Good to know about the pbf. The older ones need such a help with ID.

Tricky, they are.................

I had to run out and check for PBF.

The issue is that at certain times during the year, the PBF can be very hard to see and at other times is very obvious (this is with Wabash). This may be true of other plants; but I am only making this comment towards Wabash!

Exactly right, Greg. So you can be sure that you have one in the springtime -- and then change your mind in the fall.

Well, mine has PBF on the lower part of the leaves. I have always thought it was Wabash and when I find out I could possible have something else I always think.... not again.

There are several other irises with this same color pattern....from the same time frame, ....and with the same 'parentage', so, THAT can muddy up the water a little more! Especially since the have / have not PBF issue isn't known on a few of them. That said, Wabash, and Bright Hour are the two most common, with Amigo being a close third.

froggardener said: So Crimson King made a few people fall in love with Iris

You have now officially sold me on trying it. I always overlook ordering it, but you have me convinced.

Muddymitts said: The people who have been on this thread a long time already know this story. But for the newbies:

When I was a young girl (elevenish), we moved from an established suburb of Chicago to the nether-regions of suburban-land. . . . And that's my story.

I love this! It's so dear! Thanks for sharing.

irisarian said: Some people need supervision.

TB irises grew in my neighbor's backyard when I was a child. My husband'[s grandmother grew the early iris aka SDBs from post WW II on. So he grew them in our garden & away we went.

There were pretty purple irises growing next to the house where I lived as a young child. I loved them. I started growing irises myself after a co-worker gave me some noids. (a yellow noid, a purple noid, and noids that looked like Wabash, Batik, and True Charm). I lived in an apartment and grew them in a little strip of dirt between the sidewalk and the fence. I don't think they got much sun, but still managed to bloom.

this one


this one


and this one
https://wiki.irises.org/Ab/AbE...

Those are so gorgeous they don't even look real.

Dirt: Rainbows is amazing!!!

People will think i'm nuts but what got me started with irises were some dwarf Dutch iris bulbs i picked up at a local nursery. Though small the deep purple with yellow complex flower was so eye catching i was hooked. The fact that the only competition was snowdrops and some crocus in March made me want to plant more. The great part is they fit anywhere. It makes me look forward to fall so i can get more. I've expanded to Ensada, dwarf and regular bearded and SIB's but still love those Dutch.

A neighbor's garden when I was a child was all TB iris.

jpm995 said: People will think i'm nuts

I think most of us on this forum are a little nutty when it comes to iris.

You mean those little rock garden iris? I love those! I got my MIL hooked. She could take or leave TB, but those little things really make her smile. Me too! We have to be crafty luring people in to iris appreciation -- by hook or dwarf

always happy to see people growing dwarf & other median iris. Our favorites.