Iris reticulata and forms 2008

[Maggi Young]

This is a reticulate iris, bought  with the intention of potting them up for gifts...... forgot about them, of course, so they were not given any treatment to bring them on for Christmas  gifts, but this pot has been taken indoors for us to enjoy....... to my shame I cannot remember the variety  .... but who cares, they are all lovely!    This is  really a darker, more velvety  purple/blue than the pic shows.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A couple of pictures of my Iris histrio var. aintabensis from the greenhouse today. Still looking a little 'scrunched' owing to the cold conditions at the moment in spite of having had a couple of hours in the kitchen.

They don't look all that bad David  - give it a thought of how you might look after spending some weeks outside in the cold and being put on the windowsill after that.... 

Very blue indeed Maggi - beautiful !!

[David Nicholson]

Luc, I think I would have looked a little 'scrunched' as well

Maggi, Iris retic. 'Edward' by any chance??

[Brian Ellis]

David I have Iris histrioides George outside and it's up about an inch and a half.  Seems to like our garden so I have surrounded it with snowdrops to show it off

[David Nicholson]

Brian, still nothing showing in my outside bulb beds. I suppose it's a bit early to worry but I doubt if last years 'Summer!' did the Iris reticulatas any good at all.

[Lesley Cox]

Yours looks very much like 'Harmony' Maggi.

[Maggi Young]

Not 'Edward', David, I think it IS 'Harmony'.... would have appealed to sense of humour when giving gifts to family members!!

[dominique]

Maggi
As Lesley, I confirm Harmony to my mind
Dom

[Maggi Young]

Thanks, Dom.

[David Shaw]

Our Harmony, plunged in the unheated greenhouse are still at the 'nose above the soil' stage.