Wonderful Iris Season

10 years ago

I am so grateful to God for blessing me with such an awesome iris season this year. The blooms are just perfect and beautiful. The colors are clear and vibrant. Shown here are some of my favorites. Hope you will enjoy them too.

Sea Swells

Blue Review

City Lights

Lady Friend

Unchain My Heart and Tangerine Sky

Ghost Train

Pemcaw

Wench

Lightshine

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Nancy

10 years ago

It was a great year for iris here too, lasted a long time starting early April. I still have 1 iris to bloom, but almost all have finished now. You have some wonderful iris. I have tried for Lady Friend, bought it at a box store one year & it was definitely not Lady Friend. That year I traded with 2 people for it. One turned out to be Saturday Night Live-one I already had, the other I'm not positive is Lady Friend. Waited til the next year to be sure, didn't bloom that year or this year. I think it probably is, but it is being stubborn. Love Unchain My Heart, and Tangerine Sky, nice color on both of them. Wench is really colorful, I think Lightshine is my favorite though. I like them bright! But then, scrolling back, Ghost Train looks really nice, is the flower as big as it looks? Can you tell I just love the look of iris, I'm a sucker. I keep saying I'm going to downsize, but then I see some more beauties!

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KarenPA_6b
Original Author
10 years ago
Hi Nancy! I can send you Lady Friend this year if you don't want to wait to find out next year.
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Nancy
10 years ago
Karen, I may take you up on that. It looks to be such an unusual color, maybe we can work out a swap or something.
User
10 years ago
Some old friends here. Love 'City Lights'. 'Lady Friend' was here for an age and was a dependable bloomer. Always wanted to see 'Wench' in person. So rich.
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
10 years ago
Just lovely, Karen! I only have four varieties and have no idea what two of them are.

Sherry
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mantis__oh
10 years ago
Ghost Train and Blue Review are my faves. I like the touch of yellow (on the beard?) in Blue Review. As I recall, Lady Friend is not a color that blends well with other colors, but your pic shows the color as having good carrying power. (It is, of course, a sun pic.) It appears to be fairly early in the season yet for you, as I look at all the buds.
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sandyslopes z5 n. UT
10 years ago
You are having a glorious Iris season! Very pretty blooms and so many of them. ....I see the peonies have healthy buds, too.
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Lee zone7a
10 years ago
Thank you for sharing pictures of all your gorgeous irises for us to see. Lady friend and unchain my heart caught my attention. Love those colors and so many blooms . I'm such a fan of blue irises so right away Sea Swells is my favorite.
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KarenPA_6b
Original Author
10 years ago
Thank you everyone for sharing your comments and enthusiasm. It has been blooming nonstop since last week. And every bloom has just been perfectly beautiful! 3-4 years of waiting to get this kind of display makes it so worth it.

Sea Swells is my all time favorite for blue of the all the blues that I grow. Seeing it just makes my heart sings. :)
Ingrida
10 years ago
Karen, I loved the sharp photos of your lovely blooms. I was very impressed with the photo of the white iri:s Pemcaw.
KarenPA_6b
Original Author
10 years ago
Although it is not a rebloomer, Pemcaw is more beautiful than Immortality, IMHO. It has a very clean crisp white and blooms its head off, but it maybe slow to start when first planted.

I think it was hybridized in Australia. I am digging up rhizomes for another gardener. I am sure I have enough to send some your way if you are interested.
Nan
10 years ago
Beautiful blooms of Pemcaw, would love to have some if you have any left Karen :)
KarenPA_6b
Original Author
10 years ago
Yes, I can send you a rhizome of it. I have others for postage as
well. DO you want to get a small box of iris for postage? I am
digging Blue Review, Harvest of Memories, and Lady Friend. I can send these as well if you are interested in them.
Nan
10 years ago
Thank you so much Karen, you are very kind...I don't have any of those except Harvest of Memories that Nancy sent me last month... I sent you msg too...
Brad KY 6b
10 years ago
Karen,

These are very beautiful [better late than never--always forget about other flower forums since I love daylilies so much]. I'm looking forward to the City Lights and Sea Swells you sent, hopefully blooming next spring.

I gave them a great spot in the yard, but my other irises [noids to me-a light purple, a 2 toned dark purple, a white that won't stand up, & what I think is a Siberian Iris- Lights of Paris] have to be moved. Too crowded and not enough water-under the eves.
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Ingrida
9 years ago
Thank you for taking the time to share your lovely photos.
cathyannemichael
9 years ago
Unchain my heart and tangerine sky. Very beautiful. This is one I have flowering now. A rescue.
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KarenPA_6b
Original Author
9 years ago
THat is so awesome, a very nice rebloomer! Can I ask what zone you are in?