Iris and some Irids 2009

[Joakim B]

Here is the iris I have and I think it is more yellow than most.

[Armin]

Joakim,
my Iris sibirica is growing in North direction / half shade with more moist then loam. Your assumption is right.
Thanks for the link (Tamberg). Very interesting web pages.

[Hristo]

Joakim, I love the poached egg look of that last iris you posted, super juxtaposition!
All the Dutch Iris are flowering, the names are the ones they were bought under.
Iris 'Rusty'
Iris 'Amber'
Iris 'Golden'
Iris 'Silver beauty'
Iris 'Sapphire' - Luit, this may be the same as the Dutch Iris for which I had no name!
Iris 'White'

[Lvandelft]

Chris, Sapphire is right. It's just that your names are not complete, which makes it diffficult to know which is which.
It should be Sapphire Beauty, Amber Beauty, Golden Beauty, Silver Beauty, probably White Beauty and Rusty Beauty
These are all rather old varieties, except Rusty Beauty which is from 1987

[Hristo]

Hi Luit,
Thanks for the corrections!
Luit, are there many new cultivars out there?
I bought all of these except the white off e-bay as the seller there was the only source I had found that sold a number of cultivars.
In the UK I had a cultivar that was much darker brown in flower than 'Rusty Beauty'.
I live in hope for seed and some of my own open pollinated hybrids in the future!

[Joakim B]

Chris do they flower now (the Dutch)?
In Portugal they are before the tall bearded ones, at least by me.
I think they are great plants that do well in the garden but not so well in pots (for me). I only have the garden center ones but enjoy them.
The tall white orientalis I think I got in Hungary at a market bought from an old man. I have not seen many there but maybe due to them being later than we visit. They are later than the bearded in Hungary so we have not seen it flower only the floering stems at Autumn. They grow very well there. They flower at the same time as the later TBI in Portugal.
I have seen it here in 2 or 3 gardens but I think they where whiter.
I do not know if they are grown in gardens in Bulgaria?
Kind regards
Joakim

[akoen]

Here is an white one with no label. It is from seed and it is the first time it is flowering for me.

[Diane Whitehead]

Anne,

What an elegant shape your iris has.  I like the delicate brown
marks on the hafts.

[akoen]

Anne,

What an elegant shape your iris has.  I like the delicate brown
marks on the hafts.

Me too. 
It have rather small flowers on long stems.

[Lvandelft]

Hi Luit,
Thanks for the corrections!
Luit, are there many new cultivars out there?
I bought all of these except the white off e-bay as the seller there was the only source I had found that sold a number of cultivars.
In the UK I had a cultivar that was much darker brown in flower than 'Rusty Beauty'.
I live in hope for seed and some of my own open pollinated hybrids in the future!

Chris, there are every year coming new cultivars on the market. But the breeders and trade are only interested in good cultivars for year-round cutflowers.
In the retail trade mostly mixed hybrids are offered and there might even be very nice ones in such packs.
In the wholesale trade, bulbs are mostly sold to cutflower producers in big quantities.
And mostly surplus bulbs will be used to fill mixed packets for gardencenters and mail order business.

[Lesley Cox]

Anne, I think you lovely white is from the Sibirica group, probably a hybrid - a seedling from a hybrid.

[akoen]

Anne, I think you lovely white is from the Sibirica group, probably a hybrid - a seedling from a hybrid.

Yes I believe that to. It's gonna be quite nice when it grows bigger.

[David Nicholson]

A few more of my Dutch Irises.

[Paul T]

Anne,

That dainty white sibirica type is very, very nice.  I love the shape and markings.  Congratulations.

[kirsitn]

Iris japonica, flowering since about a week ago.