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Feb 14, 2016 12:04 PM CST
Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises
Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener Irises Region: Northeast US Region: United Kingdom Region: United States of America
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Do you get the catalog? there will be a clear photo there in all probability. If it is a bonus this year, it should be a new plant.
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Feb 14, 2016 12:16 PM CST
Name: Charlotte
Salt Lake City, Utah (Zone 7a)
genealogist specializing in French
Butterflies Bulbs Heucheras Hostas Irises Region: Utah
I was looking at Mid=America's Website last night and found their new ones, including pictures. Can't remember if all had pictures. Had started with the medians before I found the 2016 group. I think they have already repriced at least those.
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Feb 14, 2016 12:23 PM CST
Name: Gabriel/Gabe Rivera
Charlotte, NC (Zone 7b)
German imported, Michigan raised
Garden Photography Plant and/or Seed Trader Enjoys or suffers hot summers Roses Garden Procrastinator Region: North Carolina
Lilies Irises Hybridizer Hostas Dog Lover Daylilies
Gimme it and I'll grow it!
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Feb 14, 2016 12:42 PM CST
Name: Neal Linville
Winchester, KY (Zone 6a)
Bulbs Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Irises Roses
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Ideas: Level 2
Here's the one I fell in love with....

http://www.beardedirisflowers....
"...and don't think the garden loses its ecstasy in winter. It's quiet, but the roots are down there riotous." Rumi
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Feb 14, 2016 12:47 PM CST
Name: Liz
East Dover, VT (Zone 5a)
Annuals Irises Lilies Region: Northeast US Organic Gardener Peonies
Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Seed Starter Enjoys or suffers hot summers Vegetable Grower Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Hummingbirder
Gabe, that one is my favorite!!
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Feb 14, 2016 2:23 PM CST
Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises
Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener Irises Region: Northeast US Region: United Kingdom Region: United States of America
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
42" is too tall for our garden. Looking at SDBs, of course. Any pink or orange MTB is a tetraploid. It has to be expressed 4 times to get that color.
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Feb 14, 2016 3:49 PM CST
Name: Liz
East Dover, VT (Zone 5a)
Annuals Irises Lilies Region: Northeast US Organic Gardener Peonies
Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Seed Starter Enjoys or suffers hot summers Vegetable Grower Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Hummingbirder
Their SDBs are gorgeous too. I have my eye on Twerk.
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Feb 14, 2016 6:16 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Brad
iowa (Zone 5a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Liz.. I did not get a clear picture of the tag of this one this but it looks like a match.. there was a nice clump of it and it was located with all the others that are getting names Smiling I will share all of there new intro's I have pictures of as soon as Thomas updates the website with the rest of them. Hope this helps it sure is a beautiful pink and probably the one I will pick for a bonus.


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Feb 14, 2016 6:35 PM CST
Name: Jen Jax
Northern Kentucky (Zone 6a)
Region: Kentucky Dog Lover Irises Peonies Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Ohhh im getting that one as my bonus for sure! It's beautiful!
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Feb 14, 2016 6:59 PM CST
Name: Liz
East Dover, VT (Zone 5a)
Annuals Irises Lilies Region: Northeast US Organic Gardener Peonies
Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge) Seed Starter Enjoys or suffers hot summers Vegetable Grower Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge) Hummingbirder
Thank You! Brad!!!! Wow is that lovely, definitely choosing it for a bonus. I love all of your photos, thank you so much for sharing them!
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Feb 14, 2016 11:58 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Brad
iowa (Zone 5a)
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Hi everybody it was cold here today high's in the 20's and we got another 4 or 5 inches of snow Grumbling we are definitely ready for spring and see things start to green up again. I am excited to get to work outside in the yard again hopefully the worst of winter has passed I can't wait to get going on building my new berms for the back yard Smiling so I started going through the landscapes pictures from Mid America for ideas. Just wish it all was Iowa Hardy hopefully some day I can get a little piece of this at home it really is a amazing place to visit and as much as I enjoy looking at all the new seedlings and walking the iris fields, seeing the collection of plants and trees and along the winding paths is always something I look forward too and it seems to get better every time I visit Smiling

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Feb 15, 2016 1:44 AM CST
Name: Niki
Bend, Oregon (Zone 6a)
Flowers are food for the soul.
Bee Lover Butterflies Daylilies Dragonflies Frogs and Toads Hummingbirder
Irises Region: Oregon Organic Gardener
So gorgeous Brad, Thank You! for sharing the pictures again. I really want to visit. I wonder if I can visit them when the SDBs are in bloom Lovey dubby first.
"The Earth laughs in flowers."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Feb 15, 2016 1:52 AM CST
Name: Bonnie Sojourner
Harris Brake Lake, Arkansas (Zone 7a)
Magnolia zone
Region: United States of America Region: Arkansas Master Gardener: Arkansas Irises Plant and/or Seed Trader Moon Gardener
Garden Ideas: Master Level Dragonflies Bulbs Garden Art Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Gardens in Buckets
Beautiful garden shots, Brad. I am anxious to see your new iris fields in bloom.
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?
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Feb 15, 2016 4:05 AM CST
Name: Sherry Austin
Santa Cruz, CA (Zone 9a)
Birds Bulbs Region: California Dragonflies Foliage Fan Irises
Keeper of Poultry Roses Photo Contest Winner: 2015
Oh my gosh.. These pictures of the mixed beds at Mid America make my heart go pitty pat.. I thought I'd died and gone to heaven when I saw that variegated dogwood in bloom. In my heart I want a Pacific Northwest garden, but have to deal with the California drought and inherent dryness.. We can't grow hostas at all here as the snails make mincemeat out of them. Which, for some reason reminds me I need to check my gopher traps.. I haven't been on the garden the past couple of days other than to make a quick tour to make sure nothing bloomed behind my back (one got by me.. But there are more buds coming).. Wow, I'm up really late tonight.. So hard to unwind after a show Sticking tongue out
The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.
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Feb 15, 2016 8:09 AM CST
Name: Lucy
Tri Cities, WA (Zone 6b)
irises
Charter ATP Member Cottage Gardener Irises Region: Northeast US Region: United Kingdom Region: United States of America
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Still in the single digits here. Hoping for warmer weather to melt the snow. I like the smaller leaf hosta. Can grit around them stop slugs?
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Feb 15, 2016 8:44 AM CST
Name: Debra
Garland, TX (NE Dallas suburb) (Zone 8a)
Rescue dogs: Angels with paws needi
Dragonflies Dog Lover Bookworm I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Garden Photography Bee Lover
Plays in the sandbox Butterflies Region: Texas Garden Sages I sent a postcard to Randy! Charter ATP Member
Golly, look at those Hostas! I tip my hat to you.

@Henhouse
Sherry, meant to say something on the other thread, but I closed it without thinking and now can't remember which it was. Sticking tongue out
Brad will forgive me for using this long-winded way of telling you congratulations on the show.
I tip my hat to you. Hurray! Thumbs up Hurray! I tip my hat to you.
It’s okay to not know all the answers.
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Feb 15, 2016 9:19 AM CST
Name: Mary Ann
Western Kentucky (Zone 7a)
Bee Lover Irises Hummingbirder Hostas Keeps Horses Farmer
Daylilies I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Container Gardener Cat Lover Region: Kentucky Birds
Oh my -- how beautiful those photographs are -- I can only imagine actually being there. Walking those paths must feel like strolling through Heaven. Lovey dubby

But I am so bad -- wherever I see an open space, I'm thinking -- *well, there's room for an Iris RIGHT THERE!!! Whistling
Thoughts become things -- choose the good ones. (www.tut.com)
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Feb 15, 2016 10:04 AM CST
Name: Tom
Southern Wisconsin (Zone 5b)
Butterflies Vegetable Grower Keeper of Poultry Irises Keeps Horses Dog Lover
Daylilies Cat Lover Region: Wisconsin Celebrating Gardening: 2015
Some very nice mixed beds indeed. Sticking tongue out I have had lots of trouble with some of the newer, more expensive hostas dying after a year or two. Seems like the older ones I have do well, but I haven't had much luck with some of the nicer fancy ones. I just got tired of spending lots of money for them and having them die out.
Politicians are like diapers, they need to be changed often, and for the same reason.
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Feb 15, 2016 11:01 AM CST
(Zone 9b)
Region: California Garden Ideas: Level 1
Beautiful photos Brad, I just love their gardens!

Sherry, I can't grow them here either. The critters will finish them off over night and the slugs/snails will polish off the rest.
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Feb 15, 2016 11:17 AM CST
Name: Barbara
Northern CA (Zone 9a)
Region: California Cat Lover Dog Lover Irises Enjoys or suffers hot summers
UndertheSun said:Beautiful photos Brad, I just love their gardens!

Sherry, I can't grow them here either. The critters will finish them off over night and the slugs/snails will polish off the rest.


Here too! I've spent lots of money to feed the snail, slugs, and deer. The only two I have are in ceramic pots on the back porch.
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