Show us your Colors - Part 14 in the Irises forum

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Muddymitts

Mar 2, 2015 8:28 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Calamity Carol:

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Calamity Carol')
Uploaded by Moiris

Ernst, 2009

Thank you Marilyn -- for the photo and the rhizome!!

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Misawa77

Mar 2, 2015 8:29 AM CST

Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)

So I have 11 in this category; nine of which I added last year. I have to go look at what I ordered, but I am sure I have another 4 or 5 coming this Summer. I like this category alot.

| @Misawa77 | Post #801767 (2)

Muddymitts

Mar 2, 2015 8:29 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Lestv said:

So why is Emblematic listed as lines and spreckles, but Tango Amigo listed as a bicolor?

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Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Tango Amigo')
Uploaded by KentPfeiffer

No kidding!!!!!!!

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| @Muddymitts | Post #801768 (3)

Lestv

Mar 2, 2015 8:29 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Owyhee Desert

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Owyhee Desert')
Uploaded by Lestv

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #801770 (4)

Lestv

Mar 2, 2015 8:32 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

And how about Reckless In Denim (which has no category listing)?

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Reckless in Denim')
Uploaded by mattsmom

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

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Lestv

Mar 2, 2015 8:37 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Maypearl:

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Maypearl')
Uploaded by Calif_Sue

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #801775 (6)

Muddymitts

Mar 2, 2015 8:38 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Wonders Never Cease:

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Wonders Never Cease')
Uploaded by Patty

Black, 2007

Mine bloomed last year, but I didn't get a a good picture............

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| @Muddymitts | Post #801777 (7)

Muddymitts

Mar 2, 2015 8:47 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Thundering Ovation:

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Thundering Ovation')
Uploaded by Betja

Black, 2007

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| @Muddymitts | Post #801779 (8)

Muddymitts

Mar 2, 2015 8:50 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Scatterbrain:

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Scatterbrain')
Uploaded by Fillup

Johnson, 2008

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| @Muddymitts | Post #801782 (9)

Lestv

Mar 2, 2015 8:54 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Bruneau Jasper

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Bruneau Jasper')
Uploaded by Calif_Sue

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #801783 (10)

Lestv

Mar 2, 2015 8:55 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

Center Line

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Center Line')
Uploaded by ARUBA1334

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #801785 (11)

Muddymitts

Mar 2, 2015 8:56 AM CST

Thread OP

Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)

Double Ringer:

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Double Ringer')
Uploaded by tveguy3

Ernst, 2007

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| @Muddymitts | Post #801786 (12)

Last edited by Muddymitts Mar 2, 2015 8:56 AM

Lestv

Mar 2, 2015 9:01 AM CST

Name: Leslie
Durham, NC (Zone 8a)

You have some nice ones Mary Ann!

"The chimera is a one time happenstance event where the plant has a senior moment and forgets what it is doing." - Paul Black

| @Lestv | Post #801789 (13)

grannysgarden

Mar 2, 2015 9:05 AM CST

Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone

I always thought this one was stripes but it is listed as a bi-color.
SDB Awake

Thro' all the tumult and the strife I hear the music ringing; It finds an echo in my soul— How can I keep from singing?

| @grannysgarden | Post #801794 (14)

Misawa77

Mar 2, 2015 9:10 AM CST

Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)

Here are some I have on order for delivery this Summer!

Arctic Burst

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Arctic Burst')
Uploaded by MShadow

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Arctic Burst')
Uploaded by Misawa77

The second photo was taken in it's "home" garden where Roger created it.

| @Misawa77 | Post #801798 (15)

Snork

Mar 2, 2015 9:11 AM CST

Name: Pam
Pennsylvania

Apparent Secret

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Apparent Secret')
Uploaded by Snork

| @Snork | Post #801799 (16)

Last edited by Snork Mar 2, 2015 9:12 AM

Misawa77

Mar 2, 2015 9:11 AM CST

Name: Greg Hodgkinson
Hanover PA (Zone 6b)

Fantasy Ride

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Fantasy Ride')
Uploaded by Betja

Tall Bearded Iris (Iris 'Fantasy Ride')
Uploaded by Misawa77

Again, the second photo is of the cultivar in it's home garden.

| @Misawa77 | Post #801800 (17)

grannysgarden

Mar 2, 2015 9:13 AM CST

Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone

and on Killarney Green even though the standards are splattered with dots of plum color and the falls are striped with them it is classed as a self. hmmmm.......