie picture

Thanks, Tazzy. Sounds like you had quite a time with your move. I hope you are settled in and more comfortable now, even if you iris pics aren't at hand. I'll find a pic somewhere, and I can look up Circus Circus easily in a catalogue.

Hope all is going well for you now. t.

At first glance I thought it was either ART DECO or (allowing for a slight color adjustments due to camera hues) AUTUMN CIRCUS. I use to grow both.

ART DECO, however has a darker blue beard, http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/30704/
where as AUTUMN CIRCUS has a much lighter beard..... http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/16575/ ........ just as your iris does. It wouldn't be CIRCUS CIRCUS because that variety does not have the plicata edges in the standards. I am personally convinced it is AUTUMN CIRCUS. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/53041/

~Margie

I think Margie is right, she knows her iris and is a wonderful photographer and understands the different film ,lighting, monitors , soil can effect ids . some where in this iris forum is a picture of it i grew before i moved

This message was edited May 14, 2008 11:59 PM

Yes, when I saw the picture I was sure of which one it was.

Well, thank you, ladies!

We are blessed with a wealth of iris experts on DG! (-:

tabasco