Butter Pacan is right up my alley....I love the brown ones..and the red ones...and the white ones,,and the...well, I guess they ALL are pretty nice! ..Arlyn

I think that Butter Pecan and also Hot Fudge hold their age well..Another nice older one is Faux Pas.

A stem of 'Rare Edition' is showing off. About 6 stems of plicata 'Carriwitched makes a great clump. Our daughter in Ohio enjoys 'Hot Fudge' which we sent a few years ago.

Newly opened in my garden this morning

Picture Book
Center Ice
Seedling
Artistic Web
Seedling
Subtle Beauty
Golden Panther

Bubbling Waves

Paul Black
Brouhaha
White Hot

That seedling looks like a winner to me, Paul, I'd like to see a picture after it relaxes some. I'm guessing you crossed either Gitano, or Gypsy Lord to something to get that????

Glad you like it. I kept about a dozen seedlings that bloomed last spring and so far this is the best. It is Gypsy Lord X Guardian Angel

Looks pretty good, Paul! Are you going "pro"!...Arlyn

I'll be 70 next month.....I should have started 20-30 years ago. Also no room to raise seedlings

70 is the new 60 Paul. Or 55. It's never too late -- buy more land!!!!!

If I had good legs I would be as good as I was at 40. More land? I can't take care of what I have. I should be thinking about downsizing

Ah yes -- the legs -- it's a race between the memory and the legs as to which will give out first.

But what a nice legacy to leave for the next generation of iris lovers. You don't have to go hog wild building a company, but you could find someone who would propagate and introduce your good ones.

You know Paul, when we decided to build our new building( small house, inside a BIG, RV garage), we called it "down-sizing" , but ended up with a larger lot, in order to accomedate the larger building, with 2-sided access. Then we bought MORE ground! What the heck, with a low maintainence house and building, lets spend our "extra"time doing what we love, Right?! I'm too fat, too old, and too limited by arthritis, 2 back sugeries, shot-up legs, bad knees, and all the rest, to be doing all the stuff I want to do, but , by golly, I'm gonna' give it my best shot! Most of us have waited a looong time, to" retire, and do what we want", so jump right in and do it! The work, both physical AND mental, is what keeps you young! you obviously have a talent for, and a love for ,hybridizing Why not go for it!.....Arlyn

I believe that's true Arlyn -- maintaining physical activity keeps us physically young (or at least able) and doing what we love keeps us mentally young. The *oldest* people that I know just sit around and do nothing -- and they've been old since they were young.

I've been ancient most of my life, but have started getting younger since getting my own house with a yard to transform.

Paul2032 said:Glad you like it. I kept about a dozen seedlings that bloomed last spring and so far this is the best. It is Gypsy Lord X Guardian Angel

That's a really good looking seedling Paul. Have you thought about sending rhizomes of it to the Greater Portland Iris Society this fall so it could be included in some of the display gardens for the 2015 AIS convention?

Thanks Kent....I'll give that some serious thought. Guess I need to check the branching and bud count.

New blooms this morning..
Cat in the Hat
Calligrapher
Nickel
Fixation

Seedling
Seedling
Bubbling Waves
Seedling
Absolute Treasure
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Seedling

Oh Paul -- that pink seedling is the one that I tugged your coat-tail over last year. Got any increases that need testing in Kentucky this year??? :hearts:

All of your Irises are gorgeous!

It is a good sized clump which I plan on digging later. I may send you some then...will see how my ambition is. I'm glad you like it.