Not Saharan Sun

In different light...



It's about 18" tall, but that doesn't always tell the whole story. A few TBs are short this year, some less than 12"! Maybe it's due to the erratic weather.

Definitely not Saharan Sun for sure!

Could it be Doodle Strudel? (what a name):

Leslie ~ Yes, that is very close. But with broken colors it might be even harder to match, even with the named one next to it. Hmm...

This one may never get identified. I will contact the vendor and see what she has to say.

It looks similar to Gnu Blues


The closest intermediate size iris I can find is Little Miss but I think the beards on Little Miss are too yellow

evelyninthegarden said:Not Saharan Sun

In different light...

• Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Doodle Strudel')
• Uploaded by Lbsmitty

(The beard is blue to blue-violet)

It appears in your side shots that yours has a yellow beard at the throat and blue at the end.

Robin ~ Gnu Blues looks pretty close. I just don't know if I should label it that.

Don't label it until you grow a comparison plant and compare it side by side.

The standards are much more open on yours then the pics of Gnu Blues.

Call it your Gnu NoID.

Rob
Evelyn - I just had a look at the members who own Gnu Blues and it is in your plant list. This could be your Gnu Blues. If it isn't, there is a Gnu Blues somewhere in your garden you can compare it to.

Robin ~ Yes, I do have Gnu Blues. It isn't in bloom yet, but when it does I'll look at it. Otherwise it will be Blu NOID!

tveguy3 said: The standards are much more open on yours then the pics of Gnu Blues.

Since I have Gnu Blues growing here, too, it opened a lot later than this "broken-colored blue", I will have to do further research on it. There would be no way to compare them side by side if they bloom at different times.

The "b-c-b" noid is much earlier. And, as I had mentioned before...broken colors don't match perfectly. I will plant them side by side (clearly marked) when I redo the beds this fall, and then see the results next year, if they both bloom. In the meanwhile I need to contact the vendor and also do more research on them, if there is no satisfactory explanation.