Juno (Scorpiris) 2009

[Roma]

My Iris graeberiana only had two flowers open for the Stirling show but had four flowers two days later.  The top flowers are fading now as the lower ones open so this was maximum flower power.

[David Nicholson]

They are lovely aren't they Roma. Looking around the Open Section at Exeter Show on Saturday it seems there are at least two types-one with yellow falls like your plant and mine, and one with white falls.

[BULBISSIME]

Iris zenaidae is flowering, but I'm not sure it's a valid name, only a form of Iris graeberiana ??

[Diane Whitehead]

What a glorious blue.

I sowed seeds of zenaidae in 2005, but none has germinated yet.
I guess I had better do what I do for all my slow iris:  nip each
seed with nail clippers and soak for a few days.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Superb plant and picture Fred !!! 
I. zenaidae is still used as a name by both Messrs Ruksans and Bondarenko in their catalogues ... 

[Otto Fauser]

Fred , Tony Hall ,ex Kew Bot .G. ,considers I . zenaidae to be the original I. graeberiana.and graeberiana 'yellow falls' and 'white falls' are supposed to be hybrids.

    My seedlings of I.zenaidae should flower next year - it seems to be a vigorous species
       
           Otto.

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's otto,
I agree with this point of view as the growth is very different between the 2 'species' ;
I zenaidae is more compact than I. graeberiana and seems to handle less flowers.

[Hristo]

Go away to Greece for 7 days, come back and the garden has burst forth! 
1 Iris aucheri in the open garden
2 Iris vicaria in the bulb frame
3 Iris 'Evening Shades' in the bulb frame
4 Iris vicaria 'Sina' in the bulb frame

[David Nicholson]

Beautiful selection Chris.

[Hristo]

Cheers David, here are some more, only a few left to flower in the bulb frame and then it's on to the remaining plants in the open garden.

 Iris bucharica 'bicolor'
 Iris graberiana 'White Fall'
 Iris graberiana 'Yellow Fall'

[Hans A.]

Chris, thanks for showing this wonderful Junos!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

They seem to be doing very well Chris !!

[Hristo]

A pleasure Hans, though if I recall correctly you have some of the 'sexier' species Junos in your garden!
Luc, as it turn out the plants in the open garden are doing better than those in the bulb-frame, I think in part the plants in the blub-frame got too hot while I was in Greece and some of the leaves have suffered. The plants in the open garden are more robust, but they are also based on magnifica! I think this autumn I will put the majority of the Junos into the open garden and keep one hostage of each in the bulb frame.
I have attached a pic of my Iris zenaidae which went AWOL earlier.

[Hristo]

Just opened today in the more mature rock garden, Iris 'Skyline'

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Skyblue all right !