The first Iris I planted was blue. It may have had a name, but I was going for color at the time. I have a picture of my newborn daughter on a blanket on the lawn with the Iris in the background. We moved when she was about to start Kindergarten, and by then I was receiving catalogs from nurseries and seed houses. It was either Wayside or White Garden that was offering 'Stepping Out' and 'Edith Wolford', which I ordered. By the time we moved to Los Altos in '89, I was ordering from Schreiner's, Maryott's and Roris catalogs. When I moved here, I only brought a few with me.. 'Edith Wolford', 'Sarah Taylor' and what I thought was 'Stepping Out'.. I managed to keep myself under control for years, and only bought in numbers under 10 (Imagine!?!)... Then I went to the local club sale and encountered the masterful way the Joe Ghio managed to get 60 Iris into my bag ("Oh you *have* to have this one, oh, and this one too!").. I was dizzy by the time I got home, and haven't been the same since.
