Can anyone help ID please? 6 iris

20 years ago

My bigger irises have really begun to unfurl this week, and I've run into a little trouble. Last year I bought 42 varieties from local growers and then made tags for each and every one as I planted them, but some of them don't match the pictures of the same irises on the bigger sites I've been looking at like Blue J and Schreiners. I'm just a tiny touch disappointed. Of course they're beautiful (and that's the most important thing!); and they're close to the names that were on the labels, but they just aren't correct. There are so many varieties, I know it's a longshot, but can anyone help?

[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/Maypics23.jpg[/IMG]

(very tall 32" - not Gay Parasol)

[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May22.jpg[/IMG]

(roughly 26-28" - not Prissy Miss)

[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May21.jpg[/IMG]

(small- 9" - not/ maybe Orange Tiger?)

[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May23.jpg[/IMG]

(small - 10" - was labelled 'Blue Eyes')

[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May6.jpg[/IMG]

(tall 32" , not Forest Murmurs)

[IMG]http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May4.jpg[/IMG]

(tall- 22", not Dusky Challenger)

And because I really have to bubble a bit (Forgive the beginner enthusiasm- I'm so excited about them finally opening!) here are links to some of my favorites that did come up properly-

Yo-Yo

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May19.jpg

Bedazzled

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May20.jpg

Batik- (I think I have to get more of these broken-colored iris- I love it!)

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/May7.jpg

Stitch Witch-

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/Maypics17.jpg

Champagne Elegance-

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/ChampagneElegance.jpg

and this was called a variegated sweet iris- it smells so good!

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/TFAScout/Maypics18.jpg

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Comments (3)

jain
20 years ago
#1 looks like clarence
#2 is that a median? looks like a faded raspberry blush
sorry to say your champagne elegance is not, it doesn't have an org beard...
just curious, where did you get all your iris to have so many misnamed?

you have a bunch of lovelies no matter what!
randy_ca
20 years ago
Might try copying the middle line at photobucket that says TAG and pasting it here, or for thumbnails, put a check in the box for the picture you what, click "Generate HTML and IMG code" at the bottom of the page and copy the code under "HTML clickable thumbnails for Ebay, Livejournal, MySpace, etc. - recommended" and paste the code here.
(very tall 32" - not Gay Parasol)
{{gwi:1026418}}

or this
(roughly 26-28" - not Prissy Miss)
{{gwi:1026416}}
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sugarberry
Original Author
20 years ago
I bought many of them at the Elkhorn flea market last spring from local garden club members, and that's where 4 of these came from. The same folks were there this last Sunday, and they did have a couple pots with 'Clarence', but it wasn't in bloom yet. The other two - the little peachy/apricot dwarf came from a nursery called "Castle Gardens", but they didn't have any labeled like it this year, and the one called 'Blue Eyes' came from a nursery that I drove past just south of Chicago- but I don't recall the name. With that one, I suppose it's possible someone moved the plastic tag while it was at the nursery.

Oh dear- champagne isn't champagne- that one came from a nursery called Flowerwood. I didn't question where the garden club folks got theirs from- didn't even cross my mind that they might be mislabelled. I was just too excited to be finding many different varieties that I bought whatever I could find (but boy am I paying for the oriental limelight artemisia mistake- it's everywhere in another bed now). Really love the iris colors, shapes and the small glittery-like sparkles on the petals in the sun. I've been having lots of fun with them, and they've become my favorite flowers. Not sure yet what a median is exactly though- I'll have to go look that up.