Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009

[Joakim B]

Katalin Lovely
Where did You see them?
If it was in Hungary I am interested to know where and at what time they flower
We might need to change vacation time in the future
Thanks for sharing it is great to see them

Kind regards
Joakim

[Armin]

Kathrine & Fermi,
what a flower show.
Super nobly!

[Katherine J]

Hello Joakim,
Sorry, I was very busy these days, had no time for the forum.
These Irises are on "Újlaki hegy" near Budapest (it is part of Hármashatár-hegy), and flower mostly in april (depending on weather). I can tell you the way more exactly if you will be interested some day.

[Joakim B]

Hello Katalin thanks for the info.
The "mountains"/ "hills" are really close to Budapest even within city limits if I understand Google earth correctly.
Is this the "mountains"/ "hills"s one sees if one would take the highway to Balaton but still within the city? I think it is called M1. We often take the buss from Budapest to Zalaegerszeg but never imagined that there would be iris on the hills. Are they common in Hungary so that I could hope to see them also around ZALA on "mountains"/ "hills"?
Do You by any chance know of a nice nature park around Zala? Our friends are not that into natural gardening so we will not get much info from them. You should not spend any time looking for it since I might not have the time to visit only if You know them already.
Thanks again for the info and the pictures.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Katherine J]

Joakim,
these hills which I spoke about are not in that direction. But near the M1/M7 (M7 goes to Balaton) highway there are the hills of Budaörs (within Budapest), which are also rich in rare plants, and also the environment is the same, so I can imagine there are I. pumila too, though I wasn't there in this time of the year.
Sorry, I don't know Zala, I have been only once there many years ago. My book does not mention Zala as home of Iris pumila.

[Joakim B]

Thanks for the information Katalin.
The mountains I see from the highway look interesting to visit. Since I only see it from the highway I never visit it.
The lack of mentioning I.pumila in the Zala area explains why we have not seen them .
Take care and hope to see more of Your outings in Hungary
Joakim

[Diane Clement]

I have been asked by a friend to post this in the hope that someone may be able to identify them.  Any thoughts?
dwarf bearded iris clump
dwarf bearded iris single

[Lesley Cox]

They look like (relatively) modern hybrids Diane and so could be any of hundreds in that colour range. someone may have the exact thing though. The leaves seem quite wide.

[David Nicholson]

Back in August last I bought 10 'lost label' MDB's for Ł5 from Kelway's Nursery in Somerset, here's the first one to flower. The picture was taken, in a hurry, during a short break the Rain God's had taken in order to decide when the next inundation should take place.

The leaves of the plant are about 3 inches high so MDB is very apt.

[Lesley Cox]

Looks like a couple of flowers are vying for the same position in the spathe David. Great colour though.

[Joakim B]

Nice beards white and the other blue well done.  Hope more is coming 
Joakim

[David Nicholson]

Looks like a couple of flowers are vying for the same position in the spathe David. Great colour though.

Yes, it does look odd Lesley. If it ever gets dry again outside I will take a closer look!

[David Nicholson]

Here's an un-labeled tall bearded Iris from the garden today.

[Lesley Cox]

Things certainly do look a bit damp at your place David.

[Armin]

Hello,
my own seedling infiltrated by compost for my rose bed.
After germination it took 4years to flower and the result is ok for me...

Also some other bearded iris are in flower now.