Reticulate Iris-2011

[art600]

A couple of Alan MacMurtie's hybrids just starting to flower here now spring has arrived. Iris Sea Green and Down to Earth

Hope I get something as nice from my many seeds planted in 2006.

[Janis Ruksans]

Few reticulatas in flower today - only yesterday took off winter covering and today blooming started.
At first two marvellous hybrids maid by Alan McMurtrie. The second - Orange Glow - is the first reticulata with orange color in flower.
Iris histrioides sophenensis open pollinated seedlings - very uniform
Then this reticulata from Kopet-Dag, which got unusable name - Iridodyctium kopetdagnese. This one is from type locality. Really only Iris reticulata, but good.
As last for today - one of my Iranian gatherings.
Janis

[Wim de Goede]

David when you wait a couple of day's you will see that it become pure white
Wim

[Lesley Cox]

Those first two Janis are truly stunning. I love the orange, especially with the dark, dark centres. These are something really new and I can imagine will be greatly sought after when they are available commercially. I'll be dead by then most likely.

[fermi de Sousa]

Those first two Janis are truly stunning. I love the orange, especially with the dark, dark centres. These are something really new and I can imagine will be greatly sought after when they are available commercially. I'll be dead by then most likely.

Lesley,
speak nicely to Marcus
cheers
fermi

[tonyg]

As last for today - one of my Iranian gatherings.
Janis

That Iranian looks very like a plant I have raised from Iranian seed which has round, many ribbed leaves.  I am calling it Iris bakeriana.  What are the leaves like on your plant?
Picture below of my plant.

[Janis Ruksans]

As last for today - one of my Iranian gatherings.
Janis

That Iranian looks very like a plant I have raised from Iranian seed which has round, many ribbed leaves.  I am calling it Iris bakeriana.  What are the leaves like on your plant?
Picture below of my plant.

Will try to check, Tony. At present too busy with crocuses and for others I'm giving only breef look and few photo.
Janis
P.S. Orange Glow is in my current catalogue.

[David Nicholson]

David when you wait a couple of day's you will see that it become pure white
Wim

Wim, did you mean "White Caucasus"? It hasn't become pure white, in fact the flower is now past it's best and is still has a blue wash to it.

[Janis Ruksans]

Iris histrioides aintabensis is grown from seeds. The original plants which I bought from Dutch nursery turned virus infected and so I got seeds and seedlings looks healthy.
One of the earliest allways is I. hyrcana - with very large, bright blue flowers. It belongs to my favourites and even sometimes are selfsowing in nursery. My original stock was destroyed by rodents and rebuilt just from accidental seedlings (may be grain, left unharvested?) on not more used field.
Janis

[Roma]

Iris 'Katherine Hodgkin and Iris 'Frank Elder' flowering in the garden two days ago.  'Katherine' is nearly over but 'Frank' has newly opened. 

[udo]

this weekend in flower, a purple form
from Iris zagrica

[Armin]

 :)spring arrived in my garden...

[ashley]

All beautiful Armin

[PeterT]

Beautifull clumps Armin, Roma.
Dirk your zagricas make me enveyous, and i too love these species Janis.
A late offering from me of a commercial form of I reticulata in the garden

[BULBISSIME]

Flowering for the first time after 3 years in cultivation, Iris winogradowii.