Arilbred and Regelia/Onco cross iris

[Regelian]

Yes, a terrible(y) expensive nuisance!    I am really awed by you gardening technique.  How wet is it in Autumn and early Winter?  Do you need to protect for rain?

[xthomasx]

This is Nefret (OGB-), my first ever AB in flower.

I bought three OGB- from the ASI Plant Sale 2009. I lost one soon, and the others were not flowering in 2010. This year both are flowering but the flowers were devastated by a late frost two days ago. I seems the buds survived, so I can enjoy them again soon.

[arillady]

Thomas it is good to see one of your ABs - there I was thinking you didn't grow them - only photograph them.
Pat

[Regelian]

A classic amongst the Regeliocyclus, Dardanus.  Here are a few shots, as I really love this flower.  Quite easy in the garden or in a pot, where it seems to like a bit of feeding.

[arilnut]

Yes, a terrible(y) expensive nuisance!    I am really awed by you gardening technique.  How wet is it in Autumn and early Winter?  Do you need to protect for rain?

Hi Jamie. Was just reviewing this thread and realized I had not answered your question.
No I do not give any protection to them. We had a couple inches rain the last week
of December and the surface remained wet til this week and everything looks great.
My onco's and regelia's put on tremendous fall growth starting in October. The AB's the same.
Regelia species will normally wait till spring to put up leaves but are exceptional now.
Almost scares me for winter kill.  If all come thru I should have great pics to post in a few
months.

John

[Janis Ruksans]

Janis

Four new ones today.

John

Charming Image
Falcon Flight
Lakeside Elf                  another bad wind day
Persian Padishah            one of my favorites

Only now checked this entry (last two pages). Don't like Falcon Flight and Lakeside Elf. I'm 100% sure - both are virus infected. Pity!
Janis

[PeterT]

I  went back to look and admire some of the cultivars When I saw Janis's post - I have to agree with Janis over Falcon, partly because of the foliage.
I can't see virused foliage on Lake side - there was a discussion, a year or two back, on colour flecks in Iris flowers not nessescarily being viral. I don't like them but they are fashionable. However the flower also looks a little distorted.... 
Looking closely though the flower looks good, the foliage on the Persian Padisha picture is not good. I do like this flower.
I would be watching the emerging leaves carefully if I still had these plants. Virus is the biggest problem with rhizomatous Iris and it spreads too quickly to risk keeping

[arilnut]

I had a lab test Persian Padishah and it was positive.
I am tossing any questionable.

John

[Tom Waters]

'Aladdin's Gem', a fertile aril/pumila hybrid, blooming in my garden this evening.

[arillady]

Tom I like that little one.

[Filippo]

Hello everybody, I'm a new member although I see there are several well known members from ASI here too 

This is a seedling from Donald Eaves's crossing Zerzura X Tel Aviv
sown in february 2009 and flowering for the first time.

[arillady]

Welcome Filippo to this forum. Lovely bloom well worth the wait from 2009.

[Maggi Young]

Greetings to you in Italy, Filippo. Welcome to the Forum.
 Iris are tremendously photogenic, aren't they?

[Tom Waters]

'Mohric Mystery' (1/4 aril)

[Tom Waters]

'Zwanenburg' - historic arilbred dwarf, introduced 100 years ago!