Bearded Iris 2007 to 2009

[Brian Ellis]

Lesley

As you say it was a generous gesture, they could have just rotavated them in!  It's such a shame that it was limited to the Hardy Plant Society and is so far from the bulk? of the SRGC members.

Fermi

I know that is the name it was bought under so hope that helps your identification. 

Brian

[Joakim B]

Very nice dwarfs.
Nice of them to let You pick the irises. Hope it (Your sale of them) helps to promote irises amongst more people.

I have a medium bearded iris that also came from Hungary but is now in Portugal.
It has dark buds  8)but the flower is lilac  :-\and only with a slight scent but very vigorous with a lot of flowers .
Here is a group picture and a detail. The whole bunch has grown in 3 and a half year from only a few pices from Hungary brought to my girlfriendīs mother (now my mother-in-law). The same goes for the tall one in the background very vigorous but not a bearded one so I put it in the iris thread.

Kind regards
Joakim

[Joakim B]

Here are some newly bought plants that was flowerinh in early June but I never got round to post them.
I am now looking for nice scented ones and it seems to be yellow for the best and strongest scent.
Here are two one supposed to be white and the other yellow.
I bought them in bud and they both gave 5 flowers and thet where big and high. Much bigger then the old cultivars. The yellow smelled nice but not as strong as the yellow MC Donalds one I posted earlier. The off white was in real life a bit bluish but here it almost look pinkish I liked it
The yellow was higher than the yellow and had thinner top petals. It is seem as both side and top view.

Kind regards
Joakim

[David Nicholson]

Paid a visit today to Kelways Nursery in Langport, Somerset the Iris and Peony specialists and came away with a few bargains.

10 'lost label' Miniature Dwarf Bearded varieties-Ģ5
2 pots of Scilla 'we can't remember what species they are but they are very small ones-call it 50p! I emptied out the two pots earlier this evening and they gave me 16 bulbs.
A pot of Camassia cusickii-Ģ1. That pot gave me 8 bulbs.

For a Yorkshireman this was a near perfect day

[Paul T]

David,

Your nationality is unimportant..... that would have been a good day for ANYONE!! 

[Joakim B]

David I am licking my mouth such a good bargin it was
You have to pay by showing pics when it blooms 
Great one and I hope to do something similar soon 
Joakim

[Joakim B]

I have just moved some iris I dug up and traded from Sweden to Portugal and wonder if I should have them in pots outside to enjoy the sun or have them indoors. Some has got part of the foliage cut while others still have it intact.
They would get an other two growing month here before thewinter rest outside so that might be better.
Or should they go to rest?

Kind regards
Joakim

[Lesley Cox]

You don't say what kind of irises Joakim but unless they are specifically alpine house plants, put them outside. They may die down a little earlier than if they hadn't been disturbed but they'll do that anyway regardless of where you put them. If they grow some more, that's good, if not it shouldn't do them any harm.

[Joakim B]

Lesley they are beareded ones of germanica type or atleast the ones going by "tall beareded type"
I will put them out and see if they grow a little extra. It was just if they are going into a rest and are "woken up" by a lot of sun would that get them so confused that they will have problem with the winter rest and then floweing next year? I think they will go out and if they continue to die down that will be ok and if they grow a little then they will get back to a winter rest later and then catch the "natural Portuguese rythm".

Kind regards
Joakim

[Lesley Cox]

I guess this is late summer in the northern hemisphere so now is a good time to be dividing or replanting tall bearded irises. The best time in fact. Plant them in the garden ( preferably) and thought they may not make much new top growth, they should make new strong roots before the winter and be ready to flower next early summer. You could give them a dressing of lime at this stage, and some potash (a little) now or immediately after the winter. No nitrogen though as that will make them leafy and soft.

They won't flower out of season because of having been lifted now or at any time really. You could trim away the older and browning leaves from around the rhizomes and this discourages pests and diseases from hunkering down for a winter stopover.

[Joakim B]

Thanks Lesley
I was afarid that going from latesummer/Autumn in Sweden to what is Summer for the Swedish irises would be confusing, but this changing in temperature may also happen naturally and they cope with that. The Portuguese are in their late Summer losing a bit of foliage.
I will see if I can plant them in the ground or if they will be in big pots.
Kind regards
Joakim

Here is a cake for You Lesley
It was the baptism cake for my youngest son Rafael

[Maggi Young]

Joakim, how could your youngest son fail to be a success in his life with such a cake to welcome his baptism?  Success to you all!!

[Joakim B]

Maggi  Thanks for the well wishes 
The family in Portugal is bigger than the family in Sweden so his cake was bigger than his big brotherīs. I hope he will do fine so far he has done that

Joakim

[Lesley Cox]

Thank you Joakim. A lovely cake and tasted marvellous too. My very best wishes to Rafael and to all your family.

[fermi de Sousa]

The DBI are coming into their own as spring develpos here!
First an unnamed yellow with a darker patch on the falls - is this referred to as an amoena?
then "Knick Knack" and two views of two differently sourced DBI's which appear to be the one named "Tricks"! Or do they appear different to each other?
cheers
fermi