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Bearded Irises 2014
« on: March 30, 2014, 02:53:22 AM »
Bearded iris season has begun here with two forms of Iris pumila. The yellow one opened on April 18, a seedling raised by George Hildebrandt, seed from the SIGNA seed exchange, donated by Milan Blazek of the Czech Republic. The violet one is from a US alpine nursery, origin unknown, but a great performer here.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #1 on: April 03, 2014, 01:43:11 PM »
Iris suaveolens

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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #2 on: April 03, 2014, 02:25:25 PM »
and a very nice form too Philip
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #3 on: April 04, 2014, 02:13:01 AM »
Very nice Iris suaveolens clump, Philip. I'm still working on persuading this species to be happy here.

Photos from this evening: the violet pumila shown in my earlier post, a clump of I. pumila taurica, and miniature dwarf bearded cultivar 'Rosa Brooks'.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2014, 02:22:23 AM »
Two more Iris pumila forms that opened yesterday: a yellow and brown one that I got a few years ago labeled as Iris hoogiana (!) and 'Royal Wonder', introduced by Carol Coleman in 2013.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2014, 04:41:21 PM »
Iris lutescens-from seed sown Jan '13

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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2014, 02:47:18 AM »
A special treat today: Iris pumila ex Sevan Lake, Armenia. Seeds from Josef Jurasek in 2010; first bloom!
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #7 on: April 12, 2014, 08:41:10 PM »
Opened this morning: Iris attica, also raised from Jurasek seed ordered in 2010. (The coin is 2.5 cm diameter)
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2014, 08:41:25 PM »
Second Iris attica seedling, from the same batch of seed as the previous one.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2014, 08:44:50 PM »
More Armenian Iris pumila seedlings blooming today.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #10 on: April 14, 2014, 12:52:14 AM »
I.reichenbachii

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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #11 on: April 14, 2014, 10:02:47 AM »
Some lovely Iris on here

This is my I. attica and having the best show of flowers ever. Could it be due to being kept under glass these days combined with the heat last July?
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #12 on: April 20, 2014, 02:02:42 AM »
Splendid I. attica Mark! If you are in New Zealand, how are they blooming now?
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #13 on: April 20, 2014, 02:04:21 AM »
Here's an Iris suaveolens that came into bloom today, plant from Janis.
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Re: Bearded Irises 2014
« Reply #14 on: April 20, 2014, 02:08:29 AM »
Iris sp. aff. [reichenbachiinex Vardar Gorge Macedonia, originally thought to be perhaps a tetraploid Iris reichenbachii, now judged to be perhaps a hybrid between I. reichenbachii and I. pumila. The first photo is one of the two collected clones, the second a seedling from cross-pollinating the two.
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