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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #30 on: April 21, 2007, 11:18:50 AM »
David I would think only tall, medium and dwarf bearded would be in there and everything else goes in to Iris.

Well of course it's true that all beared irises are tall, medium or dwarf, but then, so are all other kinds as well. Yes? And in any case, oncocyclus and regelias are also bearded, as well possibly, as pseudoregelias, though less obviously. In general, the beard is very visible, making the ID of a BEARDED iris, as distinct from others, very easy. Still confused David?
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #31 on: April 21, 2007, 08:19:31 PM »
Yup. It's the story of my life. If I ever, in my doteage, become absent minded no-one will will notice the difference. One of the young English commedians, Peter Kay, tells the story of his Nan attemting to change the TV channels with her glasses case rather than with the remote control. I spent a little while yesterday trying to open the car door with my spec case before retiring gracefully, and before I was seen by anyone-I hope, to get the car remote control!! :(
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #32 on: April 21, 2007, 10:34:31 PM »
Darren it's called selective bad memory. I suffer too especially when it's plants v work

My dwarf bearded are now starting very early. I didnt photograph any until the first week of May last year. The best by far is the heavily scented 'Open Sky'.

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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #33 on: April 22, 2007, 11:57:45 PM »
This is 'Pogo'
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #34 on: April 23, 2007, 11:17:23 AM »
Nice coloured dwarfs You got there Mark
I thought green lepricons where the fantasy figur in (N)Ireland not coulorfull dwarfs.
But they are lovely.

I thought I had a lot of cream coloured ones but realized that thht it was only one cream coloured and the rest blue. The foliage is 25-30 and the stems 40 cm so this one is an intermediate iris or what?
The cream colour does not have much, if any, scent :( but with a lot of flowers  8) even if only one is blooming in the pic and the rest have faded.
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PS the wild I. pseudacorus are flowering in central costal Portugal now
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #35 on: April 23, 2007, 07:12:36 PM »
I havent managed to catch sight of a leprechaun so far.

Later this year I'll be offering rhizomes of my Iris. They are taking up too much ground and need to be started fresh
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #36 on: April 23, 2007, 07:48:08 PM »
Great looking Irises Mark - I'll be lurking if you're planning to offer some...  How tall do they grow ?
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #37 on: April 23, 2007, 11:38:32 PM »
Luc they are dwarf bearded
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #38 on: April 29, 2007, 10:36:35 PM »
Hi -
Bearded Iris season just started this weekend in my garden.

Here one tall bearded "Witch of Endor" and two medium size which I don't know the names. Any hints?
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #39 on: April 29, 2007, 10:38:16 PM »
and the other two pixs.
Any help for identification would be great.
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #40 on: April 30, 2007, 12:05:55 AM »
They're very nice Armin, but ID is another matter unless someone has the exact same plant. There are literally thousands of named vars in tall, medium and dwarf bearded irises, coming from many different parts of the world. Americans, Brits, Australians, the French etc, go down slightly different breeding paths but eventually reach the same goals with virtually identical results but so many different names. It would take a brave man..... or woman....
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #41 on: April 30, 2007, 11:57:17 AM »
Sadly Four Seasons mail order nursery is closing down :'(
However John and Richard very kindly allowed members of the Hardy Plant Society to visit on Saturday and dig up whichever small bearded iris took our fancy - gratis.  You can imagine we were all like children in a sweetshop, I restricted myself to a trayful some bits of the larger clumps will find their way to various society plant sales to help boost funds.  Anyway here are some of the delights I picked although, as the labels were all over the place on the Iris field and some had become brittle and broken I wouldn't count on my names being absolutely correct but I have done my best :)
I begin with a few from the garden
Iris Cream Cups
Iris innominata
Iris Jeweler's Art
Iris Langport Wren
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #42 on: April 30, 2007, 12:03:14 PM »
and these were dug up on Saturday from Four Seasons
Iris Golden Ruby
Iris Hocus Pocus - sorry it's not, I've just found the name "Tattler" on it's leaf
Iris Hustle
Iris Mrs Nate Rudolph
Iris Star Sailor ?
Iris unknown
Iris Wild Lad

Thankyou John and Richard ;D
« Last Edit: May 02, 2007, 09:33:13 AM by Brian Ellis »
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #43 on: April 30, 2007, 10:44:33 PM »
No comment re the names. I don't know any of these. We tend to get American hybrids here and those of NZ breeding, sometimes Australian, almost never European and British.

A very generous gesture from the nursery owners though!
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Re: Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009
« Reply #44 on: May 01, 2007, 02:09:46 AM »
Hi Brian
your "Cream Cups" looks just like an unnamed one in my garden! Till now I've just called it the "smokey grey one with brown blotch"! I'll compare a pic when it comes into flower next!
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