Reticulate Iris 2010

[Ragged Robin]

I love the colour too Hristo, it looks like velvet... are the markings more of an orange than yellow?  Is this as high as the flower grows?  I have to say I do like seeing the flower with the leaf...so long as it is visible 

[Hristo]

Hi RR, yes and yes to your questions. The clumps are currently congested so I'm hoping that splitting them up will make the flowers more visible.

[LucS]

My Iris winogradowii with 6 flowers. Maybe its reaction after the long and cold winter ?
The secound picture from a few years ago shows the individual flower.

[Armin]

Ooh Luc, wunderful clump

[David Nicholson]

Very nice indeed Luc.

[PeterT]

Robs picture of Iris exAdiaun at the loughbourgh show March 6th, was my pot.I spelt the name wrong. The lable slipped to the bottom of the pot when I was replacing the frost shatterd one the day before the show! I believe it should be ex Adiyaman though I am not certain. I bought it as a single bulb six years ago from Norman Stevens. It has a lovely sweet scent like honeysuckle.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Congrats Mr S - wonderful pot of Wino !! 

[mark smyth]

I never showed these and they are now over due to high temperatures and wind

?Clairette
?Edward
?Spring Time
?William or is it Natasha?

[art600]

Mark

How do you find growing William compared to Natascha.  I had heard that it was easier to grow, but my experience is exactly the opposite.  I now have a patch of Natascha in the garden! - picture later

[mark smyth]

Arthur I have only one William. About 6 years ago I bought a lot of Natasha and planted them in one raised bed. I now have ....

[mark smyth]

.... none! Within a couple of years all were dead.

[Maggi Young]

Robs picture of Iris exAdiaun at the loughbourgh show March 6th, was my pot.I spelt the name wrong. The lable slipped to the bottom of the pot when I was replacing the frost shatterd one the day before the show! I believe it should be ex Adiyaman though I am not certain. I bought it as a single bulb six years ago from Norman Stevens. It has a lovely sweet scent like honeysuckle.

Hello Peter, a warm welcome to the Forum .... you will gather we all thought your Iris was lovely! Please do show us more of your collection 

[Gail]

My 'Cantab' is flowering now - it is the same colour as 'Alida' but 'Alida' is more robust and has much wider petals.  Cantab has the better fragrance. Second picture shows Cantab left and Alida right, sorry about the poor focus, I should have checked the photos before I pulled the flowers apart to pollinate them!

Also flowering one labelled I. histrio subsp. aintabensis.  Flower is a 'Dulux white with a hint of grey' and small (8cm tall and 4.8cm across).  Opinions?

[art600]

Gail

Could the histrio be 'William' - see Marks picture above.

[Gail]

Mark's William looks a very pure white which mine isn't and Natasha is more of a bluey-white.  I remember seeing one called Caucasica?? somewhere but don't have it to compare.