Juno Iris 2014

[krisderaeymaeker]

I think this Iris kuschakewiczii wil be the next to flower . I must admit that I even find the leaves very attractive...

[Maggi Young]

The contrast on the foliage is most attractive, Kris. A very healthy looking plant that is clearly growing well for you.

[Cyril L]

Iris rosenbachiana
-collected from northern Afghanistan. I thought this would be the same as the plant I have that was collected at Sogor Lake, Afghanistan but this plant is more attractive with a bluish suffusion of the falls and rather blue standards.

An excellent colour form of this desirable Juno, Steve.

I think this Iris kuschakewiczii wil be the next to flower . I must admit that I even find the leaves very attractive...

Kris, it must be very satisfying to see this Iris clumping up and looking so healthy.  Look forward to seeing the flowers

[krisderaeymaeker]

Thanks Maggi and Cyril . Hope to show the flowers very soon .

[udo]

Kris, your plants from Juno kuschakewiczii looks very good.
Here my first flower this spring:
Juno palaestina

[LucS]

A very nice flower Udo.  Rather tender I guess ?

[LucS]

A first flower of a seed raised batch of iris galatica.

[LucS]

Another of the named selections of iris rosenbachiana.

[udo]

A very nice flower Udo.  Rather tender I guess ?

Luc, yes,the blossom is already very tender and a really unusual colour. But this species completely grows in the greenhouse, better than a lot of other Juno.

[Hans A.]

Thanks for all the comments and all the great pictures of so marvelous plants!

Hans ,what a joy to see such healthy clumps of those beautiful and difficult Junos thriving in your garden . You seem to have the ideal climate . The clump of I. fosteriana brings back memories of 1971 when I was fortunate to see in NW Afghanistan whole hillsides covered with clumps of it - only shorter in flower stem length .

Thanks Otto, I really envy you for having seen this species in nature! I grow Iris fosteriana in the shadow of a wall, this should be the reason it grows a bit higher.

[pehe]

My very first Juno. Iris rosenbachiana

Poul

[LucS]

The first of my iris svetlanae

[Cyril L]

Great junos from all.

The first flower of Iris fosteriana this year (from Norman Stevens 1995).

Iris nicolai 'Red Form' from Hissar Mountains (Jilek 2010), a rather tall form.  Not sure why it is 'Red Form'.  I don't see much red in it.

[Steve Garvie]

Stunning Junos Cyril!!!

[Alex]

Quite a tall form of Iris nicolai

Alex