newbie bearded iris id

19 years ago

Landscaper planted these iris just as 'bearded iris' and I have been trying to ID them. I looked at the Historic Iris Gallery, the million or so pics by gmason and others posted on this board and snowpeak.com, but can't ID these. All the pics wanted to make me buy more!! These are my first iris, please help!!

#1)

38" tall, note arms on plant:

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Flower (blue with gold beard):

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White Style arms with blue stripe:

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I thought maybe 'Blue Rhythum' or 'Celest'?????

#2)

38" tall, notice plant arms

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Flower (light yellow, brown stippling, gold beard)

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Pale yellow style arms with gold stripe:

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#3)

30" tall, notice plant arms

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Flower (lavender, light lavender, gold beard, white & brown stippling)

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White, lavender & gold flower style arms

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Thanks in advance for any help!!

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Comments (4)

sylviatexas1
19 years ago
beautiful irises!

I love the oldies myself, but I don't even know the names of the ones I have!

You might look at the photos at this site.

If none of them match, you can join the Society for something like $10 & get access to a more complete catalog of photos.

Best luck!

Here is a link that might be useful: Historic Iris Preservation Society
sylviatexas1
19 years ago
You might check (*not* the HIPS site or Argyle Acres, those photos are way too dark) to see if Iris #3 is Sinkjkha.
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sylviatexas1
19 years ago
oops, the pencil must have slipped.

Try Sindjkha.
garden_of_mu
19 years ago
I thought your third one might be Sindjkha too, or related to it. The blue and yellow ones though, there's just too many of them in that color class to even guess. Unless an iris is really distinctive its extremely difficult to get an ID.

HIPS has several display gardens around Texas. Perhaps if one is close you could take some blooms there and walk the rows looking for a match. At the least you're bound to find some new ones you'll want to grow.

Mike

Here is a link that might be useful: HIPS