My iris have been blooming in great spurts since our temperatures here in the Carolinas have been above normal for the last month. Before that we had some freezes so you will see some crinkled leaves and chimeras along the way.

I mostly post in order they bloomed unless I am waiting on a better bloom to get the picure. A couple of these I posted in the 2023 season thread so I am trying to give you different shots of those iris.

First up is a round of Standard Dwarf Bearded:

Rick Tasco's Atomic Glow:





Nicholson's Yummy Accent:





Innerst's Muggles:
Some open more olive on the falls, some more purple.

More SDB's:

A. & D. Willott's Enchanted Princess:
Playing Peek-a-Boo


Bianco's Irish Harp:





Blyth's Lili:

Still in my mind, the tallest MDB around (should be reclassified) - Sutton's Pokemon:





Pinegar's Gizmo The Gremlin:



Blyth's Shindig - back to blooming after a long time off!

Chapman's Dragon's Den keeps getting better and better. It is a very slow grower for me but is finally giving me more than one bloom a year. I love dwarfs with the rounded form.



Bianco's Death By Chocolate: Poor thing just attracted snails and slugs this year. They must like it's chocolate scent.




Spoon's Blue Hues is a really reliable bloomer for me.



w/Pokemon

You can't overlook Johnson's Scream in the garden!


later blooms had more intense beards.


Hester's Dede Dinah is that fuchsia color that always looks purple in photos. While these are not the best pics of the girl, they do show more closely her color.





The return of Messick's Aladdin's Flame! I had a bunch of this one. Several iris were potted/rehomed during a tree removal. It hasn't bloomed for a couple of years so I thought it was gone. Happy to see it survived after all.

A great start to your show!

Okay, there are other iris blooming in the gardens besides dwarfs so here are a trio of IB's.

Blyth's Tickle The Ivories:



Blyth's Rumours: Another slow grower for me but love the soft color and form.





And Crump's Tessie The Tease that went just crazy with blooms this year.
Click to open to see all the blooms

Beautiful flowers and photographs!

Beautiful pictures, Leslie!

Lovely, Leslie

really lovely lovelies,leslie. i particularly love the ib's!

Nice start to your season Leslie.

Leslie: Looks like your season is off to a great start. Lots of wonderful blooms but Death By Chocolate and Blues Hues are extra special. I love Spoons Blues and Greens So much!!!

Leslie ~ How does Blues Hues do for you? I have it and am anticipating its first bloom. It has already made a nice clump with one start!

Blue Hues has been one of the best Spoon bloomers for me.

Late March it started happening...

SDB Riveting




SDB Cheery Blush 💕


SDB Huck


SDB Worry Wart dimmer light and in the sun

hi gabe. love seeing your irises and having you post, again. hope all is well?

back Gabe!

Well sorry for the hiatus. I have had tons of blooms popping open. The mix of rain and hot temps has them going crazy.

Some more SDBs for you.

Paul Black's It's Not Over in its normal shade (it's never as blue for me as Neela's lovely photo). It actually looks like a mini Megglethorp.




Pic of IB Megglethorp so you see my comparison.



Ensminger's Vavoom (thanks Rob, wish you were here).





My first year with Blyth's Yoda. Wow its pretty.





And Stout's reliable bloomer Fruit at The Bottom:

Chadwick's MDB Snow Maiden is a large historic MDB that I got years ago from Arlyn. Pardon the clover.





Chapman's Blueberry Tart, slow grower for me but was one of the first SDB's I ever bought.






Paul Black's Riveting. I love this iris. Especially in full sun. Mine bloomed a bit before Gabe's as I am behind in posting. He is more on the ball about getting pics posted.