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Apr 28, 2015 9:57 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator Plant Identifier Region: Nebraska Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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Irises are finally blooming here, the medians anyway, have been for a couple of weeks actually. Don't have very many SDB seedlings, but will share what I have.

Not sure if this one is worth keeping or not, but I really like it so probably will at least for another year. The falls are pale silvery blue, while the standards have a bit of green in them, and the beards are a wonderful dark blue purple. Nice ruffles.

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More tomorrow if I find the time.
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Apr 29, 2015 3:43 AM CST
Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)
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Love those dark beards! Interesting color.
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Apr 29, 2015 6:42 AM CST
Name: Arlyn
Whiteside County, Illinois (Zone 5a)
Beekeeper Region: Illinois Irises Celebrating Gardening: 2015
I agree , I'm a sucker for blue beards Sticking tongue out
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Apr 29, 2015 6:51 AM CST
Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone
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Oh, that is lovely, Kent. And different from all the others out there.
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Apr 29, 2015 7:16 AM CST
Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)
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Nice ruffles for sure, Kent!!! Thumbs up
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Apr 29, 2015 7:35 AM CST
Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)
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Love the subtle coloring and those big beards. It is really worth keeping in my book. Thumbs up
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Apr 29, 2015 9:59 AM CST
Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
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that is a very nice flower, Kent. It would stay in our garden.
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Apr 29, 2015 1:56 PM CST
Name: Jan Wax
Mendocino County, N. CA (Zone 9a)
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It's pretty.
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Apr 29, 2015 2:53 PM CST
Name: Lee-Roy
Bilzen, Belgium (Zone 8a)
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Oe love that one!
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Apr 29, 2015 2:55 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator Plant Identifier Region: Nebraska Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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13D-03a is the closest thing to a name it has at the moment.
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Apr 29, 2015 8:35 PM CST
Moderator
Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator Plant Identifier Region: Nebraska Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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This one has some nice ruffles, too. Not the most exciting color, but it's a happy little flower and it blooms like a maniac. An added bonus is that it smells like heaven. I can often smell it from across the garden.

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Apr 29, 2015 8:53 PM CST
Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)
Garden Photography Cat Lover Irises Region: North Carolina Peonies Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Like the white beards with the yellow. Any iris that smells like heaven is a winner in my book!
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Apr 29, 2015 9:58 PM CST
Name: Celia
West Valley City, Utah (Zone 7a)
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Mine, too! Is that a lighter border around the edge of the fall? Or am I seeing things? Blinking I really like them both.
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Apr 30, 2015 2:39 AM CST
Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)
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I think that's a Keeper for sure!
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Apr 30, 2015 2:55 AM CST
Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone
Region: United States of America Region: Arkansas Master Gardener: Arkansas Irises Plant and/or Seed Trader Moon Gardener
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It's a beautiful color but the scent secures its place in any garden.
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Apr 30, 2015 6:38 AM CST
Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)
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If it "blooms like a maniac", it's a winner!! Blooms are what it's all about! That it smells good too is a wonderful bonus!
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Apr 30, 2015 11:44 AM CST
(Zone 9b)
Region: California Garden Ideas: Level 1
Yellow, blooms like crazy and it smells great too. ...yep that's a keeper and a must have in my book.
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Apr 30, 2015 8:50 PM CST
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Name: Kent Pfeiffer
Southeast Nebraska (Zone 5b)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Plant Database Moderator Plant Identifier Region: Nebraska Celebrating Gardening: 2015
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This one's a lot like its pod parent, Lemon Twist. But, at least in my garden, it is somewhat more ruffled, has sharper definition between the white and the yellow on the falls, and darker blue beards. Not sure if that's enough to make it worth keeping or not. I do like it a lot, though.

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Apr 30, 2015 8:54 PM CST
Name: Ashton & Terry
Oklahoma (Zone 7a)
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That looks different! Drooling Thumbs up
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Apr 30, 2015 10:00 PM CST
(Zone 9b)
Region: California Garden Ideas: Level 1
Oh, I like that one a lot too!

I would drool too, but I just ate some chili.

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