Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009

[Hristo]

Flowering today, Iris 'Green Spot', odd colouring but I kind of like it!
Anthony, maybe we can tell which is the true Knick Knack based on their tendancy to hang around super villains?

[Hristo]

From that variable group of DBI's, 'Unknown' 

[Regelian]

Great fotos, everyone.  Here are a few blooming despite the rain.

 Benazir
 PinkPele
 Tantara
 Westar

[Hristo]

Jamie. I love the 'Tantra', oil on water sat a top rusty iron, the colour combination is striking!

[Regelian]

Glad you like it too!  Most people just see brown.  In the garden it has a fascinating richness.  Don't tell Lesley, but I'm crossing it with I. stolonifera.

[Lesley Cox]

Ahhh... but Lesley knows it all!!! and has seen your post Jamie. I'll reserve judgement until I see the results.

Chris, Your 'Green Spot' is not what is grown as 'Green Spot' here and has been for 40 years at least. It is almost white (a sort of oyster white I guess), with a grass green spot on the falls but no yellow at all. I like yours though.

[Hristo]

 Hi Lesley,
I googled 'Green Spot', blimey how does anyone know what it should look like, so much variation ( one pic looks more like Iris 'Inscription' ). This is one of the names I can be certain of, as in, I bought it as 'Green Spot'. I nipped out to look at it and can say that the yellow colour in my pic is a false representation as the colour on the falls is green to the eye. So I guess I shall keep calling it 'Green Spot', will you post a picture of yours in the coming season?

[Hristo]

Speak of the devil, Iris 'Inscription' flowering today.

[Lesley Cox]

I don't know 'Inscription.' It looks very nice.
If the yellow on your pic of 'Green Spot' is not REALLY yellow, then it probably is the same as I have/had. I have a number which have been badly neglected for some time and haven't bloomed for a couple of years and I'm hoping 'Green Spot' is among them as I always liked it a lot. So probably no pic at least for this coming spring.

I'm also wondering if my memory for colour is not so good and accurate as I thought it was or as it used to be.

[Hristo]

Lesley,

I am sure your memory is fine, I find on a bright day here certain colours get lightened, light green to yellow, yellow to whiteish and white to 'oops switch to manual focus on my camaera!' Last year the Irises were all jammed together in one bed, we split them up and replanted them after;

A) Dividing them between, two stock beds and the garden and sales pots.
B) Leaving the plants for the garden in a boiling shed for 2 months without water.

We were not expecting much in the way of flowers this year after so much disturbance and abuse but bless em, they are flowering very nicely!

[Hristo]

Two new DBI's flowering for us today, one of the first I bought, Iris 'Pogo' and the last Simon purchased at the Harrogate Spring Show in 2006, Iris 'Litlle Black Belt'.

[Regelian]

Here are a few new ones blooming this morning.  It is a lovely day outside, perfect for working in the garden and then closing the evening with sundowners and a bar-b-que.

The two plants from Harold Mathes, a hybridizer in Germany, are particularly interesting as they represent some first steps in builing a new genetic combination for aril-bred and shorter garden iris.  I am using them to continue this work.

Butter Pecan SDB
(yellow aphylla x MTB) F2 from Harold Mathes
(yellow aphylla x MTB) F2 from Harold Mathes
(Vera x Radiant Apogee)X(Vera x Heather Hawk) Harold Mathes
Djinn SDB
Outrage SDB space-ager

[Hristo]

Super plants Jamie, though out of that stable I think '(Vera x Radiant Apogee)X(Vera x Heather Hawk) Harold Mathes' has the form and colouring that I find most attractive, fascinating stuff, keep it coming!

[Paul T]

Nice iris.  I love the blue beards on the second last one (nice contrast) and very cool flounces on the last pic!

[Hristo]

Flowering today, 'Jasper Gem', there are a few cultivars out there that look very similar, i.e... 'Gossip' and 'Golden Violet'.
This one increases well......