Iris 2012

[bulborum]

Pity David

couldn't you keep the plant a little longer to save seeds ??
I am searching Iris lutescens alba sins a few years

Roland

[Tom Waters]

'Katherine Hodgkin' here in Cuyamunge, New Mexico, today.

[RickR]

For a minute there, Tom, I thought that was very late for New Mexico; then I saw you were zone 5/6 - no wonder.  Katherine Hodgkin is one of my favorites.

Iris suaveolens - an old patch and a 3 year "seedling".  No new growth, just evergreen foliage.

          

[Tom Waters]

First bearded iris of the season: Iris pumila aequiloba

[RickR]

Nice, Tom.

Iris suaveolens is usually the first to open in my garden.

[Lori S.]

Looking good, Tom. 
Iris suaveolens is the first to bloom here too, Rick.

[RickR]

         Iris attica

          

[bulborum]

AAAAAHHHHHHHHH

my first flower buts from Iris luteolum where eaten by slugs
I spoiled them today with some mesurol
and hope to see later some flowers (and seeds)

Roland

[externmed]

Just a minor aside.  The NARGS gallery has the same plant showing for Iris suaveolens and Iris attica.
(but the angle of the photo is a little differrent)  ;-)
It's blooming here in Massachusetts USA, but initally it was difficult to distinguish the greenish yellow flowers from the leaves.  (must have bought it from a catalog without photos, but it is a sturdy grower in the sand bed)
Charles

[Lori S.]

Just a minor aside.  The NARGS gallery has the same plant showing for Iris suaveolens and Iris attica.
(but the angle of the photo is a little differrent)  ;-)

Yes, it certainly does look like it, Charles, as the backgrounds appear to the same in the two photos.
Todd, could you please look into this?

[LucS]

I wonder why nobody is posting any onco-iris.
Here are a few to start with:
Iris paradoxa - a collection from Armenia
Iris acutiloba ssp. acutiloba
Iris paradoxa - a collection from Lake Sevan, Armenia

[RickR]

I wonder why nobody is posting any onco-iris.

Thanks for remedying that, Luc, by posting.  They are indeed gems.  Even in my cold climate, my mind wants to grow regelias or perhaps onco-regelia crosses, but I haven't built up the courage yet.  They are all stunning, in my opinion. 

[RickR]

Walking the garden today, I seemed to have caught Iris attica in a most beautiful stage of senescence. 

In the first photo: left flower just opened, right flower one day old.
In the second photo: Three days old. 

          

[WimB]

Luc, don't hesitate tow show more of your wonderful Onco's over here too, they are sublime!

Two SDB Irisses in flower here now:

Iris 'Rabbit's Foot'
and Iris 'Well Suited'

[WimB]

Two more SDB's in flower:

A white one with no name
Another with no name
and Iris 'Sky Blue'