Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009

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A few more blooms of Arilbred "Orb" have opened and warrant a pic!


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fermi

[Maggi Young]

They are lovely, Fermi !

[David Nicholson]

Lovely Fermi, if only I could grow them!!

[fermi de Sousa]

David,
you'd have more access to this sort of iris then we do in Australia, but your growing conditions mean that they may require a bit of protection from the rain. A well drained raised bed is how I manage "Orb" here, it doesn't like potting mix!

Lesley,
you mentioned that you thought that the yellow and olive DBI might be "Forest Glade", heres' a top down look at it; see what you think.


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fermi

[Lesley Cox]

That looks like it Fermi, although it's in the shape as much as the colouring. It tends to be a biggish flower, with quite long, drooping falls. Creamy background with the fall patch a colour sometimes described as olive-brown. Greenish, brownish.

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Here's another look at DBI "Zounds"


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[Armin]

Hello Fermi,

you surprise me week by week with great pictures.
"Zounds" is a great stunner.

[Joakim B]

Hi
Maybe a bit late but I am with Brian regading the tanned gingerbread man he had on his old picture. That according to all pics I have seen on it.
For now we only have ginger bread here but I hope that my GBM survived and will flower.

Fermi very nice irises just as I am planting new ones I see some lovely pics of them.

Lesley I think I prefare the japanese irises in older style with less flat flowers and more space between the petals but I think it is a matter of gettin used to.
Thanks for the telling the differences between the two dwarf groups. I have seen similar distiction but not understood it since it was in Hungarian but now I get it

First look at "zounds" was it is "too much", second was "ok" and third "cool" so I do not need much time to get used to some things
Kind regards
Joakim

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It's the start of the season for the TBI and though we only have a few of the older sort, they are doing well and here are a few pics.
Firstly, another "old-fashioned" or "heirloom" type, received from a neighbour as "tall pale blue" and similar to the "Settler's White" in shape but taller.


And then one of the named ones, "Silk Sari"




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[annew]

What beautiful subtle colouring on Silk Sari!

[Armin]

What beautiful subtle colouring on Silk Sari!

Yes, it is charming!

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Thanks, Anne and Armin,
I like "Silk Sari" enough to leave it in the rock garden where it was planted by mistake! When we 'rescued' some pots from a nursery (which was going out of business) we didn't notice that it wasn't a DBI! It was in the same batch as "Bravita" which I posted earlier.

Here is what I think is a 'local' introduction, "Friedl", but I'm not sure who named it. It may even just have come from the garden of a lady by that name .




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[Paul T]

Howdy All,

Finally got some pics uploaded and will start with the Irises.  I'll post some here, some in the beardless area, then other bits and pieces in the southern hemisphere threads etc (if I get them all done tonight!  ).  All of these are tall beardeds.


This is Six Pack and is one of those that the purists may dislike (you can look away now!  ) as it has 6 falls and no standards.  Gives the effect of a japanese iris, with huge flowers like a plate.  I wouldn't be without it as it is such a wonderful colour and a really good doer.


This is another that the purists probably hate.... Thornbird is the parent of many of the modern space ager irises.  To be honest, if it didn't have the dark horns I probably wouldn't grow it as it is a murky colour, but with the chocolate purple horns it is a very striking flower.  Then again, I like pretty much all of the space age irises with their extra appendages below the beards.  Another has opened today and I'll post pics of it when I get them off the camera.


Life of Riley is an interesting blend of colours and has delightful tight ruffling all around the edges.  Also something we "had" to get as our Cavalier King Charles Spaniel was called Riley (and called that because he'd have the life of riley at our place, so the iris name was even more perfect!).

Lastly for now is an iris I photographed at a friends place yesterday (Yes, she's offered me a piece of it)....


Wearing Rubies isn't really done justice in the pic.  The colour is rather nice but the bright orange red beards stand out very strongly.

Sorry to take so long giving you some photographic support here Fermi.

[Lesley Cox]

Yes, right.

[Joakim B]

Paul I was about to say that the first is a japanese beardless iris but since You said it was not I had to blow it up and It was cool . Maybe an apple with the taste of pear if You know what I mean but nice and interesting. Not heard of this untill You meantioned it before.
Fermi nice with all the irises rescued from the shop at good prices.  It must feel good with such good result  Hope they will help You fill Your acre 

I also want to have iris season now.
But I am planting new ones now so that is also part of iris season is it not
Hope to see more of the lovely ones
kind regards
Joakim