I moved this to the Looking Forward to Bloomtime 2016 thread. ......

Devil's Waltz! Holy moly, that's pretty!

I felt that way too Celia, so it had to come home with me.

Devil's Waltz needs to be planted next to Demonic!

Devil's Waltz is so unique and sultry looking- love it!

And boy am I stupid today. I put this in the wrong thread!

How do you delete an empty box?

Hello Meuser and welcome to the iris forum. I agree with you on a lot of color issues I have. I am a color and light oriented person. However, that being said, I find that I am much more tolerant of color discord in blooms than I am, for instance, of objectionable combinations of color in clothing or furniture. I definitely have preferences in combinations of color but find some that I would not tolerate elsewhere can be a beautiful flower in the garden.

Meuser!

Of the last pictures I LOVE 3, 6 and 11. They are just gorgeous!

Tom.. It was not ..I think it was one of Paul's small flowered TB's he has been doing a lot of work with them and as you can tell they keep better the Beards on that one

Deb.. Sorry I have no seedling numbers to compare from Mid America or pedigrees on most of them... a lot of these shown are seedlings crossed to seedlings so not sure if that is the one.

Les.. and thought the same when I saw it what a cool pattern and it looks like Devil's Waltz is the winner of the day

Jane.. Thanks I'm glad you like them number 6# was beautiful it definitely caught my attention and made me stop and admire the colors in it

MeUser.. Glad you like the napa seedlings they are very talented hybridizers and work hard to maintain those beautiful gardens it is always a pleasure to visit them and take pictures of there work and be able to share them This is the one I am most looking forward too hoping it gets a name next year.

I enjoyed this group a lot as well with my favorite being number 5 the Variegeta it was the best one I have seen in this color combination

Brad, I like the first & the last on the set of photos which were seedlings. Devil's Waltz is a border iris which blooms late during the year. it is by Lynn Markham here in MA & on the other phone during horse racing season. We are nuts!

I like #6 of the recent pics. Brad!

I do like that one, too, Brad. And this one is distinctively different.

ARUBA1334 said:I enjoyed this group a lot as well with my favorite being number 5 the Variegeta it was the best one I have seen in this color combination

Love #3, no surprise there, it has stripes
#7 and #12 are really nice too, as are #8 and #10

More beauties Brad! I missed commenting on the batch before this one. So to make everything easier and less confusing I'll just drool....

ARUBA1334 said:

All are remarkable but here they are really getting close to a blue iris with a pink beard. I don't think there is another blue with a pink beard. Intriguing to say the least.

I had the same thoughts about that one Bonnie. I like number 6 a lot, and wonder if it could be a Cold Fusion cross?

I agree with Debra about the tenth one. Got to love a little blue and gold!

I also love the gray and blue of #12, and the richness of the fall colors on the last one. I think a self with the same red wash over orange as on the falls of the last one would be fantastic.