Iris, non-bearded, 2014

[johnralphcarpenter]

PCIs are looking good just now.

[johnralphcarpenter]

It's certainly Iris time! Iris wilsonii, Iris setosa, an Iris spuria cultivar, Iris 'Holden Clough', Iris 'Gerald Darby'.

[johnralphcarpenter]

And a lost label Iris siberica cultivar.

[johnstephen29]

Here are some iris in flower in my garden at the moment, first is a water iris, I'm  not sure what variety it is but it has a lovely flower. Second is a bulbous iris, again I don't know its name, but still a great flower. Last is iris chrysograghes, with a lovely dark flower.

[GordonT]

I have just received my Online copy of the Bulletin of the Society for Pacific Coast Native irises. I can highly recommend membership of this group for any iris lover. The Online membership is excellent value with a much lower subscription and access to a fabulous seedlist as well as the full colour journals/bulletins. The irises pictured there are stunning - the only possible word for them. The Society deals with the PC species of course and their inter-species hybrids but also highlights the work of breeders of modern forms in amazing colours and some incredible forms and textures.

Lesley, I agree on the great value of the SPCNI. Here is a first bloom seedling I grew from the 2012-13 edition of their seed exchange. It is a primary hybrid- Iris innominata x Iris tenax, and I am thrilled with the results! Last year was the first time we moved any of these out into the landscape- and then promptly had the coldest winter in decades (we frequently woke to -21C mornings, and had more then a few weeks with daytime highs reaching -15 C. Some of the foliage browned a bit on our seedling of 'Canyon Snow', but it is getting ready to bloom.

[ChrisB]

 Iris setosa arctica today.

[Roma]

Iris tectorum 'Alba'
Iris setosa alba - I was worried when I saw the dark bud sheaths that it might not be white

[johnralphcarpenter]

I have this labelled as Iris species ex Korea. Any suggestions? Iris koreana? Slender stems, flowering at 65cms tall, narrow leaves.

[johnralphcarpenter]

Iris versicolor var. kermesina, Iris siberica 'Perfect Vision', Iris siberica 'Annemaria Troeger'.

[ChrisB]

Johnstephen,  I think iris no 2 in your post is Black Beauty?

[GordonT]

Our second Pacific Iris seedling has bloomed. It ought to have bloomed last year, but it seems keeping it in an unheated greenhouse for the year made it choose vegetative growth at the expense of flowers. I moved it out into the garden early this year (before aforementioned greenhouse became hot house), and here are the results: open pollinated seedling of Iris 'Harland Hand' (pollen parent unknown, but obviously a much fuller flower than Harland produces!)

[ChrisB]

That's a beauty Gordon...

[Lesley Cox]

What a wonderful selection of irises to come home to, nothing out here at all among irises tho' I. ret. 'Harmony 'is well up and will flower soon among Cyclamen coum. Chris your white setosa is super and I think the dark sheathes enhance, don't you? For the Korean yellow, we need the thoughts of Mark McD in the States (Onion Man), who grows many of those somewhat obscure south east Asian species.

Chris again, how tall in flower is your I set. arctica please?

[David Nicholson]

Some Irises from the garden today where it is wild and windy.

Iris chrysographes a very dark form
Iris clarkei
Iris spuria ssp. maritima

[ChrisB]

Very nice David