Taken as a single plant they dont seem like much but I love the neutrals and use them as background or companions for other varieties that need to show off.
Ring Around Rosey


Scandanavian Girl

...Arlyn

Neutrals -- hmmmmm -- interesting description. I'll have to look through my pics and see if I have any that I'd consider neutral in color.

Or a color you can't describe ☺

Like brown? I love brown iris. I only have 'Huckleberry Fudge' and it has never bloomed for me. I had 'Brown Lasso' but it did not make it through two years of drought. I will replace that one.

Guess Silverado would fit that description:



and Resonance:


and Magical:


OK -- time to get out in the yard and work on more clean-up. We've got heavy-duty storms moving in today, tonight, tomorrow, tomorrow night, Friday..........OMG when will it end?????

I know Mary Ann. Had several nice days and not its time to batten down the hatches. I hope we get some rain at least not just wind and lightening. I am watering the garden with soaker hoses already.

Mary Ann, thats what I meant. I would even call a neutral Baige,your "selfie" pale lavender is also a neutral.
Lucy said it best.

'Billie the Brownie' John's award winning MTB. Of course not in bloom as yet.

...Arlyn

Beauties

Haunted Heart and Legerdemain

Tango Amego and Lady Jane

Awesome Alex and Chardonnay and Ice

Burnt Toffee and Cascadian Skies

Enter The Dragon and H.C. Stetson

Chill Factor and Parisian Dawn

County Cork and Pickadilly Circus

Wow, when you get all these bland colors together, it doesn't make for much excitment, lol

Wow Tom -- you have a lot of neutrals!! Thanks to you, I have Tango Amigo -- hope she blooms this year!! Just so happens, it was my pick of your group here -- although Haunted Heart and a couple of others *spoke* to me!

Legerdemain and Haunted Heart are my favorites!!! thank you for posting them.

I like a lot of neutral soft colors in the garden the past few years I have been adding a lot of Whites and light pinks, I think they make everything around them with bright color really pop out they are good to use beside real dark flowers they play off each other well and there are some with really unique neutral colors out there that go well with anything here are some good ones from the past couple years .

Softly Waiting & Treasured


Comes The Dawn & Au Contraire


Polite Applause & Famous Last Words


Fire And Ice & Steeples


Going Dutch & Sugar Bomb


Beauty Within & Drifting Bubbles


Winterfest & Simply Sensational


Chenille & Polar Mist


Here are some garden pictures you can see how the white and light color pink really stand out

Head Over Heels & Stolen Sweets

Mesmerizer

As always your photo's and gardens are stunning Brad.

Brad - Have you had any issues with "Famous Last Words"? It has struggled mightly for me. I got it as a bonus from Joe Ghio. The other irises from that order have taken off (Enjoyment, Engagement Ring, Cardinal Rule, Polite Applause). I like his stuff the best of the current crop of hybridizers.

Beautiful photos, Brad. In the second garden shot, of course my eyes are drawn to the orange -- and the purple and white in the background. Can you identify those for me?

I love that background purple/white combo, too.