Congratulations Jan, you had the most active thread this week!

I went to my first iris auction today. I spent $91 and I was a light weight! If you go to my plant list, you will see all the new irises I got (less my original Honorabile and Fabian), plus some lilies. I will wait to list my other new ones til y'all have had a look.

Oddly enough, the Japanese iris went for cheap. I got 3 of them for $3, $3 & $4.

There were not super old historics like I have. The swap is August 3rd. Maybe there will be some old ones there.

I am putting in other garden plants too. I have an over grown yard. Folks can enjoy my herbaceous plants as trade for something too.

Nice going Linnea, you got some beauties!

Sounds like you had a nice day Linnea!

Really nice list of Irises, Linnea!!

Imagine the yard in 5 years! Perfect for "retirement".

Thanks for the congrats, Tom! But I only got the ball rolling.
Who doesn't like to talk about what they want?


Now I'm off to view Linnea's new acquisitions. The dishes can wait!

Nice haul there, Linnea!

Look, just look at this photo Brad posted today! He has entered many-many that are as great, but have you ever seen a more gorgeous image? Color, composition, clarity--it has all three Cs.

All three "C's" and a "W" Deb. Color, composition, clarity....and "want".

Added it to my list....

I want it, too, but I would want it to look exactly like that photo, so I think I will just print off the image, laminate it, and attach it to a garden stake.

We could all save an awful lot of time, money and work if we did that, Deb.........................

See how helpful I can be?

That's nice! Thirsty and drooling at the same time!

Yep

Brilliant Debra! And to think I was actually buying the bloom and trying to grow it when all I needed was a photo printer and stakes!!! What was I thinking!

I live to serve.

A lengthy list from the HIPS membership forum:
the Greater Omaha Iris Society, which curates the Sass Memorial Garden, raises funds every year by digging and selling from the garden. Linda Wilke, the club president, has sent the list of irises that were dug this year. If you want to order any of these, please contact her at lrwilkie at gmail.com. There were quite a few varieties that couldn't be dug due to winter weather (and they even completely lost a couple of clumps--if anyone happens to know a good source for Joycette please drop me a line or get hold of Linda). Because they have beds with not only the irises that the Sasses introduced but also all of the Dykes Medal winners and the Hans and Jacob Sass Medal winners, shown as separate groups.
Sale is Friday, 25th, so send emails early if interested.
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Sass intros:
Azurite (1959)
Baldwin (1927)
Bertha Gersdorf (1941)
Blue Hill (1931)
Blue Lad (1945)
Blue Shimmer (1941)
Buto (1926)
Butterhorn (1954)
Cossette (1934)
Dore (1935)
Dutch Doll (1956)
Ella Callis (1942)
Euphony (1929)
Garnet Glow (1951)
Golden Bow (1935)
Green Shadows (1942)
Ivory Petals (1952)
Jake (1943)
Latigo (1952)
Memories (1952)
Midgard (1926)
Minnie Colquitt (1942)
Moby Dick (1953)
Moonlight Madonna (1943)
Ola Kala (1942)
Orloff (1937)
Pink Lace (1946)
Pink Satin (1930)
Rainbow Room (1945)
Sea Master (1955)
Southland (1934)
Tango (1954)
Trostringer (1926)

H&J Sass Medalists:
Amazing Don
Appleblossom Pink
Az Ap
Bitter Butter
Blue Asterisk
Blue Eyed Blond
Chill Factor
Dark Waters
Gnu Rayz
Harmonic Elegance
Hellcat
Hot Spice
Island Pearl
La Scala
Magical
Maui Moonlight
Ming
Oklahoma Bandit
Peachy Face
Psychic Reader
Rare Edition
Show Miss
Spot On
Walking Wild

Dykes Medalists:
San Francisco
Rameses
Missouri
Prairie Sunset
Spun Gold
Ola Kala
Blue Rhythm
Blue Sapphire
Swan Ballet
Whole Cloth
Rippling Waters
Stepping Out
Babbling Brook
New Moon
Pink Tafetta
Dream Lover
Mary Frances
Mystique
Vanity
Song of Norway
Titan's Glory
Dusky Challenger
Hello Darkness
Stairway to Heaven

Rebloomers:
Peach Jam
Rosalie Figge
Scorpio Star
Winterland