Iris and some Irids 2006-2007

[David Shaw]

Mark, that is what Jhon sold as Iris 'Clairette'. We bought one and it is lovely. John has a bad habit of not labelling all of his pots; I have learned to make notes at the time of what I buy.

[fermi de Sousa]

Dirk
that white and blue Iranian retic is a beauty!
Mark,
"Clairette" is also a good looker, I like that contrasting colour in the lip. I'll have  to wait about  6 months more before I can compare it with the one I grow.
cheers
fermi

[mark smyth]

thanks for the name. I'll have to source dry bulbs this summer
Ivor Fox had it last year http://www.miniaturebulbs.co.uk/acatalog/iris_et_al.html

[hadacekf]

Some more pictures from my meadow.
Iris Katharine Hodgkin and  Iris reticulata.  Iris danfordiae flowering in
its second year now.

[David Shaw]

Franz is the second person to list Iris danforiae as flowering for a second season. We have exactly the same; first year in a pan then planted out and now making a display in the garden. My previous experience is that of them flowering well the first year and then breaking down to 'rice', hence my practice of growing them in pots as 'annuals' for the greenhouse or patio.
The bulbs described above were just garden centre purchased, I think Taylors.
Have we just been lucky to get a good clone this year or is it likely that the Dutch growers have found a way to prevent the bulbs breaking down?

[Maggi Young]

I don't know if those clever Dutch folk have found a new strain that is more resistant to the rice grain problem, but I do hope so, because Iris danfordiae is just a lovely thing, smells fab and don't we all wish we could have a form that would naturalise, for us?

[hadacekf]

David, that is the first times that I. reticulata flowers so richly in the second year.
But it is the first time that I cultivate it in the meadow.

[udo]

Franz, i selected the dark form from Katharine Hodgkin
in 2005 from new bulbs from the Netherlands
-Sheila Ann Germaney
-Frank Elder

[udo]

Iris reticulata from Sewan-Lake
Iris reticulata x Iris winogradowii

[hadacekf]

Oops, so sorry for my senior moment! It should be called correct -
I. danfordiae flowers so richly in the second year.

[hadacekf]

Dirk, all irises looks very nice!

[David Nicholson]

Dirk, the Sewen Lake reticulata is very pretty. Was the reticulata x winogradowii your own cross, if so it is one to be proud of?

[udo]

Hi David, the cross is from Kanada.

[David Nicholson]

Hi David, the cross is from Kanada.

Dirk, thanks for that.

[Anthony Darby]

Here is Iris winogradowii in a trough against a south facing wall.