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Tom Waters

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Bearded Irises 2013
« on: March 23, 2013, 01:00:58 AM »
Iris pumila opened yesterday, beginning the bearded iris season here.
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Tom Waters
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arillady

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2013, 05:12:09 AM »
Great to know they are starting. Look forward to seeing more.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2013, 09:45:54 AM »
Tom,
How do you do it?Magic manure?Are you a iris wizard?
You are living in Z6.I am gardening in Z9a,and not a single flower here,and yet they are growing in a gritty mixture warming up very quickly.
Tell us your secret please!Are they growing in a greenhouse or a frame?
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Miriam

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #3 on: April 01, 2013, 12:58:44 PM »
Iris mesopotamica is in flower today.
It is a vigorous plant with stems 100 cm long in height.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #4 on: April 02, 2013, 10:25:04 PM »
the peak of Iris bicapitata here, I won't post the normal dark violet form but some of the many color variants of this species.
Also, Iris revoluta, which is only dark indigo and at the  end of the flowering and a seed fertile form of Iris albicans
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Angelo Porcelli

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #5 on: April 02, 2013, 10:45:15 PM »
the other photos
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arillady

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #6 on: April 03, 2013, 09:49:04 AM »
Angelo you certainly have a lot of variation - love the darker one.
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Pat Toolan,
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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #7 on: April 03, 2013, 10:44:28 AM »
Pat the bicapitata#8 is also strong scented and very vigorous, indeed all forms are scented but curiosely some are stronger than others. The normal dar violet form is also very scented
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Tom Waters

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #8 on: April 10, 2013, 04:51:04 PM »
John - no secret; I just grow them in the garden with everything else. The early ones I have, though, are Iris pumila, which blooms very early. Perhaps you are growing only the tall bearded? TBs do not bloom here until well into May.
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Tom Waters
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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2013, 01:59:25 PM »
No Tom they are not TB not even intermediate just pumila hybrids and some species like Iris melita(old name)
Strange to see how plants behave differently under different climates.
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Tom Waters

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #10 on: April 13, 2013, 11:59:37 PM »
Angelo, those I. bicapitata forms are fascinating!

I. pumila season is in full swing here now, with many different color forms flowering:
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Tom Waters
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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2013, 10:36:30 AM »
Tom what a wonderful range you have of pumilas.
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Pat Toolan,
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Tom Waters

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #12 on: April 14, 2013, 05:36:56 PM »
Thanks, Pat! I basically acquire every one I see offered somewhere. Also have some coming along from seed.  :)
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Tom Waters
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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #13 on: April 14, 2013, 07:17:53 PM »
Here is I. mandschurica today.

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Re: Bearded Irises 2013
« Reply #14 on: April 15, 2013, 12:05:29 PM »
At last pumilas start flowering here too.
Tom, I grow some seedlings too, but till now the flowers are always smaller than those of the parents,but some have really nice patterns.
Do you observe the same?
Any advice?
Can you recommend any cv with flowers that last just a bit longer than most?
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